Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 596 Shelling Again
Sure enough, the two Flying Leopards appeared one after another and flew in different directions, making it impossible for the light saber system using the follow-up launcher to deal with it. It must follow the optimal plan to turn the missile's irradiation radar to a more threatening one. It threatened his own flying leopard flying close to the mountain.The radar closely followed the flying leopard and turned westward for a full 2°, but the flying leopard was almost centered on the missile launcher, flying 100 kilometers apart, making it impossible for the missile to find the best time to fire.However, the movement of the irradiation radar allowed Zhang Chengyan to easily avoid the two missiles that lost their command.He has simulated confrontation with similar systems many times in China, and he really feels that this close-in defense system is much easier to deal with than the vertically launched Hongqi 5 or the Russian-made Doyle M2.

Of course, these various short-range systems have similar attack modes and similar weaknesses. If you rely solely on your own ability, you will find that the target is very close, so there is not much time left for them to react. Whether it is software or human command, it is extremely error-prone. .Once wrong, of course, is fatal.

The No. 2 Flying Leopard that sneaked over was suddenly pulled up at this moment, and the pilot could already see the launcher on the top of the mountain. Since the Light Saber 2000 blindly launched 2 batches of 4 missiles, the entire mountain top is currently covered in smoke. Winding, very easy to identify.It can be seen that there are another 4 missiles waiting to be launched on the launcher, like a praying mantis with teeth and claws. At this moment, it is still turning in the wrong direction and tracking the wrong target.When this kind of missile is on the launcher, its pointing is consistent with the irradiation radar. From this, it can be judged visually that its command has been messed up, unable to deal with the third batch of targets, and naturally there is no threat to the sneak attack aircraft. .

The pilot only has about 10 seconds to complete the attack. He quickly aimed the sight at the launcher on the hill, carried out continuous laser ranging, then chose to drop the bomb, and started the horizontal bomb calculation.

Since the enemy is visually unable to counterattack, he can maintain a level flight calmly, which is a necessary prerequisite for maintaining continuous impact point calculations. Changes in attitude or speed may make the fire control calculations unable to obtain the correct timing of bombing, especially in the In mountainous areas, 0.1 second of disgust may cause bombs to fall to irrelevant places.Of course, the 12 bombs will be divided into 6 groups, falling at intervals of 0.2 seconds, which can make up for some errors.

He didn't dare to use automatic level flight, and he needed to watch his surroundings carefully in case of silent portable anti-aircraft missiles.The bomber just kept heading towards the target, getting closer and closer, and the launcher mounted on the trailer began to slowly turn back. Obviously, it finally figured it out, and the third batch of targets was more threatening.But the pilot knew that he was about to fly over the blind spot of the enemy's surveillance radar.

The green light on the HUD that allowed bombing was on, and he pressed the bombing button, and the target had disappeared from under the HUD, about 150 meters away from the aircraft.

Several bombs roared and fell one after another. The pilot turned his head to see a series of explosions, and then turned to observe the detailed results. The landing point was a little earlier, but the entire mountain had been flattened. The huge air wave of the bomb that fell on the hillside overturned and tumbled down the hill.

"Viper, confirm that the secondary target is eliminated. It is probably the Light Sword 2000 mobile launch system. The level of their operators is very average."

"The poisonous snake received."

"Is this the first time?"

"Probably yes. But you need to check with the northern line. Keep flying and search for enemy self-propelled artillery."

Song Ning on the early warning aircraft replied.

This kind of miscellaneous NATO weapons appeared again behind the enemy's defense line. The intelligence department will never be able to clearly count all the weapons that may appear in front of the troops. This is a problem that must be faced when fighting against India. The enemy will always have some things you predict Unexpected weapons. Over the past 60 years, India has purchased from all major arms-producing countries except China. At present, the entire West seems to have reached a consensus on the issue of aiding India.It's a high-strung but thrilling challenge for a pilot, and bumping into a new weapon is indeed a bragging part of warfare.Of course, for the Indian logistics support department, getting access to a variety of weapon systems is definitely an endless nightmare.

When these weapons are unloaded in Mumbai or other ports, they are always packed tightly. The intelligence personnel hiding in the dark corners can only guess from the occluded appearance that they are another kind of anti-aircraft missile or ground vehicle. Intelligence is basically worthless.

At this moment, Zhang Chengyan had already arrived at the destination first, and the radar searched for the self-propelled artillery that was turning in the canyon. They could indeed maneuver, but they must not run far.There were fewer targets than expected, only 2 self-propelled guns and a transport vehicle following.Perhaps the rest have turned the corner.

He chased from behind and flew over the enemy's head in a steady manner. 12 bombs fell at short intervals, covering the entire valley below.Another Flying Leopard that had previously performed the task of attracting firepower arrived, turned around and continued to search, and found another 4 self-propelled artillery and accompanying vehicles. Unfortunately, they were in a single file in the narrow valley, and the formation was very dragged. Long, unable to kill them all at once.

Three bombers flew over the head of the enemy convoy several times, forcing the enemy to huddle together in chaos, but the enemy adopted the method of abandoning the vehicle and fleeing. The vehicle stopped, but the formation was still scattered and difficult to solve.

According to the usual practice, Zhang Chengyan asked the pilot to attack the leading tank, and also used the horizontal bombing method to destroy an AS1 tank in front of the convoy and block the escape route of the rear vehicle.There will probably be a joint command later, sending out drones carrying laser-guided bombs to deal with the remaining vehicles.

In the ruins of the old town east of Sialkot, Yahini has been waiting for the next step. He has been ordered to come here for 48 hours, during which he completed a bold reconnaissance.He changed into local clothes, rode a donkey borrowed from the village, and headed towards Sialkot along the railway.Through the high slope, I saw from a distance the hidden tanks and infantry fighting vehicles lurking in the dry riverbed on both sides of the railway. counterattack.

The Indian soldiers in the post would raise their guns to signal the Pakistanis to retreat when they approached about 100 meters. The security was very loose, and no one questioned Yahini.Most of the Indian soldiers are listless and seem to have low morale, but they are fully equipped with weapons.Yahini noticed that the infantry had many portable anti-aircraft missiles in their hands, and there were downed Chinese drones under the hills.

There are also Indian soldiers unloading Nag anti-tank missiles from trucks, and even saw American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles. He doesn’t know how the Indians got this kind of missiles, maybe they were seized from Pakistan’s arsenal of.

As a tanker, the Javelin is what he fears the most. The only effective way to deal with this top-attack missile is to launch a jamming smoke in time before it falls, destroying its seeker recognition ability, but the timing is only a few seconds.

If the enemy's launch team is so sophisticated that they don't use laser ranging, the tank commander will not be able to predict that this missile will be launched. After the missile that uses focal plane infrared imaging homing is launched, no alarm will be triggered, and the tank commanders always It is a constant 360° search around, focusing on those larger targets, it is difficult to observe these sneaky anti-tank teams.Unless you always stick your head out, which is another habit that is easy to get shot at. .

Yahini doesn't care much about India's Nag missiles. The Indians have never developed terminal-sensitive missiles, and the accumulation of attitude control technology for top-attack missiles is not enough. The missiles are usually not found after the high-inclination dive stage. Or miss the target, he has experienced several Nag missile attacks, as long as the speed is maintained, this missile will almost certainly miss from overhead.

Sialkot is the most important stronghold of the entire Northern Group in Pakistan except for the Fort, because it is an important railway hub to supply Kashmir.At present, the railway traffic for transporting supplies from India to Kashmir via here has been cut off by the Chinese-Pakistan coalition forces. India has lost at least half of the transportation channels, and can only have winding roads in its territory, as well as Pathankote to Kashmir. A small section of the railway in Jammu can be used.

Since Lieutenant General Meneyam has stuffed a full 40 troops on the Kashmir plateau, plus local residents, the problem of shortage of supplies is believed to appear soon.Therefore, even a boy like Yahini who has not been to military school for a day can easily infer from common sense that the enemy's counterattack is imminent. If he is Lieutenant General Meneam, he will definitely fight to get through this line of communication, otherwise he will have an advantage in strength , On the contrary, it will become a burden to eat.

His reconnaissance has almost gone through the entire front of Sialkot. From the position of the enemy checkpoint and the clothing of the soldiers, he can roughly calculate the position of the enemy's starting position, as well as the number and size of the input troops.

In addition, because the altitude in this area is gradually rising and the ground undulations are relatively large, it is very difficult for tanks to maneuver. He observed some valleys where the enemy gave up defense, and obviously thought that they were not suitable for tank operations. , topographical mapping of Pakistan is insufficient.

At noon, he returned to his unit.Lin Huaisheng's order arrived just in time, asking him to submit a plan. An attack must be passed to disrupt the enemy's counter-offensive deployment to the greatest extent, and the Air Force will cooperate with his actions.Lin Huaisheng completely let Yahini decide how to act, which is exactly what he wanted.Before Younis deliberately let him harass from the side when the enemy attacked, he felt that such a plan was too conservative.He already had a rough plan, that is, when the air force launched a large-scale air strike, he would take advantage of a tortuous road to go around behind the enemy, defeat Meneam's overall attack plan, and then retreat completely.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the news came that the new round of China-India peace talks was postponed indefinitely by the Indian side at the last moment, and the Russian president, who mediated from it, expressed regret.

At about the same time, a video of the prime minister's speech was released on Indian TV's midday news program, which was presumed to have been recorded within a few hours since the speech referred to an attack in the morning.

The speech conveyed the government's tough attitude that the army is desperate to compete with the enemy.In his speech, Kahan pointed out that the fire attack by the Chinese army in the morning had no military significance at all, but was only aimed at civilians, in order to intimidate the determination of the Indians to resist.At present, this shelling has caused a large number of Indian civilian casualties, and the whole of India has reason to be angered; now is not the time for diplomats to solve the problem, but now is the time for a showdown with swords.At the end of his speech, Kahan once again called on the world to take a closer look at the men, women and children who have been burned to ashes on the roads.

The speech was interspersed with some images sent back by reporters from the Press Trust of India from the scene, which seemed to have been embezzled. Identify the identified corpses, but when the camera turns, you can still see two T2 tanks with gun barrels drooping to the ground that are not hidden in the distance.

In the video, a Western reporter picked up a distorted piece of shrapnel from the ground, with Chinese characters such as "152/66 semi-armour-piercing" on it. This is obviously the wreckage of ammunition fired by some kind of Chinese-made howitzer, but in common sense, it is impossible It was flown from 200 kilometers away.What Lin Huaisheng ordered to hit was actually a long-range rocket, but all the ammunition used by the expeditionary force avoided Chinese characters on the body, which really made the Indian side use some brains to make up for this small problem.

The peace talks were cancelled, and Wang Zhenbei was ordered to strike across the India-Pakistan border. Just as the Indian Prime Minister said, it is now time for a showdown with swords.Throughout the morning, the forward artillery received a large amount of ammunition supplies, the reconnaissance work was carried out in an orderly manner, and he was preparing to do a big job.

The first to launch the attack is the 400mm rocket launcher deployed in the rear area. They will attack various targets in the deep east of the Indian border that have been reconnaissance clearly, including the supply station of the extended railway, the concentration area of ​​troops, the front-line airport, and the Amu The headquarters of Lize and Jalandhar are also within the strike range.

The 155mm self-propelled artillery of Wangzhenbei launched the shelling afterwards; the 4mm truck artillery of the 122 battalions of the Pakistani Artillery Force deployed near the road also went into attack at the same time.Its attack targets are the enemy infantry starting positions in the shallow and deep areas, the border fortifications built in the Pasade era, and the exposed tank groups and artillery positions.

Even if the towed artillery was not invested due to insufficient deployment time, such a scale of firepower has never been encountered by the frontal Indian troops since the start of the war. Wang Zhenbei expects that the Indian army can be defeated only by this shelling. At least psychologically.

Only Wang Zhenbei's 122mm rocket launcher and Lin Huaisheng's 05-type 155mm self-propelled artillery were not put into attack. These weapons were quietly waiting for further reconnaissance from the front.The former waited for massive confusion and further exposure of the enemy's ground forces, and the latter guarded against enemy artillery counterattacks.

(End of this chapter)