Logistics. Logistics. Logistics.
In 1962, the bloodiest battle on the NEFA theatre, the Battle of Walong, and arguably the PLAs largest offensive with a division sized force, had immense logistic planning.
Their logistic buildup was larger than the actual offensive troops itself.
Unlike India which half assed the foreign policy, the PLA was ready and prepared for an offensive.
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Yes, logistics makes a huge difference. These steps must be taken:
1. Built proper roads to standards in all border areas. Build tunnels for quick movement.
2. Lay down optic fiber cable all over for communications and fast IT networking for network centric warfare.
3. Position dedicated satellites for 24x7 Himalayan border coverage.
4. Build capabilities that can quickly deploy military camps in the frigid cold at very high altitudes.
5. Have a dedicated, top class Air Force and drone force including drone swarms with hidden emote monitoring sites in mountain caves. Have a lot of heavy air lift capabilities.
6. EMP logistics. EMP would need transmission lines capable of carrying high voltage all along the border. So HV lines all along the border is a must. Avalanche causing sonic booms are a possibility too.
7. Develop tactical nuclear warheads for battle field use . Build robots that can be deployed to fire dangerous weapons like tactical nukes and sonic booms, and can be paradropped behind enemy lines for massive, surprise attacks.
8. Deploy a first class BFSR system. Again, this requires solid electricity supply and backup generators.
9. Develop border towns and villages and have tourism to the maximum. This prevents surprise attacks or any Behind Enemy Lines types of attacks.
10. Try and hack into Chinese intelligence and civil networks from time to time to learn of their plans. Train Tibetans and NE Indians to pass off as Chinese and setup sleeper cells within and a spy network within China, especially Tibet, just in case we need to get the local population to rise up and revolt.
Do ALL of the above in very rapid time and efficiently. But do we have the money and will to do so? Probably not. This is the major issue. So we need to think deterrence and invest in systems that can cause maximum damage to the PLA and open up fronts in the Andaman straits and SCS with our allies to increase costs significantly. Setting up a solid spying network within Tibet should greatly help.