Become a super arms dealer with the workshop system

Chapter 164 Armor Offensive
In the early morning of the next day, in the western part of Homs Province, Syria, Major Colonel Anwar Amin looked helplessly at his somewhat chaotic troops. The somewhat reckless night raid a few days ago turned the enemy troops that had just gained a foothold Temporarily frightened Kata Yain, and by the way rescued about a company of troops who had been besieged in the city.

Although Katayain fell into enemy hands soon after dawn, this unexpected counterattack bought time for Hezbollah reinforcements to assemble and organize defenses. They were in a small town on the only way to Damascus. A new line of defense was established, but the total strength was only about a battalion improvised, so Anwar's police force, as well as the various stragglers he recruited along the way, were incorporated into the defensive deployment.

It's just that it seems difficult for these soldiers who were defeated just a few days ago to rebuild their confidence.

In fact, let alone them, looking at the various equipment on the defensive position, even Anwar himself still had some doubts about whether the war could continue.

Since a relatively safe and fixed headquarters can be found in defensive operations, Anwar did not continue to command in the weakly armored BRDM2, but sent it out to perform front-line reconnaissance missions in his old business.

The reconnaissance vehicle team risked their lives and made a large circle from the north of the road back to the vicinity of Kata Yain. The fighting in the past has almost completely turned the place into ruins. The city is currently smoking billowing smoke. It largely obscures the already very bad reconnaissance field of vision. Of course, if you think about it from a good perspective, this kind of terrain is also more conducive to concealment.

The captain, Sergeant Hariri, asked the driver to slow down and put down the two pairs of belly wheels in the middle of the car body to enhance off-road capability, and gradually approached a highland on the west side of the city. This small car weighing only 7 tons uses a 100kw power Gasoline engine, so neither the optical nor the acoustic signature is noticeable, which makes him think he can take a little risk.

Compared with those advanced models with tall masts and even vehicle-mounted drones, BRDM2 still can only rely on the eyes of the crew for reconnaissance. The difference from combat vehicles is that it is not easy to be found. A more powerful radio to make contact when separated from the main force.

The armored reconnaissance vehicle reluctantly drove up the slope, and it took half a minute to climb to the high ground. For a while, Hariri thought that there would be an enemy carrying an RPG to attack him, but in the end nothing happened. Perhaps it was because the opponent was gathering troops to prepare for an attack, but there was no one on the high ground.

Hariri took a deep breath, opened the hatch above his head and got out, raised the binoculars hanging around his neck to look at the urban area below, and with the help of a slightly higher terrain, he could see about a car parked in the square in the center of the city. There are 10 tanks in the company, and a huge number of pickup trucks are scattered around the tanks, and the enemy troops that he can directly see are at least 1500 people.

The sergeant took a while to confirm the model of those tanks, and then kicked the radio operator sitting in the car: "Quick, contact the command."

"The enemy has assembled in Kayatain. There are at least 2000 people and 10 tanks, 5 T72s, one of which has reactive armor, and the other 1 round-headed models. It is unclear whether it is T5 or T62."

"The enemy still has some BMPs, as well as engineering vehicles with added protection. These equipment should all be invested in this attack."

"I saw their flag. It's not the black flag force. It should be the Nusra Front. There is also the flag of the Free Army. They joined forces."

In the temporary headquarters about 20 kilometers away, Anwar clearly received a report from the BRDM2 crew. It seems that the reason why the opponent stopped attacking in the past few days was because they miscalculated the strength of the defense. Kayata's T55 tank, which had been firing all night, had an unexpected effect, but it also brought more trouble.

Hezbollah's reinforcements brought some TOW anti-tank missiles imitated by the Persians, but firstly, the number was very small, and secondly, there was a vast desert outside the town, which was very suitable for tanks to maneuver, and they wanted to rely on individual anti-tank missiles Accurate missile hits on fast maneuvering tanks do require some luck.

Fortunately, in the past few days, Hezbollah organized troops to dig an anti-tank trench about 2 meters deep outside the city, which could at least prevent the opponent's tanks from rushing directly to the vicinity.

After finishing the radio communication, Anwar stood up and went to the window, looking at the position on the commanding height not far away - where the only anti-armor force he currently has is deployed, two 2A19 anti-tank guns, in order to improve mobility Then, Anwar found Hezbollah's ordnance engineer, removed the two guns from the gun mounts and installed them on two MTLB armored transport vehicles, and barely obtained two self-propelled anti-tank guns.

The previous T55 tank had run out of motorcycle hours after that night's battle and could not be started, so Hattar's 4-man team currently can only operate an anti-tank gun that does not even have a turret.

"Captain, I think we are too conspicuous in this position. As long as a mortar shell hits, we will be finished." Ubian, who showed his head from the cab, patted the car body in front of him. : "This armor is less than half a centimeter thick, and it can penetrate anything, not to mention that the three of you are still exposed."

"Shut up, if you keep talking like this, I will tell the battalion commander that you disturb the morale of the army."

Hattar usually doesn't care much about the bickering between Ubian and Ali, but now there is a friendly vehicle next to him, so this will make him very embarrassing.

The captain's warning worked, the driver shut his mouth, and got back into the cab resentfully.

Gunner Ali is lowering his head and fiddling with this unfamiliar equipment. Compared with the commander and driver who are somewhat dissatisfied with the new equipment, he likes this new gun quite a lot. It is no different from its predecessors, but it actually integrates a laser range finder and a crosswind sensor. What is even more exaggerated is that there is even a millimeter-wave radar in the upper left corner of the gun mantlet.

Of course, Ali is most satisfied with the fact that the power of this 100mm smoothbore gun far surpasses the rifled gun of the same caliber on the T55, and the ammunition delivered to him by the logistics unit includes several rounds of guns that he has never seen before. launch missiles.

In short, the special military thinking of the Soviets allowed them to integrate various advanced technologies of the Cold War on a towed anti-tank gun, so that it is not too outdated until today.

"Commander, I think what Ubian said makes sense." Ali patted the dust on his hands, and said in a voice that only he and Hattar could hear: "If we stay here and fire, we won't be able to fire a few shots. It has to be killed, so it is best to select a few other shooting positions in advance, and change places after a few shots."

Hattar squatted on the roof of the MTLB and did not answer, but he knew in his heart that the gunner's method was feasible, so he patted the driver's canopy and called Ubian out again, and then took an AKM Jumped out of the car with the latter to find other available shooting positions, leaving the gunner and loader to continue to familiarize themselves with this new weapon.

At 9:[-] in the morning, the first pickup truck of the Nusra Front appeared on the road in the distance, but it quickly left the road and hid behind a slope. In the past few years of the Syrian civil war, and even the longer Iraqi war The Nusra Front soldiers who survived the process are all experienced veterans. They may have little culture, but they can always make the right choice on the battlefield with their intuition.

The rocket launcher was the first to launch an attack. A large number of planes and helicopters were captured by the Syrian Air Force, but the opposition and extremist organizations were unable to use them, so they simply removed the rocket launchers from the plane and installed them on the back of the pickup truck.

However, the 57mm rocket that was out of the airborne fire control was not accurate at all. It just damaged some houses in the town. Fortunately, all the civilians here have been evacuated long ago.

After completing a round of firepower preparations whose main purpose was to strengthen courage, the first round of offensive troops consisting of several T72 tanks launched a charge.

Because of the anti-tank trenches, the Al-Nusra Front commanders clearly had no intention of taking the town down with a single attack, so the tanks were not heading straight for the town, but zigzag.

"Load a gun-launched missile." Ali watched the approaching tank in the distance through the scope and ordered to the loader next to him. The laser rangefinder is still unable to read, indicating that the enemy's tank is more than 3500 meters away from him. Outside the range of armor-piercing bullets, this just gave his itchy hands enough reason to try this never-before-used thing.

"No, don't use missiles now." Hatar hurriedly stopped his gunner from making a big death: "Missiles are difficult to hit fast-moving targets, and the flying speed is very slow. Ubian and I just found There are 3 backup positions, so the target cannot be exposed rashly."

As soon as Hattar's words fell, an impatient team fired an anti-tank missile from the roof of a building. The operator then tried to maintain tracking of the enemy's T72 through the narrow field of vision scope, but Due to the speed and erratic speed of the opponent, the missile missed the target without any surprise.

Some unwilling shooters were about to ask the assistant shooter to reload another round of ammunition, but he didn't realize that he was also exposed to the sight of enemy tanks while firing missiles. With a sharp whistling sound, several 120mm forced Shock shells covered the building.

"Simply more cunning than foxes in the desert..."

Looking at the anti-tank missile positions that were blown into ruins in the distance, Ali couldn't help but feel a little scared. The purpose of the enemy's dispatch of these tanks seemed to be to attract firepower. After the anti-tank team was exposed, they called for curved fire to deal with it.

This is already a very high level of multi-arms coordination. Even in the Syrian government army, there are very few troops that can do this.

(End of this chapter)