Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 726 Indirect Blind Command

"It's good to remove these wastes, so that when we attack from the starting position at night, we will make a fuss and alarm the enemy in advance. I managed to get the superior to launch some mines to block the passage, but the M270 has not been deployed to the designated position yet. "

James Wu thought very far. He walked to the map and envisioned the possible route of the enemy. A north-south road lay in the middle of the condescending hills on both sides. This favorable terrain was easily taken back from the Pakistani army. of.From the simple point of view of the terrain, there are some continuous highlands on both sides of the mountain, which is a rare and relatively complex landform on the east side of New Delhi. It is precisely because of this that Frings strictly ordered that it must be chased to this place to stop. It is like a narrowed trumpet mouth. , which is good for defending tanks and attacking.It is an important condition on which the entire plan to block and consume the opponent's armored forces relies.

If everything goes according to plan, the enemy's tank troops will encounter a lot of casualties in the process of robbing the road. Although the terrain is still not ideal, it is relatively broken, and the hills are very short, but as long as the enemy is close to the road, they will be within the range of the missile. A little enemy seems inevitable.As long as you persist for a period of time, the enemy army will gradually weaken due to poor supplies. At this time, General Frings is ready to use precious heavy troops to attack and defeat the follow-up enemies.Of course, his front-line officers, especially those old guys from Rangers, believed that they could win just by using the terrain here and the Javelin missiles.

From the map, there is a flat land on the east side of this area. There is a small town and a forest where the tank can pass, but when the enemy passes the town, it will still be within the control range of the javelin.James Wu tried to fill in the retreated Indian Indian troops. Even if these people's combat effectiveness is worrying, they are still sure to use their armored troops to resist for a while.He will be on the high ground on the west side of the highway, and he will greet there, regardless of whether he is a Chinese tank or an Indian tank.

Just now he was still worried that the enemy would take a long way to attack his rear, but the latest information showed that the enemy tank unit attacking west was really not a detour, they really went straight to New Delhi, maybe they wanted to open a gap from there.

"Damn it, the frontal enemy has stopped attacking again, but the smoke bombs are endless. They think this can destroy the missile's aiming." Lieutenant Dylan said standing in front of the monitor.One of his Humvee reconnaissance vehicles was parked on a commanding height at the front, and he could use a camera to overlook the battlefield ahead.

"This is deceit. I know them very well. When they don't have the ability, they like to bluff. If they have the strength, the situation is the opposite." Major Wu said.

"It's great to have you here, you can always see into their plots."

"But we have to be on our guard. Even if the frontal enemies are only on the sidelines, they are much more numerous than us. In addition, long-range firepower also has an advantage."

"Commander, the command post must be transferred immediately. An enemy drone was found to have got in somehow, and it may have made a circle or two. We must prevent them from finding the command post." A sergeant said quickly.

"Okay, transfer the headquarters immediately. They have been using Dongfeng to assassinate us recently. It can be seen that there is not much to do."

Wearing a bulky military uniform, James Wu stood there pretending to be calm, watching the staff of the headquarters pack up their things and go outside. A suggestion command center can be built, of course, without any protection.After most of the people left, the major walked out of the camp, and soon he would know whether the enemy's drones had spotted this place.After a few strikes, the time for China's Dongfeng missiles to input target information for the inertial navigation system can roughly be calculated. At present, from the battalion-level headquarters here to the aircraft carrier formation patrolling in the East China Sea, they are all carefully adapting to this situation. The rhythm of the weapon.

When he jumped into the Humvee, he could see nearby Indian soldiers, also shifting, driving a light off-road vehicle almost identical to the Humvee, which had been dropped by Pakistani troops when his troops arrived in the morning.

10 kilometers away from him, He Fan was making the final preparations for the attack. He learned that a drone that broke into the enemy's hinterland by chance found a communication center of the enemy within 4 minutes before being shot down. A bombardment, but he didn't expect to disintegrate the enemy's defense with a sneak attack. He knew that there were some chances on the battlefield, but it's best not to count on shortcuts too much.

"Commander, the continuous release of hot smoke is too fuel-intensive, so our fuel won't last through the night."

During He Fan's call, a company commander complained.He Fan continued to let the tank move horizontally and spread the smoke, and now it has almost achieved some results.

"Don't worry about fuel, we don't have to wait until night, we can get through."

"Report, the latest weather information, the wind direction has turned to the north, and the wind speed is still not strong."

"it is good."

He said only one word, then hung up the call, pressed a few numbers on the communication box, and was transferred to the direct artillery battery, where the self-propelled mortars had been waiting for the order to fire.

"Company Commander Gu, the wind direction is in our favor, correct another 150 meters to the front of the enemy's position, and shoot."

Even in the tank, he could hear the muffled continuous fire of mortars not far away.He needs to create a corridor of smoke at the front. It doesn't have to last too long, just a few minutes, but the smoke from the tank alone is not enough.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he got out of the turret and looked at the enemy. Soon the attack of tactical missiles and rockets would arrive at the wrong time. Usually the rockets would be earlier, enough to make the enemies there jump around for a while, that is Good time for him to act.

The flash of sky drifted towards the horizon, behind the shallow silhouette of the hill, and then a succession of flashes could be seen.

"First Assault Group, move."

The tanks of the two companies rushed towards the enemy dragging thick smoke. They will hide in the smoke 2 kilometers in front of the enemy's formation, and then turn eastward, but He Fan has no idea whether the smoke can cover the tanks all the way. Moreover, the ability of smoke to block infrared signals is limited, and the enemy's Javelin missiles still have a chance to lock on to the tank hiding in the smoke. This is also a risk that needs to be tested in actual combat.This is also the reason why he had to choose the moment of the powerful firepower attack from the rear before doing it.To be on the safe side, he himself stayed in the second assault group composed of infantry fighting vehicles, ready to respond at any time.The smoke itself also obstructs the tank driver's vision, but the key to a breakthrough lies in speed, which also tests the driver's basic skills.

For tank drivers, the "instrument driving" that relies entirely on satellite positioning or inertial navigation is also outside the training syllabus. Usually, similar skills are only used briefly when diving, and the visibility in the smoke does not exceed 50 meters.But tactically, it is necessary to quickly rush to the fixed curved trajectory of the Javelin missile, forming a close range of about 200 meters, so that the infantry can get off the vehicle as close as possible to the opponent in order to effectively suppress the enemy.

The stormy attack exploded in the area controlled by the enemy. Due to the lack of precise instructions, it could not seriously threaten the enemy who used terrain and cover to hide.But when the mercenaries got out of the improvised bunker, they found that the Chinese tanks in front seemed to be moving again.They can see the smoke moving in the distance.The Chinese mortars no longer fired to show the position, but landed at the front. It didn't seem to be some kind of mistake, because what they hit at the front seemed to be smoke bombs, and quickly took advantage of the wind to form a smoke wall at the front that blocked the line of sight. The tanks in the distance gradually disappeared.No one knows whether they will rush to the far range of the missiles and then retreat as in the previous operations, but there are indications that this time it is not so simple.

The long-range rocket attack from the north had just stopped, and the 155mm howitzer from the south was fired immediately, and the air strike did not give the opponent a trace of peace.The battle in the air has never stopped. The ground troops can see the wakes formed by various condensate steams in the sky extending in all directions at any time. For the time being, there is still no winner in the air.

A US company commander at the front realized that something might be wrong. When the shelling was interrupted, he could hear the roar of tanks. The movement should not be a tank, at least 30.He raised his binoculars and searched carefully, and seemed to be able to see a huge silhouette moving in the smoke.He immediately contacted the rear to inform the rear of his unease. Apparently this time the enemy did not feint and retreat as usual. On the contrary, judging from the loud voice, they had been approaching, and very quickly.

James Wu informed that an Indian tank unit would be sent out to attract the enemy to fire, and asked him to observe carefully.

Major General Airaby received an outrageous request from the Foreign Legion to send 2 platoons out to scout the enemy's firepower. He decided to delay. His pride couldn't stand these people crossing the command hierarchy to send him to his death. Of course he knew. Soon the liaison officers of these friendly forces will send this request directly to Pasadeh’s headquarters, and the superiors will inevitably press him to implement it. At present, for the upper echelons of the Indian Army, maintaining relations with foreign troops is the most important thing. In the overall situation, everything else can be sacrificed.But at least he can hold off for a while before his superiors force him to carry it out.

The two Chinese tank companies gradually approached the frontal enemy, and then turned to the northeast. There was a flat gap away from the enemy's missiles, but the Indian tanks gathered there and had to be dealt with first.Some of these tanks are equipped with millimeter wave radar, which gives them a huge inherent advantage, and some can still use thermal imaging cameras to find the enemy at a distance slightly beyond the line of sight, but the laser range finder must be close enough to see The target can only be used, and at a long distance, the shooter must rely on the reticle in the thermal imaging eyepiece to judge the distance of the opponent, so as to manually intervene in the correction of the high ground direction. Of course, no matter which method is used, it has an advantage over the opponent T2.

The U.S. troops on the mountain watched the Indian tanks on the flanks finally move out cautiously, slowly approaching the smoke all over the battlefield.The smoke bombs fired by the opponent's mortars extended and hit, creating several new smoke distribution points on the battlefield. Obviously, the brewing conspiracy was about to come out.

An Indian tank suddenly turned sharply on the spot, then exploded, and the turret flew high.

So far, no intelligence unit has obtained information on the exact use of China's millimeter-wave radar. It is generally believed that it is only an imitation, part of the active detection system for detecting incoming missiles, but it is obvious that Chinese tanks are not equipped with active defense systems. And the location of the installation is a bit too low compared to the defense requirements.

The Indian commander in the second tank got out of the turret. He rubbed his eyes vigorously with his sleeve, trying to see what the hell was behind the smoke ahead.He saw a huge flash of light for a moment, and then a cannonball shot straight at it.With a buzz, the shell flew past his ear and hit another tank behind him.The commander yelled and jumped out of the turret, landed like a dog eating shit, then got up very neatly and escaped.

James Wu, who was on the hill in the distance, saw this scene. He couldn't believe it was real, but the smoke bombs fired by the enemy quickly covered up the T72, and he could only vaguely see that the last tank was also shot down. middle.He turned and ran to the mirror, and found that the Indian tanks in the school behind had started to retreat by themselves. If they made way out of the passage, obviously the enemy might find a loophole, and then rely on the cover of smoke bombs all the way to touch them.He hurriedly called the liaison officer and asked the Pasad Command to immediately stop the Indian troops from abandoning the flank without authorization.

Major Wu did not know that one minute ago, Major General Elabi had ordered to cut off the field telephone line, blow up the command vehicle, and prepare to retreat.

In fact, the major general has already placed explosives in the communication vehicle. According to the regulations of the Indian Army, when the enemy is too close and the situation of the battle will deteriorate irreversibly, it is necessary for the commander to destroy the command equipment and communication according to the situation according to his own common sense. confidential.

This is the basis for the major general to act on his own. Of course, he does not think that destroying the radio station can help him get rid of the enemy. On the contrary, he does so to get rid of the blind command of his superiors.In fact, according to his speculation during this period, the Chinese should have been able to eavesdrop on the Army's radio communications long ago, and it is of little value to blow up these encrypted devices.But he must quickly escape the indirect control of the Foreign Legion, so that there may be time to save his own troops. These Americans will always let his people fill in the front to die, but the foreign troops do not have the right to directly command him, which is a loophole.

"They used the smoke to approach us?" Major Wu didn't have some insight until this time, "We must let the Indian troops block the gap and report to Yelinsky that the situation here is not good, and his reserve team needs to be ready."

The soldiers at the front discovered that their Javelin missiles could capture the infrared signals of the tanks in the smoke, but the enemy's smoke extended to the vicinity of the school, covering part of the Indian troops, and it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves.Someone immediately asked the commander for advice, and then got a simple order: open fire on all possible enemy targets.

The U.S. military began to fire on tanks that could see infrared features but could not distinguish between enemy and friend. Most of the targets that could be seen were of course Indian tanks that were relatively close and exposed the main heat source of the engine compartment to the rear.

Swish two missiles flew into the air at an angle of 2°, then plunged down, and soon heard the sound of explosion from 70 kilometers away.The rest of the shooters who were afraid to attack also plucked up their courage and began to fight blindly at the ominous smoke.

At the same time, He Fan ordered Assault Quan to retreat slightly, waiting for him and the infantry fighting vehicle to approach.At the same time, he ordered the 155mm self-propelled howitzer to start moving forward, focusing on attacking the enemy infantry who fired missiles on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)