Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 724 Broken Missile

"Inspector General, the enemy has started to release hot smoke, but not all of them, one by one is staggered, I don't know what the intention is."

Yamura also observed that the enemy's car released smoke from one car to another, and the behavior was very strange.He has studied tactics in the Ground Self-Defense Force for a long time, from single vehicle, squad to division-level combat, but he has never seen anything like this.In fact, during the match just now, he was ecstatic when he saw the loose formation of the Chinese tanks on the opposite side.

"My lords, they have gone through a lot of battles, and it seems that there must be some tricks. We have to be more careful."

"clear."

The Type 90 tanks deployed side by side started shelling ahead of the Chinese tanks.The distance is appalling at 5000 meters. Of course, everyone knows that it will not hit. This is a test firing to obtain a corrected second hit rate at a long distance. The neat formation of the 90-style is also the basis for this kind of approaching gradually and correcting the landing point.In this way, the distribution of firepower to the target will be more even.

After the volley of artillery was fired, the Type 90 tank was still driving at a low speed. Yamura observed the floating light spots on the horizon and flew towards the distant target. He knew that the only possibility of hitting in the first round was offset by various errors. Gambling money is about the same.

The accuracy of smoothbore guns is always not ideal at long distances, especially when the Type 90 is in motion. Although it can automatically load the watch according to the distance measurement and wind direction, Lu Zi has never shot at such a long distance in the exercise. Usually, if someone fires at a target 5 kilometers away, they will definitely be scolded by their superiors.

Fu Xiaoguang felt the sound of shells flying by from both sides. At such a distance, whether it was the direction or height of the barrel, a slight error would lead to a huge error in the impact point.

A cannonball landed 40 meters in front of him with a thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.It seems that the opponent is very unreliable. He must now pay attention to the enemy's second round of shelling to see if it will be better.

"Company Commander, the little devil seems to be afraid of us." A car commander said.

"How did you get it?"

"Where did you hit so far away?"

"Are you sure you can hit it?"

"You can try it, but you have to stop."

“1、2排各车组注意，自行倒数40秒后，自由选择目标射击。3、4排低速跟进。”

The two platoons accelerating forward began to release smoke to cover the two platoons that fell behind. This is a new tactic developed by He Fan. It is used in open combat. The shortcomings of the slow speed of artillery firing missiles and the long exposure time of tank guidance, this is the idea that He Fan came up with when he faced off with Spanga's White Tiger Division. He Fan always tested some of his new tactics in the direct subordinate company. Too late to promote it.

The six tanks rushing forward at a cross-country speed of 6 kilometers rushed to the front, leaving behind the smoke they released, and at the same time blocked the tanks behind.When the enemy's second round of shells is still on the way, the tank stops, which of course will definitely destroy the enemy's very proud second correction shot, because the calculation of the lead of the fire control cannot foresee that the target speed is reduced to 40, but there is still the risk of various errors superimposing and producing a positive effect.

Sure enough, all the cannonball boats swished past from a relatively long distance, which seemed to be more reliable than before. At this time, the distance between the two sides was 4500 meters.

The Type 99 tank stopped, voluntarily gave up shooting on the move, and returned to the old, spot-injected disturbance aiming.This seems to give up the existing ability of moving to moving, but in fact, the tank stops, and all errors such as artillery stability or coincidence of shooting lines are thrown away. These errors will be magnified to an intolerable level when shooting 2000 meters away. .

All the Chinese tank crews here have fought several battles, and they have their own way of choosing targets. Of course, they first choose to face themselves. Even though it is very fast, it is almost motionless in the eyepiece, and the gunner can easily Predicts where the target will move approximately 3 seconds into the shell's flight.This can save the conventional time of using the reticle to track the target in the sight, sampling the turret rotation speed, and then using the fire control computer to calculate the lead time.Then improve the response speed of the disturbance fire control, before the enemy launches the next launch, shoot first, and then start the tank to move.However, the enemy's fire control will suddenly stop and start again because of the target, which will always produce error corrections for the lead.

Yamura saw the enemy firing. Judging from the huge shaking of the opponent's tank when firing, it was not the missile he was worried about, but the artillery shell. It seemed that the enemy was going to use a short board to touch the 90 advantage.

A shell fell into the pond next to the track, splashing a huge mist.

"Why so close?" He was taken aback. The near miss of the kinetic energy bomb did not cause any damage, but the enemy's accuracy was incredible. He got into the turret and slammed the hatch.

"Prosecutor, the Nakamura team reported that a chariot was hit just now, but it didn't penetrate."

"Is it a missile?"

"No, it's a kinetic bomb."

The Chinese tank has already started, although the speed cannot be immediately increased to the second gear, but this is only to prevent the opponent from having a good chance to measure the angle before the automatic loader completes the action.

For the two shooters facing each other, the automatic reloading time is very close to the fixed rhythm of firing. Both sides will try to observe, aim, and make various predictions during this time. Immediate shooting, so the experienced side always tries to disrupt this rhythm.For tank players who are facing each other for the first time, psychological fear will inevitably lead to various timing mistakes.At this moment, the Japanese gunners and commanders hated the erratic lateral speed of the target.

Two streaks of black smoke fell from the sky, one F15C and one J-16, and they fell to one side of the battlefield one after another.Because the J-16 carried too much ammunition, the explosion was particularly spectacular, but the tanks on both sides, which were getting closer and closer, focused their attention on the targets ahead, and the crash of the plane had almost no impact.

The three pilots floating in the sky all hoped that the wind could bring them to their own side, but the wind direction on the battlefield seemed to change a lot, and it was still uncertain where they would fall.

Fu Xiaoguang raised his head and saw the floating pilot. He still had time to spare, so he asked the mecha company behind to prepare to rescue (or arrest.)
At this time, the enemy launched a third round of shelling.After waiting for about 3 seconds, a tank started slowly and was hit in the front. However, at a distance of more than 4000 meters, the kinetic energy of the shell decayed greatly, and it could not penetrate at all.

"04 was hit." The 1st platoon leader reported.

"I saw it. It looked light and fluffy, as if it hadn't penetrated."

"Confirm that there is no breakdown."

"3 rows and 4 rows, fire immediately."

He ordered the six tanks behind to shoot, but of course they were not shells.

The six tanks hiding in the rear successively fired artillery-launched missiles at the approximate target seen by the millimeter-wave radar.They were still obscured by the smoke, unable to see their targets, and the lasers couldn't penetrate the smoke, but given the missile's speed, there was plenty of time for a trick.

"1 row, 2 rows, stop, emit smoke."

He added an order to get into the tank quickly to avoid being injured by projectile smoke bombs. That thing is different from the black smoke emitted by the electric thermal smoke pump. It explodes in all directions and envelops the tank in an instant, which is extremely efficient. But it may also blow up to expose the occupants.

The Chinese tanks fired only one volley before they got into the smoke and were out of sight for a while.

Yamura found that the target fired smoke bombs in a volley in an orderly manner, and then all of them were hidden in the smoke, and they didn't get out for a long time. Is this a sign of giving up fighting?He turned the peripheral vision mirror and quickly turned it 70° from the front to confirm that all the enemies had disappeared.Like all the crew members, it was his first time participating in the battle, so it was inevitable that he was a little confused.

In order to take advantage of the long-distance, the Japanese tanks never used smoke, because that would cover themselves, and now they are completely exposed on the ground, looking at a cloud of smoke 3.8 kilometers away.

"Inspector General, the enemy appears to have launched something."

After being reminded, he checked the front again and saw floating black dots. He was not sure what it was for a while. Of course he had studied artillery-launched missiles, but he had never seen them from such a distance from the angle of facing them. Normally, though, he'd need a laser warning to judge, but that thing didn't go off.

"What is this?" A question mark floated in his mind.

Just as his slow thinking approached the essence of the matter, the Chinese tank came out of the smoke again, and he quickly ordered to aim and fire immediately. This order made him miss the opportunity to launch the smoke.

Yamura counted the tanks coming out of the smoke, no longer 6 but 8, no!It was 11, eventually it was 12, and they all showed up.

The laser irradiation alarm finally sounded, but he couldn't tell whether it was the ranging laser or the laser beam indicating the missile. Lasers and artillery shells flew across the battlefield. These missiles also take a long time (compared to artillery shells) to reach the eyes.

This round of rush shooting was carried out on the 3.6 kilometers. The Chinese tanks fired completely during the march. The shooting seemed a bit hasty. After a few seconds, all the shells fell through, and the Japanese tanks fired 0.5 seconds behind. It was a little more stable, and there were a few rounds Gets close, but misses.

Fu Xiaoguang didn't expect the shells to hit, and he fired before the enemy, just to distract the enemy's attention. He knew very well that if he wanted to penetrate the front of a tank like 90, he could get within 2.5 kilometers instead of 3500 meters.

This round of shooting is only part of the combo boxing, the point is to make the enemy temporarily forget about the missiles, so as not to emit smoke.For long-distance tank battles, the kinetic energy decline and lack of accuracy of the tail-piercing armor-piercing projectiles are an almost unsolvable difficulty, and the slow speed of artillery-launched missiles is another. How to solve it?Of course, He Fan used his brain a lot.Laser beam missiles do not need full instructions. The operation is much more difficult than semi-active laser guidance, but a well-trained crew can do it.

Of the six tanks that launched the missiles, two got out of the smoke too late and lost the opportunity to control the missiles.Another one launched too far, and when the missile found the laser, it was too late to correct back to the correct path and missed the target.

The remaining 3 missiles hit 2 targets, and it was observed that the 2 that was unlucky to hit 90 rounds stopped quickly, and the other tank that was shot also stopped a few seconds later.

It seemed that the jet of the missile was enough to penetrate the front of the 90. Fu Xiaoguang heaved a sigh of relief. He once shot the British Challenger tank of the Indian 4th Armored Division with a missile, but it seemed impossible to penetrate the front.Generally speaking, if the jet cannot penetrate a certain tank for the first time, then at any distance, it cannot penetrate the same tank at the same angle. It seems that the armor of 90 is better than the composite armor of the Challenger or the M1A2. Depleted uranium armor is worse.

The doubled jet strike caused the first stopped Type 90 to burn quickly. Similar to the Type 90 that was destroyed before, the tank was quickly enveloped in billowing black smoke.The second car caught fire shortly after.

Yamura reacted quickly, quickly noticing that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, he ordered the whole group to release smoke bombs, then turned the chassis and retreated northward to the support point of the mixed force, while calling for artillery cover.

Fu Xiaoguang got out of the tank and commanded the whole company to chase after him. He hoped to wipe out the enemy before they escaped the support point. However, the Hongqi 17 in the rear had fired many times. The helicopters from New Delhi tried to approach again and again. The situation was not very good. optimism.

Since the Hongqi 17 stopped and fired several times, it has been separated by the tank group, so he must also be careful.The range of these anti-air weapons is too short, and it is easy to run out of its air defense range.

Fu Xiaoguang raised his head and saw a few S-shaped wakes in the blue sky, which seemed to be left when he turned on the afterburner to chase or get rid of it. He didn't know who was winning in the sky at this moment.

Sammy clung to the enemy from the side, and the wingman behind him couldn't catch up, and was also thrown off by himself. Only Lieutenant Colonel Latif barely caught up. Because the formation used two fighters with different performances, this situation often happened. , but winning is not a big problem, as long as Zhao Lin turns around, he will form a 2 vs 4 advantage. If there is any difficulty, it is how to kill the two F2Cs before Zhao Lin turns around.Sammy had little interest in being a senior Air Force officer, he only wanted to chase down numbers.He is the only person in the China-Pakistan Air Force who has the experience of shooting down F2.

"What should we do?" Latif asked breathlessly.

"Using your common sense," Sammy said, "but don't use the radar." He added, lest Latif should disturb his target and spoil his good work.

As a senior instructor, Latif was famous for being the best at giving students difficult problems. He also used Xiaolong and even J7P to shoot down the F16A of other squadrons in simulated air combat, but Latif had never experienced the real experience. Obviously, his performance in actual combat cannot be expected too high.

Sammy used the IRST to secretly capture the F16 passing in front.They are probably struggling with the inability to catch up with the J-10. If they have some experience, they should know that the target has lost speed.

The afterburner made their infrared signatures as far as 35 kilometers away, and they were caught by Sami. He pulled up and waited for the fighter plane. Of course, before that, one might be seen by the enemy's early warning plane. Can it kill one or two? It all depends on the adaptability of Latif and Zhao Lin.

IRST has captured a new heat source, and it is in line with the enemy fighter jets, but the Chinese AWACS did not see anything. Sami judged that it should be a medium-range bomb launched by the enemy plane. He did not know whether the opponent’s AWACS saw him. Judging from the action of firing medium-range bombs in advance, it may be discovered.Hastily firing is the standard prelude to turning around and fleeing. It can reduce the load, and it can also interfere with Zhao Lin's dual planes not to dare to turn around.

(End of this chapter)