Second Crazy Prelude] Chapter 97 Tit-for-tat

Chapter Ninety-Seven Tics

On the morning of the 18th of the month, Mu Haoyang went to the head of state and reported the fleet's combat operations to Huang Hanlin.

At noon, the Chinese Ministry of Defense officially announced that it would implement a comprehensive strategic blockade on India from 0:00 a.m. on February 19, prohibiting ships from any country from transporting war materials and strategic resources to India, but not including food, some humanitarian materials, all ships heading to India must submit a detailed list of cargo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China before leaving the port for the last time. Any ships heading to India without permission will be intercepted by Chinese ships and fighter jets, and any attempt to break through the blockade will be subject to military blows.

Later, the Ministry of National Defense of China commissioned the Foreign Ministry to publish a detailed embargo list and embargo measures.

There is nothing to introduce in the shipping list. Except for the materials that concern the basic living of Indian people, all other goods are prohibited items.

The key is on the embargo measure.

In addition to reporting the cargo list to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, any ship may be subject to a military blow as long as it tries to break through the blockade. Moreover, the Chinese team will board and inspect any ship entering the blockade. If it is found that it carries embargo items, it will be handled according to the situation. Generally, the ship will be taken to the nearest port by the Chinese team to the nearest port and released after unloading the embargo goods. If the situation is more serious, such as the transport of weapons and equipment, China will detain the ship and not return it to the shipowner until the end of the war. If the situation is particularly serious, such as the ship transporting weapons and equipment forcibly sailing to India, the Chinese team has the right to sink after warning.

In fact, these embargo measures are similar to the way they dealt with Japan ten years ago.

Yes, it's not ten years ago now.

Less than three hours after the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced a strategic embargo on India, the US Congress passed a new proposal proposed by the president on the morning of the 18th, authorizing the federal government to provide support to India through loan guarantees, with the guarantee limit of only 15,000 US dollars.

That is to say, India can obtain weapons and equipment worth a total of $1500 billion from the United States.

About two hours later, on the evening of the 18th battlefield time, the last batch of F-44 fighters purchased directly by India took off from Digo Garcia. With these fighters returning to India, there were twelve large transport aircraft carrying large batches of ammunition materials and equipment parts.

At that time, more than 400 Indian pilots were stranded in Digo Garcia.

That is to say, the United States can also provide India with more than 200 F-44s, and these Indian pilots will be driven back to India.

After that, unless India continues to send pilots to Digo Garcia, a group of volunteers will have to be recruited urgently.

In fact, that night, the twelve transport planes carrying supplies carried a large number of Indian pilots when they returned to Digo Garcia.

For the Indian Air Force, what they lack most is not pilots, but fighter jets.

The country's unremitting actions once again heated up the war. Some people even believed that this would be the United States involved in this war and triggered the Third World War.

However, the situation is not that serious.

However, the US Congress passed a new bill proposed by the President, but it imposed strict restrictions and carried out entirely through commercial means. In other words, the United States is still trying its best to avoid being involved in the war, but it does not want India to lose quickly, or it does not want China to win easily.

From a political perspective, this is just to increase the burden on China's war.

On this night, Task Force carrier-based fighters bombed Cartlett, Cochin and Trivandrum, focusing on the local Indian naval bases.

During the fight, Chinese naval fighters once again encountered the fighter jets of the Indian Air Force.

In order for the newly acquired F-44 to fight, the air combat was not fierce. The Chinese Navy's fighter easily seized air supremacy, and then covered the Air Force's fighter jets to attack military targets in southern India and took over the air control mission from the Air Force.

Therefore, the entire Indian territory is within the range of Chinese tactical fighter jets.

For India, this is definitely not good news, because tactical fighter jets have higher combat flexibility and can adapt to higher-intensity combat missions.

In fact, even if India receives US aid, it will be difficult for it to reverse the situation on the air battlefield.

In the early morning of the 9th, the task force conducted its first interception operation.

At that time, fourteen ships were intercepted, and six of them turned to ports to other countries after receiving the warning. Only eight ships flying the Indian flag ignored them. As a result, before dawn, the task force dispatched fighter planes to sink them all after three warnings failed. After dawn, the search and rescue planes sent by the task force rescued more than 200 crew members on the eight merchant ships.

During the day of the 19th, the task force intercepted more than a dozen merchant ships while continuing to bomb India's mainland.

Among them, four Indian merchant ships were captured by the task force, three of which carried contraband on board, and four merchant ships were subsequently taken to Gwadar Port.

According to the embargo measures announced by the Chinese Ministry of Defense, all Indian merchant ships will be seized.

The country's formal strategic blockade is equivalent to kicking the ball to the United States.

On the 19th, the task force intercepted at least seven merchant ships flying the American flag. Although there was no conflict, the ships turned and left after receiving the warning and did not have the determination to challenge the task force, for the US government, this was tantamount to limiting the free navigation rights of American ships.

On the morning of the 19th Eastern Time, the US President made a televised speech, strongly condemning China's blockade and demanding that China immediately stop strategic blockades, not hinder or endanger US ships that sail freely on the high seas, and not pose a threat to the personal safety of US crew members.

However, this is just a protest.

When the strategic blockade measures were announced, China had already drawn out the war waters, that is, extending two hundred kilometers outward along the Indian coastline, all of which were Sino-Indian war areas. According to international law, ships of neutral countries should avoid entering the war areas rather than taking risks.

In this way, if the United States wants to safeguard its right to free navigation, it must first make a fuss about legal principles.

To be more straightforward, it is to prove that China's war behavior violates international law.

The question is, this is almost impossible, because China has declared war on India, and India first attacked the Chinese fleet sailing on the high seas, that is, first launched a war against China, and China only launched a military counterattack, so there is enough reason to divide the war zone and strategically blockade India.

If China's war behavior does not violate international law, neutral countries should abide by international law and bear responsibility for any violation of the principles of war. This means that even if the Chinese fleet detains or even sinks neutral ships that violate the principles of war, they will not violate international law.

However, China has made significant concessions on the embargo and has not directly attacked neutral ships entering the blockade of waters.

Yes, China's blockade is not complete.

It's no wonder that the task force has only four aircraft carriers, and the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy have not completely lost their combat effectiveness, so they cannot disperse their operations. A fleet is simply impossible to block the entire India. After the Indian Air Force is completely finished, the task force can be dispersed into two or four fleets, and can block India from three directions in the southeast and west at the same time, preventing all ships and planes from heading to India.

On the 19th, thirty-seven merchant ships entered the Indian port, more than those intercepted

Some ships sent 1.5 million tons of cargo to India, 60% of which were embargoed goods, including a batch of army ammunition.

However, these ships also mainly sailed to the eastern ports of India.

At that time, the Chinese team was not unable to intercept these ships, but could at least dispatch fighter jets and sink them when necessary. However, the Chinese team did not do this, mainly because the strategic blockade operation had just begun. If you directly attack third-party ships, it would have adverse effects.

Only after the lockdown is fully started, can other countries gradually adapt to it.

That's why the United States has not stopped its aid to India.

After 20 days, the United States dispatched nearly 200 large transport aircraft, including 60 deployed in Digo Garcia, and all others were deployed in Australia. Starting from the afternoon of that day, these transport aircraft were equipped with weapons and equipment and flew to India one after another to transport military supplies to India.

According to information released after the war, in just 20 days, the US transport plane sent 48 tanks, 120 large-caliber artillery, more than 4,000 tons of ammunition and a large number of equipment used to repair damaged equipment, especially the parts of the army's main combat equipment.

Within three days of the arrival, a total of 240 US military transport aircraft transported combat supplies to India at a frequency of three times a day. By the 23rd, the United States transported more than 400 main battle tanks, more than 600 armored combat vehicles, more than 300 self-propelled artillery and rocket launchers, a total of 56,000 tons of ammunition and 30,000 tons of parts, and the total transportation volume exceeded 100,000 tons.

On the night of the 13th, the American fast transport fleet arrived in Visakhapatnam.

The fleet has a total of 24 large rapid transport ships, with a total load tonnage of up to 5 million tons. It has sent nearly 2,000 main battle tanks, more than 3,000 armored combat vehicles, more than 1,800 Mén self-propelled artillery and rocket launchers, and 2,400,000 tons of combat supplies to India.

Only the United States can do this crazy aid operation.

We know that these weapons and equipment are enough to equip six Indian armored divisions, and they are all the latest equipment of the US military. It is no worse than the main combat equipment of the Chinese Army. If the market purchase price is based on the market, the total value is as high as more than 700 billion US dollars, which ordinary countries cannot afford.

However, this is not the whole content of India's aid...
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