Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 746 Restricted Mobility
The 2nd company is the weakest company of Yahini. After leaving, it is rapidly detouring behind the enemy.

At the same time, the 3rd company quickly led the infantry fighting vehicles and transport vehicles of the 2nd company through the rear of Yahini. According to Yahini's instructions, they waded through the river and broke into the enemy's rear.Yahini's main force, the 1st company, retreated in an orderly manner to the north, using the terrain to counterattack from time to time.

Younis’s division headquarters asked Yahini to hold back the enemy as much as possible, waiting for Amir to break through from the front and flank the enemy. Younis didn’t seem to expect Yahini to go too far before dawn, and his superiors also rejected Yahini The long-range rocket runs strike requests.The reason is that these ammunition does not have friend-or-foe identification, and the landing point is affected by wind deflection, so there is a certain risk when the enemy and the friend are too close.Of course, Yahini believes that the greater possibility is that the Chinese want to use these precious ammunition on their own fronts, so he has to solve the problem on his own.

The frontal enemy came back to his senses and began to pounce. He called the 2nd Company on the radio to arrive as soon as possible.

The Type 2 tanks of the 96nd company pushed directly to a house and rushed to the battlefield through the village. The head of the tank saw the enemy's burning chariot from a distance, but due to the night vision capability and the interference of the battlefield, it was still unable to capture the target.

The tanks of the 2nd company are weak in night combat capabilities, and its lower anti-image stabilization system is also slightly insufficient in terms of anti-turbulence capabilities.Now is the time to test the courage and luck of the 9 crews.Despite occupying an excellent position, the enemy's attention can be expected to be on the front.However, they drove on open ground, which means that they can no longer take advantage of terrain cover, and the commander of enemy tanks with the ability to hunt and kill can still search freely at 360°. As long as a vigilant commander perceives a threat, the battle situation may be reversed. .In many cases, technical advantages can indeed offset tactical advantages.

Front Yahini Company did not use smoke at all, and fought and retreated, trying to focus the enemy's attention on him.Sure enough, the artillery fire of the US military was completely attracted to the north.

The 2nd company is still advancing slowly, and finally can observe some enemy tanks through the thermal imager.Seeing the opportunity, the company commander ordered to slow down to ensure the accuracy of fire control. The downward anti-stabilization image fire control used by the 96 can partially solve the shaking problem, but there are still some requirements for the degree of ground bumps.This brings additional requirements to the driver. Relatively speaking, the driver of the Type 99 tank does not need to consider too many road conditions. A more aggressive driving style.

The 2 tanks of the 9nd company deployed secretly. They were used to being sneaky. Before approaching the enemy, they always advanced in one or two columns to hide the number, and did not deploy the formation until the last moment.

The nine cannons were basically level with the ground, pointing steadily forward. The company commander ordered the release of hot smoke in advance, and soon a cloud of smoke formed behind the tank. The smoke temporarily did not block the front line of sight.In view of the poor generation of weapons, the 9nd company must first think of a way out, in order to prepare for shooting and take various measures to protect itself according to the situation.The wind on the battlefield is from south to north, and the smoke behind the tank slowly moves forward at a speed slightly lower than that of the tank.

Yahini did not urge the attack on the radio, although the 1st company had already lost its second Type 2 tank in the crossfire.The ferocious enemy tanks have approached within 99 kilometers. Obviously, the US military commander believes that approaching the opponent will help avoid air strikes.

The 2nd company started laser side-sensing, but did not alarm the enemy.They stopped silently, which made the drifting injection light spot in the gunner's sight quickly stabilize, and the gunners aimed the light spot representing the impact point at the enemy's ass with the fastest movement—all The M1A2s were all advancing towards the Yahini company on the other side of the battlefield, and no one paid attention to the rear. After suffering a sudden attack and several air strikes, no one was able to cover everything.

Entrained by the airflow, the smoke gradually enveloped the tank.At this time, the nine Type 9 tanks fired together, and the unsuspecting enemy tanks 96 kilometers away were shot one after another, without missing a single shot. Counting repeated hits, 2 tanks were hit, and all of them were penetrated.

The automatic loading machine began to run quickly, and the company commander stared nervously ahead. He could judge the general movement of the enemy from the outline of the thermal image. If the enemy turned around quickly, he would quickly back up and hide in the smoke. If they reacted slowly, He was ready to move on, out of the smoke, for a second shot.

The enemy did not react immediately, and the company commander ordered a second shot, then fell back.

Pierce heard the continuous reports of being hit by the rearguard. Through the inter-vehicle information system, he easily saw that 6 tanks were reimbursed, and within 10 seconds, another 3 companies were destroyed.From the position, it's all from the rear.In a few minutes, he lost 18 tanks, a company commander and 4 company platoon commanders.He suddenly felt like he was going to die.

He has only one way now, which is to desperately retreat back to the starting position.His last company is still there.But the situation was very unfavorable, and he felt that the enemy was flanking him back and forth.So he decisively ordered to emit smoke to obtain temporary safety.

The mighty U.S. tanks lost the first battle with an exchange ratio of 18 to 2. They began to retreat slowly. The commander tried to figure out the enemy's intentions, but his mind was in a mess.

According to Yahini's instructions, Yahini's 3rd company waded across the road from the north and inserted directly behind the enemy, preparing to launch a sneak attack on the retreating enemy from there and continue to consume the opponent.

Due to the cooling effect of the river water, enemies in the distance did not see them.Along with the 3rd company, there were 20 infantry fighting vehicles around the opponent's rear. They put down the infantry as soon as they crossed the road.These infantrymen carry a new type of anti-tank missile that is fired and ignored. Although the soldiers do not have individual night vision goggles, the seeker of this missile can also capture the heat source of the tank from 2 kilometers away.

Once the advantage of information asymmetry is lost, the 60-ton M1A2 tank will reveal its clumsy side. Although its cross-country speed is good, the area it can pass is smaller than Yahini's company.

This kind of tank uses a nearly perfect gas engine, but this kind of engine has a few shortcomings. The wading depth is one of the less noticeable ones, but if you count the tonnage caused by it, it will affect the passable bridges and Road restrictions.It is still enough for a careful person like Yahini to combine the above two points and use the method of elimination on the map to guess the opponent's course of action.So he thought of a series of strategies in advance, including using the depth of wading to cool down, and self-directed and self-acted to lure the enemy out.His fantasies on the battlefield were finally realized.

Now it was the end of the battle, but with his strength, he still couldn't take down the opponent head-on, but the infantry who followed his tank unit to eat dirt all night were already eager to try.

The new Chinese missiles have great advantages. It allows a novice to master how to use them in an afternoon. As long as the soldier is brave enough, it doesn't matter even if he is illiterate.

The tanks of both sides took advantage of the terrain a few kilometers apart and began to shoot at each other.Rahman did not deploy his troops in time, but his car still caught a fighter plane at the first time. An enemy tank was struggling to drive onto the roadbed, trying to escape from the roadbed.Enemy tanks stood tall and their guns pointed at the sky, but the roadbed under the heavy tank tracks collapsed quickly, making the tank tracks slip and unable to cross the obstacle in one go.This kind of tank is not suitable for action on low-grade mud-bound gravel roads, but such dirt roads are all over the Indian countryside.

Rahman, who was in a favorable position, hit the bottom of the tank by way of overshooting before the enemy's own teammates could react. He wasted the last depleted uranium bomb on the 40mm thick bottom armor.The shells penetrated the vehicle body and flew out from the top of the turret, which still caused a fire. The fire caused by the fragments of depleted uranium shells is more difficult to extinguish than other armor-piercing shells, and it is easier to spread.

Major Pierce realized that he was being ambushed by enemies from three directions. He could roughly estimate that there should be several times more enemies in front of him than himself.

The VT4 tanks used the nearby roadbed as cover, and used automatic weapon stations higher than the roadbed to fire at distant targets. These weapons could not penetrate the opponent, but they could indicate the target for the infantry with black eyes.

Several impatient missile teams immediately locked on to the target and launched missiles. After the fierce battle, the enemy tanks emitted obvious infrared signals, allowing these missiles to lock on to the target beyond the range. After the top falls, it cannot lock on to the target a second time, it can only hit the ground.

The remaining U.S. tanks used the burning wreckage as cover to grab the roadbed and do the final battle.Yelinsky did not send them an infantry defense.He must use those Bradley fighting vehicles with Dow missiles and good thermal imaging cameras to expand his frontal defense.His rigid command thinking made it impossible for him to think of separating infantry from chariots and sending them into two battlefields.

Major Pierce just got a death order to stick here. If he lost the area, Yamura in the north and a division of Indian troops would be taken back.He began to ask Yelinsky for help, but the coalition forces could no longer produce any reserve forces. Because the previous battle with the Pakistani armored forces was extremely simple, he had the idea of ​​underestimating the Pakistani army's vulnerability.

The infantry carrying anti-tank missiles, without night vision equipment at all, was full of joy, stumbling towards the target, they found the target along the fire net intertwined above their heads, and estimated the distance in their hearts (there was no laser rangefinder ).

The mortar shells fired randomly by both sides caused certain casualties to the infantry, and the thermal imager of the M1A2 tank can clearly see these people carrying some kind of weapon, but the US tanks lacking the top weapon station are very It is difficult to use parallel machine guns to drive away these desperate enemies. The range of anti-tank missiles is longer than that of machine guns.

A missile flew obliquely into the sky again. The US military commander hiding in the tank could see it take off through the perimeter vision device, but the field of view was limited and he could not see it falling towards him.

After the missile turned around and locked on for the second time successfully, it slammed down and destroyed a tank that cost a hundred times more than the missile in one fell swoop, and reimbursed 4 enemy crew members at the same time, not counting the Indian government will pay for these dead high price.

The tanks suffered a lot and began to retreat and shrink, trying to lean on each other for defense. The commanders thought they were just being attacked by artillery-fired missiles. They still did not update the intelligence of the enemy's weapons. In fact, this new type of missile had already appeared on the battlefield. It's been a while.

The inter-vehicle data link helped Pierce grasp the loss figure in the first place, and he knew that he would not be able to hold on here today.He rescinded his order to stand still and began to flee north.Finally escaped all kinds of fire after dropping a total of 28 burning tanks on the battlefield.

Yahini waited for the intelligence summary and new instructions from his superiors. He was confident that he had opened the door to victory, but he had to hold his breath at this moment. He was used to looking at the whole situation from the perspective of a division commander, not like other Like a battalion-level officer, he is content to be a pawn.

He contacted the division headquarters. As expected, Amir's Leopard II troops fell into a hard fight again. He was firmly blocked on the way forward by the Type 90 tank, and he has already invested his last Khali The German tank company, this is the unit that was originally going to attack New Delhi.

"Pan Shi, you have done a good job," said the voice of Deputy Commander Younis on the radio, "but the frontal group is somewhat troublesome. He was blocked by a Japanese tank unit and suffered a lot of losses. There are still a large number of infantry behind who cannot enter fighting."

"Let me tell you, when will this idiot, Amir, be enlightened?"

Yahini sneered.His decisive victory tonight is enough to make him get carried away with his commander. According to incomplete statistics, the exchange ratio of 5 to 50, plus the fact that he took the lead in disintegrating the enemy's defense, even if he said something more exaggerated, Younis would not dare What about him.

"...You're right, it's up to you to close the New Delhi encirclement."

"I need additional weapons. If you have more VT4s, give them to me."

"I'll do my best."

According to this, on the southern front not far away, He Fan is still trying to limit the opponent's range of action through fan-shaped pincer attacks, and then solve the problem in one fell swoop with a well-targeted terminal sensitive bomb attack.Another change he has been looking forward to is the drone carrying electronic reconnaissance equipment, which can find Yelinsky's headquarters. This is also a possibility that he can win the battle in one fell swoop. In short, he has not counted on it. Pakistan Armored units can get behind the enemy.

After the latest ally update, he realized that Yahini had once again gotten lucky and scored a wedge first.The extremely hasty and passive defense system of the coalition forces is already crumbling.

He Fan's current strength is double that of the enemy on the opposite side. It seems that it is not difficult to win the battle, but how to avoid the losses caused by reckless fighting is more difficult.He has tried to attack from the two wings a few times, but he has not been able to get too much money.

4 Flying Leopard bombers, coming from the northeast corner, dropped their dispensers outside the air defense zone and turned back.

The cluster bombs did not fall on the enemy tanks as expected, but exploded densely behind the enemy tanks, covering a considerable area and destroying some secondary targets.

Around the same time, a new wave of long-range rockets had been fired, carrying anti-tank mines.These mines are not as advanced as the smart mines used by the US military, but He Fan's purpose is to limit the enemy's ability to move step by step, restricting them to an easy-to-guess maneuver route, and then use a sudden attack to inflict heavy damage.

(End of this chapter)