Although the Indian authorities are stubborn, militarily, the top echelons of the Indian army have come to their senses.

In a sense, India has already been defeated, at least in the military struggle to Pakistan, and the chances of a comeback are almost nil.

Why is it almost zero?

Judging from the situation at that time, unless the United States, Japan, and other countries provided India with all-round assistance, and there was enough time, at least a few months, it would be impossible for India to turn defeat into victory on the battlefield, and it was inevitable to lose Indian-controlled Kashmir, or even part of its territory.

Will the United States, Japan, and other countries provide all-round assistance to India?

Also, will you be able to buy a few months?

Obviously, both conditions are extremely unlikely.

Since you can't beat it, what you need to consider is how to fight for the most favorable ending, in other words, how to lose less.

On the 14th day of the war, the General Staff of the Indian Army issued an order to the combat units in Lahore to break out of the siege.

In fact, 4 days ago, this order should have been given.

After 4 days of delay, is it possible for the besieged 180,000 Indian troops to break through?

You must know that in order to encircle and annihilate this Indian army, the Pakistani army has gathered about 250,000 troops near Lahore, of which at least 10 are the main armored brigades.

More importantly, the Pakistani army has recaptured the ancient city of Lahore, which was occupied by the Indian army.

In other words, almost all of these 180,000 Indian troops are outside Lahore.

After four days of high-intensity blows, the Indian army lost almost all its heavy equipment and even almost all its vehicles.

Later, according to the statistics of the Pakistani army, there were more than 1,000 destroyed Indian tanks on the outskirts of Lahore alone.

How to break through for the sake of heavy equipment?

You must know that the Pakistani army controlled all the roads east of Lahore, and also blocked the border between Xincheng and India, in order to encircle and annihilate this Indian army, the Pakistani army even blew up several bridges, and from the 12th day of the war, began to build trenches along the India-Pakistan border.

And, of course, with barbed wire.

If there are troops to respond, that is, to attack the defense line of the Pakistani army from the east, the besieged Indian army still has some hope of breaking through the encirclement of the Pakistani army.

So, is there a troop to pick up?

Although when the order to break out was issued, the General Staff of the Indian Army said that it would send troops to meet it, and also mentioned that the Prime Minister had promised to transfer the garrison troops from New Delhi, and the two armored brigades had already set off a few days earlier, but at that time, the Indian army's receiving force was still several hundred kilometers away.

In fact, after 4 days of walking, the two armored brigades equipped with "Arjun 2" are still on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Why?

The roads were so bad that many bridges could not be crossed at all, and the rainy season had not yet ended, and the boat and bridge equipment prepared by the Indian army was not used at all.

As a result, when the order to break out was given by the General Staff of the Indian Army, not a single receiving force arrived.

Although desperate, the Indian army, which had been besieged for several days, launched a breakthrough operation, after all, the homes of 180,000 Indian officers and soldiers were on the other side of the border.

It can be said that the battle was extremely fierce.

In the words of a Western journalist who rushed to Lahore after the outbreak of the war and witnessed the whole battle of Lahore, and was a war correspondent, in the 20s of the 21st century, the Indian army, with a large number of automatic weapons, fought a World War I mode battle.

In the morning of the same day, the Indian army launched a charge on a front more than 50 kilometers wide.

That's right, it's a charge, and it's an infantry charge.

When thousands of Indian officers and men rushed out of their bunkers, the Pakistani officers and men guarding the defensive line must have been dumbfounded.

Why?

What age is this, and let the infantry charge!

The battle was fierce, or rather fierce.

Throughout the day, the Indian army was assaulting, but it was never able to move forward.

The battle lasted until the evening, and by the time the sun was setting, the front of the Pakistani army's defensive line was already full of corpses of Indian officers and soldiers, and it was simply a river of blood.

On this day, how many Indian officers and soldiers were killed in battle?

No one knows, and no one counts them.

Of course, there must be quite a few, at least tens of thousands.

When night came, the Indian army's breakout operation was temporarily over.

Why not break out at night?

Obviously, the Indian commander was not confident.

It is impossible to break through the defense line of the Pakistani army during the day, and at night, it is even more impossible.

Why?

The individual equipment of the Pakistani army is much better than that of the Indian army.

At that time, the standard rifle of the Pakistani army was DF762, and most of it was assembled in Pakistan, some of which came from the arsenals of Saudi Arabia and other countries.

On top of that, these DF762s can be easily equipped with optical sighting equipment.

In fact, when selling DF762 to Pakistan, D&F provided matching optical sights, and since then has provided 50,000 sets of low-light night vision devices.

Because they are all produced by D&F companies and Huaxia enterprises, the price is quite cheap.

Although it is slightly inferior in performance and is not comparable to the products of Western enterprises such as Germany, it is enough for the infantry of the regular army.

Of course, the key is 50,000 sets of low-light night vision devices.

In fact, a large part of these night vision devices are in the inventory of D&F companies.

When it was produced, it was intended to be sold to Saudi Arabia and other countries, but it was not selected by the Royal Saudi Army because of its real defects in performance.

Following the request of the Pakistani Army, D&F sold it to the Pakistan Army at cost price.

Although he didn't make any money, he didn't lose money either.

After all, this is dealing with a backlog of goods.

50,000 sets of low-light night vision devices are not enough to arm all Pakistani officers and soldiers, but it is enough to issue one machine gun to each machine gun to enhance the firepower at the squad and platoon level.

In night battles, the value is enormous.

If it is used for positional defensive operations, and it is facing the Indian infantry, the value is even greater.

In fact, in the battle of the ancient city of Lahore, these night vision devices played a huge value and became the most prominent advantage of the Pakistani army.

In many cases, the Pakistani army launched counterattacks at night to recapture the streets occupied by the Indian army during the day.

The front-line commanders of the Indian army have a profound understanding of this.

It can be said that as long as night battles can be avoided, they must be avoided as much as possible.

Why?

The weapons in the hands of the Indian army are still rifles produced decades ago, and most of them are AKM, which cannot be compared with the Pakistani army.

In fact, in many cases, the Indian army could not defeat the Pakistani army during the day.

The point is that the gap between the two sides in terms of individual equipment is not only in firearms and sighting equipment, but in various aspects, and the gap is at least several decades.

In the words of that Western war correspondent.

Even if the individual equipment of the Pakistani army does not reach the world's first-class level, it is at least at the level of the 21 st century, which can be regarded as relatively advanced.

What about the Indian army?

Still stuck in the 90s of the 20th century, or even the 80s.