Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 537 Road Chase

The tank fired 120mm grenades mercilessly at the house that was within easy reach. Under the huge flames, the whole house was instantly shattered, and the armed personnel hiding in it ended up with no bones left.

Half a second later, the laser beam missile hit the side of the invincible tank turret. The explosion was not violent, but evolved into a dazzling fire, which was the strong light from the flames piercing through the armor.

Yahini didn't know whether the huge tank was pierced by the metal jet, but after a while, the tank started to burn, and white smoke came out from the commander's hatch, the seat ring, and even the gun barrel. It came and went; followed by a huge explosion, blasting the turret aside in such an explosion that no one could have survived.

The Indian Army cannot afford much chaos, otherwise their organization would be chaotic.Even the best-trained Indian troops were no exception, and while their offenses were decent at times, Yahini was well aware of their weaknesses.He deeply dislikes the near-suicide attacks launched by civilians, but such attacks are effective against chaotic enemies. In order to win, he has no extra choice. At least the people are still on his side now.Most of the companions are still in a daze, praying for the manifestation of Allah, but the young captain will think more deeply. He predicts that one day, this war may go deep into the territory of India. At that time, the situation will be completely different. A real test for armored soldiers.It should be said that tankers’ observation of the outside through various sensors and periscopes is inherently insufficient. The indiscriminate massacre of civilians by the Indian commander on the opposite side is probably also due to the deep fear of tankers.

And now, the enemy should know that the time of death is approaching.

Yahini ordered all the crews to disperse one by one and search for targets by themselves. He reminded the other crews to fire at high speed as much as possible.For the charge, he was prepared for some losses, but the enemy's firepower was deployed in all directions, but it was very scattered, and there were only a few devices that could penetrate the night in each direction, mainly on tanks.The chaos in the village greatly slowed down the enemy's countermeasures.Yahini thought that the front armor of Type 99 has always been effective, and this time he will not let himself down too much.

The mortars of the Indian army were the first to fight back, using ordinary ammunition and flares, and the impact point was behind, indicating that they were not suitable for tanks charging at a high speed of 60 kilometers per hour.Judging from the power of the ammunition, this is an ordinary support weapon improved by the BMP-1 chassis. It should have been eliminated in the first round of attacks by the death squads, but obviously the death squads failed.But what more can one expect from such a mob?

Yahini could sense that the flares were falling from the gradually brightening image stabilization director, and his intuition told him that he must have been exposed and was about to be hit, so he subconsciously grasped the grips on both sides.

The Arjun tank, which was hiding behind the ruins, slowly turned the turret, and the barrel was firmly pointed at the first exposed Type 99 tank.It was being exposed to the light, rushing head-on without any hesitation.The distance was too far, and there was no good side to choose from. The commander told the gunner not to hit the narrow turret, so the gunner lowered the firing line and chose the front of the chassis.The entire Indian crew began to pray to their gods, hoping that this shot would hit and penetrate the bluffing shell of the demon.

Yahini saw the flames of enemy fire, and he shouted nervously: Come on!

A stubby armor-piercing projectile flew from 1.5 kilometers away and slammed into the position below the wedge-shaped armor.

The driver who had been driving with his head back heard a dull impact, just tens of centimeters to his right.The impact caused tinnitus in the driver's right ear, while the fixed periscope on the right side of the hatch was shattered by debris, but the shell failed to penetrate the armor.

"As I said earlier, your firepower is not good." Yahini said proudly. He must be thankful that the Indians equipped this heavy tank with an extremely unfashionable artillery.

A Type 99 on the right aimed hastily and counterattacked. An armor-piercing projectile it fired hit a pile of ruins under the turret of the tank.The cannon pierced through the masonry, and accidentally hit Arjun's upper race. After breaking through the baffle, the steering gear was destroyed, and the shattered shrapnel also stuck the steel ball in the arc-shaped raceway.The turret of the Arjun tank immediately became immobile.The desperate gunner clutched the sight tightly, hoping it would turn a few more ticks, as he watched the damned tank slip past the edge of the crosshairs.

Driven by a huge current, the DC motor driving the turret let out a series of hissing and exhausting wailings. Finally, a burst of sparks spewed out in the cockpit, the circuit was blown, and an internal fire was triggered.During this period, Yahini's car completed the filling of an armor-piercing projectile.

After the flares on the battlefield fell to the ground, the battlefield dimmed briefly, and Tasim skillfully switched the thermal imaging camera.Seeing the state of the opponent, there is a fire near the seat ring. It seems that the rubber gasket has been ignited, but the infrared signature soon decreases, which shows that the enemy's fire-fighting measures have worked.

Tasim is confident that he is one of the few shooters who can hit the enemy's turret in motion at a distance of 1200, but he still has to remind the driver Saad to slow down and find a smooth road. He saw that the enemy's turret was malfunctioning, so he did not rush It is not surprising that the Arjun Tank always loses its chain on the battlefield when it is fired.The driver, Saad, turned into a harvested farm field based on his experience, which he knew was usually flat.

When Yahini began to search for other directions, Tasim fired an armor-piercing projectile, which had an absolute advantage over the opponent's 120mm shell.The shell accurately hit the bottom of the barrel and penetrated directly into the cockpit.Needless to say, the driver was killed on the spot, and the ammunition under the floor was detonated at the same time.

Through the firelight, Yahini saw some unidentified small combat vehicles driving behind the enemy tanks. He suddenly had a bad premonition, even though he hadn't found anything that the Indians could do for a long time. At night, anti-tank missiles can indeed be used, but the enemy situation is always changing.

Sandor does have some day-type spike anti-tank missiles. When attacking the T80UD company, they were deployed in the rear as a reserve team and were not used in time. At this moment, they can only be used as dead horses.When the second round of flares fell, the Indians were able to see the opponent from the optical sight and completed the missile lock. This is a graphic lock-type aiming. The shooter chooses the top attack mode and then fires away. .

However, these missiles are not suitable for night attacks, and its parabolic flight path is very easy to lose the target at night.Even if there are dazzling lights from flares in the sky, these strong lights will change the contrast between light and dark of the target at different altitudes.After Yahini saw the missile soaring, he had time to call all the crews to fire smoke bombs, which greatly reduced the recognition ability of the missile seeker.This batch of missiles all fell behind the tanks, and only one hit sideways and hit an infantry fighting vehicle that was charging too far forward.

The captain hurriedly called the infantry, modified the previous deployment, and changed the order to attack the enemy headquarters immediately to eliminate the enemy's anti-tank firepower in front.

At this moment, the infantry ambushing in the village had rushed into the chaotic village. They wrapped towels around their necks as agreed to distinguish them from the enemy at night.At the moment when the Indian missiles had almost completed their second loading, the infantry rushed to them.The Indians' practice of using unarmored Land Rover jeeps to load simple missile launchers is obviously a major mistake.Pakistani infantrymen used assault rifles and grenade launchers to shoot at the huddled batteries of anti-tank missiles.The RPG shooters who emerged from the ground of the low houses also launched a merciless attack on this group of enemies who had no armor defense.

Sandor squatted under the window of the headquarters, looking out from time to time to observe the situation with binoculars. He never thought that the enemy would have the ability to coordinate and organize internally and externally.He regretted that he had been a bit overbearing. Obviously, the villagers not only hid machine guns and explosives, they should also have a radio station, or there might be a scout hiding under their noses.

The Pakistani commander who had never met before was very good at this kind of unruly and rough style of play, and he didn't know whose true biography he got.From the sound of enemy weapons firing on all sides, Sandor could roughly estimate that he was surrounded, and at least 500 troops were attacking his own troops. The nearest firing sound was only a few houses away from him.

"Colonel, it's all messed up. Communications are down. Someone cut the phone line."

"Immediately fire a red flare and tell everyone to retreat immediately. Call Srinagar and send the air force to blow up this stronghold."

"Yes!"

The colonel put on his body armor, pretended to be calm and straightened his helmet in front of a shattered mirror, and then walked down the creaking stairs surrounded by a group of people.

Outside the yard, there are tanks of the command platoon and a row of light armored vehicles of the communications unit, facing east and ready to retreat at any time.At this moment, the westernmost armored vehicles have started firing, fending off the militants who are desperately approaching.

On the spire of the mosque about 150 meters away, Yahini's reconnaissance platoon leader is closely watching the movement of the enemy headquarters. There is a radio behind him, and he will communicate with Yahini on the agreed channel at any time.

"Rock rock, I'm a frog. The elephant seems to be running, maybe to the east road. I can't tell the leader. I guess it's on 2 tanks, and the rest are armored vehicles."

When he called for the third time, the enemy convoy started.Two Arjun tanks walked in front, and with a destructive momentum, they pushed down the hut blocking the way, and then took a shortcut and ran towards the east road.When the tank was about to approach the entrance of the village, someone stuck out his head from the first tank and fired three red flares into the sky.When the flare fell, the entire defense of the Indian army began to fall apart.

Various combat vehicles around the village began to make monotonous noises and spew out choking exhaust gas.After a while, vehicles of all sizes turned around one after another, scrambling to escape first.

Under the attack of a group of irregulars, the retreat of the Indian armored forces quickly became unorganized and turned into an ugly escape.All the positions still fighting were abandoned almost at the same time, and the infantry who stayed behind suddenly found that the infantry transport vehicles that should have stayed nearby abandoned themselves and ran away first.

Yahini has been informed of the movement of the enemy headquarters through the eyes and ears on the commanding heights. Instead of rushing directly into the village to chase and kill the remnants of the enemy, he surrounded the village in two ways, trying to cut off all the enemy's retreat from the outside.

He doesn't like to shuttle back and forth in small places, especially the local armed forces are completely mobs, and they may not be able to distinguish the difference between enemy tanks and our tanks in the dark night in the flickering flames.It was his established plan to drive the enemy out of the village. The Arjun Tank's cross-country capability is insufficient, and it will be much easier to deal with if it falls into the wild. In addition, when the enemy flees in a panic, it will definitely expose the weakly protected rear come out.

The fighting in the village entered a fierce stage. Yahini and several tanks on the right went into the darkness, hid in the dry river on one side and started chasing. Two T2UDs also followed up, waiting for their luck.

Yahini doesn't like to go into battle with these tanks, because he can't communicate through the data link, and has to switch between different channels to express meaning in words, which will inevitably distract him.He had been here not long ago, and he was quite familiar with the terrain. He instructed the team to go directly through a muddy pond and approach the enemy from a shortcut, and deliberately let the T80 get out of the way so as not to get in the way.

After rushing down from the high slope, a chariot came obliquely from one side, and it was recognized from the outline as an Indian infantry chariot.The opposing commander stood on the turret and signaled with a flashlight, as if signaling Yahini to get out of the way.

Saad didn't slow down, he rushed over, knocked over the dizzy enemy chariot, and then crushed it.The sound of the enemy's howling and howling just fell behind, and the lights in front of them were lit up, and the entire enemy convoy in a chaotic formation blocked in front of him.

Yahini commanded the chariot and passed directly through the enemy formation, leaving the opportunity to fire to his comrades behind him. What he was looking for was the enemy command tanks, not these armored vehicles.He turned the stabilizer director to search for the desired target, but the other crews behind him fell into one-sided shooting and gradually fell behind, and he ignored it completely.

There was a loud bang on the right side of the tank, apparently hit once by a tank gun.Yahini immediately turned the surrounding mirror to observe, and saw an Arjun tank with an inverted turret rapidly moving away from him in the direction of being hit. It seemed that the opportunity had come.

But a T80UD of one's own side broke out from the chaotic army, blocked in front of its own gun muzzle, and fired the shell first, destroying the opponent.

Yahini knew that another fleeing tank from the enemy headquarters should also be in this direction, so he instructed the driver to speed up and catch up. The thermal imaging camera has been overused and cannot observe too far away. He used low-light night vision Search the end of the wasteland.

In the east, there is a fish belly, and a black spot is speeding on the road.Tasim conducted laser ranging, and the enemy vehicle was 2.5 kilometers away.After precise aiming and tracking, he pressed the launch button. At such a distance, whether to hit or not depends on luck. Sure enough, the shell missed the target after a long flight.

The T80UD on one side started quickly and once surpassed Yahini's tank, but Saad quickly recovered the situation skillfully and left it behind. The T80 was eager for revenge, and fired several rounds at such a long distance, and the shells fell far away.

(End of this chapter)