Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 408 Fire Power Extension
"Fuck, almost missed."

He Fan gasped, maybe it was because of the fickleness of the wind, anyway, his actual shooting percentage almost dropped to 60.00%.

Through the in-car communication, He Fan asked the driver to drive down the hill as soon as possible to avoid countermeasures.However, during the march, there was still a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle that suddenly appeared and kept shooting at it.The enemy corrected the trajectory through long bursts of tracer rounds, trying to catch up with the moving tank, but was quickly thrown off.

He Fan turned the observation mirror and finally found the fifth Laura self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that had slipped through the net. However, the opponent was hiding behind the cover of the village, and was relying on the higher artillery firing line to turn back and forth across a stone wall.

"Put it on and don't let it touch us."

The driver followed the instructions and quickly approached the village below the mountain.Sure enough, the enemy tank lost its downward line of fire, was forced to cease fire, and then reversed and disappeared.

It can be seen from the night vision device that the villagers are dragging their families and fleeing in all directions. This has brought some constraints to the firing of both sides, especially for He Fan. to avoid danger, but he never found any infantry mixed in the crowd. He reckoned that what he encountered should be a fairly regular army. Judging from the position of the anti-aircraft fire they deployed, it happened to protect the rear The artillery group, it seems that when the commander made a decision, he was still very calm.

"Move the vehicles, don't stay where you are. Beware of the enemy's heavy firepower."

He reminded the other train crews who came from the source to gather near the small village he marked. In principle, this should be a place where the enemy's howitzers can drop the mouse, and this advantage must be taken advantage of.Now the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower has not been completely cleared, and the threat of enemy howitzers not far away still exists.

At this moment, the outflanking tank group on the south wing had already encountered the enemy crossing the road, and eliminated a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the first fight. Calculated, more than half of the enemy's field anti-aircraft firepower had been wiped out. It was just the right time for the air force to approach.

He Fan temporarily left the Zhoushi equipment and observed the general structure of the village from the monitor. The map was updated one month ago.It can display every house and every passage here. He bets that the enemy must not have such a complete map. Obviously, he now has an information advantage over the map.

He carefully lifted the top cover, and stuck his head out of the turret, hoping that the wind would bring some movement of the opponent's motor vehicle, but it was counterproductive, the enemy seemed to be off?

In the darkness, a restrained voice called out to him. When he looked up, he saw someone talking and making gestures to him on the balcony on the second floor.An old man said something he couldn't understand at all. At that time, he pointed to the west, as if to inform the enemy?

He waved his hand to thank the old man, and then got into the tank. Obviously, the villagers couldn't tell the difference between the enemy and us at night.Maybe they guessed from common sense that it is impossible for the Chinese to deliver tanks here?

"Attention, drive 60 meters to the west and stop at the passage in front of the temple. The muzzle is pointed at 2 o'clock."

"clear."

He saw car No. 05 on the map approaching from one side, so he thought of a way, and then ordered it to turn around from the north side to make some noise to attract the attention of the enemy.

The No. 05 tank then fired a few rounds at several abandoned military vehicles in the north of the small village, and then the 35mm anti-aircraft gun began to counterattack, completely exposing its position.

The Indian troops hiding in the west of the village were unable to advance or retreat. When they heard gunshots from the north, they turned to the north together.Unexpectedly, a tank broke through the wall from the south and appeared behind him.

During the violent turbulence, He Fan steadily observed the situation in front of him. He had a face-to-face encounter with a large group of enemies, and was surprised that there were many more enemies than he had imagined.A large number of ammunition vehicles and at least two BMP-3 tanks - he didn't know when India had such tanks.

"All come to me, there is a mechanized company here."

As he spoke, he switched the turret remote control machine gun sight on the controller handle.Taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy, he manipulated the erratic sight and moved it to the chest of the commander on a chariot. Obviously, all the enemies hadn't figured out where he came from.He pressed the launch button with his right hand, and the tracer armor-piercing projectile pierced the commander's stomach in an instant.At about the same time, the gunner also opened fire on another tank, piercing the flimsy armor.

The enemy self-propelled anti-aircraft gun turned the turret in a panic, but its turret turned 180 degrees surprisingly fast, which left a deep impression on He Fan.The two 2mm follower cannons on the external cantilever immediately fired in a flat manner, and a series of shells mercilessly swept across the entire machine infantry company, catching the dizzy infantry by surprise.Two chariots equipped with thermal imaging cameras that met on a narrow road were fighting desperately, but this company without night vision capabilities was unfortunately caught in the middle.

"Reverse smoothly."

He Fan ordered calmly, getting hit at such a close distance is not a joke, and breaking any of the observation equipment on the top is unacceptable.

The hoist motor of the autoloader starts idling, and its efficiency in bumpy environments is always slower.

Seeing that being shot was inevitable, the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun suddenly turned into a ball of fire, and the search radar damaged on the top rolled and hit the front armor of No. 08.

"Damn it, let the drone take the lead again."

"08, this is the wolf's lair. Let the air power take over, and you quickly withdraw from the battlefield. You just heard a change in the radio station of the enemy's artillery group, and may start shooting at you."

"clear."

He Fan immediately ordered everyone to retreat. The rest of the vehicles had not yet entered the village with complex terrain, so the retreat was naturally easier.Fighting alone has never been his style, and he has never pursued this kind of victory by relying on pure courage, but he did make some mistakes in judgment just now, he greatly underestimated the number of enemies.Judging from the composition, what he was facing was indeed a training force mixed with various equipment.

"Each vehicle group evacuated back to the starting position, beware of enemy fire coverage."

He continued to remind.He knew that some advanced self-propelled howitzers had the ability to fire several shells in a row within ten seconds, which did pose a serious threat to armored troops traveling at low speeds.

On the distant horizon, frightening and uninterrupted flashes began to appear. He knew that the enemy's thunderous counterattack had begun. It seemed that this small village could not restrain the enemy's fire at all.

"Reverse at high speed, don't turn around."

As soon as the words fell, a shell fell near the destroyed BMP tank in front, and the huge explosion lifted the tank up and then fell down.He Fan had never felt the attack of a 155mm artillery at such a short distance.This is the most horrific explosion in the world, and any tank that gets close to it will die in an instant.

Continuous explosions instantly turned the small village built of adobe into dust.The huge shaking of the ground even made the field of view of the image stabilizer start to shake.As the most prominent chariot in the entire company, He Fan knew that as long as he could escape, the other teams would be fine.

The first round of firing lasted for a while, then stopped.

"Continue to retreat at high speed, beware of the enemy's extended shooting."

The commander continued to issue orders. He guessed that there was an enemy artillery observation unit nearby, so he had to quickly escape from the sea of ​​flames in front of him and hide in the darkness.After a short pause, the enemy's second round of artillery shells pierced the night sky and arrived again.The huge fireball was chasing after the retreating tank, and the ground began to shake violently again. It could be felt that the impact point this time was much closer than the first round. It was obviously right not to turn on the spot, but whether it could escape or not It depends on luck.

The driver backed up almost in a straight line, and all the houses, earthen walls, or Hindu temples that could be knocked down failed to stop him. The enemy's extended firepower was not prepared to leave the village alive, and he had no time to think about overseas operations. policy.

"Stop. Shift gears forward."

This command is given to the driver individually via the in-vehicle intercom. The No. 08 tank has already fallen into the fire net, and any running bomb that falls closer will paralyze the tank.Now it's the last moment. Although He Fan doesn't want to think so, it's time to try his luck.

The light tank braked on the spot, its tracks idling for a moment, then roared forward.

There is a sea of ​​flames ahead, and everything that existed here just now has been swept away by the firepower.The driver knew the commander's intentions very well, so he rushed towards the fire wall against the flames. The 155 mm caliber gun can't keep firing endlessly, but the third round will come soon.

Sure enough, He Fan guessed the enemy's intentions correctly. After precisely adjusting the landing point, the third round of fire covered and then roared to the rear. After the explosion, the fragments hit the weak rear of the car body, making a terrible sound. It was fatal, but the shaking of the car body was obviously not as good as it was just now.The modern fire net control has indeed endowed the artillery with unprecedented power. Such power may be able to reverse the occupation, but it still cannot be as comfortable and precise as the air force's firepower.

He Fan struggled to lift the top cover, wanting to poke his head to see the damage at the rear—he was always worried that the thin main fan partition would be pierced, and damage to the oil radiator or filter would be a non-fatal but very troublesome problem .Lin Huaisheng's air transportation has just been interrupted, which means that no new parts and personnel will arrive.

The scorching air rushed towards the face, and even though the shelling had ended, the strange high-temperature air around it still whizzed past the tank.The rumbling sound of burning was also mixed with the sound of ruined walls collapsing and the ground cracking and collapsing.He glanced at the back by the light of the fire, the fan was running, and it seemed that there was no problem.

The screech of jets overhead pierced the sky, and he raised his head to watch the flames fly overhead.

"Damn it, it's only now."

He cursed and drilled back into the turret, and the driver had already driven a few hundred meters with lingering fear to prevent another shot.The rest of the vehicles ran far away, they circled around and turned back to their original starting point.

The Su-30MKK formation in the air consists of two fighters.Lin Huaisheng's ground plan went deep into the hinterland of Assam, which made the airborne time of some tactical aircraft taking off from XZ significantly reduced. Now, these heavy bombers have gradually become the main force of night air strikes.

The radar ground scan quickly caught the gathering area of ​​the enemy's artillery group. The pilot raised the altitude to avoid the troublesome millimeter-wave anti-aircraft gun radar. They did not have the energy to deal with these scattered artillery in a wide area. machine to solve.

If the self-propelled artillery unit stops in the woods, it will be difficult for radar to identify them. However, after intensive shooting, they obviously need to quickly shift their positions. This is a decision that any commander will inevitably make, so it is inevitable that they will be rejected Leda grabbed it and caught it.The enemy's movement was too fast, and the original shape appeared almost 35 kilometers away.Of course, this is also a helpless move. The modern battlefield relies on a high degree of complexity to maintain its operations, and the disintegration of the entire system often begins at the moment when the anti-aircraft firepower is weakened. Now the passive situation is coming to them step by step. on the head.

The Su-30MKK is not the most suitable fighter for countering ground targets at night, but the two-seater aircraft always appears to be more comfortable when operating a Russian-made peregrine target designation pod.

When the plane was within 15 kilometers of the target, the pilot in the back seat began to search for the target in the optical device according to the approximate direction indicated by the radar, which may be the reason why the previous round of shooting was too violent.The self-propelled artillery evacuated in columns appeared extremely conspicuous in the forward-looking infrared detector.

The weapon controller then fired a beam at one of them.The aircraft carried a large number of KAB1500 series bombs, enough to destroy the troops below several times-if they did not have anti-aircraft firepower to accompany them.

(End of this chapter)