If this exercise is carried out internally, if something goes wrong, it will be regarded as accumulating experience, because after all, the delivery and supply of the Tibetan plateau is a worldwide problem.

If it weren't for this, the border counterattack that year would not have ended after less than a month, and it would not have been able to support a long-term operation in terms of logistics and supply.

Even though the troops only invested two armies at that time, with no more than 50,000 people at full capacity, and there was not enough gravity such as artillery, even so, the logistics department mobilized a total of 280,000 migrant workers from the southwestern provinces, countless livestock, and people carried them on their shoulders and animal power for three or four months, so that the front-line troops could barely fight a short surprise attack.

It can be seen from this that if we wanted to continue the war at that time, the pressure on the entire logistics would be great, and it was estimated that the mobilization of migrant workers alone would exceed the sum of the two major battles of Huaihai and Pingjin.

This was very difficult for New China, which had just been established for more than 10 years at that time and was still in a difficult stage of development.

Even a few decades later, in the early nineties, such a large-scale mobilization could not be afforded domestically.

It is precisely because of this that the strategic projection or logistical supply exercises on the Tibetan plateau have always been thunderous and rainy, and even if one is determined, the final results are still unsatisfactory.

The reason is very simple, the entire inland province has been connected with the Tibetan plateau for so many years is still Qinghai-Tibet, Xin-Tibet, Sichuan-Tibet, the three highways into Tibet, in addition to the railway is still demonstrating, there are almost no models suitable for take-off and landing on the plateau in terms of aviation, under such conditions, even if the ambition is great, it will be defeated by complex road conditions.

As the so-called Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, compared to the Shu Road that is difficult to go to the blue sky, the road into Tibet is the real father, floods, landslides, mudslides, earthquakes, collapses, snow disasters...... There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing that you can't do on the highway into Tibet.

If you are lucky enough to run rampant on the three highways into Tibet, congratulations, you are definitely an old driver among the old drivers, and the roads all over the world will be at your disposal.

Anyway, the tone of the exercise is to find problems and correct deficiencies, but now a bunch of military observers from foreign armies have come, and that's it, countries such as New Delhi have also brought military reporters, and it is obvious that they want to report well.

In this case, not to mention a big problem, it is a small problem of sesame mung beans, and those big-mouthed New Delhi media can hype you up a big thing, and then all kinds of ridicule, all kinds of sarcasm, until it is worthless.

When it comes to the safety of officers and men, the proper handling of equipment and assets, and finally the honor of the troops and the country, it is impossible for Xue Weidong not to sweat no matter how vigorous and resolute he is.

Unlike Xue Weidong, the commander-in-chief of the scene, who was worried, Brigadier General Singh, a senior military observer in New Delhi, clasped his hands in front of his chest, then raised a thumb and brushed the thick black beard on his lips, and his mood seemed quite comfortable.

Next to him was Lieutenant Colonel Godopai, a military journalist who came with Singh, and at this moment Godopai was holding a Japanese Nikon brand SLR camera that he had just purchased, pointing the lens at Brigadier General Singh, and reminding: "General, look at the camera!"

New Delhi people are very fond of taking pictures, and Brigadier General Singh, who is a high-ranking officer in the army, is not exempt from vulgarity, and when he heard this, he immediately turned his head, and his bearded mouth rose enthusiastically, revealing a charming smile unique to a Bollywood actor.

Godopai immediately pressed the shutter, engraved Singh's fullest smile on the film, along with the vast plateau Gobi background, nodded with satisfaction, put down the camera and said to Singh complimentally: "This time, I will give them this photo for the "New Delhi Today" daily newspaper, and I have thought of the title, which is called "Our General Views a Certain Country's Plateau Exercise with a Peaceful Mind." ”

"It's a bit subtle, but it's an accurate expression of my true attitude. Singh smiled even more happily, his words were subtle, but his words were not subtle.

The Chinese translator next to him frowned, what do you mean by that? Do you think that the troops' strategic projection exercise is not good?

As a result, as soon as the translator's idea came to mind, Godopaj's next words were completely hammered: "I am not optimistic about this strategic projection exercise, what is strategic projection? I did research on this when I was studying at the Royal Army College in Sanchester, England.

The conclusion is self-evident, except for the United States and the Soviet Union, no country in this world has the ability to do strategic projection, because it includes all-round maneuvering and projection capabilities on land, sea and air, and it is obvious that the Chinese do not have such capabilities, so I think they seem to have mistaken the concept of strategic projection. ”

"My dear Lieutenant Colonel Godopaj, your Western-style military academy training has filled your mind with Western-style realism......" Singh shook his head without thinking when he heard Godopaj, Godopai chuckled in his heart when he heard this, could it be that his own ideas displeased the brigadier general?

But just when Godopai was a little apprehensive, he heard Singh continue: "But you have forgotten that in Asia, especially in pedantic East Asia, there is a lot of magic, and their vanity is stronger than that of us Indians.

Seriously, if I were given a month to prepare, organize two or three convoys to depart from Kolkata or Mumbai in advance, and then invite military observers from all over the world to the plateau region of Kashmir to participate in the so-called strategic projection exercise a month later, I think our army in New Delhi would do better than the troops here!"

As soon as these words came out, the Chinese translator on the side, whose face was already a little plateau red, suddenly turned red and purple, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, it is estimated that he would have pounced on it and followed the two New Delhi ghosts desperately.

But when he suppressed the anger in front of him, he sighed helplessly, although Singh's words were sarcastic, but the truth was really as he said.

In order to better accomplish the strategic projection exercise, the unit organized six convoys to advance to the exercise area one month ahead of schedule from the two roads into Tibet, Xin-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet, which were in slightly better condition.

With such a long preparation time and so many alternative convoys, no matter how bad the road conditions are, there will always be one or two convoys arriving at the Ali exercise site at the specified time.

While this can be done in a supposedly foolproof manner, it may seem ...... for troops who often need to respond to unexpected situations

Maybe he noticed the strangeness of the translator around him and was about to insert a knife, or maybe he didn't care at all, after Singh finished what he just said, he stroked the beard on his lips again, and commented confidently: "So, this is the best opportunity for you to witness the military magicalism in East Asia, use a Nikon camera to record it well, I believe your photos are more powerful than all languages." ”

"Yes, General Singh. Godopai nodded, and then picked up the camera again, ready to take another picture of Singer, who had the wisdom of a philosopher.

At this moment, there was a sudden "buzz~~" roar in the sky in the distance, and Godopai, who was about to take a picture, was stunned, turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, only glanced at it, and the joyful expression froze on his face, and he shouted in disbelief: "Airplane? How is this possible? The Chinese actually used the plane!"