Continued, Part 2……
Chinese Deception at LAC in Ladakh
Chinese in the spring of 2020 crossed the well set respected LAC with a definitive occupation plan. The plan was to exclude any threat to their Sinkiang - Tibet Highway, which passes through AkasChin plateau. As the Chinese economy swelled with exports of third rate but cheap merchandise in early 2010s, an aggressive new president Xi Jinping began to plan a militarily occupation of areas which Deng Xiaoping had put on the back burner. To this, Chinese deliberately opened up the Doklam issue in 2017 but retreated as Chinese found themselves in an inferior military position. But they found LAC in Ladakh opposite their highway as an easy place to simply walk-in and occupy without being challenged.
They ingressed at four points…..1) Galwan river area. 2) Pangong Lake area. 3) Gogra & Hot spring Area. 4) Start a fight in Spanggur bowl. Other areas like Demchok in the south of Ladakh and Depsang Plains in the north were not ingresses but disputed to prevent patrolling.
On its face value, who the hell wish to occupy a mountain waste land at 14,000 feet or more. Strategically Chinese were closing possible Indian ingress points to their AkashChin Highway. A very clever move which the Indian Army understood and reinforced, but Indian media was unable to comprehend. It was all about safeguarding themselves and their highway.
After the Galwan Clash, although the Chinese lied about the beating they received, they withdrew 5 km along the river. Moreover the Indian positions on Gogra and Hotspring threatened the Chinese supply line to their Galwan position, hence to-date, neither India nor Chinese are prepared to yield after 2 years and14 commander level talks. The only position Chinese were forced to withdraw was at the northern shore of Pangong Lake because on August 29/30, Indian SFF occupied Kailash Heights and threatened their positions on the northern shore of the lake. Three months later they withdrew 4-6km also, provided India vacates the Kailash Heights, which India did and also disengaged at Chusul bowl. Both sides refuse to yield on Gogra and Hotspring and the dispute will continue.
Depsang Plains is a tank country and very close to India’s northernmost post of Daulat Beg Oldi. Chinese wish to occupy the plains, but Indian Army with better tanks & mountain artillery is standing guard to prevent it. In the southern end in Demchoke, the area, is eyed by both and threats have been neutralized by the Indian Army
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Part 3…….Indian infrastructure in Ladakh
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