Faman... If the Nicozone Islands were bombed, the Western Fleet Cang Army was wiped out. Nandez was discussing the upcoming war with several other chiefs of staff of the Indian Defense Forces. Although these senior generals of the Indian army understood the meaning of "deception", no one expected that the war would break out on the last day of July.

To be serious, the Indian Navy, Army and Air Force did not agree on it.

Navy generals represented by Fernandez all believed that this would be a full-scale war between India and China. China would first seize the sea control power of the Edar Ocean. Then start a war against India on the grounds of the Sikkim issue. During the war, China will definitely implement a comprehensive strategic blockade on India, forcing India to admit defeat, thereby shortening the war process and reducing the loss of war. India's only hope is to defeat the Chinese navy in the Indian Ocean and prevent China from entering the Indian Ocean. Then, a strategic blockade was implemented on Pakistan and other South Asian countries that were turning to China, forcing China to invest more troops on the ground battlefield, causing China to bear unbearable war pressure, and ultimately causing China to stop its war operations without winning.

Not surprised and admitted that Fernandez's point of view had some basis, at least grasped the point.

According to this view, Fernandez came up with a complete set of war plans. After the war broke out, the Indian Navy first took a defensive offensive action on the Indian Ocean, that is, he took the initiative to advance to the East Indian Ocean, relying on the shore-based aviation force on the Andaman-Nicobar Islands and the offshore fleet deployed in Port Blair to block the Strait of Malacca, and the fleet and submarines blocked the Sunda Strait, blocking the passage of Chinese fleets into the Indian Ocean. During this period, the Air Force must fully cooperate with the Navy.

In addition to anti-submarine patrol aircraft, long-range maritime patrol aircraft and some helicopters deployed on land, all aviation forces deployed at airports, including tactical fighters and large early warning aircraft refueling aircraft belong to the Indian Air Force, assisting the Navy in blocking the Strait of Malacca, and dispatching early warning aircraft, tankers provide support for the fleet's attack aircraft group, dispatching fighters to provide air defense cover for the fleet, and when necessary, tactical fighters must also be dispatched to attack Chinese ships.

Team. Before winning the naval battle, the army defended the entire line in a strategic defensive form, relying on the Western Front, the Eastern Front and Sikkim defensive positions to resist the Chinese army for several days. Another important task of the Air Force is to ensure that the national air defense and air defense belong to the Air Force, launching a limited air strike against the Chinese army that invaded India, and striving to stabilize the situation within the first few days of the war. As the navy completes its combat mission, the Air Force defends its territory and air superiority, and the Army launches a method of defending the east and attacking the west.

To launch a strategic counterattack, striving to defeat Pakistan in the west as fast as possible. In order to support the army's operations, the Navy will block Pakistan when conditions are ripe and bomb the southern part of Pakistan. After defeating Pakistan, the Army will first consolidate Sikkim and strive to drive the Chinese army out of Sikkim. In the final stage of the war, the Army will launch a strategic counterattack on the eastern front with the joint support of the navy and air force to recover Arunachal Pradesh, which was "invaded" by China.

The plan is grand and the goals are ambitious.

In Fernandez's view, India will not only win, but also win very neatly.

This plan reflects the idea of ​​the Indian army's ruling faction led by Fernandez, that combat operations are centered on the navy, and the Air Force and the Army must cooperate with the naval operations.

From a strategic perspective, Fernandez's claim is not wrong.

If you lose the battle at sea, India will not only lose the war, but also lose all its capital.

The question is, are the Air Force and the Army willing to become "vassals" of the Navy?

The Navy came up with a combat plan, the Air Force and the Army also came up with a war plan to send a thug.

The core content of the Air Force plan: War will inevitably be determined by air combat. Even if the navy can defend the eastern gate of the Indian Ocean, as long as the air combat is lost, India will still lose the war; after the war breaks out, the air force must take the initiative in the war and take the initiative to attack, that is, by bombing China's local air bases to ensure air supremacy on the battlefield; after seizing air supremacy, the Air Force will assist the Army to launch a counterattack on the Eastern Front battlefield first. Recover Arunachal Pradesh and advance the front to the front before the southern Tibet conflict; after winning the Eastern Front, the Air Force will bomb Pakistan in an all-round way and support the Army to launch an attack in the Kashmir region. Strive to recover the northern region of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan before China completes a larger war mobilization, completely defeat Pakistan's military force, and force Pakistan to withdraw from the war.

According to the Air Force's vision, as long as the Chinese army's offensive was curbed on the Eastern Front and China's most important allies in South Asia were defeated, China would not expand the scale of the war alone and end the war with a ceasefire negotiation.

It can be seen from this that the Air Force believes that this is a war of very limited scale, not a total war.

Although the Indian Air Force has a very good understanding of "air supremacy." and is also very clear about the tactical characteristics of the Air Force. As a military force born for offense, the Air Force can only obtain air supremacy through attacks. Passive defense can never control air supremacy, but the Indian Air Force overlooks a very important issue, that is, the consequences of bombing Chinese local air force bases.

China has long given up its promise of "not using nuclear weapons first" and has stated on many occasions that before the world's nuclear countries and countries with capable of developing nuclear weapons signed the "Comprehensive Destruction of Nuclear Weapons Treaty", nuclear weapons are the fundamental barrier to safeguarding China's national security and national interests, and are also an effective means to counterattack the enemy. If the Indian Air Force takes the initiative to bomb China's local targets, even if China restrains it and does not implement a strategic counterattack on India, it is very likely that several tactical nuclear warheads will be thrown into India.

What should India do if it reaches this point?

If the target of the PUCQUBU is not first bombarded, the Chinese Air Force will bomb the target of the Indian master. Then launch an attack in the name of the second and second orders, how likely will India win? The Fourth India-Pakistan War and the southern Tibet conflict are enough to illustrate the problem.

The Chinese Air Force's strike force is different now. In the late period of the Fourth India-Pakistan War, the Chinese Air Force paralyzed India's air defense force in just a few hours and defeated the Indian Air Force. During the southern Tibet conflict, the Chinese Air Force completely defeated the Indian Air Force with only a thug and a round of attacks. If the Chinese Air Force takes action first, the Indian Air Force will not even have a chance to counterattack.

That's why some air force generals believe that the main force should be retreated south first and avoid China's first round of strikes.

Even if you don't support your own people, the Air Force's war plan will naturally not get more

Compared with the Air Force, the Army has gone to another extreme.

In the seventh scale of the war, the Army and the Navy have a similar view, believing that this is a full-scale war. In order to prove this view, the Army has provided a lot of evidence, such as the Chinese Army mobilized Tian Duowan, the old main force, the Chinese Air Force mobilized nearly 80% of the combat forces, and the Chinese Navy was mobilized in its entirety. If it weren't for a full-scale war, what reason would China have to mobilize so many military forces?

It’s just that the Army does not agree with the Navy’s combat plans, because the Army does not believe that the ocean is the main battlefield.

As a mainland country, coupled with long-term discord with neighboring countries, India's land boundaries are not peaceful. Even if we do not consider the war with China, India must maintain a large army of Pangfu in order to deal with its old enemy Pakistan. According to the "Global Military Power Report" released by Jane's Defense at the end of the year: the total strength of the Indian army is 10,000. The total strength of the army of the world's largest republic is 10,000. Nai said that the total strength of the Indian enemy Pakistan is 10,000, ranking 10,000, ranking 10,000 in the world! In addition to India, China and the United States, there are also Russia, Iran, Nigeria, France, Britain, Turkey and South Africa ahead, among which the army is 10,000, accounting for the total strength of Pakistan. It can be seen that India's total strength is 30,000 times that of Pakistan, and the army is 30,000 times that of Pakistan.

The advantage of military strength did not bring substantial security to India.

Including the threat China posed to India, India's little military power cannot guarantee national security at all.

According to the Indian Army, war will be mainly based on surface combat. If India loses ground combat, even if it wins victory in other directions, it will lose the war.

To this end, the Army firmly believes that the strategy of attacking and defending the east and west should be adopted after the war breaks out. As long as it can defeat the invading Chinese troops on the Eastern Front and Sikkim, Pakistan can stay honestly behind the actual control line of Kashmir. If it fails in the battle between the Eastern Front and Sikkim, Pakistan will inevitably take advantage of the situation to rob and launch an attack in Kashmir, causing India to face a difficult situation of fighting on the two fronts. In order to win on the Eastern Front and Sikkim, the Air Force must fully support the army, and even launch an active attack in some areas. The Navy must use defense instead of attack, and try to delay the pace of the Chinese Navy entering the Indian Ocean through blockade, delay and other tactics. As long as the army wins on land, the Chinese Navy will retreat and will not fight the Indian Navy in a decisive battle without hope of winning the war.

After the proposal was first rejected, the Air Force turned to support the Army's combat plan.

Although Fernandez is the chief of staff of the Indian Army, he was unable to forcibly make concessions between the Air Force and the Army when both the Air Force and the Army opposed the ocean as the main battlefield.

Fernandez has been trying to solve this problem for several days in a row.

Relatively speaking, it is more likely to win over the Air Force.

Unfortunately, the Air Force does not appreciate it. The reason is very simple. If Fernandez falls apart, then the next chief of staff will be the Air Force Chief of Staff. Although the Air Force and the Army also have differences, such as the Air Force does not think that this is a full-scale war between India and China, compared with the Navy, the Air Force is more willing to cause trouble for the Navy.

When the war broke out, Fernandez's "goal mediation" work did not receive much results.

Many hours before the war broke out, Fernandez received the latest information provided by Colonel Stark and the most important warning.

US intelligence agencies have evidence that Fengguo is likely to launch a war before August thugs.

Although the evidence is not very sufficient, especially the lack of activities of the Chinese naval fleet, the US intelligence agencies are not vegetarians. They are much more intelligent than India's intelligence power. According to the fact that the Chinese General Staff Chief Xiang Yinghui secretly left the General Staff for Japan, heading to the Navy Command, and then heading to the front-line command center in Vozilabad, the US Defense Intelligence Agency's independent intelligence unit under the Ministry of Defense boldly made a war prediction, believing that China is ready for war and is likely to launch a war without anyone expected it.

Unfortunately, Fernandez did not pay attention to Stark's warning.

Afterwards, Fernandez is likely to have deliberately ignored Stark's warning.

According to common sense, after receiving Stark's alarm, Fernandez had to first ask the Information and Intelligence Department and the intelligence agencies affiliated with the Indian General Staff to verify the correctness of the "U.S. warning". In fact, Fernandez did so and got a reply. According to the Indian government documents obtained after the war, neither the Information and Intelligence Department nor the Indian military intelligence department made a clear answer on whether the war would break out in advance. At this point, Fernandez had to do two things, one to report to Prime Minister Rurajapani, and the other to do a good job in the early outbreak of the war, Fernandez, one by one, “the first thing, not the second thing.”

The reason is very simple. Only after the war broke out could Fernandez use the chief of staff to issue combat orders to the Air Force and the Navy.

Fernandez was not prepared for the war to break out in advance, but wanted to obtain wartime authorization as soon as possible.

According to his vision, the war will definitely start from the air. The Chinese Air Force will first bomb various strategic goals in the northern part of India, seize air supremacy, and then send troops to Sikkim. Only after Sikkim gains a foothold will the Chinese Navy fight the decisive battle with the Indian Navy in the East Indian Ocean. Even if the Chinese Navy enters the Indian Ocean early and encounters the Indian Navy, relying on the strategic defense barrier formed by the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, the Indian Navy can be invincible. At that time, the losses will be only the air force and some overseas military bases, not the Indian Navy.

Of course, Fernandez did not forget the most important thing, that is, adjusting the fleet deployment.

On the evening of the Blade, Fernandez asked Molowan to stay in the southern waters of the Bay of Bengal and not to go forward easily. At the same time, he ordered Widet to speed up the rush to the southern waters of the Sunda Strait to block the main passage of Chinese fleets into the Indian Ocean.

No one can explain clearly how much this preparation has played.

According to Fernandez's order, Molovan stayed, while Widet asked the fleet to increase its speed by more than the force.

Judging from the battle that happened later, Fernandez's cleverness backfired.

When he received the news of the war, Fernandez first asked whether military targets in the northern region had been bombed.

The response from the staff member was shocked. Only the military base on the Nicobar Islands was bombed.

Does China just want to fight a maritime war?

There is no doubt that Fernandez would not believe this possibility. As long as the maritime war begins, even if China is willing to stop, the war will not end immediately.

For the next half hour, Fernandez personally inquired about the Air Force Command and the Army Command.

The answers received were still the same. The Chinese Air Force not only did not bomb India's local military targets, but did not even send planes to invade Indian airspace. The Chinese Army also stayed behind the Line of Actual Control and did not invade India.

How is that possible!?

Fernandez was very shocked. In his opinion, as long as the war broke out, the Chinese Air Force would completely defeat the Indian army with a storm-like bombing.

With this question in mind, Fernandez's mind was completely confused.

This is not a common tactic used by the Chinese army, nor is it a reasonable tactic.

Something must have been wrong.

Although Fernandez quickly calmed down, the war was progressing far faster than he had estimated.

Before he could give another order to Molowan and Widet, the news of the annihilation of the Western Fleet was sent over.

It was accurate. Not only were all surface warships sunk and destroyed, but four conventional submarines that arrived in the waters of the fleet were located in advance were also likely to be sunk. In the entire Western fleet, only the thugs and early warning aircraft took off in advance to perform the fleet's air defense alert mission and flew westward for hundreds of kilometers before the outbreak of the war. They luckily avoided China's fighter jets and flew back to the Greater Nicobar Island with the remaining fuel.

Although there are no reports of casualties, Widet is likely to die with the USS Virat.

A thunderbolt from the blue, absolutely guessing the sky Yili.

According to the report from the murderer, there are a total of points, such as multiple fighter jets attacking the Western Fleet. At least thugs and submarines ambushed the Western Fleet.

The report clearly states that it is a fighter, not a bomber.

The combat waters are far away from China's mainland and even away from China's overseas military bases.

From this we can conclude that the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aviation force attacked the Western fleet.

The question is, where is the Chinese fleet?

Molowan's inference is correct. It is very likely that the Chinese fleet will fly directly over Sumatra in the Strait of Malacca. Flying to the western fleet with the shortest straight route. Although this will cause diplomatic trouble for China, because Indonesia has not promised to open airspace to Chinese military aircraft, Indonesia's air defense system is very bad. Sumatra is a remote area, and China's carrier-based fighter jets have good stealth performance. As long as China does not announce the attack situation, Indonesia may not even know that Chinese fighter jets enter its airspace.

None of these matters, what is important is how to protect the Eastern Fleet.

When the Chinese fleet enters the Strait of Malacca, they can deal with the Eastern fleet. There is only one condition that is to find the Eastern fleet hidden west of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands.

Fernandez's reaction was very fast.

When New Delhi was flying at a very high point, Fernandez issued an order to Molowan, asking the eastern fleet to stay away from the Strait of Malacca and not to act rashly before finding the Chinese fleet.

In other words, preserving strength is the first priority, and defeating opponents is the second priority.

Molovan is Fernandez's confidant and will definitely not regard the orders of his superiors as a warning.

The question is, if Molo doesn't seize the opportunity to launch an attack, will the Eastern Fleet still have a chance to counterattack?

After receiving Fernandez's order, Molovan fell into a two-south territory.

To preserve the strength of the fleet, you have to retreat northwest and you will lose the opportunity to attack the Chinese fleet.

Retreat or attack!?
Chapter completed!