Zero chance of the Chinese surrounding Indian positions with 10 to 1 ratio - a repeat of 1962!! In 1962, the Indian Army had 18000 troops mostly ill equipped and ill acclimatized and untrained in high altitude warfare with weapons of WW2 vintage and no CAS to support Indian troops or interdiction to destroy infra on the Chinese axes of advance! In contrast the PLA attacked with 180,000 troops who were mostly tough peasants used to the tough life and brainwashed by Chinese communist propaganda.
Even then they suffered huge casualties - from Galwan where they lost 870 PLA against an Indian Gorkha company of 76 who fought to the last round, to Rezang La, the site of the
last stand of the
13 Kumaon, where 114 Indian soldiers out of a total of 120 were martyred fighting 5000 Chinese attacking with artillery support, killing 1300 PLA in the battle - without artillery or air support! The Indian side was led by Major
Shaitan Singh, who was later posthumously awarded the
Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest gallantry award for conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of the enemy. There are dozens of such stories of bravery displayed by Indian troops in the 1962 war. So it wasn't a cakewalk by the PLA in 62. And the PLA knows it, never mind the nonsensical propaganda spewed out by the CCP controlled Global Times etc.
Now we have a mirror deployment, in fact we now have more troops along the LAC than the PLA including tanks, missiles, an air force ready to go and experienced well equipped battle hardened mountain troops trained in high altitude warfare and rapidly growing infrastructure along the LAC for swift movement of troops and logistics. (I haven't even touched upon the IOR front and the Malacca Strait along with the QUAD that's putting the PLAN in a fix). In contrast, the PLA pussy conscripts are used to the easy Starbucks life of single offspring Chinese parents who have zilch experience in fighting in mountainous high altitude areas, just passing time to complete their 4 years conscription period! And the PLA knows it and the reason why they have taken no risk at deep incursions as they know full well that a riposte by the Indian Army will be disastrous to them militarily as well as politically.
So, no. It can and never will be a 1962 repeat. Millions of cusecs of water have flowed under the bridge since then!
They are continuing building up . on south bank Spanggur Tso . from sept 11 - oct 1
