Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 464 A New Front
The colonel knew that the Chinese offensive in the east was serious, but the battle in Assam should not be all the Chinese's war capabilities. Maybe one day, the Chinese rushed down from Kashmir and occupied New Delhi?Just like the Indians condescendingly captured Fort ***.

"Captain Black Spider, can you still hear me, how is the fuel?"

"The poisonous snake will be exhausted in a minute or two, so we must find a way nearby."

"No matter what you decide, someone will cover you. Consider skydiving if necessary."

"clear."

It is impossible to fly to any airport, but in the mission computer of the fighter plane, there are some data that can be used for emergency landing in the mission area.The colonel found the nearest "emergency landing area" on the navigation display - an unfinished 6-lane road east of Fatehkin.

The war had put an end to road construction, and he hoped his good luck would continue for a while longer if he could find a smooth, unobstructed stretch that seemed to land.

Raiden is a kind of aircraft that is not very good when it lands. Quetta's "Lionheart" training squadron has too many novices who have not experienced the training of intermediate trainers. Fighters were captured when they took off into the air, but many people fell on the hurdle of landing afterwards; the speed of the aircraft approaching the field was too fast, and it was very difficult to grasp the crosswind.In addition, the aircraft needs a long runway, and road landing is not within the scope of the fighter's manual.

No one knew the recent situation of the road below. The early warning aircraft only vaguely knew that there was an forced landing of fighter jets during the construction, but they couldn't tell whether the road was cleared, or whether it was full of vehicles parked on it?

The command plane could not give extra support, so it could only contact the nearby armed forces to prepare; Major General Islam reminded Sami that he could find an open area to parachute if necessary, but the old man was determined to take a risk, and the Pakistan Air Force could use it to There are not many weapons to fight.

Flying once at high altitude without fuel to evaluate the feasibility of an emergency landing, the colonel only saw from a distance that the deserted road was fairly spacious, with a few slow figures walking around, but there were no vehicles.

He lowered the gear and flaps and landed straight down.The speed was kept as small as possible. No one told him what the crosswind was like, but he saw a forest on the north side far away from the mountain. It seemed that there would be no weird near-surface airflow to interfere with the landing.He aimed at the center of the narrow road, and went down without thinking. After the landing gear hit the ground, he saw that the children playing cricket on the road were fleeing in all directions, and there were still some things piled up on the road that were used as goals. , maybe a wooden box?

The engine caused by the loss of fuel had stopped 10 seconds ago, and the colonel could not pull it up to fly again.He bit the bullet and started to take a risky taxi. After the parachute opened, the speed of the plane began to slow down.During this period, he avoided obstacles and almost rushed out of the road, which can be described as dangerous. During the tortuous change of line, one wing almost touched the ground.

Finally, after taxiing for a very long distance, the plane came to rest at the bend at the end of the road, and the colonel realized how sloppy his aerial observations were. If he went 50 meters off the road, he would hit a Well camouflaged tank company.The tankers who surrounded them were probably also sweating at this reckless plane?He barely sees tanks that are excellently concealed from the air in the air.

The colonel pushed open the canopy and took off his helmet, listening to the whirring of the parachute in the strong wind.

The infantry in twos and threes surrounded them, and soon someone found a wooden ladder—the kind used by painters, and let the old man get off the plane.He smiled and looked at the soldiers, and there was a familiar face in the crowd, but he couldn't remember where he saw it?I didn't care too much.

The thin tank company commander remembered the colonel, because the last time he saw this old guy, it was also because of an abnormal landing, so it was inevitable that he had a deep memory.

That time, in the mountains north of Gwadar, Yahini was on a mission to attack trailing Indian tanks.It was this old man who exploded above his head, then parachuted and landed safely on top of the tank troops; this time he was ordered to lead his troops to covertly march towards the north wing of Fort ***, but the Indian reconnaissance planes that visited overhead every day failed to find it, and he was caught again by this People crashed.

Lieutenant Yahini (temporary) couldn't help but think, the Air Force really has so many planes for him to toss alone?

The colonel was a little surprised after turning the corner, because he didn't hear cheers, and no one asked him how many Indian planes he had killed, but he found that all around him were unfriendly looks.Obviously, his landing this time may attract the Indians' air eyeliner.Those grass-filled tanks under the shade of the trees should not be parked there just to avoid the direct sunlight, they should be performing some kind of secret operation.

Then those tanks caught the colonel's attention. It was difficult for him to identify the details of the ground weapons in the air, but he could tell that these tanks were larger than the T90. Judging from the wear and tear, they were new products that had not participated in battles.

"You have to help me tow the plane away immediately. The Indians may come back to attack soon. This place is too close to the front line." The old man pulled a corporal beside him and said.

"We have to move ourselves first. If you attract the Indian Air Force, we will be in big trouble."

Sure enough, an officer began calling the shots, and the soldiers gathered, mounted their respective tanks and set to work, leaving the colonel and his plane on the side of the road.After the tank turned around and moved further north, the colonel realized that a lieutenant and his vehicle had remained where they were.

"Colonel, I just received an order from your superiors. We have to take you away first. I specially dispatched a car from the company headquarters to take you to the headquarters. The plane can only stay here. Maybe they will let the helicopter bring fuel and pilots, If it can start on its own, it won't be able to go today."

While speaking, two fighter jets roared past at high speed. The driver of Yahini was terrified and was about to get down, but was pulled by the colonel.

"Don't be afraid, boy, it's a Chinese plane."

Sure enough, the two J-10s shook their wings in the air, flew northward, and did not fly back a second time.

"Lieutenant, why do I think you look familiar? You must have worked near the airport of the 16th Squadron?"

"No, in the Makran Coast Mountains. At that time, you parachuted and fell in the middle of the battlefield, with your butt hanging."

"Skydiving in the Mokran Mountains?" The colonel thought for a while, "It seems to be the case. Yes, I thought about it, it was the damn S300." All he could remember was the darkness; Suddenly lost sight in the air, and then let the missiles in the distance find a chance.

"How many times have you been shot down?" Yahini blurted out. Judging from the colonel's initial blank look, he seemed to be the one who often lost planes and parachuted.

"Shooted down a few times, skydived more, but first time on the road," he said excitedly, now that I could rewrite the blanks in the manual.

"With all due respect, in the past month, I have rarely seen our Air Force's aircraft."

"Well, the situation is not optimistic. This is the last operational aircraft in the squadron. There is a lack of pilots in the entire rear. Those rookies crashed quite a few aircraft by themselves."

Yahini dragged the colonel into the jeep of the company headquarters, and followed the tank troops all the way forward.The two talked about where they were going after the defeat in the South.

The colonel said in a relaxed tone that the rebels had almost sealed the airport, but he flew a trainer plane over the blockade of the rebels and went straight to Quetta.But Yahini's situation is more tortuous. After the infantry broke up, his tank unit was attacked by guerrillas in the mountains at night, and suffered heavy losses. Then he fought several times with the following Spanga tank unit. He was ordered to Hold the enemy tightly and cover the rest of the ground troops to retreat across the border; he knows the weight of this order. For the government army, it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the separatist guerrillas; I don't want to say more, but he survived and was promoted.

When they arrived at the new hidden location, the superior helicopter had already arrived at the headquarters of the 1st Armored Group (a new unit combined from the 6st and [-]th Armored Divisions, used to counterattack the North).

The tank company commander ordered the driver to take the colonel to the former enemy airport, and he rushed to the regiment headquarters to urge ammunition. These new tanks are specially assigned to veterans as fist troops, but they are not issued with better armor-piercing capabilities. New ammunition, he had to ask about it.

The early warning aircraft shot down by Sami became the only unit lost by the Indian Air Force that day. Another Su-30 that was hit miraculously landed successfully with a single shot.However, due to the logistics mess, the plane could not escape the fate of being disassembled to provide parts for other planes.

The battle on the western front has been lukewarm for a while. On the surface, both sides seem to be exhausted from fighting. The Indians may be willing to keep the front calm so that they can free up their hands to solve the problems in the east.But behind this tranquility lies a new round of instability.

The anti-government forces in the south are in a hurry to kill each other and build a nation. It is strange that the United States, which was fighting fiercely before, suddenly slowed down its support.Spanga's armored forces, having received limited replenishment, launched several insignificant offensives, pushing the zigzag front 20 kilometers forward.The Pakistani Army, temporarily afraid to challenge Spanga's forces, turned north.

After more than half a year of war, the army finally completed the strength accumulation of the first counter-offensive.The Armed Forces Staff has been eagerly expecting the Chinese army to launch an offensive against Srinagar first, but China seems to be more expecting Pakistan to launch a counterattack at Fort Khan to assess the combat effectiveness of one of India's largest strategic groups.

The Assam battlefield thousands of kilometers away is another situation, and the final outcome will soon be known.Lin Huaisheng is planning the final battle.To the north of him, a situation of more than a dozen times converging with his enemy troops has formed. What's interesting is that this turned out to be the result that the command headquarters of both sides expected at the same time.

Xu Jingzhe intercepted a report submitted by the Indian Army Staff to the highest authority, pointing out that bringing together more than [-] troops in one place is the biggest strategic victory in the near future.From this, it can be considered that the decline in the Assam theater has been brought under control.Over the next few months, the enemy's largest area of ​​control will remain west of Tespur, east of Guwahati, and extend south along the border with Bhutan to a front along the Bhabpur Matra River, after which the war will shift to Stalemate, and the enemy's edge will also stop on the route to attack the mountains of Meghalaya to the south.Through a series of quick-decision battles, the enemy's plan to divide and encircle the Indian Army has gone bankrupt, and the weakness of its logistical supplies will inevitably become more and more revealed; the balance of power will fall to India at some point in the future.It was the indomitable fighting will and strict training of the hesitant Indian mountain troops that led to the withdrawal of most of the troops to the rear in an orderly and complete manner, which was unexpected by the Chinese army.

Indian reports are somewhat close to the truth.But they didn't know that the Chinese command would also like to be surrounded by the enemy in flat areas, because in mountainous areas, it is difficult for Indian mountain divisions to be surrounded.Now the enemy is converging in the plains, and they are a little emboldened.Behind the few remnants of soldiers is a broken supply line leading to Udrigul. This railway maintains the transportation of about 150 tons of materials per day. The excellent performance of Indian engineers finally ensured that this 70-kilometer-long railway can always be used. Quickly repaired after air raids.

Although Lin Huaisheng staged an earth-shaking scene in the hinterland of Assam, India near the border still retreated quickly. They implemented the retreat plan formulated many years ago based on the lessons of the war, and systematically destroyed mountain roads and rivers. The bridge on the mountain makes it impossible for the chasing soldiers to regain the old tactics of interspersing through the mountains, but the new problems that India will face cannot be answered by the old experience.

Xu Jingzhe learned through special channels that despite the release of false appearances, the upper echelons of India still persuaded Prime Minister Kahan to give up the unrealistic idea of ​​recapturing Tezpur. Their next step is to slowly retreat westward. This is a one-time move by the Chinese army. opportunity to solve problems.

The Indians are very confident that more than [-] people will retreat in a group, and they seem to have no idea how large the annihilation war can be; in fact, the General Staff has long noticed that the Indian campaign theory was learned from the United Kingdom, and the contract campaign course of the National Defense University is very poor. Sufficiently, there is no campaign theory for group army group operations.

(End of this chapter)