Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 642 Silent Waiting

At dawn, the forest fire 3 kilometers away finally extinguished by itself, and all kinds of smoke that filled the battlefield also dispersed.

机械化步兵的侦察部队靠近了昨天的一边倒的战场，发现了抛弃在战场上的11辆T72和6辆挑战者坦克，还有15辆BMP1、BMP2型步兵战车。

Most of the tanks were destroyed by armor-piercing projectiles, and some tanks were hit by their own tanks and turned off. The crew members abandoned the vehicles and fled. Since the millimeter-wave radar cannot identify moving targets well, this Parts of the tank are largely intact.

Lin Huaisheng has already begun to collect various weapons abandoned by the Indians on the battlefield, and the logistics can supply ammunition parts: 105mm howitzers, various trucks, engineering equipment, portable missiles, various machine guns, etc., to supplement the losses of the Pakistani troops .Pakistan's new mechanized battalions are almost all equipped with Indian weapons.

15 kilometers away, Huang Dexing's troops attacking Schahbad also made gains. Originally, this was just a diversionary operation, used to cooperate with He Fan to seize the airport, but the defenders collapsed at the first touch, and Huang Dexing took advantage of the situation to surround the city after fleeing.

After daybreak, one of Wong's tanks approached the town and spotted a large white flag flying over the town council building. It was later discovered that there was only a field hospital and 150 wounded soldiers of the Indian 1st Armored Division who were immobile, and were currently managed by the town. Long takes over.

He took advantage of the situation and sent troops to take over the city. At the same time, he transferred all the wounded in the hospital to the Chinese field hospital before the reconnaissance battalion of Pakistan's 6th Armored Division came to prevent accidents.The Pakistan Army has suffered a lot from the 1st Armored Division, and it is inevitable that they have some thoughts of revenge, and their martial arts do not seem to include the Geneva Convention, so they need to plan early.

After several bad signs appeared, Lin Huaisheng had begun to restrain some behaviors of the Pakistani army. As compensation, he promised to provide them with more Chinese equipment in addition to handing over most of the captured items to them.

At present, the Pakistani army under Lin's command has exceeded 15, with 1100 tanks and about 900 infantry fighting vehicles. The Pakistani generals have gradually understood the Chinese army, giving priority to annihilating the enemy's vital forces, and not caring much about non-city The idea of ​​gaining and losing in one place will quickly replenish the reserve team facing off at the outskirts of the Fort to the front to seize New Delhi.

What surprised Lin Huaisheng the most was that the elders in the town held a welcome ceremony for Huang Dexing's troops, with 1500 people attending, which really flattered Huang Dexing.Prior to this, only a few Muslim-inhabited areas in Punjab had welcomed Pakistani troops, and most Indians were fearful and hostile to the Chinese army.

For two months, these villages and towns north of New Delhi have been the defense zone of the 2st Army of India and the training base for recruits.Spanga's frequent and high-intensity night combat training resulted in the destruction of a large number of farmlands and houses by the rampaging tank troops, and there were many casualties of personnel and livestock. With any reparations; the angry locals eventually concluded that there couldn't be a worse occupying army in the world than Spanga's army, so they decided to welcome the Chinese army to liberate themselves, of course to some extent, this The defection is also a manifestation of the complex mentality of the Indian people who no longer have extravagant hopes for the prospect of war and do not want to be occupied by the Pakistani army.

Reporters accompanying the army took pictures of the local residents and nearby villagers lining the road to welcome the Chinese tanks, so He Fan's great success in the application of technology was once again overwhelmed by Huang Dexing's political victory. Such an incident is even more meaningful in terms of propaganda; compared with it, someone on the other side of the battlefield fought a small victory with zero casualties, which is really insignificant.

Lin Huaisheng of Chandigarh got the second airport steadily. The enemy who had no fighting spirit didn't even use the sufficient time before escaping to carry out the necessary damage. He noticed that even Spanga's troops were declining in combat capability Among them, this is indeed in line with Xu Jingzhe's information.Intelligence shows that throughout January, the Indian Army expanded its reserve troops by a total of 45. Even the 21st Army of Spanga, which has always been very strict, also replenished 15.00% of its recruits due to heavy losses in previous operations. Although the organizational system remains intact on the books, its combat effectiveness has shrunk greatly. One consequence of the vicious circle is that commanders no longer know the actual combat capabilities of their troops, which makes it easy for misjudgments to occur on the battlefield.

On the last day of January, Lin Huaisheng's striker was only 1 kilometers away from New Delhi. Standing in front of him was still Spanga who could still fight, a field force of about 180 people, and General Pasad's command New Delhi Garrison Command troops, the Garrison Command has been improvised. There are about 8 city defense troops, 60% of which are poorly trained, poorly equipped, and poorly mobile. This huge force currently only has about 500 vehicles. Tanks, while vast quantities of Western aid, are still arriving by sea at a leisurely pace.

Lin Huaisheng's troops were only 15 at full strength, and he still needed a few days to recuperate to perfect his attack plan. At the same time, the most important thing was to wait for the air transport to bring him equipment from several heavy tank brigades.Apparently the enemy will not do nothing while he waits to replenish his troops and weapons, they may also get a respite and quickly train some ground troops, but rebuilding the air force is completely out of the question, India can launch operations Airplanes have fallen to double digits.

In the gloomy drizzle, Chaman, the intelligence chief who has not been seen for a long time, appeared in the prime minister's office. He hoped to use the latest and shocking information to persuade the prime minister to give up his plan to stick to New Delhi. At least the government should be withdrawn from the local area. 10 days ago, He had already tried once, and the Prime Minister was completely unmoved.

The soldiers of the Guards Regiment have replaced the original bodyguards of the prime minister's mansion, and have taken over the security work of the prime minister's mansion. Anti-aircraft guns have even been set up on the top floor platform of the prime minister's mansion.

When Charmain came all the way just now, he saw high walls, barbed wire and anti-aircraft artillery arrays built with sandbags all over the street on Darth Hall Street; Host the final defense.In Pasade's imagination, he can use the urban area to resist the enemy one by one, consume the enemy and delay time, while the peripheral troops can take the opportunity to assemble, secretly occupy a favorable position, and launch a counterattack when the enemy is exhausted.But Charman doesn't think that the Chinese tank force will carry out an urban battle. They may directly surround New Delhi instead of capturing her. The Chinese are good at destroying rescue troops on the outside. This is a possibility suggested by the Americans.The Americans further pointed out that if Spanga's troops were annihilated, other Indian troops would probably be disbanded. This is consistent with Charman's view. Divisions, each regiment, were filled with versions of the rumor that the troops were unable to fight because the superior officers were pocketing themselves.

When they came to the underground meeting room, Foreign Minister Chandra was already waiting in the lounge with a long sigh. The Prime Minister’s secretary reminded them that they might have to wait another hour. At this moment, the Prime Minister was discussing with Moronish, a master of astrology The evolution of the battle situation, and the timing of the possible reversal of the situation.

Charmain waited patiently outside the conference room in the basement, watching the hands of the clock on the wall slowly move from ten o'clock to one o'clock in the afternoon.Chandra couldn't wait any longer and went back early.

Finally, the door of the meeting room opened, and the astrologer dressed like a circus snake charmer and his assistants left triumphantly. Charmain thought the most funny thing here might not be these people, but still trying to Convince the Prime Minister himself by reason.

The prime minister's doctor then came out. The doctor said that the prime minister is in a good mood now, and he can meet with the intelligence chief to hear what bad news he has brought.

Charmain walked into the meeting room and was immediately taken aback. He hadn't seen Prime Minister Kahan look so good for a long time, so good that he had a sense of foreboding.

"Your Excellency, I think we'll cut to the chase. I still want to talk about the government's withdrawal to the south."

"Dear intelligence chief, do you mean American again?" Kahan said absently, walking up and down, looking at the astrological map laid out on the floor, which shows that due to the phases of the moon and the changing position of Mars, the enemy The attack will be contained on the first day of February.

"Yes, the US satellite has detected that the enemy is gathering a huge force less than 180 kilometers to the north of us. They will temporarily stop attacking, but they will launch an offensive against New Delhi in mid-February."

"They think that as long as the Chinese attack, we will definitely fail?" Kahan expressed displeasure in his words.

"Of course not, but we also need to be prepared for this."

"Master Moronish said just now that the enemy is coming from the west, and with the help of the energy of TETU, the evil star, they are invincible, but Jupiter occupies the east, so it is destined that they will not be fierce for too long. The time for us to reverse the situation will not come too early, and it will be too late. It will not be too late, february is a turning point, they will stop, and india, there will be a general who is still unknown and unknown, and his military talent will be like lightning in the sky, giving everyone The enemy leaves a deep memory."

"Your Excellency, the enemy just seized the second airport this morning. This means..." Chamangar said in a voice. He hated the magician who had just left, not because he coaxed the Prime Minister, but because he came Before cheating, he seemed to have studied the situation, so he could say that February was a turning point. For Kahan who lost his mind, all the nonsense that implied victory was very useful. He needs spiritual opium now.

"Come on, isn't there any new, slightly uplifting news from the Americans? Also, I haven't seen Chandra all day."

"...The minister was just outside the door just now. He really couldn't wait, so he went back first." Charmain said, "Let me first talk about my intelligence here. The Americans can't give us more support in the short term. According to As far as I know, they have had several encounters with the Chinese Air Force in Pakistani territory, but without success, you know that without a huge technical advantage, the confidence of the Americans is easily shaken."

"What do they think of our defense?"

"It mainly depends on General Spanga's next battle. Once his troops are disintegrated, the enemy's tank troops will quickly develop in depth. The rest of our troops are not opponents of the Chinese army and will quickly collapse."

Kahan stopped, frowned, and thought for a moment.

"Director. I know what you are thinking now. Do you think I am crazy enough to listen to charlatans?" Kahan said seriously, "It's not exactly what you think. I have to consider more aspects. If I leave After entering New Delhi, the morale of our army will soon collapse. Perhaps it is just like the American prophecy."

"I……"

"My friend, since it is my destiny to face the enemy's tanks, I am willing to accept the challenge. Remember my words, a government that flees cannot lead a people to victory."

Charmain had nothing to say, and left the meeting room. Prime Minister Kahan has always relied on his determination and tenacity to win success. He is invincible, but the reversal of things always comes quietly; A firm decision will lead to a new fiasco.

At the same time, in Spanga's new headquarters, a new casualty report from the staff was sent to his desk, and he shook his head while silently counting the morning's losses.

His group army has exchanged too much blood, and the various units have become less and less effective. He has calculated his tactical intentions on paper. Of course, the essential problem is the lack of air supremacy. In this way, he will be caught in the cracks of various unfavorable factors. , to force troops to do things that are difficult for them to do.For example, the tactic of using battlefield smoke to counterattack must be rushed at night. The troops tried it, but they were hit badly.

"Commander, the enemy has retreated across the board, and the front line on January 1 is still maintained. At present, the front is calm." The division commander of the White Tiger Division, Makani, said with his hands behind his back.

"It's just a superficial calm. Within ten days, the Chinese armored force in front of us will expand from one tank brigade to four, and the Pakistani army will also increase a lot, but we cannot replenish well-trained personnel." Meneyam This idiot has more success than failure.”

"By the way, after we withdrew from Schahbad in the morning, the local traitors staged a scandal to welcome the enemy into the city. Hehe, CNN said that the TV footage was faked by the Chinese in a city in eastern Pakistan last month, but I No. I recognize that ugly spire of City Hall."

"This is exactly what I am worried about. Our people are getting tired of war. This can also be seen from the number of deserters in various troops recently." Spanga shook his head resignedly, "In the past, the Pakistani intelligence agency What the hell, now, the Chinese are starting to take advantage of those disloyal leftists."

"Also. The Air Force is planning to gather all available aircraft to launch a counterattack. I received the news when you were away just now."

(End of this chapter)