Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 610 Thunderbolt Shoots Down the Jaguar
The tandem warhead of the Green Arrow missile is enough to knock off the T72 turret from the front, and it is of course no problem to deal with the T55 dispatched by Meneam. In fact, no matter it is hit from any angle, the T55 armor will not work, but The hit rate of this round of missile shooting was as low as a disastrous 10%, mostly because the early launch was out of range, and some were due to novice tracking instability.Fortunately, the rapid reloading capability of the Green Arrow missile can more or less make up for the misses caused by the low level of the recruits.

The Indian tank group began to speed up and entered a charge state.They have no infantry in their formation, so tank speed is not slowed down.In the dusty sky, the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, which is low and difficult to be observed, appeared faintly in the area behind the tank, maintaining a speed comparable to that of the tank.Most of the recruits chose to ignore this new threat in a state of high tension, and they continued to shoot at Indian tanks blindly and impatiently.

The Indian vehicle commanders found through the observation mirror that the trees on the position were full of triangular launchers that were higher than the trenches. These missile launchers were not concealed at all, and no matter how many times they fired, they would not move the launch position.The crew of this Indian unit are all veterans who have fought several battles. They know that for a target of this size, the 2mm machine gun of the BMP-30 infantry fighting vehicle is far more deadly than the 100mm gun of the tank.

The 30mm machine guns of these Indian tanks shot and killed the exposed missile launchers and the people behind them from a few kilometers away. Finally, use short bursts of fire to destroy the equipment.Wherever the flames went, the launcher fell down.

The Pakistani infantry still did not adjust their strategy in time to give priority to attacking BMP tanks. They still rigidly followed the prior plan and shot at the tanks.In the imagination of Pakistani military officers, the armor of the infantry fighting vehicle is very thin, and it can be solved with a rocket launcher when it is close.Due to the rapid countermeasures of the enemy infantry fighting vehicles, a large number of missiles fired at the tanks were still in flight, and the rear launchers were immediately destroyed because of the exposed position, and the missile attack was also aborted halfway.

At the same time, the Indian artillery lurking in the rear started a continuous attack, and the better the accuracy, the better.They focused on the infantry entrenched defense line, as well as the anti-aircraft guns and 122mm howitzer positions in the rear, and corrected it through the artillery observation vehicle that accompanied the tank group.

During the period when the Wild Boar Squadron fell into the sand, the Indian Army also took advantage of the chaos to strengthen the breakthrough of drones in shallow and deep areas. After experiencing huge losses, they finally had some success.The drone saw the anti-aircraft artillery positions in the rear and guided the artillery fire to attack. A few minutes later, the attack wave of the Indian Bull Squadron, which also used Jaguar IS fighter jets, was approaching.

The situation on the front line gradually became clearer, and the Indian tanks broke through to 1 kilometer in front of the position in a blink of an eye.

Lin Huaisheng has been hesitating whether to deploy the Pakistan Army reserve team or dispatch the armed helicopters on standby. He knows that there is no helicopter commanded by Chang Yong that can restrain tanks, but another wave of Jaguar attack planes from the Indian Air Force is approaching at low altitude. , and the MiG-29 that took off from Jammu intercepted Zhao Lin at an altitude of 6000 meters, and the two sides were dealing with it.Before solving these problems, he really didn't dare to dispatch armed helicopters, but the Pakistan Army in front had already shown signs of collapse.The problem got worse with the addition of the Indian 155mm gun.Unlike in other battlefields, here, Indian artillery occupies a higher terrain and has an advantage in range.

At the moment, General Meneyam, who is sitting in Jammu, is nervously fighting in front of the huge map, waiting for the staff to shuttle back and forth to push forward the small flag representing the Indian army.Due to the Chinese army's attack on the communication lines, the huge display in his headquarters was temporarily unusable, and the command on the battlefield returned to a relatively ancient era.Fortunately, the army is still advancing, and it is one step closer to cutting off the road network that the enemy relies on for survival.

"Is there any reserve team behind the enemy?" The lieutenant general looked up at the map and asked, his expression slightly relieved. After the attack was launched, especially when the first round of air strikes was thwarted, he once had the unknown possibility that the attack might fail. premonition.

"Sir. I don't know yet. However, according to the reconnaissance of the drone, there is a regiment with an ominous designation behind the 119th regiment in person, and there are also some scattered artillery units. In addition, from the road north of Wauzirabad Those who drive are all baggage troops."

"How dare they underestimate the enemy so much? No, no, let the reconnaissance company of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment rush over to catch a few survivors, and interrogate them before the battle. I need real information."

The lieutenant general did have reason to feel that the intelligence of aerial reconnaissance was unreliable. He mobilized nearly 3 divisions for this attack, a large number of technical weapons, and enough ammunition to hoard.He estimated that with the advantage of the enemy's reconnaissance, he would definitely be aware of it, and at least 4 to 5 regiments and some tanks would defend it.But the truth may be that he doesn't want to know. Lin Huaisheng thinks that 2 regiments are enough to defend his 3 divisions in front.

Lin did hide a strong force of the 1st Armored Division's Mechanized Infantry Regiment and an Armored Regiment (excluding Yahini's Battalion) on the second line as a reserve force, but it was used to counterattack Sialkot and copied Menea Mu's nest.The Pakistani army lacks continuous combat capabilities, and immediately switching from defense to offense means losing its edge, so Lin Huaisheng is not prepared to put it into defense.Now he decided to put Chang Yong's helicopter unit and the artillery directly under the headquarters into battle.In addition, he gave Song Ning a death order, limited to one day today, and must disable the opponent's air force.

Chang Yong's armed helicopter brigade received an order to take off to support the front line.Now it's time for them to act again.

Unlike when fighting in the Assam area, there are quite a lot of combat restrictions in this area, mainly due to the scale of the war, and the anti-aircraft weapons of both the enemy and the enemy are quite dense.Since Pakistan has deployed many air defense units that have not even completed short-term training, and experience has shown that these units are often indistinguishable from friend from foe, these threats must also be taken into account when formulating routes into the operational area.

In this mixed formation of 18 helicopters of various types, Chang Yong's plane with the millimeter-wave radar on his head is the core of the team. He must use the advantages of information fusion to guide the whole team to win the advantage. The price of less bullets.

When flying over the road, you can already see the billowing smoke and dust in the north. The Indian artillery fire is well organized and seems to be concentrated.Chang Yong noticed that the transport convoy on the road below fell into a panic, and some Pakistani infantry jumped out of the vehicle and fled. He thought that these people were frightened by the Indian artillery fire, until the helicopter encountered sporadic automatic rifle fire, he Only then did they realize that their formation had frightened them. Obviously, many of these infantry did not know that India no longer had air supremacy.

Chang Yong was forced to raise his altitude. Although the Chinese army is very well-organized, it is not so good when it comes to the Pakistani army.

Due to the enemy's air force activities in the airspace, the millimeter-wave radar cannot search for the ground, and can only be set on the air alert.In this way, the search for ground tanks can only rely on infrared sensors and the pilot's naked eyes.Usually using these means it is possible to find a target at a greater distance than a radar search, but it is not possible to simultaneously indicate the target's position to all at the same time via a data link.

The light helicopter flying in front was reconnaissance at a height beyond the formation, and immediately saw the Indian artillery fire extending to the south like a wall. Behind the artillery fire was a group charge of the entire row of Indian tank groups. Burning enemy tanks, but some of the Indian tanks have passed through the first trench, and they are developing in depth; but the resistance of the Pakistanis has not completely collapsed, and it can be seen that the position is covered with white smoke left by 40 rocket launchers , the smoke dissipated quickly, but the launch never stopped.Most of the soldiers in this unit came from rough backgrounds, had low literacy rates, and were unlikely to use slightly more advanced technical weapons, but they knew how to use clumsy things like 40 rocket launchers since they were young.

New threats emerged one after another. Not long after the Indian tanks broke into the position, the 14th Bull Squadron of the Indian Air Force rushed into the position in one fell swoop. I saw a light helicopter about 3 kilometers away to the south. From the appearance, it is a derivative reconnaissance type of the Chinese Z-9 helicopter.

The Indian pilot immediately powered on the Magic 550 missile under the wing, ready to attack.He originally thought that carrying these missiles was just for show, and there would be no chance of launching them, because all the enemy fighters could bully him from a long distance, but the opportunity suddenly came, and it was a target he could bully.

For fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are a hard and cheap target to hit, and since the aircraft is directly below you, you should not be able to see yourself, so there is no reason not to shoot.

Chang Yong monitored the surrounding air situation through millimeter-wave radar. What he was worried about appeared. An enemy fighter plane was approaching, and Pakistan's ground air defense firepower seemed to be ineffective.

He quickly reminded the reconnaissance plane in front to move to one side at high speed, destroying the enemy plane and diving inward to aim.But this can't solve the problem. The enemy plane should use its speed to make another circle and attack again.He is determined to go up by himself, and use the information advantage obtained by the millimeter wave radar to fight a supersonic fighter.

The special lateral movement of the helicopter made it difficult for Meizhou to dive down from a higher airspace, because the field of view of the seeker of the magic missile itself is only a few degrees, and the turning rate is insufficient, so it is easy to miss these low-speed targets with inconspicuous infrared features.

Sure enough, after the target entered the edge of the aircraft's reference aiming circle, the reminder audio that the missile tracked the infrared signal only sounded once or twice, and then disappeared as the target moved away from the aircraft's sight.

Of course, the Indian lead plane was not reconciled, he was forced to fly around the target at high speed, looking for the next opportunity.

He dare not fly too high, high altitude is not his world.Judging from the staggered steam trails above the head, fierce mid-range bombardment is being launched in the air above 6000 meters. Those active radar-guided missiles that have lost their targets, no matter who launched them, once they search for themselves, they will have nothing to do. He rushed over without hesitation.So I have to stay at low altitude and clean up those Chinese helicopters.

Chang Yong flew at high speed and led the other two Wuzhi 2s carrying anti-air missiles to turn towards the enemy flying in a circle.

The enemy plane was sloping and flying in a circular arc, basically surrounding the scout helicopter.The inward sloping slope determines that it is difficult to see the outside situation. Obviously this guy is a bit reckless, he may think that the low altitude is completely his world.

The millimeter-wave radar cannot guide the Tianyan missile. Chang Yong can only use the missile's own seeker to track the opponent just like the opponent.The difference is that as a launch platform, the stability of helicopters is far superior to that of fixed-wing aircraft, and it is not easy to miss the target (whether it hits or not is another matter).Chang Yong only needs to follow the enemy's movements, turn slowly, point the nose at it, and wait for a certain moment when the missile sees the target.

The Tianyan missile has omnidirectional attack capability, but its range is insufficient, and the platform has no height and initial velocity to assist, so the biggest problem is that the missile can lock the target, but the actual shooting window is not long. Fortunately, Chang Yong has a millimeter-wave radar The distance can be measured at any time, and he expects the enemy pilot to be reckless and not to see himself.

The Jaguar passed slightly higher in front of Wuzhi 10, but he still did not find the right angle and distance to attack the reconnaissance plane.Chang Yong slowly moved to the left. A missile had already caught the heat source, but he held back and did not fire. When he reached the closest distance between the two planes, it was only about 1 kilometer away. The missile on the other side remained silent. .

Knowing that he couldn't wait any longer, he immediately launched the missile, and at the same time reminded the reconnaissance plane ahead to keep the speed and turn right through the radio.He had to avoid the missiles that flew straight past and flew towards his own people in case they missed the target.

The leader of the Bull Squadron was completely unaware of the threats around him. He only paid attention to the target and the radio warning, which was hardly effective.

As an old aircraft whose battlefield perception ability basically depends on eyesight, it is necessary to cover the head and act recklessly most of the time. Otherwise, how can it complete the task?He thought that if he really got into the anti-aircraft fire net on the ground, he should be able to rely on the armor below to make a hard top, but that helicopter is absolutely not to be given up.

The Tianyan missile exploded very close to the side of the jaguar, which happened to be unarmored.

The power of the explosion was very limited, but the fragments shattered the glass cover and caused the canopy to completely shatter and fly away in the next few seconds.The explosion did little damage to the rest, but the cockpit was ruptured enough that the pilot scrambled to eject.

Chang Yong watched the Indian pilot fly out of the cockpit, and due to lack of altitude, the parachute did not have time to open, so he fell to the ground. The plane did not fall, but returned to level flight, and flew northwest out of the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)