Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 183
The surrounding tanks were shooting rapidly, and there was an explosion sound behind him. The colonel turned his head and saw that an infantry fighting vehicle was hit and was burning, but he didn't see how the tank was hit; After thinking about it carefully, he got into the turret and continued to observe the enemy in front, trying to guide the gunner to the next target.There was another series of intermittent explosions outside the turret, which didn't seem to be coming from the front.The colonel felt something was wrong.

"My platoon lost a tank," a platoon leader reported.

The colonel turned the periscope in the general direction, and saw that a well-concealed tank on the right was destroyed. This was the first tank his company lost today.The tank's engine was burning, and it was clear that the enemy shell was coming from a very erratic angle.

"Never mind so much, concentrate our firepower, we must completely eliminate them."

He still buried his head and continued to search for the target in front of him until he saw a hand blocking the periscope, then he heard someone outside beating the turret desperately, he took a step back and looked out from the periscope, a damn infantry climbed up, He was smashing the top cover with the butt of his gun vigorously. It would be bad if he damaged the precision surrounding mirror.The colonel came out of the turret angrily, thinking that if the bastard couldn't come up with a reasonable reason, he must be shot.

"They're in the back, right behind you." The infantry shouted in horror, leaning on the turret.

"What?" The Colonel was still puzzled.

"Pakistan tanks, behind your ass."

The sound of machine guns suddenly sounded, and a golden chain danced in the twilight. It was a parallel machine gun firing. Wherever it went, infantry rushed around.

"There is an enemy tank behind, the second row is backing up with me, and the muzzle is aimed at the 2." He shouted.Four 080-ton tanks began to move slowly.

Yahini's tanks hid in the darkness in the southeast corner and so far have not fired a single shot. No. 217 moved to the northeast corner according to his order and fired at the same time, which caught the Indian tank by surprise.According to the sergeant's plan, this should mobilize most of the enemies in the village and rescue the battalion commander in front.However, the Indian tanks were not completely in chaos. Their commanders showed considerable tactical literacy. They did not turn all the tanks to turn their muzzles as Yahini expected. Only about 4 tanks turned their heads to track No. 217.

The sergeant took aim at the Arjun tank that was the first to back up.The tank drove to the entrance of the village, and the commander was poking his head out to observe over the fence.He could probably hear engine number 217 moving away, but couldn't see it.

"Don't rush to fire, wait until it reaches the intersection and then fire, and let this pile of 60 tons of scrap iron block the road."

The muzzle turned slowly, following the unaware enemy tanks.Arjun drove to the entrance of the village, stopped, and then the turret started to rotate, apparently it saw the number 217.

Its turret had just stabilized, but unexpectedly, a runaway bullet shot into the turret from a tricky angle from the rear, detonating the internal ammunition instantly.The huge explosion lifted the turret more than ten meters, and then fell on a house, smashing it to pieces.

"Sergeant, your skills have improved," Yahini said.The huge turret of this Indian tank is indeed quite bluffing.However, the shells fired by Tahim easily penetrated the armor from the position of the rear storage box.

The second Indian tank was blocked by the destroyed tank. Without hesitation, it overturned a civilian house rumblingly, trying to go around. The surrounding houses interfered with the sight of the Indian artillery commander, so that he couldn't figure out the situation on the battlefield and made a move. wrong judgment.

"It's right behind the house."

"Look at me." The gunner said confidently. He was sure to penetrate the enemy's armor in any direction at a distance of 120 meters.

Among the ruined walls, the artillery of the Arjun tank slowly protruded out, but the movement stopped abruptly. It stopped behind a wall, and the No. 221 tank could only see the protruding gun barrels for the time being.The artillery adjusted the high and low shooting circles up and down, and then fired.A high-explosive grenade smashed a two-story house in front of the No. 217 tank.

"Panshi 217, why didn't you fight back?"

"Boss, there is something wrong with my autoloader." Tank 217 replied.

"Panshi 217, continue to retreat and give him to me."

The No. 217 tank, which attracted the enemy, could not fire, so it had to continue to retreat, looking for new cover.However, the Indian tanks hid in a blind spot and had no intention of continuing to pursue.Yahini could only see the slow movement of his cannon barrel protruding from behind the wall.

"Tassim, leave that wall alone and shoot according to your experience."

"clear."

The firing line of the tank turned a few degrees to the left. There was no need for ranging at such a distance. Of course, Tasim could not see the opponent's turret, but the turret section of this Indian tank was very large, so it was not easy to miss it.He controlled the artillery to aim at the approximate position. To be on the safe side, he adjusted the depression angle by 15 mils downward, so that he could at least hit the hull.Then he fired the cannonball.

The kinetic energy bullet penetrated the concrete brick wall and accurately hit the joint between the turret and the vehicle body, destroying the rear booster of the artillery and killing the gunner standing on this side at the same time.In the firelight, one can see that the part of the cannon that was exposed suddenly rose high, and then fell down heavily.

"Go, go back 50 meters." Yahini shouted in the car's call mode.If the enemy on the third tank is smart, they should have roughly guessed the situation, and it is time to move their positions.The staff sergeant then immediately switched the channel to external.

"Panshi 217, how is the situation?"

"The autoloader is malfunctioning, and we can only reload manually for the time being."

"Exit the battlefield eastward, be careful."

The sergeant knew that he was in some trouble now, and the firepower of the 217th was greatly reduced.The premise of the originally planned cross-fire blockade of the intersection no longer exists.He tried calling the battalion commander across the river again, but was unable to make contact.

A jeep rounded the wreckage from 221 and drove past the tanks mindlessly, perhaps trying to escape the village.The commander decisively manipulated the top 12.7mm machine gun to fire, knocking it over on the road.But this time the shooting exposed himself. A rocket flew over from the roof, hit the side of the turret, and detonated the reactive armor. Yahini, whose head was exposed, was unable to dodge. The head was broken by fragments, and blood seeped into the eyes. , he wiped it with his sleeve, and then found that his left ear seemed to be temporarily deaf.

Colonel Sandel recovered from the confusion and saw an infantryman with a rocket launcher shouting at him from the house, pointing to the southeast corner.

"There is an ambushes in the direction of the road, don't go forward, turn to the south. The muzzle is facing 9 o'clock."

The third-ranked tank did not rush out of the village, but turned south.The Colonel already knew the enemy was outnumbered, they were creating chaos and trying to exploit it, and if they lost their cool they would fall for it.

"Captain Kabaddi, I'll give you the other side of the river. Don't worry about the back, I'm here."

"Understood Colonel."

The colonel's tank quietly rolled out from the southern intersection.As expected, he saw a tank backing up in the dark, only 200 meters away.

"Aim quickly."

The gunner immediately starts tracking the target, he aligns the aiming dot with the target, and presses the fire button.Just wait for half a second, the turret rotates in place, and the fire control will enter automatic coincidence shooting, and the Pakistani tank will undoubtedly die.

An ominous crackling sound came from the right.

"Damn it, the turret won't turn." The gunner said, banging on the gun control box.

"What the hell is going on?" The colonel couldn't help shouting.

"It must be that the winding of the motor amplifier is broken again. I said it a few years ago. This damn gun control can only work normally for 75 hours, but those bastards just don't believe it."

"Hurry up and manually adjust the gun." The colonel shouted, he didn't have time to listen to the failure analysis now, the winner was the first to fire in one second on the battlefield, and there was no other excuse.Of course, he'd still love to yank some sloppy jerk off the production line at the Alwadi Heavy Vehicle Plant if he could.

The gunner depresses the clutch of the steering gear, and directly drives the turret to rotate and track the target through the turret motor instead of the gun control equipment.But it was too late, and the tank retreated behind the house, out of sight.

"Leave that house alone, penetrate it, destroy it," the Colonel shouted.

The gunner hesitated, wondering if he should remind the colonel to replace it with a kinetic energy armor-piercing projectile?But the moment was too late, he immediately dismissed the idea, he aimed at the approximate location with his breath and fired an armor-piercing projectile.The shell penetrated the wall of the house, and there was a dull impact and explosion, obviously hitting.The colonel hesitated for a moment, but did not back down, he wanted to see the result clearly.What he waited for was that the house collapsed, and through the thermal imager, he saw the outline of the front of the enemy tank gradually appearing in a cloud of smoke.Angry muzzle aimed at himself.

"Reverse," the colonel yelled, knowing that the shot had missed the enemy and had pissed him off.At the same time, several heroic infantry rushed out of the village, firing rocket launchers. None of the two 2 rockets hit the tank, but they caused some disturbance to the opposite tank commander.Arjun tank retreated to the corner in time.

"Captain, I need your support, my tank is broken."

"Colonel, we have not been able to repel the frontal enemy. They are still charging."

"They must be mad," said the colonel.He thought that the chaos here must have inspired the enemies on the opposite side.If the battle cannot be ended as soon as possible, the enemy will quickly find out that they are at a disadvantage in terms of strength.At that time, it may be difficult to get out of the body.

"Listen, the situation has changed. I don't know how many enemy tanks are behind us now. You let the brothers retreat one by one and move south. The enemy in the front can't cross the river quickly to pursue."

"Shall we retreat?" Kabaddi asked, hesitant because his eight tanks still had an advantage over the enemy on the opposite bank.

"Correct."

The movement of the tank company to turn around and flee frightened the Indian infantry on the ground. They immediately lost their fighting spirit, and the company commander decided to run away in front of the tank.The chaotic situation in the small village stunned the Pakistani tank soldiers on the other side of the river. They didn't know why the enemy made a mess by themselves.But the force is now leaderless and unable to respond properly.

(End of this chapter)