Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 777
The tanks of the two sides met for the first time at a distance of 4000 meters, and then launched a confrontation. The Chinese army did not use laser beam missiles, because they had tried it before, and it was true that they could not penetrate the front of the M1A2, and the flight time of the missiles was too long. The enemy may have fired 3 times before they flew close to the target.

"Don't worry, let's move to the side and let the enemy follow up in a long way. Fu Xiaoguang, you go around to the right of the enemy, so they can see you."

He Fan is in command at the front line. He is determined to disperse his forces in this area and stick to the enemy. He will take the main force and keep a distance of more than 2 kilometers to ensure that he will not be penetrated; once the enemy breaks through this distance, he will use mutual coordination and smoke. Take cover, turn and retreat.He knew that the first three axes of the US tanks were very powerful. In addition to the depleted uranium bombs, they also benefited from the explosive power of those thick loaders, which would greatly enhance their firepower projection capabilities, so he did not expect to solve the battle in a short time.

Patriot missiles in Agra still control the area, which makes it difficult for the Air Force to fully exert its air supremacy; however, veterans with ultra-low-altitude flight capabilities can still do well in lower airspace.The Patriot's guidance radar is very difficult to track ultra-low-altitude targets, but Yelinsky's remaining troops still have many mobile air defense weapons that can make up for low-altitude airspace.

Chang Yong's troops set out early in the morning to intercept the fleeing enemy. Helicopters can make good use of the terrain and avoid Agra's missiles, but they must guard against the anti-aircraft weapons in the enemy's column.

According to the reconnaissance intelligence of the drone, the enemy put the main battle tank in front, and other auxiliary vehicles behind. Obviously, chasing and killing from behind is the best way to avoid its anti-aircraft fire, and the target of the helicopter's first round of strikes is also Instead of enemy tanks, the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower must be dealt with first.

The helicopters used the cover of rolling hills, and they approached the enemy clusters. The millimeter-wave radar sometimes crossed the hills and could detect the position of the enemy columns.

They walked quickly, and their formation was fairly neat. It seemed that they were eager to get out, which was very conducive to the sneak attack.Usually, if the operators of these short-range air defense systems are not focused, it is easy to make mistakes.

The first Wuzhi 19, which was responsible for the reconnaissance mission, jumped up quietly. The pilot could see the billowing smoke and dust in the distance. Most of the enemy vehicles were covered by the smoke. This is not a problem for this kind of reconnaissance helicopter. Through the smoke, the enemy's situation can be seen clearly. Relatively speaking, the optical equipment used by the personnel on the ground vehicle is more disturbed by the smoke and dust.

The enemy convoy behind is composed of nearly a thousand Hummers and various auxiliary vehicles. The resolution of the millimeter-wave radar can barely rummage through the Hummers equipped with top missiles, but it is not easy to tell if it is a revenge equipped with a Stinger. Or, it is the anti-tank version of the TOW missile.The large trailers loaded with Hawk missiles and radars are very easy to identify, but they are not the focus of the sneak attack. These weapons have no power to fight back while they are on the move, so they can be put aside for the time being.

This daring Wuzhi 19 made an inch of progress, further increased its height, and approached forward. He needed to take a little risk, and it was beneficial to use passive sensors to detect the reaction of the Patriot III on the side and rear. Before the main force was deployed, such detection was also possible It is very necessary to draw a safe altitude for the helicopter group's next move.

The Patriot de1an/mpq53 phased array radar is staring at a higher airspace. It can defend against the upcoming anti-radiation missiles, jamming equipment and short-range missiles deployed around the radar. Although it can resist for a while, the combat center adopts The human-computer interaction method controls the prioritization of attacks, so when the commander's attention is focused on defense, he cannot be distracted into attack.

The passive sensor of the Z-19 did not detect the sentinel radar that often accompany motorized marches. It seems that the chosen attack position and timing are not bad.

Chang Yong made a decision to attack, and the 10 slightly clumsy Wuzhi 10s and the other 2 Zhi 19s slowly raised their heights. Although only the one driven by Chang Yong was equipped with a millimeter-wave radar, the data link can share target information. .He decided that first, the lead plane and the reconnaissance plane will use millimeter wave weapons to attack those targets that must be dealt with first, and then the other crews will start their own close-in attacks.

The armed helicopters that the Chinese army can dispatch are far less than the enemy's, but the fixed-wing fighters basically intercepted the various armed helicopters that took off from Agra at a place far enough away.

Actively guided millimeter-wave missiles are launched in several waves, and fly towards those Humvees equipped with anti-aircraft missiles and those Phalanx systems mounted on trailers without knowing it. Mistaking it as an anti-aircraft tank with a missile on it.

The enemy, who thought they were out of danger, was stunned by the unexpected firepower and couldn't find Bei for a while.The helicopters rushed over quickly, shooting at the fleeing enemies with machine guns and rocket pods. Most of the helicopters were prepared to keep missiles to deal with the heavier guys.

At the same time, the first batch of fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force rushed to the battlefield from low altitude, and their target was the armed helicopter behind He Fan.If possible, it is necessary to harass the pontoon bridge that the enemy has already repaired.

Lieutenant Colonel Latif took the lead and rushed to the front. His formation roared at an altitude of 300 meters, flying over the tanks on both sides. The radar scanned in the general direction, searching for the helicopters hiding behind the hills.On this battlefield, the Xiaolong fighter has no strengths to rely on, but it is still more than enough to deal with helicopters.

The radar of the lead plane, Latif, quickly searched for a low-speed plane, but the AWACS failed to see the target because the target was close to the ground.I can't identify the model for the time being. From the speed, it seems to be faster than a helicopter, like some kind of piston or turboprop aircraft, much smaller than the C130.Latif used a few simple pull-ups to avoid the low-altitude radar on the other side of the Jumuna River. He did not ask for permission, which is easy to do bad things, but directly fired two medium-range bombs.

There had been no civilian aircraft near New Delhi for a long time, and he didn't bother to identify them. Of course, even if it was a civilian aircraft, he could call it right, which was approved by Sami.

An Osprey aircraft, which was transporting bridging equipment for the Corps of Engineers, fell to the ground immediately after being hit.

The young Pakistani pilots, who are not very good at fighting beyond visual range, scattered to search for targets visually.Doppler radar is not easy to find those hovering or slow helicopters, so they trust their eyes more.

Flying at low altitude is extremely dangerous for these novices, but they don't care about life and death.

Soon, under the instructions of the early warning aircraft, someone killed a medium-sized drone.The impatient pilots circled around, trying to find something, and some impatiently began to shoot at the houses.No matter how botched their actions, their presence was enough to scare off the Apaches.

On the other side of the battlefield, Chang Yong found a huge silhouette deep in the smoke, which was obviously a tank.He fired the last millimeter-wave missile, but unfortunately the missile was attracted by a rampaging Hummer during the final guidance stage.The enemy who was caught off guard did not recover at all, and was completely in chaos.

He boldly moved closer to the target. According to intelligence, the Japanese Type 90 tanks were left behind. He knew that the war was short and he didn't want to leave any regrets.He kept firing jammers, searching forward, and the machine gun under the nose kept turning with his sight.

Sure enough, a Type 90 tank was preparing to drive off the highway to get rid of the jam.The Japanese commander did not dare to release too much smoke, for fear that his own people from behind would hit him, and was finally seen by Chang Yong, who was 2 kilometers away, and the firing line of the machine gun, which was shifted to position almost at the same time, merged with the sighting line of the helmet.Before he had time to adjust his posture and launch the rocket, he immediately pulled the trigger, and a long string of shells flew out. He used long bursts to test the tank's side armor.

The shells swept downwards obliquely from the top of the turret, spreading to the entire side. The target was quite resistant, and the turret was still turning, trying to align the frontal armor.

It was finally hit when the armor-piercing projectile hit the engine compartment behind the chassis.The helicopter adjusted its angle in pitch, and then fired six additional rockets, blowing the tank into a pool of mud.Driven by the helicopter, the ground vehicles fled in all directions. Soon, a large number of vehicle wreckages were left along both sides of the road. During the entire raid, no helicopter was shot down.

He Fan's team has been divided into two parts, covering each other with horns. This is a trick he used last time. He is determined that the enemy will not dare to disperse his troops.The enemy's wide-front wedge-shaped formation seems to protect each other and is invincible, but the formation turns very awkwardly. Once it turns to one side, the completely different driving distances between the two wings will cause confusion in the formation. They must either slow down and repair the formation. , this is what He Fan wanted; or he rushed forward regardless of the chaos, which would give the Chinese tanks on the other side a great opportunity, and Fu Xiaoguang on the other side could launch a quick attack and then leave quickly with the help of smoke.

Sure enough, the enemy rushed towards Zi Hefan and gave the side to another Fu Xiaoguang company.

He Fan has been counting the enemy's shooting density. He noticed that the enemy's momentum has obviously dropped. For the loader, after loading more than 10 rounds of 45 kg shells with high intensity, there will be a small trough in physical strength.However, the loading machines of Chinese tanks are still loading slowly as before, with no loss of efficiency.

"It seems that the arm hurts, the air force doesn't work, we can only solve it by ourselves." He chuckled, "Fu Xiaoguang, the enemy is coming towards me, you come from the enemy's right wing, there seem to be some M1A1s there, it should be more weak."

"clear."

He Fan retreated slowly with 3 companies in the front. The M1 tank was certainly powerful, but Yelinsky had to slow down in order to maintain an orderly formation in the front. not bad.

Brigadier General Augustan, the head of the first US military advisory group to enter India, is commanding the flank.

The brigadier general was originally a member of the advance advisory group who was asking for directions. He brought the old M1A1 tanks and Cobra helicopter tanks to India, thinking that the Indian army equipped with these old tanks could fight China.But after the battle, he knew that the above ideas were completely out of touch with reality. The M1A1 was not an opponent at all. The Indian Army had lost so much that it was too late to train; the time was also in China's favor; he sent a report to the country to show the situation. Research, which led to the dispatch of the Frings Legion, which had been preparing in secret, and now he joined forces with the mercenaries, trying to escape quickly.

Yelinsky's tactics of lining up formations seem to be very similar to the product of the early era of gunfire; after the arrival of the era of medium-range bombs in the Air Force, tactics similar to the eagle wall were also used in air combat to focus on the use of radar and Firepower superiority; tank commanders will naturally think about similar situations, but the neat formation essentially limits the flexibility of the bicycle. Yelinsky knows the power of it, and he has always been careful and ready to change tactics at any time.

Fu Xiaoguang appeared from behind the undulating terrain. He did not immediately unfold the front. He was not as impatient as Yelinsky. He wanted to swallow the opponent in one gulp. His 12 tanks approached the enemy in two columns. Against the background of the huge dust raised , like two desperate tanks, rushing towards the flanks of the entire enemy group.

Brigadier General Augustan paid too much attention to keeping the formation. He just ordered a platoon of his own troops to turn the turret to the flank to guard against a few enemy tanks in this area. .He didn't want his crew to fall behind because of unnecessary attacks.Subconsciously, he had the same idea as Yelinsky, and wanted to bring this army back intact. If anyone had to be sacrificed, the Japanese would be the ones after the Indians.

The Type 99 tank detected the enemy's laser ranging, but Fu Xiaoguang did not order to fire. He turned up the magnification and observed the side of the target. The opponent didn't turn his head together, which made him feel that he was underestimated.

"Is it really an unupgraded M1A1? They underestimate us too."

The opponent's 105mm rifled gun started to shoot. Fu Xiaoguang knew that this gun was accurate, but he didn't hide himself with smoke.

"Sure enough, there is no upgraded artillery inventory, and the armor looks bad enough. The Americans are stingy enough."

The gunner fired the missile at a distance of 2800 meters and slowly guided the missile to stick to the target.Seeing that the light spot merged with the target, the tank was instantly pierced by jet stream, and then exploded.

The 10 tanks lined up closely in the rear spread out to the two wings in turn.The first salvo, launched from 2200 meters away, paralyzed the opponent's flank in one shot.

Immediately behind the M1A1 and ran under the muzzle were the unlucky Stryker wheeled tanks. Their arrival here was also the product of misjudgment by the headquarters. Except for missing a hand in the battle against the Pakistani 6th Division, this kind of Wheeled vehicles have never been cheap in high-intensity battles.

"Don't worry about those wheeled ones, first hit the tanks and those Humvees with missiles." Fu Xiaoguang hurriedly told his crew, don't get dizzy, and must prioritize according to the degree of threat.

Commodore Augustan found out that his underestimation had serious consequences. The enemies were five times as juggling, and his tanks seemed unable to penetrate them.He was forced to lead the remaining tanks, stripped from the formation, and turned to Chinese tanks.The two sides fought from 5 meters to 2500 meters, and none of the Chinese tanks were penetrated by the shells fired by the 1500 rifled guns.

Augudan realized that the situation was not good, he ordered everyone to release smoke, and prepared to retreat after the smoke.But this decision was a bit late. A shell from the opposite side hit the front of the M1A1, and the tank without upgraded protection was easily drilled through a hole. The huge remaining capacity of the depleted uranium bomb debris carrier quickly formed a fire in the vehicle body.The Commodore had almost narrowly escaped the hatch and jumped out of the tank, but before he could get far, a huge explosion threw the turret up and landed right on the Commodore.

(End of this chapter)