Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 802 Scorched Earth Battle

Some commanders realized the reason for being suppressed, and they bravely drilled out of the turret in an attempt to fight back with machine guns, but such a move was too risky, and they were quickly shot by snipers and fell into the turret.

Yahini saw through the drone he threw, that in just a few minutes, enemy anti-tank teams were crawling over the tops of the houses on both sides like ghosts.The enemy's attack was obviously well prepared. He regretted that he had spent 15 minutes arranging the formation at the starting position before the attack, and requesting the Chinese drones to coordinate reconnaissance. These actions could easily reveal the attack location and intention.The enemy was obviously no longer the 16th Infantry Division that he had encountered in the breakthrough just now—the useless army that he single-handedly beat up easily when he joined the battle for the first time a year ago.

He ordered the 3rd Battalion to retreat slowly.But the enemy's attack may be based on experience, or it may be just a coincidence. It happened to attack the middle of the tank column. The wreckage of the damaged tank hindered the retreat of the front troops, and two platoons were blocked in front of the street. For a while, he was caught in a difficult situation.

Now all his options have been exhausted. As a tank commander, he has never encountered such a situation. His tank is caught in a dilemma.Rajani's 2nd Battalion is full of veterans who have fought several battles, and now they are hard-pressed.

Yahini suddenly realized one thing. There is only one reason why tanks are really desperate when they are fighting in the streets, and that is the loss of mobility.

Over the past few days, he read over and over again the textbooks and battle examples provided by Younis (mainly from the Russian army’s battle in Chechnya), carefully thinking about the way to enter the narrow streets. The way of alternate cover between the crews makes up for the dead angle of vision and shooting range, but it ignores the point that I have always relied on the most, which is the mobility of the tank.

Of course, now is not the time to learn the lessons. He must rescue his own people. It is no longer possible to rely on himself. The only way is to use the power of the air force.Before the battle started, he made careful planning, including agreeing on several simple contact methods with the air force. He did not have the ability to call the air force directly by radio, but he could use smoke bombs to directly indicate the target.

Rahman was ordered to start firing blue smoke bombs over the entire block full of enemy death squads. Now is not the time to worry about civilian casualties.Yahini is well aware of the condescending cameras of Western journalists on those buildings in the distance, and it is also very clear that Indian troops have been using civilians as cover.But he has no choice.

A Raiden fighter plane has been circling in the sky, waiting to attack. The young pilot was impatient, and asked several times to choose to attack other targets by himself, but was rejected by his superiors.

The pilot saw the blue smoke, and immediately began to climb. At the moment when he thought he was high enough, he fell down with a somersault, aimed the nose of the aircraft, which was difficult to control due to insufficient storage speed, at the smoke area below, and then fired rockets.

Xiaolong is a very eclectic multi-purpose fighter, which means that when it dives, its speed will increase rapidly, and it will not be as stable as a real attack aircraft.Attacking requires more experience to master the shooting window and the timing of pulling up.

Even Yahini can tell at a glance that the fighter jet roaring upside down in front of him is definitely not a veteran. He launched an attack from a completely wrong angle, just like a dive bomber in the World War II era, but the height is obviously insufficient.Yahini prayed that he would succeed in his attack, at least not one of his own.

However, this kind of straight up and down attack can avoid the obstruction of the building's trajectory and line of sight. .The pilot pressed the launch button, and the rockets were scattered quite effectively while the body was trembling, and they smashed down, like a precise attack, covering a row of houses on the street.The pilot only thought of pulling it up at the last moment. The plane had been hovering for a long time and had no fuel. It miraculously pulled up at the last moment, and the plane was almost destroyed by the fragments of the rocket it fired.

The attack leveled buildings on one side of the street and detonated tens of tons of explosives buried by the Indians in nearby blocks. The explosives were originally intended to ambush infantry behind enemy tanks. Fortunately, they were detonated early and prevented the second wave of enemies from arriving in time.

The huge explosion shook the entire city, and the nearby slum buildings that were pieced together using various simple materials collapsed one after another.At the same time a second Thunderbolt arrived, flew low through the smoke area, and dropped a barrage of bombs.

The enemy's offensive stopped for a while.The Khalid tanks blocked in the front were only facing the frontal snipers for the time being. One of them was able to find a chance to turn its head around, pushed aside the wreckage blocking the road, and slowly led the rest of the vehicles to retreat to the rear. Finally, the two retreated to a relatively safe area.

The cameras on the top of several high-end hotels a few kilometers away completely filmed the whole process of Pakistani planes dropping bombs. One of the on-site hosts hired by CNN was a former Marine Corps pilot. He interpreted the battle from a professional perspective. He said that he had not seen a single precision weapon dropped by the Pakistani Air Force all morning. From this, he judged that this was done deliberately by the Pakistani Air Force, and they flew here for wanton sabotage.A number of TV stations then repeatedly broadcast the picture of the Thunderbolt's near-vertical dive attack.

Yahini lost 6 tanks in a blink of an eye, and the Air Force bombed half the street before saving the other tanks. However, he did not feel lucky, but fell into some kind of despair. If the fight continues, even if you give him 1000 tanks, you will not be able to occupy the city.His new tactics went bankrupt in the first round, and the previous tactics that focused on maneuvering seem to be unable to work here. What should we do?
In the basement of the Indian Prime Minister's Office 6 kilometers away from Yahini, the once mighty Prime Minister Kahan is now waiting for the final outcome.

A few hours ago, he heard that Pas'ad had suddenly abandoned the outer line of defense and began to shrink into the city. Kahan yelled and demanded that Pas'ad should be arrested immediately for treason, but it was clear that there was no one who could carry it out. This unrealistic order.Lieutenant General Muyar, who is in command at the front line, told the Prime Minister on the phone that due to Pasad's timid retreat, the southeast gate of New Delhi is currently open, and the enemy's edge has penetrated into the urban area, and an attack will be launched immediately. Come to the real test.

Later, the Prime Minister heard the news of the sudden change in the situation in the north. After struggling for a while, Meneam rebelled and fell to Jamilon, whom he hated the most.He can no longer scold traitors in front of many people; in fact, since the day before yesterday, when the enemy plane approached the Prime Minister's Office, the daily wartime cabinet meetings have been suspended, and there are not so many audiences who dare to brave the hail of bullets to come. Here he is.

Now, walking up and down the lowest room in the basement, muttering to himself from time to time, he cursed the infidelity of the army generals, his last hope resting on the leadership of the impeccably loyal General Muall.Maybe miracles always happen at the end?Maybe the Americans will change their minds?

A series of footsteps sounded outside the door. In recent months, he has been able to hear whether the secretary's footsteps are heavy or not, which may be good news.Something is clearly different this time.

"Prime Minister, Lieutenant General Muyar sent good news. They successfully stopped the enemy's attack from the east. The enemy lost more than 30 tanks in one street. They were beaten to the ground..." the secretary stopped halfway. After taking a few breaths, he ran all the way from the communication room just to deliver good news to the poor old man.

"What else?" Kahan urged.

"Lieutenant General Muyar said...the tactics tailored by the Americans for the defense of New Delhi are very useful. Now he has a bottom line in his heart. He is very sure that he will turn every street into the enemy's grave."

"Great, great," the Prime Minister rubbed his hands excitedly, "Let the soldiers hold on, I believe that the international situation will definitely change in a few days. It's hard to say that the US Navy will not attack China's mainland ? Are you right?"

He wept with joy, and started talking nonsense. The temporary victory in front of him was like morphine, which relieved his anxiety, allowing him to linger on for a while and daydream.

Within 2 hours, Yahini kept repeating the pictures taken by the viewers of Chinese drones hovering over the battle zone, studying the enemy's tactics.He saw the enemy's death squads carrying rocket launchers. They hadn't been deployed here long ago. They came in jeeps, and then rushed to the combat zone through the all-round passages in the slums.If New Delhi has a vertical and horizontal underground railway, the enemy will come more concealed and faster, but at present it seems that they must rely on ground mobilization, and there are still traces.

Obviously, the enemy has been using the nearby commanding heights to observe their actions and make various predictions. In urban warfare, it seems inevitable to be observed, especially in those high-end hotels outside the battlefield, there must be intelligence personnel of the Indian army , so even if they lose air supremacy, they can still see their every move.

Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing, he suddenly thought that he might be able to use this to mobilize his opponents.After he thought of an idea, he immediately contacted Younis and asked the Chinese drone to provide more precise support. He will launch another attack in an hour.If the attack goes well, he will capture the New Delhi International Convention and Exhibition Center before nightfall, thus roughly dividing New Delhi.

After Yahini talked to his superiors, without saying a word, he ran to the commanding heights with a roll of maps and watched it with the artillery mirror for a full 10 minutes.When he turned around, his complexion improved a lot, and all the company platoon leaders breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the commander seemed to have regained his confidence.

He opened the map, asked everyone to gather around, and then drew a few red lines along several streets with a red pen. "

"You see, here's a possible line of attack we're about to launch."

"A new attack will be launched immediately. I am worried...the enemy will repeat the same trick, block us in the street and beat us up." Rajani said.

"The streets of the slums are too complicated, the enemy's mobilization is very hidden, and the houses along the street have a lot of windows, so it is impossible to deal with them well. The only way is to plow the houses down with artillery fire." The 2nd Battalion Commander added.

"No, that won't work. The ruins formed by the artillery fire will become a new cover, and the enemy infantry will still be free to come and go, but the tank's way forward will be blocked instead." Yahini's answer shows that he thought of the front of the 2nd Battalion Commander. .

"So what do we do?" Rahman asked.

"Let's launch an attack from the main road, use our mobile combat capabilities, and show them what the speed of a tank is."

"Are you crazy, this is not the wilderness, this is the city?" Rahman blurted out in horror, forgetting his position for a moment.

"No, I'm not crazy, that's why I asked the Chinese to cooperate. Come and see."

As Yahini said, he walked to the open land at the risk of being sniped, and there was an endless city in front of him.

"In this cramped battlefield, we also have our advantages. It is difficult for their anti-tank missiles to play a role."

"But one rocket can destroy a tank just as well. If it's fired from behind," Rahman said.

"But the rockets have to be very close and have to choose an angle, and they can't be launched indoors."

"That's right. To use rockets, they must be deployed to the roof," Rajani nodded and said. He was on the battlefield just now and had first-hand knowledge. Indoor launch, but I noticed that the windows of the houses on both sides of the street are very small, and it is very difficult to drill out and launch an attack."

"Yes, I noticed that too. The Self-Defense Forces use a mobile unit to respond to our movements. If we are too slow, they will pop out of our eyes."

"How?" Rajani asked.

"Use our 3rd Battalion first."

"The 3rd Battalion, use those novices?"

"That's right, use them to attract the enemy's attention. I believe that when my 50 tanks attack from the front, it will be enough to attract all of their attention. Then, I will lead the real attack force and use the last Go fast and get behind them. Just from areas they haven't had time to mine."

Everyone stopped asking questions, and seemed to have accepted Yahini's decision.

When Yahini made a complete plan, a new drone reconnaissance video was sent, and the enemy could clearly see the picture of planting explosives in some areas, using detonating cords and explosives that were used for mine clearance and stretched for hundreds of meters.The Indians started preparing to blast most of the blocks, obviously a very professional person pointed it out, this is an extremely insidious scorched earth strategy, a strategy of splitting tanks and infantry by blasting, and at the same time can form a bunch of obstacles, cutting off Of course, the tank's back road does not consider the life and death of civilians at all.

China has quietly recorded the location of these explosives with drones, and can detonate these potential threats with a bomb at the first time, but Yahini found that it may be possible to delay the detonation of these hidden dangers. Once these things are detonated, they can block the enemy's mobile forces. Unlike other Pakistani commanders, he still has this string in his heart.

The tanks of the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion began to assemble in the area where a feint attack was about to be launched. Together with the infantry of a regiment that had just arrived, the vehicles rolled over the commanding heights in the east and moved forward. The scene was spectacular.

All kinds of information were immediately gathered to Muar. More than 150 tanks and other armored vehicles were gathering in front of him. These mechanized forces may launch an attack on the convention center in 30 minutes. It seems that the enemy has not suffered enough.He immediately started to mobilize his troops, waiting for the enemy to hit him head-on, and his head was broken.

The drone silently observed the enemy's mobilization, most of which were within Yahini's expectations. Since his formation, his assault group has been scattered all over the place. This is the first time that it has been assembled so neatly. The enemy took the bait and concentrated the main forces.

(End of this chapter)