Chapter 188: Kashmir Outpost (Gagen, Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )

It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and although it is now summer, the snow here has not melted due to the altitude, and most of the area is above 4,000 meters above sea level, and many of the peaks are above 8,000 meters above sea level.

In the middle of these mountains is the beautiful Kashmir Valley and the Jammu Plains, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and nourished by the alpine climate, which is a place of beauty and pleasant climate, and a summer retreat in South Asia, often in the heat of more than 40 degrees.

The Himalayan snow melts and flows down, and in the middle of this valley, the Dal Lake is formed, and the water is delicate and clear. The scenery here is otherworldly, and the people who live here enjoy the beauty of nature at a leisurely pace.

The farmland, the herdsmen, the sheep, and the bonfire smoke in the villages all represent a peaceful world, a paradise on earth! However, those who live here know that it is not peaceful.

Because, here is Kashmir, one of the four major powder kegs in the world!

Before the Second World War, this was a British colony, and after the decline of the Empire, the people in the colonies became independent, and the Empire left a lot of tails when it left, such as this Kashmir region, where the British left trouble and handed it over to the locals to deal with. At that time, the local princes and nobles who represented the big landlord class wanted to join India, but they accounted for more than 80% of the population, because of the different doctrines they believed, and they wanted to join Pakistan.

For the sake of Kashmir, the two sides fought a total of three wars, due to national strength. Pakistan has been in a weak position. India controls most of Kashmir and more than 70 percent of the population, while Pakistan controls only the inhospitable parts of the northwest.

Until now, India still claims full sovereignty over the entire Kashmir region, and in such a situation, conflict between the two sides is still inevitable.

Eastern Kashmir. Kebolu is a small city on the border of Pakistan's de facto control line.

It is a small and peaceful town, more than a decade after the 71-year war, and the people here have returned to their old lives, and when the sun shines over the snow-capped mountains in the east, the people here have started another day's work.

At the border post, the Pakistani soldier looked at Zampa vigilantly into the distance, and just a hundred meters to the opposite side of him was already an Indian outpost. The two sides often looked at each other with their eyes, and the flames of hatred were burning, and if it weren't for the military order, they would have gone up to beat each other.

Today is very strange, in the opposite post, there is no other soldier's outcrop, what are they doing? Are you sleeping?

"Boom, boom." That's when it happened. There was a jolt on the ground, and Dzongpa looked over with his sunglasses-wearing eyes. I saw a tank coming from the opposite side.

ПT-76 amphibious tank! Although this tank is a tank of the 50s, due to its light weight, it is very suitable for fighting in the mountains, and it has played a very good role in all previous conflicts between India and Pakistan.

Fighting in the mountains. Almost all of them are filled by human lives, and a few tanks can be fortified and used as fortresses, and they have a psychological deterrent effect on the enemy.

Look at such a tank coming. Zongpa's heart suddenly became nervous: "Alert, red alert!" ”

He shouted loudly, trying to call the rest of the people in the outpost, and just then, the barrel of the tank was slowly erected.

There was a flash of fire on the muzzle, and a 76-mm grenade flew over and pointed it at the post behind him.

"Boom!" The shells flew by, and the post behind them flew into the sky in the explosion of the shells.

"Squad leader!" Zongpa immediately reacted, this is the Indians provoking the incident! In the face of the active provocation of the Indians, he has no room for compromise!

Picking up his rifle, he started shooting at the tank on the opposite side.

"Bang, boom." Bullets fly, although this light tank, although it cannot block the shooting of armor-piercing bullets, but it has no problem resisting the bullets of this small weapon.

The bullet struck the tank's armor and ricocheted off in sparks, sending Zonpa closer and closer to the tank, but nothing could do to stop it.

"Boom, boom." The tank continued to move up, dropping his rifle from Zonpa, grabbing two grenades, and charging at the tank.

"Da-da-da-da." The tank's machine guns strafed at him, and before he could reach the tank, he was already knocked down by the machine guns.

He looked at the tracks of the tank in front of him, and with the last strength of his body, pulled the pull tab of the grenade.

"Boom!" The Zongpa was blown to pieces along with the grenade, and the tank was also hit in the explosion, and the thin armor was torn apart.

Behind the tank, countless Indian soldiers rushed over.

They stepped on the corpses of Pakistanis and stepped on the border posts, and the leading Indian company commander looked at the rolling mountains and countless posts, with a wandering look in his eyes: "The entire Kashmir region belongs to us India!" ”

Several Indian detachments, supported by light tank fire, easily captured several Pakistani posts, and the flames of war were re-ignited.

Islamabad, Presidential Palace.

All the people were very strict, they came and went in a hurry, and when they met, they just said hello and hurried over, and all the people were so busy that the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Now, Pakistan is on the verge of a conflict with the Soviets on its western border, and large-scale air battles with more than 10 warplanes have broken out several times, and Pakistan is under the greatest pressure from the West.

At the same time, in the East, there was another incident, and the Indians found out about the tension in Pakistan in the west, so in this situation, they began to attack again.

Having robbed more than a dozen outposts in Pakistan and faintly forming a siege of Keberu, what do the Indians want to do?

The emergency meeting was held in the hall on the third floor of the presidential palace, and Zia-ul-Haq looked at the heavy generals below, his face heavy.

"Now, we need to judge the movements of the Indians and decide what we want to do next." Zia-ulq said: "Our territory in Pakistan is sacrosanct! ”

In several wars, Pakistan has been at a disadvantage, fighting repeatedly, losing its territory, and losing East Pakistan last time, and now, as a military-turned-president, Zia-ul-Haq definitely does not want to lose another inch of land.

"Yes, our land is sacrosanct!" The Minister of Defense then said: "It's just that we have to take into account the movements of the Soviets now, and the Western Front has already made us very tight, and if we fall into a battle on the Eastern Front under the premise that a large-scale conflict is about to break out on the Western Front, then we will be very passive." ”

This is exactly what everyone is worried about, if it is only against India, Pakistan will use all its strength to fight India, and it also needs the eastern countries to contain India in order to barely reach a draw, and now, fighting on two fronts in the east and west, Pakistan is simply impossible to face two strong enemies at the same time.

"So what are we going to do? Do you watch the Indians gradually encroach on our outposts, pushing us step by step? The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the three services said.

"It's all the reason for the Western Front, if only our air force didn't clash with the Soviets, we just supported Afghanistan, the war took place on Afghan soil, and now, the war is going to burn on our land." "The Peshawar Military Region bears strict responsibility for dereliction of duty," the defense minister said. ”

Hearing the words of the Minister of Defense, the commander of the Air Force, Nur Khan, suddenly changed his face, and now, the shape is very bad, in this case, the Minister of Defense still wants to find a scapegoat, it must be Mhammad.

"If our air force does not resist, then the Soviet planes will keep crossing the border and bombing our land, how can we account to our people?" "In order to protect our airspace, the Peshawar Military Region has not been negligent in its duties," Nur Khan said. ”

Although the Minister of Defense has a higher official rank than that of the Commander of the Air Force, Nur Khan is already very old and has great prestige in the army, and he is not afraid of him at all when he quarrels with Murvev, blows his beard and glares.

"But now, the Soviets have the possibility of a big attack on our border, and the Soviets have millions of troops, how can we fight it?" "If it weren't for the tension on the Western Front, how could we have sat here and discussed the Indians, who had occupied a dozen of our posts, instead of immediately launching a counterattack and retaking the posts," Murwaif said. ”

"Alright, don't talk about it." Zia-Haq finally couldn't help but slap the table, and Murvev's last words made Zia-Haq angry, if it weren't for the tension on the Western Front, how could he discuss countermeasures here, instead of fighting back immediately!

"Report, Chief of Staff of the Peshawar Military Region Mhammad came to the presidential palace to report on his work." Just then, a secretary came in and spoke to Zia-ul-Haq.

Recently, the situation in Peshawar made Zia-ul-Haq very concerned, and he personally called Mhammad over, who knows, as soon as the order was issued, there was an accident on the eastern front, so he came to the meeting, and Mhammad happened to come over during this time.

"Let him in." Zia-Haq said.

With Mhammad's status, it is not enough to participate in a meeting of this level, but Mhammad is already a brigadier general in terms of military rank, and Nur Khan has recommended Mhammad to enter the Air Force Command and become the chief of staff of the Air Force, and it is reasonable to participate in the current meeting, and, most importantly, in the current Pakistani army, Mhammad has the most combat experience, and Zia-ul-Haq values Mhammad very much. (To be continued......)