Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 745 Acting
Yahini waited for follow-up troops to arrive, which he planned to draw the enemy from behind thick cover at a safe distance.In view of the command system of the US military, such a plan cannot succeed simply by deceiving a hot-headed frontline commander, so he must spend some thought on perfecting the entire deception.

After receiving the order, the 2nd company immediately galloped over, pretending to rush all the way, as if they had no information at all.This kind of lure operation must rely on veterans like the 2nd Company. They often play similar roles in Yahini's similar plans, and it is less easy for the opponent to see the flaws.

The two platoons of the 2nd company blasted to the open ground 2 kilometers in front of the enemy's preset position, and then lined up and slowly moved forward according to the enemy's position instructed by Yahini.While the 5nd company was still about 2 to 4 kilometers away from the enemy, Yahini noticed that the turrets of the enemy tanks in an ambush began to rotate.Under normal circumstances, a professional commander, fully aware of the equipment gap between the two sides, will not launch an attack on the far boundary of the target detected by the thermal imager, they will patiently wait for the target to enter a closer and difficult to escape distance on, the fire will be fired.What Yahini has to do is to leave them with some illusions.

According to Erlian's report, their thermal imaging cameras really can't see the target. This is a natural thing, which shows the technical gap between the opponent and the Erlian Company and the geographical advantage. The opponent hides behind the roadbed and hides more Many infrared signals.It's the classic nighttime ambush that any commander craves, with vantage points and technology differentials.Once the 2nd company enters the open ground where there is no way to advance or retreat, the exchange ratio will be very ugly.The key now is not to let the opponent succeed, but at the same time they must be allowed to open the bunker.

The enemy has been refraining from using laser ranging, at least not yet.Yahini realized that he was facing a seasoned opponent with few flaws, but he had killed quite a few veterans. Sometimes veterans would be deceived by their own wrong experience, and any deviation in distance, orientation or timing could lead to The advantage turned into a desperate situation in an instant, and he saw this kind of thing much more.

The 2nd company still couldn't see the target in the area designated by Yahini, but they continued to move forward, turning the muzzle at will, pretending that the opponent was not there.Yahinishni hid in a corner of the battlefield, observing the opponent's changes.Their muzzles began to rotate, and all the barrels that had been on alert in other directions turned to the 2nd company.

如果2连的9辆96式坦克全部进入敌人击穿射程内，可能会在1分钟内被全歼，而敌人的损失为0。

He picked up the communicator and found the 3rd company on the communication box.

Acting company commander Rahman has not yet fully understood Yahini's idea of ​​transforming tank attack and defense into guerrilla warfare, but he is trying to get closer to the battalion commander's tactics, because he saw how the battalion commander used 50 tons of tanks, Transforms into the most nimble units on the battlefield.He was ready to accept any order from Yahini, whether he understood it or not.

"Listen Rahman, I want you to come out from behind the 2nd Company's side, within distance the enemy can see you, and fire the 2nd Cannon in the general direction of the 2nd Company. Then the 2nd Company will fire back at you, and you retreat to the north On the side road."

"what?"

Lieutenant Rahman couldn't believe his ears, Yahini's order completely exceeded his imagination.

"Lieutenant, we have to draw the enemy out, you understand?"

"I understand this. But why did you fire at the 2nd company?"

"It's good that you don't understand the reason. If you understand it at a glance, it means that the enemy may not take the bait. However, we don't have time to explain in detail. We want the 2nd company to withdraw naturally from the enemy's field of vision. Do you understand now?"

"I get it roughly."

"Then execute it."

Rahman still couldn't fully grasp Yahini's tricks, but he knew it was not the time to get to the bottom of it. First, the timing was wrong, and second, it would make the officer feel stupid.

The acting company commander had already been scolded on the radio for a few minutes for destroying an assault artillery unit after consuming two-thirds of the company's depleted uranium ammunition. What is more important is not only victory, but also a near-perfect exchange ratio.

If he was in the previous unit, if he could win at a lower cost than the enemy, he would definitely be rewarded by his superiors, and he would never worry about being blamed for destroying a few more shells.But deep down in his heart, he has begun to feel that Yahini's tactics are correct. Pakistan will never be able to win India in a war of attrition, but if there are shrewd people like Yahini, the result may be will be different.

He ordered the use of anti-explosive bombs to fire in the direction of the advancing 2nd company. Of course, the friendly troops could not be destroyed. These shells all fell near the tank.Soon the 2nd company began to fight back and release smoke.

U.S. Major Pierce, hiding behind the highway, was anxiously waiting for the target to hit his muzzle.Like most U.S. commanders, he's here primarily to make money, but he's also eager to actually get into combat.He set up an ambush here according to Yelinsky's instructions, waiting for an opportunity to show his commanding talents.He felt an indescribable thrill as he saw the silhouette of the enemy looming from the background of the monitor.Generally speaking, the target that the thermal imager can capture at the longest distance must be a tank, not a truck, because the heat source of the tank is the largest, and the thermal imager itself is optimized for the infrared characteristics of the tank.

Everything is like a textbook, the enemy is slowly moving towards him in a word, with the barrels pointing forward in all directions. This is a typical, aimless search formation.

He ordered all the tanks to use their gunners to aim at the selected target, but prohibited the use of laser ranging, so as not to alarm the opponent. His strategy was completely guessed by Yahini.

But before the target came into range, it was suddenly attacked, from an area that the M1 tank could not see.Major Pierce was confused by the shelling for a while, but in the complex battlefield environment, especially when there are some Indian troops around, he still has rationality.Apparently his ambush was sabotaged at the last moment by friendly forces who did not know what to do or what to do.He could see those 96s starting to release smoke and then disappear.

According to the agreement signed between India and the United States, additional bonuses are required for destroying large enemy equipment. For tankers, a stable fire control recording device can be used as a proof of destruction.Most of the crews of the US tank battalion began to curse at the same time.For Westerners who come for money, destroying an enemy tank means getting 20 US dollars from the Indian treasury, which means that everyone in the tank can get 4 US dollars.Now, that money is flying away.

"Damn Indian fools, they will do bad things."

Pierce yelled. He could see the stray shots missing the target at all, falling all around.

"Crocodile, I'm a bison, I need to update the information of the friendly forces around me."

"Bison, I haven't been able to contact the new Indian troops for 20 minutes, but there must be some Indian T72M4 around you."

"I bet if I see these Indian tanks and I don't take steps to identify them in time, I will kill them all together."

"Calm down, Major, please calm down."

"Okay, I take this back, but I need an active pursuit. The enemy should be retreating at the moment and won't pay attention to other directions. I can catch up with them in a few minutes and give them a hard blow."

The major asked for an attack, and he had to wait for his superiors to decide whether to approve his attack based on comprehensive intelligence (mainly drones).

"Major, headquarters has approved this limited sortie, but it's best to wait until after the drones have conducted a reconnaissance of your department's surroundings."

"When will the drone arrive?"

"In about five minutes."

"There's no time to wait."

He switched communications and immediately ordered two companies to cross the embankment and pursue the disappearing target.According to his observation, it is impossible for the rest of the enemies to exist within a few kilometers around, or else they would have seen it long ago.

Yahini hid near the village, waiting for the enemy to move, and he was sure that the enemy would risk passing by him.He is a tank player himself, so he is very aware of the impulse of tank players when they see their target turn around and leave, so what he has to do is to make the 2nd company appetize the opponent, and then withdraw at the right time.

Enemy tanks crossed the road one after another, exposing the sides, and the American tank companies were larger than Pakistani or Chinese.One of their companies had 14 tanks.

"2nd company, the enemy has started to pursue, and you quickly move to the north. When the time is right, attack the target from the north. 3rd company, you and the infantry fighting vehicle, quickly cross the road from the rear of the 1st company, and wipe out the remaining enemies."

"Can we use depleted uranium?" Rahman asked.

"Fool, of course you have to use it, and light up all of them immediately."

"understood."

Yahini hesitated for a moment. Facing such a powerful opponent, just an ambush is not enough. Air force support must be requested.This area is the overlapping area of ​​the air defense firepower of both sides, so the fighter planes of both sides dare not approach.

A Predator drone in the sky was limping closer to the battle zone, flying too high for Chinese radar to see it ahead of time.The theater data link immediately transmits effective information to the air defense system closest to the front. This is an air defense missile launch vehicle with a truck as the chassis, similar to the US Avenger, but the PL12 type is installed on the follower launcher Medium-range rounds instead of Stinger missiles, which makes for decent AA range and less reliance on radar.Actual combat shows that this weapon has greater deployment flexibility than the Red Flag 16 when the troop size is small.While the Chinese army uses the Red Flag 16, Pakistan uses such weapons as field air defense for its front-line troops.

A missile soared into the air and flew straight towards the target.

The drone was hit just before it spotted Yahini's deployment in the village, and fell on the side of Pierce's pursuing force.

The smoke from the Type 96 tanks on the open ground gradually dissipated. Pierce found that the enemy was nowhere to be seen, not even the Indian troops making trouble nearby. He suddenly realized that he was in a dangerous open ground at the moment.

Tasim hastily aimed at an M1 tank, not using laser ranging before the final order, which has become an important battlefield discipline in recent tank battles, and Yahini's 1st company has performed particularly well.

"Each vehicle group shoots on its own, and can choose its own ammunition."

Yahini gave the final order, and then handed everything over to his commanders.

Tasim pressed the laser ranging button with his right thumb, and a laser beam flew towards the moving enemy tank.He used a new disturbance-type aiming method. Before the laser range measurement, he input an approximate digital distance, first tracked the target with the front sight in the scope, and measured the angular velocity advance. Once the laser was used to obtain the accurate distance number, the ballistic computer The injected aiming spot that has been obtained can be corrected in about 3 seconds, which is much faster than the step-by-step disturbance aiming.

According to Yahini, his first round was loaded with tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets. According to the calculation of the battalion commander, he had to wait for the next target to turn around before using depleted uranium bullets.Someone told him that at a distance of 2 kilometers, the penetration depth of the depleted uranium self-sharpening projectile is at most as wide as a palm when compared with the tungsten-core projectile.He has to take full advantage of that penetration depth.

10 tanks fired at the same time, and the shells hit a target 2 kilometers away after flying for about 3 seconds.Some rounds hit the same target repeatedly, but none of them missed,
The 1st company's shooter is excellent, and the M1A2's oversized side section makes it far easier to hit than the T72.

Within 5 seconds, half of Pierce's company was wiped out.The major reacted in a timely manner and immediately searched the flanks who reported the threat. The Pakistani tanks after firing appeared from the darkness one after another, but disappeared soon after being disturbed.

A JF17 bravely rushed into the sky above the theater, and was unable to get rid of after being chased by two Hawk missiles that had been launched into the air. In desperation, it swooped down and launched a rocket to the ground.The rockets all missed, but the brave Pakistani pilot rammed his plane into a tank.The unlucky company commander was in a car and was destroyed by the plane and two huge missiles that arrived later.The greater value of this attack is that it interferes with the counterattack of nearby tanks. Tank commander Nagato is always more afraid of air strikes.

The US tanks began to turn around, and the burning tanks and aircraft wreckage on the battlefield interfered with the thermal imaging equipment of both sides at the same time, but Yahini's troops were more prepared. The commanders switched the white light channel in advance and used the fire around the target to search for the enemy. It takes a while to get back behind the enemy, and now we have to retreat while fighting.

According to Yahini's complicated plan, his three companies will maneuver on three completely different routes to complete their different missions.

The counterattack of the US tanks came very quickly. Due to the interference of the thermal imaging channel, the accuracy was not ideal, but the enemy's superior firepower still had some gains.A Type 99 tank reported to Yahini that it had been hit, and the crew was about to abandon the vehicle.

Yahini ordered the crews to use the ground cover to retreat, but his crew still stopped in place, aiming at an M1A2 that was turning.

At 2.8 kilometers, Tasim fired a depleted uranium bomb, which accurately hit the area under the artillery connected to the cockpit, which is one of the few doors on the front of the tank that can be fatal with one move.Immediately after the tank is hit, it explodes.

Every tank, large or small, has such a "bomb nest", but it is not so easy to hit it from 3 kilometers away.Seeing the enemy's rapid counterattack, Yahini began to release smoke and retreat.Annihilating an enemy battalion is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It takes several rounds of consumption. If you act recklessly, the enemy may still turn the tables.

Another Su-30 crashed into the head of Pierce's troops in the air, but the Chinese pilots were unable to maintain level flight under the tracking of the two nearby guidance radars, and entered the bombing calculation.It can only fly quickly over the target area, drop a few tons of bombs, and get rid of the radar instead.

Although no precision-guided weapons fell, the indiscriminate bombing has caused chaos in the US military below.

(End of this chapter)