Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 723

The tank group immediately launched a pursuit, but the enemy escaped quickly.Near the village, there were only two wreckages billowing in smoke.

Fu Xiaoguang didn't have time to stop to collect information. He had to quickly pass by the wreckage and continue searching to open a passage for the rear troops.The new opponent was completely unexpected, but the number of enemy tanks that slipped into the gap is not expected to be too many, because aerial reconnaissance did not find a large number of enemy tanks.He hastened to communicate with headquarters, requesting air force cover.

It is very close to New Delhi. Once exposed, it is very likely to be attacked by armed helicopters. He is more worried about these than helicopters and enemy tanks.Fortunately, there are accompanying Hongqi 17 and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. The surveillance radars of these vehicles can provide him with "early warning" at least 1 minute in advance.

A few minutes ago, the Agra base was attacked by a new round of cruise missiles, and the alarm had just been lifted.

Major General Frings received several reports that the front troops were in contact with the Chinese army. The reports came from several Indian troops and one of his own ground tank troops. The contact troops were very close, which cross-confirmed the enemy's line of action. He was taken aback by the enemy's direction of counterattack while avoiding reality.

The Chinese army did not follow the original route and open up the shortest route between the two points.They bypassed the several lines of defense they had established based on the terrain, and headed towards the outer line of defense in New Delhi, completely ignoring the issue of ammunition or fuel.

The intelligence of the Chinese army in the north is still being collected, and corresponding actions should be taken immediately.In addition, he got new news that the Chinese army also launched an offensive in the south where the encirclement had just been closed, and the troops were directed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the southwest suburb of New Delhi.

There are indications that the opponent does not take himself and the entire Western world behind him seriously.Nor did they take this successful operation of cutting off their logistical replenishment line too seriously. They did not panic at all as they expected.The Chinese army seems to have only slightly modified the original plan, and launched an attack on New Delhi immediately after the encirclement was closed.

The enemy's reaction made him uncomfortable, and he had a feeling of being slighted.Western countries did not send troops to aid India within the framework of the United Nations, but this is already the most united action in the entire Western world after the Yugoslav regime was eliminated. China is clearly very isolated and in a very disadvantageous situation, but they are still going their own way.

The major general turned away angrily. He had a countermeasure team led by a senior officer, Lt. Col. Buck, who was working on the map at the moment. They were ordered 2 hours ago to simulate the strange reaction of the enemy and try to make some predictions.The major general regretted that he had not used such a mechanism earlier, so that after completing the campaign goal, he hesitated about the next step.He did make preparations for the enemy's crazy counterattack and open up traffic, but other plans were not complete.

"Lieutenant Colonel Buck." He patted the lieutenant colonel on the shoulder lightly. This was an officer he relied on heavily. If Yelinsky was suitable for charging forward, Buck was more suitable for making suggestions in the rear.

"Commander, we have studied the enemy's actions in the southwest of New Delhi. In addition to Indian information, there is also intelligence obtained by our own satellite." The senior analysis officer dropped his pencil and said.

"What conclusion do you have?"

"It's like this. If the enemy can occupy the Indira Gandhi International Airport, they can encircle the entire New Delhi and compress the area by a quarter."

"This can shorten the supply line?"

"Yes, the supply lines of the enemy's Western Group will be greatly shortened."

"Unbelievable," the major general crossed his hands, and walked around the map twice, and he could see a red line drawn by the staff officer on the map, which indeed leveled the corner of the original encirclement circle. was captured, so that their supply line extending from the west was shortened, and the radar deployed at Indira Airport was of great significance to the core air defense circle.

"What about the pontoon bridges over the Najaf Gargil Canal? How feasible is it to paralyze the enemy's transport through repeated strikes?" he asked about the canal, remembering that his own missile attack had destroyed the remaining road bridges.

"After yesterday's attack, they recovered 2% of their transport capacity within 80.00 hours, and now... have reached 1.5 times the transport capacity of yesterday morning. The enemy engineers are amazing, so it seems feasible to attack the pontoon bridge with ballistic missiles No way."

"So, what's your opinion?"

"The only thing we can do is to drag it down as much as possible and block them in all the directions of the enemy's assault, so that the situation will remain in our favor, and we must strengthen the role of the air force, continue to attack in the corridors controlled by the enemy in the east, and attack the enemy's front and rear. Uninterrupted strikes will accelerate the depletion of the enemy's combat capabilities. In principle, as long as New Delhi is not completely surrounded for a day, their supplies must be allocated to outside operations, and they cannot form a centripetal assault force."

"Very well, it seems that their momentum can still be contained. Our counterattack must hit the force, and we must concentrate the air power on one point."

Zhao Lin, who took off from Chandigarh, flew east quickly.They must immediately have the opportunity to fight with the J-16 fighters coming from the domestic airport.Due to the serious enemy situation, the Pakistani formation that took off later will also take off immediately.His task is to cover the J-16 formation. Once the enemy situation in the air is lifted, he will turn to search for enemy helicopters near the ground.The radar power of the Pakistan Air Force Xiaolong is insufficient to effectively search for low-speed targets.

As he climbed, he saw a column of tanks snaking forward on the ground at 1500 meters.

"Kunlun, did I see the Leopard II tank on the ground? Just behind our position?" He asked uncertainly.

"I don't know, maybe you read it wrong." The other party said noncommittally.

"Hehe, even if I'm wrong."

He knew that the instructor on the command plane might not know anything, but he believed that his eyesight would never be wrong.He has always heard that after India occupied Karachi and the U.S. military effectively controlled Gwadar Port, the channels for Middle Eastern countries to aid Pakistan disappeared.Of course, their negotiations with Iran may have been going on, but at least last year, Pakistan was unable to obtain equipment from other sources other than China.Perhaps this year has changed, and these oil-producing countries that have always disrupted each other can finally negotiate a deal calmly.

“024。2架F15C。190方位，高度4000，设法占据有利位置。”

"clear."

The two J-2Bs quickly rushed over. From the display, it can be seen that the enemy's course is facing the J10. In this way, facing the J-16 carrying too many bombs, they will have a chance to grab a chance to shoot first.

At such a height, both sides have early warning aircraft staring at each other, so it is difficult to achieve any sneak attack. Medium-range ammunition shooting at the extreme distance has become a routine method, and the hit rate is very small. Either side only needs to turn the nose and use a little afterburner. Get rid of, the only function of similar designs is that they can temporarily drive the enemy out of the corridor.

"The latest batch of enemy planes, 145 azimuth, 2 F16s."

"I saw it."

He must play up to 12 points. Among all the new opponents, the F16C fighter is the most difficult to deal with.

He went underground with the F15 and flew towards the enemy F16. When the radar scanned the target, the radar alarm began to sound.

He kept looking down to obtain information from various ground radar scans. In a highly complex battlefield environment, pilots must keep their eyes open. I believe the same is true for the American pilots on the opposite side. They should also be caught by the newly deployed Red Flag 9 missiles. eyeing.Combat in such an area densely covered with anti-aircraft missiles is like two people fighting on a steel wire, which is not easy.

A new warning appeared in the cabin.The new AN/MPQ-30 Sentinel radar, which scans at a high speed of 64 rpm, is still not a very serious threat, but according to the latest battlefield reports, it is likely to be part of the Slam Ram missile.

"Turn now," he called.

A few seconds later, he rejoiced for his decisive decision to give up the attack. The AN/MPQ-61 in the same direction illuminated the radar, and then it appeared. This is not part of the advanced road-based medium-range surface-to-air missile, but it must be some kind of air defense An important part of the weapon, obviously there is always a new enemy on the battlefield.

The defense pod began to transmit jamming to the rear hemisphere. The power of the self-defense jamming pod was limited, and it was unable to accurately jam the radiation source antenna. It had limited effect in actual combat, and a large amount of chaff had to be released at the same time.

Two Hawk missiles rose from the ground, but due to the timely response of the Chinese fighter jets, the planes did not fall into the fire control radar enough to burn through the chaff, which made the missiles fail to catch the target.However, the premature turn also made the enemy's two F2 fighters seize the opportunity, bit the J-2B, and followed closely.Zhao Lin was in a very unfavorable position, although he was confident that he could speed up and get rid of the enemy plane 16 kilometers away.

"Zhao, you can slow down." Sami's voice came from the radio. The last time Zhao Lin heard this person speak was when he was besieging the birds of prey.The old man let him return to the battlefield with almost no fuel, and of course he did his honor.

Zhao Lin immediately understood the old man's intentions. This time, he hoped that he would not get rid of the target too quickly, but lure the target to fly in front of him. Obviously, in order to achieve his goal, he would not hesitate to let others take risks every time, but... Having said that , his tactics are clearly feasible.

Zhao Lin and his wingman slowed down. The limit he could endure was for the enemy to chase him 25 kilometers to the rear hemisphere.The monitor saw 4 Xiaolongs approaching from low altitude. The low flying was probably to evade the opponent's early warning aircraft. Zhao Lin collected many examples of Sami's battles. He almost never faced the enemy head-on, and half of the shots were shot down without help. radar.

On the east side of the battlefield, the J-16 and F15C fired missiles at each other, and then turned to avoid them. Since each of them fired active missiles, such evasion was necessary, and it also made medium-range air combat more inefficient and stylized.

Fu Xiaoguang raised his head, and he could see thin or thick trails above his head, which were obviously left by the fighter planes and missiles of both the enemy and us. Obviously, fierce battles were going on in the sky that he couldn't see.That was beyond his control, and his eyes quickly returned to the horizon directly ahead.

The enemy tanks are coming in array, and the distance is still far away. In addition, the tanks are rolling up huge smoke, and the model is still unclear, but judging from the dividing line, the distance between every two tanks is almost equal, as if measured by a ruler As before, I don't know if they are here for a war or a military parade. Judging from all these signs, they don't look like Indian troops.

As usual, before the kinetic energy weapons of the two sides clashed, the laser beams flew staggered on the battlefield first, which was the inevitable prelude to the artillery battle between the tanks.

"Keep a distance. The 1st and 2nd rows enter 4500 meters for short-stop shooting. The 2nd and 3rd rows are at a later position, using the smoke cover, and getting ready to launch missiles."

At a distance of more than 4000 meters, it is impossible for a moving tank to hit a moving target. Any error of 1 mil will result in a gap of more than 5 meters, not to mention the calculation of the advance The uncertainty, and the unpredictable wind deflection that the shell may face when it flies for more than 3 seconds.

But Fu Xiaoguang has no idea about the new enemy, so he wants to fire first to see the opponent's reaction.

"Who saw the target?"

"Company commander, it's 90. Look at that head."

"Company commander, where are we going to fight?" Someone asked, apparently the new opponent made everyone feel at a loss.

"Just follow the gun shield."

He knew that it would be unnecessary to say it, it would be nice if such a distance could brush the edge, so don't be too particular about it.

6 km away.The first-class Masahiko Sasayamura, who was also nervously waiting for the battle, also lay on the turret, observing the enemy on the opposite side anxiously. At present, it seems that it is about one company to one company. Of course, there is a mixed force behind him. The enemy's rear troops The scale is ominous.

Yamura is 51 years old this year. He used to be the leader of the No. 2 Armored Teaching Team and the No. 7 Tank Squadron in Shizuoka Prefecture. Later, he also served as the supervisor of the integrated staff, the instructor of the tactical class, and the chief inspector of the [-]th Armored Division. Yes, officers who are proficient in tanks and intelligence at the same time.

The Japanese government provided the equipment in the form of aid, and then recruited volunteers within the Self-Defense Forces, as well as among retired and experienced reservists.Due to the long-term right-wing demagogy, conscription is not difficult.But Yamura did not join the war for money or other radical purposes. He came here with the task of collecting intelligence on opponents. One of the requirements for sharing intelligence put forward by the United States is to participate in operations.The Japanese government predicts that if China fails in this battle, it may shake the foundation of the country, and if it wins, it may bring its remaining prestige and deter Asia. Seeing that the latter possibility is getting closer, it finally decided to take a gamble and carry out limited intervention.

Yamura was eager to find out the enemy, so he personally went to the front line to command.He is not as optimistic as the general right wing, thinking that the low-level war between China and India cannot prove how strong China is, and once Japanese military technology appears on the battlefield, the situation will be one-sided.

As an officer who studies military intelligence, he knows that the Japanese army has been out of battle for a long time, especially the Ground Self-Defense Force. Because there are not so many opportunities for joint exercises with foreign troops, the actual capabilities are really unknown.Of course, when it comes to Type 90 tanks, he is still optimistic. He noticed that tank battles between China and India rarely exceed 1.5 kilometers, and he often hits targets at 2500 meters or even farther during exercises.Today, he is here to practice the technical ability of long-range artillery combat.

"Each tank squad, slow down to firing speed."

He had his hands on the turret, leaving almost only his head out.When the strong wind blew past his cheek, he could hear the small flag on the antenna behind him fluttering. Obviously, under such wind speed, long-distance shooting would be very troublesome.He knows that the Type 90 tank has advantages in some aspects, including artillery stability and continuous correction shooting.The opponent's Type 99 tank's artillery stability must be at a disadvantage, and the automatic loading machine needs to fix the loading angle, so after each shot, the firing line tracking of the muzzle will be destroyed, although the enemy is stable like the aiming of the fire control The line can still track the tracer tube of the shell continuously, observe and correct the landing point, but the hit rate of supplementary firing is limited.Of course, such an advantage is still not sufficient. Judging from the battlefield observation records provided by the United States and India, the enemy's artillery-launched missiles have a great advantage in long-distance, especially in the daytime. For a long time, the information he obtained made him despise artillery. However, actual combat has shown that artillery-launched missiles are very dangerous.

(End of this chapter)