Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 280
Indian tanks looked for new ways one after another. They tried their best to aim the front armor at Abad's muzzle. One consequence of doing so was to destroy the entire charge formation.

The 19th Regiment still uses the old-fashioned radio command, so in a large-scale charge, it must be accompanied by a tree-like command system, even if Azarid and several battalion commanders fully know that the attack intention lies in Quick, but the destruction of a battalion-level command vehicle still caused him to lose an important command node. Now his flanks have entered a situation where they are fighting on their own, and it is no longer possible to implement the policy of rapid breakthrough, and it has become chaotic.

Abad told the gunner to aim calmly. He knew that even if there was a cover to resist, the Type 89's oversized turret would be hit sooner or later, but now the enemy was in a more disadvantageous situation.They were blocked by the wreckage of several T90s, unable to find a suitable shooting range, and the burning wreckage of the Indian tank could undoubtedly expose the Indian tanks trying to hide in the dark.

The train crew operated efficiently like a clockwork, and soon another shell was loaded.During this period, the enemy fired twice, and one shell hit the concrete bunker, but failed to penetrate.Another shot went overhead, and now Abad could see the stars just by looking up, because the conning tower was gone and the turret was mostly open.

The gunner aimed the line of sight at the left side of the T90 side turret, which was covered with reactive armor. It may be the strongest defense area of ​​this tank, but this is also the position where the commander stands, and once penetrated, there will be There is a great chance to detonate the ammunition behind the fighting compartment. This is the experience gained by the gunner after shooting T90 and T72 many times.

Pushed by the huge chamber pressure, the armor-piercing projectile flew towards the Indian tank at a very high speed. At a distance of 500 meters, the reactive armor and slope slope were meaningless.As the gunner expected, the shell passed through the laser range finder, killing the commander standing under the perimeter mirror on the spot, and then the shell penetrated a spare grenade on the rotating shell rack of the automatic loader, which prevented the tank from firing Instead, there was an explosion and, as is often the case with Russian-made tanks, the turret was blown into the air.

A grenade exploded on the side of Abad's chariot, causing flames to burst out from the outside of the vehicle. Abad sensed that something was wrong, so he immediately took off the fire extinguisher from the side, and then climbed out from the big hole above his head to put out the fire. According to the situation (several groups of his periscopes with infrared observation capabilities have been blown up together with the conning tower), the fire is spreading in front of the car body. This tank has a front engine, and the front of the car body is indeed easy to catch fire.

He extinguished the fire three times, five times and two times, and the enemy's machine gun bullets flew around him all the time, but he had already put life and death aside and didn't care much. For him, every second on the battlefield was They were all picked up.Then the flames from the burning wreckage, he saw two Indian tanks in the distance preparing to outflank.So he slid down to the floor of the battle room, patted the gunner on the right shoulder, and signaled him to adjust the gun to the right.At this time, the loader shouted to indicate that the shells were loaded.The two Indian tanks had detoured back to 2 o'clock, and were seen by the gunner through the night vision device, that is, the control line of sight was closely chasing the enemy vehicle, but the electromagnetic clutch suddenly failed, and the turret stopped. It seems that the shot just now was close The fire caused by the missing bomb still caused some failures, but the motor shaft did not bite to death automatically, and it seemed that the failure was not serious.

While reminding the loader and the commander to check the breech block locking mechanism, this is a situation that may cause the steering gear to stall, and quickly release the handle of the gear holder from the planetary gear slot. Now the worm gear can only be driven by the hand wheel Drive the turret to rotate, as long as the enemy's speed is not fast, it can still be dealt with.

Abad hurried over to help turn the handwheel. He knew that the gunner could not be distracted from cranking the gun, but had to concentrate on aiming.Because of the current situation, it is impossible to use the missile computer to perform shooting calculations and calibrations. The only thing the gunner can do is to quickly move the line of sight beyond the target, and then wait for it to hit the firing line on its moving route. This can only be done with great concentration.

"Stop," the gunner shouted, ordering the commander to stop manpower driving the turret (Abad couldn't see the outside situation, so naturally he didn't know when to stop.)
"Check the safety clutch." The gunner continued to give advice to the commander.Now that the commander has lost his ability to observe, he can no longer stick to the command level.

"Understood." Abad replied.

Two Indian tanks preparing for a sneak attack circled around a large area from 800 meters away, and wanted to go directly to the rear. Now in the gunner's night sight, the fixed reticle is waiting for them. Of course, the shells cannot fly directly to the reticle. In the center, it will fly to an uncertain position due to gravity and the crosswind. Whether it can hit must rely on the estimation of the shooter's mind. Fortunately, the airport is a flat place, which makes the T90's horizontal position Ups and downs are negligible.

The gunner took a deep breath, and pressed the firing knob.Abad is currently observing the results of the battle outside the turret. He doesn't care about the huge launch explosion, and all his attention is on the target.All he saw was a white light flying into the darkness, and then something began to burn in the darkness, the silhouette of a tank in the flames.

Another tank took the opportunity to get into the blind spot of observation and disappeared; Abad knew that if he didn't move its position, it would definitely go around to his side in a few minutes, but Abad didn't want to do this.Whether or not this airport can be defended depends on one's own performance in the past few minutes. Now is not the time to play hide-and-seek with the Indians. You must hold them back so that they do not threaten the air transportation lines.

"Good job, knocked out." Abad yelled.

"Nonsense, I can see it myself," the gunner responded, "I told you to check the safety clutch, what are you doing climbing out?"

Abad jumped down again to check the safety clutch, which may also be a reason for the stalled turret motor.

The Indian counterattack did not stop. A tank in the front fired an artillery-launched missile. The shooter tried to control the laser beam to be higher than the bunker, which made the spiraling missile hit high.

Abad estimated that a large single piece was stuck on the turret seat ring, which blocked the rotation of the motor; he quickly drilled to the right side of the gun and loosened the inner gear friction plate of the clutch.His operation really had an effect, the steering gear began to work rumblingly again, the turret began to rotate again, and the light spot injection disturbance aiming also started to work again (only when the turret rotates, the fire control can measure the opponent's speed through the synchronous operation of the speed measuring motor. Angular velocity changes, so as to calculate the advance amount).

"Shoot the frontal enemies, and don't let them continue to approach," Abad said.

"But I saw a tank slipping behind us just now," the gunner asked.

"Leave it alone, we don't have time to turn the muzzle."

Abad was talking, and got out of the turret again.

The gunner's technology has reached the point of perfection, at this distance, any target who probes the brain has no chance to escape. The 120mm artillery fired again and destroyed the seventh tank.

Good luck didn't always befall the tank, and the Indian counterattack finally paid off. An armor-piercing projectile was fired from the front, penetrated the dilapidated concrete bunker, and then shot into the front of the tank destroyer.The remaining kinetic energy of this shell did not allow it to penetrate into the combat room, but it still caused the engine to stop immediately, and the associated damage was more serious. The driver and gunner were hit and injured by flying metal debris at the same time.

The automatic fire extinguishing device worked quickly to extinguish the flames in the fighting room. After the ventilation equipment pulled the smoke away, Abad found that the gunner was lying on the ground and rolling, his eyes were bleeding.

"It's time, all to abandon the car. Get on it," Abad shouted.The loader immediately picked up the gunner and lifted him up. With the help of Abad, the blind gunner finally turned over the big hole in the turret and rolled to the ground.The rest of the personnel also climbed out of the turret one after another. After they supported each other and ran for a certain distance, they found that the commander Abad did not escape together.Looking back, I saw that the track of the tank was off the ground, the front was on fire, and its huge turret was still turning. The crew knew that the commander did not intend to go with them, he was destined to go with this A chariot is left here.

It took Abad 20 seconds to transport a round of shells to the semi-automatic loader. During this period, enemy artillery fire exploded several times nearby, each time causing some damage to the tank.The battle room was getting hotter and hotter, and it was clear that the external fire was out of control.He pressed the push button, and the loading machine automatically pushed and locked.

Abad hummed a little tune and ran to the gunner's position, wiped off the blood on the eyepiece, and then squinted his eyes to observe.A few T90s had advanced a distance of 300 meters. They were sneaky and drove very slowly, looking timid. Obviously, they still didn't know the amount of anti-tank firepower in this area.

A red dot of injected light appeared in the scope, and he operated the gun console to correct the firing line of the gun.The cannon began to rotate with difficulty, and the loud noise indicated that the motor could not hold on for too long, and it might stop at any time due to insufficient torque, but this was not important anymore.

The muzzle pointed steadily at an Indian tank at the front.The opponent obviously also saw the muzzle pointing at it, and it began to speed up and turn to avoid it.The Indian commander must have never expected that the sleepless long-distance raid would end like this, and he was killed by an old chariot hiding behind a 2-meter-thick stone wall.

Abad pressed the launch button, and with the sound of a huge explosion, the T90, which was evading at high speed, stopped quickly, and then burst into flames.The top cover of the commander's conning tower was pushed open, and a person covered in flames got out. Except for him, no one else got out of the tank.

"Great, No. 20, who can surpass me in this war?" Abad laughed triumphantly.

(End of this chapter)