Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 425 Lightning and Thunder
The vigilant tanks turned their turrets slowly as if in slow motion. In the heavy rain, they could not see the target at all without the help of lights. They could only tentatively shoot at the rubble pile with machine guns, and the Chinese army that succeeded in one blow had already dodged. Into the rain, waiting for the next opportunity.The command tank that was penetrated could only slowly back up and hide behind other tanks. Everyone in this tank, including Admiral Kambiakun, had been injured, but they were still alive.The major general lost his position for a while, wondering what happened to that blow just now?When the glare lights of the other tanks turned on his tank, he could see a tiny hole in the upper wall of the turret glowing, and he walked back blankly to see that the hole was still leaking.

"Get out of here quickly, the enemy is about to bombard you." He yelled.

Lin Huaisheng's mortars outside the city began to fire uninterruptedly at the position of the enemy's headquarters. This shelling had no direct results, but it caused further confusion in the 4th Armored Brigade's headquarters.Given that the 4th Armored Brigade did not bring the full brigade headquarters here, the surprise attack would obviously be very deadly.

In the torrential rain, the entire column of Indian tanks in front was still blocked on the road, waiting for orders from the brigade headquarters.During this period of time, the anti-tank team of the Chinese army seized the opportunity to constantly change positions and fire at the enemy's weak side.The Indian infantry in the brigade lacked the ability to take the initiative to fight. Once they lost their command, they stopped in place and did not fight house by house at all.

The Chinese artillery position 10 kilometers away has been trying to find some precise counterattack methods. Taking advantage of the enemy's inability to move, they have tentatively fired several terminal sensitive bombs.But the observation team in front did not observe a hit, and it is not known whether the urban terrain hindered the sensor search, or the heavy rain reduced the infrared signature of the target, or the scouts did not see it at all.

Xue Xiaoyan's headquarters has been hiding in a dark four-story building, condescendingly monitoring the entire city's operations. He found that the enemy has fallen into a situation where they are fighting on their own. Knocked out the headquarters.He called the headquarters, hoping to send more troops to fight in Dingsugiya, but the headquarters did not dare to send helicopter support in the heavy rain with thunder and lightning, and the jeeps that did not have the ability to ford were quickly spread. Local flash floods blocked it.

At this moment, the enemy vehicles that turn on their lights to protect themselves are like dying fire snakes, unable to move in the dilapidated urban area.Although the heaviest weapon of the Chinese army is only a 120mm rocket launcher, under improper command, the Indian tanks appear clumsy and passive. , but at the same time blocked the pace of reinforcements, he was quite disdainful of Chief of Staff Lin's belated command style.But he didn't know that there was actually a friendly army flying over from the higher ground in the south, and the desire of this friendly army to wipe out the enemy was even higher than his own.

Several tanks of He Fan ran wildly in the rainstorm, as if they were afraid of missing a soft persimmon.

Even He Fan has no similar experience in fighting in such heavy rain.Of course, he has more time to adapt than the 4th Brigade.He has already noticed that the low-light system has not been affected, but the thermal imager seems to be much worse than before. From the periscope, he can see the dense and short discharge on the distant horizon, just like the most intense summer night. Like a thunderstorm, but it's October now?

"Look, how spectacular the lightning is." The driver said.

"I'm really worried that the wet turret will be struck by lightning." He Fan answered the wrong question, and the voice was transmitted to the ears of other crew members through the in-vehicle communication system.

In a blink of an eye, a rolling thunder fell from the sky and hit the No. 08 tank directly.At the moment of the loud noise, the thunder and lightning triggered the internal fire extinguishing and explosion suppression device, and while the lights in the car were horribly flickering, He Fan hit the floor with his ass.In a tenth of a second, the fire bottle spewed out chilly, high-pressure gas.

"Fuck, am I okay?"

He Fan asked himself aloud, he had already felt that the tank had stopped abruptly, and at the same time he seemed to be fine.

No one answered him, only heard the booster fan start up suddenly, and with a burst of coughing, the white bromotrifluoromethane smoke permeating the car was drawn out of the car.

"Is the crew all right?"

"It seems to be fine. Can you stop saying those unlucky words?" the gunner said angrily.

He Fan ignored him, just got up and checked the communication system, it seemed that nothing was wrong.

"Could it be that even thunderbolts are difficult for me?"

Different from ordinary people, after being struck by lightning, he can still realize some pretentious feelings.

"How about the oil circuit and starter."

"normal."

After a quick start, He Fan continued to move in the intended direction. Except for a part of the interior lighting, the lightning strike did not cause any damage; this gave He Fan a reason to be confident and invincible. As a senior tank commander who taught the troops, he never He will not underestimate the opponent's equipment, but he will inevitably think highly of himself, while underestimating the enemy's commander.

Non-stop lightning always destroys the observation of image-enhanced low-light equipment. He Fan simply uses white light equipment directly to observe the front at the moment of lightning.In the general direction, he saw a little flash of light on the ground, and he couldn't believe his eyes. Of course, he knew that the air force had already destroyed the power supply of the surrounding [-] square kilometers. Such lights were obviously abnormal.When he got close, he realized that it was the enemy's convoy that was illuminating the lights by itself. His heart burst into laughter. This was a situation he hadn't even dared to think about before.

"There are still 4 kilometers to the south of Dingsugia. Let's press in a fan shape. Don't fire. Let me judge the situation first."

He Fan used the inter-vehicle radio station to initially arrange the planning method. Since the enemy himself has been exposed, there is no need to take the risk of sticking too tightly.

"08, this is the wolf's lair. I just got the news that the headquarters of the 4th Brigade has just been attacked by infantry, and it is on your passage. Be careful."

It was Lao Ding who spoke on the radio. Obviously, through the high-speed intelligence summary of the data link, Lin Huaisheng could directly intervene in the actions of each node.

"08 understands, he must look good when he hits it. By the way, have you seen the enemy's command vehicle?"

Lao Ding paused for a while, probably to ask other people.

"08, preliminary information shows that this group of enemies only has command tanks, and the command vehicle of the brigade headquarters is blocked behind."

"Well, that's the best way."

The 5 tanks slowly crossed the abandoned villages in the southwest and the swell of water in the farmland, and approached Dingsugia, which was in fierce battle.He Fan stretched out his head and observed the enemy's deployment with binoculars. He could see that all the tanks were lined up next to the buildings in the southern city. It was obviously an air strike deployment. At the same time, all the gun barrels were aimed at the north. This shows that the Indians' enemy situation is judged in the direction of the railway. Obviously they plan to push all the way north with such bright lights.

"07, did you see those BMP-1s?"

"I see, it's blocking our passage, it's a trouble."

"The formation is in a mess. It is estimated that the infantry has been put down and is about to withdraw from the battlefield. Hit them first."

"Will you scare the snake?"

"Well, first find the command vehicle of the battalion headquarters and hit them Qicun."

He Fan said confidently.Although he is arrogant and arrogant, he has worked hard on the research of the enemy. He knows that the T4 tanks of the 90th Armored Brigade use the latest communication equipment, while the old-fashioned tanks used by the infantry of the brigade cannot An old P123 radio with frequency hopping and encrypted communications.In other words, infantry fighting vehicles cannot directly communicate with tanks, but can only coordinate through the upper-level command vehicle.

In the reality that the purchase of weapons costs too much and the funds for upgrading old-fashioned equipment are insufficient, the compromise method that the Indian Army Staff has come up with is to upgrade some of the communication equipment of the BMP-1 battalion commander's car.Now that no brigade headquarters command vehicles have been found, these battalion-level communication nodes are very important.

"08, I found an extra whip antenna on a vehicle. I'll show you." The commander of No. 07 then used the irradiator of the laser driving beam launch system to start tracking the moving tank.

He Fan quickly saw the light spot, and it turned out to be a chariot with a different shape from the others, mainly because there was an extra antenna behind the turret.

"Leave this one to me, and you can choose the rest yourself. After I fire it, you can fire again."

He laid out his plan hastily, and began to watch the gunner take aim.

The distance measured by the rangefinder is 1500 meters, which is a bit far.He was a little worried that if the gun missed the key point and did not destroy the communication equipment, the enemy might have time to report it.

In the periscope, the floating correction light spot has been closely following the target turret, slightly lower than the area of ​​the antenna, which is the most critical position. On the one hand, it can directly kill the commander (most likely a battalion commander) ), on the other hand, can also destroy communication equipment.

After tracking steadily for about ten seconds, the No. 08 tank finally fired the shell. After less than one second of flight, the shell hit exactly the position the gunner wanted.He Fan saw a dazzling flash, followed by an explosion.

"Well played, a little on the low side."

"Maybe it's the climate."

Afterwards, the rest of the chariots also began to shoot freely, and the infantry chariots that thought they were hiding at the back of the entire battle formation were stunned by a single shell.

"Okay, stop shooting."

With an order from him, all the chariots stopped firing, and they were once again hidden in darkness.As if it had been rehearsed, Lin Huaisheng's 122 howitzer immediately began to cover and shoot the area. The panicked enemies were in a mess, and then fled to the northern village. Some quick-reacting tanks finally turned off their lights. This made He Fan lose his target.

"All start, let's get closer."

5 tanks approached the rubble of the city from the enemy's rear, looking for other weak spots left by the negligent enemy.In heavy rain, it is difficult for the opponent to perceive the direction of the short shot.

At the same time, the Indian tanks trapped in the city have never resumed command. After Kambiakun's voice disappeared from the tank radio, no tank commander knew what happened to him.All the chariots can only launch a dull attack according to the route he set before.The whole attack was muddled, and the infantry did not cooperate with the tank at all, because the brigade commander had not had time to deploy.

The enemy's slow movement gave the Chinese army time to predict the route of the tanks and lay mines calmly.Soon the tanks that outflanked the railway station to the west were blocked again, and the infantry behind could not carry out the order to fight from floor to floor at all. They just relied on the tanks to fire randomly and aimlessly, and quickly burned out the base ammunition .

Xue Xiaoyan, who had been waiting several hundred meters to observe the enemy's rapid advance, saw that the enemy had no fighting spirit, and suddenly had an idea—maybe this enemy is really not that hard to fight, as long as Chief of Staff Lin sends more people, Or it can be solved in the city.

"The 4th Armored Brigade came all the way to get beaten?" Company Commander Xue said triumphantly behind the artillery mirror.

As soon as the words fell, the enemy's mortar shells accurately hit the top of the warehouse building. The leaky roof collapsed this time, crushing several company members and the radio station below.

"Damn it. Hurry up and save people, transfer the headquarters, we're exposed."

This building, facing the attacking route of the tanks, has never opened fire. However, on the northwest corner of the low and dilapidated Sudingiya, this four-story building is really abrupt. The Indians finally guessed that the Chinese headquarters is here. .

Immediately, the Indian T90 column, which was lifeless on the front, suddenly became active.Concentrated firepower began to shoot at the building. Armor-piercing shells and anti-aircraft machine guns smashed the front floor to pieces. The headquarters quickly set up the wounded and retreated in the second direction.When the shelling stopped for a while, about a company of brave Indian infantry rushed through the burning tanks in an attempt to occupy the building.Crossfire from nearby friendly forces began to block the enemy charge.The stiff Indian tank column seemed to have found its soul and came alive again. They immediately divided into two columns and outflanked both sides at the same time.This move immediately made the defenders who had just cultivated the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy but lacked troops fell into a disadvantage.

After Kambia Kun bandaged the wound, he took over command of the troops again.Not only did he guess the position of the enemy's eyeliner from the opponent's flexible command, in the building where no shots were fired, but he also judged the opponent's anti-tank mines and the deployment characteristics of the anti-tank team.The mines are responsible for blocking the front, while the anti-tank team hides on the side and fires on the buildings. The enemy's weakness is obvious, and they cannot penetrate the front of the tank.

(End of this chapter)