If India refuses to talk, it will have no choice but to continue fighting.

In the next few days, the focus of the two sides was the ancient city of Lahore.

Although the Indian army used all its strength and once attacked the city, the stubborn resistance of the Pakistani army inflicted huge casualties on the Indian army and seriously hindered the Indian army's offensive.

In fact, by the 10th day of the war, the Indian army's offensive in Lahore had already shown a declining momentum.

Why?

In this direction, Indian reinforcements were delayed, while the Pakistani army began to gather heavy armored forces west of Lahore.

Even if the Indian army still has the advantage in numbers, it is only a matter of time before it loses the battle of Lahore.

According to the information disclosed later, some Indian generals were already aware of the problem at that time.

Because of the intelligence support of the United States and the ability to obtain some battlefield information from Japan, the Indian military top brass must know that the Pakistani army is massing heavy forces near Lahore, preparing to launch a counterattack at the right time, and this time is coming.

The problem is that the Indian military top brass is not willing to accept the outcome of defeat.

Retreat from Lahore?

Obviously, this is not in the plans of the Indian army at all.

Although the blockage in Lahore has already declared the abortive of the offensive to Fort ***, it is certainly not a realistic problem for India to admit that it has lost the war.

At that time, the top brass of the Indian army even proposed launching a new offensive in the southern theater of operations.

That is, the attack on Karachi will force Pakistan to transfer troops to the southern theater, thereby relieving the pressure on the Indian army in the direction of Lahore.

If the Pakistani army does not adjust its deployment and still concentrates its heavy forces near Lahore, then it will attack Pakistan's largest port city with its troops, strive to quickly take Karachi, cut off Pakistan's main channel for overseas aid, and let Pakistan bleed to death.

There is no doubt that this is a very bold idea.

The question is, does the Indian army have the capital to implement this operational plan?

Obviously, the answer is no.

First of all, before the war, the Indian army did not formulate a similar battle plan, not even a plan.

Start planning your battle now?

Not to mention the Indian army, even if it is replaced by the US army, it is impossible to come up with a set of operational plans for attacking Karachi from the ground in just a few days.

What's more, after having a plan, it is necessary to familiarize the troops with the plan, which also requires more time.

Secondly, the Indian army does not have enough troops.

It is not that the Indian army does not have enough soldiers, but on the southern battlefield, the Indian army has 200,000 regular troops, and it can expand the number of soldiers to more than 500,000 in a short period of time.

What the Indian army lacks is main battle equipment.

You must know that the main armored forces of the Indian army are all near Lahore, while the armored forces deployed on the southern battlefield have only two brigades.

What can two brigades do?

Although there is enough reason to believe that Pakistan does not have many armored troops deployed in Karachi, perhaps only one armored brigade, and it is equipped with relatively backward Type 69 tanks, as long as the battle starts, the Pakistan Army will definitely increase its troops in Lahore.

What's more, all the assistance provided by the Arab League countries is in the Gwadar port.

That is, with the main battle equipment delivered to the port of Gwadar, the Pakistan Army was able to form several armored brigades in a very short time.

In the longer term, it will also be much easier for Pakistan to get aid than India.

If nothing else, as long as Pakistan needs it, Huaxia can start the production line at any time and provide Pakistan with hundreds of light tanks such as the VT-5 within a few months.

In the end, the Indian army did not have enough supplies to launch another large-scale offensive.

As a matter of fact, by this time, the problems of the Indian army in terms of logistical support had already been exposed.

Although the oil embargo imposed by the Arab League countries has not had much impact on India, India is still able to buy oil on the international market, import shale oil from the United States, and import oil from Russia at a high price, but in other respects, India's problems are very prominent.

For example, the Indian army has always had the problem of insufficient ammunition.

It was only in the Lahore direction that many Indian combat units were unable to obtain the necessary supplies and thus were unable to exert their full combat capability in offensive operations.

At that time, even some of the main forces did not receive enough ammunition.

For example, in the north of Lahore, the main battle tanks of the Indian army's armored forces can only maintain a minimum of armor-piercing shells for a long time, that is, 4 rounds per tank, and these armor-piercing shells are all drawn from other troops, many of which are in stock, and their performance has long been backward.

Can't even guarantee supplies, what will the Indian army do to attack Karachi?

In fact, the Indian authorities have long recognized this problem and have been trying to solve it.

For example, after the start of the war, India's foreign minister flew to Tokyo to ask Japan for help, hoping that Japan would provide India with the necessary assistance.

The problem is that there is nothing Japan can do to help.

At that time, all Japan could provide was some 155-mm artillery shells.

Japan really can't handle the tanks and ammunition that the Indian army needs most.

Why?

The Japanese stockpiles were 120 mm cartridges, while the Indian tanks used 125 mm cartridges.

Even if Japan is willing to help, that is, to help India purchase from the international market, the manufacturers who produce 125-mm shells will need enough time.

At that time, in addition to China and Russia, only Israel produced and sold 125-mm armor-piercing shells.

In fact, the Indian Army's T-90S uses armor-piercing shells produced in Israel, not Russian armor-piercing shells, because Israel's armor-piercing shells are much better, and the armor-piercing shells imported from Russia before were only used by T72M1 and were not issued to T90S.

After a big circle, the Indian army finally returned to Lahore.

It can be said that with the strength of the Indian army, it is already a great fortune to be able to take Lahore.

As for opening up the southern front, it's just a matter of thinking.

For this reason, on the 8th and 9th days of the war, the Indian army finally used a weapon of mass destruction, that is, the "BrahMos" cruise missile jointly developed with Russia.

In the past two days, the Indian army launched a total of nearly 100 BrahMos to attack important targets behind the Pakistani army's defensive line.

Needless to say, it's powerful.

"BrahMos" is a supersonic cruise missile, and the Pakistani army's field air defense system is powerless against it, and even the HQ-9B can only look at the sky and sigh.

The effect is minimal.

How much of a role can a couple of dozen cruise missiles make?

If the amount of ammunition thrown is the standard, it is equivalent to dozens of long-range rockets.

Although these missiles have caused certain losses to the Pakistani army, they are far from the extent of defeating the Pakistani army and making the Pakistani army lose its combat effectiveness.

In fact, the offensive launched by the Indian army with "BrahMos" is not even a flesh wound.