Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 641 Technology Generation Difference

He Fan and Spanga were exploring the feasibility of a new type of warfare almost at the same time. The difference was that he was from the standpoint of confrontation; some thoughts on the department.

As early as in his spare time during the battle in Aksai Chin, he began to study several battles between Wang Zhenbei and Spanga.

For the first time, the Indian 1st Armored Division dispatched Challengers to fight against Wangzhenbei’s vanguard near the border. Judging from the timing of the attack that Spanga actively chose, he knows that the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils, so even though the T72's night vision equipment is poor, he still chooses to dispatch at night to avoid more terrifying air force strikes, and at the same time dispatch small Some western tanks, probably to make up for the lack of night vision.

When He Fan read the report submitted by Wang Zhenbei, it was mentioned many times that the front armor of the Challenger is quite balanced, and the enemy will definitely use the armor of this tank to make more fuss, he felt like laughing; obviously Si Panga is not the kind of reckless general, but it is obvious that he wants to use the thermal imaging equipment of this new tank, not the armor.Wang Zhenbei and his favorite general won in the end because of their absolute superiority in technology.He Fan's speculation was later verified, and every confrontation between Spanga and the Chinese armored forces since then was at night.

The second battle was when the 1st Armored Division was unable to retreat north of Pathankot (the bridge was blown up), and Huang Dexing captured one armored regiment and one air defense battalion. This time the enemy still tried to use the terrain advantage to resist. The anti-aircraft weapons were arranged very uniquely, and the timing of the breakout was still at night. In the end, the air force destroyed the core Beech missile position in time, and the opponent's entire army was wiped out.

In the outflanking operations outside Chandigarh, Lin Huaisheng always chooses to use the afterglow of the setting sun at dusk to attack from west to east, but Spanga can still see through his cleverness. He only uses secondary troops to fight, and only dispatches after nightfall They took over the main force of the White Tiger Division with strong combat effectiveness in an attempt to recapture the airport.The equipment of this unit is the latest T90A type, which appeared on the battlefield for the first time. The accompanying anti-aircraft firepower followed closely, and the deployment was compact, which placed the tank group within the missile range.Judging from this battle, to a certain extent, Spanga’s thinking was more detailed than that of Lin Huaisheng. His troops obtained a relatively fair combat environment in open areas. The Chinese Air Force did not intervene too much, and he won about 5 to 1. Ratio (including Pakistan's T84 loss), if the Indian army can get such an exchange ratio in every battle, maybe the war can be reversed.

In today's battle, Lin Huaisheng still has to attack and save him. He has reserved powerful firepower to deal with the exposed enemy clusters. Obviously, Spanga doesn't have much choice. He must fight in the wilderness. Of course he will eat After losing money a few times, it should be clear that it is not enough to just choose to go at night or strengthen mobile anti-aircraft firepower. As a strategic general, he must have some new tricks, even if it is just for experimentation.

"Attention all the crews, don't move too far forward. Our task is to cover the machine battalion and seize the airport. Wait for them to move first." He Fan said on the radio.Since the enemy's air force is unlikely to be dispatched, He Fan has the confidence to stop on the commanding heights and wait for the opponent to move first. The smoke bombs fired by the enemy from the woods have created a dense smoke-covered area in the east of the airport. If so, it almost pointed out its possible attack route.

"Maybe they will send out T72 and Challenger, as it was the case in the past few times. If we stop at a standstill, we can increase the night vision distance by hundreds of meters."

"It may also be the T90A, which has better maneuverability and is easy to slip over from Huang Dexing's flank..."

On the inter-car radio station, the drivers of each car chattered and discussed.

He Fan didn't have time to listen to their wild guesses. From time to time, he carefully observed the smoke directly in front of him through the thermal imaging camera. The enemy artillery continued to fire smoke bombs, which really seriously interfered with the detection range. After cooling down, the detection range of the thermal imaging camera was reduced by about 70.00%. .

He left the director and turned to the monitor. A drone was flying over the smoke. Its night vision equipment could not pick up anything. The electronic reconnaissance aircraft in the distance could spot some independent air defense units in the woods. The enemy was gathering at the edge of the forest. , it may get into the smoke and rush to the airport, or it may feign a shot and come around from somewhere. If it is the latter, the chances should not be great. It has already been shown that relying on air defense missiles alone cannot cover the attack of ground forces. This is the biggest problem facing the enemy after losing air supremacy.

"This Spanga is not simple. If it were another Indian general, he would have been unable to play tricks. He has always had some tricks. Be careful." He Fan said, turning the radar on the commander Mode, from air-warning, to forward-looking search.

"No matter how cunning Spanga is, it would be bad luck for him to run into us." Someone on the radio sneered, although it seemed that he underestimated the enemy, but He Fan still liked to hear such words. , not really reckless.

The dual-purpose millimeter-wave radar on the 99 tank is a device that has been criticized by many people.

On the one hand, the antenna and the outer cover occupy a place on the top of the turret, somewhat blocking part of the vision of the periscope; on the other hand, its detection range is very short, and the air detection range is not as good as that of the helicopter in most cases. distance.Its ability to search for the ground is worse, restricted by the height of the tank and the interference of ground clutter, it can see far closer than other optical means in undulating areas, and it is almost closer to the commander who uses the naked eye on the turret to see during the day.However, it has some unique advantages. The 94GHZ millimeter wave can penetrate smoke very well. Whether it is day or night, it is very good at finding those targets that are approaching secretly with the help of battlefield smoke. Its imaging capability is good for stationary targets and slow moving targets There are also some identification problems for the target, which needs to be judged by the commander based on experience, but the target moving at a faster speed is easy to be found by the radar. Used in combination to generate target indicators within the gunner's image stabilized aiming field of view.

He Fan fiddled with the equipment in front of him. Obviously, not every tanker can quickly master such advanced things. As a part of active defense, the role of the millimeter wave radar is of course very simple. It only needs to be set to on, but Combining its ability to search for targets with optical equipment requires some solid theoretical knowledge, so He Fan believes that the so-called genius Yahini is most suitable for playing with the Type 96 tank.

In the narrow field of view imaging, the radar uses a 25 milli-arc beam to scan the 15° range in front. Due to the interference of ground clutter, the detection was not smooth at the beginning. He asked the driver to adjust the vehicle position and reset the power. This thing does not It consumes too much electricity, and it does not have to stop and cool down like laser equipment.

Some discoveries began to be made on the monitor. Boxes indicating the position of the moving target began to appear and move. He Fan was overjoyed and slapped his thigh.He has been in the mountain tank for a long time, except for the advantage of information technology, he has no sensor advantage to rely on. Now, the advantage has appeared.

After discovering a large number of moving targets behind the smoke, he reminded the gunner to start tracking, and then adjusted the communication to the outside, reminding the crews to use new equipment to detect the enemy on the ground as flat as possible.

In this system, the target is displayed in the form of a box, and these indicators are projected into the field of view of the gunner's sight, so that the geometric size of the target can be roughly understood, and the distance and angular velocity can be accurately measured.Compared with the usual method of stabilizing the line of sight tracking, the ballistic computer samples the turret rotation speed and measures the angular velocity, the accuracy is an order of magnitude higher, and the ranging accuracy is not inferior to that of the laser, but the target display is more abstract, which is not conducive to aiming.What's more interesting is that there should not be a tank in the world that can perceive this kind of active detection equipment. Of course, it's not a technical problem. It's just that tanks have never had similar confrontation needs. Judging from the movement characteristics, the other party should not be aware that they are being followed, otherwise they should jump up immediately.

This time, Chinese tanks finally put a mature technology on the actual battlefield first, which is almost a pioneering attempt; although as early as 40 years ago, the US Army began to explore this area and developed the STARTLE fire control system. system, but eventually, for a variety of reasons, they gave up.

"The distance of the detected target group is about 1900 meters. Wait a minute, the moving speed is not fast, maybe it is a challenger."

"clear."

2000 meters is almost the farthest distance that this kind of equipment can detect moving targets of the size of trucks or tanks through ground clutter, and it is almost ready to fire. However, He Fan is a careful person after all, and he hopes to maximize his advantages. Don't mess it up the first time you take advantage of a new technology.

The enemy artillery is constantly extending the shooting, firing smoke bombs vigorously in front of the enemy's passing area. They don't know that they are actually doing a disservice to them; they thought they could narrow the technological gap between the two sides with the help of smoke and darkness, but now, the gap is even bigger Well, the enemy may see He Fan only through the night vision equipment, and it is conservatively estimated that it is within 400 meters, so he is not in a hurry at all. In the past, the anxiety of worrying about not hitting the first shot and being restrained by it in tank battles The pre-war tension that made people feel hairy and sweaty palms disappeared without a trace; the only worry in the tank soldier's mind was that he was not sure whether he could hit the target with radar instructions alone when he could not see the opponent at all?
"Yellow River, the enemy has already dispatched, just 4 kilometers to the east of the airport, I need your drones to dispatch continuously to detect the anti-aircraft firepower and self-propelled mortars in the shallow depth of the jungle area behind the enemy's reconnaissance, and then use your The firepower suppressed it."

"Yellow River understands. Mr. Lin reminds you not to go deep into the pursuit."

"clear."

He Fan waited patiently for the target to approach within 800 meters, and then beat them with 125mm artillery. In the night vision channel of the commander, the background was just a vast expanse of white, but there were moving boxes, The jumping numbers on each box show their distance. The only regret is that he has not been able to know what tanks Spanga dispatched to die this time. Since the enemy is also advancing at a low speed against the smoke, it is obvious from the speed Unable to identify type.

The sound of artillery outside was getting closer and closer. He Fan hoped that the drone would be able to spot these annoying artillery soon. Lin Huaisheng deployed 120 (vehicles) long-range howitzers behind, waiting to be opened.

In the distant mountain depression, several missiles soared into the sky and destroyed the approaching drones cleanly. Obviously, the enemy realized that they could not hide for too long and began to attack. Every recent tank battle was followed closely by India. Behind the tank group, the Beech missile or Doyle M1 system kicked off the attack on the drone.

He Fan felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered to start free shooting about 1 kilometer away.

The Indian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles hiding in the smog are pushing forward with difficulty. None of them turned on their headlights, but only turned on their taillights to avoid collisions. It was too close, but the attack under smoky conditions at night was essentially asking for trouble for itself, and many vehicles still collided together.Even so, the Indian tankers thought, at least they could escape the sight of enemy drones and direct-pointing weapons.

A row of shells fired from the opposite side of the thick smoke shattered the Indian army's dream of expecting a fair contest. How could He Fan, who has an asymmetrical technical gap in his hand, give equal opportunities to the opponents who are superior in number?
These radars measure and calculate the trajectory of the projectiles. The aim is not as accurate as through optical equipment. After all, the gunner is not very familiar with this method of shooting at virtual light spots, but since the enemy cannot counterattack, it does not matter if the hit rate is low. .

For a while, the shells flying horizontally hit several tanks rushing ahead one after another. After several rounds of shelling, the Indian commander realized that he had to retreat, and he ordered all the tanks to emit hot smoke.And backed up and evaded, but these ineffective measures obviously didn't work.In addition to backing up at a low speed and retreating to the critical distance of 2000 meters, the best way is actually to stop, so that you can disappear from the other party's search field of view, but no one knows this method, everyone can only rely on the boundary The first reaction was to scramble to back up.

The amazing armor-piercing shells of the Chinese, through the half-kilometer-thick man-made smog, flew towards them with precision. Sometimes the shells flew past the turret, but sometimes they hit the chassis or the turret.

During the frantic retreat, a large number of infantry fighting vehicles that could not evade were crashed by the reversing tanks. The attacking mechanized troops of a reinforced battalion, blocked by a company of tanks, completely turned into a unilateral massacre.

He Fan heard the sound of fighter jets flying overhead, he got out of the turret, looked beyond the fog, and waited for the jungle valley behind to be bombed.

The plane passing by at low altitude dropped napalm bombs on the woods, and the air force created a firewall to drive away the opponent's scattered mobile artillery.

Seeing that all the final targets had disappeared, He Fan did not order the pursuit. For him, the agreement with Lin Huaisheng was just to capture the airport within one day. After repelling the enemy tanks, this target could be handed over to other troops to complete easily. It was unnecessary. Take risks; no matter how beautiful the exchange ratio is, it is not as good as a battle with zero casualties. It may impress the superior. What he strives for is not to wipe out all enemy tanks, but to widen the gap with the tank commanders of other troops, and finally gain more command of the troops.Only in this way, he may play a decisive role in the attack on New Delhi, instead of commanding a battalion or even fewer troops.

(End of this chapter)