Chapter 631 631 Kashmir (Medium)

China's battlefield on the western front of South Asia is mainly to attack India from two directions: one is to transport heavy troops into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir by the China-Pakistan railway, and then attack the Indian army guarding here with the Pakistanis; The other direction is from the Asai Kechen region directly over the mountains, through the high mountains, into the Ladakh region, which is predominantly Tibetan.

The Ladakh region is mountainous and the terrain is complex, making it difficult for heavy mechanized troops to carry out operations, and the Chinese engineering troops have opened up a new road to the west on the 219 National Highway in the Ali region to connect the border road to India on the other side of the border, although the main battle tanks such as the Type 99 are difficult to pass, but China's large number of Type 86 (Type 14) light tanks deployed in the plateau and mountainous areas can better exert their combat strength on such terrain.

The Type 86 light tanks and the convoy formed by the 09 infantry battle drove into the Ladakh region in a majestic manner, and they were also assisted by the Wuzhi-10 of the Army Aviation Force, the Tengu Transformation Mecha and other air-ground auxiliary strike forces. The Indian army's border security forces could not resist such an adversary, and were hit hard almost as soon as they came into contact, and could only retreat and be annihilated.

The forward unit of the Chinese PLA attacking the Ladakh region is a mountain mechanized infantry brigade, which is subordinate to the Xinjiang Military Region, and was adapted from a meritorious unit that participated in the border war with the Soviet Union in those years.

The Indian army lacks sufficient armored forces in the Ladakh region to resist the Chinese army, which was pointed out by many military experts before the war, and India also hoped to increase the budget to establish the "17th Army" in Ladakh, so that the main battle tanks in the Ladakh region can reach at least 200, and at the same time be equipped with enough multiple rocket launchers, self-propelled artillery and other weapons to resist the strong Chinese troops.

However, the plan for the expansion of the Indian army is still on paper, and the Chinese troops have already entered the Ladakh region. The total number of tanks deployed by the Indian army in Ladakh at this time is less than 50, and they are basically T-72, the second-generation main battle tank, which is not enough to fight against China's 99 Tan and Type 86 light tanks, not to mention that China also has a huge number of armed helicopters, which are the best weapons for hunting combat vehicles.

Leaning on the rugged mountainous terrain, the Indian army, with six T-72 tanks and a company-sized soldier, blocked the Chinese mountain infantry brigade that was advancing deep into the Ladakh region. The vanguard of the Chinese Mountain Mechanized Infantry Brigade is a fully equipped Jibu battalion, equipped with 12 Type 86 light tanks, although the Type 86 tanks are smaller than the T-72 in terms of size and main gun caliber, but this is not the case in the real fight.

The on-board electronics of the Type 86 tank are more advanced, especially in terms of fire control, the T-72 is completely exploded, and the 105mm main gun has impressive penetration. When the two sides engaged the enemy, the T-72 tanks were going downhill and were in a more advantageous position to attack, but it was true that the Chinese light tanks spoke first, and at a distance of 2,000 meters, they opened fire like the T-72 tanks of the Indian army.

The artillery fire of the tanks suddenly enveloped these Indian tanks, and four of the Indian tanks were immediately beaten to the point that they were incapacitated and lay down in the middle of the slope. The Indian army also tried to fire at the Chinese tanks, but the T-72's somewhat shabby fire control made it difficult for these shells to hit the Chinese tanks, and when the last few Indian tanks rushed down, they were already in an embarrassing position of advancing or retreating, and the double-edged armed helicopters that coordinated with the ground forces fired rockets at several Indian tanks, and finally drowned them in the rain of bullets.

Unfortunately, the Indian tank fired a shot at the last moment, which hit a MIFV multi-purpose infantry vehicle that was following the tank, and the armor of the infantry fighting vehicle could not stop the tank shells, and the tank was severely damaged, and several fighters in the tank were killed and wounded.

On the top of the hill is a permanent fortification built by the Indian army, in which the Indian soldiers raise a Stinger missile launcher and shoot it at the double-edged helicopter. The pilot of the Army Aviation was still very experienced, and after hearing the beep from the warning device, he immediately carried out an evasive maneuver, and at the same time released a hot decoy bomb, and the helicopter weighing dozens of tons opened orange-red stamens in the air, and the Stinger missile narrowly brushed the helicopter past it.

Sensing the enemy's rampantness, the Chinese troops immediately countered it, and the Red Arrow-10 anti-armor missile equipped on the MIFV multifunctional infantry vehicle immediately adjusted the firing angle, aimed at the pillbox, and fired directly. Anti-armor missiles are also used as weapons against such hard-point targets on many occasions, and the Red Arrow-10 flew directly up the hill, and although it was fired from the back, it still successfully hit the bunker and destroyed it.

Not all of the Indian soldiers were killed, they rushed out of their bunkers, and the double-edged helicopters, which rushed to take revenge, immediately used the 7 on their flanks. 62mm six-barreled Gatling guns harvested them.

In this way, most of the Indian troops in the Ladakh region are such small units, although the Chinese troops they encountered are also small units, but they are an order of magnitude inferior in terms of personnel size and weapons and equipment, so they can only be beaten. Even if the Indian army can occasionally organize a battle with more people than the Chinese troops, but it lacks effective countermeasures, and in the face of the combination of Chinese light tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery and armed helicopters, and transformer mecha attack aircraft, only the share of the slaughter, similar to the situation in southern Tibet, after the Indian army repeatedly contacted the Chinese troops and suffered heavy losses, some officers at the grassroots level of the Indian army began to act on their own, retreating backwards with their troops, ignoring the orders issued by their superiors.

The other route of Chinese troops entering Kashmir by the China-Pakistan railway is using standard heavy mechanized equipment, and the number and scale are very considerable, and China is expected to send at least 30,000 troops to Kashmir through the China-Pakistan railway, which will include a heavy division of Qi Yiming's Red Police.

The focus of the Pakistani army's offensive is the Kashmir Valley, the richest, most populous and best-in-class region in Kashmir. The climate here is relatively pleasant, and it is also a very good summer resort, which can be regarded as the essence of Kashmir. During the First Indo-Pakistani War, it was the focus of contention between India and Pakistan.

The Pakistani army also invaded Kashmir after China launched the Flag Burning War, which was good at first, but it was still fiercely counterattacked by the Indian army near Lake Wurral, and also suffered a lot of losses. It was not until the Chinese PLA also joined the offensive sequence that it could be regarded as adding the greatest weight to the balance of war.

Although the Kashmir Valley is not an endless plain, the terrain is much flatter than the Karakoram, the Himalayas, and the Birbenjar Mountains, and other lofty mountains, and large-scale mechanized troops can also be smoothly deployed here, which also provides the best stage for the collision of ground forces between India and Pakistan and China.

It is worth mentioning that the long-awaited confrontation between the Arjun main battle tank and the Chinese Type 99 main battle tank, which has been long-awaited by many Indian brain-dead army fans, has indeed come.

The day after the Chinese army joined the attack on the Indian army, the Chinese armored forces fought fiercely with the Indian armored forces for the first time outside the important town of Amergarh in the northern Kashmir Valley. India has invested more than 100 tanks of various types in this tank war, including their strongest M1A1 tank, T-72 tank and self-produced Arjun tank, but it is precisely because of this that there is considerable pressure on the logistics of the Indian army to meet the needs of these different types of weapons on the battlefield.

At the beginning of the battle, first of all, the Chinese armored forces attacked the flank of the Indian army in the face of the Pakistani army, and in a very short time rushed out of a gap, in order to plug this gap and prevent the Chinese from performing their signature interspersed encirclement tactics, the Indian army decisively invested dozens of main battle tanks, trying to drive the Chinese armored troops back and stabilize their flank defense line.

The Indian army's tank cluster of M1A1 hopes to fight the Chinese armored forces head-on, and then use their numerical advantage to break up the Chinese offensive, so as to stabilize this line of defense again.

However, it is obvious that the Indian Army's M1A1 has also been downgraded by the Americans, and it is not much different from the monkey version, and the opposite is the final model main battle tank upgraded to the 99A7 version, and at the beginning of the competition, the M1A1 could not support the rapid suppression of the 99 tank.

In particular, the laser suppression used by 99A7 made many Indian tank gunners and commanders blind and dizzy for a short time, and also damaged and interfered with its fire control system.

When the Indian commander saw that he was nervous, he gritted his teeth and did not let the troops withdraw, because he could not give such an order at all, if the Indian armored troops withdrew, it would mean that the flank of the Indian defense line would be completely exposed in front of the Chinese, and after the Chinese tore it apart, they would cut off the Indian army at the waist and besiege the divided Indian army together with the Pakistani army, which would not only bring heavy losses to the Indian army, but also the defense line of Amergarh could not be maintained, and the gate of Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, would be open to Pakistanis and Chinese.

As a result, the Indian army once again pressed the T-72 and Arjun, which were in reserve, in the hope of defeating the Chinese tanks through numerical superiority. However, this idea was also confirmed by the Chinese armored forces as a complete delusion, and more Indian tanks can only create more results for the Chinese armored forces.

Dozens of 99A7 tanks are like tigers descending from the mountain, carnivaling to blow up one Indian tank after another, and the Indian tank is helpless in the face of these thick-skinned guys, and the Arjun tank with high hopes by the Indian army is even more unbearable, and there is almost no power to fight back in front of the 99A7.