Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 681 Brave Man

Charman rushed to the military meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, and the Prime Minister continued to be absent from the meeting. This was the third consecutive day that Kahan did not attend an important meeting, nor did he summon the intelligence chief and other senior officials alone. It seemed that something was wrong with his health.

As yesterday, Kahan's absence allowed the foreign minister to dominate the meeting's main speaking time.Chandra insisted that the enemy army has not yet besieged the city, and there is still a chance to leave New Delhi by land. This is also the last chance of the wartime cabinet. Whether to go to Mumbai can be discussed, but it must leave here immediately.Singer immediately opposed this suggestion. He believed that it would easily cause morale to collapse. The troops from various states gathered here to fight the enemy, not to cover the escape of senior officials.Chandra immediately asked him, how sure is the army able to hold New Delhi?Singer really lost his confidence and dared not answer this question directly.In fact, even if he said it, no one would take it seriously. He had promised too many victories, but in the end he failed to deliver.

The venue was silent for a while, Chandra thought he had won, and was about to encourage everyone to decide whether to stay in the cabinet by voting, when the intelligence chief who was sitting on the side suddenly stood up and spoke.

"Everyone, I suggest you think about one thing. If the wartime cabinet leaves New Delhi and completely relies on the United States, can the United States ensure India's interests? According to the information I have received, the Americans have not yet had a complete plan for the war prospect, The Joint Chiefs of Staff have only one general subcontinental strategic goal, which wants us to drag the war until at least the end of the year. They want us to use our people, resources, geographical location, and national organization to hold China down."

When Charmain paused, the meeting place was quiet, there was no whispering, and everyone didn't quite understand what he meant, so they could only wait for the next one.

"If we really need to invest in the United States, why not test China's bottom line first. In this way, we can make full use of the support of the United States, a quasi-ally, and our determination to resist, so that China can see difficulties; The United States has drained its own blood by using its strategic goals. I think the Ministry of Agriculture should be very clear about what it means for India once the war drags on to the planting season.”

After he finished speaking, he sat down and waited for objections. Unexpectedly, the foreign minister had not yet spoken, and Singer began to refute first:
"No no, you are really confused. Negotiating with China is unacceptable. India must not accept such humiliation, never."

"Yes, negotiating with China now will make the United States lose confidence. The U.S. government is increasing its aid. Their weapons stockpile is enough for us to persist. Engaging with China now will obviously send the wrong signal to the U.S. allies. The Chinese will fully Take advantage of this to disintegrate our most important backer. Believe me, they will definitely do it." This time it was Chandra who helped Singer speak, and both of them had already keenly sensed Charmain's intentions , despite their differences, none of them are currently willing to engage in peace talks with China, which violates their political correctness.

Chandra went on.

"Director Charman just mentioned that India will drain its blood because of the strategic intentions of the United States. I hold the opposite view. We can try to make the United States confront China directly; After the stalemate stage, I believe that those who sent out soldiers to help allies will not be inside or outside this time, as long as we persevere, the world situation will definitely change within half a year."

"You are right, as long as we defend New Delhi, the enemy will not be able to persist." Singh said, his unified position with Chandra seemed to be strengthened at once.

Charmain didn't go on, he kept silent, and waited for the Minister of Labor to start talking about the new topic of wartime industrial mobilization. This was his most daring reveal. If the Prime Minister was present, he would not have raised such a question. Suggestion; after observing for two days, he found that people’s hearts were changing, and the topics at the venue were much more relaxed, so he decided to break through the restrictions set by the Prime Minister and directly talk about peace talks, but the topic was thrown out, and most of the ministers did not express their views, while Chandler Both Ra and Singh objected, which is enough to show that it is not feasible to find a direct way to end the war at the parliamentary level.

After the lifeless meeting, the chief hurried to the Pasade headquarters in the south of the city. He had to exchange opinions with the field marshals, then make corresponding arrangements, and wait for the development of things; maybe nothing will happen today. Maybe there will be something new, and he has to be ready anyway.

The talks between Charmain and Pasade are always held in a spare command room in his underground bunker, where there are no extra people, and there is no possibility of eavesdropping equipment, which is suitable for their direct conversation.

He walked into the command room, and the guards closed a heavy concrete door behind him. The soldiers would wait in the duty room, and he would not come in unless the field marshal picked up the phone to call him.

Charmain stood by the wall and looked around. The wall was covered with combat maps, and some of them had updated the positions of the enemy and us as of 9:[-] in the morning. Obviously, the marshal's blindly retreating tactics were far inferior to Spanga's flexible maneuvers. It is impressive, but he has built various strongholds in the rear at an astonishing speed. This ability is really amazing.

"Why, are you still worried that there will be bugs here?" Pasade asked behind him.

"In our line of work, you can never really feel at ease."

"You are always a cautious person, but I just read the minutes of the Prime Minister's Office meeting in the morning. Your speech is a bit abnormal? This can easily arouse Singer's suspicion."

Apparently Pasade also has his insider, who can immediately know the content of the meeting of the Prime Minister's Office.

"Yes, it's very dangerous to express my thoughts, but I don't have many choices. India has no time, so let me act according to a safe plan." Charmain said with his hands behind his back. Half a month ago, he took the initiative to find the previous The well-acquainted Pasade almost put forward a negative view of the situation straight to the point, so that he unreservedly exposed himself to danger; if Pasade did not have this intention, Charmain would be arrested immediately. The above actions, It really made the marshal look at this intelligence chief with admiration; of course, Pasade could also guess that since Charmain was able to come, he must have studied himself secretly.

"Well, I know what you're thinking," Pasade nodded, "However, judging from the meeting minutes, what Chandra said seems reasonable. At this stage, we can't give up any possibility. Historically, all of America's allies seem to win in the end."

"You're saying it's too early to talk about military failure?"

"Yes, maybe with military assistance, we can still give it a go?"

The 2th Rapid Response Division under the Indian Second Army is responsible for a defensive front about 14 kilometers long. In such a narrow defense zone, the force has established a total of 35 road checkpoints and thousands of bunkers. The hundreds of kilometers of trenches are connected to form an orderly defense network. About 65 landmines are laid in the open area in front of all machine gun and missile positions.The imaginary enemy of these positions is the enemy tank group rushing from the front.The enemy is currently lining up in the north, waiting to rush over.

A group of Indian soldiers who had just completed the excavation work were squatting next to the bunker humming a little song, waiting for the battalion vehicles 5 kilometers away to deliver meals.Several sentries stood on the top of the bunker, looking vigilantly to the north. In fact, the look was a bit redundant, because there were two other Indian division positions in front of them.

When the sentinel turned his head, he saw a person slowly walking out of the woods behind the position and walking towards this side. How this person bypassed the minefield of the last 10 square kilometers is a mystery.What surprised him even more was that the man was still wearing a Pakistani military uniform.The Indian soldiers stayed for a full 2 ​​minutes, and no one knew what to do. During this period, Lieutenant Colonel Ghiyam walked to the edge of the trench and took off his armed belt.He looked down at about a platoon of Indian soldiers in the trench below. Everything was as he expected. These people were huddled together in horror, staring at him, not prepared for war at all.

"I am Lieutenant Colonel Ghiyam of the Frontier Rangers, Pakistani Internal Affairs Forces, and I hereby surrender to you."

He said and handed his belt and pistol to a second lieutenant.

The Indian platoon leader realized that what he saw was indeed real, so he immediately called the intelligence office of the division headquarters. The other party seemed to understand what he wanted to express very quickly, and a colonel from the intelligence department asked him to immediately detain him in the bunker so that other troops would not see him.

Twenty minutes later, a jeep arrived and took away the smiling Lieutenant Colonel Giyam. A colonel who came with the car sternly warned these soldiers that they must not disclose what happened today. Those who die will be sent to a more frontier place where it is easier to shoot.

Charmain sat across from Pasade, waiting for events to unfold, and he noticed that the Field Marshal was becoming uncomfortable.

The phone rang, and Pasade grabbed the phone nervously: "How is it?"

"Report sir, I've caught it and I'm on my way back," said the other end of the phone.

"Did he have a radio or something?"

"No radio station was found, only a military uniform."

"very good."

Pasade hung up the phone with a complicated expression, as if he was breathing a sigh of relief, but also a little disappointed.Charmain knew what he was thinking. If the other party came with a radio, if something went wrong, it would become a physical evidence that could confirm his treason; but the enemy did not bring a radio, and he would inevitably be disappointed, because he wanted Knows the intention of the Chinese; yes, his intention is such a contradiction.

"Your Excellency Marshal, is the person you sent reliable?"

"Of course, Colonel Lansnell is my confidant, so you can rest assured about this kind of thing." Pasade said absent-mindedly.

"I don't have any cronies in the Intelligence Bureau, and I don't trust anyone [-]%, so I always go alone. By the way, Marshal, what are you going to do next? Do you want to try it out, or..."

"No, no, you can't test it now, it's too dangerous. Of course you and I can't see him, I will send reliable people to lock him in a safe place, and conduct several routine interrogations without recording, of course as Ordinary prisoners of war rather than other identities, we can't let people get caught; only when the situation is a last resort... can we play this card."

"You mean, if we can win, we don't need him?"

"Hehe, if we can win a few battles, I will shoot this brave man immediately. It will be clean, there will be no lies, and the Chinese will not be able to threaten us."

"You're pretty thoughtful when you think about it."

Charmain nodded and said yes, Pasade is worthy of being an old-school officer who has received a complete British officer education, and everything is planned carefully and orderly. I have no confidence in the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"Okay, I'll go to the interrogation and see what he can say."

"Well, you can take a look in the dark."

"I have a measure of this."

In Lin Huaisheng's headquarters, a military meeting was about to proceed.He Fan deliberately came late so that he could sit in the back seat. Lin’s discipline in the venue was not so strict, allowing participants to find seats at will and speak at any time; he saw the one-eyed dragon of the Pakistani First Armored Division Sitting behind the division commander was a low-ranking officer with curly hair and bandages on his hands. He knew that the man was Yahini, and the fact that this kid could appear showed that Lin Huaisheng had a role in his encirclement plan.

"The latest situation is that the U.S. military has taken over the Agra Air Force Base, 150 kilometers south of New Delhi, for the transportation of combat supplies." A staff officer said, "Announce the discipline of the meeting, please do not record, and pay attention to the confidentiality of all aspects."

After he finished speaking, a liaison officer began to translate. There are more than 40 military officers here, half of whom are Chinese and Pakistani soldiers.

"Announced a new campaign deployment. The large-scale contraction of the enemy has given up a large area of ​​defense on the east and west sides of New Delhi, which makes it possible for us to adopt a joint attack plan." When the staff officer was speaking, a new message appeared on the monitor. Map, the previous flat push plan seems to be invalid.

The Pakistani military officers began to talk a lot. It was obvious that Lin Huaisheng's sudden change of plan surprised them, but it was completely in He Fan's expectation, which inevitably made him secretly happy; but he noticed that there was only Yahini in the Pakistani Army. He didn't make a fuss, he sat there silently, far calmer than his Cyclops teacher, He Fan thought that this person either couldn't understand the map, or guessed that the plan would change?
"The purpose of the new campaign is to quickly cut off all land passages in and out of New Delhi, both to prevent the entry of external aid and to prevent the escape of the Indian command. The second possibility is becoming more and more likely."

"Why overthrow the previous deployment?" The commander of Pakistan's 6th Division asked excitedly, "My troops dug a 200-kilometer-long trench to approach the enemy from the side, and conducted more than 150 fire reconnaissances on the frontal enemy situation. , I have already figured out the enemy's firepower configuration, why suddenly change the direction?"

Lin Huaisheng, who was silent, stood up. He had to give some explanations to his disgruntled Pakistani allies:
"The sudden change of plan is because we can't let the enemy guess their intentions, so it is so easy to force them to flee. Once Kahan and his war cabinet escape, even if New Delhi is conquered, half of the strategic significance will be lost."

The one-eyed dragon Younis sneered, but he didn't speak. Now that his troops are almost disabled, he has no confidence to speak. However, he is very dissatisfied with Lin Huaisheng's strategy of deceiving the enemy, and he always deceives the Pakistani army.

"The campaign plan has been approved, and in view of some unfavorable intelligence, the launch time of the campaign must be advanced. I am determined to launch an attack from the left and right flanks at the same time after 72 hours, and implement a siege of New Delhi in the shortest possible time. Starting tonight , the relevant troops must withdraw from the original front line in a state of radio silence and enter the starting position."

"72 hours? Then the air force will have no time to destroy the enemy's main air defense positions?" Wang Zhenbei asked.He Fan secretly laughed. He found that Wang Zhenbei hadn't thought about the overall situation well, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such an inappropriate question.

(End of this chapter)