Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 178 Hunter
"'Cannon King'? That Colonel Yu Zhendong who has been on TV?"

"That's right, it's him. He presided over the compilation of our army's 300-fire shooting table. Lao Yu is not only familiar with domestic equipment, but also has a lot of research on tornadoes. This time, I went to stare at their tornadoes." Xu Jingzhe said, It can be heard that he is quite familiar with this old Yu. "Oh, by the way, this is actually the request of the Pakistani side. They have rearranged the priority of attacking all the targets of the Indian Army. The tornado system is second only to the first-level command of the military region. Now it depends on whether Lao Yu can take advantage of the range. , causing the greatest loss to the enemy."

"However, these dozen or so cannons have negligible firepower after all, and at most they can only cause some losses to Spangado. Without the input of a large number of cutting-edge troops and heavy equipment, the battle situation will still be very problematic."

"Well, let me tell you first. The Pakistani Prime Minister is currently visiting Kabul secretly. If there is no accident, he may be able to borrow a road from Khost province in Afghanistan. In this way, a Pakistani army in the northwest, It can bypass Kandahar and enter southern Pakistan. This is a very good road, which was built by the US military to encircle and suppress the Taliban, and it is completely passable for heavy equipment."

"I know this road is a project contracted by our country. It's just, teacher, what do you mean by no accident?"

"Of course it depends on whether the United States will obstruct it. The Afghan government may ask for a high price, but our intelligence shows that negotiations will be concluded tonight. The price is that the Pakistani government promises to persuade the rebels and the Taliban in the tribal areas to submit to the government. They are very happy. It is clear that the Taliban has some connections with the Pakistani intelligence agencies."

"Well, this is a very good way. The United States should not mess around, right? Because she is also profitable."

"I hope so."

Shujaabad region in southern Pakistan.The flames of war have burned to the edge of the city, and the Indian Air Force appears in the air from time to time, dropping bombs on targets they consider suspicious.

Sergeant Yahini is anxiously waiting for the mechanics to repair his tank.His tank has had the road wheels and top machine gun replaced, and a few sections of the damaged rubber tracks have been replaced, but the water tank above the engine has not been repaired.At this time, the tanks of the 16st Armored Division, which had dived across the river, were gathering in the nearby woods, about the size of two battalions, but the infantry remained behind.The superiors believed that the enemy situation was serious and they had to go into battle immediately, because the Indian 20th Infantry Division was attacking like crazy. The vanguard had completely cut into the eastern road network and was still advancing towards Alipur. The advance force (that is, where Yahini is located) is only [-] kilometers away, completely blocking the main passage of the [-]st Armored Division going south.This second-rate Indian force has now become the most prominent arrow on the Indian front, showing incredible arrogance.

An hour ago, Yahini had been promoted to temporary platoon leader by the battalion commander Younis, and his ammunition had also been replenished, and he had received 4 additional gun-launched laser beam missiles, which made him overjoyed.Not only because this expensive missile is generally only provided to the command vehicle of the company platoon leader; but also because it will increase the range of this artillery by an additional 2 kilometers, which he knows will be very useful in actual combat. The crew of No. 221 had previously received training in launching simulated aiming from the director, but had never actually fired this kind of artillery-launched missiles. Now the new platoon leader was eager to try; They are all talking about the extremely fast progress of the Indian 16th Infantry Division and their old T72 tanks, just like talking about the heavenly soldiers and generals.This makes it difficult for Yahini to understand. In his opinion, the armored division's fear of the infantry division itself is a joke, and this infantry division has not shown any strong combat effectiveness. They can advance so fast, nothing more than benefiting from Pakistan itself mess.

Saad, who was covered in engine oil, came over and told the platoon leader that the platoon had finally repaired the leaking water tank. Maybe the repair was not so perfect, but they guaranteed that there would be no more problems within 300 kilometers.Neither Yahini nor his comrades could recall a time when their tank was hit in the side by a rocket. Maybe they were too focused on the fight.Judging from the damaged part, after the jet penetrated the armor, a small hole was left in the armor. The jet passed through the water tank and simply missed the engine below.Otherwise the tank probably wouldn't have escaped the small village at the foot of Fort Delaware.

"Boss, I heard that we are about to leave soon." The driver Saad said listlessly, it sounded like he was not so satisfied that the mechanic platoon could fix the tank before the action.

"Great, we can beat them again." Yahini replied, seeing the crawler-type repair vehicle carrying the hoisting equipment finally leave, he couldn't express his joy in his heart.

"I just heard some bad news from the people who repaired the platoon," he looked around. There was no one else here except Yahini. "The reconnaissance team sent by the battalion commander two hours ago lost contact."

"Maybe it's just electronic interference."

"It's not electronic interference. The fleeing residents said that they saw our tanks being ambushed in the Chenab River, and the entire platoon was killed within 1 minute."

"Is there a specific location?"

"I haven't heard of it. I don't think it's too far away."

An officer came out from the woods and waved a small flag over his head. In the [-]st Armored Division, this was the semaphore for all boarding vehicles.

"Let's go, the action has begun." Yahini patted Saad on the shoulder vigorously.

In an anxious and busy scene, the new platoon leader calmly boarded the tank. His crew was the only one with combat experience in this group of tanks.The other two cars in his platoon, No. 217 and No. 245, stopped just a few tens of meters away. The two car captains were looking at Yahini's back and looking around, not like a calm commander at all.

Yahini got into the turret, and the official news from the battalion headquarters came from the radio, which confirmed the previous rumors. The reconnaissance unit composed of 2 main battle tanks and 2 infantry fighting vehicles encountered an attack from the Indian Army and were all destroyed. On the west bank of the Chenab River.This probably shows that the enemy has sneaked across the tributary of the Indus River during the day, and of course it may have just been destroyed across the river.In any case, the enemy was evidently very close, and with unknown strength.

"I am Panshi 221. I suggest that my platoon go ahead and reconnaissance by one kilometer." Yahini did not hesitate, grabbed the communicator and took the initiative to fight.Saad, who had just sat firmly in the driver's seat, was taken aback.

"What? Are you willing to conduct reconnaissance?" Battalion Commander Younis said in surprise, "Actually, I also intend to do so, after all, you have combat experience." He immediately agreed to Yahini's invitation to fight, for fear that he would go back on his word.

"Lieutenant Colonel, I have another proposal. I want to change the route. My platoon cannot move along the river bank. It will repeat the mistakes of the previous troops. I hope to cross the Chenab River first in the woods to the east. Actions can be unexpected."

Yahini seemed to have tasted the sweetness of striking the enemy by surprise. He didn't want to attack according to the preset route, but wanted to attack from the other side of the river closer to the enemy.

The battalion commander hesitated for a moment, he thought it was a bit risky: "Sergeant, how are you going to cross the river?"

"During the exercise a few days ago, I looked at the map of the division's staff headquarters. There are several areas nearby where the water depth is less than one and a half meters. The river bed is very strong and can pass through."

"Well, I agree, be careful yourself," replied Battalion Commander Younis, who himself did not remember the details of the maps.

"Understood." On the other side of the radio, an excited voice came, as if going hunting.

"In addition, the drone just took some images of Indian tanks in the village east of Abril. They are not very clear, but they are large in size. Unlike T72, they are more like heavy tanks. You have to be careful."

"Maybe their Arjun tank, great, I've been looking forward to taking on these stupid guys."

The battalion commander froze for a moment, he found that Yahini was the most motivated one in his team.There is currently no information to verify that the result of destroying 16 Indian tanks reported by him may be reliable, but the battalion commander knows Yahini very well. He likes to exaggerate the facts, but he will not be unreasonable.

"Very well, you can move, I will move along the west bank of the river. Keep in touch at any time. Over."

Ending the call, Yahini then ordered the driver Saad to start the tank.Thick black smoke sprayed into the air amidst the rumbling of the engine.The tank started laboriously, then turned to the east.The other 2 cars had to follow closely behind.The commanders knew that in previous exercises, Yahini had always been an outlier, known for his cleverness and poking tricks. I hope his cleverness can really find the enemy's weakness instead of going to death.

The 221 car group drove forward for a certain distance, and took the lead to cross the Chenab River from a narrow section of the river. Sure enough, as Captain Yahini described, the water in this section was very shallow, and the car body was not covered, and no one was there. Know why the sergeant pays so much attention to these usually insignificant things before the battle?But now, his weird specialties finally come in handy.The other two vehicles crossed the river in the same manner, and then moved southward into the woods on the other side of the river.The three tanks stopped and went at the first speed.Yahini, the leader, stopped to observe from time to time, but found no Indians, nor did he see any tracks left by T2 on the ground.It seems that the Indian 72th Infantry Division did not have enough troops to completely occupy these areas. They just boldly interspersed from the edge of the town to the south, basically giving up the flank.

An hour later, Yahini, who was walking in front, could already see thick smoke billowing from the opposite bank, presumably it was the reconnaissance team that was attacked.Yahini ordered the car to stop, then walked alone to the edge of the woods to observe through binoculars. The two destroyed tanks were still burning, and crackling machine gun shells exploded from time to time.They are about 2 meters apart, the gun trunnions are damaged, the long guns almost hang down to the ground, and the muzzles of both guns are pointing southeast. Perhaps the firepower that attacked them was there.The wreckage of the infantry fighting vehicle has been burned black, and the scattered corpses next to it show that the soldiers were shot by machine guns after getting off the vehicle.

Now the new platoon leader is trying to imagine the situation at that time. These tanks were first hit by some weapon on the east coast. He thinks it may be an anti-tank missile, because he has experienced the main gun of the T72, and it seems unlikely that they will be hit. So clean and neat, he estimated that what hit the tank should be a huge tandem ammunition in top attack mode.The sergeant turned 90 degrees and began to search due south. In the afterglow of the setting sun, a figure could be seen walking behind the mound in the distance.After a while, the dust raised behind the mound seemed to be a chariot.He couldn't be sure what was hidden there, but he could estimate that the distance was about 5 kilometers, which really put the tank at a disadvantage.Because this is outside the attack distance of the tank's shells, it is very difficult to attack even with artillery-launched missiles.The position of the Indians was chosen very professionally, and it was not like the second-rate troops he was familiar with that could only rampage.They chose a small high ground behind an open field. As long as the tanks on both sides of the strait were moving, they could see or hear them. At the same time, it was also conducive to taking advantage of the distance advantage of anti-tank missiles.

(End of this chapter)