Chapter 712: Crossfire

When the Indians were beaten out, the Chinese army retreated voluntarily, giving up all the occupied lands, and not only retreated to the McMahon Line, but also retreated another twenty kilometers back, and as a result, the shameless Indians regarded these twenty kilometers as their territory.

When these Indian sentries came out with guns in their hands, they thought that as always, as long as they came out and shouted a few times to show their protest, this is the land of India! The other party will obediently leave.

Coupled with weapons in their hands, they were noisy and shouting.

An Indian soldier, even standing aside and unbuttoning his pants, didn't care about the strong wind on the top of the mountain, took out something black, and poured out a stream of angry yellow liquid towards the Chinese sentry patrolling opposite.

However, they were disappointed, and instead of leaving, this patrol from Huaxia shouted at them.

"This is the land of Huaxia, please leave here immediately!" The captain of the team, Lin Heping, the captain of the Special Reconnaissance Brigade of the 53rd Mountain Brigade, shouted loudly to the opposite side, it seemed that he was just shouting, but in fact, he had already made preparations.

After the Sino-Indian War, some troops remained in Tibet, including the 52nd and 53rd Divisions of the Army.

Among them, the 52nd Division is the 149th Division of the original 50th Army, which was the temporary 21st Division of the 60th Army of the Yunnan Army before the liberation, and this army participated in the Korean War and performed well, while the 53rd Division was the 53rd Division of the original 18th Army, and the 18th Army was the ace army of China and the vanguard of the original Tibet.

In 1985, after Deng Gong of China announced the disarmament of one million at a military parade, the two armies also began to be downsized, from divisions to brigades, and from ordinary infantry to professional mountain infantry. Since then, the most professional mountain troops in China have appeared.

Although the number is small, each brigade is less than 10,000 people. However, every soldier is an elite soldier, and his physical fitness and other aspects are far from being comparable to the soldiers in the mainland, not to mention anything else. Carrying a rope to climb a rock is the most physically demanding.

And the special reconnaissance brigade in this unit is even more of an elite among the elite.

In contrast, although India has countless mountain divisions, in fact, these mountain divisions are commonplace, and their combat effectiveness is not even as good as that of ordinary infantry divisions.

Seeing that Huaxia's army actually dared to shout to them here, the Indian soldier was immediately even more angry, the guy who lifted his pants. Without bothering to tie his belt, he took out the gun on his back, made a loud noise, and pulled the bolt.

"Do it!" Lin Heping said.

In an instant, more than a dozen soldiers behind Lin Heping all rolled over to the ridge and hid there according to the bunker they had just taken care of. Almost at the same time, 81 bars on the back. It's already in your hands.

As a soldier of a mountain army, an important indicator is to shoot a gun!

Mountain troops are active in mountainous areas where even vehicles cannot drive, and many places can only be climbed with bare hands, so. The equipment that can be carried is limited, and the amount of bullets carried is far less than that of normal troops, which requires them to never waste a bullet!

"Dah." They all used point shots, and Lin Heping aimed his crosshair at the guy who took out the gun, and gently pulled the trigger with his index finger. A 7.62 mm bullet flew towards the other party, a distance of dozens of meters, and the bullet did not miss!

"Ahh The guy screamed and flipped backwards.

Originally, they all thought that this was just a mutual war of words, but the Chinese people on the opposite side had already been prepared! Caught off guard, the Indians were killed one after another, and none of them ran back.

Seeing that the corpses of these Indians were slowly getting colder, Lin Heping, who had participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, had a cold eye: "Let's go, let's evacuate immediately!" ”

The conflict between the two sides has already begun, and now, the situation is not big enough, it is necessary to wait a little longer!

The news soon reached Tawang, and the commander of the local garrison, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 17th Mountain Division of the 33rd Army of India, was immediately furious, and while reporting to his superiors, he took it upon himself to order a border company to start patrolling along the McMahon Line, and if it encountered the Chinese patrol again, he would open fire directly!

The frontier companies ordered at the front were very depressed, they had to start from the town of Tawang at a lower altitude and go up the mountain road, where cars could not pass, only on two feet, and when they climbed up the ridge breathlessly, the sky was clear, and there was nothing but the whirring wind.

In Tawang Town, it's still summer, and it's okay to wear short sleeves, but when you climb the peak on this side of the McMahon Line, snow is starting to cover the top! This difference in hot and cold changes makes them very uncomfortable.

Especially for a second-line mountain division like them, they can't even pay their salaries on time, and there is no way to talk about training, and half of the recruits in the company are still stepping on this mountain for the first time, and they have long been accustomed to the hot Indian continent, where can they stand such cold weather!

While snorting with their mouths in their hands, they urged their leaders to hurry up and end the patrol and return to the town of Tawang at the foot of the mountain, unaware that their end had come.

"Boom!" This sound came without warning, and when the 107-mm rocket exploded next to them, several Indian soldiers were immediately blown over.

"Damn, get out of the way!" The Indian company commander shouted, his eyes looking at a mountain peak opposite, there was a wisp of green smoke there, and it was obvious that the enemy was firing 107mm rockets from that side!

It is very difficult for them to climb the top of the mountain here, and in the northern part of the entire McMahon Line, the mountain is even steeper, and it is impossible for the other side to carry heavy weapons, but this 107mm rocket is a kind of artifact on the Chinese side, as long as they carry the shell on their backs, they don't even need a cannon barrel, they can launch it accurately!

The pupils of the Indian company commander suddenly dilated again, and several rockets flew from that side again! The rockets that dragged the tongues of fire were like death!

"Ahh A soldier screamed, and when he saw the rocket on the opposite side, he involuntarily retreated, forgetting that there was a cliff behind him, and fell down at once.

"Boom, boom!" A few more rockets blew up the Indian soldiers, and the AKM rifles in their hands did not have enough range to pose a threat to the enemy on the opposite side, while the other side kept bringing them death.

"Quick, call for rear fire support!" The company commander said to the wireless soldier beside him.

In the mountains, the radio signal can be transmitted much shorter, but because it is on the top of the mountain, it is completely possible to transmit the signal back to the town of Tawang at the foot of the mountain, where there is an artillery battery with five 152mm howitzers, which will definitely provide them with fire support!

"Hey, hey, artillery company, artillery company, please provide fire support immediately, target, peak 23." The radio soldier hid behind a rock and shouted into the radio.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the artillery battery outside the town of Tawang completed its preparations for launch, and in the midst of a deafening roar, the attack of 152-mm artillery began!

"Boom!" The cannon with a 39-caliber barrel fired a grenade, and when it flew out of the muzzle, it carried a golden fireball and thick smoke everywhere.

The artillerymen covered their ears, and the sound of the firing of this howitzer was almost deafening.

The scene was spectacular, but unfortunately, the accuracy of the shells was very poor, and most of the shells flew into the ravine opposite the peak, thousands of meters away from the target! This group of artillerymen is even more stubborn in normal times, and they have not been strictly trained at all!

It's a pity that they didn't know that when they fired the shells, the war escalated!

The battlefield was temporarily calm, there was no movement on the opposite side, and the Indian soldiers had long been in no mood to continue patrolling and confrontation at this time, and walked back along the rugged mountain road.

Feeling a little depressed, they carried the corpses of their comrades, thinking about how bad their own battle was.

In the sky, there was a sudden buzzing sound, and when the company commander looked up, he saw several bright spots in the blue sky, and these bright spots, coming from the north, were moving south.

Civil airliners? It doesn't seem like it's a shipping route, right? Where did the plane come from? He rubbed his eyes, continued to look up, and finally saw the red five-pointed star under the wings, and was immediately stunned: "The fighter of the Chinese people!" ”

Two fighter planes with a somewhat fat appearance, flying in the sky, with a conventional aerodynamic layout, an upper single-wing, tandem two-seat layout, two Thunderbolt 8 combat missiles for self-defense are hung on the wingtips of the wings, and the internal pylons are loaded with bombs.

These are two J-7 fighters belonging to the Huaxia Air Force! Due to Pakistan's technical support, this fighter has been successfully developed earlier, into the fleet of the Chinese naval aviation, large range, large bomb load, advanced performance, low operating costs, although the air force was disdained when it was first developed, but now looking back, it is found that this aircraft is still more suitable for the operation of the Chinese air force, after all, the strong five legs in active service are short, and the H-6 has no self-defense ability. The most important thing is the progress of airborne electronic technology, which allows this fighter to have accurate ground attack capabilities, so the Huaxia Air Force finally purchased a batch.

Although the Air Force's Tomcat fighters and Jian-10 fighters have already been stationed at the airfield near Lhasa in Tibet for training, they are only training on a rotational basis, and logistical supply is difficult in the high-altitude Tibetan region, and the service life of the fighters will be greatly shortened. And now the J-7 can take off at an airport at a lower altitude, relying on the advantage of a large range, and fly directly into southern Tibet! (To be continued.) )