Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 591 Unable to Breakthrough
Wang Zhenbei's vanguard troops were all composed of infantry fighting vehicles. The tanks stayed in a slightly rear position and waited to move. In fact, they were also waiting to fight against the opponent's tanks.

"Brigade Commander, use armed helicopters to solve the battle?" said Huang Dexing, the commander of the main first battalion who was rushing to the Wangzhen North Command to report to the work.

"No, this area is the overlapping area of ​​the enemy's and our air defense circles. The enemy has a large number of mobile radars and air defense systems in the deep zone. We have not yet grasped the position, and the number has been increasing within 24 hours. So we must wait tomorrow, Air Force Large-scale dispatch, a severe blow can dispatch helicopters."

"Then use the 1st company of our 1st tank battalion, plus a forward semi-mechanized infantry battalion. The number will definitely overwhelm the opponent. I will personally command."

"This is very good. Frontal confrontation, a dignified battle, is the most suitable for getting to know the enemy's details. Your department will immediately face the enemy head-on, and I think you can hand in the fire at midnight. The artillery unit can enter the position to support you later. The enemy's bones are very strong." Tough, don't be obsessed with fighting, exchange fire within the maximum range allowed by the night vision system, don't ask for the number of kills, just...test their capabilities; equipment, and combat will."

"Yes. I'm going there by helicopter."

"Be careful when approaching the front line, don't fly too high, their Doyle M1 may be deployed right behind the border."

"I have the bottom of my heart."

The 1st Tank Battalion is the main force of Wang Zhenbei, and it has been dismantled to deal with key enemy situations in different directions. At present, the platoon directly under the battalion headquarters and the 1st company are on the front line, which can be used just right.

For the headquarters, annihilating this small-scale enemy crossing the border is only a very secondary matter, but Wang Zhenbei has no idea about the new equipment of the enemy in his heart, especially the front of the challenger turret. Armor, said to have never been hit through at any distance.And unlike the T90A, the intelligence department has no way to get one to test-fire on the test field, and can only try it on the battlefield.

Huang Dexing took a helicopter and rushed back to the front troops excitedly.

As he approached the leading edge, his helicopter had to fly low to the outside of the imaginary enemy missile envelope, and it had to avoid Indian air defense radars on the other side of the border.

After nightfall, not only is the enemy’s situation becoming more and more serious, but a large number of small Indian drones hovering near the border appear, and more and more ground radars of the enemy can be sensed. From the analysis of characteristics, most of them are accompanied by The field air defense system used by mechanized troops; the number is far greater than that of the previous Indian 9th Division. It can be seen that if it is not a large-scale electronic deception, there is a large-scale and very regular army coming.

The 1st Battalion has long wanted to meet the enemy's Challenger tanks for a while, without all kinds of complicated data, just look at your simple weight indicators, it is not difficult to conclude that the enemy's protection ability is better than that of Type 99 tanks, but In terms of firepower alone, the enemy must be at a disadvantage, not to mention mobility.The batch of Challenger IIs obtained by India still use engines with a power of 1200 horsepower.According to a more conservative estimate, the Type 99 is guaranteed to destroy the opponent at a distance of about 99 kilometer, and the distance at which the opponent destroys the Type 1 should also be close to this distance.When Huang Dexing arrived, the troops were installing reactive armor in shallow and deep areas. In general, Type 99 tanks do not need to install these armors. First, it is unnecessary, and second, it is easy to accidentally injure infantry, unless the enemy is serious and no infantry is involved. battle.

At the same time, the reconnaissance battalion of the 4th Armored Division of India parked on the border did not attack rashly, and broke through the border to form a confrontation with the enemy on the opposite side. In such a dark night, the reconnaissance efficiency of most of the vehicles was not high, and it was not suitable for continuing to attack.In addition, they have to wait for the Russian-made Doyle M1 air defense system in the rear to be in place to prevent the enemy from using helicopters to raid.

Pacianita decided to allow this battalion to take a firm position first and attract the attention of the enemy.And the rest of his troops can gather in the area a few kilometers behind tomorrow morning, and then decide whether to rush over in one go or continue the confrontation.At this moment, the Chinese-Pakistan coalition forces have not completely resolved the battle in the rear, and the remnants of the Indian 9th Division were divided and surrounded. However, sporadic telegrams from various troops asking for help still came from the rear from time to time, which shows that the enemy's firepower and troops must be restrained.Therefore, the lieutenant general felt that the previous pessimistic view could be revised, and time may not be beneficial to the enemy.

4 Challenger II tanks, using the original anti-tank trenches, are firmly hidden, only the turret above the barrel is exposed.This is a decision made by the commander after observing the local terrain.This area is the Great Plains, the line of fire is lower, and it does not hinder the firing range too much, but it is of great significance to be able to hide most of the front of the tank.He knew that the enemy's tank guns could launch laser-beam missiles, but the accuracy of such weapons was not as good as that of semi-active laser-guided weapons. If it hits the ground, or the operator slightly raises the line of sight, it can easily miss the target.

The night was silent, and occasionally silent automatic weapons could be seen shooting into the air from the west. Every shot was like a chain of fire, stirring the sky.That is the Chinese small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery positions intercepting Indian drones.

"How far are we from those flak guns?" asked someone on the commander's radio.

"Up to 5 or 6 kilometers. You can see it, but you can't hear it. It's like fireworks." A driver said.

"I don't know where their tanks are at this moment?"

"It's so close, I can smell my colleagues."

"Yes, there will be a battle tonight, but the wind is very strong, which seems to be in our favor."

"I hope Fengshen is on our side."

After the dialogue was over, the tanks continued to monitor their respective areas, and the turrets turned occasionally.The commanders stood outside the turret and listened to the movement in the air. Sometimes the wind direction changed and they could hear the sound of the gun on the opposite side.They have only one platoon, and the number is too small to follow the routine and use thermal imaging equipment for observation in turn. The only way is to let the top of the infantry fighting vehicle be used as a bait 500 meters in front, as a necessary sacrifice for discovering the enemy.Once the enemy fires, the heated gun barrel is easily exposed from the background, so that in the first round of thermal imaging confrontation, the challenger will seize the opportunity.It sounds cruel, but it's the only reasonable way.

Those BMP-90 tanks imported in the 2s only have old low-light observation equipment. Even if the stars are good tonight, it is impossible to see the enemy in advance.Of course, they are also prepared, once they are attacked, they will immediately retreat.

Huang Dexing rushed to the first company in his own battalion tank, which increased the number of tanks in this company to 15.In view of the advantages of tank night vision equipment compared with infantry tanks, he decided not to follow the style of daytime combat and make concessions to meet the enemy first, but directly lead the tank to drive towards the enemy.

At a distance of 3.5 kilometers, his chariot passed through the thermal imaging equipment and saw the enemy infantry fighting vehicles in front. They were scattered and difficult to aim. Some were idling, and some turned off the engine, but stuck their heads out of the car. The human body can still become a heat source that can be effectively observed.From the constantly identified new enemy combat vehicles, only the BMP-2 was found.Didn't find the enemy main battle tank he wanted, the drone spotted at least 2 Challenger tanks during the day, and the reconnaissance team saw about a platoon of tanks after dusk.

Since the enemy's situation is unknown, and the battle cannot cross the border, detours or outflanks cannot be implemented, the battle can only be face-to-face, 14 tanks are lined up, advancing at a low speed, always on guard against the enemy's tanks.

"Brigade Commander, they hid the tanks behind and waited for us to do it first." Huang Dexing reported to the rear through the radio.

"Let's carry out the attack according to the plan and use the numerical advantage to eliminate them." Wang Zhenbei said on the other side of the radio.He is very confident in this kind of battle, just relying on a huge advantage to overwhelm the opponent.

"Brigade Commander. The wind is a bit strong at night, which has a greater impact on our kinetic energy bombs. Should we make the combat distance closer?"

"No, don't worry about the hit rate, just keep the distance and start."

"clear."

The Type 97 infantry fighting vehicles of the brigade from the rear rushed over, and they gathered in the area behind the two wings of each tank to fill the gap, while the infantry in the vehicles stayed at a position further back, setting up anti-tank missile positions overnight; this battle , most likely do not require infantry participation.

The Type 99 tanks stopped and began to aim at visible targets and perform laser ranging. The enemy did not notice the whole process.The 97-style infantry is too far away from the target to shoot. They have to wait until the flares fall, or the enemy vehicle is hit by an external light source that catches fire, in order to better use the low-light night vision system for observation and shooting.

The outside wind was fading, and the commander seized the opportunity to give the order to open fire.The continuous sound of cannons resounded through the earth like thunder. When the tanks of the two platoons were in the parking state, they shot to stop the target, almost without missing a shot.

The enemy tank 1.8 kilometers away exploded in response.It can be seen from the thermal imaging camera that the enemy reacted quickly, and the infantry vehicles that were not hit quickly started up and began to turn around and run away.Those experienced tanks didn't back up straight. They knew that the firepower was coming from the west. If they ran in the direction of the firing line with their heads buried, it would be easier for the enemy gunners to aim.In less than ten seconds after the tank is reloaded, the fastest tank is the most likely to escape.

The outside wind picked up and the second round of shooting became more difficult.It is not easy to hit a moving target at a distance of 2 kilometers, and most of the enemy tanks start to accelerate instead of driving at a constant speed, and the kinetic energy shells in the tail, during the flight time of up to 2.5 seconds, will inevitably Affected by wind deflection, the predicted impact position obtained through ballistic calculations based solely on the data measured by the crosswind sensor and angular velocity becomes very unreliable.

Of course, Huang Dexing didn't worry much about the hit rate. He didn't even rush to let the other two platoons open fire. He knew that these Indian infantry fighting vehicles were not the main target. He had to keep a part of his troops in a concealed state, waiting for the main target to appear.Through the radio, he asked the rear infantry fighting vehicles to join in and add firepower.

The ammunition fired by the 100mm artillery of the infantry fighting vehicle can penetrate the armor of the BMP-2 at this distance, but the hit rate is not high.

The counterattack of the Indian Mechanized Battalion also came quickly, but their 30mm cannon, except for the exposed position, could hardly damage any target 2 kilometers away.In the night, there were roars in the air one after another. This was an anti-tank missile launched by the Indians. Due to the hasty launch, it was not accurate at all, but the enemy's decisive counterattack still left a deep impression on Huang Dexing. During the day, they will be very strong opponents. They fought against the Indian 9th Division the day before yesterday. It was a unit that dropped its weapons and fled as soon as it was hit. It hardly used the weapons in its hands to fight back.

The Indian tank platoon leader has seen all 8 enemy tanks exposed from the background through thermal imaging equipment, but he can only let the machine battalion be slaughtered in the retreat, and cannot blindly fight back.He could tell from the reticle that the distance was too far and he needed to wait for an opportunity.The Challenger II had an extremely accurate rifled gun, but it wasn't strong enough at long range.

Chinese tanks are lining up side by side, advancing slowly, looking extremely arrogant, maybe they will push all the way across the border?The platoon leader went beyond pressing the laser rangefinder to measure the range of the most obvious tanks, and has entered the range of 1.6 kilometers.He gave the order that the crews should shoot on their own.

The Indian gunner began to aim. Rifled guns are less affected by wind deflection at long distances, and their hit rate is higher than that of their opponents. This is an advantage that the Indian commander must use. If these are not considered, he should have brought the enemy closer Fire at 500 meters.

After the earth-shattering shooting, a Type 99 tank exploded, but it was only the reactive armor on the front of the vehicle.The tank stopped and, to the regret of the Indian gunners, it began to reverse.In the past, in the battlefield reports, the same type of tanks equipped by Pakistan have hardly been observed to use reactive armor. Perhaps this is a newer Type 99 tank.

The combat vehicle whose reactive armor exploded became the aiming target of the remaining challengers. First, the gunners knew that its defense was weakened, and secondly, of course, because this combat vehicle was the most obvious in the thermal imager.Two consecutive shells hit the front of the tank's turret, but no signs of it stopping were observed. On the contrary, its reversing speed increased, increasing lateral movement, and aiming became difficult.At the same time, the tank started emitting smoke and quickly concealed itself.

Huang Dexing finally saw the enemy's position. The hateful thing was that they hid the car body, leaving only the turret in sight.He gave the order to shoot those enemy main battle tanks first.His own car also started targeting one of the Indian tanks.

It is not difficult for the stabilized director to aim at the immobile enemy, but it is difficult to hit the turret at such a distance. The main reason is that the uncertain crosswind has a great impact on the tail-piercing armor-piercing projectile with reduced kinetic energy at a long distance. .Of course, the numerical advantage of 3v1 is enough to make up for these problems.He ordered to destroy the enemy's infantry fighting vehicles and hand them over to his own infantry, and all the tanks turned their muzzles to attack the enemy's tanks.

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