Recently, the Indian defense minister publicly stated that southern Tibet is part of India, and also claimed that China has caused the deterioration of relations between the two countries, in addition to claiming that he will be tough on China. The words of the Indian defense minister are tantamount to a public insult and threat to China. At the same time, Modi has also publicly stated that India will replace China as the new "industrial center".
Let's talk about Modi's so-called "industrial center", India inherited everything from Britain after independence, and India's industry was second only to Japan in Asia at that time, but more than 70 years later, India still has not established a complete industrial category. Even many munitions have to be imported, the main combat equipment of the Indian Army is Russian weapons, the main force of air combat is Rafale and Su-30, and naval equipment also needs to be imported, so it is difficult to believe that a country that has not even established a complete national defense industry will become a new "industrial center."
India's manufacturing and industry are not ranked high in the world, and the so-called "Made in India" is even more loud, but India has not even solved the basic land problem and caste system, and it is impossible to achieve an "industrial center" by mouth.
As for Indian Defense Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that "southern Tibet is part of India," he also blamed China for the deterioration of relations between the two countries, reversing black and white, and beating a rake, which is very Indian. Southern Tibet has been part of China's territory since ancient times, and as for the Sino-Indian border issue, the Indian side has always deliberately created tensions.
Since March this year, India has made frequent moves along the Sino-Indian border. First, Modi arrived in southern Tibet to attend the unveiling ceremony of the Sera Tunnel, and then India sent an additional 10,000 troops to the Sino-Indian border, and then India's foreign minister and senior military officials made tough statements against China. At the same time, the Indian military held the largest air force exercise in history, with more than 1,200 military aircraft, aimed at testing the Indian army's ability to fight on two fronts, all of which could be seen as targeting China.
Even the foreign media hyped that the Indian army still has a military plan of "blitzkrieg in Kashgar", not to mention the feasibility of the plan, but in terms of the ambitions shown by India, it is enough to pay attention to it.
At present, India has more than 200,000 troops on the Sino-Indian border, with more than a dozen divisions. The Indian media "Times of India" reported that the Indian army will form a military-level unit and deploy it to an area of 500 kilometers in the middle section of the Sino-Indian border. It is reported that the current number of this military-level unit is the 18th Army of the Indian Army, with a total strength of nearly 100,000, which means that there will be 300,000 Indian troops on the Sino-Indian border.
Indian Navy Lieutenant Commander Sandeep Dhawan published an article entitled "China's Military Reunification is an Opportunity for India", which pointed out that China's military reunification of Taiwan, the United States will inevitably intervene, then China's energy will be contained in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, then India's opportunity will come, and then the Indian army will not only recover Kashmir, but also take all of Aksai Chin, and even the whole of Tibet and Xinjiang, then India can achieve peace.
This lieutenant colonel has served in the Indian army for more than 21 years, so we can deduce that there should be many middle and high-ranking Indian army officials who covet our territory. But no matter whether the Indian army is 200,000 or 300,000, as long as it dares to show its head, it will usher in a head-on attack from the PLA. Our Western Theater has enough strength to deal with the so-called 300,000 troops of the Indian army.
Before the military reform, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) stationed troops in the two major military regions of Lanzhou and Chengdu, including Xinjiang and Tibet, with more than 200,000 troops and more than 2,000 tanks. After the military reform, many units have carried out synthetic reforms, and now a group army has several composite brigades, including heavy, medium and light synthetic brigades, all of which are highly modular and can randomly fight with other military units without affecting combat effectiveness. Including 99A, 96A and 04A infantry vehicles, as well as Warrior 3 protective assault vehicles, and other light and heavy equipment.
At the same time, there are artillery brigades, electronic countermeasures brigades, logistics support brigades, air defense brigades, special operations brigades and other units. The PLA's weaponry and combat capability have been markedly improved.
For example, the PLA composite brigade uses a large number of 122 mm self-propelled howitzers and truck guns, as well as 122 mm multiple rocket launchers, while the caliber of the artillery brigade is generally 155 mm, and the artillery is also equipped with a new 300 mm long-range rocket launcher, with a range of up to 150 kilometers, and a 370 mm Type 191 box fire with a range of up to 300 kilometers.
In the same period, the main field artillery of the Indian army is still the old 105 mm towed howitzer and 75 mm caliber, although in recent years, the Indian army has also imported South Korea's K9 155 mm self-propelled howitzer, etc., but the number is small, and they are all deployed at the military level, and it will take at least ten years to fully realize the replacement of equipment.
Thus, the artillery of the PLA can easily crush the Indian artillery. At the same time, in the Western Theater, the Chinese side has a large number of fourth- and fifth-generation fighters such as the J-20, J-11B and J-10C, while the Indian army has less than 40 fourth-generation Rafale fighters in total.
Moreover, China has five army aviation brigades in Xinjiang and Tibet, more than 120 Z-19 and Z-10 alone, and more than 150 transport helicopters, which is more than the number of the entire Indian army. Not only that, our army has a natural psychological advantage in the face of India, and in 1962, when our army's logistics supply was seriously insufficient, it also defeated three ace brigades of the Indian army, which almost completely annihilated. Moreover, Tibet and Xinjiang now have sufficient war-ready airports, road and railway transportation networks, and a large number of Yun-20 troops are in service, which can also send a large number of troops and materials to the front line, which the Indian army absolutely does not have.
In addition, China's electronic countermeasures brigade can immediately control electromagnetic power, and in this case, the Indian army has no air supremacy and no electromagnetic power, and in the face of our army's "dimensionality reduction strike", it can only be a catastrophe.
On April 20, the U.S. House of Representatives approved up to $95 billion in foreign aid, including $61 billion for Ukraine, $26 billion for Israel, and $8 billion for Asia-Pacific allies. This will inevitably make the international situation more complicated and turbulent, and the Asia-Pacific allies are aimed at China, such as the Philippines, India, and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities.
Finally, I would like to advise the Indian authorities not to fall into the scheme of sowing discord among certain countries, nor to act rashly, otherwise the situation of 1962 will be repeated.
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Editorial: Modi's remarks on Sino-Indian relations are intriguing Global.com
Modi said that relations with China are of great significance, and that the protracted border issue should be resolved as soon as possible
Indian Defense Minister: India's annual defense exports hit a record high of $2.527 billion Finance Associated Press
Over-exaggerating China-related issues will only "backfire" India's Global Times