Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 708 Flanking from both sides
Even if this infantry fighting vehicle has a highly automated defense capability, it can automatically respond to laser ranging and produce countermeasures, but at close range, tank gunners do not need laser ranging at all.

Without too much command, Yahini and the old guys under him had a tacit understanding, and all 4 car groups drove at full speed to deal with it on their own.

Yahini got out of the tank, and the soldiers manipulated the machine guns, shooting barrels at the enemies who staggered or ran or climbed out of the tanks, without any mercy.At such a short distance, the top machine gun may even penetrate the weak aluminum alloy armor on the side of the K[-] infantry. After a floating water seepage accident a few years ago, the South Korean military realized that the reserve buoyancy of this tank was insufficient , thus weakening the armor of some secondary positions, Yahini didn’t know these allusions, but he deliberately replaced it with a sub-caliber tungsten core shell-piercing armor-piercing belt, usually tank commanders don’t pay much attention to these secondary weapons ammunition, but he was always prescient.

He could see the armor-piercing tracers hit enemy armor, some bounced off, but some went inside.Once these tungsten-core heavy machine guns got into the chariot, they would jump back and forth in the small car body, and the remaining kinetic energy was enough to kill those infantry who had no time to get off the chariot.

Even though the pair of chariots escaped the first catastrophe in astonishment through laser countermeasures, at most they only extended their existence for a period of time.

The Korean infantry were scurrying around, and some of them could be seen carrying rocket launchers. The bullets from the enemy's counterattack whistled in Yahini's ears, and he was forced to get into the turret.It appears that the remaining enemies are organizing a counterattack.The machine guns couldn't keep up with the infantry dodging with the wreckage and flames, especially since Yahini's ammunition belt was almost empty.

Generally speaking, tanks with poor vision and a group of brave infantry will not take advantage of the confrontation. The gunner Tasim is using parallel machine gun bursts to break up the enemy's buildup in twos and threes nearby, and let those who are running away, Yahini side Observing through the Zhou Sight Instrument, he reached out and touched the shrapnel control box.It can be seen that there are still some brave ones trying to fight back.He hasn't been in such a dangerous situation for a long time, so he doesn't use this thing much.Seeing the enemy approaching from all directions, he turned the knob to the left and right to fire from both sides.

The tank roared and began to reverse, the gunner was still looking for a target in the burning wreckage and was ready to fire. After the enemy dispersed, they easily avoided the firing range of the parallel machine guns.Several bazooka teams were approaching, and soon disappeared into the blind spot of the peripheral vision mirror.Yahini presses the button, and the tank fires shrapnel around a range of about 270° at the same time.This is a weapon that blooms in all directions, even if you lie on the ground, you can't hide from it.

A scream could be heard outside, the driver Saad immediately changed back to forward, steered the tank to turn to one side, and then made a strong turn, he could even feel the chassis undulation when the tank tracks crushed people and equipment , The crying outside gradually subsided.His rough actions are mainly to avoid the possible firepower of the enemy at close range, and at the same time, it can crush some enemies to death. A rocket fired suddenly at close range is more terrifying than a 40mm cannon. He can't be too merciful.

The 4 tanks cooperated with each other, fired more than 3 rounds of various shells in less than [-] minutes, used Gaoping machine guns and parallel machine guns, knocked out thousands of bullets, and finally wiped out a whole team of enemies.During this period, the enemy failed to launch anti-tank missiles, and some tanks counterattacked with machine guns, only destroying a road wheel of one of the tanks, but did not damage the tank's walking ability.The battle was one-sided. Although the enemy was braver than the average Indian soldier, his performance was still not satisfactory.

"Brothers, this is just the beginning, follow me and keep going."

Yahini encouraged his comrades to move forward on the radio, and the crew members secreted a lot of adrenaline at the moment, which was just right for a big fight.Their enemy seemed to be a well-trained but unresponsive army. All troops that have not been in actual combat cannot react quickly when fighting for the first time, especially at night.Those Indian veterans Yahini had seen who had fought several battles were at least relatively quick to escape when they were suddenly attacked.

Lin Huaisheng has been paying attention to Yahini's movements in the headquarters.The speed of the enemy's frontal attack was not affected by his partial division, but it is likely that a lot of troops were restrained.He really wants to wait for the drone's reconnaissance report, but now he can't continue to command all the battles. Xu Jingzhe reminded him that within a radius of 300 kilometers from Agra, all levels of command must complete a maneuver before dawn, and the opponent is likely to Use some means to carry out unprecedented attacks.

The so-called unprecedented refers to weapons that have never appeared in India's arsenal before, and the new attack modes that follow.

The higher authorities prohibited the air force from attacking enemy transport aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft such as RC-135 flying outside the theater, which resulted in the enemy gaining a certain degree of freedom of action.The purpose of the electronic reconnaissance plane's arrival can be guessed, but the superior must consider the issue from a political perspective.In the end, those manned machines that belonged to the Western camp and did not directly participate in the attack were not included in the attack.According to this principle, even a quasi-fighter like the Growler cannot be attacked as long as it does not interfere or directly enters the combat zone.India has opened a large number of airports to the West and is hoping for large-scale Western intervention.

Since the stealth planes of the two sides have fought consecutively in the hinterland of Pakistan, the war has entered a wonderful state of fighting without breaking. Although China and the United States have directly exchanged fire on various battlefields, they still maintain a state of not tearing their faces on the table.The two sides clashed fiercely within a set of fragile tacit understandings, not only to compete for India, but also to a certain extent, to conduct a mutual test of scheduling a new seat for the new era that is bound to come earlier.In the end, many countries chose to sit on the sidelines.As far as China is concerned, actively destroying this tacit understanding can only make the dying Kahan government score points, making the direction of the war more variable.

For Lin Huaisheng, the current situation is still very favorable. Once he completes the siege of New Delhi within a few days, the sabotage operations of the external enemies are likely to stop due to despair and internal dismantling.But this is not to say that relying solely on frontline troops may solve the problem.

The emergence of RC-135 and EP-3 means that the enemy is collecting battlefield electronic information to supplement or verify the part of satellite reconnaissance. According to the general rule, if the enemy uses tactical missiles, the target of the first round of strikes will be the headquarters and Radar, this is what Xu Jingzhe is most worried about.

At present, it seems that the possibility of such an attack is increasing. It may be a cruise missile launched from the B[-] platform, or it may be an ATACMS tactical missile launched from a deep position.In the case of AWACS maintaining continuous reconnaissance capabilities, using terrain to hide tracks, but the threat of slower cruise missiles has been significantly reduced, but mobile-launched ATACMS ballistic missiles are always a problem.

The last time Lin Huaisheng's headquarters evacuated in a hurry was also because of the enemy's tactical missiles. Although India's missiles were not accurate, as long as such powerful things appeared, there would not be many other options.Of course, there is already an anti-missile system near his headquarters, but He Fan does not have it.

Yahini, who broke into the mountain, has completed the front and rear flanking of the enemy tanks in a narrow area.He freed up more than half of his troops to guard the north. He didn't dare to expect to be able to comfortably fight a war of encirclement and annihilation in the enemy's rear, and on such terrain, too many troops could not be deployed.

Northeast was the direction in which M1A2 was last lost contact at midnight, and he had to be careful.While leading the rest of the troops to compress the enemy from both sides, he called on the infantry to quickly move closer. In this case, the assistance of infantry is very useful.

The infantry came from 2.5 kilometers away, and there was still some time.Yahini's tank took the lead. He didn't expect to hit the opponent's ass directly, and the enemy was not a fool. After the infantry fighting vehicle was attacked, they should know the situation they were surrounded by.

The tank drove all the way to the distance where the opponent's diesel engine could be heard. Yahini simply left the tank, climbed up the nearby hillside, and observed it by starlight.

Sure enough, when I crossed the slope, I saw an enemy tank had turned around and was guarding behind the intersection, with its muzzle aimed at the intersection, waiting for itself to hit it.In terms of shooting, it is difficult for the attacking party on the move to get the upper hand.But the enemy has no time to meet the infantry, and now they can only fight alone, which is fatal.

Two platoons of infantry companies arrived in off-road vehicles quickly, but the infantry carrying anti-tank weapons got lost temporarily and couldn't make it in time.Yahini found the platoon leader, expressed disappointment that the rest of the troops had lost their way, and then asked the infantry to interfere with the enemy as much as possible to distract them.

The platoon leader climbed up with his men and horses, and then Yahini gave a signal with a flashlight, and the infantry began to fire flares and throw grenades behind the high rocks.

Yahini did not return to the tank. He stayed outside the vehicle and commanded the tank through the radio. He first asked the gunner to aim the muzzle at 3 o'clock, and then asked him to wait for the next order.The soldiers dropped bombs at a distance of 100 meters from the enemy, most of which were less than half the distance, and did not pose a threat at all, but a few flares were well aimed, almost covering the lonely tank and falling slowly.When the flares fell, Yahini saw another tank on the hillside 200 meters ahead. This K2 had already climbed halfway up the mountain. Yahini felt that the commander of the tank was obviously a nerd who had not experienced actual combat. Such a dead place can take advantage of the relatively good depression angle of this tank.

The first South Korean tank blocked at the intersection suddenly heard the sound of an explosion nearby. After the commander turned the peripheral vision device, it was suddenly completely white. This was because the flares fell at a very short distance, which caused fatal interference to the thermal imager.

Yahini noticed that the enemy tank started to back up in a hurry, and the gun barrel started to turn when it aimed at the intersection. Then the commander lifted the top cover and stuck his head out, as if trying to see the target clearly.Unless it is absolutely necessary, the captain will not stick his head out.

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, he ordered Saad to move forward at a low speed.The sound of machine guns fired by the infantry almost at the sky can roughly cover the sound of engines made by tanks in action.

Gunner Tasim pressed against the forehead pad and kept praying to the true God.He observes the field of view that increases foot by foot. Flares will also interfere with his aiming, whether it is night vision or white light mode, but he forced his eyes to look ahead. Under the control of the artillery private server system, the barrel is always in contact with the ground. parallel.At such a distance of less than 150 meters, whoever fires first will win, and he needs to be absolutely careful.At such a distance, he is sure to fire as soon as he sees the target. There is no need for ranging and automatic ballistic calculation. He only needs to grasp the timing of merging the shooting line and the aiming line through the shooting gate.

The valley was brightly illuminated by flares and explosions, and machine guns sounded one after another. Most of the time, the gunner's attention was always shifted to the commander. If everything went according to Yahini's script, it was clear that his crew would win again.

The wind direction in the air suddenly changed, and a flare floated towards Type 99.The Korean commander with his head stretched out saw a long and terrifying black shadow slowly extending from the mountain pass. Under the strong light of the flares, he could immediately distinguish that it was a tank.Yahini saw the commander yelling, and then the turret that deviated to one side began to turn back to the front. He hated the timid infantry, who kept fighting blindly, but did not shoot the commander.

Yahini quickly stood up from behind the rock, pulled out the flare gun, and fired at it.

The signal flare screamed and flew towards the target, hit the ground and bounced off the side armor, the frightened Korean commander hurried back into the tank.

The Type 99 finally appeared at the intersection. Tasim was surprised to find that the enemy's muzzle was turning towards him. He made the final fine-tuning hastily and put his hand on the firing button, but he knew very well that firing a cannon indiscriminately would be useless. meaningful.

The K2 tank gunner was not as tense as his opponent. When he saw the Type 99 suddenly appear, he was almost ashamed.When the crosshairs are roughly aligned with the target, fire first.Since it has been ambush here before, there is no need for muzzle stabilization when moving and shooting, so the selected mode is not image stabilization but simpler disturbance, because the response to disturbance shooting is faster.But when the chariot is moving on uneven ground, the swaying gun barrel on the vertical surface becomes an unexpected variable. Although the artillery servo is still working, these differences can hardly be observed with the naked eye. A few arc changes, but still will cause huge errors.

The gunner opened fire about [-] second earlier, and the shell grazed the turret and hit the mountain behind.

Tasim shouted from inside the turret to thank Allah.Combat is a complex process, and various contingencies may have good or bad effects, and sometimes these contingencies are superimposed on each other and ebb and flow.Tasim simply slowed down and aimed carefully.He saw 3 members of the enemy start fleeing the tank through various exits, apparently their last psychological line of defense collapsed.He aligned his sights on the lower edge of the turret and fired.

Yahini crouched on the hillside and watched the enemy get shot, the turret flew into the air, and then fell heavily.He reminded Tasim to use the burning enemy tanks as cover, and there was another tank parked high at 11 o'clock.

The Type 99 tank quickly turned the barrel, pre-aligned in the general direction, and then quickly approached the burning enemy tank.The second K2 parked on the hillside kept reversing, trying to climb to a higher place, and finally stopped at a place where the tracks were idling and could no longer go up.

When the two sides met each other, they found that neither could hit the other. If Yahini was not outside the vehicle, the gunner would not even be able to see the existence of the target.In fact, it was the first time Yahini saw someone manipulating the tank like this, and he was obviously panicked.

Tasim told the commander that the gun barrel was not elevated enough to hit the target.It can only aim at the area about 1 meter below the chassis.Yahini told him to immediately replace with a grenade and directly attack the rocks under the enemy's hull.

(End of this chapter)