Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 616 Annihilation of K1A1
Lieutenant Colonel Yin hurriedly called all the tanks through the radio, and only two tanks were shot. Fortunately, none of them were destroyed.It seems that the enemy's firepower is nothing more than that, at least at a distance of 2 kilometers, its penetration is not to be feared.A car was destroyed just now, but the opponent hit the nest area by chance. He thought that as long as he was careful, the enemy would not pick up such a bargain again.

Standing on the snowdrift, He Fan discovered the crux of most of the shells' misses, and ordered the 2nd company to immediately switch to artillery-launched missiles, firing only one round, and then quickly retreated as planned.

The two sides are adapting to each other and looking for their own opportunities. Yin Zhexi held his bleeding head, and after a horrifying moment when the frontal armor blocked the enemy's shells, he decided to let the troops rush down the hillside to make up for the shooting range. Since the enemy fired from 2 kilometers away The shells are so weak, so rushing down to fight to the death is the best choice, especially when going downhill, don't worry about the lack of power, and you can definitely wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.

His rh120 is a sharp weapon that has been tested countless times in actual combat. Facing these insignificant enemies today, it is really unreasonable that he has not seized a single opportunity to fire.

The lieutenant colonel didn't know that his opponent's research on the preset battlefield terrain was far better than him, so he didn't plan to let him have a decent chance to fire. For this reason, he did not hesitate to disperse his three companies. Play hide and seek on the Ridge Icefield.

The clumsy K1 tanks continued to shrink back on the plateau. Although the top-down shooting of Chinese tanks was average, most Indian tank commanders faced a steep slope of 35°, coupled with the heavy snow that quickly piled up, and there was no South Korean lieutenant colonel So be sure.

These tanks barely go downhill, stop.The first round of firing also faced the problem of long-distance crosswinds. Although the 120mm shells can maintain kinetic energy better than the opponent's shells, these finned shells are still inevitably affected at the extreme distance.

From the scope, the Indian gunner could clearly see that the shell remained stable at first, but after flying for more than a second, it began to shake irregularly like a firefly flying around, and finally came from this round of K1. All shots missed.

Immediately, the Chinese tank responded, but this time it was no longer an armor-piercing shell, but a laser-beam-guided shell.The speed of these missiles is much lower than that of armor-piercing projectiles. The time to fly 2 kilometers is about the same as the reloading time of Indian loaders with insufficient arm strength.However, the influence of the crosswind on it is negligible, because it will automatically follow the laser and fly to the target.Originally, He Fan did not plan to use these missiles at such a distance. He planned to use the range advantage of these missiles to attack the enemy bunkers outside Leh from 5500 meters away.

The K1 tank has no means of actively restraining laser irradiation, and it does not even have warning equipment.Of course, firing smoke bombs is a universal choice, but Lieutenant Colonel Yin Zhexi strictly ordered any crew to use smoke. He was worried that the whirlwind here would make the smoke block the sight of all tanks.He felt that he was still firmly in the upper hand at the moment, so of course there was no need for such obstructive means.

After a long flight, the laser beam missile finally arrived in front of us. The accuracy of this missile was not enough for the gunner manipulating its flight to choose to attack some weak parts of the front of the tank, but it could roughly hit the front door.

The three tanks on the top of the hill were hit one after another, and instantly turned into several balls of fire.

The speed of these missiles is much lower than that of artillery shells, but the damage does not rely on kinetic energy, but metal jets, so the long range has little effect on penetration.

The protection ability of K1A1 has finally been seriously challenged. The armor-piercing ability of the 105mm gun projectile is much higher than the frontal defense of this tank. This means that this ammunition is not only sure to penetrate the armor, but also its metal jet It will not be exhausted in the process of drilling into the armor, which is very valuable for anti-personnel.

Though all tanks face the enemy head-on, putting their thickest armor on the threat.However, the fronts of the three tanks that were hit were still all pierced by the metal jet.

After a delay of a few seconds, the two tanks began to burn, and flames and smoke came out from the gaps in the tank turrets, which caused all the flares fired by He Fan to fall into the snow and extinguished, and the K2 tank on the top of the mountain On the contrary, it is more clearly exposed.The two burning tanks lost their brakes and rushed all the way down the valley, during which no one escaped.

The third tank that was hit was not detonated, and the explosion suppression system worked, but the commander and the loader behind him were seriously injured and were forced to withdraw from the battle.

Lieutenant Colonel Yin was blown away by the sight in front of him. He found that his opponent had seized a slight advantage and beat himself up continuously.Strong emotions finally crossed the last rationality, and he ordered all tanks to rush down the valley and wipe out the enemy.

His own car was left at the end, not for fear of being destroyed, but to urge those timid Indian car leaders to rush down.

During this period, the Chinese tanks at the foot of the mountain were not interested in fighting, and they began to reverse.Different from the experience of previous night exercises, the heat accumulated after three shots dissipated quickly in the wind and snow. Yin Zhexi watched the target gradually dissipate from the thermal imager, and finally disappeared into a piece of noise.He hammered the commander hard, and felt the pain from the wound on his head start to intensify, so he picked up the flagon from his waist and took a few sips of white wine. He believed that this would help him to command the battle more clearly.

"Don't be afraid, those tanks are only half our weight, and they can't penetrate our armor at all. Believe me, as long as we rush down the valley, we will be invincible."

He has served as a liaison officer for a long time, and his English is good. Most of the Indian commanders can understand what he said. Of course, the Indian commanders still remember that he also said that as long as he climbed the ridge, he could take advantage of the invincible depression angle of Korean tanks. , destroy the enemy.It sounds like this person's words are not very reliable.

At the same time, the shelling from the Chinese side has begun, and the momentum has gradually overwhelmed the shells fired by India from Dalark.In the end, the artillery battle became a simple comparison of ammunition bases. The Meneam Group was using troops on two fronts and lacked effective supplements. The firepower launched in the Dalark area gradually became unsustainable.

China's light 155mm howitzers, using the altitude of the position above sea level, fired at the bunkers outside Leh that had been marked long ago with intensive firepower.Leh is low-lying, with no other barriers except for the mountains on the north side.In addition, due to the location on the plateau and the difficulty of transportation, the construction of most fortresses did not meet the design standards, and at most they could only withstand 1 or 2 rounds of large-caliber shells.The Chinese artillery will fire at least 6 rounds of various artillery shells into the area before the daytime arrives.This kind of firepower density is destined to be something that the Indian artillery, who claims to be used to plateau artillery battles, has never seen before.As soon as the artillery preparations started, the surface positions in Leh that had been repaired and rebuilt by concentrated manpower in the past two weeks were smashed to pieces, but the artillery fire did not fall on the airport in Leh.The commander of the Artillery Brigade of the 2th Mountain Division guarding Leh had a premonition that the enemy's attack on Leh should not be too far away; probably when the heavy snow stopped, the last moment would be almost the same.

Yin Zhexi led the remaining 17 tanks to rush down the mountain. The distance from the sound of the artillery in Leh was getting farther and farther away. During the whole process, another tank reported that the gear box was damaged for no reason. It was an unbelievable thing. The lieutenant colonel thought that the rough driving of the Indians must have caused this unresolved failure.The M2 repair vehicles modified from the T1 chassis of the machine repair company cannot recover the tanks parked on the steep slope. Once the heavy snow stops, the enemy's drones can easily kill the tanks parked on the hillside.There is no second way to choose, the South Korean lieutenant colonel can only go all out, the loss is not small, and he doesn't care about one more tank, he is like a gambler, he is eager to make money at once while he still has gambling money .

The level of thermal imaging cameras of Chinese tanks and K1A1 is roughly the same, but the opponent's engine has been working at full capacity and can be observed farther away than Chinese tanks.

He Fan stayed in a higher area, waiting for the enemy to pounce on the 2nd company.He found the Indian commander to be a decidedly impulsive type, pocketing almost exactly what he had written.He felt that it was too much to use 3 companies to deal with this reckless man, so he ordered the 3 companies on standby at the east end of the valley to try to go back from other mountain passes and kill all the Indian tanks that had broken down all the way waiting to be repaired. The vehicles are assembled, and the artillery is indicated as the target.

The 3rd company is his weakest company. It currently only has 8 tanks and lacks combat experience. Letting them bully the lagging enemies seems to be a good way to train troops.

No need for night vision equipment, the loud noise of enemy tanks driving on the valley floor can be heard as far as 1 km away.On the windward slope facing north where He Fan lay in ambush, the bitter cold wind swept through the heavy snow. In a short period of time, the exterior of the tanks of the 1st company was almost completely covered, so that the commanders had to drill out constantly to block the various observation windows. snow swept away.Of course, half-burying the tank in heavy snow can indeed hide itself well.

This snow wasn't in He Fan's plan, but he decided to take advantage of the situation, revise his plan, and hide himself directly in front of the enemy.This can save a lot of setbacks and unnecessary casualties. In the original plan, there are many undulating areas that can be crossed to deal with the enemy, but it will also cause variables due to heavy snow cover.

He quietly waited for the enemy to pass by under his nose, and instead of firing, he counted how many enemy tanks there were.

He used a fully cooled thermal imager to observe the enemy convoy from far to near. There were a total of 16 tanks, which was a little less than the intelligence showed. With a company.

Soon the 3rd company, which was outflanking from the east, reported that in the north and south of the ridge, Yigong found 4 to 5 enemy tanks in trouble, most of which could not move.A repair force consisting of 4 tractors and as many as 20 trucks was dispatched in the direction of Leh, and they were approaching. It seemed that they could wait for them to arrive and annihilate them together.

He Fan looked at his watch, it was exactly 4 o'clock in the morning, which was almost the coldest time of the day.He picked up the intercom and connected to the headquarters.

"Dongyao, here is Dongguai. The enemy can be wiped out within 5 minutes."

"It's easy to move. The offensive against Leh is about to start. After 30 minutes, electromagnetic sabotage weapons will be used. You must block the tank."

"Moving Guai understands."

Apparently, a few electromagnetic pulse bombs will come over later to paralyze Leh's radar and airport facilities, and at the same time destroy Leh's command of its infantry fighting vehicles.

Investing in electromagnetic pulse weapons is a new strategy for the superiors to hope to completely receive every Indian airport on the plateau. Every time this airport is captured, Meneam’s chassis will be further compressed westward, and the Chinese army on the plateau will have the opportunity to While forming a new front, find a passage to the south.

Tanks can theoretically shield electromagnetic pulses, but the hatches must be closed tightly and the whip antenna disconnected from the internal radio.Of course, except for the 3rd company, He Fan’s main force is far enough away from Leh. He doesn’t understand that his superiors have to invest in this new style of tricks every time, because this kind of thing has the characteristics of indiscriminate killing. Front-line offensive troops are also a threat.

He then carefully assigned targets to each tank, which became very easy as the enemy advanced in a long snake formation.Subsequently, the tank half-buried in the snow used gas-hydraulic suspension to secretly lift the chassis to make up for the depression angle, and the enemy was completely within the shooting range.

He Fan knew that this distance was enough to penetrate the target, but he still had to wait for the enemy to expose its weak side.All the tanks are secretly tracking the target. The armor-piercing projectiles fired by the 105mm artillery can guarantee the accuracy and armor-piercing ability within 1 km, so no team chooses low-speed artillery-launched missiles.

Yin Zhexi drank half of the jug of wine, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.But when he turned the peripheral vision device, he couldn't see any threat at all.

According to the digital map, the enemies in front should have nowhere to go. They were blocked by themselves in a canyon surrounded by mountains on three sides. The slopes on each side were more than 40°. , he had already deployed the tank, ready to swallow the opponent in one gulp.

A tank in the rear suddenly reported that it was being repaired, but was attacked by an enemy tank, and then the repair company sent exactly the same report.

It was obviously too late to turn around and save, so he ordered to move forward and drive the enemy to death.

A burst of intensive artillery fire shattered the South Korean lieutenant colonel's dream of revenge. In about 5 seconds, most of his tank group was destroyed by an opponent 20 tons lighter than himself.Even after he was attacked, he still didn't find out who was shooting him.He called his two company commanders loudly, but there was no response.During this period, Chinese tanks completed automatic loading.There was no counterattack.He Fan ordered each to choose a target and fire.Ran Changmen launched a second round of attacks on the tanks that were not hit, or those whose turrets were still turning.

(End of this chapter)