The confrontation between India and Pakistan in Kashmir gave rise to new tactics. According to the "Hindustan Times" report, due to heavy losses in the previous battle with the Pakistani border guards, the Indian border forces will fully start the "tunnel repair" mode. After abandoning the surface positions, the Indian army will build a large number of reinforced concrete underground fortifications in the border areas between India and Pakistan, such as Kashmir and Leh. With the help of these underground fortifications, the Indian army can not only dodge the enemy's artillery fire to preserve its vitality, but also survive the cold winter safely.
Objectively speaking, "tunnel tactics" is indeed a major innovation in military history. In addition to the cold weapon era, which was widely used in various countries, "tunnel warfare" is also common in modern times. For example, in the Pacific battlefield during World War II, the relatively poorly equipped Japanese army played the "tunnel warfare" to the fullest, causing heavy losses to the US military on Iwo Jima and other battlefields. Even in the past two decades, in the Palestine-Israel conflict, the weaker Palestine Liberation Organization has also used "tunnel warfare" flexibly, causing the Middle East "little overlord" Israel to be a headache. Inspired by these, the top level of the Indian army also germinated the same idea.
According to the "Hindustan Times" report, due to the previous losses in the artillery battle with the Pakistani border guards, the Indian army on the front line of Kashmir has begun to build a large number of tunnels. It is reported that these tunnels are 1.8-2.4 meters wide and use a lot of concrete materials. The entire tunnel is also designed in accordance with the underground standard fortifications, and even specially designed with bedrooms and installed ventilation equipment. You know, many soldiers on the front lines of the Indian army are from low castes. Most of them originally lived in slums and their living conditions were very poor. Many soldiers are quite supportive of being able to live in such a "luxury" tunnel in the cold winter. In order to prevent the tunnel from being exposed and encountering enemy fire, India has also installed anti-infrared and noise-reducing coatings on the periphery of the tunnel to further ensure safety.
In fact, the Indian army wants to implement "tunnel tactics", it is very difficult. First of all, "tunnel tactics" extremely test the soldiers' fighting will. He has been dormant in narrow and dim tunnels for a long time, and he has to face the dilemma of lack of clothing, food, ammunition and food at any time. Such a tough combat environment is not something that Indian soldiers who are now weakened are not possessed. In addition, tunnel warfare is not as simple as "digging tunnels" from the military perspective, but a very professional and comprehensive combat system. In this system, in addition to complete infantry fortifications, including counterattack force configuration, anti-slope artillery deployment, second-line large-depth artillery arrangements, logistics support, etc., all links are indispensable, and must be integrated into an efficient and accurate combat. system. At present, it is difficult for the Indian border forces to be comprehensive.
Especially at the moment, the border areas such as Ladakh have been affected by the cold winter climate, and the mountains have been blocked by heavy snow. You must know that the infrastructure in the border areas of India is inherently poor. Due to road traffic restrictions, large-scale mobile transportation of soldiers and materials cannot be realized at all. The average altitude of Ladakh is as high as 4,500 meters. Since November, the temperature has dropped to minus 30-40 degrees. Coupled with the continuous heavy snow, the tunnels dug by the Indian army are likely to be destroyed overnight. The snow was buried. Of course, there are still unresolved heating issues. Under the premise that the winter clothes are not fully in place, whether Indian soldiers can survive the winter in these tunnels requires a big question mark. Finally, considering the historical cutting corners and quality problems of "Made in India", the safety of these tunnels is also very doubtful. Because the Ladakh region has various natural disasters such as earthquakes and landslides, coupled with the common avalanches in winter, once the tunnel quality is not good enough, waiting for the Indian soldiers will be an unexpected disaster. (Sheva)
