Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 284 Ballistic Correction
In this war of attrition, India completely crushed the Pakistan Air Force with its strong national power.But Sammy knew that once China got involved, the balance would be reset.The main force that the Indian Air Force can still rely on now is the Su-30MKI fleet that it has spent more than ten years slowly accumulating, as well as the large amount of ammunition hoarded before the war, which allows it to continue to fight for consumption, but Indian tactics The rest of the air force has gradually shown signs of fatigue, including two Mirage 2000 squadrons, and a large number of MiG 29 fighter jets, which have rarely appeared in the theater recently. Obviously, there is a problem with the supply of accessories and ammunition.On the contrary, in just half a day, the number of Chinese fighter jets in southern India has increased from 15 to 40, and all the newly arrived fighter jets are third-generation aircraft that can launch medium-range bombs, and the entire Indian Air Force can still fight. There are only about 200 left.

The Il-78 immediately turned around and flew towards the border, far away from the battlefield.Sami followed closely behind, looking west to land at Shamsi Airport.Before finding a solution to the low-altitude missile positions in the Suleiman Mountains, the Indian Air Force is still unable to compete for air supremacy.For the time being, it can only approach Quetta by detour through the Gilgit mountainous area, which gave the Chinese command plane a long warning time to deploy troops, and the air front remained deadlocked.

At Quetta Airport, Indian tanks have already occupied the runway of the new airport.The defending Chinese ground forces did not fight the armored force on the open battlefield and retreated to the old airfield.Azarid did not disperse his forces and continued to attack the old airport one kilometer away, which was completely unnecessary.After occupying the old airport, the entire take-off and landing of Chinese transport aircraft at the old airport has been completely exposed to the direct firepower of Indian tanks.After landing 20 sorties, the air transportation line was finally cut off by Azarid.He hastily contacted the headquarters hoping to report this important situation. He found that the Chinese had begun to interfere with communications, and all means including satellite communications had lost their effect.He didn't know that the Chinese reconnaissance plane detected the Indian electronic interception force hiding on the highest peak of Suleiman, which was conducting a communication relay mission at the time.After receiving the news, the Pakistani Army quickly dispatched troops to capture the mountain. After a fierce battle, the Indian troops, which were outnumbered, were driven out of the peak. This made Azarid's contact with the headquarters suddenly cut off. He now does not know that the main force is now Where did he break through? It made him feel completely isolated.

After the air transportation was cut off, Lin Huaisheng had been planning a counterattack. The air force fighter planes lacked the means to fight against tanks at night, and at the same time, they were somewhat wary of throwing bombs, fearing that dropping bombs would damage the runway.He has a troop hiding in the underground facility of the airport, ready to crawl out and attack the enemy's tanks at any time, but he has not played this card for the time being, because he has been waiting for the reinforcements to arrive before making a move to maximize the effect.This Pakistani armored force that had come all the way was what he was most looking forward to at the moment.

Lin Huaisheng has always been very contemptuous of the Pakistan Army, until he saw the final battle of the tank destroyer, he changed his view, the skill and bravery of the tank destroyer impressed him deeply.However, the newly arrived two Flying Leopard fighters equipped with electronic warfare pods are doing simple noise jamming in this area to suppress the communications of the Indian troops, but the side effect is that the radio of the 2th tank unit that is coming The communication was also lost, and Lin Huaisheng didn't know their current location.

"Kunlun, there is still no trace of that army."

Lin Huaisheng squatted in the bunker and called the command plane with the call sign Kunlun on duty. For him, if the air transportation could not be resumed, it was meaningless to stick to the airport.

"Chief of Staff, we cannot determine their location. The Pakistani headquarters is in chaos. No one knows where they are."

Within a few days, the Indian troops will fully break through the Suleiman and Gilgit mountains and appear in front of them.No matter how you calculate it, the time to gather troops is still not enough, and now they have stopped.The number of troops brought by the previous 20 transport planes has exceeded 1800. Under Lin Huaisheng's headquarters, there are already 9 infantry companies and a large number of light tanks, but these troops are still not enough to fight against armored forces.He looked to the north eagerly, hoping that Yahini's tank company would appear soon.

Yahini was standing on the turret at the moment, with a pistol with a signal flare in his waist, looking towards the airport from a distance.He was a little surprised, because the situation was not the same as what the old man of the 12th Legion he found on the radio. There was no fierce battle on the runway, but it was quiet, with occasional sporadic gunfire and explosions. There was quite a fight as there were 90 wrecks of T20s burning all over the runway, but at the moment the Indians seem to have taken over the airport as the transport planes are no longer landing.

"Tassim, is the battle over?"

"You ask me? How do I know."

"Maybe we can wait until dawn to launch an attack." Said the driver Saad, obviously he was a little negative.

Yahini then asked the commanders of the remaining 7 vehicles. Most of them believed that they should attack at night. Judging from the situation of the last battle, the night vision equipment of the Type 99 tank was superior to that of the Indian army. These commanders also knew very well , the dominant night vision distance is an advantage that offsets the number of enemies.In daytime combat, the competition is the technology of artillery, armor and vehicle crews, and the White Tiger Division is not easy to deal with in these aspects.

"Why don't I fire a flare first as agreed." Yahini hesitated, because that would obviously expose his position, but he had to do it. He had to know the current position of the Chinese army.

A red flare rose into the air, attracting the attention of everyone within a radius of dozens of kilometers. This was the contact signal agreed between Yahini and Lin Huaisheng, and it was also a signal that frightened the Indian armored troops stationed at the airport, because they did not The number of enemies is unknown.

Soon a red flare rose from the position of the Chinese army, which seemed to be connected to the one in the north.

The surprised Azarid got out of the turret, but unfortunately he couldn't see through the darkness around him.He didn't know what kind of enemy would appear in the north. The worst case was an armored force, but according to all the information, there was no large-scale armored force in this area.He deployed a company to the north for defense, and asked the company commander.The company commander told him that nothing could be seen in the night vision equipment, and Azarid then reminded the company commander of E company to take turns to use the thermal imaging camera to observe, so as to stagger the cooling time.

Another flare rose in the sky. Azarid was not sure of his opponent's intentions, but it looked like a signal for an attack.

"Lieutenant Colonel, they fired another flare." The commander of Company E continued.

"I saw it, it must be a bluff."

Azarid turned off the radio nervously. He couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in the opponent's gourd. If he was allowed to attack, he would definitely not expose himself.Now we can only wait for the enemy's next move, and the strong defensive wall in the north of the runway should help Company E defend well.

The commander of Company E has been nervously watching the movement in the distance. After the thermal imaging camera has been fully cooled, it still has nothing.This shows that either the enemy is hiding very far, or there is no army there at all, but as the chief said, the enemy is bluffing.

The Indian company commander was thinking about it, when a bright light suddenly appeared in the observation mirror, and it could be seen that it was flying in a spiral shape.After fighting for a long time, Lian realized that it was a cannon-launched laser-beam-piloted missile, because only this kind of missile used such a flight method.He quickly pressed the optical suppression button on one side, but the missile flew out of sight in an instant, obviously it was not flying towards him.He hastily turned the observation mirror, and saw that a chariot exposed outside the bunker on one side was hit in the front.The missile hit a huge fireball on the reactive armor, and I don't know if it penetrated.After a few seconds, the turret began to smoke and burst into flames.He quickly turned back to the scope, hoping to find traces of his opponent, but found nothing. This was not the first time he had experienced such a thing.

"Company E, what's going on?" On the radio, the head of the regiment, Azarid, asked loudly. He also heard the explosion a few kilometers away.

"Lieutenant Colonel, it's a gun-launched missile coming out of the dark. I'll bet there's an armored unit there, but we can't see it just yet."

"Armored troops?" Azarid thumped in his heart.There are only a few chariots in Pakistan that can launch laser-driven beam missiles, and there is only one tank that can surpass the T90 night vision capability. He encountered it once and suffered a big loss.

"Listen, take full advantage of the bunker at the end of the airport and hold them back."

"understood."

On the other side of the night, Yahini was assessing his opponent's reaction.With a successful blow, the rest of the Indian tanks hid behind the concrete bunkers at the end of the runway.Yahini has never been here, but he knows how thick these concrete walls are. This is a thick barrier that was set up to prevent Balochistan terrorists from driving a truck full of explosives into the military base. It is 1 meter thick.When the tank is hiding behind the bunker and only the turret is exposed, it is difficult for the laser beam missile to hit it, especially a low tank like the T90.

"Tassim, change a grenade."

"Grenade? It is impossible to penetrate such a bunker."

"Just aim. Follow my instructions and make manual corrections."

Tasim selected the grenade on the fire control computer panel, and moved the switch to manual loading.This hot and windless night minimized the interference of the cross wind, and then he set the air temperature, drug temperature, and initial velocity one by one according to the commander's password.

"Aim for the middle of the bunker and shoot."

A grenade whizzed towards the target, and finally landed under the bunker. The huge explosion raised smoke. The thermal imaging camera could see through the smoke. This attack did not hurt the tank behind.The turret of the Indian tank turned a few times and then stopped moving.

"Did you see the landing point, and then perform a comprehensive correction setup."

"clear."

Tasim gradually understood what Yahini meant, and he began to correct the height and direction again on the sub-panel of the computer fire control device.Shooters generally seldom use the comprehensive correction panel, because the main targets faced by tanks are usually in high-speed maneuvers, and the distance and speed are changing, so it is difficult to have the opportunity to make careful corrections based on the impact point.But today's target is rather special. It is hidden behind a thick bunker, motionless, and it seems that it can try to hit it with a grenade.

(End of this chapter)