Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 179 Arjuna Tank
Yahini immediately contacted Battalion Commander Younis.In the past ten hours, the communication has suddenly become smooth. Although the noise interference from the Indians continues, but the intensity has weakened. Using the frequency hopping radio station can still find the superior two or three kilometers away.

"I'm Panshi 221, and found an enemy position, on the east bank of the river. There may be some anti-tank missiles mounted on armored chassis, I guess it may be Viper, or it may be Spike. The position is behind an open field, close to the village , as you can see on the map, I suggest that the Air Force be used to destroy them?"

"Listen, I don't have an air force," the battalion commander replied curtly, "and no artillery," he added.

"Then, we can wait until dark. According to my experience, we can easily succeed in sneak attacks at night."

"Panshi 221, we can't wait until the sunset, pull out this nail immediately, we must move forward at Alibur immediately. This is the death order of the division headquarters."

"Understood." Yahini frowned.He knew it would be unwise to charge across an open field to the enemy's anti-tank missiles, but the order had to be carried out.

The sergeant quickly came up with an idea. He decided to let a vehicle flank from the east, deliberately exposing some traces, but not too close, to lure the enemy tanks behind the bunker out, and then he and another vehicle watched Rush out of the woods at the right time, and use the long-range artillery-launched missiles on the 221 to end the battle.It is still very risky to do so, because he does not know the number of enemies behind the mound and the range of weapons. The only advantage may be suddenness. In his opinion, Indians are not always smart enough in the face of sudden attacks.

When the plan was over, he ordered a No. 217 tank to drive east out of the woods and drive at high speed on the dry soil layer. He knew that this would cause huge dust in this sandy land under the scorching sun, and the enemy would find it immediately 217, but that's exactly what he wanted.

The No. 217 tank rushed out of the woods with a roar, and drove quickly to the east.

Sure enough, 5 kilometers away, an Indian soldier jumped onto the mound.Yahini could see him dancing through the binoculars, apparently indicating a target.Soon an armored vehicle with an 8X8 chassis climbed out from behind the bunker. When the body of the vehicle was pushed forward violently from a high place, it could be seen that the armored vehicle had no turret and was replaced by a huge triple missile launcher and optical tracking. equipment.The folding chariot was obviously very confident in its range, so it didn't take any dodging actions, and directly chased after it, exposing itself.

"Panshi 217, run farther. I must be a Viper missile." Yahini shouted. He knew that the range of that missile was a problem, and it was slightly farther than the four Chinese-made gun-launched missiles on the 221.

The "Panshi 217" sprints eastward in fifth gear. The tank is now on the edge of the theoretical range of the Viper missile, which is not safe.

"Load the gun-launched missile." Yahini immediately gave the gunner an order.Then the automatic bomb feeder began to squeak and squeak, and at the end of a series of harsh noises of metal rubbing, a missile was pushed into the barrel, making a pleasant clanging sound.

Tasim immediately started laser ranging, and he found that the enemy's tank was 5500 meters away.

"Commander, the distance is a bit far." He said, if the enemy is not moving, this distance can be barely reached, but if it is moving, it is difficult to say.

"Saad, speed up."

"clear."

The driver stepped on the clutch and accelerator, switched gears quickly, and the tank roared out of the woods.The muzzle pointed directly at the Indian anti-tank missile launcher.

Gunner Tasim discovered from the scope that the enemy on the opposite side was too focused on hunting itself, or its observation equipment had a large blind spot. This armored vehicle has not noticed the No. 221 tank rushing out of the woods. However, the gunner stopped firing lasers to guide the firing line, lest the lasers be detected by possible laser warning equipment.

Tens of seconds later, he estimated that the distance was about the same, so he pressed the missile launch button.Launching this kind of missile is very simple, and there are not many options. He just chooses the trajectory as a level flight. To deal with such a thin-skinned target, there is no need to attack the top. It is safer to choose a way to save range.Then the gunner re-pointed the light spot in the sight to the unsuspecting target and pressed the launch button.

A huge cannon sounded, and the moving tank vibrated back and forth. In fact, the recoil seemed to be more intense than firing ordinary armor-piercing projectiles; however, Tasim was close to the image stabilizer sight, and this level of shaking did not affect his observation.From the aiming device, he could see a shell that had been thrown off the carrier, unfolded the rudder and tail, and flew forward with a slight rotation. He slowly moved the laser irradiation point downwards, aiming at the middle of the enemy's car body.In the field of view, the missile is getting smaller and smaller, and it moves in a spiral shape around the laser spot.At this time, the Indian anti-tank missile vehicle had already noticed and started to emit smoke, but it was too late.The missile penetrated the smoke and hit the chassis with precision.The armored vehicle then exploded.Its missile launcher can be seen flying into the air and then falling down.

"Panshi 217, don't run around, and return to the battlefield immediately." Yahini leaned out from the turret and said, and then he reached out to switch the channel of the intercom: "245, follow my car closely, aim the muzzle at 12 Point. If you see anything suspicious, fire first."

3 tanks galloped towards the enemy position from two directions.He knew that this position could instantly destroy the 4 tanks of the reconnaissance platoon, so there must be more than one anti-tank missile there.

The enemy's machine guns began to fire from a low-lying place not far away, hitting the chassis fender.Yahini quickly shrank his head and got into the turret. It seems that the Indians still have another hidden machine gun position that escaped the observation just now.

"Panshi 245, at 11 o'clock, the machine gun position is handed over to you, I can't slow down." Yahini said, he knew that the tank had to rush over at a cross-country speed of 60 kilometers, and wasting time in this unsheltered wilderness to commit suicide.Therefore, this position that is close at hand is still handed over to the No. 200 tank 245 meters behind.

"Understood the platoon leader."

"Tassim, keep your eyes on the front and don't get distracted."

As soon as the words fell, there was a bang from the left gun mount. It didn't sound like the sound of being shot by a machine gun, nor was it a heavy shell. He guessed it was an RPG ammunition, but since it didn't penetrate, there was no need to look carefully. .

Tasim kept staring ahead.He felt a dull pain in his right eye and quickly closed it.This shows that there is a laser beam on the front of the battlefield, which is probably a laser beam close to the visible light spectrum.He opened his eyes again, but he didn't see any enemies poking out from the 3X white light sight in front of him. Where must they be hiding and aiming at him?Roughly in the range of 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock.

Inside the bouncing and rapidly impacting tank, the gunner carefully inspected every suspicious place near the 12 o'clock direction through the stabilized image sight. He was already drenched in sweat, because he knew very well that individual anti-tank The missile will be launched within 10 seconds of the laser ranging, and now it is almost a life-threatening moment.Maybe soon you can see a dangling fireball rising from a place you have neglected, but it will be too late; but the enemy has not opened fire for a long time.

An indicator symbol appeared in the collimator, which was the target position indicated by the commander Yahini.

"Did you see it."

"I saw it."

The commander's perimeter sight has been turned to the position, and he saw the well-disguised anti-tank missile launcher.

Tasim waited until the gun mounts were in place and opened fire.The opponent fired missiles almost at the same time.The artillery shell hit the bunker first, destroying the launcher, and the broken missile flew to the distance against the tank turret.

Car No. 245, which followed closely behind, had run over the machine gun position and killed the Indian soldiers who were loading rockets.

Due to platoon leader Yahini's careless observation, when they rushed out of the woods like two lunatics, they didn't know that there was still such a firepower point in this open field.But Yahini's luck was good, and he still guessed one thing, that is, these Indian soldiers did not react fast enough in an emergency, and now these sporadic firepower points have been disintegrated in the face of the crazy charge.

Behind the mound, the second Indian anti-tank missile launch vehicle slowly drove out.It has found a good position, only the missile launcher and optical observation equipment are exposed. It is difficult for the No. 221 artillery to hit such a small target from 3 kilometers away, and the parallel machine gun cannot reach it.However, the No. 217 tank, which outflanked from the side, returned to the battlefield in time, and was in a good shooting range, and most of the hull could be seen. The commander of No. 217 broke off the fire and destroyed the two chariots with half of the body exposed with an armor-piercing projectile.Within a few minutes, the three tanks had approached the Indian army position, and now the range advantage of the anti-tank missiles was offset.

Yahini's car rushed up the slope first, and when the car tilted forward along the slope, he and the gunner saw a village behind and the fleeing Indian truck at the same time.This, he thought, was probably an anti-tank company of the 16th Infantry Division.The gunner operated a parallel machine gun to destroy a truck that had fallen behind, and the infantry jumped out of the truck and ran towards the river, perhaps trying to swim to the other side.

"Leave the infantry alone, knock out the remaining truck," Yahini shouted.

The second Indian military vehicle that was fleeing shuttled between the buildings in the village, and was sometimes blocked by the buildings, which made it difficult for the gunner to aim.At the same time, No. 245 had already rushed up and stopped on the left side of Yahini, and No. 245 car was also unable to deal with the mess under the mound.While Tasim was tracking the truck with a disturbing aiming method, Yahini turned the periscope to search for a new target, momentarily dazzled by the victory, so much so that he didn't realize that he was parked on such a bare vantage point How dangerous it is.

At 10 o'clock, there was a huge cloud of smoke, maybe it was the enemy's military vehicle fleeing?Yahini adjusted the magnification and watched carefully, and saw a section of the gun barrel protruding from the yellow dust, followed by a huge silhouette. You can see the huge gunner's sight thermal imager window on the turret and the antennas lined up on the upper part of the turret. He realized it was a little late, it was clearly a tank.It hides well in the dust because of its yellow color.

"Back back," he yelled, realizing that there was more than one tank there.Before he could finish speaking, Yahini saw the opponent's gun barrel shrink suddenly from the peripheral vision device, and a lightning-fast cannon shot out of the chamber and flew towards him in the huge flames.

(End of this chapter)