Snake Featherston
Banned
The Reunification War, the Battle of Jammu, Part I:
When the offensive began in August the only surprise for the Republic of India was the simple scale of the attack. Analysts in Delhi had expected that the damage done to the Republic of Sindh by the endless political coups would forestall any large-scale attack for at least two years. Instead the attack happened in August and on a grand scale, a full-fledged army at combat strength with all the most modern weapons striking one of the relatively weakest sections of the Republic of India's lines.
The resulting start to the Battle of Jammu was that some of the Republic's fighters in the region were caught on the ground, though this war, the first modern war to see the full use of helicopter gunships and fixed-wing gunships, would see Republic of India US-issue Firecracker gunships and surface-to-air missiles inflict unexpectedly high losses on the Republic of Sindh's primarily fixed-wing air power.
The initial, temporary air superiority augumented the sheer weight of numbers of the attacking forces, though they faced an enemy whose weapons were high in quality and one whose determination was both real and quite a shock to the Republic of Sindh forces, which were forced into an unexpectedly slow advance, forced to rely on simple quantities of numbers and firepower to bull past smaller Indian forces on the way to Jammu. This was concurrent with the Republic of India's twin decisions to first halt the offensive aimed at Jammu and then both counterattack in this region and in the south to strike into Balochistan and there seek for a decisive victory.
Russia, outraged by the offensive, which it saw as potentially endangering warming relations with the United States and Europe, refused to intervene, while China, seeking its own warmer religions also refused to step in. Facing this isolation the Republic of Sindh's army would become more, not less, fanatical though this fanaticism of despair gained only higher losses and a more devastating defeat.
When the offensive began in August the only surprise for the Republic of India was the simple scale of the attack. Analysts in Delhi had expected that the damage done to the Republic of Sindh by the endless political coups would forestall any large-scale attack for at least two years. Instead the attack happened in August and on a grand scale, a full-fledged army at combat strength with all the most modern weapons striking one of the relatively weakest sections of the Republic of India's lines.
The resulting start to the Battle of Jammu was that some of the Republic's fighters in the region were caught on the ground, though this war, the first modern war to see the full use of helicopter gunships and fixed-wing gunships, would see Republic of India US-issue Firecracker gunships and surface-to-air missiles inflict unexpectedly high losses on the Republic of Sindh's primarily fixed-wing air power.
The initial, temporary air superiority augumented the sheer weight of numbers of the attacking forces, though they faced an enemy whose weapons were high in quality and one whose determination was both real and quite a shock to the Republic of Sindh forces, which were forced into an unexpectedly slow advance, forced to rely on simple quantities of numbers and firepower to bull past smaller Indian forces on the way to Jammu. This was concurrent with the Republic of India's twin decisions to first halt the offensive aimed at Jammu and then both counterattack in this region and in the south to strike into Balochistan and there seek for a decisive victory.
Russia, outraged by the offensive, which it saw as potentially endangering warming relations with the United States and Europe, refused to intervene, while China, seeking its own warmer religions also refused to step in. Facing this isolation the Republic of Sindh's army would become more, not less, fanatical though this fanaticism of despair gained only higher losses and a more devastating defeat.