Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 696
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The ramjet propels the missile towards the target. Its muzzle velocity is very high, and the distance can be shortened by one kilometer every second, so the time left for the radar to maneuver is destined not to be too much.

Zheng Hui turned to another target. He must grasp the timing well. If the launch distance is 10 kilometers away, it means that the enemy can get more than 10 seconds to react. If it is too close, those missile positions are of course not vegetarian. , he had to properly compress the distance of the missile and at the same time increase the initial velocity of the missile, and then had to leave room to turn and escape.In the case of early warning aircraft monitoring, it is still safe to keep a distance of 300 kilometers from the S50. If those missiles are lifted into the air, he can maneuver through a large overload to force the missiles to follow closely, so that the kinetic energy can be quickly consumed. Of course, experience Without his rich pilot, he still has to stay in a relatively rear position.As a former reconnaissance aircraft pilot, he has a better sense of proportion in testing the opponent's bottom line than ordinary pilots. He knows how to use the superior acceleration performance of heavy aircraft to play tricks with the surface-to-air missile commander on the ground who is quietly waiting for the opportunity.

After the air raid began, Pasade had been guarding the telephone of the headquarters, waiting for news from the outside.

His intelligence system was barely functioning just now, and now he is deaf. The Chinese attack was premeditated for a long time. Although many bombs fell on empty positions, or simply hit false targets, the price They can afford it, the immobile communication nodes and underground cables have been destroyed a lot, finally they haven't used electromagnetic pulse ammunition at the moment, and he can still maintain high-level communication at present, of course the enemy is not showing kindness, they always Stagger the use of electromagnetic interference bombs with other guided weapons to avoid interference with yourself.

An orange phone in front of him suddenly rang. This phone connected to one of his main divisions, the 39th Division headquarters. This division was stationed on the north bank of the Najaf Gargil Canal. Hitting them, the glide bombs make the front and depth less obvious.

The Field Marshal grabbed the phone.

"I am listening."

"Commander, several of our important positions have been severely damaged, and I lost the main anti-aircraft firepower. They are crazy, even bombing the road. I request that the main force be withdrawn to the reserve position, which is currently intact."

"Calm down, you can't gather your troops now, their synthetic aperture radar in the air will see your mobilization, the destruction now is just a temptation, you can't fall for their tricks."

"But Commander..."

Before his commander could finish speaking, the marshal hung up the phone heavily. He couldn't allow his subordinates to release all kinds of fears in front of his eyes, otherwise it would eventually interfere with his judgment.

Another phone rang, and it was the 85th Aircraft Brigade at the forefront, which obviously suffered the most. He hesitated for a moment, but still grabbed the phone.

"Commander, they destroyed two of my battalion headquarters. I have... lost control of the troops...Commander...what should we do..."

A voice with a crying voice, obviously out of control, drilled into Pasade's brain.

"Bastard, you will shake the morale of the army if you panic like this."

"They're firing too hard...we're going to be doomed..."

"Where's your troops, where's your tank? Hold on to me, you coward, send your guards to enforce discipline and shoot all the cowards."

"...Where is our Air Force? We need an Air Force. Where is an Air Force? Damn Air Force..."

Obviously, the brigade commander didn't listen to what the Marshal said, and he was still hysterically wanting air support. He already knew the fact that the Indian Air Force was basically wiped out.

"Bernala, listen to me, there is no air force, you don't have it there, and I don't have it here. I need you to restore control of the troops immediately. If you can't restore command within an hour, I will remove you from your post."

The marshal hung up the phone angrily.Through a layer of glass, the staff officers in the external command room were immersed in their work. Only the US brigadier general standing against the wall was watching him from a distance. Obviously, the marshal's frantic movements were noticed by this guy. expression, but it feels like waiting to see Pasade's joke.

The marshal turned his face away, and the phone rang again, and he didn't bother to answer it. He could guess what the division and brigade level command wanted, but he could neither allow the troops to retreat, nor have the planes to support them. If you receive too many calls like this, it will eventually affect your emotions and judgment.

The marshal had been waiting for the two lines of Chinese troops that turned around from the side to stop. He even risked letting the artillery and tactical missiles wait in the position. Less bombs.The Chinese clearly violated common sense and seemed to be moving forward without fuel.He didn't know that He Fan discarded the smoke device at the rear of the tank and pretended to be an external fuel tank, which allowed him to carry hundreds of liters of fuel and run for a while longer.

"Damn it, you're going to stop, you're going to, and I'll give you a little bit of a hard time then."

He Fan's tank unit is advancing at a medium speed in the wilderness. He is now in the second group, the detached reconnaissance battalion, and has completed the round with the rear tank battalion, but he is still commanding in a tank.

3.5 kilometers to the east of him, a town is billowing smoke. There is the enemy-controlled Kurja, a small town close to the railway.

He did not send troops to capture it, and the air force did not attack it for the time being, but the enemy should have been ordered to burn down the oil depot next to the railway station and the oil tank cars on the railway to prevent it from being captured by Chinese tanks.He had seriously planned to cooperate with Pakistani infiltration forces to jointly seize the oil depot in the town and obtain fuel, but eventually abandoned the plan.His plan cannot be based on chance, and special operations are always full of risks. Now it seems that the speed of the enemy's understanding is moderately fast, and they blew up the oil depot in time. With 50 liters of fuel, more than expected, it is indeed a pity.

The critical moment is about to fall. His offensive has been flawless so far. It depends on whether the Air Force and Army Aviation can guarantee the fuel. If not, he can only stop and wait.

A relay drone flew nearby, and the radio blared.

"The Red Eagle is already on the road and will clear the anti-aircraft firepower near Channels 1 and 2. The transportation line will fly directly over Kurja."

"Let them keep their eyes open. There are enemy tanks beside the railway, the number is unknown, and there are many Avenger missiles. These are what the captives said. I don't have the troops to help them clear these things in the east."

"Hehe, the Red Eagles won't be happy, they think they're here to help you, not the other way around."

"Then let them be unhappy."

He Fan turned off the call. He was very familiar with Chang Yong. He had cooperated several times in Assam. He had always had a twisted plot about armed helicopters. He was wary of anything that might replace tanks.However, part of his plan had to rely on various helicopters. In his original plan, the Red Eagle was only here to fight, but Lin Huaisheng modified it to make the role of the armed helicopter a lot, but things were more tortuous. Last night There was heavy wind and rain, and the weather conditions were too complex, so the Red Hawks didn't fly out. Now they flew over again and said they were here to help.

Chang Yong's Red Eagle unit is the pioneer in opening up the air transportation line. It is responsible for eliminating the anti-aircraft firepower and artillery positions along the way, and at the same time dealing with possible Apache helicopters. The enemy Apache helicopters may take off from the Agra base and head straight for here.Part of the reason why fixed-wing aircraft were not used to complete this task was also to test the safety of the transport line. If armed helicopters could pass through, then some clumsy transport helicopters could also follow the same route.

At present, He Fan is still advancing. He can't stop too early, otherwise he will be detected by a certain country's lacrosse satellite. He knows very well that the enemy is guessing where he will stop right now. Their tactical missiles and long-range rocket launchers , as well as the howitzers of nearby troops could threaten this critical shipment.

A light helicopter quickly passed over Kurja, and the thick black smoke blocked the pilot's sight for a while. He fired infrared interference all the way and flew out of the smoke area quickly. No one fired at him.

The pilot noticed an M1 tank parked next to the railway embankment with its hatch open, which seemed to be abandoned. There were dozens of trucks parked near the road, but no one was found.He has experienced many battlefields, and this is a typical scene where the enemy abandons the city and flees.

"Captain Red Eagle, there is no sign of a large-scale enemy gathering near Kurja. The enemy should have already run south."

"Report air defense situation."

"Surveilled by a Sentinel radar, Patriot radar scan cycle occurs, otherwise unclear."

"Go ahead and observe the vicinity of the scheduled assembly area, but don't stay too long over the scheduled assembly area, lest the enemy guess our intentions."

"clear."

When the pilot turned the corner, he could see the rolling iron stream in the west, which was very spectacular. If it hadn't been raining at night, the sun should be covered by dust at this moment.

The poorly concealed targets in this area have already been discovered by drones. If there are still some well-hidden ones, helicopters will be needed to search them. These hidden dangers on the ground must be resolved before the transport helicopter takes off.The reconnaissance helicopter began to move sideways irregularly, instead of flying directly to the mission area, it had already been exposed under the eyes of the sentinel radar, if some Avengers with insufficient range wanted to attack it, they might need to come out and get closer, so that they could May expose itself.

The data link showed that in a distant place, an enemy Su-30 passed by and then disappeared. This was the first enemy plane that the pilot saw all morning, and they really seemed to be dying.After lowering the altitude, he saw the moving trees on the ground. The trees slowed down and finally stopped. After zooming in, he could confirm that it was a well-camouflaged convoy. The vehicles and the towed artillery were carefully camouflaged.

He didn't alarm his opponent, and quickly flew sideways, disappearing from the enemy's sight. The Indian army probably thought that the helicopter hadn't seen them, so it sped up and galloped south. It was not to rescue New Delhi, but to run.

After receiving the information, the aircraft group mainly composed of Wuzhi 10 hurried over. At a distance of 7 kilometers, the opponent had no way to find it. The millimeter-wave radar detected the target group, and then the two helicopters in front quickly approached and followed. Instead, turn to the side of the target so that the helicopter can align its front, vertically, with the entire convoy's path of travel for the best chance of firing.

The helicopter started firing rockets and beating the enemy convoy. Chang Yong did not participate, but kept his eyes on the radar screen, always on guard against possible enemy situations. The rural roads in the country are complicated and there are various civilian vehicles. He must find suspicious targets from radar imaging in advance.

The Avenger system using the Hummer chassis has an advantage in this regard. Their appearance is not much different from the Indian vehicles fleeing with large bags and small bags. They can only be judged from some clues.

He saw a few vehicles approaching the helicopter firing directly in front of them. Judging from the formation, they were relatively tight.He personally approached the target to confirm the nature of the target.The headquarters issued a deadly order that civilians must not be harmed. He could not open fire based on the results of the millimeter-wave radar detection.Confirmation through optical equipment will allow the helicopter and the Avenger, which also use optical search systems, to level the technical gap, but the helicopter is more confident in firing distance, which is slightly farther than the portable missile.

He noticed that the enemy vehicles suddenly stopped together 5 kilometers away. This is a typical characteristic of military vehicle operations. Maybe the data link of the sentinel radar is at work.

While moving sideways, he does not continue to approach the target, while searching for enemies through the monitor. Most of the time, it is easier to find air targets on the ground, and the sky background is always cleaner than the ground.In the distance, a faint smoke rose into the sky. The distance was too large, and the infrared warning equipment did not work. Chang Yong ordered to lower the altitude without launching infrared interference. It won't do anything by itself.Sure enough, the crooked trail in the sky flew to nowhere after a while.Now he no longer needed visual confirmation, and fired the millimeter-wave anti-tank missile directly at the target.

Soon all 4 targets were destroyed, his fleet flew directly over the destroyed targets, confirmed 2 Avenger launch vehicles, and 2 ordinary Humvees, and found no civilian vehicles among them.This area is almost the scheduled assembly area. Assassins and supply transport helicopters are already on the way. The enemy may send mobile air defense units over to ambush the transport line at all costs. These scattered high-mobility targets are difficult to pass. Other means of comprehensive prevention, but the helicopter equipped with millimeter wave radar will play an excellent deterrent effect.

He Fan's reconnaissance battalion was divided into several parts, and stopped in the undetermined area one after another, waiting for the next order.They had the largest breakthrough distance, consumed some ammunition, and had greater difficulty in resupply than other troops.These troops were still ready to move at any time, and 15 minutes later, a new order was issued, and they turned to a new position a few kilometers away.This is to test the reconnaissance of the U.S. military satellites and the judgment ability of ground personnel. It also tests the timely response ability of the Indian army.Sure enough, 15 minutes after the troops withdrew, the opponent began to fire rockets, and even launched two ground missiles. The attack location was in the area where the troops stayed before.

He Fan's next move requires at least 25 liters of fuel to replenish his first-line reconnaissance battalion, and then another 60 liters to replenish the follow-up troops. Fuel is the bulk of the supply, and he also needs a relatively small amount of ammunition to replenish. The wounded of more than 200 people need to retreat. In the case that the medium and high altitudes are still threatened by Patriot missiles, he needs at least 50 sorties of helicopters to complete such a supply from the lower airspace.

(End of this chapter)