Chapter 632 - 632 Kashmir (B)

In this large-scale tank battle, Arjun tanks are not particularly bad to be fair, but their opponent is the world's most advanced third-generation main battle tank, the 99A7. After the Type 99 was introduced to China by Qi Yiming in 1985, it has undergone 7 major modifications, although the combat effectiveness of each modification has not increased by leaps and bounds, but the Type 99 tank has continued to move forward.

The Type 99A7 main battle tank is the last modification of the Type 99 main battle tank, and after the Type 99A7, NORINCO chose to develop a new generation of main battle tanks, because the potential of the Type 99 has basically been tapped. The last version of the 99A7 has been greatly improved in terms of weapons, electronics, protection and mobility. It is equipped with a 125mm self-tightening smoothbore gun, which is the latest achievement of Chinese research and development, and its penetration and destruction power are not the same as those of the previous version; The laser suppression system of the logo has also been upgraded to a certain extent, and a more advanced hunting and destroying system has also been introduced, which is more efficient in capturing enemies in complex environments; The use of Chobham composite armor is also almost the pinnacle, the newly developed composite armor is equivalent to more than 1,000 mm of homogeneous armor, and it tries all-round protection, so that both the front, side and rear of the body have a strong defense; The 2000 horsepower diesel engine, originally developed for the next generation of tanks, was also equipped with the 99A7 because the fourth generation tank was required by the General Armament Department to use electrification, making the 99A7's maneuverability far exceed that of contemporary tanks.

In front of such an opponent, Arjun, a second-and-a-half-generation main battle tank of less than three generations, can only be beaten. The 99A7 can always choose the current fire to give Arjun a direct chance, and constantly choose better strike tactics through his superior mobility, and Arjun even if he has the opportunity to hit the 99A7, but he can't shake this solid tank in the slightest.

The entire flank of the Indian army was directly torn apart by these dozens of 99A7s, and along the gap exposed on the flank, the infantry fighting vehicles of the Chinese PLA, infantry mecha and the like poured in, and launched a general attack on the Indian army that had been surrounded. The Indian army's worst fears have happened - they are once again divided and surrounded.

The Battle of Amergarh lasted only four hours, and the Indian line, which had been held for weeks, eventually collapsed as Chinese troops bolted in on the flanks and cut through the Indian line. China and Pakistan also had this opportunity to continue to penetrate the belly of the Kashmir Valley.

In order to prevent the Pakistani and Chinese armies from advancing and capturing the whole of Kashmir, India has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Kashmir, hoping to hold back the Pakistani army and the PLA with a huge battle, providing a respite for the arrival of NATO allies and the recruitment of new soldiers.

Immediately after breaking through the Amergarh defensive line, the Indian army mobilized a corps of troops to block the road from Amergarh to Srinagar, resolutely preventing the enemy from taking another step forward to the regional capital. Although the Pakistani army has organized more than 100,000 troops, it is unable to quickly stretch out the battle line due to the lack of logistical supply for a while, and although the Chinese troops are strong, if a small number of Chinese troops attack the majority of the Indian army, even if the chances of victory are very high, they may face relatively large casualties, and this is unacceptable to the General Staff at this time.

As a result, although skirmishes and exchanges of fire broke out on the front line on both sides, the actual large-scale attack on the enemy did not occur, and it can be seen that the commanders of both sides were relatively cautious. However, although the fighting on the ground was no longer fierce, the Chinese Air Force took the opportunity to pull the Pakistani Air Force and launched a large-scale air attack on various military facilities and troops in the direction of Indian Kashmir.

To conduct a war with a big country like China and the United States, the general first step is to use non-contact operations such as air strikes to basically paralyze the opponent's defensive strength, and then send ground troops in, but this time the operation against India has its suddenness, and the gap between the combat power of the two sides is relatively large, the Chinese PLA directly chose the strategy of first surprise attack and then air attack, many countermeasures of India were not reflected at all in the early stage of the war, and were completely confused by the Chinese, and after the Chinese army gained a foothold at the front of the theater, Only then did a large-scale air raid be launched, and this chaotic rhythm also made the Indian army somewhat unable to react, and the heavy troops and materials assembled for the face of China and Pakistan were all exposed under the nose of the Chinese air force at this time.

The Chinese Air Force has deployed about 300 J-9 and J-10 theaters to participate in the operation in Kashmir on the Western Front. What's more, the Chinese Air Force also took out 24 Backfire bombers, 8 H-8 Thor bombers, and 4 Tu-160 Pirate Flag bombers to strike at the Indian army in Kashmir. If you add to this the dozens of FC-1 Thunder fighters of the Pakistan Air Force, the blow to the Indian army in Kashmir will be enormous.

Although the Indian Air Force is not like the Iraqi Air Force, which passively avoided fighting in the Gulf War, the more they take the initiative to confront Chinese fighters, the more likely they are to be shot down. The Indian army could not deal with it, so it could only withdraw its fighters to the interior of the country, until a few days later, the Indian troops on the ground in Kashmir had basically lost the effective support of their own air force and suffered a joint double air attack by China and Pakistan.

In addition to the Indian Air Force fighters are a threat, India is also equipped with some anti-aircraft missiles, which also threaten the fighters of the Chinese Air Force, but because the Chinese Air Force has very good combat habits, before the attack, it first brushes electromagnetic interference in a large area, resulting in most of the air defense weapons using active and semi-active radar guidance are unable to fight. However, even if you are careful, on the second day of the battle, the Indian army's SAM-3B Bochola missile shot down a low-flying Chinese J-10 fighter, causing the first battle damage of the Chinese Air Force since the Flag Burning War. On the fifth day, another J-9 fighter was shot down by Indian anti-aircraft artillery.

For this reason, the Air Force specially held an emergency training meeting for the air force commanders and fighters on the front line, urging the pilots to strictly abide by the combat manual and not to make dangerous flight maneuvers or dangerous flights without breaking the permit, so as to provide the enemy with an opportunity to shoot down themselves. In addition, the Air Force has therefore stepped up a more thorough attack on the Indian army's ground air defense forces, in order to eliminate all Indian air defense forces in Kashmir. Air Force fighters and bombers began to intensively bomb any facilities that looked like air defense positions of the Indian army, destroying a large number of anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft guns deployed by the Indian army there, and providing security and convenience for further bombing missions.

At the same time, Chinese short-range missiles that have been delivered from the China-Pakistan railway are also in place. Since ten years ago, China's short-range missiles have actually been mainly produced in only one model, and that is the V4 short-range missile. These short-range ballistic missiles are cheap to produce, they are not very difficult to manufacture, and more importantly, they play a very significant role in actual combat, so they have always been weapons and equipment purchased and stored in large quantities by the military.

In dealing with the Indian army in Kashmir this time, the Chinese PLA did not transfer many V4 missiles, and about 100 V4 missiles were transported to Pakistan-administered Kashmir along with their launchers, and launched attacks on some major military targets of the Indian army.

The coordinated V4 attack is the Guardian-3 long-range rocket artillery, which has also been in service for more than ten years in the combat sequence of the Chinese PLA, and has been used very handy. The rocket artillery mainly dealt with the relatively large group of troops of the Indian army, broke up the assembled troops of the Indian army, and covered the advance of the ground troops of the own side. The V4 mainly hits the hard point targets of the Indian army, such as radar stations, air defense positions, command headquarters, airfields and other facilities.

After all, the Indian army's air defense capability is still weaker, and the Chinese army has not shot down a single missile or rocket in the multi-day attack with a firepower matrix composed of short-range missiles and long-range rocket artillery. After this round of Chinese attacks, the Indian army has been wiped out, with serious troop attrition and other losses, and even many units have difficulty contacting their own troops, and the Indian army, which was originally able to block China and Pakistan, has basically lost its effective resistance ability.

Witnessing the Chinese's "throwing a thousand dollars" to fight a war, Pakistan is both envious and envious, and a war like China will inevitably ruin Pakistan's family, and following the Chinese to fight such a smooth wind also makes the Pakistani army feel very comfortable.

Unlike U.S. airstrikes, which can last more than a month, China's large-scale airstrikes tend to be more intense and targeted, so the airstrikes lasted only four days before the Chinese and Pakistani ground forces were back in mission mode. The Indian army, which had been tossed by missiles and air strikes, constantly retreated from the front line in the vague order from above, and resolutely refused to engage the Chinese army head-on.

Joke! Even when it was full, it couldn't do the Chinese troops, and now that it was so badly attacked by air raids, how could the Indian army have any strength to prevent the Chinese from entering Srinagar with the Pakistanis? In this way, Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, which was originally guarded by 400,000 Indian regiments, was like a shy girl who took off her dress and was completely exposed to the Chinese and Pakistani soldiers after the Indian army continued to flee and retreat.

The 400,000 Indian troops were driven away by the Chinese army without firing a single shot, which made India even more scolded, the military was condemned, and the countries of the world also ridiculed India's useless behavior, making Indians unable to raise their heads in the world.

Srinagar was almost peacefully accepted by Pakistan, whose predominantly Muslim inhabitants were able to control the situation on the ground. In addition, China and Pakistan have also secretly signed an agreement in Beijing, whereby Pakistan will take over Indian-administered Kashmir and Ladakh, where Tibetans are predominantly inhabited, will be transferred to China.