Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 506 Revenge
"Turn to bearing 270, it's getting close."

After saying this, Yahini could already hear a deafening sound nearby, and the enemy was about to cross the ridge and enter the shooting range of the anti-aircraft machine gun.

According to the instructions of the company commander, the five tanks slowly turned the turret. This action was a bit redundant, because the artillery field of view and the scope observation could not reach such a high elevation angle. However, the machine gun sights controlled by the tank commanders could be aimed at the ridge and On the line of the dark sky.The tankers trusted the company commander, at least more than they suspected.

"Tassim, you go around to the right and control the remote-controlled machine gun. It flies very low, and it should be able to overwhelm the mountain."

On the other end of the phone, Naseem hummed.After finishing speaking, Yahini drew the flare gun from his waist. He didn't fully realize how stupid what he was going to do. He only knew that the tank killer was coming in a blink of an eye, and he had to fight back effectively.

The snow and gravel on the hillside began to shake, and a huge black shadow passed tens of meters above his head, then slowed down and hovered.Indian pilots are eager to cross the ridge and overlook the prey for the first time.After going around in a large circle, they determined that there was no anti-aircraft firepower on the commanding heights nearby, so they decided to resolve the battle as soon as possible. Crossing over the ravine is an easy way. The tank's peripheral vision equipment cannot see the target at a too high position, and the helicopter is completely Designed for condescending strikes.

Of course, the helicopter cannot hover in any posture, nor can it dive and shoot directly in the dark mountains, which means that it cannot immediately use firepower other than machine guns to cover the entire valley; so it must use observation means to see To the opponent, and then in the hover, use a set of hydraulic systems on the short wing pylon to adjust the angle of the rocket pod to fly the helicopter attitude, which will obviously produce a dangerous period of stagnation.In fact, U.S. military pilots have many strategies to avoid this danger, such as quickly skimming the valley to conduct reconnaissance first, and then determine the attack plan. However, the training period of Indian pilots is too short. There is no other tactic.

Things were completely beyond the expectations of the Indian pilot. When he had just crossed the hill and stopped, and saw the tank through the night vision equipment, there was a shining fireball coming towards him. It hit the windshield on the front of the helicopter with a bang and bounced into the air. ; The flare did not cause direct damage to the helicopter, but it made the pilot's naked eyes and night vision equipment instantly blinded.The pilot subconsciously blocked the action, causing the helicopter to spin in the air, and the machine gun also rotated with the shooter's helmet, and fired randomly in the air.

The pilot can only immediately control the horizontal movement in the warning sound of attitude loss control, so as not to crash.The tank below was stunned for a while, and found that a dazzling light and the helicopter could be seen from the low-light sight, and they were right in front of them, so they opened fire together.

Fire snakes composed of 12.7mm bullets fluttered in the air, and the shooters followed the trajectory of the tracer bullets to quickly correct the trajectory.The dense fire net instantly covered the target, and the bullets continuously hit the churning helicopter; this helicopter has quite powerful armor, and now with the pilot's subconscious evasive action, its front, cockpit, short wings, sides, rotors, etc. , Tail boom were tested one by one.For the Indian pilot, the thumping sound from the front is the most frightening. His subconscious avoidance action is really helpless, but he makes the helicopter unable to fight with the strongest armor on the front.

A series of bullets pierced the tail boom of the helicopter, followed by the tail rotor.A ball of fire burst into the air, Apache fell rapidly, and at the same time one side of the engine stopped, the bad thing was that the pilot's eyesight still hadn't recovered, he instinctively pulled the left stick to adjust, but the flight still couldn't stop it from falling to one side Momentum, and finally the rotor hangs to the ground, and it capsizes completely.

Yahini kept watching from below until he was hit in the face by a huge clod of soil lifted up by the rotor, and then realized that he was not outside the incident, so he turned and ran away.There was a huge mechanical impact and twisting sound behind it instead of an explosion. It was obvious that it had fallen to the ground. The huge sound did not stop immediately but pushed into the wall, pushing towards Yahini's back.Among them was the sound of swishing rotors, which seemed to stab at the back.Yahini broke out to run at the maximum speed, jumped over a rock in depth, and quickly got down on the ground.The sound of metal cracking behind him lasted for a while before it stopped.However, the company commander still didn't dare to show his head. He only slowly stuck his head out when he heard the tank commanders shouting in the valley.At this moment, the flares were still slowly falling in the air, which proved that the battle had only lasted for a short moment, but it seemed like yesterday to him.A giant dying beast was right in front of him, and it was no longer as ferocious as before.There were no open flames or smoke on the Apache, just short-circuiting sparks under the canopy, and it seemed like it just fell to the ground, and it didn't look like it was going to explode.

Yahini carefully discerned that the rotor had gone deep into the soil and stopped moving, so he walked slowly, and a cough came from the cockpit.He walked over to turn on the flashlight. The Indian shooter in the front seat was still sitting there, his chest pierced by a huge glass, and it seemed that he had pierced his lungs, and he was about to die.The pilot in the backseat, with his head tilted to one side and his hands clutching the controls, was apparently dead.

"I want to kill these invaders with my own hands," Yamashita groaned, and it was Tasim's voice, "I want to tell those Indians that I shot down all their helicopters, and try again if you have the guts. "

"Nonsense, this helicopter was shot by me." Another driver said, hearing the sound they were trying to climb up.

"If you dare to say that, I'm really surprised. It's obvious that I hit his engine compartment."

"By the way, where did the company commander go? Is it over?" Finally, someone called Yahini during the quarrel.

"Never mind him, anyway, I shot it down, not you."

"Stop arguing, listen to me, I actually touched his drive shaft, and it started spinning in place."

Seven or eight people finally climbed the mountain and saw the company commander sitting next to the huge helicopter wreckage.

"You're not dead yet?" Some people inevitably felt a little surprised.

"not yet."

"It won't explode, will it?"

"Maybe not." Yahini said lightly.

"Look there's one alive."

Everyone looked at the unlucky Indian pilot. He couldn't turn his neck anymore, but just squinted at everyone. So far, he didn't understand why he was suddenly defeated by a white light when he was searching for prey.

"Leave him alone, he's dying."

"Yes, it's best to let him slowly choke to death with his own blood."

As soon as someone finished speaking, the Indian pilot was heard coughing hard. Listening to the movement, his lungs were full of blood.

"Which one of you has a pistol, give him a good time, they are not the ones who started the war." The company commander stood up, patted the dirt on his buttocks and said, he is not tall, but standing on the high ground at this moment, he looks outstanding.

"Then let's just forget about the loss of three brothers in the car crew?"

"The night is not over, my brethren," Yahini said, putting his hands on his hips. "The 9th Brigade is still there. We will seek blood from them."

"Yeah, that's right. There's half a base of ammo left. Kill 'em."

A group of people suddenly realized that apart from the fact that the company commander was alive, the other thing was that the battle was not over yet, and there were still a lot of enemies that had not been dealt with, and they walked down the hillside in righteous indignation.Only Tasim remained at the end, and he shot the dying Indian in the head as a relief.

A few kilometers away, inside the headquarters of India's 9th Armored Brigade.Lieutenant General Anida is regretting the loss caused by his rash dispatch of troops.In his pursuit of about 1 enemies throughout the afternoon, he lost only 15 tanks, and 9 of them were simply stuck in bad terrain and could be rescued only by rescue troops.But in the battle at night, 24 tanks were lost at once. Except for more than 20 tank soldiers who fled back, there were no resources to recover.This will undoubtedly be a discount to his near-perfect battle command evaluation so far (the attack on the supply line in the morning can be evaded due to the lack of support from friends and neighbors).As a rising star who is destined to save India in a crisis, he is ready to accept all honors, but this mistake is fatal. The tank battalion on the right wing, which is not fully staffed, was originally planned to be in the army. Tomorrow, the attack will take over from the main regiment, but now the attack seems unsustainable.

"Commander, with all due respect, it was the slow progress of the follow-up troops that finally led to the penetration of the superior enemy into our flanks, which in turn caused us negligible losses. In war, such things are always difficult. expected."

An officer, eager to curry favor, excused his superiors.

"In 20 minutes, 35 tanks, a field air defense system, and 15 liters of fuel were destroyed. Such a loss cannot be called 'insignificant' anyway?" Anida said.

"Fortunately, we got helicopter support in time, and now everything can be cleaned up."

Anida stopped talking. Tomorrow, no matter what, I have to stop the full-scale pursuit. At least I have to reduce the attack on the front. I lost a quarter of the tanks. It is time for other troops to withdraw from the battle. Maybe other commanders are happy to comment. Until they stop, the pressure on their reputation will be lessened.Of course, there is another thought that has been floating in his heart, that is, this long night has not passed yet.He raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was only 2 o'clock in the morning, and the pitch-black night was truly terrifying.As long as he has a company of T90 in his formation, he can fight against his opponent at night. Unfortunately, at the last moment, General Meneam transferred the T90 troops originally assigned to him to Srinagar to strengthen the defense. A battalion of anti-tank combat vehicles, while the unit is still on the road, did not enter its own ranks.

In fact, the tanks that the general deployed are useless to defend against the cruise missiles launched by the Chinese from their territory, but the general hates attack by nature, and he can do such things only out of self-preservation instinct, not military calculation.

"Send a report to the headquarters and ask about the results of the air force... I want to know how many tanks they have."

Before the words fell, the explosion occurred not far away again.Anida quickly put his head on the observation window, and it can be seen that a Bmp2 has just been pierced, and flames are spraying out from the narrow hole left by the armor-piercing projectile.

"Damn, the enemy is back?"

Seven tanks rushed towards the rolling convoy of the 9th Brigade. Of course, these Pakistani fighters were not foolhardy. They were always hiding in the dark and shooting.

The enemy's troops marched together, looking like a moving castle from a distance. This is a performance that can only be performed by troops with a considerable level of training. Of course, the equipment level of this army is second-rate, although it and its commander have always wanted to Masquerading as a first-class elite, but now Yahini and his company are going to expose this illusion.

The one-sided attack launched again.After experiencing the moment of life and death just now, Yahini's people have become more calm and confident. India's command ability is doomed that they are unlikely to continuously transfer helicopters.

"Watch out for the left wing. I just saw a wheeled tank that may be carrying anti-tank missiles." Yahini was in the middle of the command and commanded. Now, what he was thinking about was more important things - observing the battlefield for the whole team.

"Anyone who sees an enemy headquarters, report their location immediately. That is our only priority."

"Truck 5, don't shoot armored cars and trucks with armor-piercing rounds. We're running out of ammo. Trucks for machine guns."

He has not indicated the target for Tasim, which makes the gunner a little dissatisfied. His field of vision is too narrow to see the battle situation, and the periscope under the hatch is basically useless at night.Fortunately, Yahini is very verbose, just listen to what he said to the radio station. She almost described the enemy's losses in detail.

"Turn to 270, there is a T72 in the sea of ​​fire."

Look at me.

Tasim finally got a chance, but it was a difficult goal that other teams could not solve.

Indian tanks are also adapting to the battlefield. It is not unreasonable that they always hide in the fire.Tasim immediately switched to the white light channel and searched at the location pointed by Yahini.An Indian tank was moving laterally behind the tanker, hidden by the blazing hull.For tanks, such a place is extremely dangerous. The falling wreckage and splashing flames are likely to ignite the combustible exhaust gas at the engine grille, but for the party with backward night vision capabilities, hiding there is also a good way to hide yourself means.

"See where you're going."

The gunner judged the approximate position of the enemy's vehicle body through the shaking barrel of the enemy, and then aimed the sight at the burning oil tanker. He was sure to penetrate the flames and hit the enemy's side. Of course, if it was the front, he was also sure. breakdown.The stable image trajectory calculation is still in progress, the enemy remains motionless, but his chariot is still moving laterally, and Yahini gave the driver many strange orders, which made the chariot's route extremely strange.

(End of this chapter)