Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 289
The appointed time is coming soon, and hundreds of soldiers hiding in the underground oil depot are adjusting their formation in the crowded aisle. In the original formation, the soldiers with 80mm individual rocket launchers were in the front, but now they must let the heavy The anti-tank Red Arrow team adjusted to the front. In a small space, this was really a strenuous task.The tunnels where these soldiers are located are not tunnels for combat. They are actually underground oil depots and power station facilities designed to prevent air strikes. The stairs are very long and the exits are small (to prevent detection by satellites). They are all built in the grass beside the runway, and the enemy has no infantry accompanying them, so they can't find these entrances at all.

Over the heads of the soldiers there was a strange roar, like the roar before a thunderstorm, and everyone stopped, waiting for the enemy tanks to run over them; although the Indian tanks had run out of fuel, But they're worried about aerial attacks, so every now and then they jump up nervously and run.

The rumble stopped suddenly, and it sounded like these Indian tanks stopped not far away without driving far.It would be troublesome if they blocked the exit. The most difficult part of this raid was to deploy troops as soon as possible in the dark so as to exert firepower, and a 12.7mm machine gun could easily block the entrance. .

Li Ping, the commander of the search company, signaled the troops to continue to adjust their formation, and he quietly got out of the exit alone.He and the standard crawling action, crawled over the haystack beside the runway, trying to find the Indian tank close at hand.The sky was gray and there was no starlight, but he quickly saw the huge silhouettes of those fortresses with the low-light night vision device.The long barrel was turning, but it wasn't turning towards him. What did that mean?
As an infantryman, Li Ping didn't know much about tanks. He only knew that the tank's attention should be in the same direction as the gun barrel. Of course, his take for granted was inaccurate, but at night, he was generally right.The Indian car captain's observation ability is indeed somewhat compromised.

After laying down for a while, those T90s didn't move at all. Li Ping was sure that they couldn't see himself with the cat in the grass.This location is really great. If the sky is slightly brighter, you can directly use the simple white light sight of the Type 89 rocket launcher to hit the rear power part of the tank 150 meters away. Those tanks that stop there motionless are really good targets.

As an anti-tank veteran (only in exercises), he is best at using the lightweight PF-89 individual rocket launcher, which is simple in action and acceptable in weight.He's actually never been a big fan of the 120mm anti-tank rocket, which is lackluster except for limited night vision.The waiting time for simple fire control is too long, and the tripod is too bulky.He sometimes thought it was a completely out-of-fashion weapon, that the bazooka didn't need to have a long range or repeated use, it should be light and easy to train.Isn't it enough to hand over the long-distance attack to anti-tank missiles?

"Li Ping, I'm Lin Huaisheng, everything is going according to the original plan."

"Understood. But I have 3 Indian tanks here, which are 150 meters away, which is a bit troublesome."

"Don't worry, they should be struggling at the moment, it's worth taking a little risk."

The Indian tanks on the side of the runway continued to be motionless. It had been almost 15 minutes since the last time the turret was turned. It seemed that they were really exhausted as Lin Huaisheng expected, and they probably fell asleep at the moment.

"All companies, start moving." He whispered, and then watched figures flashing from the narrow exit. According to the pre-plan, the odd-numbered teams in the single-row column headed south, and the even-numbered teams headed north. Soon the troops headed towards the runway. Derived from both sides.The same thing happened at the other two exits of the runway. Time passed slowly, and the Indian tanks didn't notice it at all.

"Slow!" Li Ping whispered.Suddenly all the figures lowered their bodies and listened.Thanks to the role of the individual communication system, this army can maintain good organization in the dark.

Li Ping saw a person coming out of the enemy turret. This person jumped off the tank and came straight towards him. Obviously he didn't see him, otherwise the tank should have turned around.In the night vision device, the Indian tanker looked around furtively, then lay down on the ground, and snored after a while.

"The discipline of the 19th Regiment is nothing more than that," Li Ping thought to himself.Obviously, after a long period of suffering, it is difficult for this elite regiment to maintain the necessary military discipline.

A few signal flares fell in the sky, which did not cause panic among the Indian tank soldiers. For several hours, signal flares were frequently fired from the western positions for no reason. Lie on the ground for a while. After 48 hours of arduous trek, the tank soldiers finally ushered in the coolest period in the desert. Many people could not help dozing off. In their dreams, they were standing on the tank turret, receiving the cheers from the elders in their hometown. .

The signal flares that slowly descended from the sky were not offensive signals, but to paralyze the enemy and at the same time provide short-term illumination for the infantry.The Indian tanks were scattered in all directions on the runway, which brought great difficulties to the deployment of the three latent companies.

As Li Ping thinks, the FP120 anti-tank rocket that can attack at night is a strange weapon. It is not a guided weapon, but it has a fire control system. This system can perform distance measurement and angular velocity tracking, and simultaneously calculate Motion lead of parabolic trajectory and target at various distances, then provides dot-injected aiming cues within the scope.It can do everything except not being able to measure the cross wind.But at the same time, it has a much shorter range than an anti-tank missile, and it takes up more manpower (and needs to carry more ammunition); in modern warfare, a reusable launcher is a negligible asset Advantages, but the tandem warhead that cannot penetrate the frontal armor of the third-generation tanks can only be regarded as a shortcoming.

Li Ping, the company commander, personally served as the shooter of a group. When it comes to fighting tanks, he is most trustworthy in himself.Under the eyes of the enemy, after a few people quickly installed the rocket launcher on the launcher, Li Ping plugged in the power supply in the dark—the night vision system needs to use an external power supply for cooling. After a while, the outline of the enemy tank in the 4X eyepiece gradually appeared. come out.He turned on the internal power of the scope, and the white reticle stood out from the rough background.At this time, the warm-up of the simple fire control system was completed. He lay down on the ground and aimed his left eye at the laser rangefinder objective lens. He didn't know if it was necessary, but he pressed the button very quickly to measure the distance, 153 meters , which is the same as what he estimated before, which made him a little proud.

To deal with stationary targets at such a distance, there is no need to use fire control calculations at all. He squatted up again, put his right eye on the low-light aiming eyepiece, and began to adjust the direction and height.What a fucking hassle!He cursed in his heart, if he had installed night vision goggles on the 80mm rocket launcher carried on his shoulder in advance, things would have been much simpler.However, there are too many problems exposed in this emergency air landing operation, and there are really not many problems.Li Ping once observed the thickness of the steel plate pierced by two kinds of rocket launchers at the shooting range, and found that there is actually almost the same difference.

Azared kept calling on the radio, and he found that he could not wake up several company commanders. He knew that this was a difficult time, everyone was exhausted, and only the unrelenting enemy was waiting for work; he Also know that the enemy's continuous firing of signal flares must have bad intentions. After these chaotic signals, there will always be one time when it is true.Now he is being watched from the north and west by the enemy, and the enemy has not attacked, which shows that they have a bigger conspiracy.He is well aware of the importance of this airport to both China and Pakistan, so he never expects that the enemy will sit back and wait for failure.

"Listen well, cheer up everyone. After dawn, the air force will seize the air supremacy. At that time, many paratroopers will come to support us. We can leave the tank and make a good repair." Azared wished empty-handed.According to the plan, as early as 15 hours ago, the paratroopers should have arrived.

"I went out to relieve myself just now, and heard movement in the east, they must be outflanking us." A company commander said.

"Maybe it's just a reconnaissance force. There are mines deployed by themselves in the east, and there will be no large-scale actions."

Just as he was talking, two more flares fell from the sky, and Azared suddenly felt that this time it might be real.

"Attention all commanders, get your men back in the vehicles." He shouted, knowing that in recent hours, many people have run outside the tanks regardless of discipline and the threat of enemy snipers. "Don't I thought the enemy's snipers couldn't hit you at night."

Sure enough, there was loud gunshots on the runway, and the snipers on the opposite side took advantage of the faint light of the signal flares to take advantage of the opportunity to open fire, and the Indian soldiers who were enjoying the cool outside jumped back to the tank.

Li Ping restrained the troops not to act rashly. This was just the opening of Lin Huaisheng's drama, and it was not their turn to act yet.

"Don't worry too much, these turtle shells will be ours later."

Just after 5:30, there was an explosion from the north, and an exposed T90 was hit by tank guns.

Yahini's artillery is still extremely accurate. According to the plan, he must attract all the enemy's firepower before dawn.But this time his assault was a little impatient, and the Indian tanks immediately started to fight back. The T90's thermal imaging equipment finally played a role in the cool and dry climate, which made Yahini's advantage smaller. He only fired one shot. , the hot turret was seen from the opposite side.Several range-finding laser beams were already scanning the vicinity, and the enemy could indeed see him.

"All retreat 200 meters," he yelled.

In the commander's surrounding mirror, Yahini could see an armor-piercing projectile hit the front like lightning, making a dull sound. He felt the body of the more than [-]-ton vehicle shaking, obviously the armor had not been penetrated.It seems that the low temperature in the early morning has greatly improved the enemy's night vision ability.

Another tank next to him was also attacked by a 90mm shell fired by a T125, but it did not penetrate. Obviously, the wedge-shaped armor of the 99G type is much more reliable than the front armor of the T90.After resolutely retreating a few hundred meters, Yahini came to his senses. He rushed too hard just now, and now he must find a critical point where the enemy is not easy to fight back.

"Listen, 2 speeds, small throttle, push slowly. Saad, control the distance, don't get too close," he said, and then switched to the inter-vehicle channel, "All fire smoke, don't let them see our numbers .I know where the range limits of their guns are, trust me."

About a company of tanks on the opposite side began to fire. At a distance of 2800 meters, the 90mm gun of the T125 was very poorly aimed.The 19th Regiment has experienced several high-intensity battles, and all gun barrels have reached the stage of moderate wear. Even if the wear is corrected in the fire control equipment, the accuracy of the long-barrel ammunition is still far inferior to that of the before.

(End of this chapter)