Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 536 Brutal Killing

"It seems that the enemy's core defensive position is circular, with no focus and no reserves. They are not sure where we will attack." Yahini said with confidence.This guy was scared of being beaten by us, but he was not stupid. He didn't dare to concentrate his firepower, so he could only defend in an all-round way.

"I think this Indian commander is not simple. Some thick walls in the village can effectively block the ammunition of the tandem warhead, and it will also have some effect on kinetic energy ammunition. At least it is very difficult to aim." A commander said, "It is difficult for us to At a long distance, we take advantage of our artillery-launched missiles. And if we get close, the enemy's night vision equipment will work at roughly the same distance, and we can fire at most one shot and it will appear on their thermal imaging TV, so that we It will be exposed in the open area, unable to advance or retreat." He continued to analyze.

"It would be great if there was support firepower. We can give him a good beating, and then we'll take advantage of the chaos." Another person interjected.

"No, the superior has already rejected the plan to dispatch the air force to support us. There are only us and them here."

"It makes no sense at all, the enemy has no anti-aircraft missiles at all."

Yahini shook his head and didn't say much. He was not afraid of his own people scolding his superiors, and he often committed crimes behind his back, but this time he felt that it might be reasonable for his superiors not to send the plane.

Yahini has been trying to figure out the profound significance of building a bridge in this secondary direction this time, and obviously he will not be full.Many people believe that the reasonable direction of the counterattack should be the direction of Karachi, where the enemy's main force has just withdrawn and the defense is weak, or continue to hit the fort with his head.However, he felt that these would not be key areas if the Chinese participated in the counteroffensive.The actions of the Chinese in Assam gave him some inspiration; to attack, we must find the weakness.

Although India is not ignorant, the fact that they have turned to defense is doomed to become more passive, because defense requires more troops than offense.These conjectures, Yahini did not tell anyone that the superiors refused to send the air force, but just did not want to escalate the situation here. This seems to be a Chinese-style trick, and Yahini is confident that he will almost understand it.

"It seems that no matter how we attack, we will suffer. We can only wait for them to come out by themselves." Yahini scratched his head, a little helpless, his strength was far from enough for a reckless frontal attack.

"Perhaps we can ask the villagers to respond internally. The locals hate the Indians." The infantry company commander reminded.

"War is a matter for soldiers, and ordinary people should not be allowed to get involved." Yahini vetoed, "What's more, their tactics can't deal with armored forces."

"Captain, it seems that you don't know the local country people. Hundreds of years ago, this was the main source of mercenaries from the Mughal Dynasty. It has always been good at fighting, and..."

"I went to middle school, and the mercenaries overthrew King Shah II." Yahini interrupted others. He hated others to underestimate his knowledge.He knew that officers promoted from the lower ranks of the Army had to go to the Military Academy for at least eight months of further study, and he hadn't heard of those who could directly lead a battalion after graduating from high school. Of course, thinking of these, he sometimes felt quite honorable.

"Captain, what I want to say is that Punjabis are willing to be martyrs."

"Destroy enemy tanks by suicide attack?"

"I just talked to people in the village. There are a lot of volunteers who are willing to use their lives to avenge the Indians for killing innocent people and destroying mosques."

"Isn't that good?" Yahini shied away, actually already a little tempted.The enemy is packed into a village of 2 square kilometers, and the attack will be much easier if the locals can mess up the enemy first.

"We can contact the resistance armed forces and take out the enemy's headquarters first. We should cooperate internally and externally."

"If so, the supporting fire must be taken out at the same time."

"I will contact the village immediately."

Colonel Sandel set up his headquarters in the imam's house, the strongest residence in the village.He kept urging General Meneam hundreds of kilometers away to send troops to meet him, but after nightfall, instead of approaching, the Indian infantry divisions in the east retreated a certain distance.Srinagar repeated the results of the air force's reconnaissance, and found no large number of enemies nearby, and asked Sandor's independent armored force to retreat on its own, so as not to cause trouble to the headquarters.But Sandor was afraid of being beaten. He knew that as long as he left the village, he would be easily wiped out by the superior enemy in the process.

"Colonel, I have called several times, but they are still the same. General Meneam refused to send people to rescue us. The 28th Division retreated faster than planned. Now their rearmost troops are 7 kilometers away from us... It’s gone.” The adjutant wearing the headset said, “The enemy’s situation nearby is getting worse every hour. The truck convoy of the Kumaang United has just been attacked by guerrillas and suffered heavy losses. I think we should also move as soon as possible.”

The colonel was caught in a dilemma.

The purpose of Lieutenant General Meneam's contraction is to flatten the front from Gujarat to Lahore, so that he can save a few divisions and send them to the north. The retreat plan of the army was insufficiently planned, only the route was drawn, and the troops were allowed to retreat on their own, without formulating the order of alternate retreats, which would not work in the Indian army.Sure enough, the troops were afraid that they would not be able to retreat in time, and without pursuing troops, they fell into chaos.And the local armed forces dominated by extreme religious schools in this area suddenly appeared, attacking the single Indian troops everywhere. As far as the position is concerned, Sandel's troops have fallen to the last and most isolated position. He has not been attacked by guerrillas. The team attacked only because of its firepower.

"You tell the general right away, I can't take this risk, all the locals are eyeliners, as long as we move out, the other party will get the information, the enemy's tanks are more mobile and firepower than us, and we will be exposed in the wilderness soon. Eliminate."

"The general said, let's get the other troops closer."

"Is Meneam in a daze, completely ignoring our situation?"

In the midst of gloom and mist, someone hurried in from outside. He was a platoon leader of the machine-step company, and now he was in charge of monitoring the villagers.

"Colonel, the bazooka, the machine gun, and the radio station were just found in the village chief's house. The village chief said he didn't know someone was hiding in his house..."

"Don't ask me about this kind of thing. Shoot them all."

"Yes."

The platoon leader turned around and left. This was a good order.For months, Meneam had restrained his troops to avoid conflict with the locals, but no matter how much he tolerated, the locals still regarded the Indians as a heretic occupying force, and Colonel Sandor was less hesitant than he was, and he was more scrupulous. Indian soldiers' lives.

In this large village of 5000 people, Sandor used the simplest and most brutal means to maintain order for a short time, but hatred was secretly accumulating and would erupt sooner or later.The colonel had seen the way the locals looked at him. It was a look that wished to die together, so he was not polite.

"Tell Srinagar to drop fuel at least once so we can get out tomorrow."

"Ok."

This force was only put into combat by Meneam as a tentative counterattack, trying to feel the enemy's intention to build a bridge.Due to the colonel's self-confidence and love of fighting, he did not retreat in time. He originally expected to kill the enemy and return his carbine, but he suffered a defeat.At this moment, all the neighboring troops have run away, and they are trapped here alone, and finally become the target of public criticism.

"Let me remind you that this Type 99 tank is a powerful opponent that we have never seen before. If we retreat during the day, they can destroy us with laser-driven beam missiles at a distance of 4 kilometers; at night, the Chinese night vision equipment More reliable. Besides, the natives will surely tip off, which is enough for them to know our every move, and when we are tired, the enemy will bite us hard, like a pack of wolves."

The colonel began to talk to himself, as if relying on hysterical nonsense to relieve his anxiety, but his words were enough to make the audience next to him shudder.

"Colonel, tomorrow, the guerrillas from all sides will turn around, and they will bring a lot of explosives and rocket launchers, not to mention the regular Pakistani army across the river."

"Let's ignore these mobs. What I'm worried about is that their tank troops crossing the river will definitely attack tonight. We must consume their tanks first, so that we can walk more steadily tomorrow."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing whether to believe the colonel's words or not.The command to fire and the sound of machine gun fire came from outside. It seemed that the village head and his family had already paid the price for their lies.

"These terrorists must be wiped out. They will not let go of any Indian soldiers who are behind. So we can't let them strike first. I order that from now on, any unit can shoot at any suspicious target. Shooting circle All the houses inside were cleared."

In the wee hours of the morning, Sandor dozed off in a chair when a huge explosion outside woke him up.He realized in the huge shaking that this was not a mortar shell, but a huge soil bomb.The windows on all sides had been shattered. He walked to the window and saw 100 meters away, a wheeled chariot had turned over and its 8 wheels were on fire.He was indeed a little surprised that he could blow up nearly 20 tons of tanks like this. Obviously, he deployed all the tanks close to the houses to allow the locals to take advantage of them. They probably threw the bombs directly from the houses.

"A terrorist who can't be killed forever."

As the colonel spoke fiercely, he saw several Indian soldiers arriving trying to put out the fire with fire extinguishers. A black figure jumped from a nearby house into the middle of them, and then there was a second explosion, and the air wave spread to his headquarters. .

"Crazy, let the troops turn on the lights, fire flares, illuminate the surrounding corners, and kill anyone who sees it."

All kinds of chariots in the village turned on their front and rear lights to guard against attackers in the dark.But the sound of explosions came and went from near to far.There were explosions of grenades and bazookas.All kinds of gunshots followed, and it seemed that there were indeed many guerrillas lurking in the village.The colonel took a few steps back to avoid being picked up by the sniper.At this moment, his mind was a little confused, and he didn't know how to deal with it. He couldn't find a definitive solution to this kind of crazy thing in the library of the Indian Armored Forces Academy.

Yahini waited for the counterattack promised by the villagers, and the villagers told him that even if the army flinched as usual, they would demand blood debt from the Indians and use their own methods.In the end, Yahini could only accept this strong attack plan. Originally, he preferred to wait for the enemy to come out before attacking.Now the villagers have started large-scale blasting and arson, completely destroying their homes.The fire in the village and the flares of the enemy will seriously affect the work of the tank's thermal imaging camera, but this negative effect is two-way.Relatively speaking, Yahini has an advantage here, because they can choose white light aiming equipment.

He called the tank to set off, and rushed to the village engulfed in flames in a rare arrow formation. His tank was located at the arrow position.This position has the best vision and shooting range, which is convenient for directing the team's offense.On both sides of the formation are Type 99 tanks, followed by T80UD and infantry fighting vehicles.The infantry had set off ahead of time and sneaked up to the edge of the village. They would be the first to rush in and start a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy.

In the village, the guerrillas were using various gaps to fire at the Indians.But how could the Indian armored forces armed to the teeth give in easily? They followed Sandor's order and launched a merciless counterattack, razing buildings that might harbor enemies or just block the way.

The top-mounted remote-controlled machine gun of the Arjun tank has low-light night-vision targeting capabilities and can also do 360-degree surround shooting. It has become the most effective weapon, and the bazooka fired by the rebel organization can't hurt the tank at all.

The dexterous Indian BTR80 chariot ran rampant in the village, easily knocking down the unsightly buildings. When the flares fell, the 6 shooting holes on both sides of the car body could fire in all directions at the same time. Although it was not accurate, it was enough to suppress the probing bazooka shooter .Indian infantry shuttled among the ruins, strafing and throwing grenades, and the one-sided massacre seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

Yahini saw the enemy's self-fired flares falling from a distance, exposing themselves, and he directed the gunners to look straight ahead.At ultra-long distances, his laser beam missiles can effectively wipe out the enemy, and within the range of armor-piercing projectiles, the missiles have a higher first-shot hit rate.

An Arjun tank on the edge of a village is tearing down houses and crushing villagers hiding in them, but this exposes itself.Yahini instructed to shoot at this target immediately, and the gunner Tasim fired the missile almost at the same time as the gun barrel turned in the same direction. As an experienced gunner, Tasim knew how to shoot in a flash, so He chose to shoot first and aim later.Even if the tank is charging close to the maximum cross-country speed, the image stabilization equipment can still ensure that he can track the target steadily. Of course, this also depends on the high level of the driver. The driver must avoid those excessively undulating areas to avoid the target If it is turned out of the field of view, the image stabilization device will also fail.

A cluster of flashes of light kept going in circles, always coincident with the target.

The enemy is killing wantonly, oblivious to the real threat, and if it emits smoke, it can reduce the missile hit rate by at least an order of magnitude. The 60-ton tank was parked high on the ruins, and against the backdrop of the flares, it looked like an invincible god of war.

(End of this chapter)