Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 697 Lifeline

很快印度预警机看到了浩浩荡荡的低空机群，第一群至少有35架可能是米17或者米171直升机组成，后面15公里还有另外30架组成的机群。

Out of sight of the AWACS, another 90 helicopters were preparing to take off.Such replenishment would still not be enough to replenish brigade-level units, but would keep the vanguard moving forward.

At this stage, the Chinese army had a complete showdown, and all battle plans were on the table. The Indian staff even calculated the approximate size of the front troops based on the number of transport helicopters.

All the transport helicopters were given to He Fan. Wang Zhenbei’s troops operating from the west of New Delhi did not use helicopters for resupply, but he has already occupied the best high-grade road in India passing through New Delhi, so he can use the truck convoy to replenish , the route of attack on this route is less mileage than that of He Fan, and the route that the enemy's dignitaries may flee is not on this side. For Wang Zhenbei, the technically more troublesome place is to seize the bridge on the Najaf Gargil River, or How to build a bridge after the bridge is blown up, this process may be attacked by enemy firepower, of course, bridge building equipment cannot be transported by helicopter.

The path forward of the helicopter is basically along the attack route of the ground forces, and the drone has opened up a wide area in all directions.Over the group of helicopters, fighter planes shuttled back and forth, luring the enemy's hidden radar to expose and strike.But the reality is that before India could turn New Delhi into a defensive system, it has built many solid strongholds around it and invested a large number of anti-aircraft weapons in these areas. It is not the Patriot or the S300 that may threaten the helicopter, but those small systems that are very suitable for concealment, good at maneuvering, and capable of fighting alone; similar to Avengers, light swords, armor, and various individual air defense missiles .

He Fan's troops have passed through a large number of enemy strongholds and fortified towns. Some of these areas have been besieged by follow-up troops, and some still have freedom of movement in certain directions. The short-range anti-aircraft weapons in their hands, although most of them The carefully calculated transport lines were out of reach, but if they could sneak out and hide in the countryside, they could still be ambushed.

Pasade is in the command post, waiting for the staff to stop the enemy assault force and reduce the scope of supply. Obviously, the enemy's frontline assault force maintains a 20-kilometer-long formation without excessive concentration. This may be its defense A strategy for long-range firepower. Long-range weapons cannot use concentrated firepower in a small area, but this should also bring some scheduling troubles to their transportation. Of course, they have a long time to prepare, and they should have sufficient response Strategy.

Within a day, the ground transportation lines of the Chinese army will be stabilized. India lacks the mobile forces to break out from New Delhi to cut off these transportation lines, nor does it have the air supremacy to cover these mobile forces, so it can only watch the encirclement circle being established.The method of the Chinese army includes pulling out the surrounding Indian strongholds and besieging important towns; but right now, the front line is still in chaos all day long, and Pasad still has a chance to destroy the transportation line.

The Field Marshal ordered the 23rd Division, which had lost its division commander during the night and performed poorly, to take immediate and decisive action, mobilizing all the air defense forces of the troops to places where he might intercept enemy transportation lines.At the same time, the other armies that were divided in all directions issued the same order, requiring them to fight on their own and use all means to destroy the enemy's upcoming air transport climax.

Such a desperate mobilization turned out to be helpless. The mighty actions of the ground troops during the day will definitely be monitored by high-altitude drones. Even if they are dispersed into small groups, they will be easily spotted by the deployed Pakistani troops and quickly wiped out.

A Laura anti-aircraft gun lurking on the commanding heights finally got the fighter plane. He was the only one in the entire platoon that rushed to the enemy's transportation line. The rest were intercepted by Pakistani tanks, and some were destroyed. run back.According to the information from the headquarters, the chariot had been waiting for the target to appear, and finally saw a row of helicopters flying in front of it from a distance, some of which were hanging supplies.

The commander ordered to turn on the radar to detect the distance and automatically aim. The reading was a little far away. He should have waited until the enemy was close before using the radar. However, it is difficult to grasp such accuracy by visual inspection. Now that he was exposed, he could only bite the bullet and fire. .

This Polish weapon uses advanced radar, but does not integrate missiles, which makes it impossible to maximize the effectiveness. The Chinese transport planes began to collectively turn to the west and deviate from the original course, which will make them quickly escape the range of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

But in the other direction, several Indian jeeps were lurking in the woods a few kilometers away. Pakistani tanks and military vehicles passed on the road 300 meters behind them, but they have been waiting calmly.

The helicopter's evasive action to the west gave them a chance. They used the Sam 18 missile portable missile to capture the heat source of the target.

Several missiles soared into the air, turning around and flying towards the fleet, but the transport plane remained vigilant at all times. Immediately after the infrared warning sounded, it began to launch jamming bombs. Most of the missiles missed, but one of the fleet was still shot and fell.

Lin Huaisheng sat at the command post, waiting for the final result. He didn't know if he was more nervous than the Indian commander. The news from the front line was generally optimistic. His transport fleet had traveled half the distance, and so far only 3 planes had been killed. After shooting down, the Indian troops along the line were dispatched in several ways, but in the daytime, the losses were too much, and the chances of changing them were not great.

The current loss is completely acceptable to him.When making the plan, he left a redundancy of 20.00%, which means that the maximum loss can reach [-]% of the helicopters that took off. If it weren't for the critical moment of the war, such a loss estimate would definitely not appear in the plan, and the superiors would not Cannot approve.The terrain along the entire route is complex, with various villages and forests scattered all over the place, all of which are places where the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower may be hidden. He still needs a large number of troops to completely control it.

From a common sense analysis, the first wave can break through, and the second wave will suffer less losses.He has asked the follow-up troops to continuously strengthen the sweeping efforts and try to consolidate the air and ground supply lines together.If the Indians go crazy, they will still fight desperately, but the air supremacy is completely out of their hands.

The rumbling helicopter group finally flew to the designated area, and the He Fan reconnaissance battalion just arrived there. The selected areas were relatively high-lying, and they were originally spare locations. However, after the rain at night, the ground conditions here are better, which is good for the armored forces. Gather and disperse.

Tanks and infantry dispersed into several small fleets, and then gathered in formation, waiting for refueling.

He Fan began to look at his watch. He compared the speed with the enemy's long-range firepower. It took time for the enemy to go from reconnaissance to target, to analysis, to formulate a plan, and then to launch a counterattack.Judging from the launch of the ground missile just now, they at least had some preparations, otherwise the liquid-fueled tactical missiles would not have taken off so quickly, but the last two missiles deviated a few kilometers, which shows that they did not pose a real threat.The real threat in reality mainly comes from the tornado rocket launcher.There should be no less than 10 battalions in Pasade's hands, scattered in various independent artillery brigades and military artillery regiments. If they do not open fire, they will not be able to determine their location. From the staff to the entire enemy defense system According to the analysis, Paisade tends to distribute troops and firepower equally on the front, so there will be at least 2 battalions with 24 tornadoes, which should be able to reach their own positions within the range.If there is any aspect of the Indian army that has made rapid progress, their ability to hide themselves is one aspect. After losing air supremacy, they quickly learned how to hide their weapons.

"Brigade Commander, the drone found that there are tanks 7 kilometers south, and the security forces still have some fuel left. Do you want to expel them?"

On the radio, the commander of the front force asked for instructions.

"The formation can't move, let the Red Eagle solve it."

He Fan is now in a dilemma, the troops can't maneuver, and they can't cooperate to protect their respective flanks. Of course, he doubts that the enemy's ground troops can take advantage of this opportunity to come over, and maybe they will be hit by long-range firepower.

More than a dozen armed helicopters above the head quickly drove to the area where the target appeared to implement vigilance. At this moment, a large number of transport helicopters have begun unloading operations. Some directly unload the materials hanging below and return, and some descend to the ground to unload Unload the supplies and load the wounded.

The enemy satellites should have been able to see this buildup, now it depends on their reaction speed.He Fan tried his best to disperse his troops to avoid the enemy's concentrated firepower, and he was also prepared to bear some losses.His troops are currently 50 to 70 kilometers away from possible enemy launch positions.

A tornado that completely uses inertial control accuracy will have a longitudinal deviation of 200 to 300 meters. If the warhead falls around the troops with such an average CEP, the power of most anti-armor fragments will be greatly reduced. The solution is Concentrated fire.For the time being, he doesn't know how much firepower the opponent will fire. Except for the spies hiding in the urban area, all kinds of reconnaissance methods can only be discovered after the first round of fire.

In the eastern defense zone of New Delhi, there are currently only the last two tornado battalions left. The blind fire just now exposed one of the battalions. It is currently maneuvering and cannot stop reloading and participate in the attack.

A few days ago, a tornado unit stationed at the Red Fort was still attacked by enemy missiles after a long-distance transfer, so the remaining units were always in a state of panic. The enemy's reconnaissance and strike levels were obviously high. A long way out of India, the range of a tornado is no longer a surefire guarantee.

The troops had been ordered to go on standby an hour earlier, and the commander had been in a state of nervous tension, knowing that the longer he stayed on the surface, the easier it would be to be seen by satellites flying overhead.He could have dumped the ammunition on the fast-advancing enemy group, and then moved quickly, but the headquarters strictly prohibited him from doing so recklessly. His superiors strictly ordered him to wait for the enemy to stop and gather, and at the most certain moment, use precise The firepower covers the entire enemy army.

However, the enemy's formation has always been like a long snake. Even if it stopped, it did not gather within a few square kilometers as the superior expected, which made it difficult for him to concentrate firepower.Fortunately, he can also command all the launch vehicles to fire on multiple wooden related targets.

The huge launch vehicle drove out of the bunker near the Gandhi Memorial Hall and entered the preset launch position. The command vehicle randomly began to enter the launch preparation. Since it did not stay at the launch position all the time, its fire preparation time was relatively long.After a period of hesitation, the commander ordered simultaneous fire on as many as six of the enemy's main assembly areas, which meant spreading fire.The Tornado Battalion of another battalion in other defense areas is on the way. If they can catch up, they may open fire at the limit distance of 6 to 90 kilometers, so the accuracy will naturally be worse.

The delay was relatively long because the commander refused to open fire until he had confirmed that the security forces were fully in control of the evacuation route.This left He Fan with some extra time.When the Indian commander finally gave the order to fire, all 12 launch vehicles poured 50 ammunition into six areas with an area of ​​about 144 hectares within 6 seconds. There may be a second shot.After the range was completed, the vehicles quickly retreated south along the ring road, and the Indian commander spent far less time firing hastily than he did studying the evacuation plan.

He Fan’s supply plan stopped the entire forward and colleagues at 10 supply points. Although all these areas were detected by US satellites, the Indian Army could not gather enough long-range firepower, and in the end it could only send fire to the nearest 6 of them. In the area, the ammunition is delivered horizontally by assigning 2 launch vehicles to each area, and there are 6 tactical missiles that are launched later.

Due to the time delay, all the supply positions of the Chinese army have completed the supply operation. Among them, 4 troops have started to maneuver and evacuated far away, and only two troops have not gone too far.He Fan watched the rocket fly out of the clouds, like a meteor, and flew behind the distant hills. Although the attack was not timely enough, his heart still skipped a beat. He knew that there would always be a price.

24 rockets, carrying tons of warheads, these warheads carry about 1600 1.8 kg submunitions, and they will spread to an area of ​​about 15 square meters.

The headquarters quickly received the losses caused by the enemy's fire. 10 infantry fighting vehicles and 4 transport helicopters were destroyed, and 9 tanks were seriously damaged. After the encounter with the M1 tank last night, the troops appeared The second concentration of casualties.But such a loss was still far below his worst plan, not even a single tank was injured.From a distance, the area hit by rockets was filled with black smoke.He Fan glanced at the map, and there was only one assault left to encircle New Delhi. Judging from the performance of this counterattack, Pasad and the entire Indian Army were exhausted.

The helicopters that arrived in the next 2 hours used the same method to resupply He Fan's entire army. The troops only encountered the enemy's tornado rockets fired from a longer distance, and they hit more sideways. He Fan's mechanized troops regained momentum and started on the road again.Obviously, even if Pasade knew how to do it, his troops' ability to use technical weapons in a hurry was very limited. Of course, this was not unrelated to the pressure exerted on them by the air force and tactical missile forces.The satellites are starting to track the hit and run indian tornado troops, if they spread out the troops and break them up instead of marching on the roads, they can escape easily, but they don't know how to track the chinese army yet .The moment they stop, they face their own doom.

(End of this chapter)