Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 799 Melee weapon
Marshal Pasade hid in the underground headquarters in the north of the city, pretending to be very calm.After he ran down from the front line, he kept his back to his subordinates and stood in front of the huge city defense map on the wall, waiting for the staff to climb up and down to collect all kinds of new information.

If there is a relatively safe place in New Delhi, it is probably his headquarters. He knows that the enemy will not attack here for the time being, because the enemy is still waiting for his reply. He just lowered the asking price and sent another copy. Statements calling for an end to this war have yet to be heard.The unhurried pace of the opponent really made him suffer, making him feel that his value in the eyes of the enemy was far lower than what he thought. "They don't seem eager to negotiate? Maybe the victories on the battlefield have gone to the heads of the Chinese?"

He was thinking wildly in his mind that his negligence led to the collapse of Jiang Fang, which had high hopes. Maybe the enemy changed his mind and no longer wanted to negotiate terms with a trash.

"No, no matter what, give them some color. Unconditional surrender is absolutely unacceptable."

At present, the arrows marked on the map in each enemy's attack direction are still far away from him, and the Chinese army has not launched an attack from the west and north.There are mountains to the west of New Delhi, and the strongest ground fortifications to the north, which they have not touched.

When conceiving the entire defense of New Delhi, he made a serious mistake. He relied too much on the Jumuna River in the east of the city, thinking that this would be a natural barrier that could be used. If the enemy knew the map, he would not easily start from here. , but the Jumuna River is too close to the center of New Delhi. Using it as the main basis for defense means losing depth. Those areas east of the river are only defended by poorly equipped self-defense forces; and from a hydrological point of view, its water volume is in this month. Has been unreliable.

But there is no medicine for regret on the battlefield, and now he must force himself to start thinking about his next move instead of regretting it.

"Report, the numbers of all the enemies attacking in the east have been identified, all of them are Pakistani troops, and no Chinese troops have been found to be involved."

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, Pacianita's actions in the east are ineffective. Every time he launches an offensive, he will be disintegrated by the enemy's artillery fire, and he will not be able to touch the enemy's side at all. There are a lot of open areas on both sides of the enemy's position. The defense is very favorable. They can make full use of air superiority," said a staff officer.

"Yes, last night in order to cooperate with the counterattack, our air defense force has been completely overdrawn, and now many positions have no missiles to launch. Although there are thousands of anti-aircraft guns, most of them are too small in caliber, and the enemy has figured it out Given this, their planes can fly over us from an altitude of 1600 meters, which is difficult for us to reach.

"I think we should accept the US's suggestion and start a breakthrough immediately." Another person expressed a new point of view.

"No, that's too dangerous. They can't get out by themselves, and we won't succeed."

"Then what do you say?"

"It is unwise to give up the defense of the city. If I were the Chinese commander, I would let you out and consume your troops in the field."

"Continuing to hold on is a dead end. We will be trapped alive."

Pasade stood still without saying a word, so his subordinates began to argue among themselves, and the content of the debate was what the marshal was repeatedly weighing in his stomach.

Charmain walked up to Pasade and whispered a few words in his ear, telling him that his opponent had sent a telegram rejecting his new proposal of ceasefire first and negotiations later.Only then did Pasade move slightly, then turned around and came in front of a group of officers.

"Everyone, how many troops have not withdrawn across the river?"

"It is impossible to count the number of people. There are still about 5 or 6 regiments. Most of the tanks crossing the river have been destroyed. We originally planned to withdraw the mechanized troops before dawn, but the enemy suddenly infiltrated and disrupted our rhythm. Now their air force is firing on all ground vehicles."

"Tell Pacianita that the first-line troops should immediately withdraw past the defense of the Jumuna River, and the second-line troops give up the siege of the zoo, and are ready to withdraw into the urban area at any time, and prepare for the defense based on the city."

"Commander, if we do this, we will lose 20??? Defense depth areas. Originally, we planned to use these areas to hold out for half a month and consume a lot of the enemy's vital strength."

"Everyone, the original plan has failed. Now our mechanized troops have lost the ability to maneuver in open areas. The dozens of tanks that the enemy drilled in are just bait. They just want to lure our troops to gather around them. Then use air superiority to destroy. Now it is our vital forces that are being consumed, not them. This must be taken into account.”

"We put the enemy in the city?"

"That's right. Fighting from floor to floor and from house to house will make it difficult for their air force to play a role. The battle will be relatively fair."

"It's too risky. What about the safety of the Prime Minister? The enemy is less than 7 kilometers away from the Prime Minister's Palace after crossing the river."

"Don't think about the Prime Minister. From now on, it is our army that deals with the Chinese, whether it is military or political. The Chinese deliberately let the Pakistani army attack from this direction, just to see our strength and see Our bargaining chip. Kahan is not our bargaining chip. On the contrary, if the prime minister is unfortunately killed ... the main obstacle for us to start negotiations with the Pakistanis will be much less."

Everyone was taken aback by the marshal's argument, but after muttering for a while, they all felt that it was the only way.

Yahini found that the enemies around him seemed to have stopped, and the shells near him seemed to be much sparser.The enemy was probably scared by cluster bombs.

He used binoculars to observe the other side of the river carefully. The enemies who stayed on the other side of the river were avoiding here far away, and fled back to the city from the railway bridge in front of the Gandhi Memorial Hall, most of them were on foot.

The Pakistani Air Force constantly has fighter planes diving down from the clouds and using unguided weapons to attack the pontoon bridge. However, under the interference of the anti-aircraft guns at the bridgehead, the hit rate is not high. It must be overestimated to say that 10 out of 1 shots is definitely overestimated. The bombs always explode around the pontoon bridge. A huge splash can be made without damaging the bridge.Its destruction speed is roughly the same as that of the enemy engineers rushing to repair the pontoon bridge. It seems that the air force is also a novice.

He felt that the Air Force was wasting ammunition, because it would not be long before the enemies on the east coast were withdrawn, and the Indians would start blowing up the bridge by themselves.Up to now, Younis is still unable to organize a ground offensive, which shows how serious the defeat of the 1st Division was yesterday.He was very worried that the army would be looked down upon by the air force after the war, the pilots would say they blew up a passage to New Delhi for the army, but those crap just couldn't move their ass.

Yahini sighed, and continued to look in the direction of the urban area, condescendingly seeing a New Delhi with smoke everywhere. He had seen this scene several times in his dreams, and now it finally came true.

The bombs dropped by the Pakistan Air Force were not the culprits of these fires, but the large amount of fuel in the downed fighter planes and the ammunition fired by the Indian air defense forces during counterattacks were the culprits.

He thought to himself, let's burn it, and burn those wooden slums clean, it will be good for the next step.

The commander of the 2nd Battalion across the river reported several things to him, good news and bad news.The good news is that the mechanical repair team rushed to repair several tanks that broke down yesterday. The bad news is that when the troops were assembled, another 5 tanks were hit by mines and destroyed, all of which belonged to the 3rd Battalion.He repeatedly reminded the novices to be extra careful about the smooth roads left by the enemy just retreating, and would rather go around, but half of the company still ran over a mine.The old-fashioned anti-tank mines used by India are hard to hurt people. He has already removed enough parts from the old battlefield before the war, which must be more than what is stocked in the division warehouse. He can't handle that anymore.

"Brigade Commander, the offensive from China seems to have stopped." On the radio, 3rd Company Commander Rahman said.

"The final duel is between us and the Indians. Historically, this kind of urban warfare has suffered the most casualties. They are afraid of casualties and will not intervene too deeply."

"I found that the enemy's Self-Defense Forces are crazy, and rocket launchers continue to infiltrate."

"Once he gets into the city, the threat will be even greater, and the air force support will be greatly reduced."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an explosion sound in the distance. He turned his head, and the enemy began to blow up the bridge by itself.His actions broke down the enemy's defenses and forced them back considerably, but the battle was far from over.

Near the Indira Gandhi airport south of New Delhi, Wong's troops were advancing with a new set of tactics.Lin Huaisheng was quite apprehensive about the mechanized troops falling into urban combat. Although people kept telling him that new technology could break the enemy's strategy of sticking to consumption, he still didn't dare to attack in an all-round way; he repeatedly fought with the enemy at Gandhi International Airport, It was just to test the new tactics, and now it seems that there are some eyebrows, but the disadvantage of this style of tactics is that it is very slow and consumes far more ammunition than field battles.

The huge armored bulldozer opened up several offensive channels in front. These giant equipment with heavy armor can not only break obstacles but also clear mines.

The drone hovered slightly forward, watching for enemy movements behind those buildings.Huang Dexing's tanks did not attack too far forward. Facing a large number of buildings that might hide firepower in the front, retreating farther can ensure the main gun's range of fire, but it is difficult to hit if it is close.

On both sides of the tank formation, there are two 2mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns with 8-wheel chassis on each side. Most of Wang Zhenbei's troops use wheeled chassis, which makes their logistical support requirements only a few of He Fan's. One-third, but this also caused some problems. For example, this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is a single-barrel, and its firepower projection ability is slightly insufficient.

In addition to dealing with Indian helicopters and drones that are unlikely to appear, these weapons also have another task to suppress enemy snipers by using their shooting range advantages. The tactics of using programmable ammunition to attack enemies behind bunkers are still being explored. The difficulty is that they are different. For data sharing between units, except for a few company-level digital test troops, most vehicles can still only fight alone or use traditional voice communication for coordination.

When the bulldozer was advancing, there were only a few sporadic shots from the opposite side, and the enemy's tactics were also evolving, and they no longer shot randomly from long distances recklessly, exposing themselves prematurely.The UAV observed that the enemy behind the Indian Medical University has been mobilizing nervously, and they have not retreated.

Bulldozers cleared several breaches, and it deliberately left some large obstacles to serve as cover for infantry fighting vehicles as they advanced.The enemy has been observing the action of the bulldozers and did not fire. He may have been bluffed by the strong forces behind him, or he may be waiting for a better opportunity, an opportunity to kill infantry and tanks in large numbers.When the bulldozer broke through the barrier ahead, it naturally exposed the direction of the attack.

"The machine infantry company is starting to move, spread out, and put pressure on their latent troops." Huang Dexing gave the first step order while observing with a telescope.

The infantry fighting vehicles that put down the infantry began to move forward slowly. They were scattered and each drove to several buildings in front. This used to be the research institute of the New Delhi University of Medical Sciences, which belongs to the world's top medical research institutions to reverse research new drugs from all over the world. It is famous all over the world. It was taken over by the Self-Defense Forces a month ago and became a strong fortress. According to the intelligence from the spies in the city, about 900 enemy troops were ordered to guard here and never retreat.

Sure enough, the infantry battle put enough pressure on the enemy commander that mortars in the enemy's rear began firing.According to the experience of airport battles, mortar fire is the prelude to the enemy, in order to distract the crew of the walking tank, and the real killer may be anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers.None of the enemy's main anti-tank missiles can be launched indoors.Must occupy the roof or outdoor open space, now is the time for drone operators to keep their eyes open.

Sure enough, the enemy's launch team began to rush to the top of the building, and a large number of people appeared on the top of several buildings in front at the same time.They rushed towards the edge of the building with weapons on their shoulders, and it seemed that there was a time difference.

The 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns that have been prepared for a long time began to shoot. These artillery have completed the range measurement/ammunition programming on the roof, so they do not fire at the building itself, but aim at the position on the top of the roof to maximize its impact. fragmentation power.

The machine cannon fired several rows of shells repeatedly in a horizontal sweep.When the first batch of enemies emerged from the roof, the shells crackled and exploded on their heads.For a while, fragments flew across the roof of the building, causing heavy casualties, but the enemy still rushed forward one after another.

At the same time, infantry fighting vehicles also took advantage of their larger shooting range, using 30mm guns to shoot at those suspicious windows on the building.The smoke rising from the battlefield disrupted the observation of the drones, and they began to shift positions to find targets further back, such as those mortar positions that were still firing, and enemy headquarters.No matter how well camouflaged a cannon is, it is always easy to expose when fired.

The drone took the lead in capturing a self-propelled mortar that was about to retreat. In the Self-Defense Forces, such a target is considered high value.Laser beams were directed at unaware enemies, and bombs slid from the sky, knocking tanks over.

At the same time, the enemy's rocket artillery team began to use the ruins on the ground and the smoke in the air as cover to approach the infantry fighting vehicle.Huang Dexing received a report from the tank and suffered sporadic attacks from enemy rocket launchers.The distance is about 100 to 150 meters.If you enter the range of 100 meters, the accuracy of the RPG will be greatly enhanced.

He ordered the tanks to retreat, and this time it was the turn of the tanks.He had to alternately use different weapons to disrupt the rhythm of the enemy. Of course, the price was that the battle became extremely complicated and slow.

The tank pushed directly through the obstacle and advanced towards the enemy's defended building, while the infantry fighting vehicle kept a distance and followed closely behind.The formation should be spread out as far as possible without being crowded together.All kinds of enemy fire began to spray out of the window.But the Chinese army has a large range of firepower enough to fight back.Soon the building ahead was riddled with holes, and the enemy's firepower was completely suppressed.

(End of this chapter)