Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 235 Weak Armor

The commander's binoculars moved slowly, and he saw a burning T72 tank tilted, and saw a hole in the rear of its turret, the hole was about the size of a fist.He has long observed that there are some recoilless guns with high flames on the enemy's position, but this hole is obviously pierced by a shell with a caliber of more than 100 mm, and judging from the damaged position, it is likely that the shell penetrated Behind the turret, it fired from another direction. As far as he knew, even the kinetic energy armor-piercing projectiles fired by the T90's 125mm gun did not have such amazing power, let alone the 82mm recoilless gun, which was not worth mentioning.

The commander rubbed his eyes, and continued to lie behind the bunker and observe slowly.His vision moved slowly, carefully observing the firepower configuration of each section of the enemy's position.Obviously, the enemy in front of him was not as simple as what he saw in front of him. There was something hidden behind the position. He had to find out those deadly firearms hiding in the corner as soon as possible.

Once again, the request for the Air Force to conduct a reconnaissance/attack on the enemy's shallow deep positions was conveyed by the Air Force Liaison Officer to the command plane over the Kutch Bay, but the entire southern airspace had no fuel to approach the fighters in this area.The early warning aircraft immediately asked the ground troops to be patient for a while. Within 2 minutes, two Mirage 2000 fighter jets from the [-]th Squadron could be mobilized here for support.

Sami's J-10B fighter jet hovered over the battlefield, and he found that he had mastered the air supremacy. Unfortunately, he now only has two air-to-air missiles, no other ground attack weapons, and his only role can only stay in the air above the battlefield. It is hoped that Indian attack aircraft that dare to approach will be expelled.He decided to stay in the air above the battlefield on his own initiative after losing contact with the ground. If there were enemy aircraft capable of carrying medium-range bombs nearby, he would be in a very dangerous situation.

Abad, who was hiding behind the high slope earth wall, has been sitting on the turret, carefully watching the battlefield ahead with a telescope.He couldn't concentrate all the time, because there was an annoying plane buzzing and circling overhead, and every time it flew towards him, it made his scalp tingle (he couldn't figure out it was the plane over there. ).

The armored vehicle of the mixed brigade in front released a large amount of smoke indiscriminately, which caused some trouble for Captain Abad to observe the battlefield, but the advantage was that his own position was also well protected by the smoke.In addition, being backed by an anti-aircraft artillery emplacement also made him feel a little relieved. Before a few Indian planes brushed his scalp, he thought he was going to be finished, but soon the plane was shot down.

The Indian tank group in front began to try again to cross the river at the turn of the Heb River. Obviously, they have a good grasp of the hydrological information in this river, but it is a big failure for them to stay for a whole night without decisively crossing the river. There is a heavy price to pay for the wait.

"Steady down, all units pay attention, don't shoot salvos. Don't expose your position." Abad said.In fact, his command power was only a verbal designation by the battalion headquarters. After the battalion commander was killed in an air strike a few days ago, other people here did not buy his account much.

The gunner of No. 109 carefully followed the leading T72 tank. The tank was driving fast, but he was not in a hurry to fire. When the Indian tank entered the water, it would naturally slow down.

The injected light spot in the gunner's sight is accurately aimed at the target and moves slowly with the target. The gunner doesn't have to deliberately aim at those weak parts of the armor. At this distance, he is sure to penetrate the T72 from any angle turret.The RPG-7s launched by the infantry were flying randomly on the river, and they were not accurate. However, these rockets trailing white smoke can well distract the Indians. This is the result Abad wants. He likes to fire secretly , preferably no one can notice the muzzle flare.

The lead Indian tank rumbled through the water and stopped suddenly, as if hit hard by something.Soon the Indian tank soldiers crawled out from various exits and jumped into the water to escape; fortunately, the water was not deep, so they could wade back.It was an accurate shot from the [-]th.

Another tank destroyer on the side of 109 also took advantage of the momentum and opened fire, piercing a tank behind it, and that tank also began to smoke and burn, but this shooting violated Abad's rule of not firing salvos.

"No. 401, you can't rush to fire," Abad shouted into the radio.He hopes to establish his prestige among this group of people, but due to his low rank, it is really difficult to command other vehicles.

"I see." The commander of No. 401 reluctantly agreed, obviously dissatisfied with Abad's attempt to monopolize the victory.

"If the smoke is too big, it's easy to give away our position, which is my intention." Abad explained.As soon as his words fell, another tank destroyer on the side also fired once, and then the fourth one also fired. It seemed that this group of people didn't take Abad seriously at all.

The Indian commander 3 kilometers away is squatting behind the artillery mirror and paying close attention to the movement on the other side of the river. He has participated in previous mountain artillery battles between India and Pakistan. Some tells.

"Looking at the smoke, it's very unusual." The commander sneered and said to himself.

"What smoke?" asked a staff officer next to him.

"Hehe, it's right on that hill. There is a gap between the smoke and the fire. Obviously, it's a cannon with a smoker."

"You mean tanks?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a platoon of tanks on that hill. Call me the mortar battery. Shoot rapidly to the designated location."

"Regimental Commander, the mortar company has suffered heavy losses and is currently being reorganized and unable to fire."

"Damn it." He cursed. His unit was an assault force composed of tanks and a few infantry, with weak support firepower, and the division's howitzer units were thrown in other directions. Now he could only solve the problem by himself.

On the hillside, Abad had gradually lost control of the troops, and the five tank destroyers soon fell into a state of fighting on their own.The T5 tanks that were moving backwards became a good target. Within a distance of 72 kilometers, the front armor of these tanks could not resist the power of this 1.5mm artillery.When shooting became a competition, every captain began to throw himself into the competition without any scruples.Soon India's second tank company was reimbursed.But the Indian tanks had seen the position that had been attacking them, and immediately began to use direct fire to attack the bunker, and quickly tore through the pretended mound defense.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Abad quickly called the rest of the vehicles to back off. The No. 401 destroyer vehicle protruding in front was tracking a target. The commander ignored Abad's order and decided to take the risk of staying on the ground for a few more seconds. to complete the shooting.

The commander of the Indian vehicle in the distance saw the tank through the optical sight.As early as a few months ago in the pre-war preparation stage, the Indian tank commanders learned to recognize weapons such as T84 or Khalid from various angles, but he had never seen this tank on the high ground. The Indian tank The chief couldn't help guessing that this should be a difficult target to penetrate, and he specially reminded the gunner to aim at the joint under the turret as much as possible.

TODA's 401 finished its last shot and began to reverse awkwardly.A precise 12mm armor-piercing projectile accurately penetrated the turret, and the 50mm armor was easily penetrated like paper.

Within 10 milliseconds after the passive energy projectile penetrated the armor, the pressure sensor in the combat room was triggered, and the explosion suppression system automatically cut off the operation of the booster fan. Fragments of the core caused injuries to the driver, which kept the tank on dangerous high ground for prolonged periods of time.The muzzles of Indian tanks in the distance turned towards this hapless tank destroyer.The second armor-piercing projectile pierced through the weak armor again. This time the automatic explosion suppression device did not work in time, and a fire broke out in the battle room, and the fire quickly spread to the rear ammunition rack. The fire extinguisher was triggered and the fire was seen to be under control.But then one after another hit, and finally detonated the ammunition behind the battle room.

The chariot exploded just 0 meters away from Abad's side, and none of its members survived.Abad quickly hid in the turret and continued to command the rest of the vehicles to retreat. He had already reminded others what would happen to this kind of vehicle if it was exposed to the enemy's muzzle. Now his words have been confirmed.There is no other way, he can only shift his position right now.Fortunately, on the way he came, he was already prepared to resist one by one. The terrain in this area is undulating and changeable, which is very favorable terrain for ambushes.

The Indian armored forces on the other side of the river immediately put in a third company to forcefully cross the river. This time, the Indian commander did not use tanks alone. He sent another company of infantry fighting vehicles to cover the tanks crossing the river. The artillery is specially responsible for suppressing various firepower points on the high ground.The various vehicle-mounted recoilless guns on the Pakistani position could not resist this powerful machine gun at all.

In the sky, the lonely plane was still circling uninterruptedly, and it was very close to the airport, so Sammy’s stay in the air was much longer than that of the Indian plane.He watched the front line below collapse, but there was nothing he could do.He also had to be on guard against the enemy's medium-range bombs at all times. The radio pulses sent by the early warning plane in the South China Sea had not disappeared. It might assign several planes to sneak attack from a distance at any time.

The colonel knew that the Indian tactical support adopted a simple regional division. The battlefield support near Karachi was assigned to the Southern Air Force Command. 2000 and or the glorious fighter, and these aircraft do not have the ability to fight at medium distances.Of course, occasionally the MiG 27UPG of the Indian Navy will appear. These MiG 29s are the real strong opponents, but the MiG 29UPG never seems to cooperate with the Air Force early warning aircraft.

In this way, the colonel has been confronting the large early warning aircraft hundreds of kilometers away, without giving in at all, like a brave lunatic.He just wants to tease the enemy, he wants to see what tricks they can play.

The radar warning system responded somewhat, and there was a secondary threat signal to the east, from a vantage point, of enemy fighters with a high altitude advantage.The radar signal is fleeting, maybe the enemy turned off the radar.However, even with this brief start-up, the J-[-]B's electronic warning system still accurately analyzed the signal characteristics of the source—it was a Mirage [-] fighter jet.

(End of this chapter)