Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 218 Night Attack
As soon as he finished speaking, the gunner had used the [ ] mark to trap one of the leading enemy tanks.Now Yahini's vehicle team cooperated tacitly. Even if he didn't need him to indicate the target, the gunner Tasim knew the set of criteria for the commander's priority selection of targets: either the command vehicle with a lot of antennas, or the leading vehicle.

The enemy is unaware of the laser rangefinder, and is still rushing forward.

"Stop. Calm down," shouted the commander.But Saad was not very familiar with the short stroke of the deceleration pedal, so he moved a little too fast, and the tank stopped suddenly, causing some shaking.However, the gunner pressed his face close to the image stabilization sight, keeping his eyes on the enemy.

Yahini chose to stop because he wanted to carry out precise disturbance targeting. This is a common targeting method used by old-fashioned tanks.

Driven by the motor, the tank turret rotates slowly with the distant enemy, and the angular velocity calculation is in progress.The gunner is still not familiar with the operation of this new set of fire control, so he only made conservative settings for the manual setting. He did not set the gun temperature and crosswind speed, and the muzzle velocity of the shell was set to 1700.He guessed that this speed should be lower than the ability of this cannon, but he didn't bother to think about this problem, as long as he fired a cannon, he would know.A few seconds later, the aiming light spot began to jump in front of his eyes. He slowly adjusted the gun to align the light spot at the middle of the target. To be on the safe side, he lowered the firing line a little, so that no matter whether the trajectory was straighter than the previous artillery , he has hit me.

"Aim and fire." After Yahini finished speaking, he turned to operate the radio, and he completely trusted Sergeant Tasim to deal with such vulnerable targets.

The gunner pressed the firing button, and the tank shook back and forth amidst the loud noise of the ground shaking.Yahini didn't have time to see if he was hit or not. He was contacting other crews, hoping that they would join the shooting quickly.

"Look, I hit it," said the gunner happily.

Only then did Yahini turn around and put his head on the commander to take a look. The BMP-2 was still moving, and then unnaturally rushed down the road and stopped by the side of the road.After a while, the tank can be seen blurring in the thermal imager, indicating that it is starting to burn.

"It's a pity that this gun hits such a thin-skinned guy." The gunner said proudly, and his evaluation of the gun's first firing was surprisingly good.It wasn't because one shot penetrated an infantry fighting vehicle with an armor thickness of only 20 mm, but he observed that the speed of the cannon ejection was higher than that of the previous 125 gun, which was obviously due to the larger length-to-diameter ratio. welcome changes.

"Don't stand still, aim for the next target." Yahini reminded.

The gunner quickly pressed the automatic loading button in front of him, and the gun began to tilt up slightly. When it reached an elevation angle of about 5 degrees, with a crisp metal impact sound, the angle locking pin was inserted into the cradle to lock it.

With a "bang", the shell casings fell into the collector with smoke coming from the barrel.At the same time, the surrounding rotating bomb racks began to rotate, and the loud noise even overwhelmed the roar of the engine.This loader is similar to the similar machine on No. 221, and the reload speed has not been improved.After waiting anxiously for a few seconds, the pusher finally pushed another shell into the barrel.

The second target has also been targeted by the gunner. As Yahini expected, the enemies on the road began to panic. Although they are equipped with anti-tank missiles that can destroy main battle tanks, at night, these need sight Channeled weapons are useless at all.

The aiming light spot for the second shot appeared again. Tasim supported the collimator and aimed it steadily at the target. Within two seconds, the artillery firing line would coincide with the aiming line, and he slightly lowered the aiming line with his hand.Because he already roughly knew the muzzle velocity of the door cannon.The transmit indicator lights up.He pressed the fire button without hesitation.Amidst the huge explosion, the chariot shook from side to side as if drunk, and then the body of the chariot began to burn violently. It can be seen that the chariot hadn't stopped yet, and the soldiers began to fire from the rear hatch. The inner swarm rolled down.

Yahini waited a little impatiently. His team had already fired two rounds, but the rest of the vehicles hadn't fired yet. He couldn't help being a little proud. Could it be that his team was really so well-trained? ?
"The commander said that you are all top-notch crews, but your performance really disappointed me. War is not slow motion. How can I expect you to fight against the Indian White Tiger Division?" He couldn't hold back his vanity. , shouted into the radio, his tone was like the chief of staff of the army; of course he didn't know that it was the White Tiger Division who fought against him.

The rest of the chariots finally started to fire one after another. As soon as the battle started, they were blocked by the leader Yahini. They finally found a position where they could shoot, and they suffered from Yahini's condescending rebuke. , the mood is naturally bad.This resentment was easily poured on the enemy's infantry fighting vehicles. After a few rounds of shooting, the front was full of burning Indian tanks, and the number exceeded 20.

After less than 5 minutes of this exchange of fire, the rest of the Indian infantry fighting vehicles chose to leave the road and escape northward, which made them miss the best opportunity to meet the T90 combat vehicle clusters that were quickly interspersed in front.Yahini did not expect that the hunting he commanded had already begun to play a subtle role in the changes in the war situation.What he wants to do now is to catch up and fight the Indian tanks ahead.Those Indian tanks were heading for the air defense positions. If they succeed, a piece of the air defense net above their heads will be missing. This is not the situation that the tankers want to see.

In a base in China thousands of kilometers away.Lin Huaisheng, who was staring at the map, was also following the development of the latest battle.He had expected the war to end with Spanga's next onslaught westward.If so, India will undoubtedly become the ultimate winner of this war.As a bystander, he saw very clearly the focus of Spanga's entire strategy, and he firmly believed that he had already figured out the context of the lieutenant general's use of troops.And history is developing in an irresistible direction.He even began to despair, and every reconnaissance report sent back from the enemy's empty rear by the "Snow Wolf" unit made this despair increase.He is sure that in this national fortune betting, India has already gained an absolute upper hand. If they make no mistakes, they will soon be able to transfer the winning team back to the east.This will make his plan to take the enemy lightly to naught.

But the development of history is always full of unpredictability.

Twenty-four hours ago, Xu Jingzhe called from the western front. He sneered at Lin Huaisheng's inadvertent disappointment. He thought that some people thought they understood the situation, but in fact they were confused.After the major general finished speaking, he did not give any reason.Lin Huaisheng knew very well that the teacher had his own sense of propriety in what he said. Sometimes, the more he couldn't explain why, the more it showed that there was reliable information behind him.Sure enough, in the next ten hours, some new information gradually surfaced.In a record of a high-level Indian meeting that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, several members of the wartime cabinet criticized Lieutenant General Spanga for his practice of watching the destruction of friendly forces, and some even demanded that Spanga be dismissed immediately.Other sources, from different sources, also indicated that the general was no longer in favor.

Lin Huaisheng has always believed that he can see all of Spanga's intentions. The reason why he chose to attack in the hot Thar Desert is because behind the desert is the narrowest section of Pakistan's territory; it is easier for the armored troops to attack from here The land cuts off this long and narrow country, and the only geographical barrier is the Indus River running from north to south.

The subsequent development of the war also basically verified Lin Huaisheng's judgment. The Indian Army was well prepared and aggressive, breaking through the Indus River defense line within a few days.Subsequently, Spanga's army stopped, began to hoard supplies, and launched a series of small battles to repel the attack of the North and South Pakistani forces.Lin Huaisheng even saw clearly Spanga's real plot of refusing to save him. He just wanted to use this doomed division to hold back the enemy's strength.All signs show that Indian tanks will soon launch a second decisive battle.

However, a few hours ago, things turned around.The Indian Army suddenly attacked in different directions, which is tantamount to subverting the strategic intentions they have reached.It's a favorable change to Lin Huaisheng's timetable.

"Staff Lin, the old man told you to go." Xu Jingzhe's confidential secretary suddenly appeared in front of Lin Huaisheng.

"Are you back early?" Lin Huaisheng asked.

"Yes, the old man said that the situation of the war is about to change, so he wants to come back to hear your opinion. He still relies on your opinion very much."

"How's the fake show on the Western Front going?"

"Give eye drops to the Indian pilot who was sent back. But it didn't help, they didn't make any new moves in Leh."

"Is that so?"

"Not only the pilots, but also the satellites to see this big formation, but they still don't believe that we will do it."

"Totally within my expectations."

Lin Huaisheng left a word, got up and went to Xu Jingzhe's office.

Xu Jingzhe was burying his head in arranging the materials, when he heard someone coming in, he said without raising his head:

"Preparing to give you a new mission,"

"What mission?" Lin Huaisheng asked seriously.

"Temporarily transfer you to the army aviation unit. Familiarize yourself with the new equipment and fight a small battle at the same time. You old-fashioned troops who grew up in the low-tech era also need to be familiar with the new tactics, which seems to be useful." The major general said.

"Going to southern Tibet?"

Lin Huaisheng was keenly aware of the essence of this transfer. In his bold plan, the army aviation unit's deep breakthrough and occupation of the enemy's airport will be the most critical part, so it is obvious that he is transferred to the army aviation unit now. The intention of letting him lead the troops alone.

"Well, it's good that you can understand the intention of the superior so quickly. It also saves me a lot of trouble."

"Yes, the task is guaranteed to be completed."

"Let me tell you something. Your bold plan has been under study. The General Armament Department also mobilized several key personnel to conduct several low-altitude flight tests in the middle of the Nu River. In the daytime."

(End of this chapter)