Although all the border guards at the post were killed, the ammunition depot and supply depot were not shelled. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because it is a thorn in the side of the Indian army and is often harassed by the Indian army, the underground ammunition depot is at the other end of the outpost, dozens of meters away from the barracks.

The more important material warehouse is on the anticline, but there are not many materials stored.

It's only summer, and it's not yet time to stock up on supplies for the winter.

In addition, the shelling of the Indian army was very targeted.

Judging by the number of craters, the number of shells that hit the outposts was no more than twenty, and they were concentrated near the barracks, and several observation points towards the valley were not shelled.

During dinner, Musharraf came over to find Wang Dong, who was with Xie Chuyue and the others.

"What do you think?"

"Very targeted." Xie Chuyue said.

"There are two problems." Wang Dong glanced at Musharraf before saying, "First, how did the Indian army know that the border guards were all in the barracks? ”

"The post was shelled in the early hours of the morning, and at that time, the border guards were sleeping."

"No one is worth more?"

"The incident happened suddenly, and the border guards were not alerted. In addition, the post was built on top of a cliff, and only the mountain road from which we came up had almost zero chance of being attacked by a sneak attack, at least never in the past, and it was impossible for the enemy to climb up in the middle of the night. ”

"So, unless you receive an alert, you won't arrange for officers and soldiers to be on duty?"

Musharraf nodded, indicating that this was what he meant.

"The second question, is the Indian artillery so powerful?"

"You mean ......"

"If it is an artillery platoon, four howitzers fire at the same time, the shelling can be completed in a minute, and the range of the shells is less than twenty meters."

"Guided shells?"

Wang Dong nodded and said: "The artillery position of the Indian army should be at the far end of the river valley, more than ten kilometers away, and if you use conventional shells, the scattering range is more than fifty meters. ”

Musharraf frowned, he had not thought about it before.

"A few years ago, India purchased a batch of 'Red Earth' laser-guided artillery shells from Russia and provided them to artillery units deployed in Kashmir."

Musharraf nodded slightly, but said nothing.

After the artillery battle at the Kargil Pass, the Indian military found that the heavy artillery in their hands was too poor to take advantage of the Pakistani artillery.

Subsequently, India issued a request for proposals to procure an advanced howitzer to replace the already outdated FH-77.

It's just that after ten years, there has been no follow-up.

It's not that there is no better towed howitzer than the FH-77, but the price is not negotiable, that is, too expensive, which is unacceptable to the Indian military.

At the same time, the Indian Army was working on artillery shells.

Initially, the Indian Army took the United States' "Copperspot Snake" laser-guided artillery shells, but after inquiring about the price, they rationally chose to give up.

Quite simply, the purchase price of more than 10,000 US dollars cannot even be borne by the US military, let alone the Indian Army.

You know, an ordinary 155-mm high-explosive shell costs only a few hundred dollars.

After several twists and turns, the Indian Army chose the Russian "Red Earth" laser-guided projectile, which can still be fired with the FH-77 155 mm version.

It's just that the purchase volume is not very large.

Although the "red earth" is much cheaper than the "copper spotted snake", in the tradition of Russian arms dealers, there is a large element of exaggeration and deception, and the after-sales guarantee is extremely unreliable.

According to outside speculation, the Indian Army will not purchase more than 1,000 "red land".

"If it's a laser-guided shell, how did the scouts of the Indian army climb up?"

As soon as Xie Chuyue said this, Wang Dong and Musharraf both frowned.

Obviously, this is a problem.

In order for a laser-guided projectile to hit the target accurately, the target must be illuminated with a laser, and such tasks are usually performed by scouts.

Theoretically, a reconnaissance aircraft equipped with a laser irradiator can also perform irradiation missions.

However, all the reconnaissance planes belong to the Indian Air Force, and the Indian Air Force has not purchased reconnaissance pods with laser indication capabilities for the reconnaissance planes.

Drones for the Army?

The Indian Army does not have large UAVs, and at an altitude of five thousand meters above sea level, small UAVs cannot rise into the air.

What's more, the post was more than a thousand meters above sea level in the river valley.

In other words, the scout in charge of directing had to climb up to illuminate the barracks with a laser pointer, which was certainly not possible under the outpost.

How did the Indian scouts climb up?

Also, if the Indian scouts were able to climb up, would they still need to carry out artillery shelling?

Against ten border guards in their sleep, ten bullets are enough.

If it's a special forces, you can even save bullets.

"Terminal munitions, or GPS-guided projectiles."

While Wang Dong and Musharraf were pondering, Xie Chuyue voiced his guess.

"The Indian army has such shells?" Wang Dong looked at Xie Chuyue.

Xie Chuyue pursed his lips and said that he had not heard of it.

"If it is, it's a serious problem." Musharraf said.

Wang Dong let out a long sigh and nodded slightly.

There are many countries that can produce terminal munitions and GPS-guided artillery shells, including China, but only the United States is willing to secretly provide them to the Indian army.

In fact, the U.S. military attaches great importance to GPS-guided artillery shells.

Because the "Copper-spotted Snake" is too expensive and not very convenient to use, the US military has been vigorously developing easy-to-use precision ammunition over the years.

GPS-guided shells are the main option.

Although the guidance accuracy of GPS is not as good as that of the laser, and the error is difficult to narrow to less than ten meters, while the laser can reach one meter, it is much better than ordinary artillery shells, and for large-caliber artillery shells, the error of about ten meters is completely acceptable, and it has almost no impact on the strike capability.

The point is, in fact, cheap.

It's just that the US military mainly relies on air strikes, and there are a large number of unmanned attack aircraft, so it does not pay much attention to artillery, so it does not purchase GPS-guided artillery shells on a large scale.

Could it be the American arms dealers who produce GPS-guided artillery shells?

After all, when the demand for the US military is not very strong, opening up overseas markets is the main way to make profits.

In the world, except for the Gulf tyrants who are making a big fuss in Yemen, only India will purchase GPS-guided artillery shells.

Especially in the context of the Pakistan Army's quest to acquire precision-guided artillery shells from China.

Well, in order to get an order from the Indian Army, it is quite possible that American arms dealers will secretly supply a batch of artillery shells for India to test.

Obviously, it is better to participate in real combat.

At the beginning, the Indian army suffered a heavy loss in the artillery battle of the Kargil Pass, so it was reasonable to use the shells provided by American arms dealers to deal with the Pakistani border guards.

Only, why is India doing it at this time?

Also, why knock out the Pakistani border guard posts in the first place?

While Wang Dong was thinking about this, Major Hussein hurriedly ran over, still waving his arms, signaling Wang Dong and them to pay attention to the valley below.