Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 188 Follow and follow
"Get ready to fight, they are on the opposite side..."

Before the words fell, a machine gun rang out in the distance, and the flying tracer bullets knocked down the panicked Indian company commander.A jeep from the company headquarters immediately prepared to hit the road to fight back (the vehicle had Viper anti-tank missiles).But when the front wheels were still slipping on the slope, the commander of the first tank 300 meters away saw him first.

Yahini on the No. 221 turret pulled the machine gun, fired a long burst, and hit the jeep.

"As you can see, I killed the 30th target."

The car commanders in the back all came to their spirits. This vulnerable Indian army aroused their fighting spirit.

Guided by No. 221 tracer bullets, the machine gun firepower was concentrated on the scurrying vehicles.The enemy's counterattack firepower is negligible.The 40 rockets fired indiscriminately flew in all directions, not very accurate, most of them jumped into the sky, and then fell, and some hit the trees on one side, blasting a ball of flames.

The tank column slowly drove past the roadbed at a search speed, strafing the enemy fleeing south.Yahini guessed that these scattered infantry should instinctively flee to the next position.Maybe pass on the confusion.At the same time, it also saves myself from being crushed by landmines.

"Stop shooting at the fleeing vehicles, we follow them."

500 meters away, a few Indian army trucks were lucky enough to start successfully and began to flee south. Some infantrymen who were too late to get on the truck could only follow aimlessly in the woods. One jumped into the Chenab which was not too deep. River, want to swim to the other side of the river.

"Damn it, why hasn't the air cover appeared yet?" The sergeant cursed.If you look at the map, the area designated by the superior is almost here. The division commander promised that there will be air firepower at this time, and at least he can guide his tanks to the target.But so far, he hasn't seen any trace of his own plane. Maybe this is just a lie told by the division headquarters.Suo Xingyahini has not seen the appearance of Indian planes so far.

"All speed up, keep the distance, don't mess up." He reminded through the inter-car radio.

The number 221 at the beginning began to increase the speed.Yahini kept a certain distance from the truck in front, and followed the fleeing enemy closely.He knew that these enemies couldn't see him, but he should be able to hear the roar of the tanks chasing after him, enough to scare the shit out of them.The tank column increased its speed to 30 kilometers per hour and continued to move forward in the ditch under the road. The panicked enemy convoy ahead couldn't get rid of the pursuers because they didn't dare to turn on the lights. Yahini felt like chasing a flock of sheep He saw from the thermal imaging mirror that they turned a corner ahead and got off the road, and then several cars turned into a forest in a panic.There was apparently a makeshift road there, perhaps another of their positions.

"Brace yourselves, watch out for the open field behind the woods on the right."

"I can see open land," said the driver.

"There must be. Slow down now." Yahini said.

"Listen, the tanks form a two-column battle formation. The infantry fighting vehicles stay where they are."

No. 221 slowed down slightly, ready to let the cars behind catch up to form two parallel columns.This bell formation is the main daytime subject of the 2st Armored Division's perennial drills.In fact, it is just a marching formation. The even-numbered vehicles in the original single-file formation form a new column, which is convenient for quickly dividing the column into two parts in the marching state, and marching in different directions. There is not much actual combat Value; just not as confusing as other battle formations that require a lot of room to spread the tanks out.

After waiting for a minute and a half, the vehicles in the back could not complete the formation he wanted, and most of the vehicles crowded into a pile in a mess.Yahini lost his patience before the vehicles behind had finished lining up. For him, losing timing is the worst thing.

"Okay, keep the current formation and turn right 25 degrees. The enemy should be right behind the woods we cross diagonally."

As Yahini said, there was indeed a defensive position of the Indian Army behind the woods, and behind it was a battalion-sized towed artillery position arranged by Commander Janaguri.

These 122mm howitzers on the position have just been deployed here, and most of them have not been unloaded.Due to the confusion of communications, the commander still doesn't know what happened here, or what he will face. He just heard the sound of fire and explosions in the north, and then a group of broken soldiers ran into his position.The group of defeated soldiers didn't say much, they just fled across the battlefield.In astonishment, rumbling roars followed, and the commander immediately blocked the narrow intersection with several ammunition vehicles filled with explosives, hoping to block the enemy for a while.But the enemy tanks did not appear from here. The first thing the terrified soldiers heard was the sound of birds flying in the woods, and then the terrifying tearing sound of the big tree being pushed down by its roots.Panic engulfed every soldier in the night.

The soldiers and lower-level officers of the 16th Infantry Division are not well-trained fighters. Most of them were just farmers in eastern Rajasthan last year, and they have hardly undergone anti-tank and night combat training.Now the huge machine is approaching from an invisible place, and the soldiers' will to fight begins to collapse. They all drop their artillery and turn around to flee, and the entire organization collapses in an instant.

No. 221 rushed out of the woods first, and Yahini was stunned by the situation in front of him. The enemies on the ground were collapsing on their own. It seemed that the sound of the tanks was enough to deter them.Dozens of artillery pieces are neatly stacked on the newly built positions, some of which are still covered with guncoats.Ammunition is piled everywhere, obviously this position has not fired a single shot.In fact, he still remembers these cannons. A few hours ago, when he was still on the other side of the river, he walked behind the convoy of these cannons for a while. Judging from the current situation, these cannons have just arrived, and some of them are still hanging on the ground. on the truck.

"Listen, don't waste shells, and destroy all their artillery."

A large group of tanks scrambled out of the woods, and the Indians fled in all directions without much exchange of fire.The tanks used their tracks and machine guns to destroy the entire battalion of D30 howitzers as if they were in no man's land.Since fighting with the 16th Infantry Division a few days ago, Yahini has discovered that the commander of the division has some brain problems. Even if he is only a sergeant, it is impossible to deploy artillery in an unsecured area.He couldn't help but feel complacent. He thought that this battle to determine history wouldn't just end like this?

"Report to the division headquarters, our army has penetrated into place, and just discovered an enemy artillery position."

The sergeant used the frequency hopping single station with a security machine to shout twice, wanting to report credit, but there was no response after waiting for a long time, and the communication was always sporadic.Maybe it was too far away from the relay vehicle, maybe the enemy used some new electronic suppression technology.

There was a shrill scream in the air, and Yahini knew it was not good.A shell crossed the night sky and landed in the center of the tank group, detonating the propellant of the 122mm shells stacked in the center, and the artillery position exploded into pieces.Yahini noticed that his left ear was starting to hurt again.

"Turn left 45 degrees and shift position."

The tanks on the ground began to turn awkwardly on the spot, and then drove southeast.The howling shells fell from the sky uninterruptedly, but they did not correct with the movement of the tank after playing for a while.Yahini knew that this was a large-caliber artillery position on the east bank. When he fought with the Arjun tank company, they fought for a while. These howitzers are very powerful.Obviously this is just an artillery preparation, and it can be expected that they will launch a counterattack soon.He began to worry about the scale of the enemy's counterattack?It shouldn't be limited to artillery and infantry. I don't know if the tank regiment will appear.But the superior promised that the regiment would not be able to reach here before dawn.

"Panshi 221. In the direction of 105, it seems that there are a large number of enemy tanks." Another commander reported.Yahini quickly got into the turret and observed through the night vision goggles.In the far distance of the night vision device, there seemed to be some light white dots moving in the gray background, but they were not very clear, and sometimes disappeared into the background graphics with low signal-to-noise ratio. He was sure that this was some kind of emission at the extreme distance. The shape of the heat source vehicle is still unclear; but judging from the moving situation, it looks like a tank, and the car probably will not be deployed in a line on the open ground.

"Tassim, how far is the distance?"

"Probably more than 4 kilometers." The gunner said, and began to use laser ranging.He measured one of them and found that it was indeed 4 kilometers away.

"Too far. What shall we do?"

"We can't put them too close, our advantage lies in the long distance."

"But there seem to be a lot of them." Tasim said worriedly.

"Do you find it strange?" The sergeant asked inexplicably while continuing to count the number of enemies.

"What's so strange?"

"A lot of people are saying that there won't be a big tank battle anymore. But we're about to hit it," Yahini said.The gunner suddenly discovered that Yahini was actually in good spirits, as if some of his wishes had come true.

"I said the captain, they are really big. There may be 50 of them."

"How could there be only 50?" Yahini responded.

"Attention all the commanders, we are deployed in a line formation, advance at the lowest speed, and face the enemy head-on. Just stop and shoot on the open ground. They can't see us within 1 kilometer, and they can't penetrate us. So, we went to The way to play is very simple, don't let them rush to us." Yahini said, he also knows that a tank commander with common sense should turn around and retreat while the enemy is still far away in this situation, because the enemy's firepower advantage is obvious.It is not his personal style to simply shoot at the enemy with a large number of enemies in the open field.Things get complicated if there are a few enemy tanks using active infrared searchlights regardless of losses.But now that he shoulders the heavy responsibility of history, he really can't turn around and escape.

The 19 tanks moved in slowly, adjusted their formation, and unfolded in the last word; every two tanks were separated by about tens of meters, and all the commanders, including Yahini, were counting the number of enemies.It can be seen from the thermal imager that the enemy tanks stacked on top of each other are getting bigger and bigger, and their main guns can already be seen facing the sky. These are the main station tanks, and the number is about one regiment.As for Yahini's statement that the enemy can't see far at night, not everyone thinks so. If they can't see, why did they just rush over?
(End of this chapter)