The battle against the Eastern Defense Line lasted for four days. The Indian army relied on its superior forces to finally take these two high grounds and took a real substantial step since the war on the Eastern Front started.

However, such victory also caused heavy price to be paid by the Indian army.

The huge proportion of casualties caused the morale of the Indian army to be greatly negatively affected. The news of the destruction of the entire army from the Western Front battlefield was like a bolt from the blue, completely hitting the morale of the Indian army to the lowest point.

Even the army's front of the middle army was ambushed. From the battle reports from the mid-line battlefield, we can see that the Indian army in the middle line actually suffered a great defeat, three reorganized infantry divisions were completely wiped out, and the remaining two infantry divisions and two armored brigades were all turned into isolated troops.

The isolated army was surrounded by the Pakistani defenders. The troops in the Indian army's middle route have now become completely in the turtle of the Pakistani army. It is still difficult to protect themselves, let alone realize the three armies expected to meet in Leh before the war.

Such a battle goal was completely fantasy. At this point, the strategic plan for the three-way east, middle and western joint assault formulated by the Indian army before the war was completely declared a failure.

On the battlefield of the Central Army, it was when the Eastern Front battlefield was in a deadlock. The foreign aid troops of the Chinese Federal Army, who had been stubborn for a long time, finally took action, and gave the Indians a wake-up call.

Let the numbers of the three infantry divisions of the opponent be erased from the battle sequence of the Indian Army forever, and once again let the world see the might of the Chinese Federation Army.

This day was the moment when India and Pakistan were in a stalemate on the battlefield of the East Kashmir Road. The commander of the Indian Central Army was commanding his troops to set out towards the original goal.

Leh is a town in the eastern part of Kashmir, South Asia. It is located on the eastern foot of the Karakoram Mountains, 6 kilometers from the right bank of the Indus River, and is at an altitude of 3,514 meters.

Currently, the population is about 5,000, and it is a local distribution center for agricultural and animal husbandry products. The key is that there is a road that can directly lead to Slinaga. Due to the strong medicine taken by the British that year, Kashmir is now controlled by India and Pakistan respectively.

Among them, the Indian-controlled area includes Srinaga, which has always been known for its lakes and mountains, and Ladakh is the Shangri-La in the hearts of many people.

The Pakistani Control District is centered on Leh and is very similar in culture. Everything is similar. Some people can understand it with the sound of "Tazisidel". It is indeed part of the Tubo Dynasty in history.

Srinaga is characterized by a lake, and the boathouse built on the water is even more famous. Not far from Leh, the strategic location is very important.

On the front of the attack of the Central Army of 40 kilometers, the Indian army launched a frontal attack posture of advancing three routes.

Prominent in the middle are the 5th and 9th Armored Brigades, which are two top armored brigades, equipped with a large number of m60 main station tanks, and a small number of "Arjun".

The middle division has slowly approached Pakistan's second line of defense. The east flank of its large formation, about 20 kilometers behind, are the 79th and 81st mechanized infantry divisions, which are also composed of elite Indian infantry. The combat power is very powerful for Pakistan.

The west flank of the Central Army's marching team is the three motorized infantry divisions, the 15th, 27th and 44th. Because of the slowest propulsion, they were lagging behind the vanguard troops by a full hundred kilometers.

As for the entire towing artillery of the Central Army, the number is as high as more than 1,000, while the small number of self-propelled artillery equipped in the Indian Army is walking with the fastest-moving armored troops and does not cooperate with other troops.

Today, fierce battles were in full swing on the eastern battlefield. The Indian army's eastern army was completely smooth sailing, at least in the heart of the commander of the Central Army, he thought so.

It’s a pity that the commander of the Central Army would not be happy for long, and soon. His good mood was completely destroyed on this day. Just like the experience of the Eastern Army, the Central Army also encountered considerable obstacles here.

40 kilometers southwest of Leh. The Pakistanis arranged several lines of defense on the periphery of Leh, and even this line of defense was more solid and reliable, and difficult to conquer.

This is not surprising, because this place was arranged by a major general of the Chinese Federation Army, and the regular army from China was deployed here.

These "foreign players" include a self-propelled artillery regiment and a self-propelled air defense regiment. Not only that, there are two mechanized infantry regiments equipped with armored war beast tanks. Whether in terms of equipment or individual soldiers, the actual combat effectiveness of the Chinese Federal Army is undoubtedly much stronger than that of the Pakistani Army.

After the Indian middle army arrived in this area, they paused at a place 10 kilometers away from the defense line. They originally planned to set up camps on the spot and launch a tentative attack on the Pakistani defenders in front of them.

But they were unexpectedly blocked by artillery fire from the Chinese self-propelled artillery regiment again. The unprepared Indian infantry troops were in chaos, and even the armored troops were in a panic and all the plants were in trouble.

The commander of the Central Army, his good mood was completely destroyed by these harassing artillery bombardments, which was no better than before. Before the Air Force defeat, the Army could still ask for air force support from the headquarters. Even if it could not defeat the enemy, it could at least scare away the enemy's artillery.

But now there is no way to do it!

Along the way, even when eating and sleeping, I was greeted by these damn self-propelled cannons. I couldn’t eat well and couldn’t sleep well. I was very nervous and my fatigue appeared in the deep sunken eye sockets.

Damn Eastern Army, those idiots, why did you choose to have a quarrel with the Air Force at such a critical moment?

No matter how big the opinions and difficulties you have, at least you have to wait until the war strikes again? Now, the Air Force went on strike directly, which made the army brothers on other fronts pity.

Alas, the middle lane army has been implicated now. Not only has it lost firepower support from Indian air attack aircraft, but it has even lost the minimum air reconnaissance aircraft. What should we do to the enemy?

In the Army, of course, it also has its own exclusive aircraft, but those aircraft are old propeller aircraft, while high-speed jet fighters do not have them at all, and they are all in the hands of the Air Force.

If there is no air escort from Air Force fighter jets to protect them, Army reconnaissance aircraft with propellers as the main power will never dare to run into the air deep into the enemy area for flight reconnaissance.

What's more, the air combat aircraft that are now controlled by the Indian Air Force did not provide the necessary air protection on their heads, but all ran to the ghost place in Dengdong to compete with the Pakistan Air Force for air supremacy.

The commander of the Central Army was naturally indignant about this: Is air supremacy here not important?

Besides, after so long, it was not possible to completely seize air supremacy. The Army once again recognized the common saying - the Indian Air Force is really a group of borers that consume military spending.

If these idiots who only know how to spend money but not do things were making trouble all day long, maybe the two ** armored brigades of the Army would not have only been equipped with the barely reasonable T68. If they could have all equipped with the latest "Arjun" or the m60a3 produced by the United States, the Indian Army would have long been in full swinging in and attacked the gate of Leh.

But no matter how much I complain, the Central Army still needs to find a way to deal with this annoying artillery attack from Pakistan.

According to the rules summarized before, the Indian army has also understood some small tricks. This kind of artillery bombardment by the Pakistani army will generally be announced to stop in no time.

The soldiers of the Indian Central Route Army were even very experienced. Based on this characteristic, they immediately stopped the troops' advance at the beginning of each shelling of the Pakistani army.

Then he waited until the Ba army's shelling ended before lifting his feet again and continuing to move forward.

This is often the case and I get used to this rhythm, and I don’t even need the commander of the Central Army to give orders. The troops below naturally stop their pace.

However, this passive approach cannot last long. When the initiative belongs to the other party, an accident will make people feel at a loss.

The Pakistani army in front of him suddenly changed its attack habits, and the new round of artillery bombardment lasted for half an hour and had not stopped yet. This made the Indian army extremely puzzled: Why didn't the Pakistani people continue to run forward this time?

"Is this their last line of defense?" As soon as such thoughts came out, the commander of the Indian Central Army was so excited that he couldn't hold back. He had been bullied for so long that Buddhas were really angry.

"Yes, it's absolutely true!" No one needs to emphasize. The commander of the Central Army began to believe his intuition or thought, "Otherwise, how could he stop here?"

For Indians, this place is now located outside Leh.

From a tactical perspective, as long as you break through this outer position, the Indian army's troops will be able to reach the city of Leh. At that time, the army will be approaching the city and the troops will be at the city. Even if you take down Leh in one fell swoop, it will not be difficult.

When he thought of this period, the commander of the Indian Central Army was immediately energetic and began to order the Indian army's reconnaissance troops to go out for reconnaissance and verify his judgment.

The poor middle army, just for the little contradiction between the Indian Army and the Air Force, now even the tactical intelligence that air reconnaissance can easily be clarified by air reconnaissance, requires the commander to work hard to explore and judge.

We also have to send ground troops to verify, alas, what's the matter?

The Indian scouts quickly sent back the information. There was indeed a line of defense 10 kilometers ahead of Leh, and the Pakistani artillery fire was fired from there.

After confirming his judgment, the Indian army commander was ecstatic: "I can finally show my skills. Since the East Road is progressing slowly and has no results, let's first open the situation from the middle road!"

Immediately ordered the two mechanized infantry divisions on the right wing to speed up the advancement, and to quickly move closer to the two armored brigades of the vanguard. When the armored brigade of the vanguard is launched on the spot, then you can be ready to join the battle at any time.

Once the action order is received, the vanguard troops will immediately launch an attack on the enemy's defensive positions.

In the plan, the three motorized infantry divisions on the left wing must also speed up their advance, reaching the current assembly site that night, and all of them are invested in the attack on the enemy's defense line.

Those infantry are not very useful here, but they cannot be underestimated. There are at least 1,000 cannons there.

When it is time to fight to the death, these cannons will definitely come in handy. Now, all preparations are ready, just waiting for the night to fall. Once their artillery soldiers arrive at the target area, they will immediately use artillery fire to open the way and then launch an attack on the Pakistani defensive positions.

This is a good plan, but at the same time the Indian army commander was planning to plan, the Chinese affairs consultant was also in his Western battlefield command center and a group of officers under his command to have the idea of ​​facing the Indian army.

Who is the hunter? Who is the prey?

In this Chinese troops entering the India-Pakistan War, when the foreign aid generals personally made a confession to the Ministry of National Defense, the scale of 4 infantry divisions and 1 air defense division was finally increased to the scale of 4 infantry divisions and 1 air defense division.

This is nearly 100,000 people, which is completely enough to organize a small army.

In addition, the Chinese reinforcements used an infantry division and an air defense division to place them on the east and west defense lines respectively to better assist the Pakistani army's defensive operations.

The military advisers sent by China actually held military power and personally commanded the three Chinese foreign aid divisions as mobile forces of the Pakistani army, not on the position to consume the Indian army.

Whether in terms of tactical literacy or equipment level, this group of Chinese foreign aid troops are among the elite. They can serve as the general strategic reserve team, waiting for the enemy's flaws on the battlefield, and seeking opportunities to divide the Indian army on the western battlefield in order to encircle and annihilate them separately.

Now, this opportunity has come, and it is time for the Chinese team to take action.

The three infantry divisions secretly dispatched by the Chinese Federal Ministry of Defense before the war were all equipped with new tactical equipment developed by cutting-edge weapons manufacturers in China.

Combining the new "light force" army-building ideas and leveraging the new scientific and technological achievements of the rapid development of the Chinese Federation in recent decades, it finally became the world's first "light force" with strong combat effectiveness.

Here, the so-called "light" concept mainly refers to the light armored vehicles of the infantry division. These three infantry divisions are mechanized infantry divisions, and are equipped with "armored war beast" infantry fighting vehicles developed by China. They can carry infantry to carry out combat operations under complex terrain.

As we all know, since the end of World War II, the army of countries around the world, including the United States, which has strong ability to accept tactical concepts, has also taken the route of "heavy" equipment.

They regard the armored division equipped with main battle tanks as the decisive force of the army. But in fact, the continuous development of lightweight anti-tank weapons, as well as armed helicopters and jet fighters, as well as long-range ground-to-ground missiles, the continuous advancement of these new technologies greatly threatens the safety of the tank.

This forced the main battle tanks of various countries to thicken their defensive armor and continuously increase the caliber of the tank's main gun. In this way, the total combat weight of the designed main battle tanks has also been increased accordingly.

The increase in weight has greatly limited the maneuverability. Moreover, the role of tanks is getting lower and lower, because wars tend to be more miniaturized, and large-scale conflicts on the ground are no longer mainstream.

So, this gave birth to another tactical idea of ​​the Chinese New Zealand Army - the Quick Response Force.

This new tactic requires rapid military delivery capabilities, and the research and development of heavy weapons is obviously contrary to this tactical goal. Therefore, some people have begun to propose that light-equipped infantry fighting vehicles be the main force of the troops. This "light" army unit can ensure that the most efficient military delivery will be carried out when an emergency occurs.

However, some people oppose this argument. They believe that under the conditions of modern warfare, the power of weapons is becoming more and more powerful, and the armor of the main battle tanks is unstoppable, let alone infantry fighting vehicles with weak defense capabilities?

In order to maximize the protection of the lives and safety of soldiers on their own, soldiers should perform combat missions under the cover of heavy armor and powerful firepower. They also believe that the so-called "light" troops can only serve as auxiliary troops and will not play a decisive role.

Now, this "light" unit of the Chinese Federation is a compromise product of two theories. It has a light body and relatively strong armor, and is equipped with powerful artillery, both because of the new technology.

It is based on the new weapon technology that advanced power systems and electromagnetic reaction armor can be developed organically integrate the two contradictions of maneuverability and protective performance.

It is completely different from the general mechanized infantry divisions. These three army divisions are not equipped with a bulky main battle tank, but the specific organization of each division has been adjusted.

There are more than 2,000 other tactical vehicles, including 750 "Armored War Beasts" infantry fighting vehicles, as well as more than 2,000 other tactical vehicles, including trucks that provide logistics support and fast assault reconnaissance vehicles used by reconnaissance forces.

There are also 200 air defense missile systems, which provide the troops with basic field air defense capabilities, and then form a total of 3 mechanized infantry regiments.

In order to deal with the enemy's armored forces, a division direct helicopter brigade was also equipped with two battalions, equipped with 30 black cavalry armed helicopters and 24 multi-purpose helicopters.

The self-propelled artillery developed based on the "armored war beast" also has 140 self-propelled artillery, all of which are caliber than 155 mm, and then they are all organized into a reorganized artillery regiment.

According to the combat requirements of the Hualian Ministry of Defense against new divisions, each Army division must reach 30 kilometers on the front of the offensive while serving as the main defense line.

And when taking on the offense in the secondary direction, the front of the offense must reach 40 kilometers. (To be continued...)

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