Recover Aksai-Chin from China

 

IS IT TIME TO RECOVER THE AKSAI- CHIN

The Chinese started this fight but to their disadvantage, India is well prepared with 200,000 mountain trained troops (the best in their class) all of them, of late, well positioned on the LAC. That temporary surprise of nail studded baseball bat fight has evaporated. India moved all the troops from the rear to Ladakh and now they are well acclimatized. 

The Chinese are in no position to resist a major thrust in Ladakh to get to their Akas-chin road. Once you have the road in our gunsights then it is all over for the Chinese occupation. I am no military man, but I am told including the Chinese military analysts in their media that Indian troops are better trained and equipped for mountain warfare. The American later verified this fact in ‘Belfer Center’ analysis. I quote :

‘the Conventional wisdom has it that China holds a significant military advantage over India, but recent studies from the Belfer Centre at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Boston and the Centre for a New American Security in Washington suggest India maintains an edge in high-altitude mountainous environments, such as the one where the 2020 face-off is taking place.’

A retired Indian colonel who served in Ladakh is quoted saying that the Chinese cannot reinforce too much in the area as the terrain is very difficult

Colonel S Dinny (Retd), who served as the commanding officer of the Pangong Tso battalion as late as 2017, spoke to Sputnik about the ongoing standoff in eastern Ladakh and why it keeps happening in the region every year. The Colonel also refuted the claim made by the Indian media about the presence of thousands of People’s Liberation Army troops inside Indian territory.

He added that:

‘China made the all-weather road between their base at Sirijap and finger 4 (the Chinese perception of the Line of Actual Control) during Kargil war in 1999, when there were lesser troops present. But from finger 4 to the Indian base, the terrain is so difficult that only a single person can move on the track at a time, forget any vehicle. So, definitely the ongoing standoff is on the track which the Chinese built between finger 4 and finger 8. Any movement in the common area is observed by the two sides 24/7 and any movement from their side can be reciprocated in the same number by India as well.’

Most boys, who discuss on various forums have not seen mountains, let alone snow and -20 degrees temperature. They only read Chinese put out propaganda of invincibility. They compare numbers, forgetting that much of Chinese forces are busy in the east, opposite South and North China Sea. Only a limited number are in Tibet and Sinkiang where these are needed badly for internal security. 

Hence the numbers game comparing tanks, guns and aircrafts are deceptive, not worth reading about.

My heart full condolences to the families of the dead soldiers at Galwan River Valley. Truly their comrades gave a great account of themselves with fists, hands and captured nail studded baseball bats. China’s nature is betrayal at every step, they played again this time. 

Now with mutual agreement, both armies are being separated by 4 km distance. It is no time to relax. Chinese are in position to reinforce any more. Two American Aircraft carriers are, no more than 200km away from the Chinese coast and Chinese attention is all diverted towards it, hence now is as good a time to work to recover Akas-chin. Over two millennium Chinese military theoretician has taught them to strike when least expected, since the Chinese leaders attention is on the American Aircraft carriers, it is time to strike and recover Akas-Chin.