Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 786

Yelinsky must face the last chance, life or death. Not long ago, he had heard the final fate of Yamura from the Chinese army's capitulation channel-about an hour ago, he committed suicide 70 kilometers away from Agra, All Japanese troops attempting to break out of the siege were almost wiped out.Not a single heavy weapon escaped.Yelinsky believes that the news that Yamura's troops were annihilated is true, because it is consistent with the information received by General Frings in Agra. Only about a dozen Japanese soldiers have successfully crossed the river. Now they have entered the Indian Army's control area and recovered. communication.roughly confirmed the Chinese statement.The Chinese have shown in their propaganda that they have also made significant progress in the direction of New Delhi. At present, all the starting positions of the coalition forces in the morning have been occupied, and all the counterattacks of the Indian Army have been repelled.This part seems to have an attempt to divide the Indian and coalition forces, but Yelinsky has no guilt about this.He felt more sympathetic towards Colonel Yamura, but of course the rest was worrying about his own fate.

Yamura is the calmest and most experienced armor commander Yelinsky has ever seen. He is good at getting into the enemy's gap from the smallest gap, and he can also deal with enemies that are several times his own.He witnessed all these with his own eyes, but he passed away safely.As a result, he stopped his hasty counterattack plan and instead sought a more secure plan to break out at night.Officers generally believe that night is more beneficial to the coalition forces, and the Chinese army is too reluctant to fight on two fronts. Maybe it will take advantage of it here, and wait for New Delhi to stabilize before turning its guns to attack here.

But in the process of mobilizing his troops to build up, the enemy will not be silent, except for political propaganda, its air force has been jamming the communication of drones and satellites, even Agra can't get the best reconnaissance effect, no one knows During the period when Yamura was going to perish, what kind of mobilization did the Chinese army carry out.Maybe they were really naive to think that the coalition forces could be surrendered by siege?

In the tent where the headquarters is located, Buck is analyzing the situation with a tablet computer in his hand, and Yelinsky and other officers are sitting below.Since the command vehicle is being forced to carry out uplink and downlink data communication, it may become the target of anti-radiation weapons. The final command work can only be carried out in the valley. Due to the lush vegetation nearby, the camouflage near the tent is good, and the communication is carried out through cables. It is not easy to be found by opponents.

"The enemy has not stopped attacking us for a second. This is a photo of the enemy's transport troops taken 30 minutes ago. It is very spectacular, but no self-propelled artillery was found, and there are very few towed artillery; today they are from 2 to 3 directions. A centripetal assault on New Delhi may not be able to spare the heavy firepower." Barker said.

"This is one of the few good news today, isn't it? If the enemy thinks that they can wait until tomorrow to deal with us, then we may stand out in a few hours." A battalion commander said.

"Yes, they lack heavy firepower, and we still have a chance," said Major Jennings, whose head was wounded and bandaged; he had come back from the south three hours earlier to save Yelinsky, He gave up his chance to escape, and is now besieged with the headquarters, but he still looks very optimistic.

"Mountains have the advantages of mountains. It is difficult for their long-range firepower and air force to exert their power, especially for long-range rocket launchers. The shooting range is restricted." Someone immediately echoed this view. The timing is critical, and small advantages are always easy to be over-interpreted. .

"That's right, our anti-aircraft firepower can still withstand it for a while, at least we can wait until night, when it is in our favor to launch an attack."

"Gentlemen, I'm not so optimistic," Barker interrupted everyone. "Here are the latest drone pictures. Please pay attention to these rotors lined up. It is the enemy's fleet of Mi-17 transport aircraft, 2 kilometers long. Due to the angle, we can't see what they are transporting for the time being." While he was speaking, the new picture was simultaneously displayed on the projection equipment in the tent.

"Maybe it's just infantry or ammunition? In short, they must be strengthening their forces, but if they don't move their heavy weapons to the commanding heights nearby, it's still difficult to pose a threat to us." Jennings said cautiously. What he guessed didn't seem to be a big threat, but he didn't dare to say anything else.

Buck shook his head, and continued: "Global Hawk can only shoot from an altitude above 1.5 meters. The picture is not very clear, but the shadow of Z-17 on the ground is still photographed, and there is obviously something hanging below it."

He pressed a few buttons to zoom in on the image, and he could see the shadow of the helicopter on the ground, which looked a little strange, as if there was something hanging there, and the tent was quiet for a while, and most of them could guess what it was based on common sense.

"The staff judged that it may be the enemy's jeep or mortar, or it may be a light howitzer. But why did they use the helicopter to cloud the jeep? If it is a light 155 howitzer, then the threat will be very, very great... just like Janning just now What Major Si said, if the enemy's heavy firepower cannot control the nearby favorable shooting positions, the threat to us is still limited. But we must be soberly aware that our enemy is extremely rational, and every fight has proved that they Do whatever it takes.”

Yelinsky stood up and made concluding remarks: "Gentlemen, we can no longer wait until dark, we must launch an attack immediately, from both directions. You see, I am making the following changes to the plan..." he said Go to the map.

At the same time, He Fan's headquarters was being mobilized noisily.At this moment, He Fan's intelligence superiority has already overwhelmed his opponent. He continuously launched a large number of small drones into the valley of about 75 square kilometers occupied by the enemy. These small drones shoulder the task of scouting the enemy's next move. Aim120 missiles are still not a loss.Reconnaissance shows that the enemy's air defense capabilities have been strengthened in a short period of time, and radars and portable missiles have been deployed on the commanding heights that some vehicles can drive.

He needed heavy firepower to crush the enemy's breakout, but he did not mobilize any towed or wheeled artillery to join the fight.In his opinion, the artillery is either mounted on a tracked chassis or light enough to be moved by a helicopter. The middle part is a vulgar product that considers cost and sacrifices features, which is very suitable for Wang Zhenbei.

When he was still fighting in Leh, he was deeply impressed by the power of the Indian Army's M777 howitzer. The artillery comes and goes like the wind, and its performance is very eye-catching; and the Chinese helicopters can only lift mortars due to poor power, or operate in areas 1000 meters lower than the enemy.

He asked Lin Huaisheng to use helicopters to transport new artillery to participate in this offensive. Since these 39-caliber artillery had no place in the foreseeable New Delhi battle, Lin quickly agreed to this request, but rejected his request for armed helicopter assistance. attack request.

In low-altitude areas, Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters can transport these artillery pieces by hoisting them outside the machine, instead of splitting them into two parts and assembling them at the position, which is what He Fan values ​​most. He still It is impossible to determine the route of the enemy's breakthrough, so it is necessary to quickly mobilize firepower to deal with it.In fact, he has already identified areas in the nearby mountains that are suitable for artillery positions and observation posts, and made a rough assessment of the shooting range of each position, but he does not directly deploy these artillery. He has to wait for Mr. Yelinsky move.The enemy didn't have ammunition and ammunition supplies, so they obviously wouldn't be trapped for too long, He Fan could see this very clearly.

The UAV captured some movement of the enemy in the confronting valley, and the F15 fleet that appeared from the southern airspace was about to move again, which was a signal that the enemy was about to attack.He Fan didn't rush to climb up to the command tank, he patiently waited for the enemy's first round of offensive to determine the direction of their main attack and feint attack.He ordered some of the helicopters on standby to take off, head towards the initially determined direction, and wait in the air for further routes.

The frontier observation post first observed the appearance of small remote-controlled vehicles of the US military (demining robots)
These funny little cars were at the forefront, trying to sneak away the mines that had been dropped by long-range rockets to seal off the mountain pass a few hours earlier.Since these landmines, which are behind the times, cannot be separated from the parachute before landing, identification is easy. The robotic arm only needs to grab the parachute and drag the landmine away.The snipers on the hill watched for a while and started firing at these silly things, and soon the mortars joined in, and within 5 minutes, several demining vehicles were all destroyed.

Then two huge M2ABVs (Assault Breaking Vehicles) suddenly appeared. These 1-ton heavy vehicles used the chassis of the M70 tank, but there was no turret. Instead, they were replaced by a huge demining shovel in front and a nonel launch box on the chassis. .

The two barrier-breaking vehicles drove to the front and suddenly started firing nonels into the sky. The nonels were pulled forward by the rocket and thrown forward. As soon as they landed, there was a spectacular explosion. The huge smoke and dust instantly blocked the vision of all nearby personnel. The anti-tank mines on the way forward were swept away.

Before the dust fell to the ground, 20 M1A2 tanks rumbled out of the valley at a very high speed, and started shooting at the Chinese tanks blocked in front.

For a while, armor-piercing bullets and fragments flew across, and it was difficult for both sides to see the target clearly in the smog. However, the coalition forces charged decisively, and soon rushed to the distance of mutual guaranteed destruction. The six-wheeled armored vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles followed closely behind. Afterwards, the use of anti-tank missiles to support the front, if it wasn't for the procrastination of mine clearance, everything seemed quite organized.

After the tanks began to exchange fire, the top-attack missiles of both sides lifted into the air almost simultaneously, and then fell into the enemy's area.

The two bombers rushed over to drop bombs, but they were quickly locked by the ground radar. The fighter planes that had disarmed the bombs dropped their bombs hastily before getting rid of the radar, and the bombs fell on a nearby hillside.The self-propelled artillery of both sides also began to join in the shooting, but due to their low positions, they were all blocked by the terrain and could not exert their full power.

At the same time, 6 helicopters were quietly shuttled through the nearby valley with their artillery hanging. They had determined the general direction of the enemy's breakthrough and needed to be quickly deployed to a new position that could cover the target.

The long-range rockets launched from the position north of New Delhi finally arrived on the battlefield. The rockets spread a piece of smart ammunition in the air. They opened their parachutes, wobbled and slowed down. Due to the distance, the accuracy deviation reached about 1 kilometer. Most ammunition cannot fly to high value targets.The M270 position near Agra directly fired powerful tactical missiles, which landed behind the Chinese army's blocking line, but due to insufficient reconnaissance capabilities, they could not play a decisive role.

The air forces of the two sides have already started fighting, and the coalition forces are still approaching in the form of an eagle wall. This is a rigid but extremely effective tactic. Most of the time, it can force back more Chinese aircraft; position, they are ready to fire a second round of medium-range bombs at any time, and put them into close combat.As the battlefield moved nearly 16 kilometers south from New Delhi, the enemy air force's advantage in movement began to offset its numerical disadvantage.

The air forces of the two sides launched the first round of shooting. The method was as simple as that of the tanks on the ground. Each fighter was hit and fell to the battlefield below.

He Fan was still sitting in the command post and did not mobilize the reserve team. He was still not sure whether the enemy's onslaught was the main attack.The enemy's slow demining action made him suspicious, and he always thought it was a show.

The 6 helicopters finally flew to the designated col. They hovered in the air and turned around, aimed their muzzles directly at the target area, and then slowly descended.After the artillery was released, the helicopters filed out of the airspace, and the second batch of helicopters transporting personnel and ammunition arrived and landed nearby.

The artillerymen jumped out of the helicopter and rushed to the gun positions. These artillery guns do not have an automatic servo system and still need to be operated manually. There are a lot of artillery squads. This is the time for them to work together to challenge the training record.

With the help of satellite positioning, the geodetic survey can be omitted to the simplest level. The observation post on the commanding height has confirmed the target position, and the calculation of all elements is completed simultaneously. Finally, it depends on the human factor.At present, the firepower of the two sides is evenly matched, and a powerful weapon must intervene to break this balance.

The 6 guns slowly raised their barrels, and there was no time for the necessary calibration of the precise method.They quickly unleashed their first burst of fire.

The artillery fire fell fairly accurately, roughly falling in the mixed battle group of infantry fighting vehicles and Humvees behind the enemy tanks.These lightly armored vehicles have been hiding in the back and are responsible for the task of launching anti-tank missile platforms, and finally suffered.

The position of the newly selected position is excellent, facing the direction of the enemy's breakthrough, and the curved firepower can penetrate the entire valley without any dead ends.But He Fan was not in a hurry to mobilize other artillery here, and he couldn't rule out the possibility that this was just a feint direction.Although the opponent, as the attacker, has the initiative to concentrate superior forces in the battle area chosen by his own side, he is sure to keep up with the enemy's rhythm within half an hour, and then gain the upper hand and crush the enemy's breakthrough.Part of his confidence comes from the fact that he is in control of this highly mobile artillery.In fact, this kind of crude artillery has no advantage in plain areas. Due to the difficulty of deployment/withdrawal and insufficient range, it is easy to be countered by the opponent's artillery, but in mountainous areas, it has its unique advantages.

Yelinsky boarded the tank again, ready to launch the final attack. He has been waiting for the intelligence of the drone's reconnaissance of the enemy's rear to determine whether his feint attack has mobilized the enemy, but the enemy's electronic interference is getting stronger and stronger , has been unable to receive enough information, and he can't wait any longer. According to his judgment, the opponent must have passively increased troops, and now is the time to dispatch.

(End of this chapter)