Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 603 Target: Govind Lake

The Indian tanks couldn't detect it at all, and the countdown to death was on. At this moment, the terminal bombs falling from the sky were swinging in a circle, searching for the target below.

Immediately, the attack came down like thunder, and the self-forging fragments wedged into the top armor at a very high speed, which looked like lightning from a distance, and even as small as a weasel chariot, it was hard to escape such a fierce attack while galloping.

Huang Dexing climbed to the tree and observed with a telescope from a long distance. This round of attack unfolded like a dense thunderstorm. The Challenger tank did not release smoke to hide itself. fell from a tree.

As an armored soldier crawling on the ground, even if this attack just fell on the enemy, it was enough to make him vigilant.In fact, the Indian Air Force also has US-made SADARM terminal-sensitive ammunition, and India’s 155mm howitzer can also fire similar NATO ammunition. Of course, due to the enemy’s lack of reconnaissance capabilities, how to use these ammunition is the biggest problem.

He slipped down and got into the car, and Wang Zhenbei's order to clean up the mess arrived.The drones have never left the battlefield. They can see that the attack effectiveness of terminal sensitive bombs in the jungle has been greatly reduced. Now tanks must be used to solve the remaining battles. In order to seal off all the enemy's breakout routes, even infantry Chariots are also required to lay down infantry, and then deploy in necessary areas to prevent the enemy from breaking out.In the jungle, it is difficult for laser beam-driving missiles to exert their power at long distances. It seems that Wang Zhenbei plans to rely on the 100mm low-pressure smoothbore gun to compete with Challenger II. In fact, 502 heavy infantry fighting vehicles are commonly used The weapon of choice is its 30mm co-located gun, which does not participate in anti-tank tasks in highly coordinated battles with tanks.

The Chinese troops launched the final attack by flanking east and west. Wang Zhenbei never had enough troops and time to complete a complete encirclement. He felt that with the aerial eyeliner and electromagnetic control power, he could swallow the enemy's heavy troops.

The Chinese tanks protruding ahead are like driving into a smoldering scrapyard. Most of the trucks and armored vehicles piled up here are parked and unable to move. Some are still on fire. Of course, this does not mean that the enemy has no chance to fight back. capable.From the thermal imaging camera, it is difficult to distinguish the damaged tanks with residual heat from the tanks hidden in them, but if you see those turrets that are still rotating, it needs to be repaired.

In front of Huang Dexing, two weasel chariots suddenly turned on their headlights and rushed out in an attempt to break through. One of them almost hit Huang Dexing's tank. After seeing the tank, the weasel turned 2 meters away and slipped away from the side of the tank. passed.

At close range, the speed of these small cars is sometimes faster than the rotation of the gun barrel. The tankers don't care about these things. They must keep an eye on the front to prevent themselves from being exposed to the enemy's main battle tanks by firing; only Huang Dexing The command vehicle notified the infantry fighting vehicles in the rear, and asked the 1500mm cannon within 30 meters behind to take care of these ghosts.Now is a critical moment. The drone has seen a long line of convoys approaching here, but the tanks are not yet visible.

A few minutes later, there was the sound of a 30mm machine gun firing from behind. Huang Dexing could hear the conversation between the commanders of the two infantry companies behind him through the communication channel. Overturned, Huang Dexing thought to himself, these guys can't drive steadily, why do they keep bumping into trees?

Sure enough, the weasels running wildly at night were just the vanguard, and the rear tanks rumbled into the field of view of the thermal imaging camera, one after another, passing through the 10 o'clock area indicated by the drone.Of course, it wasn’t just the tanks that broke through. Tanks and trucks marched in two columns 100 meters apart. There were also trailers and construction vehicles in the truck column. Most of the trucks had their lights on, but the tanks didn’t. Some stragglers followed on the ground. Tanks, but in small numbers, it seems that the intelligence that the enemy has no infantry is true.

The trucks took a supply route discovered by the drone during the day. The tanks had no ready-made roads and were driving on undulating terrain on the side. It seemed that they were planning to escape eastward along this road. Judging from the formation retreating at night, It is obviously an elite Indian army, especially considering that its headquarters has been taken away, and the junior officers have a strong ability to organize themselves.After the Chinese infantry fighting vehicle fired, it also seemed very calm, and there was no confusion, but the barrel turned to the direction of firing the 30mm machine gun.However, they probably don't have good communication with the Weasel Tank, and don't know that there are tanks waiting for them here.

For the time being, Huang Dexing ordered not to fire. He found that the enemy 500 meters away hadn't noticed this side yet, and his formation needed to be adjusted in order to exert maximum firepower.He instructed the troops to keep moving forward, and after the attack was launched, they would give priority to hitting tanks and not to shoot the rest of the targets.

These enemies are desperate and want to use the tank's breakthrough ability to rush eastward to find a way out, but the drones in the sky are always watching them, and their movements have been conveyed to the frontline troops through the headquarters. Wang Zhenbei's headquarters even Instructions can be sent to each platoon (including the infantry fighting vehicle platoon) through satellite communication, and the tank at the best interception position can be instructed to carry out the necessary interception to prevent the enemy from slipping through the net.

By constantly approaching, the 99 tank moved silently to the enemy's side. At this time, several enemy tanks passed by the muzzle, and the enemy's infantry seemed to be aware of it. They should be able to hear the tank engine in the woods. the sound of.

From the thermal imaging camera, some infantry stopped in front of the low-speed tank, and then climbed up to talk to the commander who poked his head out. It seems that we can't wait any longer.Huang Dexing was very afraid of encounters of hundreds of meters, so he hoped that by adjusting the formation, he could ensure that the first round of firepower could defeat the enemy's company, but he got too close to be discovered by the infantry.

The 12 tanks fired together, cutting off the head and tail of the enemy tank column and cutting it down.

The Challenger II is different from the T72. It seems to be the kind of tank that often needs to be refilled. After the first round of blows, there are still many shot tanks that continue to drive, and the turrets start to rotate, just like dinosaurs with slow response.

Chinese tanks use the driver's low-light night vision equipment to shuttle and observe at a medium speed between the jungles and seize the next favorable position.

The enemy is temporarily in a situation of being at a loss.UAVs carrying laser-guided bombs in the air also joined the battle. They began to attack various visible targets, not just tanks. Enemy tanks began to emit smoke to destroy enemies on the ground and in the air for identification and laser designation, but It's too late.The Chinese tanks on the ground are constantly moving, and they can always use the thermal imager to distinguish the outline of the target at close range. At such a distance, the shooter can easily hit the target without laser ranging.

The one-way transparency of the battlefield has strengthened the advantage to such an extent that even those infantry fighting vehicles equipped with only 100mm low-pressure smoothbore guns are eager to try; theoretically, if they attack from a more favorable position, it is possible to destroy the A heavy tank trying to get away from the front.

The heavy-duty infantry fighting vehicle drove at a high speed according to the command of the headquarters, moved to the position where the enemy was about to pass, and waited for the terrified enemy to throw himself into the trap.

Enemy trucks with their headlights on are the first to appear, and infantry fighting vehicles ignore these worthless targets.Then a Challenger tank hurriedly passed in front of the infantry. Its barrel turned to the rear, releasing hot smoke. It was obvious that the commander was worried about both the rear and the top.The driver of the Challenger seemed to be unable to find his way, so he could only follow the taillights of the truck and run wildly in the general direction, knocking down many small trees along the way.

Several infantry fighting vehicles fired at the tank with artillery of two calibers, large and small. The armor-piercing projectiles fired by those 30mm machine guns sprayed on the thick armor, and most of them bounced around in all directions, but some hit weak parts. , causing the rear of the tank to burn.

In the fire net, the clumsy tank began to turn the turret. It seemed that the enemy gunner began to search for the target, but the 100mm shell hit the turret from the rear, and the fire eventually spread to the entire tank.A second tank appeared from the same direction amidst the flames of the tank detonating, but it had no fighting intentions and still tried to flee. After running a few hundred meters, it suddenly turned off and was hit by a laser beam-driving missile. Lie in place.

The third tank appeared from the darkness, and immediately fell into the dense fire net. The angry Indian commander was quite calm. He ordered to slow down, and began to turn the commander to search for threats. The one who fired at him turned out to be only an infantry fighting vehicle.

He gritted his teeth and operated the turret to rotate, trying to aim the frontal armor at the overwhelmed Chinese tanks, ready to fight back at any time.But just as he overtook the seriously injured gunner and was aiming, the sighting equipment on the top was destroyed by the flying ammunition, and his eyes turned black in an instant, and he realized that he was finished.

2 infantry fighting vehicles went around in the jungle, chasing the intruding tanks, and finally approached within 100 meters. They used 30mm machine guns to shoot at the side armor of the tank, making it riddled with holes, and finally burning , its insiders have no chance of escape at all.

These 60-ton toys that the Indians got completely lost their previous prestige. In fact, only the front armor is relatively thick, but they are not reliable in all directions from the top of the head to the side and back. Even the 30mm artillery uses tungsten Core-disposable armor-piercing rounds, you can also beat them hard.

In the end, the remaining Indian tank soldiers realized that the time to be a hero was over. They abandoned their tanks and fled on foot. This became the safest option instead. The Chinese army did not have a tight encirclement and did not attack infantry.

The entire battalion of the Indian Beech Missile Force, which was blocked in the rear, also found signs of troops, and also gave up their equipment and fled. Many technical weapons and engineering equipment scattered in the rear were also obtained by the Chinese army.

At dawn, Wang Zhenbei's troops had already left the battlefield and continued eastward, but went to expand the victory of the border battle, leaving only some infantry to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners.

A large photographic team dispatched by the intelligence agency, with their equipment, first recruited two Mi-2 helicopters to the scene as a strategy, including some reporters from foreign news agencies.Now is the time to activate the propaganda machine, to let those Western governments who stubbornly support India out of so-called "moral principles" see that the equipment they provide cannot shake the doomed outcome of this war.Of course, this is just the side that Xu Jingzhe hopes to show. In fact, the aid from the West has really put him and his unit under pressure.It took his team more than ten years to collect various information on the huge and complex arsenal owned by the Indian armed forces, but in just six months, India's arsenal has more than doubled; Issues such as: figuring out what units the new equipment has been sent to, how to train them, etc. Second, China's intelligence penetration capabilities against India have been greatly challenged.Of course, his intelligence spying has also received complaints from some Indian logistics departments, which is the only part he can comfort himself.

The remaining gunpowder smoke from the battle mixed with the morning fog in the winter forest, leaving a unique and vicissitudes of life.Those challenger tanks with new serial numbers were parked in an irregular row, behind them were captured trucks and beech missile launch vehicles, and in front of the tanks were piles of ammunition.It was a new idea for China in the late period of the Assam campaign to bring war reporters close to the front line. Instead of blocking news and letting Western news agencies follow the tone of Indian propaganda and guess that the Chinese army has been suffering defeats, it is better to let the world see it.

A Russian war reporter who arrived with him immediately recognized the Russian-made air defense system. Within an hour, the news from the ITAR news agency and the footage appeared first and were quoted by various media.

Minister of Defense Singer was surprised to see this scene on satellite TV when he was sitting at the dining table for breakfast. He was originally waiting for the result of the German Federal Parliament’s vote on economic sanctions against China, which is said to be very exciting. news; the result was such a piece of news that he felt very disappointed.

He himself has not received the news of the fiasco of the 4th Armored Division. He only knows that Spanga has been a little timid recently, as if he is getting very close to the Chief of Staff of the Army.He himself was an armored soldier, and he could recognize through the screen that some British tanks were indeed captured, and some of them looked intact, as if they had not experienced combat.

Singh immediately called Spanga's headquarters, hoping to know the whole situation, but the answer was that Spanga had rushed to Chandigarh early in the morning to repair the front line. He could only get information from the staff of the 31st Army It is clearly confirmed that the 4th Armored Regiment of the 106th Armored Division has suffered heavy losses. At present, most of the regiment is trapped in the mountainous area tens of kilometers south of Pathankot, and is in a state of being unable to communicate. The north was torn apart, and the order to withdraw the troops was given by Spanga himself. At the last moment, he suddenly decided to abandon the frontier battle and retreat, but the enemy was so fierce that the main force came from the north at once. This makes Spanga somewhat passive.

(End of this chapter)