Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 751 Fragile Liquid-Pneumatic Suspension

The Japanese tanks were preparing to respond to the inescapable assault guns pursued by the 2nd company of the South and the North, and began to turn around. According to Yamura's deployment, a team stayed in the rear to guard, but after a fierce battle all night, this team was also a little slack. All 3 vehicles Their attention was drawn to the southeast. They were also worried about the fate of the assault guns, but they were not too worried that they would be hit by shells.

Rahman saw the enemy tank appearing from the thermal imager, with most of his butt facing him, he was so excited that he forgot to report to Yahini and also forgot to assign the target.

His range-finding laser even hit the enemy tank directly. After the 90 tanks in the back of the hall discovered the enemy's situation, VT4 had already occupied an excellent situation and roughly launched.

At a distance of 2800 meters at a low speed, during marching shooting, the unique advantages of VT4 began to emerge. The automatic transmission of this tank makes it easier to keep the vehicle body moving forward at a constant speed on undulating terrain, while traditional tanks must be used when shooting in motion Relying on an experienced driver and trying to maintain a stable movement in the horizontal direction can make it easier for the image stabilization fire control to obtain more accurate target movement numbers through average sampling when tracking the target.

This advantage allows the 5 VT4s that obtained the shooting position to calculate the advance more accurately. In the first shot, 5 shells hit 2 enemy tanks, and the 2 tanks that arrived later did not catch fire. The last 1 made supplementary shots from the side and back, and Yamura lost a team in about 90 seconds.

Yahini did not get the information from the radio that Rahman had entered the position and was about to fire. He directly saw the burning target through the thermal imager, and then heard the explosion.

"This idiot didn't report, it completely disrupted my rhythm."

He scolded, and the pieces on the chessboard began to move on their own, and the 3 companies he ruled seemed to have this virtue.However, he reckoned that the problem was not big, because his troops still had a certain advantage in numbers and the situation of being surrounded on three sides, so they could definitely dominate the opponent. Of course, he estimated the advantage in numbers.

"Company 1, assault forward, assault to the road 400 meters ahead at the fastest speed, and rely on it as a cover."

He can only take advantage of Rahman's chaos and rush forward 400 meters. At that time, the thermal imaging camera should be able to see the target. If he can't see it, he still has backup ground cover to choose from.

He has already predicted the terrain on the route ahead through low-light night vision, and has also carried out laser ranging in some areas to accurately compare the digital map. It should be said that the early preparations are very sufficient.

Therefore, his troops are basically targeted, and they will not rush around even in completely unfamiliar areas.Whether it is inter-vehicle communication, digital maps, and Beidou satellite navigation, he has completely incorporated them into actual combat.The only shortcoming is of course the 3rd company, which is still not easy to control. It’s not that Rahman always has too many opinions like the previous T84 company. Ni's style, while Rahman's actual combat experience hardly includes night combat.Only half a year ago, the second-line tank units of both India and Pakistan deliberately avoided night battles because they were not sure.

The Type 1 tanks of the 99st company moved forward quickly to make up for the gap of several hundred meters of the thermal imager.During this period, the Japanese tanks that came back to their senses began to counterattack Rahman. As the artillery fire was fired, they appeared from the thermal imager in advance.

The Japanese tanks that came around the corner were 3 kilometers away from the 2.7rd company, and they fired at each other ineffectively.Rahman's tank guns are slightly less powerful than the 1st company, and cannot penetrate the opponent's front armor at this distance, but their armor is sufficient to withstand the Japanese armor-piercing shells.

Yamura fell into a short period of chaos, but he didn't respond immediately by dividing his troops according to his intuition. He realized that there were enemy situations on the left and right flanks at the same time, but it probably wasn't all of them. , Sure enough, I saw Yahini's main force sneaking over.

Yamura immediately guessed the opponent's intentions. Although the situation was already at a disadvantage, he had to respond immediately. He decisively ordered the two flanking teams to fire smoke, which temporarily blocked the frontal enemy. , keep shooting.He expected that he would be able to figure out that the master who divided his troops into three ways to outflank him at night would not be reckless, so he had to immediately deal with the new enemy situation in the north. As for the last 2 assault guns in the south, he had to give up.

Yahini's charge occupied one side of the road, and his goal was roughly achieved. He saw the enemy and found the terrain support, but at this time the enemy had already released smoke in his direction, making him temporarily unable to shoot.

"Battalion Commander, we can't penetrate the enemy, so we request to retreat." Rahman on the radio asked to retreat confidently.

"Absolutely not. You must hold off most of the enemy tanks from the north. Surround them and buy us time."

"But...but there are more enemies coming at me than mine."

"So what? They dare not rush over."

Yahini casually said that the opponent did not dare to rush, hoping to give Rahman a reassurance. Of course, if the opponent really did that, the flank of the tank would be exposed. He estimated that the Japanese commander would not be so confused.

"What if they really rushed over?"

"With depleted uranium bombs, you have an advantage of several hundred meters, fool, do you still need me to teach you?"

Rahman made fun of himself. He carefully measured the distance of the target. The enemy did not move forward, but moved very slowly. He relied on the slowly moving tanks on one side to release smoke to block the direction of Yahini, and the rest of the tanks moved toward him. As he came over, he was worried that his front armor was hit hard once. The armor-piercing shells of the Japanese army were not as tough as those of the American army.

He asked all his crews on the radio, hoping that a certain crew still had depleted uranium bombs. Of course, he was not very optimistic about the result.Sure enough, everyone answered no. His crew was allocated a total of 30 rounds of depleted uranium bombs, but apart from him, the rest of the crew were also impatient, and they fired all of them as soon as they approached the enemy.Most of the shots hit infantry fighting vehicles or assault guns, and some even hit trucks.

"What should I do?" he said to himself. "Try it with a missile." Rahman reminded the gunner to change a missile.Maybe a missile jet can penetrate 90 front armor?
At the same time, Yamura on the opposite side is reminding his men to be prepared to deal with artillery-fired missiles.

Different from the attitude of most other countries, the Japanese army specially adopted various measures against missiles in response to the situation of surrounding enemies. In addition to the front armor, which can just resist the jet stream of the main missiles, there is also a set of targeted tactics during training. Trained commanders can launch smoke bombs to cover the tank during a certain stage of the missile's flight. After the missile deviates, the tank moves forward quickly, drills out of the smoke and continues to shoot.This is the Japanese army's tactical strategy designed specifically for the slow speed and easy detection of artillery-launched missiles. While protecting itself, it can still maintain firepower.Of course, this tactic has never been used in actual combat.

Rahman glanced at the monitor, which showed the situation of all friendly forces. After Yahini's frontal assault for a few hundred meters, there was no new mobilization. The 2nd company is still in pursuit. It seems that the battalion commander is still calm and calm, thinking that this side can withstand it.However, I have endured twice as many enemy shots. As the enemy advances, sooner or later they will approach the position where the shells can penetrate. At that time, they can eliminate themselves by numbers.

The operation of removing and reloading the bomb was finally completed, and a cannon-launched missile was pushed into the barrel.

"Fire!"

He yelled, meaning success or failure in one fell swoop.

Yahini was 4 kilometers away, and saw the missile with tail flame slowly flying towards the direction of the Japanese army from the peripheral vision instrument. He knew that the flame of the spiral jumping missile was particularly conspicuous at night, and the opponent had enough means to take action. Thinking why this stupid guy didn't try his luck with depleted uranium bombs.

Rahman pressed his forehead against the forehead pad, watching the missile cling to the target, approaching in a spiral shape.Suddenly, an enemy tank belches smoke, blocking his view.

"Damn, how could this be?"

He cursed, watching the missile slip into the smoke, which of course was unlikely to hit.

The Japanese tanks emerged from the smoke, took aim quickly, and fired an accurate shot.The loud sound of the shell hitting the turret indicated that it had landed right in front of Rahman, and if the shell penetrated it would probably hit him in the face.Fortunately, the shells shattered and still did not penetrate the front armor of VT4, but the movement was much more than the previous one. Obviously, as the distance approached, the kinetic energy was much more abundant.

"Battalion Commander, our company must retreat, at least use smoke to hide ourselves. The Japanese have rushed to 2500 meters, and they have more than 10 vehicles." Rahman began to be afraid, and his voice was trembling.

"Change a grenade." Yahini said calmly on the radio. He just thought about the whole thing a few seconds ago. 3 Perhaps because he was scolded by himself, the company commander dared not admit that there was no depleted uranium bomb.

"What?" Rahman was taken aback. He couldn't believe that the battalion commander he respected gave him such a bad idea.

"Listen. Hit them under the chassis with a grenade. Their suspension is weak. I promise you can fight them at longer range."

"understood."

In fact, Rahman didn't understand the key points at all, but he had some blind superstitions about Yahini. He ordered all the crews to change grenades, and then aimed at the gap between the opponent's frontal armor and the ground.

According to Rahman's original experience, if you shoot a T72, it will not have any effect. First, the chassis is low and it is not easy to hit there. Second, the infantry anti-personnel ammunition fired by the tank gun has limited power, and the fragments can at most damage one or two loads. rounds, the tank can still advance at high speed.Of course, since this is what Yahini said, he is going to give it a try.

The gunner starts ranging the opponent's frontal armor, then corrects the injected laser point downwards.If the shooting is unsuccessful, the enemy will rush to a distance of 2000 meters, and then the battle will enter the stage where armor-piercing projectiles guarantee mutual penetration, and the bayonet sees red. According to general experience, the side with the superior number can quickly win the frontal confrontation , and the exchange ratio will also dominate.

The Japanese tanks were confident and continued to advance.In order to adapt to the convenience of off-road driving at night, most car captains deliberately use controllable hydraulic suspension to raise the chassis height to 600 mm.For the tank gunners of the 3rd company, it is not difficult to hit this area as long as they stop for disturbance aiming.

Rahman's company commander's vehicle fired first.A shell drilled directly under the target chassis and exploded there.This area is the best place for the fragments to exert their power. The chassis armor and the ground limit the fragments from flying in other directions, and almost all hit the suspension.
If the shell explodes on the outside of the track, the road wheel can also cover the liquid and gas pipes and hydraulic pump to a certain extent.And this explosion is no longer like shooting the same position of a normal tank, just destroying a torsion bar or two or a few road wheels.

The rapidly advancing Japanese tank crew immediately had a wonderful feeling of the bottom of the submarine seat. Nine of the 12 sealed liquid and gas pipelines were instantly destroyed.What followed was the loss of pressure and control of the entire CNC suspension.

The tank chassis sits stiffly from a height of 600mm, almost touching the ground.

Rahman saw from a distance that the target was high on one side and low on the other, collapsing on the ground like a stranded whale.Although it still appears to be able to turn the turret, the immobile tank is pretty much a piece of scrap metal.

"It succeeded?" He still couldn't believe the facts before him. The invulnerable tank was hit by a grenade that didn't hit directly and couldn't walk.At the same time, other tanks lined up also fired in the same way.

Most of the shells missed the hit position due to poor shooting skills, but there were still 2 hits, and only 2 hits caused 2 Japanese 90 tanks to stop in place with the same strange posture.Under the illusion of steel and iron, there is such a weakness hidden.

Yamura knew these shortcomings of 90 for a long time, so before intercepting Amir's frontal offensive, he first chose a position, and in the ambush attempting to intercept Yahini, he also chose a terrain that was enough to hide the chassis, but when Yahini When Ney surrounded him on three sides and forced him to enter an open space to shoot, he could only ignore this problem.But he didn't expect to be quickly caught by the tanker on the opposite side.He couldn't believe that within a few hours, he faced two Pakistani troops, and there was such a difference?On the battlefield, the side with the opposite strategy can always mobilize the opponent, while the less intelligent side can only be mobilized by the opponent.To some extent, Amir's clumsy command also paved the way for Yamura's underestimation of the enemy.

The Japanese army in front of Rahman began to release smoke, which was a sign of weakness and retreat.He waited for a while, but did not see any 90 tanks coming out, which meant that the enemy was retreating.

Outside the smoke, there was only one Japanese tank that was destroyed and partially suspended, and could barely reverse.I saw it bouncing forwards and backwards, swinging from side to side, looking like an unstable spinning top. This kind of funny scene made the Pakistani tank crew almost forget to shoot.

In the end, Rahman urged 7 tanks to shoot. The Japanese tank was hit by 2 armor-piercing projectiles and 2 grenades at the same time, and was then hit by 2 late-arriving missiles.

"Battalion Commander, thanks to the miracle, we have repelled them." Rahman said overjoyed.

"Don't thank the miracle, thank me."

Yahini said.

On the other side of the battlefield, all 5 Type 13 assault guns were destroyed by the 2nd company. None of them could escape to the road with sufficient speed. The entire pursuit process of the 2nd company was not threatened by the main force of the enemy. Yu 3rd Company applied pressure from the north.

"Brother Feisal, how many cars did you see?" Yahini asked, wondering whether he should take down his opponent in one fell swoop.

"There are about 2 companies, or more, and our company has destroyed 7 vehicles."

"As far as they retreat, how much you enter, compress them, but don't get carried away."

"Understood." Rahman replied happily.

(End of this chapter)