Volume 8 A Hundred Years of Grudges Chapter 37 The Wind Rises

In the afternoon, after the meeting with the Nepalese Prime Minister, Wang Yuanqing returned home from his visit ahead of schedule. 【】**-**

Before the CLK-9350 (a 350-class large electric airliner manufactured by the Shanghai Aircraft Corporation) converted from a 350-class electric airliner had not yet reached the skies over Beijing, news of the exchange of fire between the Republic of China and Indian border guards in southern Tibet spread all over the world, and Western news media reported it intensively.

What exactly does the republic want to do?

Although the Western news media have concluded that the Republic of China has taken the initiative to create border friction and is ready to take the opportunity to start a war against India to recover the southern Tibet region that has been controlled by India for decades and completely recover the last lost territory, the news media of many countries still believe that there is no need to create a border conflict even if the Republic intends to recover the southern Tibet region controlled by India even if the Republic intends to recover the southern Tibet region controlled by India.

At 130 Beijing time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic held a reception.

After stating his consistent stance of settling border disputes through peaceful negotiations, the foreign minister announced the relevant news of the border conflict in the Brahmaputra River valley from the night of the 5th to the early morning of the 6th local time. Because of traffic congestion, poor communication and other reasons, Yan Shanglong did not release much substantive news.

At about the same time, Indian diplomacy also made a press release.

Unlike the message of the Republic Minister, the message released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India is more specific. At about 11:30 p.m. local time on the 5th, the Indian Border Patrol Force under the 1st Division encountered and exchanged fire with the Chinese Border Patrol Unit while patrolling in the Tawang area, and the battle lasted until about 3:30 a.m. on the 6th, in which Indian soldiers were killed and 7 people were wounded, and the casualties of the Chinese Border Patrol were unknown.

Because neither side used heavy weapons or called for reinforcements, the fighting was not intense.

Comparing the information released by the two sides, it is not difficult to see that it is India, not the Republic, that has the advantage.

In fact, India has always had a dominant position in southern Tibet.

Before the First Indo-Pakistani War. India has deployed at least one of the mountain infantry divisions in southern Tibet. After the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War. During the People's Party's rule. In spite of the shortage of domestic resources, India has not only built roads and improved the ground transportation network in southern Tibet. Several air bases have also been built in the vicinity to accommodate hundreds of combat aircraft. After Rurajapani came to power, he made efforts to build a mountain infantry division. By June 2027. The total number of Indian troops in southern Tibet exceeded 150,000. In addition to the deployment of mountain infantry divisions in Assam (Tawang district. One mechanized infantry division has also been deployed in neighbouring states of Meghalaya and Nagaland, and a logistics base has been established in Bihar.

In complete contrast to India's aggressive military build-up in southern Tibet. Until January 2027. The ground forces deployed in the valley area of the Republic also have only three infantry brigades (the Republic Army has only three infantry brigades). Due to geographical constraints and the fact that the country has not strengthened the construction of ground forces. There is also no fanfare for infrastructure construction. Even according to the estimates of the Western news media, the African Republic uses airborne troops and air assault forces on a large scale. Otherwise, it would be difficult to defeat the Indian army in ground battles in southern Tibet.

We don't look at the comparison of troops, but look at the logistical support capability. Just know who has the advantage.

If the logistics can't keep up, no matter how many combat troops there are, it's useless. India has established a well-established logistics network in the eastern region. And the republic did not have a corresponding logistical infrastructure. Exactly. Western countries are unanimous. The Republic spared no expense in strengthening the Airborne Forces and Air Assault Forces. It is intended to be used to recover southern Tibet.

Because the Airborne Forces and Air Assault Forces lack armored forces. Not adapted to regular combat operations. Therefore, the republic really wants to recover the southern Tibetan region. There will certainly be no warning. Indian air bases and airfields should be seized by surprise attack. Cutting off ground communication routes for the Indian army. Seize the initiative on the battlefield at the first time.

Is it necessary for the republic to take the initiative to provoke border conflicts?

When the outside world was disagreeing, Wang Yuanqing returned to Beijing.

The Yuan convoy did not return to the Yuan Mansion, but went directly to the General Staff.

The foreign state guards at the airport immediately realized the situation and made a bold guess again.

Does the fact that the Republic Yuan ended his visit halfway through and did not return to the Yuan Mansion after returning home, but went directly to the General Staff, does it mean that the Republic is ready for war?

According to common sense, if the republic does not intend to go to war with India, Wang Yuanqing should first solve the diplomatic problem.

The situation was so tense that even Al Jazeera mentioned in a commentary on the noon table that day that if the Indian government did not give a timely answer on the "southern Tibetan question" that would satisfy the republic, at least acceptable, the war would break out within a few days.

Although Ji can't enter the military command center of the Republic, he can stay outside and wait for news.

Until the night of the 6th, Wang Yuanqing did not leave the General Staff.

Signs of war are becoming more and more apparent, and the activities of the nations are becoming more and more frequent.

At 211:30 on the 6th, it was the first to report that martial law was imposed at the railway stations of Lanzhou, Xining and Chengdu, and a large number of them were painted with military markers

The train is leaving the station and entering Tibet along the Qinghai-Tibet and Sichuan-Tibet Railway (completed in 20211).

Half an hour later, the news channel of Columbia Radio and Television reported a similar news: the Kashgar railway station is under full martial law, and trains loaded with military supplies will enter Tibet along the Xin-Tibet Railway (which will be completed and opened to traffic in 2022, and the freight capacity is comparable to that of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

Preparations for war couldn't be clearer.

By the morning of the 7th Beijing time (the night of the 6th Eastern time), the signs of the Republic's preparations for war became more obvious.

Three infantry brigades deployed in the Brahmaputra valley area were put into combat readiness in the early morning of the 7th, and the size of the border patrol unit increased by more than two times. The first batch of 12C transport helicopters arrived at Nyingchi airbase before 1. Because the output power of the electric motor is not affected by the air, the maximum ceiling of the all-electric helicopter far exceeds the ordinary helicopter with turbo engine, taking Z-199 as an example, in the case of a load of 5500 kg, the non-ground effect ceiling has reached 5500 meters, and the ground effect ceiling has exceeded 6000 meters, and it can fly over the Himalayan mountain pass, so when the ground traffic is not smooth, there is no airport for tactical transport aircraft to land, the transport helicopter has become the main means of delivery for front-line combat troops.

In just one morning, transport helicopters from several air bases near Darinchi overtook them.

When transport helicopters were stationed in Tibet, more than 1C0 tactical transport planes and large transport planes belonging to the Air Force worked around the clock to deliver combat materials and equipment to front-line airfields. According to the information revealed by the CIA, in just 12 hours from the 1st to the 7th of the 6th, the transport planes of the Republic Air Force made more than 300 sorties and delivered at least 3 air assault brigades of combat equipment to the front line.

The real decisive event came on the afternoon of the 7th.

The first batch of 12Y-15B large transport aircraft arrived at Rawalpindi Air Base, south of Islamabad, and delivered three sets of ground support and support equipment for the "air-based laser interception system" to the front line. Subsequently, three ZLY-16 "airborne laser defense system carriers" arrived at Rawalpindi airbase.

The move was immediately identified by a US reconnaissance satellite and subsequently confirmed by an intelligence system.

However, the "air-based laser interception system" cannot form a "strategic defense system" on its own, but it can weaken the threat posed by India's strategic ballistic missiles to Pakistan to the greatest extent. Because the Republic's "air-based laser interception system" was designed with "deployability" in mind, and all support and support equipment can be airlifted by large transport aircraft, and combat capability can be formed within hours after arriving at the destination, so according to the CIA's assessment, if the Republic wants, it can make Pakistan one of the few countries in the world with strategic defense capability overnight. Even if Wang Yuanqing promised the Pakistani president in Islamabad that the Republic will provide Pakistan with a "complete strategic defense system" and that a "ground-based missile interception system" needs to be deployed to Pakistan, the entire deployment can be completed within a few days.

The purpose of helping Pakistan at any cost is definitely to start a war!

On the morning of the 8th, the 24Y-15Bs of the three aircraft groups arrived at the airports in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi, and put the main support and support equipment of the three sets of "ground-based missile interception systems" in place. At the same time, 12 Y-15B transport aircraft carrying long-range alert radars arrived at Quetta airbase.

Over the next 1 hour, dozens of Y-15Bs flew to Pakistan's air base.

Although there are only three "ground-based missile interception systems", the system can effectively intercept ballistic missiles at a range of 250 kilometers, so it is enough to protect more than 90% of the area, including all large and medium-sized cities in Pakistan. With the "air-based laser interception system", India's strategic strike force will be completely neutralized.

On the night of the 8th, the President of Pakistan issued a supreme combat readiness order.

Just when the whole world believed that the Republic and Pakistan would join forces in the war, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan suddenly announced that they would hold a "joint military exercise on land, sea and air" with the Republican Army in the southern region of Pakistan centered on Karachi from 9 to 11 July.

Military exercises, or war?

On the morning of the 9th, the news was confirmed that it was indeed a military exercise, but it was not an ordinary military exercise.

At noon on the same day, the air force of the Republic of China participating in the exercise fired three medium-range ballistic missiles with a range of more than 1,500 kilometers at a range in southern Pakistan, which were intercepted by the "air-based laser interception system" and the "ground-based missile interception system" deployed in Pakistan.

The result was not unexpected, 1 missile was destroyed by a laser just as it was about to enter the atmosphere, and 2 missiles were shot down by an interceptor missile while entering the atmosphere.

Over the next two days, the two sides conducted a number of missile interception tests.

It seems to everyone that the republic cheers up Pakistan with missile interception tests and makes Pakistan make the decision to go to war against India!