Chapter 1143 morale boosted
The advantage of the Pakistani army is nothing more than large-caliber artillery fire and a favorable geographical environment. If you want to break through this defensive area, the Indian army must invest more military forces and organize a larger wave of attacks.
In the upcoming third attack operation, the commander of the Indian Eastern Route Army without hesitation, invested 2 reorganized armored brigades and 4 elite infantry regiments, and put all the infantry fighting vehicles and one-third of the tanks in his hands into the battle. It can be seen how strong the Indian general's determination is.
But in fact, most of the tanks drawn are old goods that can be lost in the eyes of Indian generals. Most of the real m60 tanks and "Arjun" tanks are cherished and placed in the middle of the team and are unwilling to take them out easily.
Because of the narrow landform characteristics here, such a large-scale force cannot be fully expanded, so the chief general of the Indian army also had his idea: to put the thick-skinned tanks in front as the main force for the assault.
Once they rushed to the original frontier position of the Pakistani army, they used the tank's own smoothbore cannon to bombard the Pakistani army's highland defense circle, and then sent all infantry fighting vehicles to directly break through the interception of the Pakistani army's artillery fire, and then transported them to the enemy's positions safely.
With a reliable means of transportation such as infantry fighting vehicles, the forces of four Indian Army regiments can be successfully transported to the vicinity of tank units, and then the large forces are reassembling.
By then, the infantry will be able to launch a charge wave towards the tactical high ground where the Pakistani army is located under the cover of tanks and tanks, and use a sea-like crowd to push down the Pakistani army's defense.
However, due to the previous combat losses, the Indian army now has a serious shortage of infantry fighting vehicles, so there is no way, so they have to let the infantry fighting vehicles run back and forth several times and transport the Indian infantry to the enemy's positions in batches.
Although the efficiency is a bit unsatisfactory, the strength of the Ba army in front of us is limited. Even if it is transported in batches, it can still rush to the enemy's high ground.
Since the end of World War II, nearly 500 tanks have never appeared on the earth in such a narrow area. Such a spectacular scene is difficult for many soldiers to see in their lives.
The huge armored troops slowly unfolded in front of the two sides participating in the war, and the tanks formed a dense attack formation, with enemy artillery fire on their heads, and continued to launch fierce advances in front.
For a moment, even the Indian Eastern Army soldiers who were rubbing their backhands were surging, and their morale began to show signs of recovery.
Such a thrilling attack formation was just to capture two high grounds less than 1,000 meters. It was the defense zone where the Pakistani army was stationed, with less than one division of troops on it.
After the Indian army's armored tanks rushed to the foot of the Pakistani army's defensive highlands, the Indians' posture was even more surprising.
433 infantry fighting vehicles were galloping on the ground like wolves. They braved the artillery fire of the Pakistani army and successfully arrived at the foot of the mountain. Beside them, there were explosions and dust everywhere. When the infantry fighting vehicles crossed the crater, the people inside were obviously shaking into a ball.
The road was already rugged, and now it still had to be supported by ubiquitous shells. Every chariot driver was begging the gods and Buddhas of India, hoping to break through this valley of death.
Except for some really unlucky guys, most of the Indian infantry fighting vehicles completed their mission and transported a regiment of soldiers to places where the Ba Army artillery could not take care of.
The back cover of the infantry fighting vehicle was lowered, and ant-like Indian infantry surged out from it. The training seemed to be quite careless. Many Indian soldiers were panicked and could not even hold their weapons.
There are also some veterans who participated in the last India-Pakistan War, who are more experienced. After getting off the car, they quickly began to look for a place to hide and protect themselves.
After unloading the infantry they originally carried, the Indian army's infantry fighting vehicles quickly closed the door, turned around, and ran towards their own positions.
These infantry fighting vehicles need to shuttle through the death area covered by the Pakistani artillery fire again, and then carry the next group of infantry comrades who are carrying the attack mission.
As we went back and forth, at the foot of the mountain, there were more and more small black dots gathered into a large area.
The Indian army's infantry regiment took a day and a night just to assemble in two high grounds, and this act of transporting troops was carried out under the baptism of the Pakistani army's artillery fire, so the Indian army had to pay a lot of casualties.
But no matter how much the loss was, the Indian army's tactical goals were achieved. Below the two defensive highlands of the Pakistani army, the Indian army was able to gather a large number of troops, and then launched an attack on the Pakistani army's defensive forces on the highlands.
At present, the cannons from both India and Pakistan stopped roaring.
Because at such a distance, artillery is blind and takes away not only the lives of the enemy, but also poses a considerable threat to friendly forces.
Only the Pakistani army's high ground was equipped with some mortars and anti-tank guns. These weapons still opened fire from time to time, causing some trouble and trouble to the Indian army.
At the same time, the Indian army gathered below were not willing to be humiliated, and their tank smoothbore cannons also retaliated against the Pakistani army. However, because the linear attack mode of the smoothbore cannon was not conducive to curved shooting, it could not cause much trouble to the Pakistani army. It was simply a move to boost its reputation.
Apart from these sporadic artillery battles, the fierce firefighting like the previous few days stopped temporarily, without warning, seemed to have reached a strange tacit understanding between the offense and defense.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, on the east side of the two defensive highlands of the Pakistani army, there was the battlefield earlier.
At the sight of the wreckage of more than 100 armored vehicles, many of which were still burning, and black smoke could be seen looming. Around the wreckage of the chariot were the bodies of soldiers from both India and Pakistan.
Since the battle began, the total casualties on both sides of the battlefield have reached 10,000, far exceeding the losses of the Indian army in Dongba.
Since the war began, the two sides have fought between the mountains that climbed east for more than a week. Nearly 40,000 South Asian soldiers were buried here.
However, in the eyes of the commanders of both sides, such losses are somewhat insignificant to the total amount of 300,000 troops invested by both sides here.
At this moment, there was an unusual tranquility atmosphere. On the entire battlefield, soldiers from both India and Pakistan were looking at the gradually sinking red sun. They all realized that such peace would not last long. Both sides sharpened their swords and waited for the arrival of night and the shocking blow.
These two tactical highlands of the Pakistani army belong to the same mountain range. In the area below the mountain, two infantry regiments of the Pakistani army and four infantry regiments of the Indian army were gathered. The total force of both sides reached 30,000.
Not to mention. The Indian army on the periphery was equipped with nearly 500 tanks and 400 infantry fighting vehicles. These dense armored units and dark green figures almost covered the entire top and foot of the mountain.
Such military density is also very rare in the history of world wars.
In the 20th year after the end of World War II, another large-scale ground war broke out in South Asia. Two developing countries with a population of over 100 million started a bloody battle and caused a large number of casualties.
Compared with the original time and space, because of Zhong Yang's butterfly effect, the history of this world has long been beyond recognition. Even the Third India-Pakistan War initiated by India is much larger than the originally expected scale.
It can be said that at the beginning of the war, its scale had exceeded the expectations of the top leaders of India.
In just half a month, more than 80,000 soldiers on both sides sprinkled blood on the battlefield. On the evening of July 8, the Indian army had to start a battle against the two Pakistani highlands.
Naturally, the number of casualties will be greatly refreshed, and even the moonlight will be dyed into a bright red like blood.
At 11:12 in the evening, the Indian army's ground troops were ready and suddenly launched a charge against the two Pakistani troops' defensive highlands. India's human sea tactics began.
According to the original tactical arrangement, the number of troops invested by the Indian army on the two high grounds was also different. The front-line commander of the Indian infantry regiment thought that the heights of the two high grounds were different. The terrain of the higher high ground was much smoother, and it could even use lighter T55 tanks to charge towards the Pakistani position on the hill.
On the shorter high ground, there are strange peaks and rocks, and the mountain roads are rugged, so we cannot charge upwards with armored vehicles.
In view of this situation, the higher highlands suddenly became the primary target of the Indian army. As long as they control it, they can look down on another highland and launch a condescending attack on the Pakistani defensive forces.
In this way, the unfavorable situation faced by the Indian army can be reversed. At that time, it would be a slight effort to seize another high ground. In addition to the necessary equipment, that is, the T55 tanks that act as artillery to suppress the firepower of the Pakistani army's highlands, the Indian army also invested 120 T55s to the target as the front drive for charge.
Not only that, two infantry regiments followed closely, and together with the tank troops launched a night raid on a high ground of the Pakistani army. As for another secondary target high ground, an Indian infantry regiment launched a charge alone.
The number of tanks is limited, so this infantry regiment was unable to obtain the cover of the tanks. They could only rely on the flesh and blood of 4,000 Indian soldiers to fight against the continuous pouring rain of bullets on the mountain, and use their decisive fighting spirit to restrain the enemy.
On the 794 high ground in the north, more than 100 tanks and the powerful attack power made of nearly 10,000 people had a great effect. The t55 cluster formed three scattered soldiers and charged towards the mountain. In the middle of these three steel scattered soldiers were Indian infantry holding rifles, holding their waists and following the tanks under the cover of the tanks.
This kind of old infantry and tank coordination tactic has not appeared for a long time. It has to be said that the situation where infantry and tanks charge towards the enemy's positions together is quite exciting.
However, this tactic was proven to be useless during World War II.
Infantry is not safe when it is between tanks, but tanks are completely lost due to the drag of infantry, so it is better to form a separate tactical organization and use it.
Pakistan and India are wars between two developing countries. Because their respective scientific and technological capabilities are not high, the casualties on both sides will be even greater.
Regarding this, with the reminder of the Chinese federal government, Pakistan has long been fully prepared. In the period before the war, the Pakistani government did a very good job in mobilizing soldiers.
On the contrary, India is different. What they expected in advance was not a full-scale war, and they did not pay enough attention to their old rival Pakistan.
On the other hand, the Chinese had long understood India's plans, so they secretly provided a lot of assistance. However, India's intelligence agencies knew nothing about this, and the entire Indian government was kept in the dark.
Therefore, their mental preparations for the huge casualties that may be caused by the war were insufficient. Even a large number of blind and confident generals ignored Sam Markneshaw's strategic arrangements and privately expanded the scale of the conflict. This also caused India to suffer tragic casualties on the Western Front.
After the Indian army suffered huge casualties, the generals often became emotionally out of control. This would directly cause major mistakes in the commander's decision-making and brought greater casualties to its own soldiers.
In the previous two attacks, the two defensive highlands controlled by the Pakistani army were the commanders of the Indian Eastern Route Army who made such a mistake in their perception, which led to wrong decisions.
The Lord should not provoke his troops because of anger. Under anger and resentment, he cannot make good tactical decisions, and even for the infantry troops that have been invested, the result will inevitably be disastrous.
The commander of the Indian army believed his judgment based solely on the intuition of the chief officer, and believed that he had invested more powerful forces than the Pakistani army and could not fail. He also thought that his infantry regiment could successfully seize the Pakistani army's defensive positions.
As for those Indian soldiers who lost a large amount of losses in offensive combat operations, the Indian army commander selectively ignored them. He believed that even if these infantry were consumed, India could still maintain its superior force.
But the Indian army commander obviously forgot the most important point: combat is not simply accumulation and consumption of troops. War is very realistic and is definitely not a game.
In the war, every participant is a living person, who is wise and instinctive, and will not be completely willing to accept the command of the officer.
You should know that even if several times the enemy defenders are invested in offensive operations, it does not mean that the attacking party can achieve the final victory in the battle.
This is because it is several times the enemy's strength. It does not mean that you are in actual combat. You can use up all the enemy's strength.
True military strength refers to soldiers who can withstand huge casualties in charge and can always maintain morale. Only these mainstays are the real military strength.
As for the "number of people", it is just an exaggerated superficial data.
Once the morale "collapse point" is reached, the entire army will fall into a mountain and be unstoppable.
Therefore, since ancient times, when the army retreated, no matter what kind of generals they sent to save, it would be impossible to succeed.
As early as World War I, Western military scientists proposed the tactical theory of "collapse point". This theory actually shows that not all soldiers can fight to the last person.
This is the fundamental difference between modern soldiers and modern soldiers, and it is also a direct reflection of morale.
Based on this argument, if the attacking troops can always maintain the charge until the last person when facing huge casualties, then such troops will undoubtedly be very terrible.
Unfortunately, India is not a modern country, and its army is not a modern army, and it is far from meeting the morale standards of the last person.
According to the "collapse point" theory, all participating troops have a psychological limit that can withstand casualties. Once this psychological limit is reached, the soldiers will be crushed by the tragic casualties and will be even more psychologically endured. What follows is the defeat of the entire army and the corruption of the battle situation.
The "collapse point" theory is very applicable to both sides of the offense and defense. In the battle between India and Pakistan, it depends on who has a higher limit. The final winner of the battle will inevitably belong to the highly morale side.
Because both agricultural countries are fighting by consuming the lives of soldiers.
Unfortunately, like most Indian officers, Indian soldiers have blind confidence in themselves. The education of grassroots soldiers in the Indian army has always exaggerated India by extreme contempt for Pakistan.
Therefore, when facing Pakistani soldiers, Indian soldiers always have a sense of psychological superiority, thinking that the one who fell in battle should be Pakistani people, not the great Indians.
In the past, this arrogance really made India feel comfortable when bullying Pakistan.
But once they encounter setbacks in war, the real psychological qualities of Indian soldiers are reflected. Due to the lack of psychological qualities to withstand pressure and failure, Indian soldiers easily collapsed in the face of sudden setbacks.
On the contrary, Pakistan has a difficult life, and they can't get rid of the shadows they have always been facing India. In general, they are used to losing, but they just beat them up anyway.
It was not until the Pakistani army witnessed the great victory of the Air Force and the huge casualties caused to Indian infantry on the ground battlefield. This sudden victory greatly inspired the Pakistani army's self-confidence and determination to defend the country.
The soldiers of the Pakistani army have always had the tradition of being passively beaten, and their psychological qualities are still strong. In terms of tough battles, they can face the fear of death more directly than the Indian army.
Of course, this is all relatively speaking.
At this time, only with this strong sense of willingness to defend the country can the morale of the Pakistani army be excited in an incredible way, making their "collapse point" far higher than that of the Indian army. (To be continued...)
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