For a long time, India has had territorial ambitions for China's western border areas, and for this reason has been stationed border troops for many years, and from time to time it has provoked trouble against China. Of course, this rogue behavior of the Indian army often makes itself suffer great losses, and recently there has been another bad news.
According to the Global Times quoted the "Indian Express" on February 9, on the 6th of this month, an Indian army unit was carrying out patrol tasks in the Indian-occupied Sikkamon area in southern Tibet, when it suddenly encountered an avalanche, of which 7 soldiers were buried by heavy snow. After that, the Indian army conducted a large-scale search and rescue, but unfortunately, when the 7 soldiers were found, they all became corpses. The Indian media also disclosed that the Indian army has often been affected by such avalanche disasters in previous years, and basically every time there are different numbers of Indian soldiers who have died.
The Sikhamen region in southern Tibet is about 4200 meters above sea level, the terrain is steep, the climatic conditions are harsh, and the Indian army frequently carries out military activities here, and it is quite normal to trigger snow disasters. At the same time, because the equipment of the Indian army has always been backward, it lacks equipment such as avalanche detectors, and its early warning capabilities are poor. In addition, the search and rescue equipment of the Indian army cannot keep up, and it is difficult to complete the search and rescue task once the accident occurs. All in all, the Indian government and military have deployed groups of Indian troops on the Sino-Indian border, which is largely tantamount to killing people.
This time, 7 Indian soldiers were killed, which is a big deal, but it is not worth it, and it can be regarded as a wasted life for the Great Power Chauvinism of the Indian Government, and it can even be said that it is deserved. The southern Tibet region has been China's territory since ancient times, but India has always been obsessed with it, its covetousness has not been extinguished, and it even intends to occupy more Chinese border territories. In the 1960s, the Indian army was really making a lot of noise, and the People's Liberation Army couldn't bear it any longer and taught it a harsh lesson. However, successive Indian governments have always been short-lived, and have always been keen to send troops, like dog skin plaster on the Sino-Indian border area, to provoke incidents at every opportunity.
For the Indian army, which is always haunted and always likes to provoke trouble, the border defense troops of the People's Liberation Army have never been soft. In recent years, in Doklam, Pangong Lake, Galwan Valley... There have been many pictures of the People's Liberation Army teaching the Indian army with a healthy posture and fierce fists and feet. It's just that the Indian army has always been good scars and forgets the pain, and various activities are still continuous, and this patrol in the southern Tibetan area is also a small invasion operation. Of course, this time, the Indian army itself suffered a "natural harvest" and did not need the PLA to intervene.
The Indian army "lost people" on the Sino-Indian border this time, the incident is very painful, but it is estimated that the current Modi government will not learn a lesson from this, but will continue to divide the troops stationed here, if because of its domestic "political factors", when it is necessary to provoke China, it will still instruct these Indian troops to carry out actions and serve as cannon fodder for their political interests. Every time when various problems break out in India and the Modi government is helpless, it will order the Indian army to provoke trouble at the Border between China and India or India and Pakistan in a timely manner, so as to pass on the crisis to the outside world.
For nearly a year or two, the Modi government has arguably survived the crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is raging in India, and the Modi government's anti-epidemic policies are so bad that the whole country has become an authentic epidemic area, making more than 1 billion people almost a petri dish for the new crown virus. According to India's official epidemic data, its cumulative confirmed cases have exceeded 40 million, but the real situation is much more serious. The spread of the epidemic has led to the emergence of other social problems in India on a large scale. This determines that even if the Current Sino-Indian border is relatively stopped, it is almost impossible for the Indian government to withdraw its troops. In fact, even if there is no epidemic, the Indian army will still be stationed in this border area. Therefore, these Indian troops will only become a "time bomb" that may detonate at any time on the Sino-Indian border, and will continue to carry out various military activities, including patrols, in the future.
In the eyes of the Indian government, its military is at best a tool that can be used for political gain. The Indian soldiers who died for various reasons before and the Indian soldiers who died this time due to the avalanche are undoubtedly just victims of Indian politicians.