Chapter 565: The Great Rout

Although the Chinese side analyzed the signs of abnormal movements of the Indian army through the reconnaissance information obtained through shadows and satellites, issued an alarm for the Pakistani army to strengthen its vigilance, and urgently airlifted the first batch of Pakistani trainees back to Islamabad, it was too late, and the Indian army suddenly launched an attack before the Pakistani army could complete the redeployment of new weapons.

Asan's strategic intention was to start from the northern front of Indian-controlled Kashmir, with the 8th Mountain Infantry Division under the elite 14th Army and the 2nd Independent Armored Brigade equipped with T-90S as the main offensive force, and with the cooperation of the newly formed Apache squadron, he would go west along the Hiyok River Valley to launch an attack on Kabula in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, destroy the Pakistani army's defense line and occupy the strategic point of Skadu in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

Under the condition of achieving this campaign goal, the 19th Mountain Infantry Division and the 3rd Independent Armored Brigade under the 15th Army set out from Baramula and launched an attack from the southern front of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, cutting off the southern section of the China-Pakistan highway, and creating conditions for the Indian army to besiege the strategic point of Gilgit.

The 8th Mountain Infantry Division of the 14th Army, on the other hand, continued to advance westward with the 3rd Infantry Division of the 14th Army, the 10th Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division of the 16th Army, as well as the 2nd and 16th Independent Armored Brigades, to continue westward to attack Gilgit, which was strategically located on the China-Pakistan Highway, while the 39th Infantry Division of the 16th Army was stationed at the newly captured Skadu.

The main force of the Indian army in Kashmir was exhausted, and the remaining defensive vacancies were temporarily filled by the 31st Armored Division and the 54th Infantry Division under the command of the First Army of the Central Military Region.

In the course of the entire operation, the air force will play an important role in air fire support, and after concentrating superior forces to defeat the main force of the Pakistani air force in Kashmir and grasp air supremacy, it will rely on the excellent ground attack capability of the SU-30MKI to assist the rapid advance of the army.

In the face of three SU-30MKI squadrons and two Rafale squadrons that broke into the airspace, and two F-16 squadrons and four Thunder squadrons that took off hastily on the Pakistani side, the Pakistani side of the Line of Actual Control in Kashmir conducted a fierce air battle on the Pakistani side of the Line of Actual Control in Kashmir.

In more than half an hour of fierce air fighting, the Pakistani Air Force lost almost 3 squadrons of Thunder and 1 squadron of F-16, while the 3 Air Force of the Pakistan Air Force lost less than 2 squadrons of Rafale and SU-30MKI.

The battered Pakistani Air Force was now able to retreat to Skadu and was ready to maneuver with the support of the base's anti-aircraft missile unit, but the Azerbaijani Air Force, which had gained air superiority, frustrated the Pakistani side's plan, and the Azerbaijani 8th Mountain Infantry Division and the 2nd Independent Armored Brigade launched a fierce attack on Kabula in Pakistani-administered Kashmir along the Hiyok Valley as planned.

The 2nd Independent Armoured Brigade of the A3 Army, led by the support of the Apache squadron, made rapid progress, broke through the defensive line of the fortress in the Hiyok Valley fortified by the Pakistani Army in 4 hours, and then launched a fierce attack on Kabul under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Air Force, two infantry brigades and a T-80 armored regiment of the Pakistani Army lacking air support suffered casualties, and the 2nd Independent Armoured Brigade and the 8th Mountain Division of the A3 Army took Kabula.

The 3rd Infantry Division of the 14th Army and the 10th Infantry Division of the 16th Army then rushed to Kabula with a large number of supplies, and after leaving the 10th Infantry Division, the 2nd Independent Armored Brigade of the 3rd Armored Brigade and the 8th Mountain Division and the 3rd Infantry Division of the 14th Army began to attack Skadu.

In this way, less than 8 hours after the battle began, Ah San successfully broke through the border defense line of the Pakistani army and arrived at Skadu, an important town in Kashmir of the Pakistani army. The 15th Mountain Infantry Division under the 19th Army set out from Baramula and brazenly launched an attack from the southern front.

The 19th Mountain Infantry Division of the 3rd A. 3 crossed a river valley of more than 10 kilometers from the vicinity of Tawano into Pakistani-administered Kashmir, and took advantage of its superior strength and air superiority to break through the Pakistani defense line in only a few hours, and advanced dozens of kilometers to occupy the Kashmir area of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, gaining a firm foothold at the end of the Astante Valley Highway on the Pakistani side.

Under these circumstances, the 3rd Armored Brigade began to intensively erect temporary roads and bridges in the valley near Tavano, which could allow heavy equipment to pass through, and to ensure that the 3rd Independent Armored Brigade could enter Pakistani-administered Kashmir through the valley area, and in this way, on the first day of fighting, the 3rd Army of Afghanistan made significant progress on both the north and south fronts.

Ah San not only destroyed the air force of four squadrons of the Pakistani army, but also annihilated nearly three infantry brigades and an armored regiment of the Pakistani army, and in addition to the air force of less than two squadrons, the army only lost one brigade and more than a dozen tanks, and the squadron only lost a few helicopter gunships.

It can be said that so far, the three Afghan armies have won extremely brilliant victories, and the Afghan three armies, which have broken into Pakistan-administered Kashmir, have maintained complete combat effectiveness and high morale.

Although the Skaduba Army still has 2 infantry divisions and 1 T-80 armored regiment and 2 Khalid (MBT-2000) armored regiments, the remaining 1 F-16 squadron and 3 Thunder squadrons can only fight the A3 air force within the range of anti-aircraft missiles, which is equivalent to losing most of the air supremacy.

So in the face of 2 elite infantry divisions and an armored brigade of Asan, plus the Apache squadron, which had performed extremely well in the previous battles, the general of the Pakistani garrison, Massoud. Lieutenant General Nadeem had lost confidence in defeating the enemy, and he sent a message to Islamabad with sorrow that he and his more than 30,000 officers and men would never surrender to the aggressor, and that they were ready to fight to the last man and shed the last drop of blood!

The Arab countries headed by Saudi Arabia immediately convened an emergency meeting, which strongly condemned India's aggression against Pakistan and urgently provided Pakistan with $5 billion in military aid, while thousands of Muslim youths were ready to enter Pakistan to participate in the battle against infidel aggression.

In the face of the great rout of the Pakistani army, the Southwest Military Region and the Northwest Military Region immediately put them on first-level alert, and on the basis of the original ones, urgently reinforced two improved J-10C flight regiments and three Destroyer B special army aviation battalions.

The Chinese press spokesman issued a strongly worded statement, not only strongly condemning the aggressive acts of the Indian army, demanding that the Indian army immediately withdraw its troops and return to the original line of actual control and settle the dispute between the two sides through political negotiations, but also said that the Chinese side will not sit idly by. In response to a reporter's question about whether China would send troops to intervene, the spokesman stressed that China will not tolerate India's armed occupation of Kashmir.