Dominate South Asia

"Very good, it was your promise that India would send troops, but now the situation is not good, you should withdraw first, so that the Pakistani air force can deal with India with all its strength." Indira Gandhi said coldly.

Just a few months ago, the Third World Non-Aligned Conference was held in India. As the host, India has been emphasizing non-alignment. In just a few months, India reached an agreement with the Soviet Union and provoked a border dispute.

Now it seems that this is a complete joke. The Soviet Union abandoned India at a critical moment.

"Of course not." The Soviet ambassador said: "We will provide your country with our most advanced MiG-29 fighters. These fighters have advanced performance and can fight with the Tomcat fighters equipped by Pakistan, including our most advanced helmet sights. As long as the Pakistani aircraft flies into the visual range, they will have no chance to escape."

In later generations, India only got such a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighters in 1986. Now, with the development of events, the Soviet Union wants to check and balance Pakistan, so it can only export this kind of fighter to India in advance.

India's MiG-21 and MiG-23 cannot compete with Tomcat fighters. Only MiG-29 has enough advantages!

Without Indira Gandhi's application, the Soviet Union took the initiative to provide India. In addition to countering Pakistan, another purpose was naturally to export and earn foreign exchange. As the Afghan war progressed, the Soviet treasury was rapidly depleted. They needed more funds to maintain their normal operation. Exporting weapons was a very direct way.

"Then our air force needs to order 50 of these fighters. I hope you can deliver them as soon as possible." Indira Gandhi said that she didn't want to wait for a moment.

"We will give priority to exporting to your country. As long as the project is settled, the first batch of fighters will fly to India within half a month." The Soviet ambassador said.

The dispute between India and Pakistan happened very suddenly, and the result was also very surprising. After India lost a mechanized infantry brigade and an independent tank brigade, the Indians chose to stop fighting.

The war did not continue, and the Indian troops assembled in the desert did not continue to launch an attack, and each returned to its own base. In the northern Kashmir region, Indians still occupy the captured outposts and firmly control them.

Observers unanimously believe that this is because of the pressure from the United States. When the US aircraft carrier formation sailed to the Bay of Bengal, it had already made its attitude clear. Under the strong pressure from the United States, the Indians had to swallow their tears and swallow their own bitter fruit.

There are still Pakistani fighters cruising over Kashmir. Faced with Pakistan's hegemonic behavior, India actually endured it.

It seems that India has become a harmless little cat in an instant.

Islamabad, Pakistan.

"The Indians are definitely unwilling to fail. They are definitely accumulating strength and planning to launch the next attack." Defense Minister Murvef said.

"Yes, we must be prepared to respond. Our current focus is still the east. In the west, the Soviets have stopped cross-border flights, which is most beneficial to us." Another voice said.

The recent war is too favorable for Pakistan. The haze of 1971 has been swept away. The whole army is filled with the laughter of victory. They are all waiting for the order from above to attack India!

"We should attack the Kashmir Valley according to our plan." Lieutenant General Mirza said: "Our Third Army is ready and can rush down the mountain and enter the valley at any time."

Now, all the results of the battle are the air force, and the army has no credit. This is unacceptable to the Pakistani army, which puts the army first.

Mirza's Third Army has made a battle plan long ago, but has never been able to enter the battle. He can't wait.

"Yes, it's time to recapture the Kashmir Valley, where our compatriots are!" Another voice said.

At the beginning, the reason why the Kashmir Valley was chosen as the target of the war was because 80% of the people there were Muslims, their compatriots, while most of the people in other areas were Hindus. As long as they occupied the Kashmir Valley, they could fully gain the support of the locals.

Muhammad looked at the expressions of these people, and they all seemed to have regarded the Kashmir Valley as the meat on their lips. He couldn't help but feel regretful in his heart that the opportunity to liberate the Kashmir Valley had passed.

If the Pakistani army had taken advantage of its own plan to take over the Kashmir Valley when the Indians were stationed on the border, it would have been completely in line with the situation at the time, and the Americans would not say anything to Pakistan, and even applauded and said, "Well done!" Let's see what tricks the Indians dare to play!

But now, the Indians seem to have admitted defeat. No matter what, after the arrival of the American aircraft carrier, the Indians became bears and did not continue to increase troops. The border maintained the status quo. Even in the Kashmir region, their own planes were flying in the sky, and they actually tolerated it.

In this case, if the side still launched an attack, then the pressure from the United States would follow.

The Americans supported it mainly to fight the Soviet Union, not India. How could the Americans watch the Indians being abused by their side?

Now, all the people sitting here are too optimistic.

"By the way, when we attack, our air force should bomb those Indian military targets in advance, right?" Mirza said excitedly: "Every time we attack, the air force paves the way for us. This time, our air force has obtained so many advanced missiles, which should be more capable of destroying Indian targets, right? Lieutenant General Muhammad?"

At the beginning, Muhammad proposed a combat method in which the air force took the lead and landed directly at the Srinagar Air Force Base. Mirza disagreed at that time. Now, Mirza said that it was a more common way of fighting. The army is the protagonist, and the air force is to help bomb. It depends on the army to seize the enemy's land!

Now, he said this, which further strengthened his tactics. When he asked Muhammad, his tone was strange.

Mhammad lowered his head and was still thinking.

"Lieutenant General Muhammad?" Mirza asked again, and Nur-Khan next to him poked Muhammad, and Muhammad returned to the meeting room from his meditation.

Muhammad didn't hear what Mirza said just now, but since he was already sitting here, Muhammad would not do a favor just to save someone's face.

He looked up and saw President Zia-ul-Haq looking at him, and felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, we are not suitable to continue the attack now."

"Why? Lieutenant General Muhammad, do you think we shouldn't pursue the victory?" Lieutenant General Mirza couldn't help but raise his voice.

Although both of them have the rank of Lieutenant General, the Lieutenant General of the Army is more confident than the Lieutenant General of the Air Force.

"Yes, we have lost the best opportunity. Now, we should maintain the status quo. As long as the sky of Kashmir is ours, we can launch an attack at any time. The United States has acquiesced to the no-fly zone, but if we launch a large-scale attack again, the United States will definitely be dissatisfied."

"How is it possible? The United States absolutely supports us."

"Don't forget that we were abandoned by the Americans in the previous wars." Muhammad said: "The Americans are not our real allies. It's just that in the current situation, the Americans must support us to deal with the Soviet Union. If there is no Soviet Union, for the United States, India's interests are far greater than our interests! Now, we and the Americans are just asking for what we need!"

The previous India-Pakistan wars are eternal pain for Pakistan. Since Pakistan's original fighter planes were all made in the United States, when the United States announced a complete embargo on both warring parties, it was actually only Pakistan that was hurt.

Now, the United States fully supports Pakistan and even deters India because of the Soviet Union, that's all.

Just now, Zia-ul-Haq was also optimistic, but now, after hearing Muhammad's analysis, he suddenly woke up. Now is indeed not a good time to continue to launch a war.

"Mr. President, our soldiers are ready!" Mirza said. He looked at Zia-ul-Haq and knew that Muhammad had persuaded him.

"Maintain the status quo. Our current war is mainly on the western front." Zia-ul-Haq said: "At the same time, our army is ready. Once the Indians are really desperate, we will beat them back!"

Mirza's face turned green, but since the president had made a decision, he had to obey the president's order.

"The Soviets have transferred their air force back and will not fight with us." Muhammad said: "This is a good opportunity for us. We can do more than we do now."

Historically, Pakistan's air force has always flown in its own airspace and has not crossed the border because Pakistan does not want to anger the Soviets too much.

Now, the contradictions between the two sides have almost become public, and fighting occurs from time to time. In this case, it is a bit stalemate and conservative to still firmly guard one's own airspace. After all, the air force is an offensive force!

"Mhammad, talk about it." Zia-ul-Haq said.

"Now, the mountainous areas in northern Afghanistan are almost all controlled by the Afghan Free Army. We might as well support them and establish an Afghan people's government." Muhammad said, "In this way, the mountainous areas in northern Afghanistan will become an independent base. If the Afghan people's government asks us to protect their airspace security, we will help them patrol the northern mountains out of brotherly love."