Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 502 Laser Beam Driving Missile

"If this kind of person is caught, he can't go hungry. Maybe the Indian government is willing to use war bonds to pay the ransom."

"I don't want to joke with you. If caught is of great significance in propaganda, living is more valuable than dead. The Chinese defeated [-] Indian troops in the east by relying on their propaganda."

Obviously, since the lieutenant general became an important candidate for the chief of staff of the Air Force, he began to think more about politics. Sami didn't think about the issue of propaganda. He thought more about revenge.

"I've already told you the approximate location. You can send someone to look for it. You might freeze to death if you go late, so remember to bring a body bag."

"Did you see that they really parachuted?"

"I only saw one." The colonel was no longer interested in this topic. "In addition, my plane was seriously damaged when it landed, and I need to replace it. When the Chinese withdraw, there must be something left behind."

"There is a J-10, but there are some minor problems. They didn't fix it, so they left it to us. I gave them an IOU."

"Is it Song Ning's?"

"Yes, he said that he still left a notebook for you in the cabin, about some features and operating essentials of this aircraft that need attention."

"He is still the same, thinking that other people are like him, and without those rules, they would not be able to fight." The old man said, inevitably a little moved in his heart, "They won't come back again?"

"They've been here long enough in our wars, they're about to launch their own offensive, and maybe you'll meet in the air near New Delhi someday."

"That is natural, as long as there is an Indian fighter jet in the air, our common mission is not accomplished. The Indian Air Force must pay the price for waging war."

After the colonel finished speaking, the clumsy novice below finally installed the ladder on the deformed Thunderbolt fighter.The old man propped himself up vigorously and slowly climbed down.

Yahini, who was hiding in the mountains west of Rawalpindi, watched the sun sink from the west, and this was the moment he was waiting for.Throughout the afternoon, the Indian assault force advanced another 2.5 kilometers to the west, so that the sound of the artillery in front could no longer be heard clearly.The tireless 9th Armored Brigade might have advanced even more if it weren't for fuel shortages.Yahini has always been worried that the enemy will send armed helicopters to search the mountains, especially the newly emerging Apache helicopters have sensors to detect medium-level camouflaged tanks, but the Indians seem to be determined to use these things.In the afternoon, some Su-30s flew over the head quickly at low altitude, but those planes were too fast to be used for low-altitude reconnaissance, and the battle in the air soon attracted them away.

Yahini estimated that there seemed to be some rift between the enemy's army and air force. At least the cooperation was not of one mind at all. The air force dispatched the Su-30 just for show.He couldn't see the whole picture of the high-altitude battle, he only saw the condensation trails spreading out in various arcs all over the sky, and the parachute opened by the downed pilot.

He has also seen desperate fights in the air before. In air combat, there are no other obstacles to hide except for the thin clouds, so the pilots have to turn desperately to seize a more favorable position.Ground combat is very different. Complex terrain needs to be considered first in terms of tactics and campaigns.He has experienced too many battles, and he knows that those who only take shortcuts or operate on flat terrain will not end well; Brigadier General Anida of the 9th Armored Brigade is just such a person. The two wings are friendly neighbors, and he has separated from his rear guard. He thought that the air force could solve the enemy sneaking into the rear, but the Indian Air Force obviously did not live up to it.This gave the company commander Yahini a second chance to counterattack. The victory or defeat of the battle does not simply depend on which side's rank or strength, sometimes it depends on who knows the terrain better.

The tank company hid for half a day. During this period, as the Indian aerial reconnaissance found nothing, the enemy's vigilance dropped again. The enemy was still winning in the front. His arrogant personality made Brigadier General Anida gradually forget about transporting troops in the morning. And the scene where the artillery was attacked.The Indian army was advancing too fast, and they didn't come to deploy the troops behind them at all, let alone control the mountainous areas, they just occupied the main road.Now it's time for Yahini to strike back.

Yahini's tank took the lead and walked at the forefront of the team. He had been observing the west direction he was worried about. If the Indian mechanized troops were moving there, he could see the smoke and dust raised by the setting sun. His own track It will also raise smoke and dust, but the advancing enemy will definitely treat him as one of his own. This is the trick he discovered after many operations behind the enemy lines.Before him, no one had thought carefully about the possibility of using tanks for guerrilla warfare. This heavy weapon is too dependent on supplies and infantry, and it is easy to expose, but there are always a lot of gaps behind the offensive edge of poorly organized enemies. And omissions can be exploited, perhaps only effective for the Indian Army, but it is enough for him.

In the distance, Yahini saw two slowly moving black dots in the sky. They were moving very slowly, so they couldn't be fixed-wing aircraft.He secretly rejoiced that he saw the opponent first, not the other way around, and immediately told Quan Company to stop, and continued to observe with the binoculars.

Sure enough, it was an Indian transport helicopter. It seemed to be Mi-17 or Mi-171. You can see that the helicopter is equipped with quite a lot of armed forces. Maybe it is looking for you?Judging from the route, it seems that it came from the direction of Fort ***, not from the supply base of the 9th Armored Brigade.According to common sense, Yahini should stop and carefully avoid air units. Even if it is just a transport helicopter, it is easy to distinguish the tank from the air and launch an attack. At least it will use the radio to report the position of the tank; but the two in front The helicopter was getting slower and slower, and it seemed that they were almost reaching their destination.

"Strange, there seems to be no Indian troops in the mountains ahead."

"How do you know?" asked the gunner.

"Change to a laser-guided shell," Yahini said.

"why?"

"Stop talking nonsense and move faster." He didn't want to waste time explaining his thoughts to the gunner, so he had to rush to call another car next to him to change a laser beam missile.Yahini had a hunch that the two helicopters might be slow enough for the tanks to shoot down, although this intuition seemed to have no basis, and it was not a vertical supply base for Indian troops.

The gunner was forced to operate the automatic loading machine to pull out the armor-piercing shells in the barrel. This action could not be done fully automatically. He had to run to the back, take out the ammunition, and then re-separate the shells and ammunition packs into the loader turntable.But the gunner didn't want to complain, and Yahini must have a reason for doing so.

Two Mi-171 helicopters flew slowly over 3 kilometers away, and did not notice the tanks that were staring at them on one side. A counterattack with only one anti-tank missile is enough to wipe out an isolated tank company.In fact, as Lieutenant General Meneam's main flying force, these helicopters not only transport members of special forces, but also have a strong ground attack capability.

Yahini observed carefully through the surrounding mirror, and sure enough, he saw red smoke burning in the mountain, probably the signal sent by the pilot who was shot down just now.Then two helicopters approached one after the other, hovering near the smoke.This was an excellent opportunity, and the helicopters seemed unable to descend, except by hovering and rappelling, which meant that once they dropped the ropes, they would be immobilized for a very long time.

"Are you sure?" he asked the gunner.

"It's a bit far, but you can try it." The gunner replied uncertainly.

"It must be [-] percent. If they miss, they may immediately turn to counterattack. There must be a few tank missiles on those short wings."

"Then look at me."

Since half a year ago, as a member of the No. 221 crew, the gunner Tasim has gone through the same difficult growth process as Yahini. After destroying about 40 enemy tanks and crushing countless After the truck artillery, he is confident that he can drive the artillery to attack any target that can be stably captured by the scope, even if it is a helicopter as a tank buster.

The Indian helicopter seemed to have let down a few strands of rope. Yahini squinted his eyes and couldn't see clearly. It wasn't until several members of the special forces slid down the rope that he confirmed that the time had come.

"02 The right side, leave the left side to me." He simply assigned the target, and then waited for Tasim to point the laser at the target. Maybe the target would perceive the laser immediately, but at this moment if they want to avoid it, they will definitely attach the rope to the target. Special forces throw out.

The aiming of laser beam-driven projectiles is far simpler than the disturbing aiming of armor-piercing projectiles. In fact, as long as the sight in the eyepiece is aligned with the target, the missile will find it by itself. Of course, he must always aim at the largest section of the helicopter, which is under the rotor. s position.The flight of the missile will show a spiral trajectory, and there will still be a certain deviation. In the twilight, the helicopter lights up the navigation lights on both sides and the tail, which provides a good reference system for the gunner.

"Fire."

There was a dull roar, and the shells came out of the chamber. Before the car stabilized, both the gunner and the commander pressed their heads tightly to the eyepiece. One controlled the direction of the missile, while the other stood and watched stupidly.About a second later, another tank nearby also fired a missile at another target.

Tasim kept adjusting the laser to aim at the target, but the target began to rotate horizontally, and then slid to one side. It must have sensed the laser irradiation, and completely ignored the consequences of violent movements.Several special forces were thrown off the rope and fell into the cliff.

This is the moment to test Tasim. The enemy's flexibility is not excellent, and he did not use the speed to quickly escape the narrow field of view. It can be seen that Indian pilots do not know how to deal with laser-guided weapons.It just blindly moves to one side while firing jamming shells. This is a typical action to deal with ground anti-aircraft guns and Stinger missiles-reduce the area of ​​​​the bombs and interfere with the missile seeker at the same time, but such actions are not very good. Semi-active laser-piloted beam weapons, it should be said that the enemy's response to flying such a cumbersome aircraft is already sufficient, and who can do everything on the battlefield.

The spinning missile merged with the target. It flew in from the cockpit and pierced the helicopter. The helicopter's armor could not have played any role. It exploded in the air and then disintegrated.

Seeing that he succeeded, Yahini quickly turned the surrounding mirror to observe another target, but the dodge of the other plane had an effect. The No. 02 tank's driving beam shells did not catch the target well, and unexpectedly flew away from under the helicopter. .He had a bad premonition, and quickly controlled the front sight of the remote-controlled machine gun, preparing to fight back. He knew in his heart that if the enemy really planned to attack, the 12.7mm machine gun would be of very limited use.

The machine gun sight quickly aimed at the target, and the approximate distance could be judged on the reticle, but it was meaningless to fire at such a distance, and he didn't want to expose it in advance, maybe things wouldn't get too bad.Sure enough, the Indian helicopter was overly frightened and did not make up its mind to fight back. So far, it doesn't know who is shooting at him. How much firepower is there?So he chose the safest way, turned his head and flew eastward, ignoring the people who were thrown into the mountains.

"Hehe, you are indeed a coward. They have suffered a heavy loss this time."

Yahini was still sweating just now, but he suddenly became proud again. The enemy lost a helicopter and many members of the special forces all at once.And he also got a special destruction record.

"It's finally getting dark, the whole company will follow me, let's go to the 9th Armored Brigade and let the shit out."

The company commander said proudly.He didn't intend to notify the headquarters to arrest the pilot, in fact, the communication was not restored all afternoon.The Indians did not cause any interference, but the communication relay vehicle of the headquarters should have been killed by the enemy's air force, but for him, the absence of interference from the headquarters is actually not a bad thing, and the enemy's offensive will not continue For too long, he only needs to move a few kilometers northwest to return to his own front line, and there is nothing to worry about losing contact.

In the dark, the transport troops of the 9th Brigade were transporting supplies back and forth, and a series of moving flashes of light could be seen on the road from a distance, but they did not see the enemy's flanking troops. The model, on the surface, is somewhat similar to the actions of the US military in Iraq in 2003, but the terrain in Iraq is relatively simple, and India does not have the ability to monitor the overall situation like the US military.

The enemy recovered the 9th Brigade's transport line within a few hours, but did not stop to clear the rear. Perhaps Brigadier General Anida still regarded the morning attack as an isolated incident, so he was destined to suffer again.

(End of this chapter)