Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 698

The five fighter jets in Chandigarh have been on standby on the taxiway and did not participate in the attack on New Delhi. They are always ready to intercept the planes or ground convoys of senior Indian officials who are trying to escape from New Delhi.Such a situation could happen at any time before ground forces encircle New Delhi.

Due to political considerations, the Chinese Air Force does not participate in the decapitation of non-military personnel, non-or high command personnel. These tasks will be completed by this small force led by Lieutenant General Sami.Pakistan has been ruthlessly invaded by India, and even its capital, Fort Fort, has so far been occupied by the Indian army. It is not easy for them to carry out such a task, which will not easily arouse the resentment of the international community. According to the tacit understanding between China and Pakistan, Once the attack is successful, Pakistan will announce to the world that they are responsible for the attack.

Of course, to carry out such a mission, the most important thing is of course intelligence. Xu Jingzhe has been trying to obtain information on the time and route of the escape of senior Indian officials in advance. He has successfully tapped some of the special lines of the US embassy in New Delhi, but he was unable to obtain such information. On the one hand, it is clear that when the building is about to collapse, all aspects of the United States and India are paying attention to the secrecy of communication; on the other hand, Pakistani intelligence personnel have been using the most primitive tracking to monitor the US embassy and several airports, beware The United States provided possible escape opportunities, which proved to be very effective.The last time the leader of the Indian National Congress fled, this is how he got the news. Xu Jingzhe even knew that his Bundestag speaker left without saying goodbye even earlier than Kahan.

The Safford Joan Air Force Base in downtown New Delhi has been parked with several military planes, including fixed-wing liaison planes and helicopters. If the helicopters fly at a lower altitude, the S400 system of the Chinese army will not work well. Tracking such a target accurately, so New Delhi's air access is not completely closed.

Sammy sat in the duty room in a daze, guessing who would be the first to run away, while the other pilots of the Black Spider Squadron were playing cards.The Inter-Services Intelligence Agency of Pakistan, especially in accordance with the practice of the Americans in Iraq, produced new pokers, on which were printed the heads of 52 senior Indian officials and military personnel who were suspected of committing various war crimes during the war.Prime Minister Kahan has done his part to occupy the ace of spades, while the remaining aces are his defense minister, foreign minister and army chief of staff.

After gathering information from various sources, the Intelligence Bureau judged that at least one of the four A's will flee soon. If there is no accident, it will be Chandra, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but the time and method are still in doubt. Sami's J-4 fighter jet Always hang missiles and bombs to prevent the target from escaping from the air or the ground.

"As far as I know, the Chinese are planning to eliminate India's last two or three early warning aircraft, but why don't they let us participate?" Hassan asked on the side.

"Because they have some special weapons and special tactics, they don't want us to get too many details through the data link in the air. That's my understanding." Major Latif said, he is really good at analysis, as the Air Force Being a staff officer is definitely better than being a pilot.

"Major, you mean the stealth machine. Don't be ridiculous. I bet there will be no stealth machine. If the Chinese had a stealth machine, they would have used it a long time ago, and they wouldn't wait until now." Hassan frivolously denied the old man. predecessors' conclusions.Sammy, who was sitting next to him, looked at the kid blankly and didn't speak.

An officer from the Intelligence Department quickly walked into the duty room: "Gentlemen, there is news that Minister Chandra is about to leave New Delhi by helicopter. You must be ready and enter the runway to stand by."

All the pilots dropped their cards and surrounded them.

"Are there any route details?" the lieutenant general asked. He didn't like this kind of special mission, which was always too hasty and couldn't be identified by ordinary technical means.

"It is currently confirmed that there will be 2 to 3 helicopters, all provided by the US embassy, ​​and may be accompanied by an American diplomat as a security guarantee."

"Safety?"

"Not only us, but Chandra also has to beware of Kahan's turning his back. Kahan regards senior officials who left New Delhi during the war as fleeing and may take extreme actions."

"Interesting, what time is it?"

"Soon, the Supreme Defense Council of India is taking place at the moment and Safford Joan's Black Hawk, starting its engine every once in a while, may be to confuse our intel operatives in town. China and our military will be in 24 hours Inside, the encirclement of New Delhi was basically completed, and it would be too late to run away at that time, so the intelligence agency believes that after the meeting, some people will escape."

"What do we do if there are Americans on the same helicopter?" Sammy asked.

"That's why the Chinese want us to accept this mission. They don't want to do such dirty work," the intelligence officer said with a smile.

"I don't mind killing an American, they made us lose Balochistan." Hassan was the first to express his opinion.

The basement of the prime minister's office in New Delhi is smoky, and those officials who had refrained from smoking in the presence of Kahan are not so scruples.

A lieutenant colonel officer stood by the prime minister's side, holding a large book, reading the latest battle situation from the army staff, no one interrupted him, no one wanted to check whether such a bad situation really happened , because there is no need, the progress of the Chinese army can only be faster than these records of an hour ago.

"As of an hour ago, the armored forces launched by the enemy on the east and west lines had already broken through New Delhi's east-west axis. This is a very clear sign that the purpose of the enemy's pincer offensive is to encircle New Delhi."

The officer turned a page expressionlessly, and then read: "In all the battlefields, our troops have been putting up tenacious resistance, but part of the access to New Delhi has been cut off, and the enemy has taken advantage of its air superiority to seriously injure Our ground forces have largely destroyed our defenses and weapons."

He paused for a moment, making sure that the lazy dignitaries had nothing more to ask, turned another page, and read:
"This morning, we were in the east. We used artillery to launch a powerful counterattack against the enemy's tank forces that were gathering, which severely damaged the enemy's tank forces. The US satellite determined that a large number of enemy tanks and infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed. Slow down their speed of action on the Eastern Front, and Marshal Pasade is currently taking active measures to prepare for a counterattack."

"What do you mean by active measures?" Sure enough, it was still Prime Minister Kahan, who couldn't help but ask first. He still had illusions about turning the tables.

"We still have a large number of outside troops near Agra, most of which are being armed with American weapons, and will be commanded by an American general. The Marshal decided that at the right time, he will take an internal and external attack and completely block the East Road. The enemy who broke through was defeated. Thus their plan to besiege New Delhi failed."

"Sounds exciting, is it possible?"

"The Army Staff did not disclose specific details, but the Staff believes that we can still concentrate more than 400 tanks in any one campaign direction for a large-scale battle, and we can also launch several medium-scale battles in a secondary direction. Mobile operations, as a coordination."

"Very well, it seems that we are still very powerful." Kahan, who had been frowning all this time, seemed to have regained some anger. A few years ago, Chandra once said on TV that the Prime Minister could always see others watching There is no hope. At that time, he said this sentence mainly out of the need for compliments, but now Kahan's unrealistic optimism has almost ruined India.

"There is also the latest news. General Meneam is preparing to withdraw his troops from Fort ***. He does not have enough supplies to maintain a long front. The enemy has recently imposed an offensive on the periphery of Fort ***."

The venue fell into silence, and no one spoke for a long time.

"So we are throwing away the most important card in our hand?" the Prime Minister said sadly, and he did not growl and accuse Meneam.

"With all due respect, the Fort is no longer an important card." Chandra stood up and said at the right time, "From the perspective of the enemy, the whole of Kashmir is at your fingertips, so it is impossible for us to use such a fort. We temporarily control it." Yes, an empty city that loses its military value, threatening them to make political concessions."

He wants to seize the opportunity and make one last effort.

"Your Excellency, the enemy's progress is too fast. Maybe 24 hours later, we will lose the last chance to evacuate. Now is the time to seriously consider the fate of the government. At least, we cannot completely suppress the fate of India in one place. "

"No, I won't go anywhere. I hope that at the most dangerous moment of the motherland, you can also stick to the most important posts instead of turning your back on him."

Kahan said categorically that it was obviously superfluous to talk to him about this topic, and his stubbornness did not diminish as the sound of enemy artillery approached.

Chandra made up his mind that since the Prime Minister decided not to go, let him go.The Americans did not shy away from showing him their desire to install a new regime in Mumbai and to continue the war. At present, there is still a lack of participation of key cabinet members who have responded.He is well aware of the political calculations behind the Americans, and it seems that negotiating with China is a more sensible way out for India, but he cannot bear the fact that the Chinese counterattacked into India with the Pakistani army, which means that once negotiations are entered, India may be in Kashmir, or even Punjab lost a large area of ​​territory, as a Punjabi, this is unacceptable to Chandra.

The daily military meetings of the cabinet have actually lost their real value. The cabinet no longer has much restrictive effect on Pasad, who is in charge of the military alone, and the routine meetings have almost become Kahan's roll call meetings. Let's see who runs away every day.Chandra thinks that he has done his utmost to Kahan by persisting until today.

Pakistani spies monitor every move of Safford Jones Airport and the US embassy from a few kilometers away through the most primitive method of spot surveillance. This method is sometimes more effective than satellites. The spies can see 6 Black Hawks The helicopter has been staying at this small airfield, starting the engine every once in a while.

On the taxiway of Chandigarh Airport, Sami has already sat in the cabin of the fighter jet. The new intelligence has determined that the enemy’s senior officials will not go to the ground. At this moment, the ground crew is removing the extra bombs under the wings. He is setting the approximate route on the navigation display. , based on his guess of the possible escape direction of the enemy. The nearest destination is of course the Agra base, where he can transfer to a US military transport plane.As for the Indian Air Force, it has not been dispatched much in the past few days, and it should not cause trouble. What needs special attention is the Patriot missile at the Agra base.

Watching the ground push away two 2kg laser-guided bombs, someone suddenly spoke on the radio.

"Black spider leader, take off immediately and wait for the target instruction."

He immediately pushed the accelerator and took off from the taxiway first, followed by 4 JF17s. This mission is quite complicated. If the enemy flies low, the early warning aircraft cannot track the target all the way. Of course, the approximate route and arrival time can be guessed. He must rush to the area south of New Delhi first, use radar or visual methods to search for the target, and decide how to strike.

The data link shows that there are a large number of fighters in the air, and there is almost no Indian Air Force. Since dawn, Chinese aircraft have been attacking various positions around New Delhi without interruption. The suppression of the enemy's air defense firepower has played a great role. He The number of radars that found the enemy monitoring him was much less than when he took off 2 days ago.

When flying across the Najaf Gargil River, you can see that the original bridge is still there. Chinese engineers are building floating bridges on one side of the bridge. Three of them have been completed. He heard that the Indians did not complete the bridge bombing work in the morning, and only half of the explosives detonated. At present, China-Pakistan military vehicles can still run on one side of the bridge, but the Chinese plan to build the pontoon bridge is still proceeding step by step.

On the circular MPCD (Electronic Tactical Threat Display), the west side is the air defense radar of our side, and the east side is the Indian radar. Most of the Indian radars will be turned off and transferred after being turned on for a period of time. Sometimes there will be a new one. Radar takes over, sometimes not.

On the progress route of the Chinese army below, there seems to be no sign of a major battle. He flew over 2000 meters and rarely saw black smoke rising into the sky. Obviously, the ground battle was not fierce. He didn't know the other army on the east side. Whether it is also going well, but when he returns, he can fly over their heads. Half a year ago, he couldn't believe it at all, and he was able to see the desperate situation of the Indians.

"Boss, it would be great if I could beat the Ace of Spades. It must be more beautiful than beating down the Russian President."

On the radio, Hassan said happily, as if he had already succeeded, he had no scheming other than boasting, and even expressed his idea of ​​coveting the boss, but Sammy didn't care about one more challenger at all, he only hoped that this technology The sloppy kid can learn how to land decently first.

"Look, at 3 o'clock, the Chinese tank." Major Latif reminded. The pilots of the five fighter jets looked to the right together, and saw that on the 5-lane highway, Chinese military vehicles and tanks were rapidly advancing in the right lane. Judging by their posture, their front line had already extended to a very front.Several bulldozers were on the other side, pushing civilian vehicles and Indian army vehicles that were jammed there off the road.

"When the Indians started the war, they would never have dreamed that they would have today."

"Hey, in a few days, we will be able to fly to the Prime Minister's Office to drop bombs." Hassan said.

"The formation circled westward, avoiding S300."

"However, the S300 radar has not been found yet?"

"You don't need to see it, it's there, let's get out of the way." Sami didn't make judgments based on real-time detection data, but based on his personal intuition. The Indians gradually mastered the short-start tactics, but Sami can roughly Guess their minds.

(End of this chapter)