Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 483 Waiting for Rescue
"Director, it will be printed in multiple languages. Make sure most soldiers can understand it."

"The photo itself is enough to explain the problem. It is very clear. The people in Luosang are really strange. They even have to take pictures of the criminal evidence..." Xu Jingzhe said very satisfied.

"In order to prevent the rain from soaking the paper, we used special plasticized paper, coupled with high-resolution color printing, this time we spared no expense."

"Hey, don't think about these things in war. How much does a bomb cost? Things that can reduce the number of deaths on both sides are good things."

"Is it useful to throw it blindly like this? I have thrown a lot of these things recently, but the number of prisoners caught has not increased."

"It will definitely be useful. We must believe that there are huge contradictions within the enemy, and blindly attacking with force will cover up these basic contradictions. We must not let their 10 people be of one mind."

Everyone nodded frequently, the major general's words seemed quite reasonable.

"By the way, the Indian army's radio station is also a breakthrough. On some on-duty listening channels, we must launch a psychological offensive. This is a traditional advantage of ours. It cannot be discarded. It will have a miraculous effect against such an army with huge class differences. of."

"According to your instructions, various troops have collected a group of active captives who are willing to cooperate with our work, so that the language problem can be solved for the time being. Recording is currently underway."

"Well, the voices of their own people are very affectionate, and they can get rid of the lies of the upper echelons of the army from the root. This is very important."

"Will their upper echelons shake together?"

"There is this possibility. If you are trapped first and starve for two days, they will be in chaos. I don't believe that Indians can't starve to death."

The No. 08 tank stayed alone in a small village 5 kilometers west of the hot battlefield, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

According to He Fan's request, the two drones have been flying overhead, but nothing has been found.His communication with Lin Huaisheng was always smooth, and he also communicated with Qin Donghui's headquarters through a communicator carrying a radio, so he knew that the battlefield had stabilized. As he expected, the frontal enemy's offensive should be resisted. It is said that India The Army also fought the deadliest battle since the beginning of the war.However, the enemy should not succumb soon, because they can still rely on the outside line. As long as the reinforcements on the outside line are not defeated, the enemy's will to resist will not be easily broken.

A few planes whizzed past overhead. He Fan looked up at the gloomy sky, but couldn't see the planes above the clouds at all. He knew that they were going to bomb the 23rd Division's march.It is also very difficult for the aircraft to search for maneuvering targets on the ground. Such bad weather has brought a lot of trouble to the air force; but it is not a good thing for the enemy's ground forces. If they are only equipped with low-light night Depending on the device, the visible distance is only 5/1 of your own.Of course if it's an improved T72, there might be early thermal imaging equipment, but those things don't work very well, and the use time is very limited.

"Company commander, the drone has found signs of the enemy, and there is a convoy 1.5 kilometers away."

He Fan immediately got into the turret, and before he could see the image clearly, Lin Huaisheng's voice also came on the command channel.

"The enemy from the west is coming very quickly, and I have to trouble you to resist it again, and an infantry company will arrive soon."

"Don't worry, everything is within my expectations." He Fan replied conceitedly, he had indeed guessed that the enemy would send out a fast troop to test, which meant that this troop probably wouldn't carry his last Nasty infantry, he can handle tanks alone, especially at night, he is still sure.

"Very good. Be sure to block it. I checked the terrain and it is in your favor."

Chief of Staff Lin hastily cut off the call without specifying when his infantry company would arrive.He Fan's tanks can be distributed through the data link of the headquarters, and there are a large number of friendly neighbors around, and there is indeed a wheeled tank approaching.

He stood in front of the monitor and carefully observed the enemy's movement. The drone had been circling to track the enemy's formation. He only saw a dozen tanks. The models were temporarily unclear, and it seemed that several types of tanks were mixed.The enemy advances along a ready-made road, and the natural speed is faster.The air force did not destroy these roads, perhaps for the purpose of planning to attack Siguri in the future, in short, it temporarily made the enemy cheaper.At a distance of 1.5 kilometers, the tanks stopped and went straight into the woods, gradually disappearing from the infrared vision of the drone.

"They seem to have stopped, maybe they are going to have a meeting, or are they waiting for follow-up troops?" He Fan thought to himself, such a terrain between two mountains and one road should be a headache for the commander, but stopping and waiting for follow-up troops obviously lost speed meaning of assault.He guessed that the enemy should agree on an attack plan, and within half an hour at most, they would show up and rush over.

The matter was not as simple as He Fan thought. The enemy's advance troops stopped, but it was actually because Lieutenant General Moro Ghani in the rear suddenly stopped.

At this moment, the lieutenant general in the headquarters 70 kilometers away was surrounded by all kinds of one-sided information and became extremely suspicious. He began to doubt whether the encircled 4th Army could be saved. If he wanted to fill in another whole division, he would really Completely turned into a polished commander, he may not even be able to defend the Sigurd area.

In the temporary conference room, many staff officers of the 4th Army were frowning. At present, there are a large number of staff officers left in the army, and most of the commanders are inside and outside the encirclement.

The two captains who had escaped from the encirclement were sitting in the corner. They were transported back by helicopter from the front to participate in the meeting. For a full 6 hours, the communication in the encirclement was sporadic, and the parties must explain the situation.

The oil-stained tank commanders looked terrified. They didn't know whether it was because they had seen the strength of the enemy, or they were worried that someone here would see through their escape.

"So the enemy's defense is strengthening?" Lieutenant General Moro Ghani asked a tanker.

"Yes, countless reinforcements are coming from the south. After we broke through the frontal defense, we broke into the deep ambush position. The size of the enemy is about a tank battalion. It was hard to get out."

"The opponent has so many cannons, how can you escape from their cannons?" The lieutenant general really asked, obviously not believing these nonsense.The driver was speechless and stood there in a daze.

"If the Chinese army's ambush position is not facing east, but west, it will make sense," someone next to him immediately rescued the commander, "I guess the enemy must have prepared another pocket, opening to the west, ready to eat Losing our rescue force, I have studied the CCP’s tactics, allocating half of the troops to destroy the reinforcements is their usual trick.”

The staff officer was thorough in his analysis, and the commander next to him also nodded frequently. In fact, they ran out after breaking through the siege. Two other vehicles reported on the radio that they had encountered a Chinese tank, and then the contact was cut off.Said that it encountered a large number of ambush positions of Chinese tanks, just to shirk responsibility.If Lin Huaisheng had a large-scale tank force, he might really move the 2rd Division's mind, but he didn't.

"Can they really allocate half of their troops to ambush the reinforcements? Not so much?"

The lieutenant general shook his head and muttered to himself. Common sense told him that this was impossible. He could roughly guess the size of the enemy and its logistical capabilities.At this moment, both sides should be exhausted from fighting, how can this situation still exist?Really, how did the two tanks rush out?But now that the reconnaissance plane can't get close to the front line, he can only listen to the commander for the time being.

"Everyone, what do you think?"

"General, with all due respect, it is best for General Sampani to hold on for ten days and a half months. We are waiting for assistance from the rear, and when we gather enough troops and firepower, we can open the road in one fell swoop and rescue them." The staff officer said.

This very blatant suggestion to abandon the rescue obviously did not intend to leave a way for the 10 people in Sampani to survive. According to the calculation of food, the army should have starved to death in ten days.

"But the 4th Army has run out of food? We have been eating livestock feed these days, and the mountain division's mules and horses have also been eaten up." A tank commander asked without understanding.

"I believe that General Sampani can solve these problems. There will always be a way to think about it." The staff officer said lightly.

"You must also consider that there are more than 4 people there. If you respond negatively, what will happen to the most serious consequences? Our vanguard has already reached 6 kilometers west of the [-]th Army." The lieutenant general is obviously very worried about political issues. As a result, he couldn't let a group of staff officers who were focused on running away lead him by the nose. His predecessor had just been sentenced to death for treason, and the upper echelons were trying to make an example of others.

"Otherwise," another staff officer stood up with his chest out, "Let the vanguard fight, and if they are ambushed by the enemy, they will withdraw, so that they can give an explanation to the higher-ups."

This insidious plan was immediately unanimously approved by the participants, including the lieutenant general himself, who also felt that it was very feasible. A surprise attack could not only achieve the rescue, but also find out whether there were a large number of ambushes there.

"Well, tell the front to move on. Pass through the narrow area carefully, don't act recklessly when you find enemy firepower, and retreat immediately."

The meeting reached a consensus that Morogani's command had reason to suspect that there was a trap, although they ignored the ardent expectations of General Kunta and the remaining 10 people in the encirclement.Kunta had long expected that some vacillating wranglers in the headquarters would sabotage the rescue plan by exaggerating the enemy's situation, so he presciently concealed the news of Sampani's disappearance, so that he would not be the one who refused to rescue those people. It's an excuse, but in the calculation of their respective interests, he still fell behind.

As the 4th Army's breakout weakened, the Chinese Air Force's air strikes also began to weaken.In some secondary areas, the sound of gunfire became sporadic, and the vast battlefield was filled with the miserable wailing of the wounded Indians. When the Indian troops retreated, no one took care of the seriously injured wounded, so they could only be kept in the field. They fend for themselves in the cold rainy night, but when a reconnaissance team composed of Chinese paratroopers sneaked out to collect information on the officers' corpses, they brought back some seriously wounded for treatment.

Large H-6 fighter jets appeared above the clouds again. This time they did not come to drop bombs, but dropped the first batch of publicity materials that were rushed out. In the sequence of the Chinese Air Force, these old-fashioned bombers with magazines are one of the few that can Aircraft that drop promotional materials directly.

Originally, the headquarters planned to wait a few more hours for the airdrop after dawn, but Xu Jingzhe couldn't wait any longer. He believed that it would be most effective to carry out a propaganda offensive immediately after the enemy suffered serious setbacks.

There is no specific destination for the airdrop, but it was dropped in a slightly westward area taking into account the wind bias. Considering the large size of the Indian army in the forest, it must be scattered everywhere. I believe someone will pick it up.

The pieces of paper fell from the sky with a rattling sound that was different from ordinary paper.Soon some were picked up by Indian soldiers sitting in the miserable wind and rain.The content of the promotional materials is sensational, mainly about the part about Indian officers shooting and killing soldiers, and the other part about the 4th Army Command dropping troops and fleeing.

At the beginning, the soldiers did not dare to spread the word to each other. For this kind of thing, Sampani has shot many people. Except that he did not use a machine gun, he is no different from the officer in the photo.He even has a supervising team composed of cold-blooded professional soldiers, specializing in supervising ordinary soldiers.But now there are rumors everywhere that Sampani escaped in a tank; and his supervisory team has been wiped out on the front line; and some low-level officers also said that it has been a long time since they heard the people from the headquarters on the radio The voice is gone, confirming the source of the news from the side.After a while soldiers began to gather and discuss which of these vicious propagandas were true and which were not.The person who said it was eloquent, and the people listening around nodded frequently.

In the Indian Army, corporal punishment and exploitation by superiors oppressing subordinates have occurred frequently. Even when soldiers are desperately needed, there are a lot of injustices. Nowadays, most people can only be allocated a few hundred grams of grains for livestock every day. Flatbread.

Most of the soldiers looked at these things out of curiosity at first, and they also knew that their opponents must have no good intentions when they dropped these things, but the effect of these words and pictures was subtle, and small-scale discussions gradually turned into arguments. The topic of debate has gradually turned to the most realistic one: should we continue to sacrifice our lives for the upper class in New Delhi?Even if the Chinese deliberately distorted the facts, but in terms of the nature and tradition of India, the life and death of lower-level soldiers are not concerned.

General Kunta's headquarters also received the news immediately. An officer hurried in with a letter of persuasion and put it on the table.The lieutenant general looked at the colored plasticized paper upside down several times, and he was really amazed by the huge material advantages of the enemy.The persuasion book mentioned the failure of Sampani's breakout offensive and the escape of the headquarters. Obviously it was only 2 hours ago. How could it be printed so quickly and airdropped?He thought how could India have a long-term confrontation with such an opponent?
(End of this chapter)