Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 661
The 23rd Indian Armored Brigade is anxiously waiting for the 26th Infantry Division to open the passage, so that they can retreat quickly. The serious problem they face is whether to continue to maintain their marching formation, or if the 26th Division does not get out of the front Next, deploy troops to launch an attack?Of course, this will inevitably cause confusion. The communication with the headquarters has been cut off repeatedly. The Chinese drones have accurately hit the communication cables buried deep underground and the temporarily assumed battlefield telephone lines, while the radio communication has been continuously suppressed. .

The brigade commander had no time to wait. He decided to disrupt the scheduled retreat and attack from the side. The enemy situation behind him was very serious. The signal troops updated the position of the pursuers every 10 minutes. The Chinese and Pakistani allied forces did not have the patience to complete the encirclement. The pursuit was launched, and the momentum was very strong.At this moment, the enemy fighter jets above his head were coming and going, and they might drop bombs at any moment. The brigade commander knew that now was not the time to be humble.

The main regiment of the 23rd Armored Brigade is equipped with more advanced T90S tanks, which have a different impact than the 26th Infantry Division without tanks.

Brigadier Sally Am was in the temporary command post, holding a wine bottle to fill the cups of several company commanders of the synthetic assault force ahead one by one.

"Everyone, you all know that the current situation is getting serious every hour. The enemy's firepower is still on the head of the White Tiger Division, but it will soon be transferred to our head. If we can't get through..."

He said putting down the wine bottle and raising his glass.

"We have lost this battle, and now it's time to save some strength for the brother army. According to my observation, the firepower of the frontal enemy is fierce and fierce, but there is still a gap that can be drilled by the Yamuna River. In the past, this was the situation discovered by the reconnaissance battalion, and it was obviously caused by the enemy's insufficient strength. Once they rushed over, the enemy's blocking would collapse, and now it's up to you."

"Please rest assured, Brigadier, we will do our best."

"It's not about doing your best, but about rushing..."

Before the words fell, a bomb fell on the communication vehicle a hundred meters away, and the flames burst into the sky, and half of the communication company was reimbursed. Everyone in the headquarters fell to the ground and spilled the wine in their hands; The troops began to fire continuously, and a drone fell behind the mountain with black smoke. It was the one who attacked the headquarters just now, so it could only see the communication relay vehicles with many antennas.

"They have noticed us here, everyone, we must act quickly. Follow-up troops and transport vehicles continue to stand by in a marching form in the rear. Once we break through the enemy's line of defense, we will rush over as quickly as possible, and then depending on the situation. Anti-outflank the enemy."

The Yahini troops, 10 kilometers away, were not in a hurry to make up for the gap. The tanks are now on the east bank of the Yamuna River in a half-moon defensive formation, waiting for vertical replenishment.At this time, Yahini ran to the commanding heights alone to overlook the frontal battle.

The offensive operations of the Indian troops in the east were chaotic, with no rules at all, and no formations could be seen. The direct-fired grenades of Chinese tanks often exploded in the piles of vehicles and the crowd, and the front line of the Indian army, which was superior in numbers, had already I can't organize a complete attack. It seems that the Chinese bomber dropped the enemy's headquarters just now. Yahini knows that the Chinese have such capabilities. As long as the Indians can't help but concentrate on using radio stations, they will be easily exposed The location of the command headquarters, which led to bombing, but at this moment the air force disappeared all of a sudden.

"The 26th Division of the Indians is failing. They can't organize a decent attack formation at all. They are fighting on their own."

Yahini murmured in his heart that the frontal defense of the Chinese army was perfectly coordinated. Using long-distance direct firepower and air support, they used their firepower very effectively to block the superior enemy army. The only weak link was the gap by the river. A hastily arrived infantry fighting vehicle and several companies of infantry guarded it, and it was too late to build a defensive position. It seemed that there was no reserve in the rear.He moved his gaze to the north, and quickly noticed that amidst the smoke and dust billowing behind the chaotic assault of the enemy, there seemed to be a mechanized force mobilizing, and it seemed to be quite methodical.The enemy should have noticed the weak area, and they will continue to invest their troops here.

He heard the rumbling sound behind him. Six Mi-6 helicopters were landing in a flat open field, bringing ammunition and fuel. It will attract the attention of the enemy. After all, this is a corner near the battlefield. It is actually a bit risky to complete the vertical supply under the enemy's nose.Yahini picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Be quicker, the enemy will pass in front of us soon."

Several light armed helicopters passed overhead, each with anti-tank missiles and rocket pods, and they flew in the direction Yahini predicted might block the enemy. Obviously the pilot was condescending, and Yahini could see the battlefield better .A helicopter fired a missile that hit a rolling turret of a Lora self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the distance, and then began to fire a barrage of rockets at the ready Indian convoy, and the enemy had little to fight back.It's a pity that these helicopters didn't carry many bombs, so they finished launching soon, turned around and left.

"The helicopter's firepower is not enough, why don't those Su-30s come?"

He saw the smoke and dust raised by the enemy fleet extending towards him. Obviously, the enemy was still stubbornly attacking here.He hurried down the hill to return to his tank, and then issued a few simple orders. The tank went around the still burning woods, remained hidden, and was ready to intercept the enemy at any time. He did not see the enemy's strength clearly, but whether the enemy was a Even a battalion or a regiment cannot let them pass.

The mixed group of the Indian 23rd Armored Division was formed temporarily when they besieged the Pakistani 1st Armored Division last night. Jeeps with recoilless guns also mixed together and rushed towards this side.They had just been beaten by drones and armed helicopters. Brigadier Saliam realized the seriousness of the enemy situation. He personally held up the rear and commanded the brigade to rush to this side, trying to grab a way to escape.The information obtained by the Indian brigade commander through battlefield reconnaissance did not include Yahini's tanks. He judged that there would be some small enemy troops sneaking down by helicopters by the river, but they would not have heavy weapons.

The enemies jumping over the wall in a hurry have completely ignored the flanks. They rushed towards the final passage. They were greeted by a company of infantry fighting vehicles, dismounted infantry equipped with anti-tank missiles, and Pakistani paratroopers.

Due to the urgent military situation, the air-dropped anti-tank missiles are divided into two types. One is the conventional Red Arrow 2 missile with a longer range. This missile needs to be launched from a launcher and needs to track the target continuously. For those who have not received special training The Pakistani paratroopers have some difficulties; the other is a new type of anti-tank missile that is fired and ignored. This missile has a slightly shorter range, but it has the ability to attack the top. The Indian T8 tank does not have defensive capabilities at all; His troops pose a certain threat, especially his 90rd company, so although Yahini communicated with his superiors, he still chose to wait on the flank instead of getting into the range of the anti-tank missiles. He hoped to wait until the radio contact was established After that, further coordination is carried out. .

Most of the 100mm laser beam missiles fired by the infantry fighting vehicle hit the target. The enemy rushes ahead is the BTR 8-wheeled armored vehicle. These tanks have weak armor and are quickly exhausted.

The subsequent Indian tank group started to emit hot smoke step by step to cover their charge.This narrow frontal attack formation is a typical fast attack method of the Spanga troops, and it is easy to break through the opponent's defense line from one point. The only change of the 23rd Brigade is to put the wheeled tanks in front as cannon fodder.
When the Mi-171 helicopter that had completed the supply took off, it could be seen that the enemy convoy was advancing across a not too wide woods. During the process, several unexploded cluster bombs dropped by the Air Force just now were detonated, causing some confusion.

Yahini called the crews, don't do it first. The rumble of the enemy convoy almost blocked the same monotonous roar of diesel engines from the Yahini tank group.All the tankers were surprised, the enemy just passed in front, without a flank force searching along the river.

A drone photographed the enemy's advance layer by layer from a high altitude, and transmitted the images to the nearby tank commander's monitor. Yahini and He Fan saw the scale of the enemy at the same time, although half of the vehicles were hidden in the In the smoke, it can still be seen that its number exceeds a cluster.

He Fan began to ask for fire support from his superiors, and the answer he received was that he had to block the enemy for 20 minutes and wait for the air force to be in place; in addition, a rapid-fire mortar unit was gathering on the west bank of the river. The target of the man-machine is instructed to launch a fire strike. These rapid-fire mortars have an extremely fast rate of fire, which is bizarre support, but the caliber of 81 mm determines that it is difficult for them to play a decisive role.

Of course, He Fan also noticed the dawdling Pakistani tank unit. That unit did not immediately approach him and join the defense line, but stayed on the enemy's flank to complete a vertical supply. Obviously, they were under the supervision of Lin Huaisheng's headquarters. Direct command, but did not act according to the intention submitted to the headquarters, which shows that the commander is a guy with a lot of independent opinions and is good at distorting the orders of his superiors; judging from the place where he stayed, this commander Either very smart or very stupid, one or the other.Of course, He Fan is also very clear that even though it goes against general military principles to disperse troops on the battlefield, a clever commander can always use it properly.

The firepower of the Indians began to hit the area they were going to attack. Obviously, the enemy still maintained a self-propelled artillery force in the rear. The firepower was concentrated near the front. It was very accurate and destroyed many Red Arrow 8 missile launchers just assumed. Some casualties were caused, but the enemy's firepower preparation time was not long, and the tank immediately began to charge. If the enemy was not too urgent, the artillery alone could have smashed a passage.

The erratic spring subcontinental monsoon makes the hot smoke slightly heavier than the air unable to accumulate near the tank, especially when the tank charges, it is easy to expose the front.Normally, the tanks would have to move laterally to provide cover for the entire group, but they didn't have that much time to kill them.

The remaining Red Arrow 8 missiles on the position began to launch, and the 100mm artillery of the infantry fighting vehicle began to fire from the muzzle too high, and released smoke, destroying the enemy artillery observers to correct the landing point through visual bombardment.The Indian tank fired for the first time at a distance of 3500 meters. The Russian-made artillery was basically inaccurate at this distance, but after suffering some losses, they quickly rushed to a distance of 2500 meters.

The brave Pakistani paratroopers began to use new anti-tank missiles to attack those enemies who rushed too far forward.Colonel Salter of the Paratrooper Regiment personally used missiles to attack the enemy. This was the first time he used this "fool-type" missile. Before that, he had only read the instructions.

This weapon is different from traditional anti-tank missiles. It needs to cool the warhead to lock the target heat source. It is actually similar to the Stinger missile.After the missile lifts off, it falls from the sky at a certain angle, attacking and locking the target.Its infrared seeker has a certain ability to identify general infrared interference and smoke occlusion. The top armor of the T90 could not resist the tandem warhead of this missile at all, and the few tanks in the front were soon destroyed.But what followed was an extended strike from the enemy's rear supporting firepower, and the 155mm grenade caused great damage to the soft targets on the ground.

Seeing that the enemy tanks in front broke away from the armored vehicles and infantry behind and rushed to a few hundred meters in front of the blocking line alone, Yahini ordered 18 of his tanks to kill from the side and wedge into the enemy formation. The troops were cut off from the motorized units in the rear.His 3rd company did not participate in the attack, but was ordered to outflank from the rear and attack the self-propelled artillery and baggage vehicles parked behind the enemy.

On the west bank of the Yamuna River, two companies with rapid-fire mortars loaded on the 4X4 off-road vehicle chassis completed their shooting preparations and then joined the attack on the Indians. They did not have front observers to correct the landing point and relied entirely on drones to indicate targets.

Taking an off-road vehicle and commanding Ruoding Major General Saliam through the radio, he happened to be stopped by Yahini's tank. Yahini turned the machine gun scope to search around and saw an Indian commander calling for the convoy to retreat. Behind him There was also a communication soldier with a radio on his back.He thought it was at least a company commander, so he turned his machine gun and fired a burst. The Indian brigade commander was still smart, turned around and jumped out of the jeep to dodge.Yahini's 12.7mm high-level machine gun destroyed the jeep, and then directed the tank to turn and ram the frontal armored vehicle.During this period, the Type 99 tank was hit by various firepower several times. Yahini has been silently counting the number of dull sounds of various ammunition hitting the armor. He is sure that as long as he keeps maneuvering, no one or any weapon can penetrate him.

The chaotic convoy was covered with white smoke left by various rocket launches. Indians fired a large number of RPGs and recoilless ammunition from trucks and jeeps at the tanks that suddenly appeared, most of which missed Or there is no breakdown, but the tail flames of these ammunition are enough to ignite your own vehicles.All of a sudden, the entire convoy was on fire, and the mortars used to indicate the target through the drone, and the ammunition fired at a distance of 4 kilometers, could accurately fall 50 meters away from the side of one's own tank. These intensive firepower played a big role in personnel killing effect.
Nearly 20 tanks swept across the enemy, using side-by-side machine guns and high-level machine guns on the top to kill the enemy's soft targets; all kinds of unarmored off-road vehicles, trucks, and even the motorcycles of the messengers were crowded on the road and could not move. burn up.This group of enemies lost their command for a while, and once again fell into a state of fighting on their own.

(End of this chapter)