Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 653 Admiral died
A billowing red light began to flash through the clouds, and Yahini had seen a lot, and he knew that the second round of blows was coming.Sure enough, the rockets covered the heads of the enemies who couldn't escape, and the scorching air even blew on Yahini's face from the distant scorched earth. He knew that the fire was almost over, and it was time to do it himself.

"Brothers, it's our turn to do it now. If you can capture the commander of the White Tiger Division alive, you will become the heroes of Pakistan."

"Where did you find the body?"

"Finding a dead body is as big a feat as it is."

More than 20 tanks rushed out of the darkness together, towards the enemy convoy that had just been hit by a sap and was completely in chaos.

Since the headquarters of the White Tiger Division was upgraded to a first-level military headquarters, the defense organization directly under it has been greatly increased, and radio communications are strictly restricted. This makes Lieutenant General Makani think that he is in a very safe state. Spanga's strict order to transfer every 2 hours, in his opinion, can be said to be foolproof.

Of course, Makani is not a coward. His previous command style was to ride in a command tank, walk in front of most of the troops, conduct reconnaissance and command in person, quite a bit like Rommel. In fact, in southern Pakistan He has never encountered any danger on the battlefield, but perhaps India's national fortune has declined. Although he has such a large army of troops to protect him today, he still suffered a blow from the sky.

However, the lieutenant general still managed to escape after the first round of attacks, and he ordered the troops to return along the same route. This was the most direct way to prevent the undeployed troops from falling into chaos, but the second round of long-range rocket attacks came too quickly, so they still directly covered To the headquarters and directly under the head of the troops.This blow was even more deadly, wiping out the entire communication unit and more than half of the air defense unit.Makeni's command vehicle was overturned by the blast. Of the 6 people in the vehicle at the time, 3 died on the spot. Makeni survived the catastrophe and climbed out of the burning command vehicle.

According to the final backup plan, the Indian lieutenant general jumped on a command tank. He had to get out of danger quickly and flee to the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division in the north, in order to restore the command of the entire unit as soon as possible.

Yahini's troops broke out from the darkness, his 2nd company, and 3 tanks with only 3 tanks left, went to the enemy air defense deployed at the other end, the main 1st company was under the command of Yahini , rushed towards the enemy headquarters.

Yahini looked at the past, and the area of ​​about one square kilometer was covered by a sea of ​​flames. Most of the enemy vehicles were burning, but some were still moving, and some of the undamaged vehicles were gathering. He predicted that something would happen. It would not be as simple as collecting the body of the commander of the White Tiger Division, especially the anti-fragmentation ammunition used by the rockets, which can deal with ordinary vehicles and lightly armored targets, and may not be able to damage the main battle tank, so in the end the battle must be resolved by yourself.

He hoped that his troops could be swept away like a gust of wind, so that Chinese fighter jets would not arrive in a hurry and accidentally injure his own people.

"All the vehicles of the 1st company, don't fire yet, try to get up first. Give priority to shooting the enemy's main battle tanks."

He turned the peripheral vision device to observe the sea of ​​fire in front of him. He knew that in this case, the thermal imaging camera was not effective enough, but it was a white light device, which could see it more clearly.

The first thing I saw was a row of burning trucks, some of the Indian soldiers lying on the trucks were on fire.There are still some living creatures on the ground nearby, crawling hard on the ground, apparently dying.Behind is a crackling and deflagrating Laura self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. He hadn't observed this kind of anti-aircraft weapon just now. It seems that the commander of the White Tiger Division was really too careful and collected all the weapons that proved useful in this war. around.

A BTR4 with all 60 tires on one side staggered out of the sea of ​​flames and stood in front of the battle formation. A Type 99 tank faithfully carried out Yahini's order not to fire, and sped up to kill the Indian armored vehicle. Crashed down the middle.

"Attention, the enemy has some Leopard II and T90 tanks, immediately indicate the location when you see it."

Yahini reminded his men to keep an eye out for those main battle tanks, but he didn't find them for a while, nor did he see any traces of the headquarters, nor did he see the main battle tanks of his most feared enemy. Maybe they were on the other side of the sea of ​​flames?The headquarters of the White Tiger Division has a lot of troops attached to it, and the deployment is layered on top of each other, which is quite methodical, which makes it difficult to find the core part.

"Collect the formation, use me as an arrow, and all go through the fire wall in front."

He needs to confirm the enemy headquarters immediately, and at the same time he has to solve the problem before the arrival of his own air force, so there is no time to detour.

Eleven Type 11 tanks dived into the burning wreckage of the enemy.The rocket launcher destroyed the three accompanying fuel tank trucks in the first place. At present, the fuel is dripping all over the ground, and the fire has not abated.

A Leopard II tank appeared in the field of vision. It turned its turret like a trapped animal in a sea of ​​flames. Something must have happened to it, and it seemed unable to walk. Of course, the gun was certainly not fake.Yahini indicated the target, gunner Tasim turned the muzzle to the target, and Yahini continued to search the rest of the directions.

The tank passed 60 meters to the side of the Leopard II, an impossible miss distance, and the tank actually filled the Tasim 3X scope.The gunner even saw the Indian commander lift the top cover and try to climb out with a fire extinguisher, but his clothes were immediately picked up by the high-temperature airflow of burning materials, and his sleeves caught fire. It can be seen that the temperature outside the tank has dropped how high.

The Indian commander was slapping his clothes and didn't notice that a 125mm gun was aimed at the rear of the turret.Tasim pressed the launch button, and the shells shot directly into the rear ammunition bay.He watched as the huge explosion threw half of the commander's body above him out of sight. A second later, only one fire extinguisher fell down.

"This is a war you started! You asked for it."

"What nonsense, hurry up and aim at the target." Yahini shouted, and he had indicated a new target.

The silhouette of a huge tank flashed from one side, and the side-by-side turrets quickly turned to this side. A clever commander on Yahini's right wing immediately overtook and fired, destroying the target. He thought it was a BMP3, but he confirmed it after the explosion A wheeled chassis, maybe a BTR90.

"Boss, we found their anti-aircraft battalion, and they are packing up and preparing to run."

On the radio was the voice of the commander of the 3rd company. A few hours ago, he had wiped out all 3 platoons.

"Very good, don't let any one go, hit it hard, be careful that you don't have much time, and you have to stay away before the Chinese air force arrives later."

"It's up to you to say, of course I know."

The commander of the 3rd company seems to be a bit old-fashioned again, but it is common sense that the T84 must stay away from the Chinese Air Force. It is also stipulated in the regulations that the T84 must not enter the frontline battle with air support. The new combat regulations seem like a joke. However, the messy turret design of Russian tanks all look alike, especially from the air.

The sound of cannons sounded in the distance, and it seemed that the 2nd and 3rd companies had found soft persimmons.Yahini wanted to get out of the turret to observe, but as soon as he lifted the top cover of the turret, hot air entered the turret. He quickly withdrew his hand and dismissed the idea.

The 11 tanks maintained an excellent formation and got out of the flames. Although they fired a few shots, the burning ammunition in the flames would explode at any time, so the enemy at the other end should not be alarmed.

Tanks pushed their way through the shattered communications vehicles, Indian trucks in the distance were loading wounded, and Yahini ordered to bypass the poor, badly burned wounded, most of whom would not survive until tomorrow morning.

"Battalion Commander, I think the headquarters of the White Tiger Division should have been taken over."

Gunner Tasim said.

"We can't be too careless. There are several Indian command posts nearby. As long as their division commanders or deputy division commanders run away, they may continue to disintegrate their command there."

"How can you think so long-term?" Tasim was a little surprised. Ordinarily, Yahini was a few years younger than him. If the war hadn't broken out in time, he might have been sent to the kitchen by Battalion Commander Younis at this moment; but In the past six months, Yahini's growth rate as a commander is really amazing.

"I have studied most of the battle cases of the White Tiger Division, and I know their system of centralized command and decentralized command. This is the command model that Spanga has always advocated." Yahini said proudly, and he had reason to be proud. He did know some things that most battalion and company officers didn't know, and there was no need to know. Every regiment headquarters of the White Tiger Division had redundant communication facilities and manpower, and could be quickly restored to a division-level command.

"The muzzle is pointed at 1 o'clock, ready to fight a tough battle at any time."

After crossing a high slope, a row of tanks flashed in front of them. They were lining up for vigilance and seemed to start to escape, but their gun barrels were all aimed at the west. Obviously, the battle of the 2nd company against the enemy's air defense battalion in that direction attracted their attention. .

It was too late to formulate any strategy, because the two sides saw each other almost at the same time. Fortunately, on Yahini's side, in terms of the pre-pointing of the barrel, it was closer to the target and took advantage of it.He saw the Indian commander on the outside of a T90 turret shouting and getting into the tank, and then the enemy turret turned to him.

A close-range melee was inevitable.

"Speed ​​up and rush over! Fight hard."

He yelled on the inter-car radio, which was an order. He always avoided reckless fighting, but he knew the truth of fighting in short combat, and his intuition told him that if the Indian supreme commander survived, he would hide in one of the tanks. Because it's the safest place. .

Yahini, who took the lead, took the lead and charged at a considerable number of enemies. At such a distance, any shot would be fatal.Tasim seized the opportunity and shot through the turret of a T90 opposite.The driver, Saad, was even braver. He slammed into the side of a Leopard II that was turning the turret. Although the car was not as heavy as the opponent, the favorable impact position instantly knocked the opponent's special car off and turned it sideways.

Saad desperately resisted the opponent's side track, shifted gears, and prevented the opponent's sloping hull from returning to level. He knew that the enemy's turret could still rotate with the help of the battery, so he could not give him a depression angle.The tilted Leopard II painfully turned the turret, but the barrel could only point in the air, unable to find the firing angle.

The 1500-horsepower engine roared, and the nearly 60-ton opponent continued to jack up abruptly. Tasim's artillery was also inserted behind the opponent's turret and could not be rotated in place. It was impossible to solve the opponent for a while.Yahini got out of the turret and fired the machine gun on one side. The enemy commander got out of it with difficulty, took a slow beat, and immediately received a row of bullets.

At this moment, the tank groups of the two sides had already fought together. The two sides launched a terrifying artillery battle at a distance of tens of meters or even a few meters. The rules became very simple and untechnical.

Saad saw the barrel of the Leopard II sagging, and then started to reverse. When the opponent fell heavily, Tasim seized the opportunity, turned the turret, and fired a shot.

The shell directly hit a cross-penetration and hit a BMP tank in the distance. Yahini manipulated the machine gun and fired at any enemy crew who tried to show up. He gave up the target indication and let Tasim solve it by himself. In the chaos, his intervention will only affect Tasim's chances.

Not far away, a Type 99 tank was pierced through the turret by a Leopard II that turned the turret first. In that tank was Yahini’s fellow countryman and good friend. He didn’t have time to think about it. He knew that the automatic reloading opportunity would be fast over enemy loaders.

The two sides pointed their gun barrels at each other at a distance of 40 meters, and waited for their respective shells to be loaded. Excessive physical strength made his movements out of shape, and he couldn't increase his speed at all. However, his opponent couldn't think, and the automatic loading machine step by step, it wouldn't be faster by one second, but it wouldn't be slower by one second either.

Time seemed to be frozen, and Yahini on the turret couldn't help but drop the machine gun, lift his body up, and was about to jump away, lest the shells cut off his legs when the opponent fired first.Tasim was not as embarrassing as he was. He listened to the creaking cocking machine operating, confident that he would be a little faster than the opponent.

At the moment when the Indian loader finished loading, a tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile from 0 meters away slammed over with great power. At such a distance, all the kinetic energy of the projectile when ejected from the chamber was almost without loss. All passed to the opponent's frontal armor. The armor-piercing projectile fired by the Type 99 tank accelerates to a speed of 1800 meters per second and accelerates through a barrel of more than 6 meters. If the Leopard II wants to stop its kinetic energy, it can only rely on a piece of armor tens of centimeters thick on the front.

Yahini shrank his neck quickly, but it was still a bit slower. When the shell hit the Leopard II armor, the flying debris hit his shoulder. When he fell into the car, there was a huge explosion, which never reached the closed cabin. Came from outside the cover.He wanted to reach out to close the hatch, only to find that he couldn't lift his left hand, and blood was gushing out.

The battle was decided within 1 minute. Only Yahini's car miraculously completed 3 loading and shooting. Most of the tanks on both sides only fired once, or not even once.Yahini's 1st company completely lost 4 tanks and 4 full crews (none climbed out of the tank after the tank was hit), but destroyed all 12 Indian tanks.

He ordered everyone to evacuate to the south immediately to avoid being accidentally injured by his own air force. He didn't know that a command T90A tank destroyed by his company was lying on the ground of the 21st Armored Division of the Indian Army, which is the famous White Tiger Division. The division commander, Lieutenant General Makani, and his deputy division commander had already died on the battlefield in the first round of tactical missile attacks.He originally planned to retreat to other nearby division headquarters and continue to command the plan to encircle and wipe out the enemy in front of him, but it was obviously impossible to implement.

(End of this chapter)