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Text 630 Kashmir (Part 1)

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    The South Asian subcontinent is like a goat's face, and the goat's horn plan is like two goat's horns inserted into the goat's face, except that these two horns are upside down and can be fatal.  India is originally a country with a relatively good geological environment. It is the only country in South Asia. If there is no China in the north, it would be perfect. Moreover, even if it is adjacent to China, it is also covered by the roof of the world. It will be difficult for China to come down from the plateau and threaten it for a long time.  them.

    But today is different from the past. China now has a prosperous military and has various methods to balance out the disadvantages of plateau and mountain warfare. The biggest reliance that India can rely on has been lost, and an overly powerful China has become a nightmare for Indians.

    First, China's surprise troops descended from the sky, attacked the disputed area of ??southern Tibet, and took back this land from the Indians that had been illegally controlled by India for decades; then, in order to support Pakistan, China sent troops from Xinjiang and entered through Asak Chin.  Ladakh, controlled by India, coordinated with the Pakistani army to attack the Indian army, causing the Indian army to suffer heavy losses and unable to continue to stabilize its defense line in Kashmir.

    Especially in the skies over Kashmir, the Indian Air Force has basically lost its air supremacy. When there was only the Pakistan Air Force, the Indian Air Force could still fight evenly and even have the upper hand. However, when the Chinese Air Force intervened, the Indian Air Force immediately suffered a severe blow, and  Begin to passively avoid war to reduce the loss of Air Force fighter assets.

    China did not send many fifth-generation fighters to the Kashmir battlefield on the western front. Basically, it was the Air Force¡¯s fourth-generation fighters such as the J-10 and J-10, but the scale was quite astonishing.  On the Western Front, the Chinese Air Force has invested at least a hundred fighter jets and a regiment of Backfire bombers, which can be deployed on the battlefield at any time according to demand.

    The opponents that the Indian army's Nh2 and B15 faced at the beginning were fighters like Pakistan's FIjP-B, which were either fourth-generation light aircraft or third-generation old models. They could still take advantage of them in combat. After the Indian army came to their senses,  , the battle in the sky became extremely fierce. Basically, fighter planes from India and Pakistan fell into the sky every day.  The Indian Army's Fl Xiaolong can still compete with the M2, but it is somewhat powerless when facing the B15.

    However, the situation soon changed after the Chinese joined. The first round of air combat on the Western Front between China and India broke out over Leh, the capital of the Ladakh region.  When two Indian B15s were chasing a Pakistani HP-fighter, they encountered a Chinese J-10 Super Raptor fighter that came to support them.  The Chinese fighter planes are a squadron of four J-10s, and they appear to be able to deal with the B15 with ease.

    Although the Indian Army's B15 is a twin-engine heavy fighter, the J-10B also has its own advantages. For example, in terms of avionics system, it is superior to the Indian Army's simplified version of the B15. It is equipped with an active phased array radar that can operate at a relatively long distance.  Traces of Indian fighter jets were discovered.  At the same time, the J-10B also has a relatively high nose pointing rate, and the performance of the instantaneous disk is also better. In maneuvering combat, the skilled Chinese pilots have given full play to the advantages of their own fighters, and the B15IN is still unable to capture themselves.  At that time, they launched missiles. The Indian fighter planes were shot down one after another, and there was almost no power to fight back.

    Chinese pilots basically maintain high-intensity flight training now, and their annual flying hours are basically 3Uj hours. However, the intensity of the Indian army is far less powerful than that of the PLA, which is around 10Uj hours, and it cannot even reach 10 Uj hours.  this number.  In terms of systematic training and actual combat exercises, the Indian army is not even a little worse than the PLA.

    So when the Indian aircraft encountered the Chinese fighter plane, it was like a jackal encountering a lion. It was vulnerable to a blow and was easily torn into pieces.  In the next battle with Chinese fighter planes on the Western Front battlefield, the Indian army lost more fighter planes. The M2l fighters that the Indian army also equipped in large quantities were shot down the most, and the Fulcrum and B15 were also damaged to some extent.  On the Chinese side, a Shadow Leopard crashed due to a malfunction. Fortunately, the pilot was fine and was subsequently rescued by the arriving Pakistani army.

    In fact, in the air combat on the Western Front, what was practiced was basically the routine of the Chinese Air Force more than ten years ago. Through better equipment, the enemy was discovered first and struck first, and the battle was basically resolved outside the visual range. The Chinese Air Force did not give  Old fighters such as the J-10 and J-10 integrate the new generation of PL-10, PL-13 and PL-14 air-to-air missiles. However, even the performance of the previous generation air-to-air missiles such as PL and PL-2 surpasses those currently used by the Indian Army.  Things like B73, AIM9.

    The Indian Army was shot down 16 fighter jets within a week, which caused great concern in India. The Indian Ministry of Defense was also a little ill and rushed to seek medical treatment. After India announced that it would join NATO, India asked for help from its NATO allies, hoping that the US military or  Fighters from other NATO countries can come to India to assist the Indian army in resisting the Chinese Air Force.  The Americans naturally agreed and started preparing for the transfer of fighter planes to India to participate in the battle. However, many NATO countries responded very coldly to this and did not intend to intervene in this dispute.

    The US military plans to use airports in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other countries in the Middle East to urgently dispatch a large number of B15 and B6 fighters from Europe to India. However, it is obvious that China will definitely react to this after learning about this plan. Conflicts that break out outside India are very likely to occur.  The intensity and scale of the war may continue to increase.

    ??In addition, the US military also plans to bring US aircraft carriers to the Arabian Sea and take off fighter jets at sea to support the Indian army. However, there are also certain operational difficulties.  First of all, a US aircraft carrier is blocked in the Persian Gulf. If it wants to get out, it must have a fight with the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group.  Moreover, even if it reaches the Arabian Sea, the fighter planes taking off may be intercepted by Pakistani or Chinese fighter planes at any time. Whether they can reach Kashmir is still a question.

    Although India has relied on NATO, it knows that at some critical moments, it is better to seek help from others than from others. After learning from the painful experience, the Indian military is determined to strengthen the research and development of its own aviation equipment. The LCA Tejas fighter jet, which has been developed since 1983, is extremely funny to Indians.  Under the operation, it is still not finished yet.  Indians sometimes hope that LCA can do this, and sometimes hope that LCA can do that. Their minds are constantly changing, and during the design, many indicators are unrealistic. In addition, Indians have a slow attitude towards doing things, and the plane has not yet arrived.  If it is built well, policies, enterprises and industry systems may have changed, and eventually it will have to be overthrown and started all over again.

    The Indians were unable to produce all the components of LCA themselves, so they naturally turned to the United States, other European countries and Israel, but progress was still slow.  After the Flag Burning War broke out, the Indians realized the huge gap with the Chinese Air Force and knew that they must obtain more newer and better fighter jets if they want to resist the Chinese.

    It is rare that this time the Indian Ministry of Defense has not exaggerated and boasted. In the glorious re-plan of LCA, the positioning of LCA has been clearly defined. It is a fourth-generation light fighter that can be better than Pakistan's Xiaolong and can also compete with China.  The J-10 and J-10 are quite capable.

    India was able to obtain many weapon subsystems from the United States, including the 04 engine, and then invited European and American experts to assist. It was finally able to complete the plan for the Tejas fighter and start trial production.  There was actually a joke in this process, because when the Indians led the project, either there were safety accidents, or the person in charge embezzled funds, and their management capabilities were also quite insecure.  Under the threat of war, the Indians could only use foreign experts as project leaders. This was the complete change of the LCA project.

    ??????????????????????? But this matter cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. China and India are at war. Even if India wants to create an LCA record, it cannot be accomplished in a short time.  Due to the poor performance of another domestically produced weapon in India at the exhibition, the development of LCA has attracted much attention and doubts.

    On the other hand, India's main arms supplier is Russia. From fighter jets to tanks, various weapons and equipment include cooperative research and development of weapons. India is counting on Russia. Only around 210, the United States needs to win over India if it wants to rebalance the Asia-Pacific.  Only then began to provide large quantities of weapons to India.

    In this dimension, Russia has been hit hard, and the United States urgently needs India to check and balance China, so it spares no effort to support India.  Not only did the United States provide India with the NlAI main battle tank at a relatively low price, it also opened up some technologies to India and assisted India in completing the development of their "domestic" Arjun tank.

    The Arjun tank was actually launched in about the same year as the LCA. In the other aspect, it took thirty years to complete, which reflects the funny spirit and weirdness of the Indians in doing things.  However, even if the Indians are funny, they still have to try their best to strengthen their own strength in the face of the threat from their powerful neighbors in the north.  The Arjun tank was born in this sense of crisis. India did not set too high standards for the Arjun tank, and specifically added the realistic and non-Indian condition of being able to mass-produce it, which ultimately contributed to the Arjun NkIM.  Completed and delivered to the troops for use.

    ¡°However, although the price of this real-life version of Arjun has dropped, its combat effectiveness cannot be complimented.  Although India is targeting third-generation tanks, after the advent of Arjun, it has reached the level of T2 tanks.  The German-made 26-horsepower engine, the composite armor from Israel, and the 2Umm tank smoothbore gun from the United States are not the best. After integration, the Arjun can be regarded as a practical tank, but compared to the Chinese Type 99  , VT-IA, VT4 and other main battle tanks, the gap is really not small.

    The Indian Army's First Armored Division in Kashmir is equipped with some of these precious domestic tanks. Since many parts are produced abroad and India has been unable to increase its production capacity, the production speed of the Arjun main battle tank cannot be increased. Although  It has been finalized for a long time, but the amount of equipment of the Indian Army still does not exceed 100 vehicles.
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