Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 662 Bistable System
At this moment, a company of Indian T90 columns had broken into He Fan's position. After ignoring the impact of losses, they finally achieved their tactical goal of breaking through the defense line.During this period.About half of the Chinese infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed by tanks, and the dismounted infantry could no longer stop the advance of enemy tanks, but the enemy's follow-up forces were disturbed by Yahini, and they were out of touch, unable to further develop the victory, which gave He Fan and Pakistan A chance for the paratroopers to reorganize and mend the line.

There was a battalion of Indian tanks that broke through the position when they charged, and there are only 8 tanks left. They know that the missiles falling from the sky on the position are not easy to mess with. Seeing that the follow-up troops fall behind and cannot keep up, the surrounding enemies It is constantly mobilizing.The perimeter mirror and periscope of the company commander's tank were damaged to varying degrees, making him unable to see the surrounding situation clearly, so he stayed in the position for 1 minute, causing one tank to be destroyed by a missile, and he ordered the remaining tanks to be destroyed. Turn off the radio, and flee south at full throttle.

The enemy's escape made Colonel Salter seize the opportunity to reorganize his troops to close the gap and stop the slower-moving enemy armored vehicles carrying infantry. At the same time, he also assigned a force to carry Red Arrow 12 missiles to monitor the escape north The enemy army, confirming that they have gone all the way, and have no intention of turning back.

The 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade completely lost its command, but their combat capability was still a level higher than that of the 26th Infantry Division. The battalions immediately turned into a state of fighting on their own, and began to rush forward desperately, trying to find a way out.He Fan can see the whole situation at a glance through the video sent by the drone. He saw the sudden attack of the Pakistani tank group, stuck in an important position, even though the tanks entered the enemy infantry, it was very difficult. It is easy to be destroyed by the rocket launcher that is hard to defend, but it can cut off the entire enemy formation at once. The commander's grasp of timing is obviously excellent.

The Air Force is on the way at the moment, about 10 minutes away; He Fan is determined to pull out 2 to 3 platoons of tanks, and after the Air Force drops bombs, carry out a counter-charge, which may be able to crush the enemy who is far more numerous than himself in one fell swoop.

The rapid-fire artillery on the other side of the river is constantly spraying shells. Under the instructions of the drone, the accuracy of these curved-fire weapons is completely comparable to that of precision-guided weapons. They can even hit the tank within 50 meters of their own tanks to destroy the enemies who try to get close. .These tactical support weapons became the ultimate fire support for Yahini before the arrival of the air force and long-range firepower. Although he could not directly command these firepower, the gunners on the other side of the river could get the vision through the drone, Biahini observed to a wider area.In order not to make ballistic correction difficult due to the chaotic impact points, only one or two 82mm rapid-fire guns are fired at all times on the position, and the rest of the guns are loaded or on standby. Of course, this rapid-fire gun can be used in a short period of time. Incline enough firepower inside unprotected soft targets.

From the perspective of the drone, it can be seen that the enemy infantry with the bazooka is frantically trying to outflank the tank from the side. The undulating terrain around the tank and the canals for irrigation give these well-educated Indian soldiers the opportunity to implement tactics flexibly. , They are in groups of three or five, usually with two rocket launchers and machine guns, and some units have slightly more people, and they also carry individual trench periscopes. They are obviously veterans who have experienced many battles. These groups sneak around from a long distance Go to the direction where the tank is weak, and look for the opportunity to lean out and shoot. If there is a cover on the side or rear, or when you need to shoot from the back, someone will quickly dig a small hole with a shovel.However, all these actions cannot be overlooked by the drone. Although the ammunition of the drone itself has long been lost, it can still serve as an eyeliner for the artillery.

Seeing a group of Indian infantry touch the back of the mound within 100 meters, this is a position that tank machine guns cannot attack at all; the shooter only needs to be exposed for a few seconds before they can shoot at the tank; Going up the slope, half-squatting and stretching out his head to observe the target, the howling shell fell from the top of his head and exploded 5 meters away from him. Following the fall, the point of impact was actually corrected to a distance of only 2 meters from the enemy. A few seconds later, the third shell fell, directly in the ditch where the rest of the people were hiding.These small artillery shells are not very powerful, but the curved angle is very large, so that any personnel who try to avoid direct fire by relying on terrain and features are all within its strike range, and their accuracy is so high that they can even chase down armored vehicles in motion; UAVs The combined advantage with the mortar is brought into full play here.

Four J-4s carrying a large amount of ammunition rushed to the sky above the battlefield. They dispersed to find their own targets on the battlefield. In fact, the battlefield intelligence system had no time to collect ready-made important targets for these bombers, the command communications of the disintegrating enemy, and The artillery has been paralyzed, or can't be found at all. These planes can only find areas where the crowd is concentrated by themselves, and then drop bombs.

According to the intelligence feedback after the air strike in the morning, the planes taking off now no longer carry heavier 250 kg bombs, but smaller bombs to provide a wider spread area to deal with scattered personnel and vehicles.

From the periscope, He Fan saw the enemy convoy 3 kilometers ahead, surrounded by dense orders.During the hasty retreat, the Indians lost too many anti-aircraft weapons that had been deployed on the ground and could not be accompanied. In the previous rounds of air tactical strikes, the priority targets of the Chinese army were the enemy's air defense firepower and headquarters. Ordinary infantry did not experience the horror of air superiority. Now the enemy's air defense threat has been largely lifted. The unscrupulous J-16 bombers, each carrying nearly 10 tons of bombs, flew to the battlefield. Their power far exceeds that of tanks or other infantry weapons. It is also far more than the Thunder fighter jets with rocket pods, they are bound to become the masters of the battlefield.

The enemy attacking on the 5-kilometer front was divided into large and small parts by the fire net formed by the J-16 bombs, and piles of burning vehicles and smoking dead bodies were separated between them.

The morale of the 26th Infantry Division was the first to collapse. Knowing that all directions of the battlefield were blocked, the broken soldiers rushed towards the rolling Yamuna River, trying to jump into the river for a chance of survival. No one told them that the river at night The water level has skyrocketed a lot.Soldiers scrambled through dense fire nets to jump into the icy alpine snow water in February.If they are lucky enough to swim to the other side, what awaits them is a Chinese paratrooper regiment that has just airborne.

He Fan saw clearly from the position. When the bomber returned, he personally led the 1st company tank, rushed out of the position, and killed the enemy.The reconnaissance showed that after the defeat of the White Tiger Division, they were splitting up and rushing here. Obviously, it was necessary to get rid of these miscellaneous cards before the arrival of a strong enemy who is good at maneuvering, and clear up a space for advancing and retreating.

The tank battalion behind the 23rd Armored Brigade is all old-fashioned tanks such as T55. They have escaped the critical eyes of the bomber pilots, but He Fan is a commander who is good at picking soft persimmons. He commanded the tanks to form a horizontal formation. Spread out and rush towards the last enemy tank unit on the battlefield.

Enemy tanks had to bite the bullet and fight, their outdated fire control made it difficult for tanks to fire while in motion, but no one dared to stop and become a target.These T55 tanks were even ahead of He Fan, firing from 2 kilometers away. Of course, they lacked commander fire control and reclosing door technology, so they could only rely on the first generation servo system with only one speed gyro sensor to sense the gun deviation to stabilize at the same time. Cannon and scope, this old-fashioned bi-stable system makes it impossible for the gunner to aim at the target from the bouncing field of view, and it is even more of a mess at long distances.In contrast, He Fan's Type 99 tank uses image-stabilized fire control, and the scope is not rigidly connected to the gun. Even if the tank chassis is undulating and jumping on potholed terrain, he can still be accurate at a height of 0.2 mils. Observing and aiming at the target, although it is not enough to hit the moving target with a certainty at a distance of 2.5 kilometers, it is already possible to calmly carry out ranging and automatic watch shooting.

He Fan prevented the other crews from shooting the long-range T55. He felt that it was not necessary. Those old tanks did not pose a real threat at a distance of 500 meters. Other vehicles for tank missiles. In the sequence of the 23rd Armored Division in India, there are some modified BTR wheeled missile launch vehicles with a follower launcher and 8 missiles on the roof. The threat of these tanks is much greater than that of T55. According to He Fan's request, the drones in the sky have been giving priority to hunting down these targets, but it is inevitable that some will be caught.

He adjusted the magnification and found a wheeled combat vehicle similar to BMP-1 from a pile of fleeing Indian vehicles. He could see that the tank had an anti-tank missile mounted on its short cannon. He instructed the gunner to kill it first. this goal.

When the gunner fired at this target, He Fan continued to search for suspicious targets in a large area. He had a pair of eagle-like eyes, and he could find the suspicious target cross-section flashing on the horizon through the rapidly rotating surrounding mirror.

During the period of his search, 10 Chinese tanks drove a few hundred meters to face six times more Indian tanks. During this period, the guilty Indian tanks fired several rounds first, but still did not hit the top.The Chinese tank group has slightly changed its formation and will face the target head-on. This will allow the team to use the strongest armor to aim at the enemy. This change is not an advantage, because the opponent's upper armor will also be aimed at itself. , but the real benefit is that driving head-on can reduce the opponent's movement in the horizontal direction and reduce the error in the calculation of the advance amount; at long distances, this uncertain error is far greater than that caused by crosswinds. As for the opponent's frontal armor , is a negligible factor.

He Fan didn't urge the gunner to fire. He knew that the longer the tracking time of the target, the more accurate the sampling of the target's lateral movement rate. When the artillery fired, the huge kinetic energy caused the tank to shake back and forth. The tank shakes. After the gyroscope makes precise compensation for the line of sight, the background target can hardly feel the shaking. Under such viewing and aiming conditions, it is unimaginable on those second-generation tanks that need to stabilize the line of sight by stabilizing the gun.

He turned around the mirror and tracked that the light shells were slowly flying towards the front of the target, the altitude was constantly decreasing, and finally collided with the enemy armored vehicle that rushed to him. The enemy tank instantly turned into a ball of fire and stopped. down.Only then did he turn his field of vision, and the gunner was already aiming at the enemy tank by himself, the distance was 1800 meters away.

Due to the lack of weapons, the recent Indian motley crews have always deployed wheeled armored vehicles as a supplement to armored troops and tanks, which has caused some tankers to be unable to distinguish which target is more important on the battlefield. In principle, tanks are of course More important targets, but in fact, those relatively new wheeled combat vehicles with the ability to launch missiles are often more deadly.

"Facing the enemy, reduce the speed of the vehicle, and do not release smoke, so as not to affect the aiming of the tank behind."

He finally reminded, and then it is up to each team to perform on their own.

The gun barrels of the 10 tanks are steadily pointing at the target in front, even if the tank chassis fluctuates and jumps, but the gun barrel itself is amplified by the gyroscope around the axis signal in the 2 sets of closed-loop servo stabilization systems, and the torque motor is driven to compensate for the height and direction deviation. Such a complex stabilization system allows the artillery to always return to the corrected direction the gunner is aiming at.Of course, these stabilization measures for the artillery are still not enough to make the artillery hit the target when the tank is maneuvering. In fact, the artillery is still swinging in the up and down direction with an amplitude of more than 05 mils that is not easy to detect with the naked eye, and the error in the horizontal direction is even greater. Larger, fully stabilized heavy guns are nearly impossible.

Finally, the solution to these problems is the firing coincidence door technology of the artillery. This is a method of waiting for the firing line of the artillery to coincide with the actual line of sight of the gunner before firing. In view of the fact that the stability accuracy of the line of sight is higher than that of a heavy artillery. Order of magnitude, using this method can make the artillery shooting accuracy reach the theoretical highest level.

Of course, the victory or defeat of modern tank warfare is not determined by the range of the artillery. Among all the factors involved in long-distance firefights and establishing the odds of winning, the accuracy of aiming and shooting plays a decisive role.

He Fan judged that the opponent's fire control system, which was upgraded only once in the 80s, could threaten him within 500 meters. Of course, he was not talking nonsense. He never overestimated or underestimated his opponent.Excluding the difference between armor-piercing projectiles and armor, the Type 99 tank has a precision shooting advantage of about 1500 meters over the opponent, which makes him of course able to calmly face opponents several times his own.In his estimation, none of the enemy tanks can run away today, which is the advantage of the weapon generation difference.

In the first volley of the He Fan tank, 7 tanks of the opponent were destroyed and burned. Most of the 99 tanks did not miss the target. The main mistake was that some tanks repeatedly hit the same target.

The enemy began to rush forward at a frenzied speed. This is a strategy usually used by an opponent with a numerical advantage and extraordinary courage. It is similar to the T34 group's charge on the Tiger tank on the Kursk battlefield, but time and space are separated. Things are people. No, the essential difference in fact is that the T34 has no generation difference with German tanks.

He Fan's second round of shooting was more accurate. The entire row of enemy tanks rushing forward were stopped and stopped firing. The enemy had fired blindly many times, but there was still no time for any action-to-action shooting. Spectrum evil, if the Indian commander was not killed, he should be in despair at this moment, because he has no chance of winning at all, and he has no hope of even fleeing the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)