Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 640 New Tank
The piercing air defense siren sounded again, followed by the sound of fire from the air defense positions from far to near.

"No, the enemy's satellite must have seen us."

The major general made a judgment that lacked common sense, and quickly picked up the thin and thin prime minister and ran away. He was not weak in strength, but he could pick up a prime minister who weighed less than 50 kilograms and escape. The guards and doctors behind followed suit and ran downstairs. , simply did not get photographed by photographers in such a distressed prime minister

Two cruise missiles flew into the urban area from the north. They were not aimed at the Prime Minister, but attacked the air defense missile position next to the Safford Jones Air Force Base that was just exposed. In fact, China’s policy red line has long been banned. The attack on the enemy's dignitaries and the Indian government's office area, although the military has formulated many plans to directly eliminate some senior Indian officials, have been rejected. To some extent, the result of the elimination of Kahan Not necessarily the best.

For a day, high-altitude drones have detected the enemy's air defense positions from all directions, and then used various means to attack. For the time being, no fighter jet has passed through the sky above the city. The density of New Delhi's air defense radars and weapons has been ascertained. Obviously, the Chinese Air Force has never encountered it since the war; however, after reconnaissance, it was found that the response speed of the local air defense force is far inferior to that of the air defense force in the northern region. The air defense force in New Delhi seems to be in the long task of fighting cruise missiles A certain rhythm has been cultivated. This rhythm relies more on the ability of early warning, and it seems that it cannot keep up with the speed of fighter jets.

At the airport in Chandigarh, two Y-2 planes landed bouncingly, and the plane stopped at the edge of the airport. Only a few trucks came to prepare to unload, but there was not much cargo on the plane. Mainly personnel.

The cabin door opened, and He Fan, who was dressed in extremely cold clothes, led his dozens of crew members and walked off the plane with their heads held high.He noticed that his clothes were bloated than the others nearby, which seemed ridiculous, but it didn't matter, what mattered was that the command didn't send a car to pick him up.This made him a little angry. After all, he had traveled thousands of miles to save Lin Huaisheng, but Lin didn't take it seriously.

An Indian shell fell about 500 meters away, and then a second round, and those near the airport bent down habitually.

"It's a 155mm shell," said a commander.

He Fan held up the binoculars with laser ranging and looked at it for a while, then sneered:
"What's the matter, the nearby artillery hasn't been cleared yet? It seems that Spanga is playing Wang Zhenbei like a monkey. It's been a whole day, the sun is about to set, and the security of the airport is still not guaranteed. What is he doing to eat?" ?”

"Maybe the enemy is divided into small groups, attacking in separate directions, so it's not easy to clear?"

"The enemy is divided into small groups, and you are led by the enemy? Why don't you break through to their rear?"

"Battalion Commander, I heard that in the past when the whole army was confronted by red and blue, you used a small number of troops and caused many problems for the surnamed Wang?"

"Wang Zhenbei devoted himself to studying the threat from the north in his early years, so... he had a set of outdated things in his mind, and he was not very good at large-scale mobile attacks. I have seen all the plans he made, and they were all based on killing one thousand enemies. , I lost five hundred ways." He Fan became complacent.

"Look, Lao He, our new tank is here, it's great."

Someone pointed and saw a row of tanks parked in the open space next to the airport, about one company.I don't know who this is for, but He Fan did his part and waved his hand directly.

"Go, go and have a look." Seeing the new equipment, He Fan had almost forgotten Lin Huaisheng's serious mistake of neglecting him. They went far around a gun barrel next to the airport and lowered it, turning around horizontally, very penetrating. Anti-aircraft guns, go straight to the tank.

Lin Huaisheng didn't send a car to pick up He Fan, not because he deliberately showed off, he was too busy to know that He Fan changed his plan and arrived earlier.

The landing of the two transport planes was not planned. In fact, the two transport planes should have landed at Chandigarh Airport in the morning and unloaded their ammunition. However, the Eagle Squadron’s raid completely disrupted the plan. After a large-scale evasion, too much fuel was consumed. To be on the safe side, the command requested it to temporarily stay in Leh to replenish fuel and wait for takeoff.

This gave He Fan, who was struggling to live in the cold wind in Leh, a chance. He asked to unload part of the ammunition immediately and load his own people there. This became the first batch of units that were transferred from Aksai Chin to the Punjab Commando Group.

Lin Huaisheng was worrying about Spanga's elastic defense, because his strength was not enough to completely push back the enemy, let alone destroy Spanga, but the enemy almost infiltrated at any cost, trying to destroy the transportation.This led to a vicious circle in which Le was under-strength to stop the enemy and, on the other hand, under-transported so that his rear could not be replenished continuously.

"Deputy Commander, He Fan asked for a call."

"He's on the satellite channel?" Lin Huaisheng was a little surprised, he hadn't talked to He Fan for 2 months.

"No, he's on the tank shortwave channel, just confirmed that he and his men have arrived."

Lin Huaisheng was overjoyed, and quickly grabbed the communicator.

"This is Huanghe. Wait for the call."

"Chief of Staff. Give me an armored brigade, and I'll bring you Spanga's head." A very arrogant voice said in the headset.

"Have you read the plan? Where do I have so much equipment?" Lin was surprised. He Fan's request completely deviated from the script. According to the plan, his tank group will be gradually strengthened by one battalion, and finally it will reach two tank battalions, one The size of a motorized infantry battalion and an artillery battalion can barely reach the size of a brigade (the strength is still only half that of Wang Zhenbei's armored brigade); for the time being, there is only one company of tanks that have just arrived here. The most important thing is parts. It is necessary to ensure that most of Wang Zhenbei's lying tanks are moving. Who knows that He Fan arrived 2 days early.

"No matter what, I can't be under the command of Wang Zhenbei, I must be equal to him."

"Of course, you didn't see the latest batch of tanks. I will keep them for you. Wang Zhenbei wants to use them to make up for the loss. I just didn't give them."

"Listen to Chief of Staff, I must act as soon as possible. The enemies in front of us are replenishing quickly, and we will get Leopard II soon," He Fan said seriously. He seemed to know the situation better than anyone else when he first arrived.He started pointing fingers, "The day after tomorrow at the latest, you must give me another full battalion with 4 companies, and I can deal with one or two regiments of Spanga."

"The day after tomorrow is a little overhang, and the main force also needs to be replenished. Only when we further open up the situation or occupy the airport in Ambala, the transportation will be smooth. Now it is very difficult to consume the ammunition base every day."

Lin hesitated and said, of course He Fan could not let He Fan transfer these equipments to his own name. As early as the end of the Battle of Assam, Lin vaguely promised He Fan that he would give him room to display them, but Lin Huaisheng called In his calculations, Yahini's troops still need to be restored, "Otherwise, I will add a Pakistani battalion that can fight for you, what do you think?"

"Pakistan battalion?" He Fan immediately became vigilant, "Isn't it the commander of the Pakistani tank battalion who always wins by brute force?" He has always heard about Yahini, and he doesn't buy it. He has seen Yahini Some actual combat videos taken by the on-board camera equipment on the turret of the Nigerian tank (Lin Huaisheng strongly recommended Yahini’s combat skills to all armored units). He felt that some of these victories were indeed based on strategies, while others were mainly Indian tankers’ tactics. It was caused by inappropriateness. If he was allowed to drive those T90s, he would not lose.

"He Battalion Commander. If you don't agree, you can only wait. I promise that once the equipment arrives, you will give priority to protecting your troops."

"Okay, I also need an independent air defense unit, otherwise I won't be able to conduct assault operations."

"Understood, let's talk about the counterattack first. I want you and your people to rest first. After nightfall, you can take advantage of the advantages of these new tanks in night battles, so that you can show Spanga a little color from the side."

"If you're going to capture Ambala Airport, I need all the useful drone footage around the airport,"

"The task of capturing Ambala Airport has been given to Huang Teh-xing's battalion."

"Huang Dexing? He can only fight during the day, and he is stupid at night. Let him help me. I won't be able to defeat Spanga tomorrow, but I promise to win a new runway for you."

He Fan's big words really shocked Lin Huaisheng. Although Lin was a little skeptical, He Fan's unhesitating promise was still very attractive. He also asked Wang Zhenbei in the morning if he could win the airport. Wang said that his troops were exhausted. , may or may not be taken down.He Fan certainly has an annoying side, but when it comes to fighting some difficult battles, he is still needed.

After Lin Huaisheng agreed, he specially dispatched a command vehicle to let He Fan understand the whole situation.

When He Fan's troops began to do adaptive training for the replacement of vehicles, he himself devoted himself to studying the offensive route.

Most of He Fan's subordinates are from the teaching troops, and they can master the driving skills of several tanks, and the Type 99 tank is naturally no problem.Of course, the Type 99 tank equipped with millimeter-wave radar that arrived this time is slightly different. The radar on the right side of the turret is not an active defense system as the external forces simply guessed.In fact, in addition to providing indications for active defense, this kind of radar can also undertake some secondary tasks of target identification at night or in smoky conditions; although the detection distance of this kind of equipment at night is not as good as that of thermal imagers and televisions , but with active ranging capabilities, it can also avoid some new Indian tanks' countermeasures against lasers.

Of course, what He Fan valued the most was the radar that uses 94GHZ frequency scanning, which can penetrate smoke very well.

On the recent battlefield, the smoke released intentionally or unintentionally by the troops of both sides has become the biggest obstacle restricting the tank's hit rate.As for He Fan himself, due to his long-term participation in the demonstration of various experimental weapons and equipment, he realized very early on the value of this kind of radar, which others thought was too short for detection, to be worthless in actual combat.Therefore, more than anyone else, he is looking forward to trying his skills in the night battle. Whether this new type of equipment is up to the task really needs to be tested in this actual battle.

He Fan knew that Yahini was far ahead of himself in the number of enemy tanks destroyed. He thought he was a general and didn't care much about these bicycle indicators, but Lin Huaisheng couldn't stand Lin Huaisheng's efforts to promote Yahini's tactics across theaters. , really made him angry.So he had to win the round by switching back to the main battle tank.

In fact, based on his mastery of transportation capabilities, he knows very well that as long as Lin is forced to provide the Type 99 tanks to himself first, Yahini's troops are likely to get some improved 96 tanks, so that it is unlikely to be harmful to him. Continuing to pose too much of a challenge.

When the moon was on the branch, Huang Dexing's exhausted troops, after a 20-hour rest, began to launch an attack on Schahbad. This is the first stop to open the passage from Chandigarh to New Delhi. If you walk 180 kilometers on the railway, you can drive directly to New Delhi.As the saying goes, it is a chess game that one attack will save. Of course, this is also to tear apart the enemy's defense line and mobilize the enemy to help. The real purpose of the battle is actually to distract the Indian army's attention and cover He Fan's actions.

He Fan's troops have been communicating with Huang Dexing's troops 20 kilometers away through the data link relayed by the drone. Spanga seems to have pulled the White Tiger Division to fight the fire, but Huang Dexing is almost confident in fighting the White Tiger Division. Lu tried to repeat the flanking tactics again, and the White Tiger Division shrank back cunningly when they saw that it was not good. They missed, but the Ambala area on the flank showed flaws.Intelligence shows that stationed in the area is a dilapidated tank battalion of the Indian 1st Armored Division, which has been greatly reduced in strength, equipped with an unknown number of Challenger and T72 tanks.

In order not to attract the enemy's attention to the airport, there was not much artillery preparation. The armed helicopters that arrived suddenly were outside the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft guns and fired at the anti-aircraft fire around the runway. The airfield was clean, and the drones attacked the surrounding enemy vehicles. However, when the reconnaissance team approached, they found that most of the destroyed objects were fake targets that could be confused with real ones. It seemed that the entire airport was completely unguarded.

Of course, this is just a new strategy of Spanga's helplessness. He doesn't want the troops to be exposed to open areas and be beaten. He simply abandons the airport and waits for the enemy to arrive, and then uses the armored troops to carry out a countercharge. He knows that the Chinese army is the last to attack at night. The effective weapon is not a fighter jet but a drone, but the release of smoke can destroy the drone's night vision means.General Spanga didn't expect to recapture the airport in one fell swoop, but he could get a relatively high exchange ratio by taking advantage of the active attack at night, which was his means of delaying the war.

He Fan reminded the infantry fighting vehicles of the Mechanized Infantry Battalion not to occupy the airport rashly. He hoped to send more drones to reconnaissance over the forest ahead.

Before the drone arrived, the Indian mortars hiding in the woods began to fire, and the shells hit the ground and turned into clouds of smoke. Obviously, Spanga also noticed that the smoke tactics helped the weak side. The gap between the two sides in reconnaissance capabilities can be narrowed.

(End of this chapter)