Chapter 341: Troop Advance
"Prime Minister, the Soviets are using us." Waiting for the Soviet ambassador to leave, Sendarji said.
Exploit, Rajiv, of course, knew that the Soviets were definitely using their own side.
The powerful and invincible Soviet Union has been fighting conventional wars all the time, and they have so many nuclear weapons, they dare not take out any of them, even ballistic missiles, and they do not dare to use them more.
The pressure on the Soviets was very high, and during this kind of Cold War, both blocs had strong armed forces, and if they were not careful, they could trigger a world war, and if there was another war this time, it would be a nuclear war, and at that time, maybe the whole world would be ruined.
The United States and the Soviet Union were very jealous, when the United States went directly to the Korean War, the Soviet Union no longer sent troops, and the Vietnam War was the same, and now in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union directly sent troops, and the United States will not directly fall into confrontation, just to avoid expanding the scale.
If the Soviet Union uses massive ballistic missiles to attack Pakistan itself, this is a complete escalation of the war, Pakistan is not Afghanistan, it has a full army, it has a huge population, it has the support of the West, if the Soviet Union uses troops against Pakistan in a big way, the Western world may be involved.
Therefore, the Soviets lost so many fighters over Afghanistan, and they had to grit their teeth and swallow in their stomachs, completely without the toughness of Stalin and Brezhnev, and the newly appointed Gorbachev was even more of a soft egg.
This is the idea of the Soviets, let India rush to the front line, when India uses ballistic missiles to attack Pakistani bases, it will definitely invite Pakistan's large-scale retaliation, it is India that bears the anger, and it is the Soviet Union that gains the advantage. When Pakistan's air force was wiped out by ballistic missiles. The pressure on the Soviet Union will be greatly reduced.
These judgments, when the Soviet ambassador said that he wanted to support the Scud missiles, Rajiv thought it through.
The Pakistanis conducted an interception test, which means that Pakistan has the ability to intercept ballistic missiles, but also that they have ballistic missiles. Whether it's their own, it's American, and when India strikes Pakistan with ballistic missiles, India will also face a Pakistani counterattack.
But does India have a choice? After several failures, India can no longer afford to fail, and the current government, public support has been reduced to a minimum. Even the army began to spread a pessimistic atmosphere, otherwise. How could an entire infantry division surrender when an armored brigade from Pakistan attacked it?
India must be saved with a victory, a complete victory! In the current situation, ballistic missiles are the best choice!
So, simply Rajiv directly asked for a hundred, and with this hundred, it was enough to put Pakistan's air force. Army bases, all carried out a complete blow. Paralysing Pakistan in one fell swoop! Then, all the armies of India, march eastward in full!
Although the United States will block it, and the countries of the North will once again threaten war, at least India will regain the initiative in war. Boost morale, the people of India, and once again inspire the pride of a great power.
Otherwise, India's future will be bleak.
Rajiv had no choice.
Pakistan of the West. It has always been India's sworn enemy, and in many years of fighting, India has always been in an advantageous position, and it can't beat the north, and it is always pleasing to bully the little brother of the north, and now, even Pakistan in the West has suddenly become so powerful.
Their military power must be completely destroyed!
Moreover, if these Scud missiles are coming, India can also map these Scud missiles through guò to enhance its own ballistic missile development capability.
Although India's nuclear program has gone bankrupt under Pakistan's attack, India's ballistic missile program has not been affected, and with the efforts of its own technicians, they have begun to develop earth short-range surface-to-surface missiles and Agni medium-range surface-to-surface missiles, but these missiles are still on the drawing board and have not yet been test-fired.
If the strike is successful, and then claiming that it is a ballistic missile developed by India itself, this will greatly enhance the prestige of the government and increase the pride of the Indian people, which is quite valuable, even if it is worth incurring sanctions from the Western world!
Under Rajiv's "efficient" decision, India's warplanes also began to move rapidly.
In desperation, India had to move two forces from near New Delhi to intercept the incoming Pakistani armored forces, and at the same time, the nearest infantry division also began to march.
It takes a long time for an army that is in a garrison state to turn into a combat state, for example, some soldiers and officers who are on normal leave will be quickly called back to the troops, and without them, the formation of the troops will be chaotic, especially the officers. And this call-up will take a day or two, and then the soldiers will need to be given bullets, grenades and various weapons, and some novices who have not been in the army for a long time will become excited because of this. Then, there will be a pre-war mobilization, and even a swearing-in meeting, so that when they are ready and start to move, two or three days have passed.
The Pakistani army will not give them such time.
At the time of the decision in New Delhi, the 3rd Separate Armoured Brigade had already moved to Ludhiana, which was garrisoned by only one infantry battalion compared to Amritsar, and when the 3rd Separate Armoured Brigade arrived, this infantry battalion had retreated in the direction of New Delhi under the leadership of the commander.
Faced with such an empty city, the 3rd Separate Armored Brigade had no interest in entering it, they did not waste time here, did not go to the city to show their strength, but the leading tank fired a few shots, blew up the railway line along the way, and then, with the trembling of the Indian population, they continued along the road, quickly advancing towards Ambala in the southeast.
When the highway reaches Ambala, it is divided into north and south, dozens of kilometers to the north is Chandigarh, and hundreds of kilometers to the south is New Delhi!
Moreover, as long as you get to Ambala, there will be no rivers along the way, it will be completely land!
The Leopard 2 tank held its barrel high, the 1500 horsepower engine in the tail roared, and after passing over Ludhiana, the tank crew, which had been galloping for several hours, finally stopped for a while, rested for half an hour, and the refueling trucks behind came up and began to replenish fuel, and at the same time, they seized this short gap and ate their first meal since the attack.
Compressed dry food is chewed in the mouth, there is no taste at all, this thing, it is just able to fill the stomach, and the Pakistani fighters eat it quickly.
The performance of the Leopard 2 tank is good, the sound insulation effect is good, inside the tank, the roar of the engine is almost inaudible, and the ride is also very comfortable, so, although they have walked for so long, they do not feel too tired.
And the 59 tanks that followed behind, the tank crews were a little tired, and the long drive made their bodies very tired, but the victory was stimulating them, and they were heading towards the Indian capital!
Brigade Commander Fahim stuffed a compressed biscuit into his mouth, looked up at the sky, four warplanes, flying overhead, he couldn't help but glance at the east with contempt.
They don't have to worry about the overhead, there will be their own fighters in the sky to protect, the four that have just passed, that is, the powerful Tomcat fighters, it seems that the Indian air force has been dispatched, in a vain attempt to strike at their own side, but unfortunately, they are doomed to failure.
"Keep going." "Before dark, we're going to advance to Ambala. ”
As long as they can advance to Ambala, then, after dark, they will head south, straight to New Delhi, and wait until tomorrow to inflict, when the Indians open their eyes, and the Leopard 2 tanks have already surrounded their capital.
Thinking of this, Fahim felt extremely excited.
Without spreading the wings, without more troops as a rear team, just like that, the two armored forces dared to go hundreds of kilometers behind enemy lines, and only President Mahmad could come up with such a bold tactic!
At the same time, they were not afraid, due to the fighting in the south, the north of India, was completely empty, and there was no second armored force nearby except for New Delhi, which simply opened the door and waited for the Pakistani army to come in.
The armoured forces continued to advance, and by the afternoon, fifty kilometers from Ambala, they had finally met the first resistance of the Indian Army.
The infantry regiment of the Indian Army includes three infantry brigades, an artillery brigade, and a tank regiment, because the Indian Army is British, division-brigade-wing (battalion), so although it is said to be a tank regiment, it is actually a tank battalion, with a total of 45 tanks.
Under the repeated urging of New Delhi, Chandigarh's infantry divisions were finally dispatched, and their armored regiments, which moved the most quickly and at the forefront, did not advance directly on the road in a frenzy, but on the dirt road below the road, in order to protect their own road.
These are the most ordinary T-55 tanks, the tracks are not glued.
Since they were on a dirt road, they took a diagonal line directly, and when they advanced to the southern road, they happened to meet the Pakistani tank troops on a narrow road.
"Spot the enemy!" The tank at the front of the tank unit, the commander is standing outside the turret, half of his body exposed, the inside is stuffy, noisy, and they like to leave their bodies exposed when they are marching.
The commander of the car used his eyes to spot the tanks on the road a few kilometers away, which were marching rapidly, and at this time, the opponent was lined up in a long line, and his own side happened to be on their flank, which was the easiest direction to attack.
"Prepare to attack!" The commander of the tank regiment shouted. (To be continued......)