Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 580 Type 96 Tank

Yahini and the other commanders looked towards the southeast. He got a 20x telescope from Younis. Although getting in and out of the turret would cause a little trouble, it could take a lot of money in the open area.

Four kilometers away, on the other side of the railway embankment, there is indeed a mechanized unit moving. These combat vehicles are not very tall, and the bodies of the vehicles are hidden behind the embankment, but the turrets are very messy, and the machine guns on them have completely crossed the embankment. exposed.

"It's a strange thing, not like an infantry fighting vehicle, and it's not a T72. The T72 doesn't have a second overhead machine gun"

"Commander, what did you see?"

"We've met an opponent, probably...the new tanks that the Indians got. But I still have time to inform my superiors and send a drone to take a look."

He wasn't sure what he saw, obviously the other party had given him a problem, of course he knew about the Indians' global joint movement and got some new toys from many industrialized countries that hated China, but he himself was very concerned about the rest of the planet. The production tanks have limited recognition capabilities, and in fact, after the war, the update of knowledge in this area stopped.

The enemy tanks obviously saw the burning train, and they hesitated. The railway embankment was the only continuous barrier in this area, which could ensure that direct-fire weapons could not hit the opponent, so they stopped.

Yahini saw some Indian officers climbed onto the embankment and looked at him with binoculars.At this moment, the 1st company he was in was fully exposed. Generally speaking, in the first round of reconnaissance, he was at a disadvantage, so he had to look forward to the reconnaissance advantage in the air. Before making a reasonable decision, he had to know the most basic Intelligence, such as the model and number of opponents.

He climbed into the turret and waited for the drone to take position.At this moment, the drones in the sky are approaching and lowering their altitude.It had to bypass the exposed enemy anti-aircraft firepower network and the clouds that blocked the line of sight, but with its greater speed advantage, it had already started shooting real-time videos, some of which were sent to relevant nodes through the command's intelligence distribution system, This allows frontline commanders to obtain more intuitive information.Of course, in this war, the two modes of informatization and mechanization are integrated and compromised. Specifically, in terms of command, frontline commanders like Yahini still have a very high entrusted command authority and can make their own decisions , which is somewhat different from the US military.

"It looks like an M1A1 tank from above." He stared at the black-and-white photo on the monitor and said. In order to take into account the data flow pressure of the data link, the photo is not always in color, but this does not hinder target identification.

"Black Panther Battalion. This is the wolf's den. Have you seen the enemy's K1 tanks?" the command called Yahini.

"I see, the quantity is not very detailed."

"About one and a half battalions, with 60 vehicles. There are enemy infantry transport vehicles in Gujranwala City, which may provide support, but no infantry combat vehicles have been found nearby."

"Great, it seems that their forces are out of touch." Yahini said, he was worried that there were still BMP-2 tanks with anti-tank missiles wandering around. In this flat area, these things are hiding behind tanks. The back is dangerous.However, it seems that the enemy does not have a vehicle to match the tank, and he can use a little trick to lead the tank to a place where there is no infantry support.

"Hehe, Battalion Commander, you don't want to fight hard, do you?"

"What suggestions do you have?" Yahini tentatively asked, but he actually had a plan in mind.

"Tigers are swarming. Uncle is 25 kilometers behind you. You can back up and wait to join them."

"Okay, I'll decide on a case by case basis."

The number of enemies is a bit large, and with his strength, he can probably eat 1 to 2 companies at a time, but the enemy has come to a full 5 companies.He knew that Wang Zhenbei's large group was rushing over, eager to swallow up this group of enemies. The commander of the Chinese armored forces has been looking forward to fighting a big battle to prove his ability. He has participated in this war for a long time , I haven't had a good chance to play it well; but how can I give this kind of good thing to others?
Yahini picked up the intercom: "2nd Company, I have a plan, and I must rely on your performance."

"I'm listening." The company commander over there replied.

"I need you to pass between Gujranwala and the enemy tanks. After detouring the enemy's side, it is best not to be discovered by any side."

"It doesn't seem easy."

"I'll head north and keep the enemy away from the town. Enemy tanks won't look behind. When crossing the railroad, be confident with your guns pointed at 10 o'clock. Believe me, the Indians in the city will put you I mistook it for my own T90."

"Can you promise?"

"Of course, I promise." Yahini quickly made the promise, which seemed very rash.

The first Indian tank struggled over the railway embankment 900 meters south of the burning train. Judging from this action, Yahini judged that its power was average.Then more enemy tanks rode on the roadbed and crossed over, and in a blink of an eye there were already two companies.

The enemy clearly saw that Yahini only had about 10 tanks, so it was not difficult for them to make a decision to fight this battle with an advantage of 5 to 1, and now they rushed over without any scruples.

The two sides confronted each other about 4 kilometers apart for a while. The enemy was surprised that the Pakistani tanks on the opposite side did not retreat, as if they were frightened, which gave them time to fully mobilize and deploy.The Indian commander thought, is that fool on the other side really planning to start a battle with us?
Yahini knew that the Type 99 had an advantage in the firepower of a single vehicle, but the number of enemies was constantly increasing, and even in the confrontation, the opponent had begun to shoot first.But those 105mm rifled guns did not show any long-range accuracy advantages, and the shells missed the target far after the lengthy flight.

"Well, it seems that we have to show them some color." A car captain said.

"Don't worry, load all the vehicles with missiles, hold your breath, and don't shoot."

He calmly got into the turret and closed the cover.He didn't know why the enemy provoked him from a long distance. His firepower could overwhelm them, but the enemy always didn't have much self-knowledge.He ordered the gunner to load a gun-launched laser-piercing missile.

"Attention the 1st company, all turn around and run to the north, we let the enemy chase. 2nd company, stay where you are, don't raise smoke and dust to let the enemy see you, let the enemy pass in front of you."

His purpose was to set up a three-sided pocket with half the force of the enemy. In principle, he didn't like to disperse his forces, but in such a vast plain area, this was the only way to give full play to his superiority in firepower.However, the large number of Indian tanks did not dare to disperse too much. They crowded together clumsily and lined up a very classic, layered wedge formation in an attempt to fight a dignified battle with their opponents. However, when the formation was not completed, they discovered that The Pakistani tanks began to flee.

The Indian commander was ordered not to go west and break through to areas where the air force and rear firepower could not support, but the enemy did not retreat west, but ran north along the railway. It seemed that the opponent commander was not very clear-headed, so The head of the armored regiment ordered an immediate pursuit.He believes that tank battles on the plains are to some extent close to naval battles, and the number of tanks will definitely determine victory or defeat.

Yahini's tank is equipped with laser warning equipment, which can detect the enemy's range-finding laser beam sweeping at all times, which shows that the enemy is aiming anxiously, and now he must be careful at all times and keep the distance right.After all, after turning the front of his chariot, it exposed the relatively weak rear of the chassis. As long as this area touched the shell skin, it would be finished.

His entire company turned the turrets 180° to aim at each other with the trailing enemy.The soaring smoke and dust raised by the tank at high speed blocked the enemy's ranging laser well, which made the optical aiming equipment unable to aim at a fixed distance, and of course also blocked Yahini's own line of sight.

The trailing K1 tanks were impatient and began to shoot freely at vague targets.At such a long distance, the gunner can't see the target clearly through the smoke, not to mention that the 105mm shell itself is too light and lacks accuracy at long distances.

The 9rd company equipped with 96 Type 3 tanks quietly waited for the enemy to pass in front. In such an area, proper camouflage and stillness are the magic weapons to escape the enemy's sight.

The commanders used laser rangefinders to measure every enemy tank that passed in front of them. The readings fluctuated around 2 kilometers. They knew that the enemy tanks were quite old and did not have sensors that could sense lasers.The gunners nervously started aiming at the target, but the order to allow shooting was delayed, which made them keep abandoning the long-tracked target and turning to new targets. At a distance of 2 kilometers, as long as any Indian car commander searches carefully to the west, with the 3X large field of view observation mirror of his independent image stabilization director, he will definitely be able to see the name.But the enemy never paid attention to the side of the battlefield.

The reason why the third company exists is the result of Yahini and his superiors arguing with each other. In the end, Yahini won and got this company. As a compromise, this company lacked a platoon.

They have the weakest combat effectiveness in the Vanguard (Call Sign Black Panther) Battalion, and they mainly serve as underdogs for the main force (1st Company) and perform some tactical tasks of luring the enemy or flanking attacks.On most occasions, the Type 96 tanks of this company can perform the same tasks as the Type 99, and except for a few staff officers, almost all Indian Army personnel cannot tell the difference between the 96 and the 99, although they are in the number of road wheels and many other things. The details are different. In the battle with the Indian reconnaissance forces 12 hours ago, they fired the first shot of the big counteroffensive.

Like the terrified 3rd company, the fully loaded 2nd company is now crossing the railway.Following Yahini's instructions, they aimed their cannons at the north and slowly crossed the roadbed.One kilometer to the south is the important town of Gujranwala, and we can only pray that the enemies there will not recognize them.These T1 tanks are very different from India's T84 or T72 in appearance, of course, it does not look so obvious after the turret is turned.If the Indians in the city are sufficiently careless, they should think: If it is the enemy, how can they turn their muzzles and pass in front.

Sure enough, they all passed the railway without being hit.Then, they hurried north and began to surround the enemy from the rear as planned.

The Indian troops lack three-dimensional reconnaissance capabilities here, so it is difficult to give full play to their numerical advantages.Informationized warfare is not simply a comparison of the number of weapons. It will take a long time for Indian generals to fully realize this.

The formation of the enemy in pursuit is gradually pulling away. These vehicles are in the stage of gradually retiring from the original army. The wear and tear of the power part is different, and the maintenance is relatively sloppy. It is difficult to maintain a consistent high speed.Now, the last company is passing in front of the 3 Type 9 tanks of the third company in an ambush. If they don't fire, the opportunity will be lost.

The company commander kept asking Yahini to fire, and finally waited for an affirmative answer.The company commander of the 3rd company turned to give the order of free fire to the whole company. The gun commanders of each vehicle were on the console, using disturbing aiming for static versus dynamic shooting.

This tank has a downward anti-image stabilization sight, but in the parking state, it still applies a disturbance sight that is rigidly connected to the barrel. This shooting method has a shooting line parallel to the line of sight and higher accuracy.

After a few seconds of stable tracking, an erratic light spot appeared on the side of the crosshair in the scope. This is the corrected shooting point generated by the fire control after calculating the horizontal velocity of the target and manually setting the crosswind value.

At such a distance, many factors will affect the accuracy of the hit, and no one can predict whether the enemy's speed will change.To be on the safe side, the shooters of the 3rd company moved the firing line down one or two places to aim at the bottom of the tank. After all, the side projection of the chassis is larger than that of the turret, which is easier to hit.Of course, old fritters like Yahini or Tasim will not use such a conservative strategy. Hitting the chassis means that the enemy's turret can still rotate, and the artillery is still intact. You have to waste the time of reloading once and carry out the second Only by shooting can the damage be guaranteed.

The 9 tanks fired one after another, and the armor-piercing projectiles flew out of the muzzle and spread their tail fins. They almost followed the same shallow parabolic trajectory that rose and then fell, and flew towards the distant target.A tank in the enemy's formation suddenly flicked its tail to a stop like crazy.It was shot on the side, and the mechanical failure caused the entire track on this side to be killed. This caused the four members of the car to be thrown to the side, especially the loader who was holding the shell. He fell on the spot and fell unconscious. .

While the tungsten-core bullet penetrated the weak armor of the hull on both sides, the debris splashed in the hull killed and injured personnel and ignited everyone.The first fire ignited oil, and the automatic fire suppression equipment did not work, which caused the fire to spread rapidly out of control.

The Pakistani commander could see that after the top commander's cabin door was pushed open, the flames came out before the commander's hand.The burned Indian commander Hai had no time to climb out of the tank, and a huge explosion threw him into the air together with the turret.When the turret fell heavily to the ground, 4 tanks had already been shot and stopped in place.There were some double hits in the first round due to uncoordinated targeting, but the effect exceeded expectations.

(End of this chapter)