Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 634
"Commander, if you want to retreat, you should quickly destroy the airport." Makeni reminded.

"However, it is almost impossible to completely destroy the airport."

"My engineer battalion can destroy the runway in sections. Even if they repair part of it, they can only land transport planes like Yun-8. At most, they can only transport ammunition, and they cannot transport tanks over. This way, the enemy will not be able to touch it for a month or two. New Delhi, and we have this time, we can wait for new support and recapture the airport;” Makeni paused for a while, letting his thoughts settle down, “You must know that behind us is the national railway line, and the enemy Only through 400 kilometers of broken kilometers, they were able to reach Chandirgarh within 10 days, all relying on surprise attacks, but now they have no stamina to move on." The division commander continued, his research on Chinese army tactics is no better than Si Pan Jiashao, he can roughly estimate that the enemy's sudden counterattack should end in Chandirgarh or other northern airports. Only by capturing the airport can it mean that the second stage of the war can be implemented.

"It makes sense. As long as the enemy's offensive stops, maybe the idiot Meneam can cause a little trouble for the enemy."

Meneam paced back and forth a few times, and he realized that he had no choice. Markani's plan was the only feasible one, destroying him while the airport was in his hands.

"Immediately send the main force of the 31st Division to cover the engineers at the arrival airport and carry out the blasting plan. I will dispatch 4 other troops to help you, and let the troops withdrawn from the city cooperate with you, but remember that the 31st Division is the most valuable unit. Don't take too much risk, dispatching a regiment is enough, and after occupying the runway, their long-range firepower should be a bit fearful."

"clear."

Spanga lacked detection methods, and even basic communication could not be guaranteed after the electromagnetic attack, so it was impossible for him to know in time that Wang Zhenbei's troops were on their way at this moment.Lin Huaisheng's desire for this airport is not easy to imagine.

About the time the first batch of rockets fell, Lin Huaisheng had already started to try to seize the airport. In fact, continuing to hide his intentions has become very funny. So far, no Chinese runway has landed around the airport, even when the army is overwhelming. Under such circumstances, the sporadic airlift of the Indian army can miraculously be maintained, and the enemy's high command is not without understanding. Of course, it is not a miracle.

Since the defense of the entire Ladakh collapsed and the air defense position was lost, the attempt to cross Ladakh directly from China into India has become very obvious. All that is lacking is an airport, and Chandigarh is like a gap , in the west of the city, there are zero airports that can be used due to the sparse population, while in Haryana state to the east of her, there are a large number of Indian military and civilian airports.

In order to win this battle, the Chinese army put all the more than 90 tanks that could be dispatched into the battle. This airport is indeed the last of this brigade's first-level armored force that has been secretly hiding in Pakistan for a long time and suddenly launched an attack. Although the plan has been revised many times, the ultimate goal has always been here.The complete capture of this nearly 4-kilometer runway means that a brigade of fresh troops can land every day, and if you look at the overall situation, Ambala, one step away from Chandigarh, also has a military airport that can be captured, so if the battle is won, The ebb and flow of strategic value produced by it is remarkable.To some extent, the offensive launched from Punjab, Pakistan is still just a model of surprise attack. How to release the huge production capacity advantages of Chinese factories and compete with the half of the world behind India in the overall battle depends on now.

Huang Dexing could hear the irritable and different noise from the engine in the shaking car body. The planned overhaul was not completed, and he and his chariot were dragged into the battlefield again. Lin Huaisheng always made plans without him The changes are fast, and he has long been mentally prepared for this.

The rockets launched from the snow-capped mountains are still attacking the fleeing enemy groups, and the electromagnetic pulse attack has destroyed the enemy's communication. Now it is like chasing ducks.

Looking south from his periscope, he could see a sea of ​​flames in an area 10 kilometers to the south, where the enemy had lost an entire motorized unit. From the standpoint of a tanker, of course, this kind of attack from the sky was not fair, but The essence of war is nothing more than this. What soldiers have to do is to impose unfairness on the other side, not the other way around.

He can fully grasp the formation of the troops from the monitor, and then fine-tune the positions of some vehicle groups through the radio, and the higher-level command is carried out by Wang Zhenbei.Wang Zhenbei told him that it is best to grab the Chandigarh airport before the enemy tanks, so as to avoid the support firepower.The newly obtained information indicates that there are already enemy bombings on the airfield, but no further information on the location of enemy tanks, perhaps rocket attacks, and spooked Spanga?

A chariot on the left reported that a train of trains appeared in the thermal imager, suspected to be enemy tanks.Huang Dexing immediately turned the surrounding mirror to observe in a general direction with a wide field of view. After zooming in, he confirmed that there were indeed 6 enemy tanks. From some details, it could be identified that they were Indian T90 tanks. In fact, T90 tanks have rarely been seen on the recent battlefield. Yes, most of India's T90 was lost in Pakistan, and only a few ace troops are still equipped.

The enemy was heading north. For fear of alarming the enemy, laser ranging was not implemented. The visual distance from the reticle was about 5 kilometers, and the target was also in the direction of the airport. It seemed that their attention was not here, and Huang Dexing could not approach too riskily. The enemy, once the enemy realizes that the smoke may be emitted, causing unnecessary interference to the attack, he ordered a company on the left wing to deploy 12 tanks, and at the same time replace it with laser beam missiles, and allocate the enemy according to the position of the tanks in the formation. Chariots, with two chariots, assign a target and require an attack during the march. The laser is not pointed at the target in the middle of the journey to ensure that the enemy will not detect it in advance.

Huang Dexing's own company did not attack, but the barrel was pointed at the target, just in case.

After a round of artillery fire, the missiles flew towards the target with flames. These missiles flew at a slow speed, which made people anxious. Fortunately, Huang Dexing was also attacked by such weapons in India. He knew that the attacked party, if Without seeing the muzzle flare, it is actually not easy to detect threats from a long distance, as the missile itself will block part of the tail flame.

According to the instructions, the gunners pointed the laser above the target in the first few seconds and guided the missile to fly upwards diagonally so as not to touch the enemy's laser warning equipment. Some intelligence shows that even if the old Indian T90 has such equipment, it has never been used on the battlefield. What effect has it had, at least not been recorded, but the newly introduced T90A alarm and countermeasure system may be a problem. The General Staff specially imported a T90A from Russia for various tests, and found that its photoelectric countersystem Much more sensitive than the equipment on the captured T90S. .

After counting silently for a few seconds, some gunners became impatient and aimed their sights at the target.The enemy tank group, as if something was automatically triggered, began to fire smoke bombs around. These smoke clouds were thicker than ordinary smoke, completely blocking the gunner's sight.Even so, experienced gunners can still guess the speed of the target based on the movement of the smoke cloud and guide it. The missile follows the beam of the laser beam and flies towards the cloud of smoke in front of it. Time is entering the final countdown.

Huang Dexing ordered his 1st company to speed up. Although the enemy used life-saving smoke, they should still be in a panic at the moment. The cover of these automatic launches will also block the sight of the Indian commanders. They don't know The approximate location and number of enemies make it difficult for them to get rid of their passiveness in a short period of time, and they must not be allowed to understand.

The thick smoke began to dissipate, and the enemy tanks hit by the missiles began to reveal prototypes from the smoke. The first round of attack destroyed 3 of them, and the rest of the missiles all missed the target. Those tanks that escaped by chance continued to release smoke. They lost their vision in the wilderness, and the car captains never figured out where to run.These tanks were almost separated from the Chinese tanks at an angle of 60°, heading towards the same destination. Huang Dexing's company began to fire at the target, even though they were covered by a cloud of smoke, a pale white area was formed in the thermal imaging camera that was much larger than the cross-section of the tank. However, experienced gunners can still judge the position of the tank if they have been traveling at a constant speed in one direction.

After several rounds of shooting, all these blindly driving tanks were destroyed, and they never counterattacked a shell. Huang Dexing's superiority in numbers is beyond doubt.

When the tank passed the enemy tank, Huang Dexing turned out of the turret, and he could see the unique photoelectric countermeasure equipment of T90A on the burning turret, as well as the white tiger head dancing in the flames.Apparently the enemy dispatched part of the White Tiger Division, which may be just the 2 platoons of the vanguard.

He urged the UAV reconnaissance to speed up through the radio, at least to fill the blind spot in front of him first, and the answer he got was that the two UAVs were about to arrive at his designated area, because the UAVs survived in this airspace for a long time. It is very short, and there is no guarantee that one of them will be in the designated airspace at all times, but China still has enough power to continuously launch various types of drones to make up for losses. In this war, the only weapon that the Chinese army has lost more than India is the various models of drones.

The first to arrive was the high-altitude reconnaissance plane, which saw that the two armored armies of the enemy and the enemy were marching towards the same area. The strength of the two sides was roughly equal. The Indian tanks were farther from the airport, and the narrow marching army consisted of several columns. Obviously, they miscalculated the arrival time of the Chinese tanks, thinking that they could rush to the airport and then deploy. Behind the enemy tanks is an air defense force. Obviously, as long as they stop, the end of the drone will come.

Wang Zhenbei, who commanded 20 kilometers later, immediately ordered the attacking force to divide into left and right wings, occupy the airport while marching, eliminate the enemy's damage, and then cross the airport runway without stopping, approaching the enemy tank fleet from the north and south sides.

This was the most difficult decision in his life, because there was no time to make more adjustments, and to give full play to various asymmetric advantages, he could only use tanks against tanks. Maybe he could get some bargains in terms of formation, but this was destined to be a A head-to-head battle is by no means an ideal model for information warfare.The T6 tank battalion of Pakistan's 84th Armored Division is a strong backup he can call, but it will take time to arrive.

When Huang Dexing's tank rushed to Chandigarh Airport at the same time, the terminal building and the airport radar collapsed in the explosion, but this is not the important part. After the Battle of Assam, the Chinese army has always had a complete set of airport command system that can be deployed at any time fight.

As the tanks crossed the runway at high speed, they used machine guns and artillery to destroy nearby enemy military vehicles loaded with explosives. The troops were divided into two and moved to both sides. While clearing out the enemy engineers, they began to form an outflanking formation.

The firepower from the rear began to fire at the exposed enemy column, and the 155mm artillery shells continued to explode around the enemy formation, making the formation further chaotic. The laser-guided bombs dropped by the drone first destroyed the enemy tanks, but followed The anti-aircraft firepower of the main regiment of the White Tiger Division quickly counterattacked and shot down 2 drones.

In the absence of reconnaissance means, the Indian 31st Armored Division was ordered to attack the armored regiment, which crashed into the chaotic and unknown battlefield.The troops who came from the city to destroy the airport suddenly reported that they had found an unknown number of enemies, and then the electronic interference imposed by the enemy destroyed the communication. The commander could see the fire in the direction of the airport. Obviously, the enemy had arrived first.Amid suspicion, the left wing reported seeing enemy tanks, and then the right wing also spotted enemy movements.The regiment leader immediately realized that he had fallen into a passive attack from both sides. Even if it was a reckless fight that relied entirely on armor and firepower, the side that could take the lead, fully deploy and develop firepower still had an advantage.Obviously, Chinese tanks seized the opportunity.

The southeastern area of ​​Chandigarh happened to be out of reach of the rocket launchers on the snowy mountains. If Spanga knew this, he should have sent out all the main forces, but out of a very necessary caution, he only sent A regiment of 90 tanks was deployed, with only one motorized infantry in the rear, and behind the Chinese army, there was a battalion of T84 tanks in Pakistan.

Huang Dexing ordered the tanks of the 1st company to keep a distance to attack the enemy. After the shelling, they immediately retreated with the help of smoke, and the tanks of the 2nd company, whose barrels were kept cool, continued to attack.However, in the first round of artillery battle, Huang Dexing was hit head-on while riding a car, and he was not penetrated at all. He did not foresee that the enemy's hasty counterattack would be so sharp. He decided to retreat and wait for the attack of the northern group to launch. Self-disruption.

The enemy's poor formation is destined to make it difficult for them to make adjustments in a short time. The T90A has a very strong frontal defense, but it is now facing two flanking fires at an angle. As long as they turn to aim at either side, it means that they will expose their flaws in the other direction. This advantage is enough for Chinese tanks in a few rounds. In the battle, accumulating small victories is a complete victory, all that is needed is patience.

After the first round of mutual testing, the Indian tanks directed their firepower to the southwest, which enabled the tank battalion in the north to launch an attack from 3500 meters away, annihilating two platoons of the enemy's vanguard battalion in one fell swoop, and the enemy was forced to turn its guns to the north again. , Huang Dexing's tank on the side used the image stabilization equipment to capture the fighter again 2 kilometers away, shot the side of the enemy tank, and launched an attack.During the battle, both sides responded with rapid artillery battles, and did not use artillery-launched missiles that flew slowly and required long-term target indication.The laser countermeasure system of the Type 3 tank has destroyed the enemy's range measurement very well, making the enemy's long-distance accuracy always unsatisfactory.

The opponent was forced to respond again. A battalion that was behind the queue and couldn't fire at all moved southward, trying to get around to the side of Huang Dexing's battalion and try their luck.This very blind countermeasure did not escape the detection of the drone.Huang Dexing immediately assigned a company and asked it to sneak attack the enemy scrambling in the wilderness, and then try to lead the enemy battalion away from the main battlefield. Obviously, the enemy was unilaterally transparent on the battlefield, and the Indians tried to disperse their troops. It is quite unwise to come and carry out anti-encirclement.

(End of this chapter)