It was completely different from what the Indians thought, this attack was just a feint. The tactical purpose was to cover the actions of the main force and allow another light fast reactor to intersperse behind the Indian army.

This is a plank road built openly and a crossing to Chencang in secret.

It was this trick that attracted the attention of the Indian army.

When the Indians thought they had successfully "counterattacked" the attack of the "Pakistan Army" and began a large-scale counterattack, the Indian commander's eyes were all on the "Pakistan Army" unit that was "retreated step by step".

The Indians were not aware that the danger was coming now. In the northwest direction centered here, a large-scale mechanized force appeared at about 20 kilometers away.

A large number of armored war beasts were driving at a rapid speed with attack formations, quietly bypassing the Indian army's front-line armored forces, and instead roaring straight towards the left-wing cluster of Indian army 80 kilometers southwest.

At the speed of lightning, Mercedes-Benz was running on the flat ground. These were the main forces of the volunteer army aided Pakistan, and they were also the real attack front, with the target directly pointing to the left-wing combat cluster of the Indian army.

Because there has been no war in South Asia for too long, their officers cannot keep up with the new pace in tactical thinking. Besides, India's own national characteristics are not suitable for war.

Under the command of the commander, the Indian soldiers launched a large-scale counterattack against the Pakistani positions. Because of the depression he had suffered in recent days, they are now angry and are rushing towards the opponent's position.

Never expected that those "Pakistan Army" offensive troops, which they considered to be low in combat, stopped after retreating for only a few kilometers, turned around and caught fire with the Indian army.

Moreover, the Indians also found that these "Pakistan troops" suddenly became very powerful, and they were not the kind of rookie they had encountered before who were even more naughty than themselves.

The first echelon of the Indian army, the mechanized armored troops directly invested in the counterattack, were difficult to break through the enemy's position defense line for a while, but because of the enemy's fierce counterattack, a lot of m60 tanks were lost.

Even after the fire exchange, the first-tier forward Tank Battalion retreated directly and was beaten to flee.

This result made the commander of the Indian Army's central Route Army even more angry: It would be fine if you were counterattacked by the Pakistani army, but the most favored mechanized armored troops under Mao were so vulnerable.

It was less than a quarter of an hour before it was repelled by the "Ba Army" with low combat power, and retreated so embarrassingly, which was really annoying. In a rage, the Indian army commander directly removed the positions of battalion commanders of the two vanguard armored battalions, and then issued a death order to let the ground troops launch a full-scale attack.

This time, the Indian army commander also took the initiative. He strictly ordered his subordinates to advance to the enemy's defense line before dawn, and even proposed to wipe out the two light mechanized infantry regiments that the Pakistani army had launched the attack in advance.

Now it can be said that it is an old hatred. It surged into my heart. From the initial stage of the war, the Indian army surrounded and blocked them all the way, but it was unable to completely annihilate the Pakistani artillery department that was constantly causing trouble for themselves on the road.

There are also those air defense missile vehicles that have beaten their air force so hard that they dare not go to the front line. They are already full of anger, but they don’t expect that the “Ba Army” will dare to stroke their tiger beards. It’s really intolerable.

If we had not completely wiped out these two arrogant and domineering Ba Army Corps, it would not have been enough to relieve the hatred of the Indian commander. Now, the anger has completely lost the minds of the Indians, and they are just trying to encircle these annoying enemy troops.

As for whether we can break through the enemy's defense line, it is not that unimportant, and we don't take other issues seriously, including friendly troops behind us.

At this time when the Indian mechanized armored division was blocked, the Indian Army's mechanized infantry division located in the middle of the division commander also received an urgent call from a major general in front of him. The content was nothing more than a hundred thousand urgent, asking for reinforcements.

In fact, the two troops are only 2 kilometers apart, and even if they walk, it only takes half an hour.

The commander of the 37th Division of the Indian Army had long known about the situation where the tank division in front was attacked by the Pakistani army. However, he still did not deeply realize that the friendly tank divisions in front were actually suffering one-sided massacre.

Generally speaking, the defense advantages of armored troops are so obvious that the five routes can support more than an hour. Even because of the advantages of mobility, even if they cannot win, they cannot run.

Among the three Indian infantry divisions in the middle of the team, the 27th Division, the most elite infantry division of the Indian army, was unable to respond quickly and resist under the thunderous sweep of the volunteers, and was directly defeated.

What's more, the armored division with a much worse quality than the 27th Division?

Because they often sit in tanks, the soldiers of the tank division are not as psychologically endured as infantry that often needs to charge into battle. This is also normal. After all, technical troops are not cannon fodder that can be consumed at will, and they are more valuable.

The commander of the Indian Army's Armored Division immediately issued an order to prepare his troops for battle. However, it took nearly half an hour to switch from the marching state to the combat state.

Here, the lack of training in the Indian army is reflected, and many tactical formation changes take too much time.

It took more than half an hour before the Indian army was able to launch a complete battle formation, and the slow movements were wasted a full hour.

The most serious question is, can the Indian army support an hour under the attack of the volunteers?

Needless to say, the battle formation of the 1st Regiment of the Armored Division was not even able to fully unfold. As a friendly army, the 27th Division was completely defeated. With the chaos and fear of the defeated troops, it caused a huge impact on other Indian troops.

They disrupted their own formation and pushed the entire Eastern Army to a more troublesome situation.

The combat quality of the armored division is much worse than that of the 27th Infantry Division. And even the 27th Infantry Division inevitably had chaos when it was hit by such a defeated army.

Fortunately, the commander of an Indian infantry regiment was still a little courageous. He was a soldier, not as shallow as a nobleman, but also had the blood and character of a soldier. Seeing such a turbulent situation, he immediately ordered to give up a wide enough pass so that the defeated troops could be replaced quickly.

At the same time, the regiment commander also asked his troops to quickly seize the advantageous terrain and immediately began to build a simple defensive position. He also learned from some retreating Indian soldiers that it turned out that the Pakistani army used armored troops to launch an attack.

This news is not good news for the 27th Division, which lacks armor protection.

The Indian Army commander quickly reported the information to his superiors, a major general from a higher caste. After hearing the news, the Indian Army's major general immediately gave up the idea of ​​reinforcement of the first-tier mates. He even directly ordered the troops behind to build a defensive position immediately and prepare to fight the charge from the enemy's armored troops at any time.

In addition, the major general immediately telegraphed the commander of the entire central army, a lieutenant general. In the report, the major general mentioned that the friendly forces were attacked by enemy armored forces and that a mechanized division had been defeated under the enemy's offensive.

Now, the Major General's request is to let the rear deploy more armored troops to reinforce him.

After receiving such an emergency telegram, the commander-in-chief of the Indian Central Route Army was stunned at first and could not believe the authenticity of this information.

You should know that the three mechanized infantry divisions on the rear position equipped with a small number of tanks are all located in plateau mountains above one thousand meters above sea level, and there is no other road for mechanized armored troops to pass through.

As the main attack force of the first echelon, the Indian army's armored group passed through there safely yesterday, and the Pakistani army's armored forces were able to arrange an ambush of such a scale in just half a day?

This simply doesn't make sense.

Moreover, due to its own characteristics, it is basically impossible for the armored troops to maneuver in such mountainous areas, let alone launching a battle formation and launching an impact.

Because he lives in such an environment, it is difficult for the Indian army commanders to believe that a large-scale armored force can be invested in that place. This is common sense of cognition.

However, such common sense is no longer useful now.

The enemy commanders did invest a large number of armor units there, and the result was that the three Indian army mechanized infantry divisions who were still in that position were immediately trapped in a tough battle.

The entire Indian Eastern Route Army is also in a dilemma, so it is impossible to return to the army to rescue. At present, the offensive against Leh has been launched, and all the main ground forces have been put into the battle to encircle and annihilate the two infantry regiments.

The two sides have been fighting fiercely for more than ten hours, but no results have been achieved. Now they can only continue to suppress the two infantry regiments of the Pakistani army in front of them, otherwise there will be big problems.

You must understand that as long as the Pakistani army in front of you cannot withstand the attack pressure exerted by its own side and retreat, the Indian army will be able to follow closely and break through the external defense line of Leh.

But once the Indian army withdrew from the battle, it would mean that all the previous attacks of more than ten hours were burned. Not only did this attempt to take the opportunity to break through the enemy's defense line would be shattered, but even he might not be able to survive.

The two Pakistani infantry regiments on the opposite side may take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and rush out. Once such a situation occurs, it will definitely cause considerable losses to the Indian army, which makes the Indian army commander very unwilling and hesitant.

He was unwilling to just do this, so E gave up his attack on the outer defense line of Leh and turned around to rescue the three friendly infantry divisions.

But it won’t work if you don’t go back to rescue. No matter what, there are three reorganized mechanized infantry divisions, and there are thousands of artillery pieces. If they are destroyed like this, the Central Army will be completely destroyed.

The commander-in-chief of the Indian Army's central line army certainly understood that even if the three infantry divisions that lack defense capabilities could successfully withstand the enemy's attack, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties and even be destroyed by the entire army.

After repeated weighing the pros and cons, the Indian army commander's idea of ​​breaking through the defense line first and entering Leh was overwhelmed by the idea of ​​rescuing friendly troops.

In his opinion, although the situation of his three infantry divisions facing the enemy's armored forces is naturally very unfavorable. However, no matter what, it is the strength of the three divisions. Even if they are pigs, they will have to kill for most of the day.

Moreover, they have nearly a thousand artillery pieces. In this way, if anti-tank trenches can be dug up and defensive positions can be built, supporting them for three or five days should be no problem.

And in just three or five days, the vanguard armored troops were absolutely able to break through the enemy's defensive positions and occupy Leh. I believe that the Pakistani people have invested such a large number of armored troops behind them. According to the report sent back, it is judged that the Pakistani army has invested at least two armored brigades there.

Considering that Pakistan does not have a few mechanized armored brigades in total, the Indian commander also believes that the defenders in Leh are only infantry.

Now, with the two Pakistani mechanized infantry regiments in front of the Indian army, the Indian army commander has reason to believe that the enemy's armored power on the battlefield in the West Pakistan are basically unable to be persuaded.

The Indians planned to use the three infantry divisions behind them to drag the enemy's main force of the armored forces, which was very cost-effective. Because in this way, the vanguard troops could concentrate all their energy to annihilate the two Pakistani infantry regiments in front of them.

After this tactical goal is achieved, return to the army and meet with the three infantry divisions of our side, and attack the two insidious infantry brigades of the Ba Army on both sides, so that they can win in one battle, and the middle army will create brilliant results.

At that time, on the entire Siba battlefield, Pakistan's armored forces were all eaten by their own central army, and there was nothing to worry about in the future.

Even if the losses are a little bigger now, it is an acceptable price. Compared with the Eastern Route Army's heavy casualties but failed to break through Pakistan's Dingdong Defense Line, the Central Route Army also wanted to make some achievements to be commended by the General Staff.

As long as the Central Route Army can be the first to open up the situation, even if the casualties are relatively large, they will still be supplemented afterwards, and even rewarded and paid attention from the Indian Ministry of Defense.

After careful consideration, the commander of the Indian Army's Central Route Army also felt that this plan was feasible. Even the strategic and tactical layout shown by Pakistan in this war was unprecedented, and now this tactic of dividing troops and trying to defeat each other is indeed a headache.

The two combat clusters of the Indian Central Army were in a tactical dilemma, but the biggest advantage of the Indian army is its abundant military force. Even if it is divided into two groups, its absolute total number of troops cannot be underestimated.

It must be seen that the Pakistani army had an advantage for a while. But in the eyes of the Indians, the disadvantage of military strength cannot be compensated by so-called clever tactical arrangements. The Indians believe that the Pakistani army's division of troops also gave the Indian army the opportunity to defeat one by one.

What the Indians are most worried about is that Pakistan's armored troops hide in secret and do not come out, which makes people frightened. If the Indian army's mechanized armored troops consume too much when breaking through the enemy's defensive positions, then the decisive battle with the armored group in the future will be a real disadvantage.

However, when the Indians saw that all Pakistan's armored troops were put into the decisive battle, it was exactly what they wanted. Therefore, the Indian army was not panicked, but was full of confidence and wanted to fight a large-scale ground decisive battle with Pakistan's armored troops on the two fronts.

Subsequently, the Indian army commander issued an order to allow three mechanized infantry divisions to build temporary defensive positions on the spot, with the purpose of fighting against the charge of Pakistani armored forces.

The commander was in the first echelon and surrounded and annihilated another Pakistani mechanized armored unit with the strength of two infantry divisions and two armored brigades. After the vanguard completed the annihilation mission, he would return to the rear and attack the Pakistani army with his infantry brothers.

In this way, all Pakistani armored forces can be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the Indian commander issued an order to make the three infantry divisions stand for 48 hours to wait for the rescue of the large army.

In order to help the three infantry divisions resist the assault of the enemy armored troops, so as to minimize their own casualties, the officer also personally informed the General Staff, fully informed his combat operation arrangements, and requested the Air Force to dispatch attack aircraft to provide firepower support to the three infantry divisions.

At the same time, it was also to buy time for their plan to encircle and annihilate the enemy. After talking for a long time with the senior Air Force leaders, the Air Force officers finally received the reluctant guarantee that they were willing to dispatch 30 attack aircraft to provide air support to the three Indian infantry divisions who were in a tough battle.

However, for the forward's armored forces, the Air Force was unwilling to continue to provide air support in any case. The reason was that the air defense force on the outer defense line of Leh was too strong, and its attack aircraft could not provide attack support at all.

I had a fight, and when the combat order was issued, I sought limited air support from the Air Force. After all the work was completed, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, three and a half hours had passed since the attack on three Indian infantry divisions launched by "Pakistan". In modern warfare, three and a half hours meant the annihilation of the entire army.

That is to say, the number of a reorganized infantry division has been completely erased from the battle sequence of the Indian Army during these three and a half hours of battle.

The Volunteer Army completed the division and encirclement of the remaining troops of the 27th Indian Infantry Division, and even completely wiped out three reorganized regiments and one regiment of the 27th Indian Division in the encirclement, killing 6,000 enemies and capturing 3,000 enemies.

The entire 27th Division of the Indian Army now has less than one regiment escaped the siege of the Volunteer Army and was able to successfully retreat to the control of the first division of the friendly army. The commander of the 27th Division, a major general and dozens of senior generals, were all captured. (To be continued...)

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