Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 265 Roadblocks
Digakwa's column was unexpectedly attacked and several vehicles reported being hit, two of which were shot through and then began to burn.He was very astonished, and quickly asked all the commanders to pay attention to the direction of 3 o'clock, and then ordered half of the vehicles to turn their turrets to 3 o'clock and turn to the southwest to avoid the range of enemy missiles.This was a wrong decision. In the confusion, he thought that what hit him was a missile fired from the direction of Quetta City.This gave Abad a good chance to take his second shot calmly.The gunner took advantage of the long reloading time of the armor-piercing projectiles to carry out the same long disturbance aiming. Seeing that the enemy pointed the barrels to the north and the vehicle body turned in the opposite direction, revealing the side, he thought, their commander must have been away for too long. Sleeping a little dizzy.

The fighting in Quetta has also begun. Pakistani defenders fired rocket launchers from buildings on both sides of the street at the slowly advancing Indian tanks.Azarid had already prepared for the street fighting in this place. He knew that the buildings in Quetta were generally low, and most of the buildings on both sides of the street were two-story, so he divided the tanks into two columns and walked slowly on both sides of the street, using tanks to The 12.7mm remote-controlled machine gun on the turret fired violently to both sides.The Pakistani garrison lacked experience in fighting tanks. The commanders did not discover in time that the enemy tanks had no infantry cover, and instead tried to use low buildings to rush the battle.Under the suppression of the opponent's firepower, the infantry fired blindly from the 60-degree area in front of the tank. Most of the rockets fired from these angles failed to hit, and even if they hit, they could not penetrate the T90's frontal armor.For a while, the gunfire in Quetta gradually rang out, but Azarid's advance was not blocked at all.

The enemy's artillery fire quickly extended to the airport, which caught Lin Huaisheng by surprise. He had no time to wait for the troops to gather and enter the city in an orderly manner to establish defenses. He could only let a limited number of infantry control the buildings on the east side of the main runway according to the changing situation. Quetta City still has a few hundred meters of open land, which is suitable for defense with Red Arrow missiles. If individual enemy tanks come out and try to sneak onto the runway, they can hit them head-on.The three paratrooper combat vehicles brought by the same plane can only use their maneuverability to quickly deploy in the three areas in the north, south, and middle of the runway, each occupying one side for isolated defense.Now only its 3mm artillery and complete communication equipment can be used to form a support point and observation point for the headquarters, ready to deal with the possible airborne operations launched by the enemy at any time.Once Lin Huaisheng's command post fails, one of the tanks has a company commander and communication equipment that can communicate with the country, and can also take over the command
Under the critical situation, blocking enemy tanks is no longer Lin Huaisheng's most urgent task. He saw that the airport navigation facilities were destroyed by Indian cruise missiles, while the second transport plane was still in the sky.He could only take over temporarily from the control tower to direct the subsequent aircraft to land.

On the way here, he has already foreseen that if the Indian tanks come too fiercely, they may bypass the narrow urban areas from the south to approach the runway, and use the range limit of the gun-launched laser beam missiles to control the airport. If he is in command, he will do the same Do.For targets such as Il-76 and Yunba, such shooting can completely threaten their take-off and landing.Fortunately, after careful study of Quetta Airport with Lao Ding, we found some ways.As the rear training base of Pakistan's largest air force, the airport on this wasteland has been continuously expanded for decades and has a complex runway system.In fact, the Quetta base is composed of the old airport in the west separated by a row of buildings and the new runway expanded in the east.Both runways have long runways that are more than twice the take-off and landing distance of transport aircraft.The Indian Air Force has never attacked these two runways due to its conceivable attempts. This gave Lin Huaisheng room for imagination. He found that there were still opportunities for the transport planes that arrived later.After Lin Huaisheng took over the command, he immediately instructed the pilot of the second Il-76 to land on runway 2 away from the battlefield, so as not to fall into the enemy's direct fire net.

The Il-76 carrying the second company circled at a low altitude and almost flew over the heads of Azarid's tanks. Some Indian tanks even started firing at them with high-level machine guns, but they failed to hit them. After the plane pulled up in embarrassment , found the backup runway to the west, and prepared to land again.

After a while, a Pakistani liaison officer found Lin Huaisheng's headquarters in a jeep and told him that the city was almost overwhelmed because there were no effective weapons to stop the enemy's tanks.Lin Huaisheng was at a loss for what to do at the moment. Although the company beside him was an elite division, it was like a drop in the bucket to put it into an unfamiliar urban area of ​​50 square kilometers, and communication and command were also problematic. He decided to grit his teeth and wait for the second plane. Landing, of course, there is still no heavy firepower on the second plane, and he has no idea how long he can last.

A J-10 fighter jet painted with the logo of the Pakistan Air Force flew over the airport at low altitude. Lin Huaisheng noticed that the plane had been circling overhead for a while, and had been passing at low altitude to destroy the airway safety over the airport. Unfortunately, it was impossible to drive it away through the radio. Walk.

"What the hell is going on with this plane, why isn't it leaving?" Lin Huaisheng scolded.

"Maybe want to stay and help?"

"I think he's trying to do more harm than good." Lin Huaisheng looked down at the map and ignored it.

A few minutes ago, Sami took off immediately after the last C130 that took off. When he pulled up, a cruise missile accurately hit the ground hangar on one side, and the two J-2 fighter jets that had not yet evacuated were killed. Blown to pieces, he thought, there must be a few Rafales hidden in the sky, which was not detected by the ground radar before he evacuated the command post.

In the chaos, the colonel had to choose for himself whether to fly east and engage in anti-air combat, turn north, or stay and fight the tanks.

Mohammad Sami never had a concept of total obedience, the colonel often twisted the orders of his superiors to his own whim, no one could really command him while he was in the air.But now, he could clearly see from his commanding position that the enemy was advancing in the main urban area in three ways, the middle way being very prominent, almost reaching the central square.

The Chinese army that just arrived chose to stay at the edge of the airport separated by only a shallow trench and barbed wire. Apparently the commander thought that squatting next to the bare runway would be better than entering an unfamiliar urban area. Safety.This is obviously a problem caused by infantrymen who cannot see the whole battlefield due to their limited field of vision, but he can't communicate with the ground through the radio now, so he must find a way to let them know the main advancing route of the enemy.

The colonel turned and flew towards the city.A column of enemy tanks was crossing the square, but the colonel didn't want to shoot right away, he wanted to knock out one of the Indian tanks blocking the rear on the narrow road, not on the open ground.So far, he hasn't seen Indian tanks with infantry fighting vehicles or the like that can be dealt with by a 23mm cannon, so he has to find a way to penetrate a tank from a sure angle (his plane has bombs on it , but he dared not drop bombs on his own city).

Azarid, who was following Company B, could see a plane hovering at low altitude through the periscope, as if it was about to drop a bomb, which was something he was worried about.The streets in the old city of Quetta are relatively narrow, and most of the roads are not suitable for tank assaults. He has studied this for a long time, and he is sure that he knows the key points of tank warfare in this city better than all the Pakistani officers in person. The purpose is actually to hope that the large-caliber rockets deployed by Pakistan in the south can be weighed before firing.Now he must urge the column to quickly pass through this narrow area. If it is blocked, the attack speed will be greatly reduced.

"Company A, it's difficult for us to advance quickly in the urban area, so it's up to you to occupy the airport." Azarid shouted to the radio, but there was no response.He tuned the hopping station, and the problem persisted.The radio station was under powerful electronic suppression, and he knew it must be done by his own people. Since the beginning of the war, every time there was a communication problem at a critical moment, it was the Flying Snake Squad's good deeds.

"No way, we can only let each other fight on their own." He sighed.He had experienced that the noise interference from the flying snakes was not long-lasting, and the interference fan would soon be removed, but for the time being he was unable to learn about Company A's progress. A Company was his greatest hope.

Sammy flew along the direction of the enemy column from east to west, and piles of enemy tanks below blocked the intersection, but those were not his targets. He hoped to hit the leading one.Now, he could see the front T90 crossing the square and entering the narrow old city streets, and it seemed the right time to shoot.He fine-tuned the two-stick control course and flew over the entire column of enemy tanks, but fortunately no enemy machine guns opened fire on him.

The shooting aiming ring almost coincides with the swaying vector Peugeot, and it is roughly aimed at the tank in the distance. In fact, he doesn't need this extra aiming ring to guide the shooting advance, because he can completely waste some ammunition and shoot in advance to ensure the target Among them, whether you can penetrate it or not depends on luck.

The T90 was concentrating on attacking the RPG squad ahead with its machine guns, and it couldn't have sensed that an aircraft was approaching from behind.Seeing a rocket fired from a residential building, hit the front armor again, and then flew into the sky, the commander behind the observation mirror almost wanted to laugh.This area has blocked at least 4 rockets fired from the same angle, and the enemy keeps repeating mistakes.The commander ordered the driver to stop to ensure that the [ ] aiming star of the remote control machine gun turret moved steadily to the opposing combatant who was poking his head from behind the wall to observe the shooting effect.

At the moment of aiming, the commander pressed the shooting button and saw that the wall was smashed into ruins. No enemy personnel were seen in the firelight, but it was probably not good.Now the commander moved the observation mirror to find a fire point on the second floor on the other side of the street that was still firing. From there, the inexperienced Pakistani shooter fired several long bursts at the tough turret and front hull of the T90. Now the commander Just wait for the machine gun to move to the position, and kill that machine gun fire point.

"Hehe, these fools, never learn to shoot and have to move."

The driver sneered that he hadn't slept for 22 hours and was in a state of extreme excitement, feeling invincible.In this state, he couldn't help but realize that he had parked for too long and had become an excellent target.

(End of this chapter)