Author: Junqingge
As the saying goes, if you don’t build a house in three days, you will have to pay attention to it! This sentence is particularly suitable for India, because this country seems to have forgotten the painful lessons of 1962 and is planning to launch an air strike against China in order to reverse the international image of "India is weak but China is strong".
But this idea is too naive. Not only will it not work, it may also cost India a heavy price.
Recently, "India Today" published an article saying that India should teach China a lesson about the conflict in southern Tibet and carry out air strikes against China like the Balakot air strike.
The so-called Balakot air raid refers to the air raid in February 2019. At that time, about 40 members of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force were killed in an attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The Indian army accused the "Mohammed Army", a terrorist organization in Pakistan, as the murderer. Subsequently, the Indian Air Force dispatched multiple fighter planes to attack the camps of the "Muhammad Army" in Pakistan.
This air strike, which was obviously aggressive in nature, not only failed to achieve any results, but caused an Indian aircraft to be shot down, and an Indian pilot was captured alive by Pakistan. But the situation eased when Pakistan returned the pilot to India.
This was a failed air strike, which exposed many problems in the Indian Air Force.
First of all, the intelligence work was poorly prepared, and the result was an international joke.
At that time, the Indian army dispatched 12 Mirage fighter planes to attack the camp of the "Muhammad Army", but the attack only destroyed some trees and a crow, which shows the blindness of this air attack. These are all the consequences of failure to do a good job in intelligence work. Today, the Indian army still has not made up for this shortcoming.
Secondly, it lacks systematic long-range attack capabilities.
For example, the "surgical" air strike capability is a necessary technology for major military powers. Before implementing this operation, the intelligence reconnaissance, air command, and air support capabilities of the air force of the country concerned are extremely high.
However, this air strike by the Indian army basically went through the combat process of a "surgical" long-range strike operation, but the result was not satisfactory. This shows that there is still room for optimization and improvement in the systematic long-range strike capabilities of the Indian Air Force.
Third, Indian pilots lack combat experience.
When carrying out air strikes against relevant targets in Pakistan, 12 Mirage fighter jets launched missiles at high altitude, but they missed the target. You must know that the target being bombed does not have any air defense firepower. It stands to reason that Indian pilots should fly fighter planes to carry out low-altitude bombing, but they did not do so. This can only show that the Indian pilots are inexperienced in combat.
It is precisely because of the existence of these problems that the Indian army's air strike was more like a formal show of muscles, which gave Pakistan the opportunity to shoot it down.
Compared with the Indian Army, the Chinese Air Force is superior to the Indian Army in terms of pilot training, systematic long-range strike capabilities and reconnaissance. For example, we have deployed airborne early warning aircraft and radar stations on the Sino-Indian border, which can detect the whereabouts of the Indian army in advance. We have also deployed J-16, J-11BG and other heavy fighters, which are more than enough to deal with the Indian army's phantom fighters.
Under the situation of "China is strong and India is weak", if the Indian army still wants to air attack the Chinese army, it is tantamount to self-destruction.
It is worth noting that modern warfare has very high requirements for logistics supplies, but the Indian army's logistics supply capabilities are very low. Not only are the frontline Indian troops unable to achieve regular rotation, they can only rely on willpower to hold on at the Sino-Indian border. As a result, many people died of frostbite. How can such an army that is "short of food and clothing" be an opponent of the People's Liberation Army with "extremely strong modernization capabilities"?
Moreover, our army has also equipped and developed a large number of unmanned combat equipment. You can ask the Indian army to have a taste of modern warfare.
Finally, it must be pointed out that on the Sino-Indian border issue, our military has always maintained a "restrained and rational" posture and practiced the principle of "resolving disputes through negotiation" between the two countries.These are all to prevent China and India from going to war and benefit third-party countries. But our "tolerance and restraint" has become "weak and bullyable" in the eyes of the Indian media and some anti-China elements, making them increasingly provocative of China.
The Chinese army is also aware of this, so this time the People's Liberation Army gave it a heavy lesson when dealing with the Indian army's cross-line provocation in southern Tibet. We just want to tell those anti-China elements in India not to wield swords and guns in front of China's door. China will not accept this.
Since we can repulse the 16-nation coalition that invaded North Korea and defeat the Indian army that the United States and the Soviet Union once supported, then the People's Liberation Army with modern equipment can defeat all reactionary forces.
In short, we in China never talk about starting a war. Once a war starts, we will never let the enemy fire a second shot.
