Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 600
Now Huang Texing occupies a favorable flank position, and all the enemies point their front armor and gun barrels to the north, where a mechanized infantry battalion is feinting.He knew that his strength might not be inferior to the opponent's, but the number of tanks should be much less than that of the few enemies. He saw a command post composed of several command vehicles from aerial reconnaissance, and in addition, there was an accompanying air defense force.

Is it waiting for the second round of air strikes to come?However, he also knew that once the sky completely darkened, it would be more difficult to sneak attack in the jungle, and it would be difficult for the air force to count on it, not only because the enemy had new air defense threats, but also because the air force lacked ground attack methods at night.The huge canopy of fir and pine trees here can block radar waves and infrared signals.

He picked up the communicator and switched to the infantry unit outside the vehicle. Before the electronic interference was implemented, he still had 2 minutes to coordinate with the infantry: "You act according to the plan and deal with the enemy's infantry on the periphery, but avoid contact with enemy tanks. "

"Understood, just take care of yourself." The other party was on the same level as him, and he was reluctant to reply to his advice.

Huang Dexing switched to the inter-car radio station again, broadcasting to the whole company.

"The whole company is approaching the target at a low speed, and it will be dark in 35 minutes. We found that the distance of the target is about 200 meters. The enemy should not notice us first. Hit and retreat. Do not change the channel when encountering communication interference. We will follow the established plan. action."

He finally made up his mind to use one company to attack an unknown number of enemies, but they must be more than his own. His other tank company is on the other side of the enemy's flank, which is the other end of the forest 6 kilometers away, just waiting for the enemy's attention After the force is attracted here, it should be dark by then, and they will launch a second wave of attacks using night vision goggles.

The Challenger II is like a powerful but clumsy elephant. It needs to attack from a weak direction. The enemy lacks the outer defense belt established by the infantry and protrudes from the tank group. This allows Huang Texing to carry out the outer line according to the reconnaissance results of the drone. wide range of mobility.And the undulating jungle area also provides the feasibility of two-sided attack. In such an area, small hills and huge trees can block the line of sight. Even if you hear the movement of the engine, you may not be able to see it. Wolf tactics, so the key is not quantity, but the deployment of troops in a timely manner.Of course, it is also prone to accidental injury. The armor-piercing projectile with a straight trajectory may penetrate the pine forest and hit his own head, so he cannot attack from both sides at the same time. He can only let the other company launch a second round of attack after he retreats.His command tends to be conservative. In terms of skill and courage, he is still inferior to commanders like Yahini or He Fan.

It is naturally very dangerous to sneak attack the enemy at close range, because the armor of both sides is within a few hundred meters, which should reduce the protective effect at the same time; while attracting the enemy's attention, the enemy's firepower will also be turned. He learned from border operations Without the frontal armor of the Challenger, the enemy does not use reactive armor at all, and they are very confident in the thickness of the frontal armor.

For Huang Dexing, the basis for carrying out the attack is that he still has a trump card that he can use.It is an electronic jamming vehicle with a wheeled chassis in hand.

This vehicle looks like an ordinary weapon, with a command cabin and a powerful power supply cabin, above which there is a composite antenna installed on a telescopic bracket.This vehicle is designed to interfere with the communication between the UAV and the headquarters, and sometimes it can also be used as a communication relay vehicle.

When performing jamming tasks, its role is no different from that of the jamming pod on an electronic warfare aircraft, but because of the relationship between power and platform height, the jamming distance is much smaller.Jamming is also based on electronic spoofing or noise jamming. For frequency-hopping tank radios with low power, noise jamming can be implemented within a certain distance to drown out their communications.

This wheeled jamming vehicle has poor cross-country capabilities and no armor, so it can't penetrate too far. It can't jam all enemy radio stations temporarily, and it may also cause some collateral damage to its own side. Of course, with the analysis of the enemy's communication, the jamming It will become more and more targeted, and the scope will increase accordingly.

The scouts who got on and off the infantry fighting vehicles walked carefully a few hundred meters in front of the infantry tanks, searching for the enemy's secret sentry.Found a few, but not many.When the enemy's main tank force retreated, it was obviously cut off from the infantry force, so that it was accompanied by an anti-aircraft force and transport force, but it did not have much infantry protection.

The peripheral battle first started from the north, and the sudden sound of mortar explosions kicked off the attack, waking up the silent jungle.Then came the continuous firing of 30mm machine guns, which took away the Indian observation posts hiding in the trees and reporting secretly.

The Indian troops became tense, not only because of the explosion, but also because most of the radio stations were suddenly drowned out by the noise.Although it can be heard from the explosions not far away that they are just some mortars and small-caliber artillery, it is indeed a worrying thing to face the unknown enemy situation.

The head of the Indian regiment began to adjust the deployment, but half of the units that were farther away could not be contacted. This was the beginning of further actions by the enemy, and the Sam 11 position did not find any sources of interference in the air.These sources of interference with unknown locations can effectively interfere with the communication of the tank radio.

The head of the Indian regiment can only let the communication personnel drive the weasel chariot, or simply ride a motorcycle, to notify the tank platoon one by one, and shrink to the regiment headquarters. The enemy situation is becoming more and more serious every minute. Quickly pack up the team and escape from here.

After encountering the first round of air strikes, the tank troops were already frightened and overwhelmed. Before receiving the order, all the troops stayed in place and waited for the order. Only the Sam 11 missile unit was quickly carrying out the second loading. Very fast.After all, this is a well-trained unit, and it will not drop its equipment and run for its life like other Indian Army units.However, there is only one set of backup ammunition on the launch vehicle of the Beech missile. Once it is launched again, it cannot be reloaded for the second time. It needs to wait for a special vehicle to hoist it. The standard process takes 30 minutes. On uneven terrain, it takes a lot of time. more time.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the enemy's position, Huang Dexing and a deputy company commander got out of the car, and the two cleared the way ahead.They saw the messy tracks and footprints that had just been left in the snow, where the tanks had turned, and some infantry.According to the drone, there was probably a platoon of tanks guarding here just now, and they just left not long ago.He raised the binoculars and saw the light smoke in the depths of the forest from a distance. When the gunfire in the north fell silent, he could still hear the roar of the engine.He climbed up a pine tree a few times, and saw four clumsy tanks retreating hundreds of meters away, and there were several similar tanks deep in the woods.The gun barrels all pointed from northwest to north, followed by a few sparse infantry. The infantry did not keep a distance from the tank, obviously afraid of being thrown off by the tank, and had no intention of guarding the rear.

He took out the mobile phone used for communication outside the vehicle, but it didn't work, so he used a flashlight to send a signal to the rear, and soon his own tank followed.These 99 tanks drove carefully to prevent hitting trees or making too much noise. The sound of artillery from the north paralyzed the attention of all the enemies, and they did not find any danger at all.Huang Dexing's troops can be said to be well-trained, but they have very little actual combat experience. He urgently needs a few battles to hone his troops.

He fell from a tree and climbed into his tank.The inter-vehicle radio can still be used. He continued to call the various vehicle groups to modify the formation and asked the troops to disperse as much as possible and encircle the enemy in a crescent shape. He hoped that the first round of attack would use the firepower of all tanks as much as possible, and it would be best to destroy all tanks at once. Tanks, but due to the complex terrain, this is obviously difficult to achieve.

The firepower from the north began to extend the attack, all from the 30mm machine guns of the infantry fighting vehicles and the vehicle-mounted mortars. The shells flew across the forest and exploded, bringing tremendous pressure to the exposed Indian infantry. The transport battalion from the 4th Armored Division is not a regular combat unit, nor does it have the ability to distinguish between enemy and heavy equipment; so that, when someone heard the sound of rumbling tanks approaching behind them, they immediately thought it was just a tank unit of their own side .Standing on the turret, Huang Dexing even saw an Indian soldier waving at him cursingly, signaling to hurry up.

Huang Dexing quickly got into the tank to avoid being hit by enemy rifles at a closer range.The enemy was right in front of him, and he was a little nervous. He didn't assign targets for each vehicle group to shoot, but asked the entire company to find their own targets and choose their own timing to fire.

The gunner slowly aimed the barrel at the ass of a Challenger II less than 300 meters away. He had never seen an enemy tank clearly at such a close distance.

It can be seen through the scope that there are several soldiers and their things sitting behind each tank. Obviously, the Indian infantry is happy to take such a free ride.Huang Dexing watched the enemy's infantry through the commander and observed their reactions.

He saw a few Indian soldiers who were left behind walking towards him, holding sleeping bags and other miscellaneous things in their hands. They had obviously stayed in the snow for a long time, and everyone still had a smile on their faces, as if they were finally waiting. Like a taxi.Huang Dexing guessed that they regarded him as his own and were about to climb up. He couldn't let the enemy get close, so he operated the machine gun to turn towards them.

Immediately, an Indian soldier sensed that something was wrong, and he started to back away, and the things in his hand fell to the ground.The rest of the Indian soldiers were still standing there dumbly, and the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared. Although the 99 tank was covered with pine branches as a temporary camouflage, which is the same as the challenger, but there are always some different details when it is close exposed.Even though they were just truck drivers, they knew what was going on the moment they saw the red five-star and yellow Bayi signs.

Huang Dexing didn't shoot, and let them escape desperately.

Accompanied by the sound of the cannon, there was a huge shaking of the car body. He tightly held the handle of the stabilizer and watched the result of the shooting. Of course, no one would miss the shot at a distance of less than 300 meters. The distance does not need to consider wind deflection and ballistics at all, it only needs to be aimed at the huge butt of the challenger. .

The shell hit the engine compartment of the tank, and the huge explosion blew up the four infantrymen sitting on the baffle, and one soldier fell heavily from the air and onto the turret.

Immediately, the depowered enemy tank came to a standstill, but did not appear to be completely incapacitated, and began to turn the turret slowly, very slowly, apparently running on electricity from its internal batteries.

During the operation, the burning corpse rolled down along the slope at the front of the turret and hung on the barrel, blocking all the commander's sight.

The No. 2 car on Huang Dexing's side carried out a supplementary attack on this target. The shell hit the seat ring and directly wedged into the armor, leaving a small hole that emitted black smoke.The rotation of the turret stopped, and about a second later, the air blast from the internal explosion blasted all the exits of the tank, and the turret tilted to one side and rolled to the ground.The ammunition inside exploded continuously, igniting nearby trees.

Huang Dexing's company, with 2 to 1 advantage in firepower, launched this attack from the enemy's unsuspecting direction. There was no suspense in this battle, but there were also some Type 99 tanks that were blocked by ground objects or trees and could not rush to the first place. The attack was launched for a while, but the surviving Challenger tanks basically couldn't find North in the first place.

Huang Dexing didn't realize that part of his advantage came from electronic interference. The interference made all the Indian vehicles fall into a situation where they were fighting on their own and had no way of understanding the battlefield. He only knew that the enemy seemed unresponsive.

Apart from the sound of explosions, telling them that they were engaged in battle, the Indian tankers had no way of knowing where the enemy was coming from or how big it was.

An Indian commander simply got out of the turret. He searched around and finally saw the enemy tank behind him. He shouted loudly and hit the turret hard to make the tank turn. The slow turning speed of the Challenger II made him struggle with loading In the competition of machines, it is at a disadvantage.

Three armor-piercing projectiles from different directions hit various weak points of the tank at the same time-at such a short distance, the party with the upper hand can easily find the weak point.Except for Huang Dexing, he asked the driver to drive to the front of the burning tank, and shoot the enemy's frontal armor with armor-piercing projectiles at a distance of 3 meters measured by the laser rangefinder. This is a test he has been thinking about.The gun barrel of this tank almost hangs down to the ground. Obviously, the back of the cradle has been damaged. It is just a dead tiger. He just used it to test the power of the artillery, and at the same time see if the enemy's frontal armor is really as it is said in the legend. Awe-inspiring.

The Indian commander sat on the top of the turret, his whole body was on fire and motionless. He was shocked to death in the first round of shooting.

A Type 99 shell hit the front, penetrated directly into the armor, and then triggered an internal explosion, blowing half of the Indian commander sitting on it into the air.

Huang Dexing reminded himself that at such a distance, the Type 99 and the challenger should have the ability to destroy each other. Perhaps the reactive armor of the Type 99 can play a role. Of course, if the opponent hits the reactive armor at a near vertical angle, its destructive projectiles The efficiency in the direction of incidence of the rod is minimized.

(End of this chapter)