Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 742 Invincible
"It penetrated?" Yahini himself couldn't believe it. He was very confident in Tasim's shooting skills, but generally at this distance, it was difficult to penetrate the front of the tank turret, just like enemy shells. It's the same as failing to penetrate his front.

Yokota, who was 3 kilometers away, was greatly surprised. He did not expect such a result.Of course he himself is well aware that the power of his 44-caliber artillery and JM33 armor-piercing projectiles is a little weak, but intelligence shows that at least it will not be weaker than the opponent's 50-caliber artillery.In the eyes of superiors, the overall performance of this gun is optimal enough, of course, the main strength of the overall performance is the life of the gun.

Obviously, there was a flaw in the intelligence collection of the Integrated Staff Department. First of all, the accuracy of the opponent's artillery. Obviously, some people think that the opponent has no accuracy at a distance of 2 kilometers. Seems unnecessary.China's military intelligence has always been difficult to collect, which has led to a large number of intelligence brokers targeting China in the world. When there is no source of intelligence, these people always use speculation to confuse the intelligence agencies of various countries.

The second thing that surprised Yokota was the opponent's thermal imaging camera search ability. His two teams could shoot first while keeping the car parked, but the opponent immediately launched a counterattack. Who will see first is still unknown.

Squadron Captain Yokota is caught in a dilemma, but he must not live up to the entrustment of the old commander Yamura. At present, the entire coalition army is in a precarious situation, and there is not much depth for him to retreat and adjust.

"Listen to the crews, the ones coming around from the outside line are only the enemy's second-rate troops, and they must be resolutely repulsed."

He could only close his eyes and continue to believe in the enemy report from Frings Command.Intelligence shows that the Pakistani armored forces have never been too eye-catching, and their personnel and equipment are all at the second-rate level.

Frings' intelligence unit is indeed good at collecting information on satellite reconnaissance and communication monitoring, but the most valuable intelligence on the front line is often not obtained by relying on these things.Yahini's ghostly tactics have long been circulated among some of India's armored units that have suffered, but Indian intelligence units have never paid attention to such clues.Most of the time, senior military officers will report from the front line and see the Type 99 tanks of the Pakistani troops, and attribute them to misjudgments caused by panic. The difference between German or Type 1.5 tanks.The above bureaucracy has caused the intelligence agencies of the Indian army to never sort out Yahini's troops for research.

The Intelligence Department of the Second Indian Army receives dozens of front-line reports every day, claiming that the Pakistani Army Type 99 has been found in front of the position. In this environment where everything is full of soldiers, the truly valuable information has been obliterated.

In the intelligence department of the 2nd Army of India, in the report of the enemy sequence and the tactical expertise of each unit submitted to the coalition forces, the 1st Armored Division of Pakistan has a battalion-level tank group with an ominous number equipped with Type 96, and one under the Group Army is equipped with Type 99 The tanks, the direct tank company that was rarely dispatched, they never figured out that it was actually the same unit.

The Japanese squadron commanded by Yokota withdrew a bit, waiting for the Type 13 assault guns on the road to join the Indian army, ready to regroup. He quickly got in touch with an Indian army that arrived and was equipped with T72M4. This tank force used NATO communication equipment can barely cooperate with operations at night.As soon as Yokota deployed his defenses, he found that the enemy was following him.He found that the Pakistani army on the front had a very fast assault speed, which showed that its commander had a good grasp of the terrain and was eager to fight.

This time, Yahini could observe the target from 3 kilometers away. The Japanese tank retreated briefly, and the infrared signature rose sharply.He led the 1st company to rush forward without hesitation, and handed over the left and right detours to the 2 platoons of the remaining 2 companies.Although he doesn't like to fight head-on, he can't let the 2nd company with weak night vision and armor, or the 3rd company who is inexperienced and has lost a platoon of troops to do this.

"The whole company is moving forward at a low speed. It seems that there are some T72s hiding behind the bunker. I suggest that when shooting T72 tanks, try to choose the hull part under the bunker."

He issued simple orders.He has seen the opponent's T72-like, relatively low tanks hiding behind walls or mounds, thinking that they can hide the vehicle body.However, the cover that was found hastily during the field battle is almost useless if it is not thicker than 1 meter, except for blocking infrared signals.No matter what type of T72, its hull armor is much thinner than that of the turret. Of course, he does not need to remind him of this, and his veterans know it too. is different.

"However, give priority to shooting those Japanese tanks, their firepower is more accurate."

"How to distinguish Japanese tanks?"

Someone asked, obviously relying on the incomplete outline of the thermal imaging equipment at the extreme distance (the opponent uses the cover to block it) is not easy to distinguish which should be prioritized.

"Those who fired first were the Type 90s, and the T72 should not be able to see us."

The Type 99 tank launched an attack with a front about 400 meters wide. Yahini did not want the formation to be too wide, giving the enemy a chance to shoot the side of the vehicle. The Type 99 tank does not waste too much weight to strengthen the side defense, and the commander must be well aware of the pros and cons.The opponents in the distance once again seized the opportunity to shoot first, which exposed the Type 90, and the T72 made in the Czech Republic stopped in place, and they could not see the target yet.

The low-speed advancement of the 1st company kept the Japanese firepower relatively high, but this was definitely a shot that made officers and soldiers below Yokota desperate. In fact, the 2 hits of this shot had some counterproductive effects. The Indian armored soldiers, who lacked vision and were unable to watch the battle, found that they could clearly see the strange sight of tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles collapsing into the sky in the darkness.

A brutal frontal charge can indeed exert strong psychological pressure on the opponent, especially when the opponent's shells are always impenetrable. This is an effect that Yahini never dared to expect. He is only forced to Use the tank's indestructible side to disintegrate the enemy.

"Sir, our shells can't penetrate the enemy?"

The trembling voice of a team leader floated into Yokota's consciousness. He noticed that the opponent's tanks were about 10 kilometers in front of him. After shooting, none of them stopped moving forward, and they did not release smoke. The ammunition and low chamber pressure of the Type 3, which has not been updated for 90 years, obviously cannot restrain the opponent.

"Calm down, wait a little closer."

The ranging figures showed that the enemy had entered 2900 meters, and the Japanese tanks fired a second round. The fatality rate increased a lot, but none of them were penetrated.

The Pakistani tanks seemed to have forgotten to fire and continued to advance confidently, so Yokota grabbed the third chance to fire.Amidst the deafening sound of the cannon, he watched as an armor-piercing projectile flew straight to the target, then hit the target, turned into a cluster of fragments, and the largest fragment with the tracer tube swirled and flew to one side. The typical feature of breaking, but he was not reconciled, and continued to wait for a while, the opponent stopped, but the turret was still rotating, obviously not penetrated.

Yahini's tank crew finally stopped to fight back. Both sides chose to stop and fire, not only to increase the accuracy, but also to ensure the reliability of the automatic loader.

Tasim turned the muzzle to the target. Under static-to-quiet conditions, he was sure to hit close to [-]% hit rate. The target's muzzle was aimed at him, breathing white smoke feebly. The gun had already fired just now. One shot, but missed.Tasim did not dare to make mistakes, and still chose a depleted uranium armor-piercing bomb.

After the loud gunfire, he watched a white light hit the front of the target and got in.This type of ammunition is not only sharper, but also has a greater chance of causing internal combustion in the target.

Sure enough, the opponent started to smoke. The smoke did not come from the side emitters or the rear hot smoke vents, but from the seat ring, which was a sign of the fire being out of control.The fire caused by the debris of the tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile is easily extinguished by the automatic fire protection system, and this new ammunition has a very high ability to ignite the target. At least the two breakdowns observed by the Yahini team have caused fire.

Indian T72M4 tanks started to join the battle, they could see the flames of Pakistani tanks firing, but Yahini's tanks did not continue to approach, but stopped at 2500 meters away, and fired at all these targets, maintaining a very high altitude Hit and breakdown rates.

The attention of all enemies on the battlefield is attracted by the enemies that cannot penetrate the front, and the commanders on guard on the flanks will also focus more on the front, even the wheeled assault guns that came from a long distance on the road.Under the display of Yahini's firepower, the two flanks outflanked the troops and quietly moved to both sides of the opponent's defense line. As more Type 90s were destroyed on the battlefield, the enemy's ability to observe at night also declined rapidly. Now they are about to Facing the fate of being completely wiped out.

Rahman, who approached from the flank, finally seized the opportunity for revenge. He was beaten when he entered the battlefield, and now he searched carefully and moved forward, trying not to make mistakes.

With the advantage of the thermal imager and the general grasp of the enemy's position, he saw the enemy T1.5 tank group clustered on the flank from 72 kilometers away. There were at least 6 tanks and 2 infantry fighting vehicles. The enemy was backed by the road, quietly Just wait.

He ordered his troops to deploy, preparing to reimburse all targets at once. A new enemy situation appeared, and a group of wheeled vehicles equipped with long-barreled artillery appeared on the road. Under the leadership of Indian soldiers, they quietly drove to the preset commanding heights. Ready to fire on Yahini.

Rahman forced himself to calm down. After weighing for half a minute, he decided to shoot the wheeled assault guns first. Although he couldn't recognize the models of these vehicles, the shape of the opponent's turret and the cannon made him deeply feel this kind of attack. Artillery may be more threatening.He saw the commander of the turret of the second assault gun, gesturing and shouting to the Indian infantry company below. Obviously, this man was the commander of the unit.

The Japanese Assault Gun Squadron was unlucky for two hours, temporarily replacing the acting commander of the fallen squadron leader, and was killed again in the first round of the enemy's attack.This leaves the rest of the tanks leaderless, and such weakly armored tanks don't have much time to redeploy once they appear in the wrong place on the battlefield.

When Rahman's troops fired the second round, all eight Type 8 assault guns had been wiped out.The only omission in this raid was that several vehicle crews, including Rahman himself, fired continuously depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles in excitement to destroy the armored vehicles facing him at a distance of 13 meters. Ni Ni actually counted the ammunition after the war. Such a mistake should have been avoided.

The nearby Indian T72 woke up from the stunned state and was ready to fight back, but it couldn't see the target, so it could only fight randomly. The VT4 tank group fired continuously, almost without missing a shot, and quickly destroyed the blinded target.At the same time, the Type 96 tanks from one side also launched an attack. They were more calm than Rahman's troops and cut off the enemy's main retreat channel first. This bold action caused confusion among the enemies on the road. The Indian soldiers who got on and off a wheeled chariot fired a Javelin missile hastily and hit a Japanese Type 2 tank 90 kilometers away when the situation was unknown. This blow paralyzed the entire frontline command.

Yamura, which is 10 kilometers away, can no longer find Yokota on the radio. The information level of the Type 90 tank has not reached the average level of NATO. There is no inter-vehicle data link system, so the superior commander cannot know the status of each tank at any time. Can call non-stop on the radio.

Yamura began to have a very bad premonition. He felt that there might be a big mistake on the Eastern Front. He immediately reported to Yelinsky's headquarters and asked to mobilize an American tank force to use the road and move to a central position to prevent Unexpectedly.

Yahini's tanks continued to advance in a destructive manner, leaving no opportunity for the opponent to retreat and reorganize calmly. During the retreat, the enemy was shot from both wings, and it quickly turned into a rout. The oversized tracks of the Type 90 tank put pressure on the ground, making it impossible to choose a maneuvering route in rural areas. The blind retreat caused it to fall. The T72 was trapped in the muddy ground left after the first escape. The artillery fire accelerated the sinking speed of these tanks.

Yahini took an incomplete inventory of the battlefield as he passed through it quickly. In 30 minutes, 24 enemy tanks were destroyed, two-thirds of which were T72s, while only 4 of his troops were hit and needed repairs. Two of them were severely damaged.

Yelinsky's headquarters received the latest enemy information from all directions. This time he felt that the reliable Japanese did not seem to hold the line of defense, but the good news was that the enemy tanks that assaulted the Yamna River did not attack further, which made He still maintains access to and from New Delhi.

He was forced to send a full battalion to repair the line of defense, but he still maintained 3 armored battalions and 130 tanks in the direction of the enemy's main force. Although the air defense area above his head was getting smaller and smaller, it seemed to him The real reason why the opponents attack from all directions is because they are still unable to shake their main force in essence. As long as they persist for a few hours, the moment of ebb and flow will come immediately.

At the same time, the battle for Indira Gandhi Airport entered its final stage.The Chinese army has taken control of the battered main terminal, and Wang Zhenbei's wheeled assault guns have also taken control of the main runway.The regular Indian army stationed here has begun to retreat to the urban area of ​​New Delhi, and only the People's Self-Defense Forces are still making unrealistic counterattacks.The artillery fire from Wangzhenbei was able to directly hit the Indian radar position on the commanding height near Jawaharlal Nehru University, which forced Pasad's final search radar to be moved indoors.

(End of this chapter)