Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 551 The Arbiter

"You are just a battalion commander, so of course you don't have to think about these things." Younis said, and glanced at Lin Huaisheng beside him.

"It's not like that," Yahini snapped back. "I just keep thinking that if we don't get into Indian territory, we'll never recover all the land."

"Why do you have such a strange idea?" Younis asked.

"This is the inspiration given to me by the enemy six months ago. When their tanks broke through our borders, they created huge chaos. Refugees fleeing everywhere paralyzed our roads, blocked bridges, and hindered the movement of troops. Among them And there were a lot of spies in there; I remember that scene vividly."

"Well, let's go on and see." This time it was Lin Huaisheng who encouraged him from the sidelines.

"I think that as long as the war is going on on our soil, the enemy will always have the upper hand. They can methodically hide behind the borders to maintain the supply lines of their troops, and have no scruples to launch air strikes on targets in our territory. "

Lin Huaisheng and the Chinese officers around him responded with appreciative smiles and nods. Apparently, Yahini's offensive awareness was extremely rare among the stale and timid upper-level officers of the Pakistani Army who did not think about making progress.

"So, we must fight back in our own way. Sending chaos and fear to the enemy, so that the initiative of the war will return to us, and the enemy will be in crisis, which is better than capturing* **Fort makes a lot more sense."

"It seems that you, the acting battalion commander, still have a lot of ideas. Maybe you should become the army commander." Younis said old-fashionedly. In fact, not long ago, he himself was just a battalion commander.

"I thought about it. Even if we can't break through too far, we can still effectively mobilize the Indian troops in the whole north, and we can calmly retreat; if we win...we can directly threaten New Delhi, so that they will be bad. "

From the moment Yahini saw the tanks parked here, he suddenly thought of New Delhi. Perhaps he is the person who can best understand Zhou Yaohua and Lin Huaisheng's offensive ideas. He is far less constrained than his officers and more daring to imagine. .

The scene fell silent, leaving only the monotonous sound of metal clashing on the assembly line in the distance.A new tank has just been assembled, workers climbed up the turret, began to install the top machine gun, and connect the internal wiring, and then it will run two laps in the empty underground workshop, and then conduct several electrical equipment adjustments.

The officers of the [-]st Armored Division, no one thought how the battalion commander of the firefighting force could have such big ambitions. In his vision, there was no such important town as Fort Fort or Karachi. These parts, look directly at the capital of the enemy.

"I know your plan." Younis turned around and said to Lin Huaisheng, "You can take over my army at any time as long as the superior gives the order, why do you want to play this?" His words were obviously aimed at Lin Huaisheng, more or less Some resentment.

"You misunderstood, I am not here to inform the latest decisions of the two governments, nor to take away your army, I am here to spread confidence to you." Lin's words proved Younis' guess, he is actually here Takeover of the [-]st Armored Division.

"confidence?"

"Yes. In addition to the unified command, we must achieve close cooperation. If you still can't believe that this cooperation will bring victory, then cooperation is suspicious. We are only temporarily commanding your army, but , the final victory belongs to both of us.”

"That's what you say. But...the enemy has taken precautions. Spanga's troops are gathering around New Delhi as a general reserve. Our strength is not superior."

Lin Huaisheng continued to turn to Yahini: "What do you think of the Indian god of war Spanga?"

"What kind of war god is Spanga? His troops have never really defeated me. In Quetta we wiped out one regiment of his most elite White Tiger Division, and I am looking forward to pulling out the rest of his fangs." Yahini said coldly Said.

The Chinese generals at the scene began to applaud, but it seemed a little sparse.It was difficult for the Pakistani military officers present to make a judgment that they could go to war relying on the blind and unfounded self-confidence of such a low-ranking officer.

"Our offensive from the Punjabi gang is like a hot knife cutting into butter." Lin Huaisheng made a straightforward gesture, "By that time, Meneyam will either give up the entire Kashmir Jammu and keep his back Road, or sit and watch us enter New Delhi, you think about this situation."

"What will happen to your offensive in the north?"

"The pressure will be maintained until the entire Meneam group is destroyed. The last two armies will join forces in New Delhi."

"It's always easy to say." Eunice sighed.But he thought to himself: maybe it can really create a miracle?

The basement of the Prime Minister's Palace in New Delhi.Prime Minister Kahan did not attend the final military decision-making at Safudjong's venue. He had just met with William Anderson, the National Security Affairs Assistant of the US government, here.

He had never been up early in the morning eagerly looking forward to meeting such a low-level official, but this was not the same as before.Even if it's just a straw that can save him, he must grab it desperately.

The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and the guest had already left at this moment and returned to his country to return to his task.Anderson brought with him the strongest pledge of political support in the United States since the war began—only in rhetoric, of course.

The West is moving towards the goal of reaching a collective consensus. More and more countries realize that China is not simply intervening in the direction of the war, nor is it just supporting Pakistan to attack India. Their unilateral military operations in Assam , has nothing to do with the war between India and Pakistan, nor does it seem like a node to stop.In general, the views of the United States are increasingly tending to Kahan's earlier judgments.The United States and its allies cannot tolerate China's lawlessness any longer.

But the crux of the matter is time.India must persist on its own until the completion of various assistance and related supporting training.The U.S. has made precise calculations, and India has lost more than half of its armed forces so far. This is much more serious than the most pessimistic report Kahan can get from the Ministry of Defense; and the enemy has not fully mobilized at all. The city is still singing and dancing, and the order is orderly. Except for the reservists who have received a weekly notice to participate in military training, social life has not changed; the industry has not changed much, and the main production capacity is still producing civilian consumer goods.No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like two equal countries are fighting.The assistant reminded the Prime Minister that although the United States intends to uphold justice, it will not force it. If India can play a little more decently, it will actively help the new president's decision-making in the coming year.

The Prime Minister explained that China is not as easy as it seems, but that the railways and roads she secretly built in the past few decades to connect the border areas have begun to work, while India is facing two fronts.

In addition, Anderson mentioned the worst possibility that the Chinese Army may launch a lightning-fast battle in the direction of Punjab that directly threatens New Delhi. possible.If India is knocked down by one blow, it will obviously completely lose the chance to regain strength.

"How's the meeting of the generals going?" Kahan asked, standing up tremblingly.

"It's almost done," the secretary replied. "General Meneam and General Spanga have some disagreements about the direction of enemy attack. General Meneam thinks the enemy will follow the line of 1962, while General Spanga He takes a different view, he believes that the enemy will carry out a surprise attack from the Pakistani side."

"We don't have much time to quarrel, can the generals come up with a more compromise plan?"

"I think that's what Minister Singh meant too, and he'll sort it out."

At the scene of Safford's high-level military meeting, the debate has entered a heated stage.

Meneyam rejected any call to restore the November defense in the area west of Gujranwala, which would have wasted his reserves.All he wanted to do was to concentrate on Kashmir to deal with the Chinese attack.The general did not expect the enemy to attack from the west, and even a diversionary attack would not be too strong.Launching an attack in an area far from the supply base is obviously against military common sense.

The differences were even more pronounced with regard to the allocation of newly formed units.Meneam hopes to get a share of more than 90.00%. Even for heavy equipment that is of little use in mountain combat, he hopes to get more than others.He extended his hand to the newly formed independent tank unit of about five battalions equipped with British and French tanks. In principle, these units were assigned to Spanga, which relied more on mobile warfare.And for the newly formed ten separate squadrons of anti-tank missiles using the Israeli system, he thinks it should get eight.As for the field anti-aircraft missile unit, it should all belong to him. His recent losses in this area are too great.

Singer, who had been silent all this time, stood up.Due to a series of failures, he fell from the main decision-maker in charge of the war to the host of the military council; however, if he can grasp the struggle between different hills and become an impartial arbiter, it will be a shortcut to regain his influence. Of course, the premise is that the anger of the generals must be appeased.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen. The enemy is now, I think we should put aside our differences and unite quickly to deal with the most critical situation."

Not many people took Singh's speech seriously. After Assam's defeat, his prestige can be said to have been discredited. The venue continued to be chaotic, and many people continued to whisper.

"I think we should still strengthen the defense of the Punjab gang. If we lose the railway there, it will be much more difficult for us to replenish the north." He shouted louder.

"If you have enough personnel and equipment, you can extend the defense to anywhere, otherwise it's a piece of crap." Meneam shook his head disdainfully.

"I suggest that elite paratroopers can be used to strengthen the defense there." After his words fell, the meeting hall finally became quieter.After the war, the mobilization of Indian paratroopers was directly under the responsibility of the Army Staff, and in fact, as a special operations force directly under it, they were engaged in surprise attacks.The mobilization of paratroopers is obviously a solution acceptable to all parties.

"Now there are 5 old paratrooper battalions and 6 newly formed supplementary paratrooper battalions, which can immediately go to Punjab to strengthen the defense there."

Meneam dropped his objections, and Spanga was noncommittal.

"As for the newly formed Kaiser Artillery Force. In view of these wheeled systems, road maneuvers on the plateau in winter are very inconvenient. I propose that it should be assigned to General Spanga's 11th Army, so that the road network in the plains can be fully utilized. .”

Meneam took a deep breath and exhaled it hard through his nose, as he did when he was angry.

"Are you crazy, I need a large-caliber self-propelled artillery more."

"There are still 97 Arjun tank chassis on the assembly line of the Awadi Heavy Vehicle Factory. It has been decided to change them into self-propelled artillery, which is far more maneuverable than truck guns. It's all yours."

"Time waits for no one. I can't wait for the equipment. I need some ready-made goods for emergency." Meneam said, his tone has eased a lot.

"The mountain tanks we got from the government of the Republic of Korea, I think, can be used to strengthen your 33rd Army."

"Hehe, what's the use of a mere six companies?" Meneam twitched. These tanks have always been what he wanted most, but it's his style to get cheap and good-looking.

"In any case, this is currently the only equipment that can effectively fight against the CCP's mountain armor."

"As for the heavy tanks provided by France, the real problem is that logistics and maintenance are very difficult. I think it is better to stay in Sakharanpur so that they can be supported by railways in all directions when necessary. This is also a powerful barrier for the capital circle. Command Right, for the time being, to General Spanga."

"I can accept this, I need to supplement my night combat ability."

Spanga said that he has always wanted to enrich his armored forces. In addition, if these things are transported to Meneam to the mountains to serve as fixed artillery batteries, he really can't stand it.

"In this case, I have to deploy more army aviation squadrons in my defense zone, especially if the attack is really upgraded." Meneam said.

"No problem, I can assign all the Apache squadrons to the Northern Military District."

The so-called all squadrons are actually only two.After an unfavorable first battle, these complex weapons are currently staying in Amritsar for mountain combat training.The mountain tanks that the CCP put into combat in Assam were the primary targets of the two squadrons.

"Everyone, you have also seen that the free world has begun to realize the true nature of this war under the surface. This is the part that Prime Minister Kahan has been trying to warn the West, but has been repeatedly misunderstood; now things are starting to improve Now, the arsenals of the democracies will keep supplying us with arms, and we will be back on our feet in a few months. India will be well reared and regain the initiative on every front.”

"It's really not easy for you to be so confident." Meneam said eccentrically.

Although various pro-Western countries have begun to provide India with miscellaneous second-hand weapons, some even as direct military aid rather than arms transactions, the number is still limited, and it has added new problems to India's already unsustainable logistical support.But the good news is that India's depleted military production capacity has been effectively replenished, and the number of soldiers is really not a problem for India.

(End of this chapter)