Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 585 Equal Death

Wang Zhenbei knew that if he wanted to pursue a greater chance of winning, he could even wait until night. The Indian Army's night combat capabilities have never been strong, let alone the 9th Division, a second-rate unit with poor equipment and poor equipment. It's too late, he has waited too long.He looked at people like He Fan or Yahini, who continued to gain victories against the weak Indian Army and pushed their records higher. However, he has only been in Pakistan for a long time, but he has only fought a company-level ambush once. war.

Of course, he is not a reckless person, and he is indeed confident enough to flatten the enemy army in front of him.From an intelligence point of view, the army in front of him is not the powerful force of World War II that Younis said. In fact, the Indian Army has always been known for its lax military discipline. Various internal scandals have emerged one after another. Supplies, and the largest number of court-martials, and even a scandal broke out that moldy livestock rations were used to pass off military rations. The predecessor of Commander Hayala resigned because of this kind of thing.Obviously, if this unit could really fight, it would have been transferred to Kashmir or Fortress by Meneam long ago.

"Has the electronic reconnaissance team found the exact location of the enemy's headquarters?" Wang Zhenbei asked. Before he put all his eggs in one basket, he must know the location of the enemy's head.

"It has been found. In this area, intensive communication activities have been found, just near Highway 11. The call sign of the headquarters is found to be 101. In addition, there is an air defense position nearby, equipped with Doyle M1 system, which is also a typical command The characteristics of the internal air defense positions. Our drones can intercept most of their wireless communications."

The staff officer roughly drew a red circle on the display, about 1 square kilometer.

"Also, their 214mm rockets are deployed here, and we have just detected them. The anti-aircraft positions are here, here, and here. The drone's reconnaissance information is highly consistent with the radio reconnaissance."

"Very typical deployment. Look at the deployment of these long-range rocket launchers, this Halaya is very good."

"Yes, it seems that these large-caliber rockets are his killer weapon with the longest range. He should think that he has a range advantage, but in fact our artillery has a longer range."

"His headquarters and main firepower have entered the range of our artillery." Wang Zhenbei said.

"Yes, Major General Haraya doesn't seem to be as cautious and suspicious as described in the report of the intelligence department. Their staff probably delineated our fire net according to the fire coverage capability of the Pakistani army."

"I didn't expect the enemy to be so confused. It is still unclear who is going to beat him. You continue to determine the location. It is best to find out the location of the command, communication, and air defense units of each regiment. Once the battle starts, I need to paralyze its command at all levels, and first need to kill Major General Haraya himself. Those rockets must also be resolved first."

"Should I report to Mr. Lin and use tactical missiles to solve the primary target?"

"No, Mr. Lin will not agree. He has always wanted to restrain the front and weapons of attack, so that the enemy can't figure out our way. Hehe, I always feel that he doesn't respect the opponent's intelligence very much, but regardless of him, we use our own Artillery to solve the problem."

Wang Zhenbei's main artillery unit is composed of 155mm self-propelled howitzers and 122mm 40-barrel rocket artillery units. It has the ability to strike from far to near. His 155mm howitzer units entered the attack range before the rocket artillery units. Order to prepare to fire.

Due to transportation and terrain constraints, this powerful weapon has not been officially shown in this war. Today is its first official appearance.

The Type 05 howitzer has strong rapid-firing and maneuvering transfer capabilities. First of all, it uses the positioning capability of the Beidou satellite, which largely frees it from the time-consuming and laborious side-land operations in the past.These artillery have the ability to receive orders at any time during the march, measure the position of the enemy and ourselves at any time, and conduct shelling at any time.This is followed by the enormous range of its long-barreled gun, allowing it to cover a much larger area than the older 152mm guns, not to mention those 122mm guns.

The advantage in range alone allows the artillery to always be able to hide from the enemy's ability to counterattack. On the battlefield, this cheapness is enough to make the opponent vomit blood.

At 2:45 p.m., the howitzer units and ammunition delivery vehicles quickly formed a huge formation according to the site conditions. The vast plains in this area gave the commanders a good foundation to play.The accompanying air defense force also quickly deployed in front, and they were always on guard against the ground-air breakthrough of the enemy's air force.

The headquarters of the Indian 9th Division did not attack with its forward troops, they hid 50 kilometers away.Meneam's staff started to formulate a set of rigid operating principles for division-level troops after the Battle of Fort. The principles included basic methods of movement, camping, transportation, and offensive and defensive implementation, making it beyond the Indian Army Combat doctrine customarily applied.The advantage of this set of norms is that it is completely tailored according to the combat capability of Pakistan's main force. Its disadvantage is that it cannot deal with the Chinese army.

It stipulates that the deployment requirement for the division-level headquarters is to stay away from the range of the enemy's division-level deep firepower, and this distance is designated as 15 kilometers.
Maj. Gen. Haraya was no dead-brainer. He enforced the norms more conservatively and stayed farther away.After all the calculations, he decided to hide 30 kilometers behind his striker. He calculated that the distance from the enemy's artillery deployment was about 50 kilometers away. Even the bottom exhaust shell fired by the strongest 155mm howitzer could not reach here.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, under the unified command of the command vehicle, the Type 05 artillery slowly erected a huge barrel. The barrel multiple of this artillery and the volume of the chamber determine its unstoppable power.

According to the command of the commander, the order of ammunition to be launched is 2 rounds of rocket-extended range ammunition and 2 rounds of low-resistance bottom-row ammunition. This is the optimal plan obtained by the computer after calculating the target distance and weather conditions. Because the rocket The warhead of the extended-range bomb is slightly less powerful and the launch speed is slow. It is necessary to supplement the launch of the bottom exhaust bomb to achieve the purpose of landing at the same time.

According to calculations, various ammunition are launched according to different trajectories, and after a long flight, they can fall on the enemy's head at roughly the same time. The artillery of the two companies, assigned tasks, will send fire to the enemy headquarters and Pina respectively. The rocket launcher unit will cover, and before the locals are ready, give them a warning.

It is expected that after this round of shelling, even if all the enemy command personnel cannot be wiped out, the damage caused will be enough to paralyze the entire command and communication system.The only problem is the accuracy of the intelligence. Since the enemy rocket launcher has a certain maneuverability, this is a variable; this is also Wang Zhenbei's original intention to attack these two targets at the same time.

According to the principle of lenient to the enemy, after such intensity of shooting, the troops will shift their positions to prevent the enemy from counterattacking based on the detection data of the artillery reconnaissance radar. Although the enemy's division has not been found, what can be countered? firepower (its 214mm rockets are expected to be destroyed by the first round of strikes); however, within the Indian border behind this division, there are some mobile-deployed Prahala tactical ballistic missiles with a range of nearly 150 kilometers, which the Air Force cannot solve for the time being this threat.

This kind of solid-fueled missile is currently the fastest-response tactical missile in India. Of course, this threat only exists in theory. The recorded counterattacks of various tactical missile forces in India have not been less than 1 hour. hours.If the enemy can really use it quickly to make an effective counterattack, Lin Huaisheng will really have to look at it with admiration.

Wang Zhenbei was waiting for the artillery unit to be ready soon. He had enough time, so he didn't rush.The [-]st Armored Division of Pakistan sent another telegram in the rear, which was the same as the telegram sent before, reminding him to be careful of a strong enemy in front of him and not to rush into Yunyun alone. It seems that they are still very afraid of the honorary titles of this Indian army.Wang Zhenbei thought to himself, then let Da Pao decide who the hell you are?
He gave the order to fire and stepped out of the command vehicle.

After a few seconds, he could see the flames shining in front of him. What a spectacular sight that was? More than 10 seconds later, the sound of rumbling guns came. During this period, the artillery completed the second and third shots.

At 3:05 p.m., Halaya's headquarters began to get busy, and it was time for afternoon tea.This is the habit of this long-established army without radar. Even if the battle ahead is about to start, the officers cannot change the traditional work and rest system. This is a kind of British composure, which is expressed in contempt for the enemy Guess what, this is one of the few good traditions that this army, which is notorious for oppressing soldiers, has retained.

The division's attendants set up tables and chairs outside the headquarters, and then the chef brought coffee, sandwiches and cakes, and Haraya called the headquarters personnel to leave the map and come to enjoy the food.

The commander was not in a good mood. He hoped that his subordinates would prepare for the worst in the battle that was about to start, so before eating, he first talked about his views on the battle situation.

"Gentlemen, we must be prepared for a fierce battle. I always feel that General Meneam made some mistakes in his judgment," he said, shaking his head, "The enemy we face is not simple. The number of small drones that flew over our heads exceeded the total projections of the enemy's two armies during the entire battle of Fort Fort. It was reported just now that some drones that were not listed in our identification manual were shot down... Anyway, the situation is not very good .”

All the officers present nodded silently, agreeing with the commander's opinion.

"If the headquarters makes a misjudgment, I mean...if we can't deal with the frontal enemy, I hope to take quick and decisive actions to get the troops out of the crisis...rather than foolishly executing the orders of the headquarters .”

Haraya bluntly said that after Lieutenant General Chaguye was sentenced to death for treason by a military court, it really takes courage to say such straightforward words.

The officers kept nodding to express their agreement with this view, but of course they could not express their opinion, because there might be troubles in military law.

The ear-piercing screams were getting closer and closer, and artillery fire fell from the sky. Even though General Haraya had never been mentally prepared to die before his own soldiers, Wang Zhenbei's sentence for him came first.

Huge explosions come and go one after another in a very small area.

The headquarters, together with the communication unit, the security unit directly under it, and the air defense unit, were all covered in the flames of death.All soldiers and officers, high and low, suddenly became equal in the face of death, an unusual moment in Indian social ecology.

Wherever the flying fragments went, all limbs were broken and brains flew.The huge air wave tore the human body into pieces, only in an instant.

At the same time, the rocket launcher position 6 kilometers away from the Indian headquarters also experienced the same scene. There are only 4 214mm Picana rocket launch vehicles and about 150 soldiers, but because of the relatively large range of this rocket launcher, However, it encountered shelling on the same scale as the headquarters.Those towed artillery units that were marching with their heads buried were closer to the enemy, but they were still in good condition.

This was a far-from-conventional battle. The two armies were separated by 10 kilometers and did not catch fire. However, the suppressive firepower and headquarters after tens of kilometers were hit first.

The Indian troops advancing tremblingly in front suddenly found that they could not call the headquarters at the same time. Unlike the situation when they were engulfed by the noise of electronic interference, this time it was really quiet, and no sound could be heard.

The forward tank battalion of the Indian 9th Division decided to stop and wait for further instructions from the headquarters, but the mechanized infantry from the rear rushed up, and the formation suddenly became chaotic.Now there is no one to decide what to do, and each regiment begins to act on its own.

On the horizon, you can see the smoke and dust rising from the west, and the outline of the enemy tank is slowly appearing.

This is the main force of the 9th Division. It was the first time they saw the enemy in front of them. The officers felt that this was not like the Pakistani army, because the Pakistani armored soldiers would definitely stop and fire randomly at such a distance, thus messing up their own positions. But the troop in front of them was just approaching quietly, and the unhurried and indomitable momentum could be truly felt from a long distance away.

"Division, division, see the enemy, what should we do? What should we do?"

"Division headquarters, we need fire support, the enemy is right in front of us."

Still calling in vain, the regimental leaders found that their superiors seemed to have abandoned themselves, fleeing to a place where the radio could not catch up.

The Indian troops couldn't hold their breath and began to fire. All kinds of direct firepower were 5 kilometers away, and they couldn't hurt the opponent at all.The artillery driving on the road is still advancing to the designated area, and no one tells them that it is time to stop and unload the artillery and prepare for battle.Without orders, the entire army was at a loss. Although the number of the 9th Division was 2, which was more than twice that of Wang Zhenbei, at this moment, he was like a giant python whose head had been severed, although he was still wriggling , but it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed.

(End of this chapter)