Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 484 Turn around and run away
"Look at these waterproof papers, they are really well-intentioned. Hehe, the printing is not bad, and the cost may be more than 10 rupees. Too bad it can't be used for fire."

"General, the soldiers below are all looking at these things. These political clamors are not good for us to launch the next round of counterattack?"

"Do you think the next round of counterattack will be able to rush out?" The general suddenly asked a strange question, "My common sense tells me that any army that loses more than one-tenth of its strength cannot continue to attack."

"But in our current situation... we should at least try again. But if the soldiers refuse to fight desperately, how do we know if we can open the gap? The enemy may be more difficult than us." The officer hissed.

"Well, what you said also has a way. Well, you take people to collect all these things and burn them, and tell the soldiers not to pick them up. But you must not abuse military laws."

"Understood, immediately hand it over to the guards!"

"Also, don't be too forceful in the execution. They will drop more pieces of paper soon. This is the prerogative of the party that controls the air power. In the final analysis, we can't stop it."

Lieutenant General Kunta's words sounded very strange, seemingly indifferent, and lacked confidence. Compared with Major General Sampani's clear instructions, they were so negative and unserious, but at least the order was issued, and the name hoped to be tough The officer turned away angrily and went to carry out the order.

Kunta was sitting in the tent, the staff behind him were plotting the map under the dim light, the radio was on reception, but the news of external reinforcements was still blocked by the enemy, and he had a limited number of phones that could be connected to nearby regiments At the first-level headquarters, each unit is counting the specific casualties, and the answer will be available soon.

For the time being, no one disturbed him here. He crossed his legs and turned over the persuasion letter again. Under the dim light, he found his name on the reverse side, so he couldn't help but read it carefully.

Major General Sampani's name was ranked in front of him. Obviously, the opponent not only knew the ranks of the generals in the encirclement, but also knew the specific wartime command system here, which shows that his intelligence capabilities are still strong.

The article wrote: The 5th Mountain Division has not dared to fight so far, and retreated all the way from the defense line on the west bank of the Zayu River to here, which shows that the level of retreat organized by its commander is acceptable.Kunta smiled knowingly, and he also read the opponent's malicious taunt, but this was also close to the truth.

The article goes on to say that avoiding combat can be said to be sympathetic to the lives of soldiers, but this is not a real way out.Now that there is no way to retreat, there is a strong line of defense in front, and the pursuers can be reached behind, and the air superiority is all on the Chinese side. It is time to consider leaving a real way for the soldiers to survive.If you continue to resist, it will be Sampani's fate in the end.

Seeing this, the Lieutenant General was unavoidably surprised. It seems that the enemy has always grasped the information here, even the matter of Sampani...or is it just a blindfold used to confuse the soldiers?

He listened carefully to the sound of the guns and guns in front of him, but there was not much change, and then he looked at his watch. It was already 2 o'clock in the morning: "Why hasn't the 23rd Division arrived yet? It's not dawn yet, so why don't you come?"

"Master, when they attack, they will fire 4 red flares at the same time. They will not use radio communication, so we will wait and see."

"I was 3 kilometers away 20 hours ago. Why is there no movement now? Did you shrink back?" He really envied his colleagues who were outside the encirclement. The enemy is desperate.If he is outside, he will probably choose to retreat first.

"The rest of the general's army wants you to be interim commander."

"Let the communications unit pull down the telephone line to every regiment headquarters of the 2nd Division and the 56th Division, as well as the remaining units of the Independent Artillery Brigade."

"The Independent Artillery Brigade can no longer find the remaining troops. In addition, the headquarters of the various regiments have been changing positions, and the communication company cannot solve all wired communications."

"Okay, inform the battalion and above officers of other units, and I will take command temporarily; if the phone fails, let the communication soldier communicate. Don't use the radio."

As soon as the words fell, several dazzling flares rose in the air in the northwest direction of the center. He counted them carefully, and there were indeed four.

"Great, they're finally here, hurry up and give an order to unify the command, at least find the temporary headquarters of the 56th Division and the 2nd Division."

The hope in the lieutenant general's heart was rekindled. He judged that the enemy's strength should not be large enough to withstand a blow from the back, and he might rush out all at once.

4 The signal flare fell slowly, just a few kilometers away.After Sampani disappeared, Kunta immediately carried out the action of transferring the headquarters. Then he panicked and did not grasp the command of him and the troops in time. He was mainly afraid of becoming a key target of the Chinese Air Force. Now he Some regretted it, so many people were scattered in a large area, it was really difficult to command.

"Sir, why don't we rush out first?" the adjutant reminded.

"It's up to you to say? But it and the troops must also be found, and the chances of everyone rushing together are greater."

The lieutenant general said excitedly that if he knew that the lieutenant general Moro Gani was not going to rescue him with all his strength, but just wanted to put on a show, he didn't know what expression he should make.

The scarred No. 08 chariot leaned against the corner and occupied a building next to the village. This place could control the entire street. He Fan had been waiting for it for a long time.He watched the signal flare behind the mountain rise and then fall, and felt that the enemy was so stupid that he had to remind himself of such a sneak attack?

"Wolf den, the enemy is about to move, your drones must be in place immediately. I need them to watch from the sky."

"There is one in the sky watching, and two drones carrying laser-guided bombs are approaching."

He whizzed into the turret, carefully examining the aerial images.Sure enough, the enemy got out one by one, just at the other end of the road.This time it can be clearly seen that there is no T90 in the convoy that can compete with him, only T72 and T55 tanks, and there are no infantry fighting vehicles and dismounted infantry.

As the road swells along the slope, the frontal enemy is temporarily invisible from the commander's vision device.He put his head on the image stabilization director and slowly turned on the thermal imaging.The gray and dark graphics in the distance gradually become clear and layered.The target area was predictable because there was no other route to choose.He went directly beyond and turned the turret to adjust the center of vision to the center of the road, so that the gunner's vision can also be aimed there.He couldn't help but recall that fighting like this was a bit like ordinary people bullying blind people, but war has always been a competition of skills, and it is too pedantic to let the enemy approach so close that they can see it.

A few antennas appeared on the road, followed by turrets, and the enemy's muzzles that were gradually exposed were roughly facing them. It could be seen that they had studied the terrain and knew the most likely direction of the main threat.The enemy hesitated and didn't rush over immediately, but He Fan can guarantee that unless this T72 intends to use active infrared headlights, he will never be seen.

The gunner took careful aim, and a frontal penetration of the turret was more lethal than any other part.Of course, if the muzzle is biased toward the commander, it will be more effective than aiming at the gunner's side.Noticing the wedge-shaped reactive armor on the front of the enemy turret, he lowered the muzzle slightly, aiming the flashing crosshair at the ring.At a distance of less than one kilometer, he is sure to hit this position.This is not a real bomb nest area, but the shell can avoid the reactive armor and directly hit the armor with a thickness of no more than 360 mm.A week ago, in the southwest area of ​​Jabwa Airport, he personally measured an Indian-made T72 that was penetrated from the front, and confirmed that it was just a uniform armor plate with a slope, not composite armor. The numbers at hand are even thinner.

The enemy tanks did not advance any further, but just stopped there with their turrets exposed, thinking it was safe.It is estimated that there is a cautious commander inside who is turning his field of vision to observe, which inevitably makes the confident He Fan mutter, what might the enemy be able to see from the background?
"Fire."

With a loud noise, the armor-piercing projectile flew directly into the T72 tank, and the enemy suffered a heavy blow. The tank turret turned 20° clockwise in an instant, stopped in place and began to smoke. The turret of the T72 is so cramped, the commander should have been killed unless he wasn't standing on his post.

The top hatch was lifted, and the gunner got out under a cloud of smoke, rolled to the ground and fled backwards.The second and third tanks bypassed the wreckage and drove as far as He Fan could see. The enemy appeared concentrated from the same spot, obviously wanting to take advantage of the time difference in reloading. The 23rd Division was still as brave as the one it encountered in Tespur.He Fan responded calmly and did not move his position immediately. He swung the enemy's gun barrel back and forth to see that they hadn't found him yet.

The autoloader pushes the second armor-piercing round into place.He Fan instructed the driver to retreat into the village immediately after firing, back up 100 meters, and emerge from the preset second position.

The gunner cut off the fire and destroyed the second tank. The poor enemy died only to see the muzzle fire of No. 08 when it fired.

No. 08 immediately backed up to prevent another tank from counterattacking.There is no ready-made road in the village, and the driver has no backward vision, so he can only follow the direction guided by the satellite navigation and push a road with his butt all the way.Fortunately, there are only adobe houses here, so the tanks will not be damaged.

Such a big movement shocked the enemies who were probing their brains.Sitting on the turret of the third chariot was the commander of the advance unit. His task had changed from full rescue to fire reconnaissance. Now he could faintly hear a huge sound in front of him, which seemed to be the sound of houses collapsing. , he can only judge that there is a large army in the village pushing away the houses and moving forward. It seems that the command's judgment that there is an ambush here is correct.He decisively ordered the chariot to retreat, and at the same time reported to the rear that there was indeed a battalion-sized enemy armored force, and the attack may have been ambushed by the enemy now.

He Fan quietly drove out again from a position about 100 meters behind, and found that the front was quiet, and the enemy did not swarm over. He originally chose to retreat step by step to resist, because he wanted to take advantage of the advantages of night vision equipment and the advantages of numbers The enemy consumes, so he specially formulated a complete plan according to the terrain.He also knew that as the tank continued to fire, the temperature of the gun barrel would easily increase the safe distance for No. 08 to hide in the dark, so the distance between the enemy and the enemy must be continuously increased, but the plan fell through, and the enemy did not follow his script. , they seemed to retreat.

"What's the matter, I didn't see the enemy rushing over, did they flow into the village?"

"The drone didn't see them enter the village. They retreated."

He let the gunner stare at the intersection, and turned to the drone's field of vision, and found that the enemy was in a mess, turning around and preparing to run.The drone is implementing laser irradiation, and then the bomb attack will start.As the monitors went white, there was a loud explosion from the other side of the road, followed by a second attack.

The enemy convoy encountered two rounds of attacks from the air, completely lost its fighting spirit, and turned back at full speed.

He Fan couldn't help shouting: "Are you just leaving the 4th Army alone?" The drones have been tracking the enemy's movements, and they are heading west, running faster than when they came.

Lin Huaisheng didn't have the same interest as He Fan, waiting for a victory in the first battle, or secretly looking forward to breaking some records.He has put all the troops he can use into this battle, including the last two drones. If the enemy is not scared off by the two 2 kg bombs, the infantry company he promised will not be able to arrive in time.Today, he has fully experienced the embarrassment of wheeled vehicles marching in the rain and mud, and this situation is several times more serious at night; and the effectiveness of the air force has also been greatly weakened, and most of the time it can only bomb fixed positions.In order to strengthen the support for Qin Donghui, he sent all the transport helicopters to transport troops, and so far only about half a battalion has been delivered.If the enemy tanks rushed over, he would not dare to imagine the consequences.

Seeing the enemy being repelled by one blow, he couldn't help crying. He prayed that in just another hour, a considerable part of the troops stuck in the mud would be in place, but depending on the situation, the enemy didn't intend to come back after this retreat. .

"Let the enemies in the encirclement know that the reinforcements have escaped, and let the old man figure out a way." Lin Huaisheng choked up.

"It won't work if they surrender tomorrow," Lao Ding said suddenly, "Where can we find food? We're all in a tight spot here."

At this stall, Lao Ding suddenly thought of a very advanced question, and Lin Huaisheng was inevitably surprised.

"How is the Jabwa-Tezpur railway going?"

"It's almost repaired, but whether the seized trains of outdated locomotives can still operate. During the Dingsujia battle, the locomotives were damaged to varying degrees, and parts were not available in the country for a while."

"Is there any way for Xu Jingzhe?"

"He said that he could only find some reliable local people to help."

"Let him go to work. This railway is very important. If it is opened to traffic, it may directly piss Prime Minister Kahan to death."

(End of this chapter)