CENTRE OF GRAVITY

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https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2018/07/geographys-curse-indias-vulnerable.html

EFFICACY OF PLA CDS ,INTEGERATION &
MODERNIZATION
IN
THE WESTERN THEATRE TIBET COMBAT COMMAND

By
Vasundhra

REFERENCE: Must read
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Geography's Curse:

India's Vulnerable 'Chicken's Neck

https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2018/07/geographys-curse-indias-vulnerable.html



Forget about India's Mountain Strike Corps. It has been put in the cold storage by SHEER PANIC ATTACK after a  "THREAT" from an obscure Chinese media agency "GLOBAL TIMES" .

On assumed figmentation of vested imagination, propagadated as hostile action performed by Indians, against the docile , peace loving civilised chinese. The Global Times launched a direct media offence directing the Indians to stop the raising & modernizing its armed forces or face the dire consequences.  Chinese media onslaught succeeded in suppressing, subduing and persuading  by coercion in  convincing the Indians who mattered in the Indian hierarchy  that the Chinese media threat  be taken in all seriousness as official Chinese  "DIKTAT". Chicken hearted Indian bureaucrats simply panicked and forced the modernization of armed forces on hold .    -- Vasundhra ]

Without entering into the detailed back ground of the  DOKLAM CRISIS let the issue be discussed purely from the MILITARY angle. Militarily consequences of freezing the raising of Indian mountain strike corps was the direct reason which encouraged the CHINESE for the DOKLAM to happen. Indians became the victim of chinese refined art of Sun tzu's principle of war:

"ENTER THE BATTLE, ONLY ONCE, WHEN THE WAR HAS BEEN WON "

PLA entered Doklam without firing a single bullet and the INDIANs kept on watching mutely and helplessly and in no time under the watch of Indian Army 67.5 sq Kms of Doklam platue was occupied by a DIVISON equivalent of HIGHLY INTEGERATED BATTLE GROUPS OF PLA. Chinese very subtly demonstrated the integration of psywarfare, media & armed forces under the umbrella of modernization of the armed forces. The process of this integration was put into action for perfection from early eighties and was detected  by CIA only around 2004. Indians most probably were the first casualty in DOKLAM of this media & armed forces integration under modernization as developed by the Chinese ( ref to : ( https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-22-cds-jointness-pla-chinas-three.html  )

Before we proceed further on the deployment of PLA in DOKLAM , military importance of DOKLAM be examined.

After 1962 war with China & withdrawal of Indian trade mission from Yatung & Lhasa, Indian Army occupied mountain heights along the crest line of Chumbi valley. Indian army was in the advantageous position along Chumbi viz a viz PLA. This complete advantage now has been lost due to forceful occupation of DOKLAM by PLA.

Before militarily entering into Doklam PLA ensured the back up of sufficient military, psywarfare & diplomatic resources .

DOKLAM AND  THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY (COG) OF
THE BATTLE FIELD

   In a FLUID state of battle be it conventional or unconventional (   STATIC or Mobile or  be it be even Psychological ) there always is a ever shifting point called CENTRE OF GRAVITY ( COG ) at any given point of the battle. COG if identified timely be immediately be attacked & destroyed with requisite quantum of force. On destruction of the targeted objective (COG ), the complete battle field of the ADVERSARY will collapse and the adversaries defenses will be reduced to the state of uncoordinated resistance leading to ultimate surrender. To achieve this AIM of destruction & capture of COG the attackers has to preposition itself in a premeditated location called FULCRUM to avail the multiple options which may crop up during the course of BATTLE.

  By occupying DOKLAM, PLA has pre positioned itself on the FULCRUM  and has opened up the various options both TACTICAL & STRATEGIC to take forward the battle to its advantage.

A cursory mental INTELLIGENCE APPRECIATION of the ground situation will reveal disturbing  & frightening end result fallout which will depend upon the AIM of what CHINESE & PLA are aiming at.

Militarily it cannot not be ignored that DOKLAM is located on the attackers SPRING BOARD  PLATFORM to pounce on the "SILIGURI CHICKENS NECK " of India. Any INFANTRY man will concur that all the viable targets to be achieved are with in ONE STANDARD INFANTRY MARCH to reach upto the target area & occupy ground of INTEREST .

Having said so let us examine the strategic capability of PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY in Tibet. After the setback of 1986-86 Sumdrung Chu confrontation PLA suffered far more casualties due to climatic conditions rather than ground action. This awakened the PLA to the actual state of ground realities. This gave an impetus to the Political leadership towards the PLA modernization. During DENG era not much progress could be made on modernization due to internal resistance to modernization within the PLA heirachy . A deliberate push to modernization has come with the advent of President Xi.

PLA demonstrated the following military strategic capabilities:

(a) 2008 EARTH QUAKE : PLA air dropped a complete PARA DIVISION in one go in the earth quake zone to collate the damage assessment under the personal supervision of President Xi. A sufficient data is available in the open media

(b) 2011-12 Mobilization Exercise of Forces from mainland China to Lhasa Region: To check & exercise the speedy mobilization of formations an exercise was conducted to shift the troops from Central, Eastern & Southern Army Group regions. PLA was able to shift almost a CORPs sized troops by airborne mode in stipulated time factor.

IT CAN BE SAFELY ASSUMED THAT PLA HAS PERFECTED ITS MOBILIZATION DRILLS OVER THE PERIOD

SUBJECT TO INTENTIONS OF PLA SUGGESTED STRATEGIC ' COGs ' OF THE BATTLE FIELD MAY BE CONSIDERED BY PLA ARE INDICATED IN THE DIAGRAM BELOW

ORDER OF BATTLE (ORBAT) PLA WESTERN THEATRE
COMBAT COMMAND

In addition to the ORBAT given below, during the process of modernization of PLA in 2016 a reduction of 3,00,000 troops was announced. All theses units were transferred to POLICE FORCE and re-positioned in the areas surrounding LHASA & SINKIANG to maintain peace and supress the internal unrest. No organisational, EQUIPMENT or manpower changes were made and all units have remained directly under jurisdiction & command of PLA, units as usual being commanded by PLA officers and administration. It can be safely assumed that these units will also be available.

Going by the previous experience of 1986-87 it can be assumed that 13th & 21st Army Group will be deployed against Arunachal and resources from 47th Group Army will be available for Chumbi Valley

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY
DEPLOYMENT IN DOKLAM
AS ON 16 Jan 2018

DOKLAM: THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF BATTLE FIELD
AT A STRATEGIC & TACTICAL LEVEL

Below is the url of deployment of PLA on the Doklam plateau. On googling the the URL complete deployment of PLA in DOKLAM will open. At this stage no comments or explanation notes are given as the developments are in the state of flux . Standard symbols as available in Google earth are used. Any military mind will take no time to put the picture in its correct perspective on the nature of deployment .
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CLICK/ GOOGLE TO OPEN

https://www.dropbox.com/s/40431413vwglli1/PLA%20DEFENCES%20DOKLAM%20AS%20ON%2008%20MAY%202019.kmz?dl=0

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OUTLINE OF DEPLOYMENT

As per GOOGLE EARTH imagery fortifications for a divison level force are ready. There are NINE Mortor PLATOONS located. TEN Hellipads . Satellite antenna for illuminating and registering the targets along with transmission to satellite monitoring station for acquisition , targeting and destruction .guidance system to the destruction of the target .

All support arms are chassis based & mounted. Towed wpns have not been sighted. A net work of roads have been laid . New roads from Chumbi to Doklam plateau are in progress via SENCHE LA PASS. Every second day new fortifications can be observed coming up. There are chassis loaded platforms seen of Howtizers, may be a sqadron of light tanks ( 32 tons ), Precision guided Pinaka class rocket tubes, MBRLs. Deployment non mistakenly is of OFFENSSIVE DEFENCE posture. This is a initial posture of ATTACK OPERATIONs OF WAR. Intensive additional offensive fortifications are in progress.

By conservative estimate the force level in Doklam is approximately a Division ( PLUS or MINUS ) & total force in CHUMBI VALLEY seems to have increased by multiplication factor point five(.5) to point seven five( .75) The intensive fresh trench work and realignment of existing roads have been detected which clearly suggests a heavy augmentation of resources in the existing defenses along Nathu La & Jelep La defended areas

It can be safely assumed that PLA's likey deployment could be :

(a) DOKLAM: One Division
(b) CHUMBI : Three Divisions
(C) AXES SHIGATSE -GYANTSE -PAHARI : (a) Mechanised Inf Bdes - TWO
(b) Armour Bde ............. -ONE

FIG 1 : DOKLAM PLATEAU BEFORE PLA INTRUSSION WHICH TRADITIONALLY WAS ALWAYS A SUMMER GRAZING GROUND