Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 617
Yin Zhexi calmed down from the inexplicable rage. Without notifying the rest of the crew, he hurriedly pushed open the hatch and jumped out of the tank.After running about 20 meters and almost disappearing into the blizzard, the command tank was hit and exploded immediately.

The lieutenant colonel finally realized one thing just now, this kind of tank has no advantage at all in the mountains.He just kept deceiving Indians and himself.

No Chinese tank opened fire on a single deserter, but in this climate, even if one escaped, it was bound to not get very far.

Two cruise missiles flew over Leh one after the other in the sky. The electromagnetic attack this time was almost the same as the last one, except that the distance between the two missiles was longer so as not to interfere with their own detonation time.

The purpose of this electromagnetic pulse attack is to destroy the communication command system, block the communication between Leh and the front troops, the rear artillery and the Srinagar command, and completely isolate Leh.

While the pulse bomb exploded near the airport, two Indian Air Force Polaris helicopters were braving the blizzard, staggering and preparing to land at the airport. The sudden electromagnetic attack caused the ground lighting and the helicopter engine to fail at the same time, and the helicopter fell directly to the dark runway. On the ground, it turned into a ball of flames. Dozens of soldiers from India's most elite 2th Parachute Brigade who were ordered to reinforce Leh were lost in vain.

General Olinde, who was sitting in Srinagar, immediately noticed that there was a communication problem. He was about to use the heavy snow to offset the advantage of the enemy's air force and drones, push the front line eastward, and seize several important commanding heights. Unexpectedly, as soon as I made a move, I was hit back by the opponent's firepower several times as well as my own.

Now he was eager to collect the information ahead, and adjusted his number, but he didn't want the communication to disappear again.Of course, he wasn't too anxious. It wasn't the first time the enemy had used such an unscrupulous trick to cut off his power, so he was well prepared, and he wasn't worried about Leh's defense.Leh has the most complete group of bunkers in India, as well as 3500 soldiers and nearly a hundred cannons.This fort was once a fortification model promoted by Pasade to the whole army. Not only is it impregnable, but it also has one. The 5-kilometer plateau runway can be relied on.He was just a little worried about the safety of the attacking troops, especially his newly befriended Korean brother.

According to Yin Zhexi's vision, he should have wiped out the enemy's mountain tanks lurking near Leh at this moment, and is heading east for victory. Unfortunately, the enemy destroyed the communication, and Olinde could not grasp the victory.He thought that if the weather improved tomorrow, he would send several drones to restore communication.The news of the victory must be reported to Admiral Meneam as soon as possible, so that he can feel a little relieved.

According to Meneam's conservative vision, the South Korean K1 tank should have been used as a mobile turret to enhance the defense of Leh.But 3 days ago, after killing a bottle of brandy, Yin Zhexi revealed his disdain for the defense plan.He believes that the most taboo thing to do when fighting with the Chinese army is to back down, so that the enemy will gain an inch. Therefore, it is necessary to use a lightning-fast offensive to destroy the CCP tanks entrenched in the northeast of Leh.This drunken remark tickled the lieutenant general's itch.He also felt that in the case of superior equipment, taking the initiative to attack was the only wise choice.

He has always regarded this capable Korean as the key to a comeback. Although as many as 36 of the 1 K1A9s broke down during the journey from Srinagar to Leh, the Korean lieutenant colonel still believes that he has a clear advantage .He believed that as long as a company appeared on the front line, it was enough to attack an enemy brigade.This militant zeal infected Olinde, who was so right-tempered that Olinde finally persuaded Meneam to allocate resources for him to launch a counterattack in Leh at the same time as Sialkot counterattack was launched. .It's a pity that Meneam paid more attention to the attack from the south, and didn't allocate enough ammunition for him
At the same time, the Sialkot offensive personally commanded by Admiral Meneyam was not going well. The Chinese army used armed helicopters to attack at a height invisible to his air defense radar, destroying a large number of ground equipment. The "terrorists" recruited by the district have shown a strong style in close combat.His offensive edge was less than 5 kilometers away from the enemy's road network, but he couldn't move forward, and his preparations couldn't rush to the front at night, and the stalemate battle seemed to drag on for another day.

The admiral had spent his entire day of attack yesterday, losing a record 30 fighter jets and more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles. As of noon, the number of people lost exceeded 3000. It has not been counted.Although the air force and long-range artillery destroyed part of the enemy's road, the road is not a railway after all, and it cannot be completely blocked by firepower alone. The satellite reconnaissance of the US military has also confirmed that the enemy's transportation has not been greatly affected. The speed of burying and repairing roads is also getting faster and faster.

Thinking that during the day, the enemy's air force dispatch rate will greatly increase, the general will inevitably feel nervous. It seems that he must carefully deploy his own air defense network at night. Fortunately, he has a lot of experience in air defense and knows some of the enemy's tactics. Weaknesses, so try to disperse the key nodes of the prevention and control network and keep backups, and at the same time deploy the anti-aircraft missile command vehicle to the position where the Chinese Air Force throws rats.Sialkot's air defense is centered on the Buk missile, so it is necessary to give full play to the characteristics of this missile's strong independent combat capability.He also had 20 legal Leclerc tanks, which he had taken as trophies from Spanga, and which he intended to launch into the offensive after daybreak.

As the sky brightened, the Chinese Air Force's air strikes extended more and more northward, but they were still unable to break through the air defense circle supported by the Buk missiles in the urban area of ​​Sialkot.Although a large number of JH-7 and J-16 fighter jets were put into battle, only a few types of stand-off weapons (precision-guided long-range anti-radiation and TV-guided missiles) were used to attack the city. Dangkou, it's really a bit useless if you can't let go of your hands and feet like this.

The crux of the problem is that Lin Huaisheng is quite restrained in the use of long-range firepower. His superiors put great pressure on him, asking him not to "seriously damage" the city, but there is no explanation for the scale of "serious damage".

The concerns of the superiors are of course justified. If the Pakistani troops see their cities being battered by their own artillery fire, their morale will definitely be affected.But Meneam has also noticed this. The city's buildings and population have become an important means for him to hold back his opponent's air superiority. As before, he has deployed air defense positions and headquarters in scattered locations near the city center and mosques. areas, while prohibiting people from fleeing the city.

The Air Force was forced to severely restrict less "accurate" weapons such as satellite-guided glide bombs, and during the Tezpur campaign there were no such restrictions at all.Even the use of TV-guided weapons adds constraints.

As in the final phase of the Assam campaign, Indian electronic warfare forces began to use active jamming and ground radiation sources extensively.These means can destroy the data link of missiles such as TV-guided missiles with humans in the loop, and can also interfere with anti-radiation missiles tracking targets. These fake radiation sources are often placed near residential areas, with the purpose of inducing anti-radiation missiles to hit them area.On the other hand, the enemy's warning radar detected by China's electronic reconnaissance aircraft is scattered in several areas, which serve as backups for each other and start up at intervals. On the periphery of the defense, there is also a Doyle M1 system with independent combat capabilities to provide protection, thus forming a complete system. Yes, but it is not easy to find the core system.

All these troubles caused Lin Huaisheng to delay the time for the "final solution" assigned to the Air Force.The Sam 11 missile launch vehicle in the city can still cover the heads of the front-line Indian offensive troops. For the time being, they can only use low-altitude helicopters to suppress enemy tanks, and cannot carry out air interception strikes on the vertical zone. This makes Meneam's offensive still can last.

Lin Huaisheng's headquarters is still at the border and has not entered Indian territory. He is waiting for the nail behind him to be pulled out, and his next target is New Delhi.If Meneyam pushes him, he can choose long-range rockets to smash Sialkot to pieces, but now is not the time to make such a decision.

Lin Huaisheng lowered his head and thought about the situation at hand. When he raised his head, he quickly found the ground unit closest to Sialkot from the newly updated map. It was after a night of marching in the mountains, crossing the steep mountains, and sneaking close to Sialkot. Yahini's Tank Battalion.As expected, Yahini could still be trusted, and he found that he might still have a good card to play.

The average elevation of the eastern area of ​​Sialkot is tens of meters higher than the town. If Yahini can rush to the designated area and find an area with good shooting range, he should have the opportunity to commandeer and discover the air defense positions deployed in the city. At the limit distance of tank firepower, if you knock down a few nodes and paralyze the enemy's air defense network for a while, then the air force carrying laser-guided bombs will have a chance to get in and tear up Meneam's prevention and control network beyond recovery The degree of regional air defense capability, even if it can maintain some independent combat capabilities, is not a concern.

In an era when integrated air-ground combat has become the trend, it is natural for the air force to support the army. It is rare to support the army in reverse, but Lin is not conservative in the use of the army, and the almighty Yahini always Make him think of some crooked ideas.Of course, this meant that he had to abandon his original plan to let Yahini cut off the enemy's railway transportation.Both he and Meneam were planning the same plan, using a surprise army to cut off the enemy's rear.

Yahini's 2 companies with 18 tanks stopped in the valley, waiting for the final order. They crossed the mountains overnight and walked a ravine where the enemy had no defense. The length of this road was less than 5 kilometers, but it broke down along the way. He bought 4 Type 96s, but the price was within his expectations.In addition, his 3rd company took another route, and has not yet arrived at the round location, and there is no trace of communication cut off.Yahini had no hope that these T84 companies would arrive in time. It was not the first time that the company had lost its way in the wild, and the company commander never listened to the command very much.

The new order was issued through drone relay, requiring him to modify the original plan and attack Sialkot directly from the side. The mission goal is to break through, defend the enemy's flanks, and destroy the key nodes on the enemy's medium-range air defense position, giving The Air Force provides a few minutes of confusion.

The new order comes with the order of priority strikes on targets, in case the order is, Sam 11 warning radar, command vehicle, missile launch vehicle, Doyle M1 system, Kaiser artillery system, 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun...

Why would a vehicle-mounted howitzer be mixed in with the list of targets?The thinking of the Chinese really surprised Yahini a little. Perhaps the superior had some intelligence background that he didn't want to tell him, but he had never seen this kind of artillery in this area.Meneam always kept heavy weapons well hidden.

Yahini studied the nearby landforms and the orientation of towns. The Type 99 tank is not a special mountain tank, but the unit power of this tank is as high as 28 horsepower per ton, which makes it suitable for use on steeper slopes, or other relatively evil places. It can travel over difficult terrain and can often throw off other tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.He then found that the greater distance of the designated area from the town allowed the depression angle problem to be resolved.

Yahini immediately formulated a plan to send 6 Type 96 tanks with insufficient power to the secondary direction for vigilance, and he led the main force to directly climb over a mountain with a slope of less than 40 degrees, and rushed towards the important town occupied by tens of thousands of enemies.

After his tank battalion started operations, Chinese fighter planes and two tanker planes took off one after another and stood by in the air.It never occurred to the pilots that one day they would need an army of dumb tanks to clear their way.

Yahini's tank galloped across the broken terrain, and he was worried that encountering an enemy patrol would delay him.Even infantry equipped with Gustav rocket launchers will pose a great threat to tanks on such terrain, but they have found many wheel marks left by the enemy, but they have never encountered an Indian soldier. An hour ago, the eastern defenses were withdrawn.Of course, judging from the map, they do have reason to believe that the mountainous area in this area is difficult for the sneak attacking troops to cross.

After crossing the last col, Sialkot is in sight.At the foot of the mountain, some camouflaged Indian trucks were dragging artillery and driving cautiously. They seemed to be more worried about the Chinese Air Force than the tanks above.

Aki, you used a laser rangefinder to measure the range of the chimney in the center of the town. The straight-line distance is 5.9 kilometers. This is a distance where the fire control can work, but the shells are difficult to reach.He found that the enemy's troop transport route down the mountain did not pose a threat to him, and after he didn't notice it, he didn't attack rashly, but observed first.

This is a typical transportation hub in the border area. The double track of the railway passes through the city. There are some huge storage facilities and cranes in the north of the town. The roadside is full of barbed wire and roadblocks.A train was parked on the northern branch of the city, and the back was full of trucks and artillery, apparently fresh from Jammu, waiting to be unloaded.

(End of this chapter)