On July 8, the battlefield situation underwent a major change.

The Pakistan Air Force, which obtained local air supremacy for the first time after the war, did not give the opponent a chance to breathe. It dispatched in full swing that morning, focusing on bombing military targets in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region. In the afternoon, four fighter squadrons were dispatched to bomb military targets in the northwest region of India.

The Indian Air Force retreated completely and only sent fighter planes to protect big cities and strategic locations.

Only six days after the war broke out, Pakistan changed from passive to active, from defense to offensive.

In order to cooperate with the Air Force's combat operations, the Pakistan Army's long-range artillery units shelled military targets in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region in the afternoon of the same day, and the ground attacking troops began to advance towards the ceasefire line.

Although Pakistani President Sharif repeatedly emphasized that Pakistan's main purpose is to regain the Kashmir region occupied by India and have no intention of capturing Indian territory, anyone with discerning eyes knows that with China's support, Pakistan not only has air supremacy, but also has the initiative in the war. Some people even predict that if India still does nothing, the Pakistani army will invade the Indian-controlled Kashmir region within 48 hours and complete military operations to occupy the Indian-controlled Kashmir region within the next week.

On this day, a major thing happened outside the battlefield in full swing.

The United States initiated and organized, with two permanent members of the United Kingdom and France, as well as four rotating members including Mexico, Germany, Turkey, and Brazil, proposed a proposal to urge India-Pakistan ceasefire and consultation negotiations at the UN Security Council, hoping that the United Nations will mediate the India-Pakistan conflict.

Before formally submitting the bill, Jia Peier did not forget to call Ji Youguo, hoping that China could play an active role.

This action by the United States shows that Japelby Santos does not want India to be defeated.

Before the war broke out, Russia proposed a similar bill in the Security Council, hoping to mediate the India-Pakistan conflict through the United Nations. At that time, the United States united several allies and suppressed the bill. In less than ten days, the United States' attitude changed by 180 degrees, which is a great irony.

At this time, the United States was in a very embarrassing situation. Because it was not expected that China would react so strongly. Therefore, a war should have easily won the victory became the worst failure in the seventy years since the founding of the country. As the initiator of the war, the United States was unable to make any difference except providing intelligence assistance to India.

If the war continues, India will surely lose Kashmir region.

For the Santos government, losing the Kashmir region is equivalent to losing the legitimacy of existence. For the Congress party, it is equivalent to losing the foundation of the ruling area.

At the same time, no matter what, the United States does not want India's current opposition party, the BJP, to take office.

At that time, the BJP conducted a nuclear weapon experiment in its first administration, breaking the monopoly of five nuclear powers. A global trend of developing nuclear weapons has caused Iran and North Korea to be unbearable. A few years later, North Korea tried to explode an atomic bomb, causing panic on the Korean Peninsula. The United States had to spend a lot of effort to appease Japan and South Korea. The Iranian nuclear issue is even more complicated. It has been affecting the pain nerves of the United States. If the BJP is allowed to come to power again, who can guarantee that India will not treat the atomic bomb as a tiles smashing people and throw them around in the next India-Pakistan war?

Similarly, the United States does not want Santos to step down.

Even if the Congress party retains its position as the ruling party, after Santos stepped down, the most qualified person to serve as Prime Minister of India is the son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Congress chairman Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, who was only 42 years old. Like his parents, Rahul is an unbiased pro-Russian figure and will not easily surrender to the United States.

The United Nations mediated, which not only saved the United States' face, but also kicked the ball to China.

Russia's attitude is very clear. As long as Rahul can be brought to power, Russia will do everything possible to help India withdraw from the war with decent ease.

Only China has the motivation to obstruct mediation, because Pakistan's occupation of the entire Kashmir is equivalent to helping China solve the troubles on the western border between China and India, which is beneficial to China.

What is detrimental to China is that the four permanent members of the Security Council, as well as most countries, hope to promote a ceasefire in India and Pakistan through the United Nations.

Will China risk confrontation with the world and vote in the Security Council?

On the 8th, at 3 pm Beijing time, Republic’s Foreign Minister Huang Guowei set out for the United Nations.

At 7:30 p.m. Islamabad time, Sharif announced a suspension of military operations for 24 hours.

Subsequently, Indian Interim Prime Minister Santos also announced a 24-hour suspension of military operations.

China has not made a clear statement, but China's influence is obvious to all.

At 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 8th, representatives of the Security Council member states held closed-door consultations with representatives of India and Pakistan.

Four hours later, the meeting ended. When US Secretary of State Lynch was interviewed by reporters, he announced that the consultations had achieved positive results. Huang Guowei did not accept the reporter's interview and directly returned to the Chinese Consulate in New York.

At about 10:30 am on the 9th morning, Beijing time, Ji Youguo received a call from Huang Guowei.

The meeting did not achieve any results, the dispute between India and Pakistan in Kashmir was not resolved, and both India and Pakistan were dissatisfied with the Security Council's mediation resolution. The Security Council will hold a second round of consultations in two hours to discuss whether India and Pakistan will impose sanctions without accepting ceasefire mediation.

The ball hit the United States again.

At the instruction of Ji Youguo, Huang Guowei will propose a bill to impose severe sanctions on the party initiating the war, and demand a statement of condemnation in the name of the United Nations.

The situation is very unfavorable to India and the United States.

Pakistan has physical and human evidence that India provoked war, that is, the combat operations of Indian special forces in the Pakistan-controlled area of ​​Kashmir and the captured Indian special forces major. In addition, the war was initiated by India launching missile attacks on Pakistan. Pakistan was fighting a war of self-defense, and India was fighting a war of aggression.

On the contrary, India has no evidence of Pakistan creating two New Delhi bombings.

As long as Huang Guowei proposes a proposal to sanction India, the United States will be in a dilemma. If it supports it, India will be severely sanctioned and even isolated by the international community. If it is opposed, the United States' ambitions will be obvious and the role it plays in this war will be openly revealed.

Ji Youguo also has a "trump card" in his hands, that is, the US intelligence agency planned and created the New Delhi bombing.

He did not rush to use it. First, there was no conclusive evidence, second, the time was not yet ripe, and third, he could not force the United States to a desperate situation.

As a result, when Huang Guowei proposed to sanction India, the United States abstained from the vote.

When Ji Youguo received this news, he was very excited for a while.

Back then, when the United States sent troops to attack Iraq, China was forced to abstain. This time, it was finally the Americans' turn to abstain.

At the subsequent press conference, the news shocked the whole world.

The United States, which has always regarded the United Nations as its "backyard", actually abstained in such a major vote! You should know that in the seventy-year history of the United Nations, the abstention votes cast by the United States in the Security Council vote can be counted with its fingers. If it were in the past, the United States would definitely vote for a veto.

This time, it was not the United States who voted the veto, but Russia.

This did not exceed Ji Youguo's expectations. Russia has huge economic and trade exchanges with India. If the actual sanctions are imposed on India, Russia will be the greatest impact.

Besides, Ji Youguo has no hope of passing the United Nations sanctions on India.

In the absence of results in the second round of consultations, it was proposed by Britain and France that the third round of consultations would be continued.

At this time, the 24-hour ceasefire period had passed and the war rekindled.

The Indian Air Force, which was seriously injured, could only barely guarantee air defense in important areas, while the Pakistan Air Force launched a full-scale attack and continued to bomb military targets in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region.

On the 9th, at 9:30 am Islamabad time, three Pakistani armored divisions deployed on the west side of the Indian-Pakistan ceasefire line in Kashmir crossed the ceasefire line and entered the Indian-controlled Kashmir area, advancing towards Srinaga.

The ground battle of the Fourth India-Pakistan War officially began.

In order to avoid accusations of "invasion", Pakistan used the name of "self-defense counterattack".

Fierce ground battles continued until dawn. Under the tenacious resistance of the Indian army, the Pakistani Army only advanced five thousand meters.

On the morning of the 10th, the President of Pakistan and the Chief of General Staff of the Army announced this "great victory".

The third round of consultations of the Security Council was also held in advance, and representatives from twenty countries sat at the conference table again after only less than six hours of rest.

Because Pakistan and India did not announce a temporary ceasefire, the meeting was held amid the rumbling guns.

From then on, the Fourth India-Pakistan War entered the second phase: using war to promote harmony.

On the afternoon of the 10th, something less noticeable happened.

The Chinese Navy's special mixed fleet arrived in the Arabian Sea and on the way to Karachi Port, they encountered the US Navy's USS Truman aircraft carrier battle group and were tracked and monitored by US carrier-based aircraft.

After dark, the special mixed fleet entered Pakistan's exclusive economic zone and was covered by Pakistan's fighter jets.

At this point, China's first step in sending maritime combat forces to the Indian Ocean. After arriving in the Arabian Sea, the TCM fleet switched to perform offshore patrol missions to provide early warning support to Pakistan.

It was not until the early morning of the 11th that India sent fighter jets to monitor the operations of the Special Mixed Fleet.

Because China did not participate in the war and the Chinese fleet was carrying out missions to evacuate and protect overseas Chinese, Indian fighter jets did not dare to attack the Chinese special-mix fleet.

On the same day, resolution 2335 was adopted by the Security Council.

Because during the bargaining negotiations, the content of the resolution was changed beyond recognition and completely lost its original appearance, this resolution has no binding force on both sides of the warring parties.

The United Nations mediated for the first time in failure.

After meeting with US Secretary of State Lynch alone, Huang Guowei took a special plane to leave New York.
Chapter completed!