Chapter 62: Absolute Dominance
Mountains lead to the year? In the early morning of the month, the flames of the Sino-Indian conflict were ignited again. [Full text reading]
With the first treble cruise missile hitting the strategic air defense command center on the outskirts of Batra, Bihar province in India, the battle, which lasted only a few minutes and minutes, began.
Unlike previous conflicts, the Indian army has long been on the lookout.
In the face of those high-pitched cruise missiles with a range that is beyond the range of the hitter Domach, India's fighter jets and ground-based air defense systems can only look at the sky and sigh. Although the "Patriot air defense missile system" developed by the United States has the ability to intercept high-pitched cruise missiles, the United States has not provided India with this air defense system, which was finalized at the end of the prison year. The air defense systems equipped by the Indian air defense forces have long been outdated, not to mention against high-pitched cruise missiles, even against the fighter jets of the republic.
Before the battle began, the chain of command in eastern and northeastern India was paralyzed.
About seven minutes after the destruction of the Batra Strategic Air Defense Command Centre, AWACS aircraft patrolling over Ranchi, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, and Madhya Pradesh were attacked at the same time, and the AWACS aircraft that was on standby over Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, was attacked at the same time, and the AWACS aircraft that was over Bhopal did not even activate its radar.
In the next place, the Indian Air Force lost 3 of the 6 large AWACS aircraft.
o Points, without waiting for the Indian Air Force to come to its senses, a massive air strike began.
Although the Republic never admitted to using strategic bombers in this short battle, the first round of full-scale bombing dropped a number of cruise missiles and fighters such as long-range gliding guided bombs on military targets in India. According to the analysis of Western countries after the war, the Republic Air Force must have dispatched strategic bombers, otherwise it would not have been possible to drop so many ammunition in the first round of strikes.
At the cusp of the matter, it was true that the Air Force of the Republic did not dispatch strategic bombers.
In the first large-scale strike, it was not the Air Force that undertook the main strike mission, but the 6 Army.
The phenol cruise missiles, without exception, are all 6-base long-range cruise missiles, and these missiles are fired from military positions north of Metuo. Because the 6-base cruise missile procured by the 6 th Army and the air-launched cruise missile purchased by the Air Force use the same body and warhead, but a rocket take-off motive is added, and after the missile is launched, the rocket take-off motive will quickly fall off and will not fall into India, so India and Western countries regard the cruise missiles of the 6 Army of the Republic as the cruise missiles of the Air Force, and believe that the Republic Air Force dispatched strategic bombers.
The thug Tian shot from a kilometer away. Because the Air Force sent fighter jets to escort the armed attack planes, which were not too fast, and the flight altitude was always below Tian Mi, the Indian air defense forces were unable to show the armed attack planes that entered at a low altitude, believing that the bombs were dropped by the fighters of the Republic Air Force!
As long as the strike effect is achieved, whoever hits is about the same.
The Air Force did not participate in the first round of strikes, mainly in order to concentrate its forces against an adversary from the air.
After the three AWACS planes of the Indian Air Force were killed, the skies of India have been opened to the Air Force of the Republic because of the fact that among the other three AWACS planes "patrolling over New Delhi to guard against Pakistan that may enter the war at any time," they are monitoring the naval fleet of the Republic in the southern part of the Indian peninsula, and there are also handfights that are undergoing normal maintenance.
In this case, the best option for the Indian Air Force is to avoid the war.
The question is. The republic is striking at air bases on the Indian mainland, and the massive bombing is scary, and it seems that the republic is about to declare war on India.
There is no choice, and the Indian Air Force must fight to defend Indian airspace.
In the face of the menacing Republic Air Force, the actions of the Indian Air Force are somewhat tragic.
The two fighter squadrons that had risen into the air before the battle exploded were all shot down by the sudden missiles without warning, and only three of the pilots parachuted out in time. Hundreds of Indian fighter jets, which had scrambled into the air after the battle, were hit by missiles while still climbing, and were turned into scrap metal scattered on the Gangetic plains without the enemy knowing where they were.
Because the air defense command center was destroyed, the air defense system was hit, so the Indian Air Force did not even know how many fighters were put into service by the Air Force of the republic!
When the war was fought to this extent, the Indian Air Force could be regarded as convincing.
The thugs can't be lit in the early morning, and the skies of India have changed owners.
According to the operational plan drawn up by the General Staff Headquarters, the air force of the Republic of China, after seizing air supremacy, joined the ranks of ground strikes with the thugs.
At this time, the north latitude is out. In the sky to the north, not a single combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force was never seen again.
Strictly limiting the scope of strikes and the scope of operations is a necessary means to prevent the scale of war from expanding. In accordance with the order issued by the General Staff, fighters carrying out air supremacy missions can only attack enemy aircraft that enter the "no-fly zone" and cannot cross the northern latitudes. line attack on any air target.
This requirement is a bit stringent and has not been strictly adhered to in the actual implementation process.
The main problem is the implementation system. The fighter pilots of the Old Four were all convinced that they could not be sure of the "no-fly zone boundary line." When the thugs are older than the enemy planes, they will definitely cross the line and attack.
In this regard, the General Staff also turned a blind eye, as long as it did not go overboard, it would cross the line and cross the line.
There is no doubt that the strength of the two sides was evident in the minutes after the start of the war.
Compared with the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, India's military strength, especially its air supremacy and air defense capabilities, has not only not improved, but has actually lowered its military strength
On the other hand, the IAF's fiasco has a lot to do with its tactical judgment.
According to information obtained by the Military Intelligence Agency after the war, after the first batch of long-range gliding guided bombs were dropped, the Indian Air Force made a serious mistake in judging the situation, believing that the Republic Air Force dispatched a large number of fighters to carry out ground strike missions and the normal bomb load, while the Republic Air Force had very limited combat aircraft and very few fighters that could be used to carry out air supremacy missions. Although fighter jets on attack missions will carry a few anti-aircraft missiles for self-defense, their air combat capabilities are certainly far inferior to those of air fighters. Therefore, the Indian Air Force believed that it could defeat the Republic Air Force in air combat, seize air supremacy on the battlefield, and even thwart the large-scale strike actions of the Republic Air Force, so it unreservedly dispatched all the fighters in the theater.
This mistake directly buried hundreds of Indian fighter jets and also made India lose the opportunity to turn around.
There is little suspense in the battle that follows.
The bombing continued until 6 o'clock, when the last fighter of the Republic Air Force left Indian airspace.
In the battle after the fighter's point, the Republican Banquet Army flew more than eight sorties of fighter planes, threw more than tons of ammunition of various types, excluding the ammunition consumed in air battles, and destroyed all kinds of military targets. Because it has completely mastered the battlefield air supremacy and air defense capabilities, the fighter does not need to consider stealth requirements, and not only carries ground attack ammunition in the internal bomb bay, but also uses external pylons.
The war was brutal and the results were brutal.
By the end of the bombing, the Indian military system in the entire Ganges basin was completely paralyzed.
Although the Air Force of the Republic did not bomb military camps, Sixth Army bases, troop assembly areas, and other targets that are prone to cause a large number of casualties during the battle, and mainly dealt with strategic and tactical targets related to command, communications, intelligence, and reconnaissance, everyone knew that as long as the bombing continued, the next one to be hit by the Indian Sixth Army would be the Sixth Army.
Without air supremacy, India does not even have the means to threaten the republic.
Of course, the most surprising thing to the outside world was that with the end of the large-scale bombing, the republican king Yuanqing announced the cessation of military operations before 7 o'clock.
Is the blow over?
Is the conflict over?
Will the republic take the initiative to stop the offensive in the event of absolute superiority?
In the circumstances, no one could answer the first two questions.
It's just that many people believe that the Republic will take the initiative to stop the offensive, because the Republic has not done so. Before the end of the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the Republic suddenly announced the cessation of its offensive when it had the absolute initiative.
If this is the case, the republic will do the same, and India will swallow the bitter fruit again.
For Indian Prime Minister Rurajapani, this is indeed a bitter fruit, but it is not a fatal "poisonous fruit"
After Wang Yuanqing announced a cease-fire, Rurajapani did not immediately declare a cease-fire, nor did it have the need, because India's military force was completely paralyzed, which was equivalent to a cease-fire.
At 7 o'clock, Rurajapani and Wang Yuanqing made a hotline call.
There is no other choice but to accept a fait accompli. The Republic has already proved India's fragility with less than seven hours of air strikes, and if it continues to fight, India will turn from fragile to "crushed"
Rurajapani also has to think about Pakistan, which is on the move. After the complete defeat of the air force, India was unable to resist a massive offensive by the Pakistani army. The Pakistani army can cross the Line of Actual Control in Kashmir and drive the Indian army out of southern Kashmir at any time if it wishes.
Rurajapani also has to think about India's future. If it loses all its military strength in a battle, even if the United States will help India build a new national defense system, in the short term, India will face the dilemma of having no country to defend itself and will encounter more problems in future national defense construction.
Only a ceasefire can save India.
Of course, what Rurajapani can do is also achieve a ceasefire. From the point of view of holding power. It is unlikely that Rurajapani will formally recognize the sovereignty of the Republic in southern Tibet, let alone withdraw the troops deployed in eastern India as promised. It is precisely for this reason that in the ensuing formal ceasefire negotiations, the Republic made concessions and did not demand that India withdraw its troops from the east, but only that India withdraw from the Line of Actual Control of the two armies to the south by kilometer.
Many years ago, the Republican team voluntarily retreated from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after its victory. Now the Indian army will be forced to retreat with a force of kilometers!
For the United States, which was watching the battle, the shocking effect of less than seven hours of fighting was by no means much worse than the total destruction of Japan's nuclear facilities by the Air Force of the Republic of China!