Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 301 War Practice
The following infantry fighting vehicle stopped 400 meters away, and the infantry carrying anti-tank weapons began to climb the mountain to seize the commanding heights.An infantry company commander climbed onto the tank as usual, knocked on the hatch cover, Zhang Gaocheng poked his head out, and handed the CSCK-Type 4 communicator in the No. 2 communication box specially used for infantry-tank coordinated support to the company. long.

Just as the company commander was about to say something, the roar of tank engines came from ahead—the enemy was about to arrive.

"You'd better not fight first, leave the tanks to us, and you should focus on the infantry." Zhang Gaocheng instructed, he was most afraid that the infantry's itchy hands would mess up his ambush plan.There is no enemy infantry in the video of the drone, so he hopes that the infantry had better not fire; when the infantry and tanks are coordinated, as the platoon leader of the tank platoon, he can even command limited infantry officers whose rank is higher than his.

"Okay, we'll wait for you to fire first." The company commander reluctantly agreed to Zhang Gaocheng's suggestion.

Re-drilling into the turret, Zhang Gaocheng connected the cable of the communication box to the VHF outside the knob to communicate, and he reminded the infantry fighting vehicles half a kilometer behind, telling them not to act rashly.Now his No. 155 combat vehicle has almost become a command center. In addition to concentrating most of the battlefield information, it is also connected to the individual infantry mobile phone of the external infantry and the simplex communication of the VHF vehicle radio of the infantry combat vehicle. Communications that are out of the data link cannot connect to the security and frequency modulation unit, and Wang Zhenbei has always reminded him to use it with caution.Of course, Zhang Gaocheng can bet that none of the nearby Indian soldiers can understand Chinese.This elite troop, which exists to explore new tactics, has undergone various forms of information warfare training for a long time, so under such circumstances, it did not show the slightest rush, even though Zhang Gaocheng was actually just a platoon leader, At this moment, the unit he controls has actually far exceeded the size of a platoon.A few years ago, this new style of warfare was still a concept on paper in the Chinese army. Even traditional army staff officers like Lin Huaisheng never believed that information could replace firepower as the key to winning a war. In this war, this method of warfare has finally been practiced in a small range of ground troops. As for the information advantage, can a platoon successfully withstand the attack of a company?At least Wang Zhenbei and Zhang Gaocheng have a solid foundation in their hearts.

In fact, Wang Zhenbei has been eavesdropping on the communications of the Indian army through Pakistani intelligence personnel. He has already felt that the information construction of the Indian army is still quite backward. Code word communication, and these communications seem to be often jammed by our own electronic warfare aircraft.

"The cannons are on the watch." Zhang Gaocheng said, "We have to wait for them to show up before we fight!"

"Old Zhang, why are you so wordy now?" Gunner Xu Guanglin laughed.

"Yesterday I heard that there was a Pakistani tank commander at the airport who destroyed more than 3 tanks in 30 months."

Zhang Gaocheng's answer was somewhat irrelevant, which made the gunner deeply baffled.

"And you think he would constitute competition?"

"No longer, his record will not increase."

The commander's words were unclear, but the enemy was about to enter the field of vision, so the gunner decided to put aside his doubts for the time being and concentrate on adjusting the gun.

The artillery was slowly pointed forward at 12 o'clock, which is the area where the enemy may appear.The engine is idling, and it is difficult for the enemy on the move to find the tank here first from the unstable observation equipment (the Indian T72 does not have a stable image observation system)
After waiting nervously, a shaking gun barrel appeared in the optical sight. This is the first Indian tank. It got out from behind the mountain. This T72 is full of branches, but the camouflage of the gun barrel Relatively sloppy, obviously not as well prepared as Zhang Gaocheng.It was driving carefully in about first gear, and the distance was about 750 meters away.It can be seen that there is a small yellow flag hanging on the antenna of the tank, but it is not a command tank.

The vertical electro-hydraulic servo system of the 125mm gun made a hissing sound and adjusted the angle slightly. "Hold your breath."

"clear."

The gunner held the handle of the console with both hands and felt a lot of sweat on his hands. In his field of vision, the sneaking enemy was speeding up. He was probably thankful that he turned around a dangerous mountain without being hit in the head. .

Ambushers who are not calm enough are easy to scare the snake, but Zhang Gaocheng is obviously not among them.He even looked away from the first tank and turned to the back, waiting for the command tank he was looking forward to.

The Indian T72 drove out 50 meters, and the second tank slowly appeared.

"160, you are in charge of the first one." Zhang Gaocheng whispered.As if afraid that the enemy might hear what he said.

Immediately, a new target guided by the commander appeared in the gunner's sight.The gunner turned the console to the left, abandoning aim. The No. 155 turret began to turn smoothly to the left.He didn't turn too much. The control circuit in the console sends out a continuous integral signal according to the rotation angle, and then outputs an appropriate voltage through the gun control box to control the speed of the turret. The slow rotation is to prevent the enemy on the opposite side from seeing the woods Due to the abnormal swing, the enemy tanker must be vigilantly observing the front, so everything must be very careful.

"Leave the second car alone," the captain continued. "I always feel that the Pakistani must have relied on luck and armor to destroy so many targets. Maybe he was lucky enough to rush into a truck column and get a lot of victories, but this is not our style."

Behind the sight, the gunner smiled impatiently. He knew that Lao Zhang had some narcissism unique to soldiers, and he always wanted to belittle other people's achievements. Fortunately, he could understand this.

"Shall we hit the third car?"

"No, continue to wait for my order."

The third and fourth tanks also slowly turned around the foot of the mountain. The enemy has obviously relaxed from their tense state. You can see the commander of the fourth tank sticking out his head. Maybe before the next turn, they all Won't worry too much about ambushes.Unfortunately, the most important goal that Zhang Gaocheng wanted did not appear.

"Get ready to shoot the next tank that comes up," he said.

"it is good."

At this time, the first tank had driven 300 meters away from the ambush position, and only 100 meters away from the nearest infantry group. Under the 125mm gun barrel, the bearded Indian driver is turning his head left and right, probably trying to find a ready-made road in the woods. If they made an attack plan according to the map, this path should indeed exist, but in fact Has long since been hidden by the bushes.

Zhang Gaocheng took a deep breath and waited for the battle to start.He has done many exercises in the Taihang Mountains, and he knows that it is difficult for a tanker to observe a well-camouflaged opponent during a long-distance operation beyond 100 meters. This is one reason why he dared to put the enemy closer.Also he knows that the reaction time of the tank after a surprise attack, even the best crew takes about 20 seconds to launch a counterattack from the chaos, that is, theoretically his platoon has a second shot time.

The sixth Indian tank finally appeared in the gunner's sight. He calmly pressed the laser range finder, and at the same time began to drive the turret to track the enemy steadily.He knew the enemy would turn awkwardly 6 degrees in the same spot where the vehicle in front had turned, and then it would stand still for a few seconds, its best shot.

The drone flying overhead obviously aroused the vigilance of the Indian commanders, and several commanders began to look up uneasily.In the multi-function display, Zhang Gaocheng could even see his tank turret turning slightly, but the enemy still didn't notice it at all. He had to admit that his camouflage was really perfect, even if viewed from above, it looked like he was in the shadow of a forest shrubs.Now the gun barrels of all Indian tanks are pointing at the wrong 11 o'clock direction. It must be the Indian company commander who doesn't know where he is hiding, and thinks that position is the most unsafe.

"Shoot." He gave the order for free fire.Then go back to the weekly viewer.He regretted not waiting for the command vehicle, but since the company commander was able to hide behind the entire column, he was obviously not a brave character.

The gunner pressed the launch button, and with a loud noise, the T72, which was turning on the spot, was lifted off the turret.At the same time, according to the target assigned by Zhang Gaocheng, the remaining two tanks also hit their respective targets and destroyed the tanks; at such a distance, there is no suspense to penetrate the front of the T2. The gunners began to turn to the next target designated by their respective commanders.As expected, the enemy was in chaos. The seventh tank, which had just protruded half of the turret from the foot of the mountain, stopped suddenly and reversed back. However, Zhang Gaocheng had already seen clearly that it was a command tank, obviously the Indian company commander was on it.His gaze quickly moved from the perimeter viewer to the multi-function display, and he saw that the tank was recklessly backing up quickly, until it hit a tank behind.Then he saw someone come out of the commander's hatch and jump out of his tank, leaving his troops at the same time and fleeing.

"What the hell." Zhang Gaocheng said disdainfully.

The gun barrel of the No. 155 tank is raised 4.5 degrees upwards, which is necessary for fixed-angle loading.During the long wait that followed, the gunner watched as the barrel of an enemy tank turned horizontally, the firing line swept past him, and then it turned its head again. Obviously, the enemy was stunned and did not find the direction to fire.At this moment, the infantry ambushing on the hillside also began to fire violently, and there was a huge smoke in the woods after the rocket launchers were launched, which made it difficult for the panicked enemies to judge the position of the tank guns from the smoke in the forest.

Amidst the creaking sound, the four-bar linkage mechanism on one side of the tank's anti-danger board pushed the smoking shell out of the turret. At about the same time, the bomb pusher pushed the second shell into the barrel.Everyone gritted their teeth and waited for the long loading process to be completed; no one could be completely calm when the tanks were firing at each other, unless he was a fool. In this high-speed metal-to-metal collision, the human body acts completely differently Caught in the middle of the weak link, life or death is actually just a matter of a moment.At such a distance, the Type 99 can't afford an accurate shot from the T72.

The Indian tanks in a daze finally saw the No. 155 tank.Its turret began to rotate, and the projectile smoke device and smoke screen pump simultaneously started to emit white smoke.Before its silhouette disappeared into smoke, an infantryman fired an 80mm rocket launcher, which accurately hit the turret ring. Shengsheng got stuck at a very small angle from No. 155.The Indian driver started to back up and turn, trying to make up for the lack of shooting angle, but the timing turned to Zhang Gaocheng's side, and the No. 155 finally fired the shell first. A powerful long-stem armor-piercing projectile with a tail fin shelling, penetrated the front gun mount and shot into the battle room. In the Ministry, the Indian tanks lacking effective explosion suppression devices immediately caught fire and exploded. At about the same time, the second shots of the other two 2s also hit the target. Within 99 minute, half of the Indian tanks in the company were completely reimbursed.

(End of this chapter)