Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 467 The Growth of the Gunner

In the rear command vehicle, Lin Huaisheng watched the air force arrive in place, dropped too many bombs, and some were too close to the transport plane, which made him terrified.He knew what Xu Jingzhe was talking about, so he immediately contacted the liaison officer on the command plane, asking to remind the follow-up pilots not to mess around.However, more of his attention is still on the battlefield. Obviously, a one-sided situation has formed. As long as there is a leader on the Indian front, the front will quickly disintegrate, at least in most cases.Before launching the attack, he knew that under his powerful firepower, the enemy lacking the support of the city would not be able to withstand the first round of blows. What is important in this battle is that the ground troops can get enough exercise and grow up quickly.

"Why are the infantry still dawdling? They will launch an attack immediately, and they must catch some live ones; also, check the enemy tank units. Why do tanks keep appearing in this area?" He shouted into the radio, in fact, he Xu Jingzhe told him that the news that there are no tanks in this area has always been brooding.

"The infantry is still afraid of our air force's accuracy, so they dare not go too far. Two days ago, there were cases of missing bombs." A staff officer said that this is true. The accuracy of the air force's bombing is worse than that of the drill.

Sure enough, the footage captured by the drone showed that most of the infantry were still lying on their stomachs and did not move much, but the weasel chariot had been slowly moving forward, looking forward indomitable.

"Chief of Staff, isn't the weasel's performance pretty good?" Lao Ding immediately interjected. After all, the reconnaissance battalion came from his original unit, and Lao Ding was still very concerned.

"I was still a little worried just now. Now it seems that the training level has basically been brought into play, but the enemy is too weak, which is also one aspect. I found that they are still too close to the battlefield."

"How can the reconnaissance troops be too far away from the battlefield, the key is to have excellent basic skills."

"Well, if we can achieve some victories, we can show it to someone. Don't think that without him, we won't have sharp knives."

Lin Huaisheng said.However, he also knows very well that assault guns and tanks are weapons that cannot be compared in the same breath. Although according to some statistics, assault guns have 90.00% of the combat capabilities of tanks, you can't really compare them with [-]% off the number of tanks. It's one thing to go into battle, and they are more picky about the choice of battlefield than He Fan's tanks.

"That's right, you want to go with me."

On the battlefield, the enemy's counterattacks became more and more sporadic. The infantry began to charge to occupy the airport, and 12 assault guns lined up in the rear, rumbling onto the runway, and provided fire cover behind the skirmish line.7 or 8 helicopters in the sky scurry around, condescending to catch all the wind and grass in the enemy's direction, and the overwhelming advantage has been formed. The assault guns couldn't find the tanks for a while, and began to suppress some remaining firepower points.

The second Indian tank drove out of a damaged hangar and fired a shot at the No. 01 tank first. The shell deviated far away and did not pose a threat.The No. 06 vehicle at the rear of the queue fired a laser beam-driving missile 1.5 kilometers away, hit the tank head-on, and destroyed it. There are also several assault guns that have not caught the opportunity to fire from the beginning to now. , fired a few more shots at the smoking tank, and after a gun addiction, the helicopter in the sky rushed over with rockets and completely tore the tank into pieces.

Li Xiulin slowly outflanked C17. He wanted to fully implement the orders of his superiors and drive away the enemies there.There weren't many Indian soldiers in that corner, and they obviously didn't realize the Chinese firepower was targeting the plane, otherwise they should have used it as a cover.The counterattack in the direction of India came from sporadic rockets and mortars from the rear. These fires were either maneuvering all the time, or they fired curved fires behind obstacles. Assault guns were difficult to deal with, but they were quickly suppressed by helicopters. .Li began to feel a little impulsive, urging the driver to speed up, and at the same time let the second tank catch up, preparing to charge into the ruins to see how many enemies were still there.He quickly overtook the infantry and threw them some distance down.

He just stood there with his head held high until he heard a bang before he hid in the turret, and then the second hit hit the turret without any penetration.He turned the observation mirror, pointed in the general direction, and searched in the narrow and dim field of view of the periscope, but with optical observation, he couldn't find the hidden firepower point on the chaotic battlefield. It felt like a small-caliber artillery?Or the 12.7mm machine gun. He didn't dare to stay on the empty runway for too long. When he turned around the periscope, he saw that the infantry behind him were all lying down again. Only he and the No. 17 car were exposed on the empty runway nearby. The company commander who thought he had found some sense suddenly realized that he was a little confused, and the role of leading the breakthrough was not suitable for him, so he maneuvered laterally, hid behind a broken bulldozer lying across the runway, and prepared to wait for the infantry to cross the runway before resuming Maneuver to the side of C100.The turret of this assault gun can probably protect against 12.7mm machine gun fire at a distance of more than [-] meters, and the armor of the car body is the same, but the tires are a dead spot and must be hidden, so we can't continue to rush around.

It took about 200 infantrymen 10 minutes to slowly cross the runway. At this time, the bombing was over, and the helicopters ran out of ammunition and turned back collectively.

The last Indian tank, which had been hiding in the ruins, finally saw the right time. It drove out of an air-raid shelter where the radar trailer was hidden earlier, and suddenly crossed the isolation trench of the airport and appeared in front of everyone. Several 35mm grenades fired by the infantry exploded around, and another 80mm rocket hit the side fender, but did nothing.

The assault guns on the runway took aim one after another, but due to the obstruction of the expensive C17, they failed to seize the opportunity to fire. When No. 01 quickly turned around to the side of the transport plane, the T55 had already escaped for one kilometer, almost out of danger.Li Xiulin didn't ask for another missile, he knew it was too late; after crossing another hurdle, the target would be invisible once it was broken; now the gunner must be given enough confidence.The gunner must patiently make a precise shot while parking, which is different from shooting at a distance of 300 meters without missing shots. This is the moment to test the comprehensive fire control of the tank, especially for distance measurement and crosswind at long distances. Prediction requirements are high.When Li Xiulin was exposed to the outside before, he felt the strong wind on the ground, and there was wind cutting. This is consistent with the constantly beating numbers displayed by the cross wind sensor on the turret. For armor-piercing projectiles, the cross wind is also absolutely accurate. A huge variable; however, he didn't want to alert the gunner so he wouldn't be distracted.

The shooter closely tracks the target in the 6X eyepiece, and the target appears and disappears on the undulating terrain, which aggravates the difficulty of tracking and ranging.He slowly corrected the line of sight, predicting that the target would appear on the next high slope for a long time, and the cross wind was from west to north, and it was still stable for the time being. He only needed a stable wind speed for at most one second.This is a difficult shooting. The target is turning back and forth in the horizontal direction, almost subconsciously avoiding the tracking of the fire control computer. This kind of action can indeed restart the sampling of the angular velocity sensor to the horizontal rotation speed, destroying the calculation of the advance angle, and stabilizing Tracking is almost impossible, considering that the period of time for the shell to fly in the air is not short, it must be hit or miss.Gradually he grasped the rhythm of his opponent's non-stop turning.

There was a loud noise accompanied by the light car body shaking back and forth. Both the gunner and the company commander tightly grasped the handles next to their respective sighting equipment, using the image stabilization equipment to observe the ballistic trajectory.

Seeing that the enemy deviated to the left, escaped from the firing line, and then it turned back again by accident, and merged with the tiny shells into a line. There was no explosion, but the tank shook violently; it seemed to hit the tracks and pulleys, that T55 , shook his head violently, and stopped abruptly on the top of the high slope. Now it can't run.

The assault guns coming from other directions finally seized the opportunity to fire.Against such a stationary target, there were still quite a few misses. Obviously it had something to do with the sudden strong wind, but the 3 or 4 hits were still enough to set the tank on fire.Li Xiulin watched several Indian tank soldiers fleeing with each other through the observation mirror. When he was hit for the sixth time, the tank finally exploded. He thought to himself: What's so great about the tank?But that's all.

The gunfire on the airport finally stopped, and the infantry occupied the runway at a very small cost and captured more than 20 Indians.Some people went to check the gigantic C17 transport plane. It was already empty, and there were still some ammunition and food in the cargo compartment that hadn't been unloaded in time.

The front landing gear did not break off as analyzed by the satellite image, but got stuck in the landing gear compartment. It seems that there is something wrong with the complex hydraulic mechanism, which may be caused by rushing into a crater at high speed.The four engines were completely preserved in the battle, and there were some traces of shrapnel on the body, but there were no major problems.

Under Xu Jingzhe's urging, Lin Huaisheng reluctantly put down other work at hand, and boarded a helicopter to inspect the plane in person. He felt that a mere plane could not have any major impact on the battle situation. What a god, why didn't India transport the main force of Spanga to Tespur? .

He flew over the runway and saw all kinds of wreckage scattered around the airport, the two runways were full of bomb craters, and every nearby building was destroyed many times.He knew that at the moment when the ground-air confrontation was the most intense, the runway had been continuously attacked by various bombs, and India had stubbornly repaired it several times.This devastated scene gave him a feeling of returning to Quetta.He cast his eyes to the north, and at the end of the horizon, 10,000+ mobs were gathering and retreating westward.

Lin knew that for decision makers, the hardest part of the war was actually how it ended.Clausewitz said that war is a continuation of politics, and political solutions will be difficult until the enemy has lost all of his cards.Although the Indians are not very good at fighting, Lin Huaisheng has experienced their spirit of never admitting defeat. As long as they have cards in their hands, they may come back.Of course, he also has a lot of cards in his hand. Thanks to He Fan, most of his troops have been on the move all the time, and only fought a battle when they arrived in Tespur, and now there are quite a lot of new troops.On the other hand, his engineering troops have been secretly repairing the Jabwa-Tezpur railway. The superiors sent people to evaluate the seized trains and railway equipment, and believed that it could be opened to traffic immediately; Sure enough, Prime Minister Kahan was half dead.

In the Chinese Army Headquarters in Sichuan, the electronic map of Jabuwa and Zayu battles was specially displayed. Finally, it was time to close it. Although there were still sporadic battles in the direction of Zayu, from this moment on, it was no longer displayed on the main screen, and Lin Huaisheng The troops have arrived in Tezpur, and appeared on the new combat map at the same time as the troops going south from Dawang.At the top of the map are the border troops chasing all the way south, while at the bottom are the troops who crossed the river and came to Lin Huaisheng.After the last period of torture, the vanguard of the Indian 5th Mountain Division has merged with part of the 56th Infantry Division retreating from the north. The enemy's goal has been achieved. They retreated from all directions and are now gathered It's all together.But on the left side of the map, which is west, a new arrow pointing east, the designation is displayed as the 23rd Infantry Division.

The chiefs who participated in the command were almost all here, and a staff officer walked to the map and began to explain.

"Everyone, the Assam theater, this is the latest major movement of the enemy today." He pointed to the Sigurd Corridor. "Part of the 21st Mountain Division, which came from Chandigarh, just arrived in Bihar and began to take over the defense area of ​​the original 23rd Infantry Division. The 23rd Division, which is currently recharging its strength, began to move eastward. The intelligence department According to the information obtained, the 23rd Infantry Division and the 21st Mountain Division have been assigned to the 4th Army. At present, it has formed the largest army in India, with as many as 6 infantry divisions under its jurisdiction. This is the biggest change in the theater today. .The location of the 4th Army headquarters has not changed, it is still in Udarguri, and it seems that the new commander is not prepared to join any of his troops."

"If a week earlier, such an action might have restored Tespur, what is the intention now?" A lieutenant general folded his hands and said, "Are you seeking a decisive battle? Or counterattacking Tespur?"

"The staff judged that the enemy was determined to abandon Tespur. The new commander of the 4th Army did not join the retreating troops for a long time, but hid in Udarguri, apparently waiting for most of the enemy to withdraw there. , In this way, the enemy’s established troops will reach more than 4 and a half divisions, plus other local security forces, about 13 to 4 people can be assembled, which is more than double all the troops we put into this area.”

(End of this chapter)