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It was about a minute before the thunderous sound of cannon could be heard.

1:55 a.m.

Glancing at the military watch on his wrist, Wang Dong raised his head and noticed that Musharraf had already stood up, and his face was full of horror.

Are the Pakistani officers and soldiers on the other side of the mountain ready for battle?

Judging by Musharraf's expression, it must be very unoptimistic.

Although Major Hussein has reported the situation, with the command ability of the Pakistan Army, the orders conveyed at various levels may not have reached the frontline troops.

In addition, Hussein mentioned in the report that the Indian army would open fire in the early morning.

Now, four hours before dawn.

As expected, the front-line troops have not yet received orders, and it is impossible to enter a combat state at this time, let alone carry out an emergency evacuation.

Ten meters behind him, Major Hussein was shouting over the radio.

The communication distance of the voice channel will not exceed 100 kilometers, and it would be nice to have 40 kilometers in the mountains, and Hussein must be talking to the Beto base.

Just, is it still too late?

To the north of the valley, the Indian army is still firing.

"There must be more than one battalion, judging by the frequency of muzzle flashes, there are about a hundred artillery pieces, at least four battalions, and all of them are large-caliber howitzers."

It was Lei Dong who spoke, and he had already walked to Wang Dong's side.

Luo Qing, Xie Chuyue, Zhang Zilan, Tie Hu and Wang Haotian also walked over, their expressions were all serious, they didn't expect the Indian army to open fire at night.

"The Indian army opened fire at this time, and it must have first-hand information, especially the deployment of Pakistani artillery."

Hearing what Wang Haotian said, Wang Dong nodded.

In fact, before Wang Haotian said it, Wang Dong had already thought of this problem.

Although firing in the early hours of the morning can produce the effect of a surprise attack and catch the Pakistani army off guard, it is necessary to obtain battlefield intelligence in advance.

Without intelligence support, firing is a waste of shells.

So, where did the Indian army get the information?

Obviously, the answer is no.

In the aftermath of the artillery battle at the Kargil Pass, the Pakistan Army launched an investigation into the heavy losses suffered, and three main problems were summarized.

One is that the performance of the artillery is not good enough.

Second, the pre-war preparations were not sufficient.

Third, the tactics are too rigid.

Subsequently, the Pakistan Army spent more than a decade solving these three problems.

Shortly after the end of the Battle of the Kargil Pass, the Pakistan Army launched a tender to replace the underperforming M198 towed howitzers.

Although there is no follow-up on this matter, the main reason is that the bidding companies are too high, and the Pakistan Army does not have so much budget, but a few years later, the A100 rocket launcher produced by Huaxia joined the combat sequence of the Pakistan Army, and the strength of the Pakistani Army's artillery has been greatly improved.

It is rumored that the Pakistan Army has taken the PLZ-05 self-propelled howitzer from Huaxia and is ready to buy it to replace the M109.

Of course, according to the previous model, Pakistan is likely to purchase a production license for PLZ-05, and then make appropriate improvements according to the actual needs of the Pakistani army, and then replace it with a resounding name, equip the troops in the name of "domestic", and even promote it to the international market.

As for the pre-war preparations, it was actually the construction of more posts and forward positions, especially artillery positions.

Due to the terrain constraints, unless a full-scale war breaks out, it is the artillery that can decide the victory or defeat of the battle near the Kargil Pass.

And just artillery!

For more than a decade, the Pakistan Army has built dozens of artillery positions and set up hundreds of makeshift gun emplacements near the Kargil Pass.

In fact, there are only three artillery battalions deployed here.

That is, the ratio of gun emplacements to artillery is more than a hundred!

The purpose of setting up so many gun emplacements is to carry out tactical maneuvers in wartime, enhance the survivability of artillery, and at the same time improve combat efficiency.

Of course, it's also about tactics.

To put it simply, it is to increase tactical flexibility by building more positions, so as not to be mastered by Indian artillery.

In fact, the Indian artillery also came over like this.

However, the Indian army does not have the corresponding means of reconnaissance, and to be precise, the degree of informatization of the Indian army is far from the level of fighting a modern artillery battle.

For this reason, India has spent a huge amount of money to purchase large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from the United States.

Unfortunately, the contract has just been signed and has not yet been approved by the US federal authorities, and as for the delivery, I am afraid it will be several years to wait.

Without effective means of reconnaissance, it is impossible to know the deployment of Pakistani artillery, and there is no way to talk about accurate strikes.

By luck?

Obviously, the Indian army is not stupid enough to that extent.

By counter-battery radar?

The Pakistani artillery did not fire, and the counter-battery radar simply did not come in handy.

Besides, the Pakistani border guard post was attacked yesterday, and the Pakistani army has increased its alert, and the artillery deployed near the Kargil Pass will definitely leave their daily positions, or at least evacuate and transfer, so the information that the Indian army has before this is outdated.

The problem is that, judging from the number of troops invested by the Indian army, it must have accurate information.

You know, the deployment of four artillery shadows in this not spacious river valley is already the limit.

In addition, due to the limitation of logistics support capabilities, that is, the road, it is difficult for the Indian army to deploy more artillery in this river valley.

Without complete certainty, the Indian army will use all its forces?

If it relies on counter-battery radar, the Indian army should first use a small amount of artillery to induce the Pakistani artillery to return fire, and then carry out a key attack after positioning.

In the artillery battle of the Kargil Pass, both sides relied on counter-battery radars to obtain battlefield intelligence.

Only now it seems that the Indian army must have obtained accurate intelligence through other means and knows the location of Pakistani artillery in the palm of its hand.

So, where did the intelligence of the Indian army come from?

It's certainly not Huaxia.

It can only be the United States!

The United States has hundreds of military satellites, and it only takes one reconnaissance satellite to fly over Kashmir to determine the location of Pakistani artillery.

A few hours later, the photographs taken by the reconnaissance satellites will be sent to the Indian army.

Because the level of informatization of the Pakistan Army is not very high, and it is not even mechanized, it is not a big problem to lag for a few hours.

In addition, after nightfall, the Pakistani artillery may not necessarily shift positions.

With the information provided by the United States, the Indian army is naturally full of confidence.

The three artillery battalions of the Pakistani army must be more than lucky.

Thinking of this, Wang Dong couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Major Hussein came over.

He had already contacted the Beto base, but did not receive further information that the Beto base was outside the range of the Indian artillery and had not been shelled.

As for the three artillery battalions deployed in the front, contact has not yet been made.

Base Beto has already reported to the Army Command and is awaiting orders.

Like the Army Command, the commander of the Beto base also told Hussein to put them in place and not to take meaningless actions.