Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 750
From time to time, violent and silent flashes appeared on the northern horizon, and the sound of explosions took a while to arrive, which should be Amir's final attack.Yahini judged that Amir should be able to break through in the end, but the loss must not be small.Thinking of such a reckless frontal breakthrough, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Fortunately, the Chinese repair ability is amazing. He has seen the Chinese use the method of tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall to repair the Challenger tank. The Pakistani army has never had such ability. .

He headed towards the calm west, where the direction of New Delhi, on the horizon behind him, a morning sun will rise immediately, and the whole of New Delhi should have been surrounded by that time.But he had to compete with the speed of the sunrise. Once it was daylight, it would be difficult for his troops to rampage behind the enemy.Before that, he had to get rid of the Japanese tank unit, and he estimated that there were not many opponents.

Another serious problem is that his tanks don't have any IFF devices, so you have to be especially careful with Chinese and even Pakistani aircraft, which seem to come and go freely now.

He never uses fluorescent materials on the top of the tank for simple identification of friend and foe. For troops that always break into the enemy's rear, that kind of thing is easy to be spotted by enemy drones or fighter jets.

Yahini poked his head out of the turret, wary of movement in the air.From time to time, there was a lot of noise overhead, and fighter jets flew close.At times like this, he was inevitably a little nervous, and he breathed a sigh of relief when the plane was far away.

On the one hand, he wanted to be able to hide in the dark, but on the other hand, he knew that the Chinese planes still had a chance to see him but it was not easy to distinguish friend from foe, especially since he was now heading east, in the same direction as most of the retreating Indian troops.

He called the division headquarters several times, hoping to report the location.But every time he couldn't make it through, he guessed that the division is moving forward, which will have a certain degree of impact on the command ability and relay communication. Of course, the division of the 1st Armored Division was beaten enough by the White Tiger Division Miserably, he had to reorganize later, and he was used to all kinds of long-distance communication problems.

"Commander, I see tanks to the north. There are about 10 of them. The distance is about 2.8 kilometers. Parallel with us to the west."

The platoon leader reconnaissance in front saw a suspicious target.

"Can you tell the enemy from us?"

"Not yet, but with BMP1, we only have this kind of vehicle in the reserve team."

"That's Indian troops, keep your distance, don't fire. They are not our priority."

"clear."

He looked to the north, but of course he couldn't see anything. The enemy's light control at night was not bad, and he was relatively disciplined in the Indian army. He roughly calculated the distance between the two sides in his mind, and prepared Various contingency plans when necessary.I heard the rumbling sound in the air, and it was a group of fighter jets from north to south. The sound was very loud, either there were many sorties, or the altitude was very low.

"These gods of death are coming again?"

He couldn't help raising his heart to his throat.

In a blink of an eye, a series of explosions occurred on the dark northern horizon. He quickly raised his binoculars and looked there through the explosions.In the billowing fireball, the Indian army that was still sneaking just now was swallowed up.Those tanks that tried to escape were blown to pieces by bombs over 100 kg, and when the formation stopped, laser-guided bombs fell, hitting those single fleeing tanks with great precision

.Several times, the fighter plane came close to Yahini's head as it circled overhead.It will inevitably make his neck feel cold. Once the Chinese pilot notices this, what should he do?The simple laser warning never sounded, it seemed that the enemy had no intention of shooting at him?Did the Chinese pilot know he was here?It is certainly possible in theory. His course of action was notified to the division headquarters in advance, although a lot of modifications have been made.He hoped that Chinese pilots might have good eyesight and be able to identify themselves from night vision equipment, especially those two-seater fighters, and they should be able to spend more time on the necessary identification.Of course, anything is possible on a chaotic battlefield.

"Look, Battalion Commander, the bombing was really fun." Rahman said cheerfully on the radio, he seemed to have no scruples about Yahini at all, maybe he hadn't even thought about the accidental bombing.As a quasi-novice who had been out of battle for a long time, he was overly worried about the Indian army hundreds of meters away across the night, but he didn't care about the real deadly threat.

"Leave the original route, look for a new route south, and don't stop."

This order to temporarily change the route made the 3rd Company, which was dragging behind, unable to adapt, and was pulled further away.

The J-16 and J-10S formations in the air, of course, saw another tank column a few kilometers away from the south wing. The pilot had asked for instructions to attack several times, but the command plane asked for further detailed verification. The attitude of the command plane prevented the pilot from being hasty , After flying a few laps, it was finally confirmed that it was probably our own tank.

Relatively speaking, if there are BMP1 tanks mixed in the column, it is easier for the pilots to identify, which is unexpected by the Indian army.Even if Pakistani troops have some Chinese made or captured such weapons, they never go into night combat.For the pilots, identifying the tank column is really challenging, especially after the coalition forces were dispatched, several new types of tanks were added.From many perspectives, Western tanks are somewhat similar to Chinese tanks.

Thanks to Yahini, the Yamura troops passing not far to the north also gave up the attack because the pilot of the single-seat plane could not confirm it before an upcoming air attack. At that time, the pilot was 9% sure that he had found a 90 tanks, but in the end they dropped the bomb on the nearby Indian army vehicle.

Yahini's actions in this area really interfered with the air force's actions, so the fighter planes performing the bombing mission were repeatedly asked to verify the target. Of course, the confusion was not limited to one place here. Even in the south, He Fan and the enemy's armored forces also Often congregated within several kilometers, posing substantial identification problems for nighttime air strikes.Air Force pilots certainly felt that the ground troops were looking for trouble, but the ground commanders valued their own actions more than the convenience of the Air Force. After all, they hardly saw the Air Force play any role throughout the night (they didn’t know about the fierce battle in the air) .

Yahini continued to remind the fearful advance of 4 kilometers, perhaps to the critical area of ​​the enemy's air defense network, and the movement of air fighters seemed to be much less.The distance here is less than 5 kilometers. If the enemy cannot be blocked, this operation may have to be abandoned.Just thinking about it, he was suddenly attacked by artillery fire.The round hit the left side of his turret, neither penetrated nor exploded, apparently a kinetic round.He roughly judged the direction by the impact direction.As for how the enemy recognized his command vehicle, he had no time to think about it.

"Azimuth 290, the 2nd row turned around the muzzle, did anyone see the fire?"

No one on the radio responded, that is to say, no one saw the target.

The laser ranging didn't work either. Through actual combat training, experienced gunners on both sides are always good at restricting the position of the laser beam and trying not to touch the warning device.Sometimes the gunners will measure the distance through objects close to the tank, or be bolder and shoot lasers directly at the tank chassis.

"Attention all, slow down, don't turn the car around, maybe it's a trap. Their firepower may not be in one direction."

He immediately thought of the enemy's conspiracy.

"Why can't we see them?"

The 2nd company commander shouted, he was very angry, because the enemy fired from the front line, Que was still hiding in the dark.

"It must be a Japanese tank. On the northern front, only the Japanese tank's night vision ability is slightly better than ours. Don't worry, you will see it."

Yahini is very experienced. He knows that if the enemy is far enough away and well hidden, then most likely there will be a less complicated plan. This is the advantage of the thermal imaging camera to give them an early deployment opportunity. , but not for too long.

He quickly zoomed in on the nearby terrain on the monitor. Sure enough, there were villages and other possible hidden landforms in the shooting direction. Based on his first impression of the shell that hit him just now, it seemed that the kinetic energy was insufficient, or it was flying from 4 kilometers away. The shells, which are almost immediately ruled out, were either Japanese 105mm rifled guns, which is why he guessed there was a trap, as he often used the weaker 2nd battery as bait.

Yamura, 3.5 kilometers away, waited for the enemy to turn around. If the enemy released smoke, he quickly withdrew one kilometer to the west and continued to set up an ambush.

In the process of avoiding the air attack, he saw 2 companies of Yahini in advance. At that time, these tanks were coming straight towards him. He had no time to retreat to the north and attack the opponent in a large circle. The army got out ahead, and the Chinese Air Force could pounce on the Indian army in the north at any time.

Yamura needs a simple and quick attack to buy some time for the retreating troops. The best way is to use the brisk assault gun to move to the flank, and then open fire to distract the enemy. Usually the enemy will align the muzzle and front armor Suspicious direction, so that he can quickly destroy more than half of the enemy, and when the enemy retreats in panic, he can calmly retreat to New Delhi.Yelinsky has already formulated a new plan. The coalition forces will make rapid adjustments in New Delhi, and then find a direction where the enemy is not stable enough to quickly break through and turn to Agra. In short, it is absolutely unacceptable to stay in New Delhi and die.

He is full of confidence in his plan. In the first half of the night, when he was ordered to defend the northern defense line, he was unable to perform too aggressive maneuvers. However, he used the method of continuous harassment from the flanks by small teams to mobilize the frontal enemy to show his weakness. , ended up playing a 6-1 exchange ratio, and half of the tanks lost were destroyed by the enemy air force.

Now he intends to repeat the old trick, but the enemy on the opposite side is either too smart or too stupid. Except for the 4 or 5 vehicles in the rear turning the turret, the rest of the troops just slow down and do not release smoke.According to general calculations, it may be because the enemy lacks a unified command, or the commander was killed by a single shot?
"Kinoshita-kun, keep shooting."

He could only order the flanks to continue firing, hoping that the enemy didn't know which way to turn just because the commander was unresponsive.

The assault guns in the distance were ordered to lean on the mound and shoot continuously, but none of them could penetrate the target. Their shooting required great courage, and once they were seen by the opponent, it would undoubtedly be a disaster.

Yahini roughly judged that this was a feint attack. He observed not long ago that the Japanese army did not use these wheeled tanks independently, but he and the 2nd company must have been seen, but in any case, their thermal imaging cameras are not superior. As for the 1rd company dragged 3 km behind, Rahman is not such a clever commander, but he can only be used for now.

He picked up the intercom:
"Rahman, you must flank your company to the north road, and from there move west until you see the enemy. They must be somewhere to the southwest of you."

"Commander, why aren't they in the west or north?"

"Because the northern highway has just been attacked by air, the planes are always searching around the strike area repeatedly, so a commander with a normal mind will not stay there to die."

"Wouldn't it be easy for me to be bombed by the Chinese Air Force if I go from there?" Rahman finally thought of this level.

"So you have to be fast, what else..." Yahini thought for a while, "I think you have some luck, don't worry, go for it boldly. I allow you to shoot out all the depleted uranium bombs."

"Depleted uranium bomb... well, I will act immediately."

Rahman didn't like the sudden changes in the night march. He still couldn't adapt to Yahini's changeable plan, but based on his trust in Yahini, he decided to carry it out without compromise, even though he didn't know how Yahini planned. I see that I am lucky.

The 7 tanks drove quickly north, then turned west at the location Yahini designated.

There were many limping wounded Indian soldiers walking westward tenaciously on the side of the road, most of them were unarmed, but it still made Rahman nervous.There were some Indians trying to stop the tanks, as if trying to hitch a ride, and he gave the order to speed up and shake them off.

Yamura saw that part of the enemy began to prevent smoke and moved towards the village where the assault gun was lurking, but the other part remained unchanged, as if they knew their plan, and things were developing unexpectedly.

The 2-type tanks of the 96nd company were advancing towards the enemy's bunker. They were not sure that they hit the exposed part of the turret during the march, and simply hid themselves with smoke and just pushed forward.The commanders have observed that the enemy's armor-piercing projectiles are accurate, but not very powerful. They are obviously the kind of vulnerable assault guns they encountered just now, and there are very few of them. Although the 2nd company does not have any technical advantages on the battlefield, it has good experience. Once it has determined the shortcomings of the opponent, it must be eaten to death.

Japanese assault guns fired ammunition in vain, they could sometimes see targets emerging from the smoke, but they couldn't penetrate the front.

A Type 96 tank stopped and aimed at the target that had just thrown a shell at him. The commander reminded the gunner to try to hit the bunker directly in front of him. Although he couldn't see what the bunker was, the big Sometimes, improvised cover, such as a fence or house, is not so effective against armor-piercing rounds.

A 125mm artillery shell carries huge kinetic energy and flies to the enemy's hidden bunker.The cover is actually the isolation zone of the furrow irrigation area of ​​the tobacco plantation. The 2-meter-wide and 1.5-meter-high concrete wall hides thick metal pipes and a thick layer of rammed earth on the outside. It should be said that the Japanese are still very good at finding cover. .

After the shell penetrated the low wall, it shattered, but the fragments still easily penetrated the frontal armor of the assault gun, killing and injuring the occupants of the vehicle.

5 assault guns started to retreat, and 2 speeded up and rushed over. The commanders knew that if they were turned around by these wheeled vehicles, they would run away without a trace in a blink of an eye.

Yamura received a call for help. He knew that the ambush plan had failed, and now he had to cover the last few assault guns to escape, and then all retreated.He ordered 2 platoons of 90 tanks to go south quickly, and if possible to lay an ambush, and then ordered the remaining tanks to retreat west.

Rahman emerged from the north and immediately saw the slightly confused enemy in the maneuver. He forgot to report to Yahini and launched an attack directly.

(End of this chapter)