Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 182 Ambush Battle

"Captain, I think you are bold." The driver said.

"Don't be afraid, it's just an infantry convoy. I guess there will be chaos when the front fires. We can take the opportunity to enter the village and attack the Arjun tank unit from behind."

"From behind? That's great," said the gunner.As a gunner, he had never had the opportunity to fire from the rear.

Gradually, the No. 221 and No. 217 tanks distanced themselves from the enemy convoy, and the enemy military convoy turned south. They had a pontoon bridge 5 kilometers to the south, and they should cross the river from there.And several infantry fighting vehicles with armored chassis drove down the roadbed and moved closer to the village. In the hot summer night, the Indian infantry sat on the tanks and chatted loudly, but no one saw through the way that the tanks behind them were not their own.The Pakistani tankers followed them about 100 meters to the east end of the village.Yahini climbed into the turret and put his head on the commander's perimeter sight.He could see some of the enemy's deployment in the village from the thermal imager, and he saw several tanks clinging to the houses with only a small front hull and gun ports visible, apparently waiting to ambush the west Battalion Commander Eunice.The newly arrived infantry fighting vehicles and anti-tank guided missile vehicles also squeezed into the village, probably wanting to find some good shooting positions. The village was pitch black and there was no one to command them. These newly arrived tanks suddenly became chaotic There was a ball.It seemed that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined, not only because of the newly increased enemy troops, but also because there seemed to be a cunning guy who was good at laying ambushes sitting here.

The sergeant picked up the intercom, switched from the in-vehicle communication to the No. 2 communication box "SQ ON" (squelch communication mode), and then turned on the confidential mode, which is encrypted by random sequence frequency hopping to ensure that the communication will not be overheard arrive.There are so many enemy tanks here, and they all use a rough communication channel. It is indeed possible to be heard. It can be determined that the enemy has been calling each other in plain language, and even chatting. Unfortunately, he can't understand the Indians, so he doesn't know their plans.

"Commander, can you hear me?" he called, but there was no response.It seems that the enemy's electromagnetic suppression is working again.

"Commander, can you hear me?"

He was very anxious, because according to the original plan, the battalion commander's column would be difficult to exert firepower and would expose the side armor.On the contrary, the enemy can shoot calmly. He predicted that if Younis wanted to forcefully pass through this area, he would definitely be hit with blood.

The huge cannon that shook the earth suddenly sounded, and then a second.A burning fireball can be seen on the opposite bank, and it seems that the battalion commander has stepped into a trap.

"No time, shall we fire?" asked the gunner Tasim.

"Wait a minute, I have to observe the battlefield first. Saad was driven 100 meters away." Yahini shouted.Now is not the time to show off. Although he is in a very favorable position, he only has two tanks, so before firing, he must first see the general deployment of the enemy from the rear.

On the other side of the Chenab River, 30 Pakistani main battle tanks suddenly encountered a dense fire net and immediately fell into chaos.What's more terrible is that the first round of shelling hit the battalion commander's car, and the smart tank burned up. No one knew whether the battalion commander Younis was dead or alive. Now this unit seems to be completely gone. command.Indian tanks are well hidden with only a small part exposed.The Pakistani column, which is superior in number, immediately launched a counterattack. The Pakistani tank group suppressed the opponent in terms of firepower. The Indian tanks retreated one after another, hiding behind the houses and losing their shooting range. However, the hasty counterattack itself hit a row of houses. , did not see substantial destruction.

A row of flares descended from the sky.Brightly illuminate the road along the river.Laser beams sweeping wantonly over tanks along the shore, it is an ominous omen.Even after losing command, the Ba tank group fell into a situation where they were fighting on their own, but they still started to focus on the same spot, hiding the side of the damned.The side-by-side machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns began to randomly suppress the enemies on the other side of the river, but there were still a few dazzling flames rising from the gully in front of the village. They rose to a certain height and then flew towards different targets.

Some missiles missed, others focused on the target in the column, and another round of explosions followed.

Colonel Sandel has been using the periscope to observe the opposite bank. The effect of the first round of attack is not good. The order of "free fire" he issued was too simple and sloppy, so that many weak gunners chose the first tank. As a target, a lot of firepower was wasted, perhaps because it was the easiest to hit recently.The unlucky tank was battered by the slanted fire, but the rest of the enemy seized the gap of fire and began to fight back.Fortunately, both the colonel and Captain Kabaddi chose the sixth command vehicle to attack. The command vehicle was hit twice at the same time and should have been damaged, but it did not explode, but was tilted under the embankment and almost turned over. , it can be seen that the track on one side is still idling.

"Why isn't it loaded yet?" he yelled.

"Soon, Colonel." The loader replied with difficulty.

"Oh my god, you're panting like this just after the second shot?"

"No, I'm just... just experiencing gunfire for the first time." The loader shouted.It's no wonder that the nature of the loader's work dictated that he was blinded behind the turret, but the counterattack firepower on the other side of the river, which was several times that of here, could be heard clearly, and it would be a lie to say that he was not afraid.

"Relax the young men, we'll wipe them all out soon. No one can hurt us tonight," the colonel said triumphantly.The infantry's anti-tank missile attack, under the cover of a large amount of smoke fired by the enemy, did not fare well, but also hit 2 targets.After those MBT2000s were hit on top by tandem high-explosive ammunition, there was absolutely no reason to fight back.

"Aim for car No. 4," said the colonel.Soon the gunner saw the target indicated by the colonel in the stabilized sight.This kind of quiet and disruptive shooting is really too simple.However, the rotation of the turret was a little hindered. The colonel heard the buzzing sound of the turret motor idling with a large overload, and there was also a rumbling scraping sound from outside the turret.Must have been jammed by the building, and he ordered the driver to move forward a little to allow the turret to rotate.

"The armor-piercing shell is loaded." The loader shouted.

"emission."

Amidst the loud noise, the Arjun tank shook violently.

"Damn it, you're firing right, his turret is still turning," the colonel shouted.He saw the reactive armor on the side of the target turret on the other side of the river detonated, but obviously the jet didn't penetrate the armor, otherwise the gunner in this position would not be alive and the turret would not be able to turn.

"Listen, load one AP round," he said, "and fire the next round in the same spot."

Khalid on the opposite side has completely turned the front, and the colonel lost the chance to shoot the side, but if another armor-piercing projectile hits the same position on the side of the armor, he is still very sure.

The loader drew a round from the rear of the turret.Then gritted his teeth and walked to the rear of the artillery.On this command vehicle, the loader had to undertake considerable communication tasks, so he could not be selected according to the standard of a burly man. The compromise result was to let this Hindu communication sergeant, who was a vegetarian all year round, do the job. He is almost entirely incapable of such physical work.

The Pakistani tank on the opposite side probably saw the Arjun tank with half of the turret exposed.The colonel saw his muzzle moving slowly and pointing at himself.He hurriedly told the driver to retreat, and at the same time turned the smoke grenade knob on the inner wall of the turret to the left and right salvo positions with his right hand.He chose a 2-side salvo and fired a set of smoke grenades.

The tank backed violently, causing the thin loader to stand unsteadily, and fell backwards. With a clang, a huge fixed shell fell to the floor.The gunner and driver were almost scared out of their wits.

"Don't be nervous, pick it up." The colonel said calmly.His face was kept close to the eyepiece of Zhou Shijing, and he didn't even look back. This kind of calm emotion somewhat infected other people.

The tank on the opposite side responded immediately, but the gunner was obviously too impatient and impatient to follow Arjun's pushback, which made the calculation of the advance angle of the fire control too large, and the shell rubbed against the rear of the turret and hit a private house behind.

The tanks on the opposite side raised their gun barrels slightly, and they were reloading.Now the colonel was left with a good chance to fight back.The colonel waited patiently until he heard the snap of the shells into the breech-block.

"Armor-piercing rounds, over."

The driver shifts into a forward gear and pushes the lever forward.

"Aim better."

Two seconds later, the gunner decisively disconnected the cannon and, living up to the colonel's expectations, he hit the same spot.Smiling, he saw a ball of flames blowing everywhere, but the tank was still retreating backwards at a low speed, as if the frontal armor hadn't been penetrated yet.Only a second later, the tank in the thermal imager began to turn pale, and the colonel knew that it was caused by the sudden increase in the surface temperature of the enemy tank.Sure enough, the exhaust shutters on the side of that MBT2 tank began to smoke, and it seemed that the automatic fire suppression measures inside had failed.Immediately afterwards, the commander climbed out from the top of the turret and rolled to the ground.Then the outside of the tank also caught fire.

"That's right. Today, we are going to create a miracle." The colonel said proudly.In the field of view of the thermal imager, all the enemies are retreating, obviously they have no command.This is a great opportunity to eliminate them.

He heard the commotion outside and climbed out of the turret, cheered up by the sight of the newly arrived infantry fighting vehicles and anti-tank teams pushing forward desperately to join in the thrashing of the enemy.Several infantrymen on the mound started to fire rockets at a distance of one kilometer. Although they were inaccurate, the flying rockets were enough to make the enemy on the opposite side into a frightened bird.

"Captain, I want you to move north with a platoon and knock out a few tanks behind before they get away comfortably."

"clear."

Things have gone very smoothly so far. The enemy has been beaten and is retreating in a panic. They are in an absolutely disadvantaged position. During the long and low-speed retreat, they have nothing to do but be beaten.

(End of this chapter)