Vivek Sirjee, Thanks for the response.. Its astonishing how much labour u and Shankar put into the deatils of the scenario's over the years to make it real. Its a source of oxygen for us addicts and that too free, ofcoarse using valuable office properties and time in between. Ur publisher must be a real ass a hole , yet to publish ur bestsellers..
Just two missing points regarding your scenario:
1. Role in Navy in between...
2. Role of Special Forces and Intelligence Agencies of both sides.
This may require additional research on part of you, but if added will complete your masterpiece.
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Vivek, just a thought..... since your scenario is set a few years in the future, how about some action involving F-INSAS?
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THE GOLF COURSE / AFARP
IMTRAT COMMAND
HAA DZONG
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0540 HRS
“Yeah...I have all vehicles on the ground now ready to go, sir. I am moving them into positions now.” Lt-Col Fernandes said over the R/T speaker to Lt-Gen Potgam at the command centre. The latter was not happy at the moment. It had taken longer than his expectations to get the half strength of Hotel-Six Battery transferred from the Yumthang valley into Haa Dzong. Fernandes had thought that he had done the job faster than his expectations, given the handful of helicopters under his disposal at the time. The Indian military was just not in a position to airlift equipment at the rate being demanded in this war. It had never been structured to do so in any case, and the effects were showing now: the Indian response to the threat to Thimpu was very sluggish, a fact commented on by reporters in Thimpu at the time. All of which of course did not put Potgam in any better mood when he spoke with Fernandes...
On the golf course/FARP/AFARP at Haa, inbound helicopters and outbound ones had converted the once pristine golf course into a churned up piece of land. Pretty soon it would be completely inoperable for the heavier helicopters. Before that happened, however, Potgam wanted as much of his required heavy equipment brought into the valley as possible. Hotel-Six battery vehicles were right now bunched up at one side of the golf course, waiting deployment orders. And that was actually a good question. In order for the Pinaka Launchers under Fernandes to be of any use to the SF soldiers who had deployed as the General Potgam’s eyes and ears north of Thimpu, the battery had to move northeast from Haa towards, and preferably beyond, the Chele La and towards Paru Dzong in general. That would put the battery southwest of Thimpu with enough range to support ops north from there. Paru also had a very useful airport that could turn into the proper Indian AFARP that IMTRAT in general, and General Potgam in particular, so badly needed.
That said, Paru was currently unoccupied by RBA or Indian forces. Rumours filled the streets until a few hours ago that Thimpu had fallen and that Chinese soldiers were nearby. But it wasn’t true. General Potgam had confirmed through immediate RPV recon that Paru was in fact unoccupied. And so was the airport, surprisingly untouched by anything from the Chinese military so far. He now had the RPVs moving northeast, towards Thimpu, maintaining an eye out for flanking Chinese forces or Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRPs) that might attempt to cut off and choke Thimpu from the south. But Paru airport was the cake that Potgam wanted for his party, and he was currently making sure that he had it...
Lt-Col Fernandes walked back to his AXE utility vehicle at the head of the Hotel-Six convoy after finishing his talk with General Potgam. He looked back to see a good eighteen plus heavy vehicles including his launchers and command trailers at the back of their Tatra prime movers, all stacked up in a neat column. Just then a flight of three ALHs and the one Lancer that had come back from Lhuntse, lifted off the golf course to the east, flying low and fast. Fernandes then got into the front side seat and took the R/T from his radioman in the back seat even as the driver revved up the engines:
“Hotel-Six Actual to all Hotel-Six Elements: next stop is Chele La. Move out!”
IMTRAT COMMAND
HAA DZONG
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0540 HRS
“Yeah...I have all vehicles on the ground now ready to go, sir. I am moving them into positions now.” Lt-Col Fernandes said over the R/T speaker to Lt-Gen Potgam at the command centre. The latter was not happy at the moment. It had taken longer than his expectations to get the half strength of Hotel-Six Battery transferred from the Yumthang valley into Haa Dzong. Fernandes had thought that he had done the job faster than his expectations, given the handful of helicopters under his disposal at the time. The Indian military was just not in a position to airlift equipment at the rate being demanded in this war. It had never been structured to do so in any case, and the effects were showing now: the Indian response to the threat to Thimpu was very sluggish, a fact commented on by reporters in Thimpu at the time. All of which of course did not put Potgam in any better mood when he spoke with Fernandes...
On the golf course/FARP/AFARP at Haa, inbound helicopters and outbound ones had converted the once pristine golf course into a churned up piece of land. Pretty soon it would be completely inoperable for the heavier helicopters. Before that happened, however, Potgam wanted as much of his required heavy equipment brought into the valley as possible. Hotel-Six battery vehicles were right now bunched up at one side of the golf course, waiting deployment orders. And that was actually a good question. In order for the Pinaka Launchers under Fernandes to be of any use to the SF soldiers who had deployed as the General Potgam’s eyes and ears north of Thimpu, the battery had to move northeast from Haa towards, and preferably beyond, the Chele La and towards Paru Dzong in general. That would put the battery southwest of Thimpu with enough range to support ops north from there. Paru also had a very useful airport that could turn into the proper Indian AFARP that IMTRAT in general, and General Potgam in particular, so badly needed.
That said, Paru was currently unoccupied by RBA or Indian forces. Rumours filled the streets until a few hours ago that Thimpu had fallen and that Chinese soldiers were nearby. But it wasn’t true. General Potgam had confirmed through immediate RPV recon that Paru was in fact unoccupied. And so was the airport, surprisingly untouched by anything from the Chinese military so far. He now had the RPVs moving northeast, towards Thimpu, maintaining an eye out for flanking Chinese forces or Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRPs) that might attempt to cut off and choke Thimpu from the south. But Paru airport was the cake that Potgam wanted for his party, and he was currently making sure that he had it...
Lt-Col Fernandes walked back to his AXE utility vehicle at the head of the Hotel-Six convoy after finishing his talk with General Potgam. He looked back to see a good eighteen plus heavy vehicles including his launchers and command trailers at the back of their Tatra prime movers, all stacked up in a neat column. Just then a flight of three ALHs and the one Lancer that had come back from Lhuntse, lifted off the golf course to the east, flying low and fast. Fernandes then got into the front side seat and took the R/T from his radioman in the back seat even as the driver revved up the engines:
“Hotel-Six Actual to all Hotel-Six Elements: next stop is Chele La. Move out!”
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PARU DZONG
SOUTHWEST OF THIMPU
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0555 HRS
The three ALH Dhruvs and the Lancer helicopters cleared the Chele La with the early morning sun glaring into the eyes from the east, silhouetting the mountains. The Lancer was the last in the group, trailing all three helicopters and with its crew looking for trouble to pop up, but finding none so far. Once into the Paru valley, the town was clearly visible to the northwest along the axis of the valley. The airport concrete was visible too in the morning sunlight. The three helicopter crews of the ALH dove down back to a few meters altitude above the trees covering the side of the valley before turning towards the airport as a group, followed by the Lancer. Inside the three helicopters the small group of Indian Paras checked their weapons, equipment and comms. Most were covered with camouflage face-paint to merge into the foliage that enveloped Bhutan, unlike the Laddakh Mountains that were bare to the grassroots...
“Hauler-Flight, tac-insertion in thirty seconds, standby!” the Army Aviation Major commanding the flight said over the intercom in a one-way burst transmission mode. The airport was becoming larger and larger from the cockpits with the civilian terminal in clear view. Hauler-Three now broke formation as the approached the airport perimeter and headed for the hangers north from the terminal buildings and near the end of the runway. Hauler-Two pitched up heavily and ate up its forward velocity just inside the airport perimeter where the runway began. A few seconds later the helicopter touched down on the hard tarmac of the runway end and the heavily armed Paras jumped out of the two side doors and the rear loading bay clam doors, which had been removed for this mission...
“Hauler-Two has offloaded. Tac-insert clear. Moving to overwatch!” the crew sent the message over the common R/T as the helicopter dusted off the runway with the on-board gunner peering out of the sides with his mounted machinegun aimed to the side and down.
Hauler-One was the next to insert directly on the roof of the main terminal building with some of the Paras heading straight for the control tower building, needed badly in case heavy airlift ops were to be commenced from this location. They burst into the main control room on the top of the tower to find it deserted, the Bhutanese crew having left their positions in panic of attacks during the war. Same went for the main terminal building which, although deserted, was also ransacked of all valuables. When the Paras moved to the main entrance, they saw vast numbers of people, many of them tourists and their families, waiting to find some transportation out of Bhutan. There was massive panic as they saw the Paras bursting out of the terminal building with heavy assault gear and camouflaged faces. The Para commander did not bother trying to control the crowd as it was a wasted effort in any case. Hauler-One flew a few dozen feet above the terminal building a few seconds later, and the AA Major commanding the flight also saw the same panicking crowds from the air. The Para CO switched on his UHF comms-mouthpiece as he looked up at Hauler-One’s helicopter hovering above him:
“What do you want to do about this?”
“Heck if I know. I am calling Warlord-Central to see if they can arrange for these civvies to be taken away from here. The RPVS should have seen these crowds during their recon. Why the hell nobody told us about them? This place was supposed to be deserted!” Hauler-One said back over the R/T.
“Yeah. This place has been ransacked. Control Tower is still fully ops and so is the runway. Send that back to Warlord as well. I am going to set up a perimeter defence around this place until the ground convoys catch up. See if we can’t get this crowd controlled too.” The Para-CO said even as Hauler-Three confirmed the capture of the hangers at the airport.
Hauler-One pitched its nose downwards and flew back over the airport tarmac, away from the terminal to coordinate operations. Several seconds later the Para-CO was walking out of the terminal onto the concrete tarmac and saw the three ALHs taking up landing patterns, touching down in close unison a few dozen meters away from him. He ran up to Hauler-One’s cockpit even as the onboard crew-chiefs left their machinegun posts and jumped out to secure the landing before the pilots switched off their engines. The Para-CO waited for the AA Major to remove his helmet, and conduct shut down operations while the Shakti turbines spooled down. Soon the only noise to be heard was that of the Lancer hovering to the northeast as the Paras fanned out to set up the perimeter around the airport. When that was done, the cockpit door opened and the Major stepped out...
“Let me guess: Warlord wants us to evacuate the civvies out of here?” the Para-CO asked. The Major nodded in return.
“You bet. Indian citizens first. We are to take as many of them in this flight as we can and take them to the border crossing. Then head back to the golf course at Haa. I ordered the flight to land because I figured that it’s going to take some time to get things organized. Thought we might lend a hand.”
“Thanks a bunch. My men are spread thin at the moment trying to secure this place and prevent the Chinese from sweeping the carpet under our feet while we take care of civilians. I can spare a few men to you. Can you handle it?” the Para-CO asked. The Major nodded once again as they began walking back to the terminal. Then the Major abruptly turned and ran back to the cockpit. He returned with his INSAS Carbine version that all AA pilots were carrying in this war in case they got shot down behind enemy lines. A sidearm would not do the trick then. The Para-CO gave a smile to see the INSAS Carbine in the pilot’s hands:
“Never forget your weapon! Don’t they teach you this stuff before they send you off to war?”
“Hey, I just flew you over here at a hundred and fifty klicks an hour over tree-tops. You want to spare me the attitude?” the Major said as they both walked back to the terminal. Outside on the other side, the crowd had mostly figured out that the soldiers were Indian and were now jostling to get into the terminal and get ahead in line to leave Bhutan. The Major said to the Para-CO as they both watched from the glass entrance door that no longer held unbroken glass:
“We only have about thirty minutes to organize and take those who we can, out of here. Warlord does not want to spend a second more than he has to dealing with civvies.”
“When do the first convoys get here?” the Para commander asked.
“On time and within the hour. First Mi-26 lands here in about forty minutes with equipment for the Hotel-Six battery to set up an AFARP at the southeast end of this base. They are heading to the Chele La right now. Apparently the Air Force boys have two Mirage-2000 fighters above us on CAP duty. That should keep you guys safe from commie paratroopers perhaps.” The Major said.
“What about ground troops? Reinforcements?”
“None other than the Para battalions as far as I know. Nothing left to spare between three-thousand kilometers of front!”
“So...Bhutan is going to be our own little special-forces war...”
SOUTHWEST OF THIMPU
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0555 HRS
The three ALH Dhruvs and the Lancer helicopters cleared the Chele La with the early morning sun glaring into the eyes from the east, silhouetting the mountains. The Lancer was the last in the group, trailing all three helicopters and with its crew looking for trouble to pop up, but finding none so far. Once into the Paru valley, the town was clearly visible to the northwest along the axis of the valley. The airport concrete was visible too in the morning sunlight. The three helicopter crews of the ALH dove down back to a few meters altitude above the trees covering the side of the valley before turning towards the airport as a group, followed by the Lancer. Inside the three helicopters the small group of Indian Paras checked their weapons, equipment and comms. Most were covered with camouflage face-paint to merge into the foliage that enveloped Bhutan, unlike the Laddakh Mountains that were bare to the grassroots...
“Hauler-Flight, tac-insertion in thirty seconds, standby!” the Army Aviation Major commanding the flight said over the intercom in a one-way burst transmission mode. The airport was becoming larger and larger from the cockpits with the civilian terminal in clear view. Hauler-Three now broke formation as the approached the airport perimeter and headed for the hangers north from the terminal buildings and near the end of the runway. Hauler-Two pitched up heavily and ate up its forward velocity just inside the airport perimeter where the runway began. A few seconds later the helicopter touched down on the hard tarmac of the runway end and the heavily armed Paras jumped out of the two side doors and the rear loading bay clam doors, which had been removed for this mission...
“Hauler-Two has offloaded. Tac-insert clear. Moving to overwatch!” the crew sent the message over the common R/T as the helicopter dusted off the runway with the on-board gunner peering out of the sides with his mounted machinegun aimed to the side and down.
Hauler-One was the next to insert directly on the roof of the main terminal building with some of the Paras heading straight for the control tower building, needed badly in case heavy airlift ops were to be commenced from this location. They burst into the main control room on the top of the tower to find it deserted, the Bhutanese crew having left their positions in panic of attacks during the war. Same went for the main terminal building which, although deserted, was also ransacked of all valuables. When the Paras moved to the main entrance, they saw vast numbers of people, many of them tourists and their families, waiting to find some transportation out of Bhutan. There was massive panic as they saw the Paras bursting out of the terminal building with heavy assault gear and camouflaged faces. The Para commander did not bother trying to control the crowd as it was a wasted effort in any case. Hauler-One flew a few dozen feet above the terminal building a few seconds later, and the AA Major commanding the flight also saw the same panicking crowds from the air. The Para CO switched on his UHF comms-mouthpiece as he looked up at Hauler-One’s helicopter hovering above him:
“What do you want to do about this?”
“Heck if I know. I am calling Warlord-Central to see if they can arrange for these civvies to be taken away from here. The RPVS should have seen these crowds during their recon. Why the hell nobody told us about them? This place was supposed to be deserted!” Hauler-One said back over the R/T.
“Yeah. This place has been ransacked. Control Tower is still fully ops and so is the runway. Send that back to Warlord as well. I am going to set up a perimeter defence around this place until the ground convoys catch up. See if we can’t get this crowd controlled too.” The Para-CO said even as Hauler-Three confirmed the capture of the hangers at the airport.
Hauler-One pitched its nose downwards and flew back over the airport tarmac, away from the terminal to coordinate operations. Several seconds later the Para-CO was walking out of the terminal onto the concrete tarmac and saw the three ALHs taking up landing patterns, touching down in close unison a few dozen meters away from him. He ran up to Hauler-One’s cockpit even as the onboard crew-chiefs left their machinegun posts and jumped out to secure the landing before the pilots switched off their engines. The Para-CO waited for the AA Major to remove his helmet, and conduct shut down operations while the Shakti turbines spooled down. Soon the only noise to be heard was that of the Lancer hovering to the northeast as the Paras fanned out to set up the perimeter around the airport. When that was done, the cockpit door opened and the Major stepped out...
“Let me guess: Warlord wants us to evacuate the civvies out of here?” the Para-CO asked. The Major nodded in return.
“You bet. Indian citizens first. We are to take as many of them in this flight as we can and take them to the border crossing. Then head back to the golf course at Haa. I ordered the flight to land because I figured that it’s going to take some time to get things organized. Thought we might lend a hand.”
“Thanks a bunch. My men are spread thin at the moment trying to secure this place and prevent the Chinese from sweeping the carpet under our feet while we take care of civilians. I can spare a few men to you. Can you handle it?” the Para-CO asked. The Major nodded once again as they began walking back to the terminal. Then the Major abruptly turned and ran back to the cockpit. He returned with his INSAS Carbine version that all AA pilots were carrying in this war in case they got shot down behind enemy lines. A sidearm would not do the trick then. The Para-CO gave a smile to see the INSAS Carbine in the pilot’s hands:
“Never forget your weapon! Don’t they teach you this stuff before they send you off to war?”
“Hey, I just flew you over here at a hundred and fifty klicks an hour over tree-tops. You want to spare me the attitude?” the Major said as they both walked back to the terminal. Outside on the other side, the crowd had mostly figured out that the soldiers were Indian and were now jostling to get into the terminal and get ahead in line to leave Bhutan. The Major said to the Para-CO as they both watched from the glass entrance door that no longer held unbroken glass:
“We only have about thirty minutes to organize and take those who we can, out of here. Warlord does not want to spend a second more than he has to dealing with civvies.”
“When do the first convoys get here?” the Para commander asked.
“On time and within the hour. First Mi-26 lands here in about forty minutes with equipment for the Hotel-Six battery to set up an AFARP at the southeast end of this base. They are heading to the Chele La right now. Apparently the Air Force boys have two Mirage-2000 fighters above us on CAP duty. That should keep you guys safe from commie paratroopers perhaps.” The Major said.
“What about ground troops? Reinforcements?”
“None other than the Para battalions as far as I know. Nothing left to spare between three-thousand kilometers of front!”
“So...Bhutan is going to be our own little special-forces war...”
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Someone was asking for special forces 
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just loved this sir....especially the human touch in the joking between them......can't thank u enough for this!!
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Wow......... Wow.......... Wow......... Absolutely mind blowing sir... Couldn't stop reading for anything...
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wow! the story teller is back!
Vivek, i last read you posts when the su30s were battling in south east asia.
how do i catch up from there?
Vivek, i last read you posts when the su30s were battling in south east asia.
how do i catch up from there?
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me...mee...mee....and i got it now....yayy!!!jamwal wrote:Someone was asking for special forces
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Vivek Sir,
How many para's are in each heli here???
How many para's are in each heli here???
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That's a good question, actually!AdityaM wrote:Vivek, i last read you posts when the su30s were battling in south east asia.
how do i catch up from there?
The scenario is continuing from before, but I think my enforced break from BR had broken that continuity.
But you should be able to find all previous posts on this thread. I am actually arranging all my posts from here and my blog on to this new website I am designing (taking forever!
) that will have the continuous storyline there in a few days...http://www.snowthunder.com
Right now it only has the image section built up...
http://snowthunder.com/Images_of_War.html
http://snowthunder.com/Images_of_war_In ... war_o.html
Normaly capacity should be ten soldiers + two crew. High altitude eats away some of that. Plus you have the crew chief and then each soldier is more heavily equipped because of SF nature of ops. Not more than six per my calculations. That makes it a team of eighteen soldiers on the ground right now.Bala Vignesh wrote:Vivek Sir, How many para's are in each heli here???
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great effort vivekji.
Other gurus who has some expartise in web site design shall help Vivek to come out with a good site. What about the cost of having a site. Do you need any help? I am ok to contribute. email me at [email protected] in case of need.
Other gurus who has some expartise in web site design shall help Vivek to come out with a good site. What about the cost of having a site. Do you need any help? I am ok to contribute. email me at [email protected] in case of need.
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Just to give some Picture Effect to vivek's last post -
Here comes ALH Dhruv
and the lancer...
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Here comes ALH Dhruv
and the lancer...
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Jamwal mamu thanks....nits apologies damn work pc doesnt always let me see joo tube and pics properly 
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Me thinks, you didn't see the second image
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Sirji there are two images, 1st is Dhruv and 2nd is lancer...andy B wrote:^^^
Thats the WSI Dhruv boss not the Lancer.
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Wow.... With just 18 para's its going to be tough to hold the airport from a determined chinese attack, IMO...vivek_ahuja wrote: Not more than six per my calculations. That makes it a team of eighteen soldiers on the ground right now.
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^^^
Not if Rajnikant was in the Para's. Then It'd be hell for commies!
Vivek Sir- Can we get Rajni to paradrop somwhere under Gen Potgam's command?
Not if Rajnikant was in the Para's. Then It'd be hell for commies!
Vivek Sir- Can we get Rajni to paradrop somwhere under Gen Potgam's command?
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In that case Rajni would assume command and relieve the good old general!
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^^ Very true... And if rajanikanth is there, he'll single handedly defeat the entire PLA... But what if the panda's bring chuck norris?? Then what??
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sunny deol.
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Chinese cant bring Chuck Norris, they only bring in cheaper copies. There is a probability Chinese bring in Type-Norris, which of course would be inferior to our MKI block Rajni
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Sunny Deol can single handedly defeat the entire Pakistani and Chinese army. This must be our strategy. I have more faith in this than the Cold Start doctrine.Rahul M wrote:sunny deol.
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There is even better option than rajani and sunny deol, it's called balayya option in AP. He can kick india into UNSC and make india duper power in 1980s by traveling back in time.
Be warned!!!!
Be warned!!!!
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Hey, the above are impossible scenarios. Waiting for a really possible one from Vivek.
And if sir you read this posts, can we have some LCAs kicking ass? They will be in IOC on Jan 10,2010 (who else has noticed the date pattern 10/1/11 or american way 01/1/11 - and raising of first regiment/FOC could be 11/11/11 - wishing here!).
And if sir you read this posts, can we have some LCAs kicking ass? They will be in IOC on Jan 10,2010 (who else has noticed the date pattern 10/1/11 or american way 01/1/11 - and raising of first regiment/FOC could be 11/11/11 - wishing here!).
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Shankarda, great scenario. But what about the Maldives scenario with the Pak force downing the helicopter with RayC?
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PARU DZONG
SOUTHWEST OF THIMPU
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0655 HRS
The Mi-26 is a heavy lifting bird. It lifts even more when it behaves as if it were a transport aircraft. There is a reason why it’s outfitted with a wheeled undercarriage, after all. When it makes a rolling liftoff as opposed to a hovering one, depending on the altitude and other conditions, up to twenty percent more load be carried under-slung or inside its cavernous cabin. Only the American CH-53 comes close, and even that isn’t very close at all either...
The runway at Paru was so very crucial to General Potgam for that very reason alone. Bhutan is critically short of flat, rugged areas to be converted and used as FARPs for his helicopter fleet, ferrying small groups of his forces everywhere inside the Bhutanese theatre of operations. Getting stuff into Bhutan was proving to be a nightmare for his logistics staff. Thimpu had some helipads and to the east near Lhuntse, where Potgam’s 2IC was assessing and stabilizing the battered RBA forces, there were a couple of landing areas to be had. But Paru had a fully functioning airport with a concrete runway and hangers. And it was valuable as hell right now. General Potgam had already designated Paru airport as his Logistical Node for the Thimpu defences. It was also to be his AFARP location. Haa Dzong would continue to be his Operational C3I, since it was the most secure with several concrete bunkers and since the last hours when he had received advanced comms equipment, also the most ISR/Signals integrated.
The major problem now was logistical and firepower. Potgam only had a small Paratrooper SF detachment with him when he had been designated as the Operational commander for Bhutan. Now those few forces were already spread between Thimpu and Paru. The small SF detachment under Captain Pathanya was already deployed north of Thimpu overlooking the road approaches into the city and ensuring that Thimpu didn’t fall to a surprise attack by the Chinese Infantry regiment known to be sitting north of there. The other detachment of Paras was now at Paru, defending a weak perimeter around the airbases from Chinese Special Forces teams also known to be operating in Bhutan right now. In fact, his own CP at Haa was extremely vulnerable with only the last few remaining SF Paras and their sniper teams deployed around the golf course FARP and his bunkers. He desperately needed more men on the ground...
“Heavy-Hauler-One is inbound on finals!” one of the three man IAF Forward Air Controller Teams or FACT now manning the control tower at Paru airport said after lowering his binoculars. The other two were already manning radios and bringing other aircraft into landing patterns. Three AN-32s were already approaching from Baghdogra on a ferry mission, bringing more Paras into Bhutan. It was a small, but important start to Paru logistical operations.
“Roger that.” The Squadron-Leader leading the FACT team said soon after. He stood up and picked up his own binoculars from above the bank of radios. While he did so, he could not help but turn over to see one of the two-man Para sniper teams laying on their stomachs just outside on the balcony with their long barrelled Dragunov rifles pointing northeast, beyond the runway and into the silent green-white forest. They were expecting danger, and that made the FACT commander looking at his own INSAS rifle lying on top of the radio bank inside the ATC glass observation room. He was pretty sure that the Paras could handle their end of the job, and if they couldn’t, he doubted whether his team of three Air Force men could hold the tide anyway. He walked around the sniper team and joined his colleague with the binoculars as they saw the massive Mi-26 approaching the runway like an aircraft...
“You really ought to see this. Not too many sights like this around!” the FACT commander said without looking to the two Paras lying on the ground behind him. They didn’t look away from their scopes either when the observer spoke: “What’s the big deal, sir? We jump out of perfectly good airplanes for no reason on a daily basis. I think we have seen our share of these birds...”
“Yeah? Well watch this!” the FACT commander said just as the Mi-26 descended on a rolling approach past the control tower. The massive blades and the downwash swept up a massive dirt cloud and sent a swirling wind slashing through the ATC building. It was enough to make the FACT team members hold on the rails and had the two Paras grasping their digital camo blankets they had laid over themselves to merge into the concrete building’s colour. A second later the Mi-26 had thumped down on the runway but the massive turbines groaned and moaned as the beast attempted to slow down before beginning taxi towards the terminal tarmac...
“Oh shit! What the hell was that!” the Lieutenant acting as the sniper said for his colleague as both men attempted to grasp what had happened. The Squadron-Leader and his colleague were laughing after seeing the response of the SF troopers. The FACT commander’s response was emphatic:
“That, my friend, was Air Force 1 and Special Forces 0. Normally we never get these birds to come into landing in such patterns on such small airports. It’s actually pretty dangerous for us as well as those beasts...” he said, gesturing to the Mi-26 parked right now at the terminal tarmac and the blades of its main rotor still turning on momentum. “...But, desperate measures for extraordinary times. Get used to it: there’s going to be a lot more in the next few hours!”
“Heavy-Hauler-Two is inbound in fifteen minutes. Baghdogra birds have entered Bhutanese airspace. ETA imminent!” the third FACT member operating on the radios said over the team’s intercom system. It was the only thing they could hear over the sounds of the heavy engine noises. The Squadron-Leader walked over to the other side of the ATC balcony to see the tarmac more clearly. Paru was a small airport, and when there was a massive Mi-26 parked on its central tarmac area, it looked so much smaller. The three Dhruvs had flown off a few minutes earlier to evacuate three dozen Indian civilians from Bhutan to the border near Assam. After that they were to return to Haa Dzong Golf Course FARP. The latter had now been relegated as a base for the smaller helicopters under Potgam’s command. It left Paru open for the bigger birds. That said, there was only a small tarmac room to play with and the FACT team knew it...
“We need to get these birds moving in and out like a F1 pit crew. Otherwise we are going to end up choking ourselves logistically. Get Warlord-Central on the comms; IAF Liaison Controller. See if he can fly in more men to offload equipment and supplies faster.”
“He’s not going to like that, sir. You know Warlord wants us to bring in only the bare minimum IAF crews on his supply flights.” The FACT radio-operator said over the comms. The Squadron-Leader grunted before replying:
“No choice. Tell them either they allow us to bring in more men to offload these birds or his men will have to wait while we slow down the inbound flights. That’s their call. And tell them a decision would be welcome just as soon as he can arrange it! We have birds overhead right freaking now and Paru is already choked.
It’s only going to get worse from now on...”
SOUTHWEST OF THIMPU
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0655 HRS
The Mi-26 is a heavy lifting bird. It lifts even more when it behaves as if it were a transport aircraft. There is a reason why it’s outfitted with a wheeled undercarriage, after all. When it makes a rolling liftoff as opposed to a hovering one, depending on the altitude and other conditions, up to twenty percent more load be carried under-slung or inside its cavernous cabin. Only the American CH-53 comes close, and even that isn’t very close at all either...
The runway at Paru was so very crucial to General Potgam for that very reason alone. Bhutan is critically short of flat, rugged areas to be converted and used as FARPs for his helicopter fleet, ferrying small groups of his forces everywhere inside the Bhutanese theatre of operations. Getting stuff into Bhutan was proving to be a nightmare for his logistics staff. Thimpu had some helipads and to the east near Lhuntse, where Potgam’s 2IC was assessing and stabilizing the battered RBA forces, there were a couple of landing areas to be had. But Paru had a fully functioning airport with a concrete runway and hangers. And it was valuable as hell right now. General Potgam had already designated Paru airport as his Logistical Node for the Thimpu defences. It was also to be his AFARP location. Haa Dzong would continue to be his Operational C3I, since it was the most secure with several concrete bunkers and since the last hours when he had received advanced comms equipment, also the most ISR/Signals integrated.
The major problem now was logistical and firepower. Potgam only had a small Paratrooper SF detachment with him when he had been designated as the Operational commander for Bhutan. Now those few forces were already spread between Thimpu and Paru. The small SF detachment under Captain Pathanya was already deployed north of Thimpu overlooking the road approaches into the city and ensuring that Thimpu didn’t fall to a surprise attack by the Chinese Infantry regiment known to be sitting north of there. The other detachment of Paras was now at Paru, defending a weak perimeter around the airbases from Chinese Special Forces teams also known to be operating in Bhutan right now. In fact, his own CP at Haa was extremely vulnerable with only the last few remaining SF Paras and their sniper teams deployed around the golf course FARP and his bunkers. He desperately needed more men on the ground...
“Heavy-Hauler-One is inbound on finals!” one of the three man IAF Forward Air Controller Teams or FACT now manning the control tower at Paru airport said after lowering his binoculars. The other two were already manning radios and bringing other aircraft into landing patterns. Three AN-32s were already approaching from Baghdogra on a ferry mission, bringing more Paras into Bhutan. It was a small, but important start to Paru logistical operations.
“Roger that.” The Squadron-Leader leading the FACT team said soon after. He stood up and picked up his own binoculars from above the bank of radios. While he did so, he could not help but turn over to see one of the two-man Para sniper teams laying on their stomachs just outside on the balcony with their long barrelled Dragunov rifles pointing northeast, beyond the runway and into the silent green-white forest. They were expecting danger, and that made the FACT commander looking at his own INSAS rifle lying on top of the radio bank inside the ATC glass observation room. He was pretty sure that the Paras could handle their end of the job, and if they couldn’t, he doubted whether his team of three Air Force men could hold the tide anyway. He walked around the sniper team and joined his colleague with the binoculars as they saw the massive Mi-26 approaching the runway like an aircraft...
“You really ought to see this. Not too many sights like this around!” the FACT commander said without looking to the two Paras lying on the ground behind him. They didn’t look away from their scopes either when the observer spoke: “What’s the big deal, sir? We jump out of perfectly good airplanes for no reason on a daily basis. I think we have seen our share of these birds...”
“Yeah? Well watch this!” the FACT commander said just as the Mi-26 descended on a rolling approach past the control tower. The massive blades and the downwash swept up a massive dirt cloud and sent a swirling wind slashing through the ATC building. It was enough to make the FACT team members hold on the rails and had the two Paras grasping their digital camo blankets they had laid over themselves to merge into the concrete building’s colour. A second later the Mi-26 had thumped down on the runway but the massive turbines groaned and moaned as the beast attempted to slow down before beginning taxi towards the terminal tarmac...
“Oh shit! What the hell was that!” the Lieutenant acting as the sniper said for his colleague as both men attempted to grasp what had happened. The Squadron-Leader and his colleague were laughing after seeing the response of the SF troopers. The FACT commander’s response was emphatic:
“That, my friend, was Air Force 1 and Special Forces 0. Normally we never get these birds to come into landing in such patterns on such small airports. It’s actually pretty dangerous for us as well as those beasts...” he said, gesturing to the Mi-26 parked right now at the terminal tarmac and the blades of its main rotor still turning on momentum. “...But, desperate measures for extraordinary times. Get used to it: there’s going to be a lot more in the next few hours!”
“Heavy-Hauler-Two is inbound in fifteen minutes. Baghdogra birds have entered Bhutanese airspace. ETA imminent!” the third FACT member operating on the radios said over the team’s intercom system. It was the only thing they could hear over the sounds of the heavy engine noises. The Squadron-Leader walked over to the other side of the ATC balcony to see the tarmac more clearly. Paru was a small airport, and when there was a massive Mi-26 parked on its central tarmac area, it looked so much smaller. The three Dhruvs had flown off a few minutes earlier to evacuate three dozen Indian civilians from Bhutan to the border near Assam. After that they were to return to Haa Dzong Golf Course FARP. The latter had now been relegated as a base for the smaller helicopters under Potgam’s command. It left Paru open for the bigger birds. That said, there was only a small tarmac room to play with and the FACT team knew it...
“We need to get these birds moving in and out like a F1 pit crew. Otherwise we are going to end up choking ourselves logistically. Get Warlord-Central on the comms; IAF Liaison Controller. See if he can fly in more men to offload equipment and supplies faster.”
“He’s not going to like that, sir. You know Warlord wants us to bring in only the bare minimum IAF crews on his supply flights.” The FACT radio-operator said over the comms. The Squadron-Leader grunted before replying:
“No choice. Tell them either they allow us to bring in more men to offload these birds or his men will have to wait while we slow down the inbound flights. That’s their call. And tell them a decision would be welcome just as soon as he can arrange it! We have birds overhead right freaking now and Paru is already choked.
It’s only going to get worse from now on...”
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HOTEL-SIX BATTERY
PARU DZONG AIRPORT PERIMETER
SOUTHWEST OF THIMPU
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0655 HRS
Lt-Col Fernandes had never seen one of those Mi-26s making such a scary landing either. And his men were still choking from the dust cloud that the beast had created when it had flown overhead a few minutes earlier. He shook his head and turned back from his AXE vehicle to see the rest of the convoy parked on the road in a linear convoy behind his vehicle. The men were taking a break of a few minutes while he conferred with his officers on deployment options.
Hotel-Six Battery had been designated by General Potgam for deployment near the Paru airport. The reasons were numerous. But mainly it would reduce the logistical strain on the battery if it was close to Paru in general. Not only was the airport within shouting distance, it was also on one of the two roads coming up from the Indian border to the south. One of these roads went to Thimpu, bypassing the Paru district to the west. The other road came to Paru. These roads were the lifeline to Bhutan’s survival. It was also the MSR over which Fernande’s would get his ammo supplies for his hungry Pinaka Launchers. Stuff like that was always more efficiently brought in by ground convoys and railroads. The latter was non-existent, but the former was usable.
That said, the location was far from ideal for a MLRS deployment. The only flat area in the valley had been taken up by the airport, which if unused, would have been Fernandes’s first choice. But no such option existed, as made clear by the Mi-26 that had smothered them with a dust cloud moments earlier. He had a couple of good locations near the perimeter, but again, with inbound flights coming in every other minute, he could not afford to be launch heavy rocket salvos through the same airspace. It was just far too dangerous. A dozen other locations were available, but too small for a whole Pinaka unit to deploy...
And then there’s the issue of mobility...Fernandes thought as his officers walked up to his vehicle, where he was still sitting with a map spread out on the dashboard. He was continuously looking between the map and the mountains and peaks around him when he spoke to the assembled group:
“Not good, gentlemen! Not good! Can’t see one location worth a damn for a whole unit’s deployment, and even then we won’t have the choice of mobility even if we find one. We will be sitting ducks against Chinese counter-battery salvoes. Options?”
“Sir, we could go into autonomous mode. There’s enough locations within this valley for that.” One of the Captains commanding one Pinaka Launcher said, only to be immediately retorted by another commander:
“Can’t do that. You see the valley around you? It’s thoroughly populated with Bhutanese civilians. If we start conducting scoot-and-shoot operations between these locations, and the Chinese start bombarding these locations because of it, the civvies are going to be the ones paying the price for it!”
“So we get them out! Order an evacuation perhaps?” another officer said.
“Yeah, and that will choke up our one single MSR with lines of refugees blocking the way.” Fernandes listened silently to the younger officers in his group discuss the options. He liked it that way. They fed him ideas that perhaps he might never have come up with. For the problem at hand, though, he wasn’t seeing anything useful come out of the discussion, and time was ticking away. The Chinese offensive against Thimpu was already surprisingly overdue...
“All right gentlemen. That’s enough. There is this location north of Paru town that is reached by this road...” he pointed to the road crossing in front of them: “...and moving north into this valley. That would put us roughly west by southwest of Thimpu. When the rest of the battery gets in Bhutan, Warlord can have them moved to Lhuntse for supporting the ops there. Right now, we will concentrate on supporting Thimpu. Any questions?”
As the group of officers conferred on the location where Fernande’s had jabbed his finger, all of them were giving each other glancing looks in silence. Then one of them spoke:
“Sir, that location is pretty much out of the current Para recon area. We...uh...we don’t know if its secure or not at this time...”
“Warlord had one of his RPVs recon the area an hour ago. It’s a good spot. Granted its vulnerable, but he has promised a Para Company deployment on the peaks near there once they have flown in. They will provide security for our perimeter. It’s good enough out of Paru town so that the civvies are in no danger, and close enough to the airport and connected by road to provide good logistics.” Fernandes said, removing and lighting up his cigarette as he did so. Even after he had taken his first puff, the officers were quietly looking at the map location. He decided to intervene:
“Boys, I know that location looks pretty hairy, but it’s the only good option and all of you know it too. But damn it, this is war! Don’t expect all options to be safe and cautious. When it starts raining steel, and mark my words, it will rain soon enough, its better that these civvies are as far away as possible. We cannot sacrifice Bhutanese civilians on our account.
Now...We will move into autonomous mode. Check your vehicles, your men and supporting teams. Once we hit this ground north of Paru, we go silent and await Warlord’s command to deliver steel death on the commies... ”
PARU DZONG AIRPORT PERIMETER
SOUTHWEST OF THIMPU
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0655 HRS
Lt-Col Fernandes had never seen one of those Mi-26s making such a scary landing either. And his men were still choking from the dust cloud that the beast had created when it had flown overhead a few minutes earlier. He shook his head and turned back from his AXE vehicle to see the rest of the convoy parked on the road in a linear convoy behind his vehicle. The men were taking a break of a few minutes while he conferred with his officers on deployment options.
Hotel-Six Battery had been designated by General Potgam for deployment near the Paru airport. The reasons were numerous. But mainly it would reduce the logistical strain on the battery if it was close to Paru in general. Not only was the airport within shouting distance, it was also on one of the two roads coming up from the Indian border to the south. One of these roads went to Thimpu, bypassing the Paru district to the west. The other road came to Paru. These roads were the lifeline to Bhutan’s survival. It was also the MSR over which Fernande’s would get his ammo supplies for his hungry Pinaka Launchers. Stuff like that was always more efficiently brought in by ground convoys and railroads. The latter was non-existent, but the former was usable.
That said, the location was far from ideal for a MLRS deployment. The only flat area in the valley had been taken up by the airport, which if unused, would have been Fernandes’s first choice. But no such option existed, as made clear by the Mi-26 that had smothered them with a dust cloud moments earlier. He had a couple of good locations near the perimeter, but again, with inbound flights coming in every other minute, he could not afford to be launch heavy rocket salvos through the same airspace. It was just far too dangerous. A dozen other locations were available, but too small for a whole Pinaka unit to deploy...
And then there’s the issue of mobility...Fernandes thought as his officers walked up to his vehicle, where he was still sitting with a map spread out on the dashboard. He was continuously looking between the map and the mountains and peaks around him when he spoke to the assembled group:
“Not good, gentlemen! Not good! Can’t see one location worth a damn for a whole unit’s deployment, and even then we won’t have the choice of mobility even if we find one. We will be sitting ducks against Chinese counter-battery salvoes. Options?”
“Sir, we could go into autonomous mode. There’s enough locations within this valley for that.” One of the Captains commanding one Pinaka Launcher said, only to be immediately retorted by another commander:
“Can’t do that. You see the valley around you? It’s thoroughly populated with Bhutanese civilians. If we start conducting scoot-and-shoot operations between these locations, and the Chinese start bombarding these locations because of it, the civvies are going to be the ones paying the price for it!”
“So we get them out! Order an evacuation perhaps?” another officer said.
“Yeah, and that will choke up our one single MSR with lines of refugees blocking the way.” Fernandes listened silently to the younger officers in his group discuss the options. He liked it that way. They fed him ideas that perhaps he might never have come up with. For the problem at hand, though, he wasn’t seeing anything useful come out of the discussion, and time was ticking away. The Chinese offensive against Thimpu was already surprisingly overdue...
“All right gentlemen. That’s enough. There is this location north of Paru town that is reached by this road...” he pointed to the road crossing in front of them: “...and moving north into this valley. That would put us roughly west by southwest of Thimpu. When the rest of the battery gets in Bhutan, Warlord can have them moved to Lhuntse for supporting the ops there. Right now, we will concentrate on supporting Thimpu. Any questions?”
As the group of officers conferred on the location where Fernande’s had jabbed his finger, all of them were giving each other glancing looks in silence. Then one of them spoke:
“Sir, that location is pretty much out of the current Para recon area. We...uh...we don’t know if its secure or not at this time...”
“Warlord had one of his RPVs recon the area an hour ago. It’s a good spot. Granted its vulnerable, but he has promised a Para Company deployment on the peaks near there once they have flown in. They will provide security for our perimeter. It’s good enough out of Paru town so that the civvies are in no danger, and close enough to the airport and connected by road to provide good logistics.” Fernandes said, removing and lighting up his cigarette as he did so. Even after he had taken his first puff, the officers were quietly looking at the map location. He decided to intervene:
“Boys, I know that location looks pretty hairy, but it’s the only good option and all of you know it too. But damn it, this is war! Don’t expect all options to be safe and cautious. When it starts raining steel, and mark my words, it will rain soon enough, its better that these civvies are as far away as possible. We cannot sacrifice Bhutanese civilians on our account.
Now...We will move into autonomous mode. Check your vehicles, your men and supporting teams. Once we hit this ground north of Paru, we go silent and await Warlord’s command to deliver steel death on the commies... ”
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IMTRAT-COMMAND
HAA DZONG
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0725 HRS
“What the heck are they waiting for?”
That question was not directed at anybody in particular, but the lack of a suitable response was making everyone in Potgam’s Intelligence staff sweat the old guy’s anger. Potgam looked away at the big digital map board that showed Bhutan in general and overlaid on it were his units in blue and know Chinese units and strengths in Red. A large enough region of Tibet was shown on another map screen to the left, indicating latest locations of Chinese resupply forces.
Potgam had long decided that his Chinese counterpart in Bhutan had made a foolish mistake in stopping his forces from running south. The latest satellite imagery showed the Chinese infantry forces digging into the hills north of Thimpu and further to the east in Lhuntse. They had captured vast areas of Bhutan and were now trying to bring in supporting arms to help secure it. Potgam could see very clearly what looked like one S-300 battery deployed in Shegar, Tibet, north of the Bhutanese border that was attempting to secure the exposed Chinese logistical lines from the strike and interdiction operations by the Eastern Air Command of the IAF. Recent operations against S-300 batteries by the Western Air Command had shown success and the EAC was keen to replicate the same efforts. But that was reserved for later in the day...
Potgam looked away from the board and turned to face the two Brigadiers in charge of collecting local intelligence at the fronts and coordinating with the IASN in Bangalore for imagery analysis of deeper and strategic intelligence efforts. There was no response to the original question, so Potgam took the initiative:
“Well?”
“Sir, they are bringing in two more Regiments to reinforce their lines. Same as before: they are digging in before continuing their advance south. We are seeing more tube-artillery units moving in north of Thimpu. Captain Pathanya’s team here...” the Brigadier in charge of FEBA InOps walked past Potgam and pointed with his finger on the board before continuing: “...reported a couple hours ago that they have seen Red precision artillery attacks against RBG and RBA forces in the vicinity. We think they are probably using smart shells in their standard guns. They might even be using RPVs of their own to walk their fire into targets. Also, I think it’s a safe bet that the RED-COM will probably attempt to hold one Regiment in reserve, one in holding defences and another for the actual advance on Thimpu and then southward to the Indian border. Also, there are at least three enemy special operations teams inside our AO based on eye-witness reports from Bhutanese civilians.” Potgam was listening silently with his arms folded for several seconds beyond the Brigadier’s comments before speaking again:
“Yeah, that’s not happening. I want to kill those b**$tards before they cross their LOD in front of Pathanya’s men. What I see is an enemy plan of action if we failed to do anything about it. But we will do something about it! What I see is an enemy so cautious and methodical that it leaves him vulnerable to his foes doing something rash and unorthodox. What I don’t see is RED-COM’s ability to adapt to a fast moving situation.
"So here’s what I want to do: we use Hotel-Six and Fernandes as our own personal shotgun. Get Pathanya on the horn and tell him to hold that bridge he’s on. Because once we start raining hell on the reds, I can see RED-COM attempting to move his forces as close to ours or even attempting a running breakthrough. That will put Pathanya’s team and all other Paras we have heading now to Thimpu as the only thing preventing a rupture of our lines. Cannot let that happen. They have to hold the line at all costs. But we will help them in that job. And one other thing: I don’t want this battle to start when RED-COM decides its time. I want it to start on my time. If they want to be methodical about it, that’s their business. They have a larger force and superior firepower, but we have agility and technology, initiative and surprise on our side.
"The bigger they are, gentlemen, the harder they will fall...”
HAA DZONG
BHUTAN
DAY 6 + 0725 HRS
“What the heck are they waiting for?”
That question was not directed at anybody in particular, but the lack of a suitable response was making everyone in Potgam’s Intelligence staff sweat the old guy’s anger. Potgam looked away at the big digital map board that showed Bhutan in general and overlaid on it were his units in blue and know Chinese units and strengths in Red. A large enough region of Tibet was shown on another map screen to the left, indicating latest locations of Chinese resupply forces.
Potgam had long decided that his Chinese counterpart in Bhutan had made a foolish mistake in stopping his forces from running south. The latest satellite imagery showed the Chinese infantry forces digging into the hills north of Thimpu and further to the east in Lhuntse. They had captured vast areas of Bhutan and were now trying to bring in supporting arms to help secure it. Potgam could see very clearly what looked like one S-300 battery deployed in Shegar, Tibet, north of the Bhutanese border that was attempting to secure the exposed Chinese logistical lines from the strike and interdiction operations by the Eastern Air Command of the IAF. Recent operations against S-300 batteries by the Western Air Command had shown success and the EAC was keen to replicate the same efforts. But that was reserved for later in the day...
Potgam looked away from the board and turned to face the two Brigadiers in charge of collecting local intelligence at the fronts and coordinating with the IASN in Bangalore for imagery analysis of deeper and strategic intelligence efforts. There was no response to the original question, so Potgam took the initiative:
“Well?”
“Sir, they are bringing in two more Regiments to reinforce their lines. Same as before: they are digging in before continuing their advance south. We are seeing more tube-artillery units moving in north of Thimpu. Captain Pathanya’s team here...” the Brigadier in charge of FEBA InOps walked past Potgam and pointed with his finger on the board before continuing: “...reported a couple hours ago that they have seen Red precision artillery attacks against RBG and RBA forces in the vicinity. We think they are probably using smart shells in their standard guns. They might even be using RPVs of their own to walk their fire into targets. Also, I think it’s a safe bet that the RED-COM will probably attempt to hold one Regiment in reserve, one in holding defences and another for the actual advance on Thimpu and then southward to the Indian border. Also, there are at least three enemy special operations teams inside our AO based on eye-witness reports from Bhutanese civilians.” Potgam was listening silently with his arms folded for several seconds beyond the Brigadier’s comments before speaking again:
“Yeah, that’s not happening. I want to kill those b**$tards before they cross their LOD in front of Pathanya’s men. What I see is an enemy plan of action if we failed to do anything about it. But we will do something about it! What I see is an enemy so cautious and methodical that it leaves him vulnerable to his foes doing something rash and unorthodox. What I don’t see is RED-COM’s ability to adapt to a fast moving situation.
"So here’s what I want to do: we use Hotel-Six and Fernandes as our own personal shotgun. Get Pathanya on the horn and tell him to hold that bridge he’s on. Because once we start raining hell on the reds, I can see RED-COM attempting to move his forces as close to ours or even attempting a running breakthrough. That will put Pathanya’s team and all other Paras we have heading now to Thimpu as the only thing preventing a rupture of our lines. Cannot let that happen. They have to hold the line at all costs. But we will help them in that job. And one other thing: I don’t want this battle to start when RED-COM decides its time. I want it to start on my time. If they want to be methodical about it, that’s their business. They have a larger force and superior firepower, but we have agility and technology, initiative and surprise on our side.
"The bigger they are, gentlemen, the harder they will fall...”
Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
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OVER TIBET
DAY 6 + 0735 HRS
The first Chinese military spy satellite went over Bhutan that morning, capturing in its wake images of everything that was happening in the Bhutanese Theatre of operations. One of the areas heavily focused on by the satellite was the Thimpu, Paru and Haa Dzong areas of Bhutan. When those images beamed back to the Chinese Military Intelligence commanders, a call went from Beijing to Lt-Gen Chen of the CAF in Kashgar, a man already on the edge of his temper regarding the Indian tenacity for war...
DAY 6 + 0735 HRS
The first Chinese military spy satellite went over Bhutan that morning, capturing in its wake images of everything that was happening in the Bhutanese Theatre of operations. One of the areas heavily focused on by the satellite was the Thimpu, Paru and Haa Dzong areas of Bhutan. When those images beamed back to the Chinese Military Intelligence commanders, a call went from Beijing to Lt-Gen Chen of the CAF in Kashgar, a man already on the edge of his temper regarding the Indian tenacity for war...
Re: Possible Indian Military Scenarios - XII
Done, just wanted to be sure that you are getting em.vivek_ahuja wrote:Andy,andy B wrote:Vivek, I have been sending you some article on vivek underscore ahuja 123 at yahoo dot com.
I havent recieved a confirmation from you whether you have recieved the emails.
Please let me know so that I can send through the rest of em.
Please check mail.
Thanks!
-Vivek
Now that I know will keep sending through the rest.
Regards,
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Bala Vignesh wrote:^^ Very true... And if rajanikanth is there, he'll single handedly defeat the entire PLA... But what if the panda's bring chuck norris?? Then what??
Whaaaat??? Rajnikanth to defend a measly airport. Bring him on capture Beijing. Chuck will be chucked out into the sea by Rajni.
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Great stuff..This is what made me register to the site..
Keep it going..
Keep it going..
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Time for the next post Sir ji... 
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TimesNow channel shows Pinaka firing and comparison to other systems...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPtd8q8DPTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPtd8q8DPTg
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Vivek Sir...where are you ?
have been waiting for the next post for the last 3 days.
have been waiting for the next post for the last 3 days.
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Is the thread dead?
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No, just that my internet connection has been playing fast and loose with me last couple of days. Everytime I try to post something, it dies just in time before showing it.abhinavjo wrote:Is the thread dead?
Finally got sorted today. Stand by...
Sorry for the delay...
-Vivek