Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 584 Head-on collision
"General. Lieutenant Colonel Yoon Cheol-hee of the South Korean Advisory Group is in Sialkot. He has his electronic reconnaissance team that can be used for reconnaissance. He has spent 6 years in the Chinese embassy. He can understand Chinese and distinguish English with a Chinese accent can help us analyze whether the Chinese army is involved and the scale of the involvement. In addition, he asked us to launch a counterattack and try to rescue six South Korean officers.”

"Let him be calm. Bring the K 40 tanks from the 1st Battalion of the 1th Regiment here first, we still need them. As for electronic reconnaissance, let him do it."

Meneyam turned around and checked where the new tanks would be deployed. "These goods may not be able to defeat China's Type 99 on the plains, but they should be useful in the Kashmir mountains. Anyway, they are nearly 20 times heavier than the enemy's tanks." Ton."

"Yes, I hope they can catch up with the next operation. The mountain tanks of the Chinese Army are scurrying around in my defense area. They are very arrogant. I need to show them some color." Lieutenant General Olinde said angrily from the side, his heart The boss was not happy. He could get a whole regiment of tanks, but it turned into a battalion in an instant.

"I remembered how the investigation of the enemy tanks captured in Leh was itchy."

"Commander. Yesterday, the DRDO (Defense Research Office) team crashed while landing in Srinagar. No one in the team was spared, so the investigation is temporarily left alone."

"It's really unfortunate. Even if the enemy doesn't do anything, we are still dropping the plane by ourselves." The lieutenant general smiled wryly and shook his head, "We must find a way. We can't be like the bureaucrats in New Delhi, doing nothing?"

"Lieutenant Colonel Yin Zhexi said that his people have the necessary equipment and can participate in the investigation of enemy equipment. The first-hand information is shared by our two countries, but the Ministry of Defense has not yet agreed."

"Well, I think they're here for this, but it's necessary, so let them do it. The Ministry of Defense ignores it. What time is it? It's still full of bureaucracy."

"The enemy's mountain tank is only 35 tons. How powerful it is, it's nothing more than bullying us," Olinde said disdainfully. "If I had a tank unit, I could have fought the Karakoram."

"Brother, don't be impatient. K1 is not our only choice. We have other cards to play." Meneam comforted.

"To be honest, I don't like Polish products very much. They are too light. Unmanned turrets are too difficult for soldiers to train. Other tank units can be put into combat, but they still can't."

Olinde pursed his lips and said.

Xu Jingzhe learned that Lin Huaisheng's forward played well in the first battle, but the enemy still had no corresponding mobilization, and seemed a little dizzy.

The Indians stubbornly believed that the Chinese army would come down from the mountains and refused to accept other possibilities.This misjudgment seems to come more from their superstition of historical experience than from various levels of deception.

But he still has to take a longer view here, and now he needs to keep an eye on Spanga's movements.It is necessary to grasp the extent to which Spanga's main force has been strengthened before the fight.

Lin Huaisheng's offensive will definitely reach the enemy's territory, but with the extension of the logistics supply line, there will definitely be a moment when the successor will be weak and need to rush for help. Maybe it will be in Amritser or Chandirgarh. What scale the second echelon will invest in is the real issue. This issue is still unclear. To some extent, it depends on the game between various groups within the enemy to compete for resources.

The dispatch capability of the Indian Air Force is not as good as before, while China's potential is on the right track. The number of aircraft that can be put into combat in January will reach a new height; the scale of air strikes will at least double, and the strike range will also be greatly expanded.If there is any advantage for the Indian Air Force, it may come from the shortened distance between the airport and the front line, resulting in a slight increase in dispatch rate.

In addition, the throughput of several major ports on the west coast of India has set a new record, a large amount of Western aid has piled up, and the national railway transportation has been completely transferred to military control, providing supplies for the newly formed troops around the clock.This is the first time in India's history that it has experienced such a large-scale threat. If you go back online, the last time the war that made this land a colony happened, India was not even a complete country.

"How is the expansion of Spanga's tank force? The superiors are waiting for first-hand information."

"His three main armored divisions are still scattered around New Delhi for adaptive training of new equipment. The 3st White Tiger Division suffered the most losses in the battle, but with the new equipment, it has recovered to the strength of five armored regiments. And each regiment is overstaffed by 31%, probably the largest armored unit in the world; 5 regiments are armed with T15A, and the rest are still T2S. In addition, one regiment of his 90th Armored Division uses British Challengers , seems to be too heavy for water net paddy fields. Other divisions in the unit use a mix of t 90S and T4 tanks."

"How about the actual combat capability of the T90A?"

"We got 2 tanks, and we have conducted shooting tests. The armor is not as strong as the data provided by the Russians. The fire control and firepower are about 90% higher than India's previous T15S. Of course, the tanks India got are all old ones. , our people are collecting records on the motorcycle hours and maintenance of these tanks."

"The engine status is not important, the Indians just need to exchange with us on the battlefield in a short period of time."

"In addition, the Polish government provided more mountain tanks than we expected. Before other NATO countries joined forces, they had already started trading. India even paid 75% of the cost, while British and French arms assistance was free."

"Hasn't it been observed at the front?"

"There is no report in this regard for the time being. Some analysts believe that it may be due to the lack of observation ability, and the training of the commander is very difficult. The actual experience in the battle shows that [-]% of the first enemy detection is done by the commander outside the turret with the naked eye."

"Is there any news from the Korean Advisory Group?"

"All caught, a total of 6, all alive."

"How is it possible? Didn't Lin report that the battle was extremely brutal?"

"It was really tragic, but I don't know why, none of the six people were injured. We caught them 6 kilometers away from the battlefield, and they were flying a white flag. Next, the Pakistani government will formally lodge a protest at the United Nations."

"We'll see Wang Zhenbei's story next, and I hope we don't mess it up."

Wang Zhenbei's brigade quickly crossed the railway line that provided half of Meneam's supplies in Kashmir, and now he had one of his arteries severed.

When Yahini attacked here, the enemy's train was still running step by step, which shows the extent of paralysis. Of course, the enemy will not allow this railway to be lost. They will definitely organize a counterattack. The aerial reconnaissance has also confirmed this judgment.Wang Zhenbei was waiting for the enemy's counterattack.

He faced a dilemma all morning. If he crossed Gujranwala and continued to advance triumphantly, it would not be difficult to break through the enemy's defense line in one fell swoop, but it would not be good for annihilating the enemy.The enemy's 9th Infantry Division has not yet assembled.According to the classic armored combat, he could of course pass through the junction directly and leave the task of annihilating the enemy to the rear, but Lin Huaisheng stopped this plan in time, because the Pakistani troops behind him had no time to catch up.

Obviously, in the early conception of this battle, the part about the close cooperation between the two armies was just a castle in the air. The rhythm of the Pakistan Army is actually more in tune with the Indian Army, so they can make a big difference in Fort Fort.

Wang Zhenbei remembered that Younis said that the Pakistani 1st Armored Division and the Indian division in front of it belonged to the same unit 70 years ago.

In the end, Wang Zhenbei could only stop and wait, waiting for the main force of the enemy to assemble.The frontal enemy is a semi-mechanized force, including some T72s and BMP2s. Lin Huaisheng hoped that the enemy's main force and weapons would be concentrated, and then let Wang Zhenbei solve it in one battle, which would be better than keeping them behind and threatening the communication line at any time.

At this moment, Yahini has been driven to the north, but the two wings in the north of Wangzhen have not yet arrived. The important town of Gujranwala is close at hand, and there is also a regiment headquarters of the 9th Division and about one and a half battalions of troops , peeping at him tremblingly.He can't waste his mobile force on attacking towns, he can only let it go.On the contrary, the enemy sent out reconnaissance units and mortar units from time to time to harass him constantly, which was really annoying.

The tanks and various combat vehicles in Wangzhenbei are scattered in the wilderness east and west of the railway, stretching forward and backward for more than ten kilometers. The low-cost small drones launched from the city can always find some gaps in the short-range air defense weapons and sneak in. Take a peek.

The roar of jets sounded in the sky, but the plane above the clouds could not be seen when looking up.Wang Zhenbei knew that air support had arrived.Then there was a loud noise in the city of Gujranwala. Judging from the direction of the fire, the enemy's mortar positions near the station were razed to the ground.

"Damn it, it would be nice to blow up the whole city."

The enemy has maximized the use of civilian buildings to cover their military facilities, and the actual owners of these buildings are the Pakistani government or civilians, so the air force is very cautious, which gives the dying Indian army room to continue to maneuver .They moved the headquarters to the vicinity of the mosque, but there is nothing they can do for the time being.

At this moment, the regiment headquarters of the Indian 9th Division hiding in the city is desperately calling for rescue. In the morning, the enemy's T84 tank appeared in the north of the city and crossed the railway. It seemed that it could rush in just by stepping on the accelerator.And in this so-called important town, there are only some wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, and it is really impossible to resist it.

After several hours of delay, Wang Zhenbei finally got the information that the two Indian troops in the east were joined together, and now it was time for him to act.He didn't have too many troops to launch a pincer attack, and he had to reserve some troops to guard against the enemies of Gujranwala, so he chose to attack from the front, preparing to defeat them in one fell swoop and seize the way forward.

And the enemy army made moves step by step, first sending out reconnaissance vehicles to come to test.

Of course, these ground vehicles can't see anything. The first thing that ushers in is the reconnaissance helicopter of the Chinese army.These helicopters open the way for the tanks at low altitudes, ready to clean up those targets that go out of their own air defense circle, and at the same time undertake reconnaissance missions for their own side.

The helicopter pilot saw the yellow sand all over the sky to the east from a distance, and it was obvious that there was a large-scale army operating there.Running at the forefront are the enemy's reconnaissance vehicles, these 8X8 wheeled chariots, it is difficult to get away from the helicopter's eyes in the plains.

The Wuzhi 19 helicopter used infrared sensors to intercept the target, and then fired anti-tank missiles to easily eliminate a platoon of enemy reconnaissance infantry.

In the first round of the contest, the Indian 9th Division failed to achieve the purpose of reconnaissance.The commander, Major General Haraya, began to hesitate again. He felt that the information on the battlefield was not very transparent to him, so he ordered the headquarters and the troops directly under him to stop outside the fire range of the locals, and the rest of the troops also slowed down their advance. , he hoped to wait for further information by delaying time.His superiors ordered him to restore the railway immediately and deal a head-on blow to the enemy, but he knew his own weight.

The 9th Division is different from other mechanized infantry divisions. There is no armored brigade (regiment), only a reinforced tank battalion equipped with T72, and there are about 45 tanks. The weapons used are the fh77 howitzers of the artillery regiment, and the 9 LCHs of the helicopter squadron that can launch anti-tank missiles, but these units were dismantled by their superiors and transferred to Kashmir.

The main combat weapons of his division are BMP-1 and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles. There are as many as 300 vehicles. The battalion-level support firepower consists of mortars and recoilless guns, none of which exceed 100 mm.The artillery regiment also has 60 122 mm self-propelled guns, and the rest are towed guns.When this troop usually marches, it is mighty and majestic, but it cannot compete with real mechanized troops, at least not alone.But Meneam's desperate action has transferred all the troops in this area to the mountains, and now he must independently undertake the offensive and defensive tasks in this area.

A small unmanned aerial vehicle of the Chinese army bravely rushed towards the engulfing enemy troops. It had been stared at by the Indian air defense battalion below for a long time, but several excellent evasions prevented it from being caught by the enemy troops below. Anti-aircraft fire hits.

The Indian air defense battalion used a large number of old 23mm anti-aircraft guns, which greatly extended the survival time of this aircraft on the battlefield.In fact, it had no intention of flying back. What Wang Zhenbei wanted to know was the same as his opponent, which was the size and deployment of the enemy.Ultimately, the mission wasn't over until its sensors saw an Armor S1 system pull over from the road.

Through this reconnaissance, Wang Zhenbei has a general understanding of the size of the enemy army. The enemy puts a small number of tanks in front to make up for it. However, the overall size of the army is still larger than his own. It is about the shelf of a mechanized infantry division, but its vitality is very weak. .And his armored group, based on an armored brigade, was expanded to deal with imaginary enemies like the enemy's White Tiger Division. The main combat forces consisted of 5 tank battalions, 3 machine infantry battalions, and 2 artillery battalions; there was also a brigade Helicopters, and reconnaissance, electronics, communications, chemical defense and other directly affiliated combat units.All the tanks are the latest, and the artillery is equipped with 155mm self-propelled artillery, which has an overwhelming advantage in firepower.In addition, there are advantages in air cover and reconnaissance.

(End of this chapter)