Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 691
The two missiles were launched 2 seconds apart. Lin Huaisheng got the launch information immediately. He stood there with his arms folded, waiting for the news from the early warning aircraft. It will counterattack, but after 20 seconds, the fast early warning aircraft saw 5 enemy missiles lift off. Obviously, the enemy's anti-missile system has the ability to monitor the whole process and respond quickly, but the anti-missile capability is limited to the end.

The AWACS saw the intersection of the trajectory of the Dongfeng missile and the missile launched by the enemy, and then it was broken into a large number of fragments. The radar accuracy of the AWACS could not confirm whether the two Patriots launched into the air were kinetic warheads. This is to judge the enemy's launch. Is it a standard of Patriot 2 or 3, but someone in the headquarters has already judged from the trajectory of the falling debris that it hit a direct hit kinetic energy bomb, which means that the Americans probably deployed a set of Patriot bombs. No. 2 missiles, but no matter what, Lin Huaisheng has countermeasures. Today he is just practicing.

After 20 seconds, the second Dongfeng missile hit the target after re-entering the atmosphere. The speed of this missile increased all the way to Mach 10, and its trajectory was almost exactly the same as the previous one. However, it carried Lin Huaisheng's great hope, because this missile The missile carries a cluster warhead designed to restrain the opponent's terminal anti-missile system.

The U.S. military’s phased array radar at the Agra base has been tracking the second target and waiting for the opportunity to fire. Although the tactical missiles they have to face have a huge speed, their trajectory can be calculated. This is a reflection of the slow speed calibration. An important reason why the guidance system can successfully intercept.

The U.S. major who commanded the counterattack was staring at the screen in front of him. There were also two U.S. soldiers on the combat posts next to him. They came to India as the first batch of military advisers. Their original task was to train Indian soldiers to master these U.S.-made weapons, but Today, I have to go into battle in person; at this time, the two Indians who were interns stood at a later place, watching the actual combat nervously, which made the limited space in the command vehicle even more cramped.

The command vehicle was parked in an underground aircraft fort next to the airport, and there was a thick layer of reinforced concrete protection on the top of the aircraft fort.Agra is the best military airport built in India. Such a fortress can withstand direct hits from 250 kg aerial bombs, but it certainly cannot defend against tactical missiles dropped by Mach 10.

Judging from the calculated trajectory of the opponent, the two Dongfeng 2 or Dongfeng 11 missiles were aimed at the Patriots' position. If the first one had not been destroyed, it might have hit a fake area in the west of No. 16 position. The target is set, but the second one is aimed at the real target of the No. 1 position. Obviously, the Chinese are not very concerned about the cost.

In this war, it has been counted that the Chinese have launched more than 900 various surface-to-surface missiles and countless air-to-surface missiles, of which about 50 are ballistic missiles. The Chinese command will use this expensive weapon Acting as a quick bomb courier, he directly attacked those priority targets. One of the most successful attacks destroyed the Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya hiding in the inland waterway south of Calcutta.

The major stood on the radar screen and watched the two missiles that had already lifted off go straight to the target. Not surprisingly, within a few seconds, the threat to the site will be contacted through a direct collision. The kinetic energy warhead needs more precise guidance. ability, it can also eliminate the target more thoroughly without leaving any hidden dangers.

At the last moment, the target on the radar suddenly changed. It disintegrated and became several small targets. A stunned non-commissioned officer turned his head to look at his officer. such a change.

One of the 2 Patriots hit one of the warheads, the other seemed unable to make a trade-off and missed all of its targets.

"All down."

The commander yelled, and then got under the seat first, while the others lay down.Continuous explosions sounded from far or near within a second, but they did not hit the aircraft fort.Lin Huaisheng only fired one missile this time. The purpose was to test the enemy's reaction and the missile's anti-missile capability. He could not know the specific distribution of these bullets for the time being. He had to wait until dawn to obtain them through optical reconnaissance satellites. His The staff will analyze the effectiveness of the cluster warhead and redesign the plan to strike Patriot positions.

The U.S. military commander got up and found that all three radar monitors were off. He ran out of the command vehicle. When he ran out of the aircraft fort, a wave of heat hit his face. His eyes had become a piece of flame, and scattered warheads fell on the ground. An area of ​​about 3 square meters was added, somewhat increasing the coverage area.It can be seen that a large number of trucks and piled up materials have been destroyed, and the nearby woods are burning.

The casualties were very small. The major quickly collected various reports and concluded that the scattered deployment positions suffered only moderate damage, but a launch vehicle was destroyed. This is not the main thing, it is quite far from the launch position The guidance radar escaped the catastrophe almost intact, but only a large piece of shrapnel hit the circular radar main front, which is still inserted in it, which caused the radar to be scrapped for a long time.

Obviously, the scattered parts of the cluster warhead are very large, which will inevitably sacrifice some accuracy, but for the Patriot missile, there is obviously a problem that cannot be completely solved.

When the U.S. military colonel first arrived in India, he always wasted a large part of the time for the Indian S300 missiles to transfer back and forth on the road. He was very contemptuous of the way Indians used this method to avoid air strikes. In his opinion, anti-aircraft missiles It is used to face the enemy's various air weapons, not to escape; but after experiencing this attack, the US military commander also realized that even he himself cannot stay in one place for a long time. If you pass overhead too many times and find that your position is not moving, danger will grow.According to the top general, he immediately reported this setback to Major General Augustan. Even the Agra base, which is 300 kilometers away from the front line, is still within the effective strike range of the enemy.

It was past midnight, and He Fan's tank continued to gallop across the vast plains. The tank's night march relied heavily on its training level and side-to-side navigation skills. This was also the way he used to widen the gap with the enemy.

Generally speaking, troops with poor skills are more likely to reveal their secrets at night, or even completely unable to move, while He Fan's troops can advance at a faster speed on a pre-planned route without using lighting.At night, his main means of gathering intelligence is drones.UAVs can detect enemy convoys through infrared means, but because they fly too high and have limited vision, and the Indians have deployed many anti-aircraft weapons in this area, the average survival time of each UAV is not long.The drone unit of his reconnaissance battalion launches a drone from the guide rail every once in a while, and the drones in the air hardly recover. They fly to the ground after the fuel is exhausted.He Fan's worry about the M1A1 tank made him use drones without hesitation.

The Hongqi 17 anti-aircraft missile vehicle is one of the few anti-aircraft missiles in the Chinese army that can follow the mechanized troops at night. In He Fan’s offensive formation, these weapons have no fixed position, they wander around, and usually at least one uses the battlefield surveillance radar to look around. , to indicate targets for the same type of tanks and four 4mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns nearby. After the Apache formation was beaten, the Indians have not sent other air weapons to approach.

The drone hovering in the sky photographed a column of brightly lit columns approaching from east to west. This army was a mixture of various tanks, but there were no tanks.He Fan didn't want to get entangled with it, but it was a bit late to find out, and the enemy was advancing fiercely, so it was obviously difficult to avoid.He ordered the howitzer company to fire at this unit according to the instructions of the drone to see if it could disrupt the enemy's advancing rhythm.In principle, he can't use excessive firepower to prevent the enemy from judging the intention and scale of the battle in advance, but time is the first priority, and he doesn't want to waste time by taking more detours.

The four 4mm howitzers of the artillery battalion immediately separated from the marching ranks, and within 155 minute, they launched a round of rapid shooting according to the side land data and the position of the enemy cluster discovered by the drone.

The artillery shells immediately exploded in the formation of the Indian 69th Infantry Brigade. This Indian army that had never participated in a battle was sent by Pasad to intercept the unknown enemy.He Fan saw the artillery fire on the right, and he ordered the reconnaissance battalion to turn the muzzle to 3 o'clock, and then quickly passed through the area less than 1 km in front of the enemy's front without stopping.The 1st Tank Battalion that arrived later will also advance along this route, and if possible, will also avoid unnecessary battles.

The direct road from Agra to New Delhi has a railway and two highways. He must cut them off before dawn. Although it is too late to complete the task of encircling New Delhi, at least he can cut off the support of the enemy's main reinforcements.He hopes that the air force can effectively suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft missiles. At that time, he will need a large number of helicopters to supplement the forward. Considering that the ammunition is almost consumed overnight, he can minimize the scale of the supplement.However, the helicopter must fly over areas covered by enemy missiles, which will be a major variable in the plan. If the vertical supply plan cannot be realized, he will be forced to stop there and wait for fuel from the extended ground supply line. The speed of his surprise attack slowed down, and the US satellites could easily see the swarm parked on the side of the road in daylight and count the number.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, there was lightning and thunder in the sky, and then it started to rain. He Fan had already left the sound of the guns behind him far away, and continued to ride the dust, ahead of the plan by about 2 hours.However, he has switched from the command vehicle to a tank. Although the drone has not found any new threats ahead, he can't believe that the good luck will last forever. He judges that there should be some M1 A 1 staying in the Somewhere along the railway line.Rainy days will make the infrared signature of tank engines less obvious, which is not good news for the Chinese army, which has obvious advantages in drone reconnaissance.The belated intelligence from the headquarters shows that behind the various technical equipment provided by the United States, there are many US military advisers. It is still unclear whether these people will directly participate in the ground war.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. The meteorological reconnaissance before the battle predicted that the probability of rain was 50.00%, which had almost no guiding significance. He Fan only regarded it as a general variable, but the appearance of M1A1 became another variable.

He knew that tanks using gas turbines would probably use the background noise of the pouring rain to hide their engine sound within 100 meters, and the diesel engine of the Type 99 tank was too loud to hide itself, which made him even more worried Getting up, he prayed that in the last few hours before daylight, he would not encounter anything he should not encounter.

In Pasade's command headquarters, Brigadier General Augustan has requested to his superiors through satellite communication that the US military advisers will directly lead the tank troops to carry out operations.He hopes to carry out necessary interception on the possible route of the enemy, because the insufficiently trained Indian troops cannot operate at night.Before he set off here, American soldiers were only allowed to directly participate in the war in units farther from the front lines, such as the Patriot Missile Unit, but he knew that his trip was to turn the tide of the war, not to stick to the rules.

The brigadier general knew that a Japanese American captain named William Fuchita was in charge of the training and handover of a tank unit. At this time, Captain Fujita and about two companies of his tanks appeared in key positions. If he immediately It may be possible to save the situation by taking over the command. The Indian American military unit that has just completed training is also on its way from Agra, and Pasad does not object to the US military taking over an Indian unit. The Indians from top to bottom, We are happy to have the U.S. military involved.

In the communication, Augustan also stated his doubts about the disadvantage of Pasade's command. So far, Pasade's attempts to intercept the enemy's vanguard have failed, and he still does not even know the enemy's location. and scale, it can only be judged that they are advancing along the railway, and at a very fast speed.

Therefore, the Brigadier General judges that the only way at present is to let Captain Fujita go to the Universiade. Fujita's army is composed of 34 tanks. It was originally an extremely powerful force, but the 15 tanks transported by rail in the early stage were inexplicably lost. Lost, and now there are less than 20 left.In addition, some Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are coming. If this elite army can stop the enemy, after dawn, it will form a situation of attacking the aggressive enemy from all sides. At least the battle can be brought to a stalemate. will shatter.

Fujita had seen the bombardment from the north, and then received the order for the satellite transmission.The order informed that the Indian officer who had planned to take over in Siana had lost contact and that the enemy was somewhere not far to the north. He must immediately take over the troops and put them into battle.The Predator UAV taking off from Agra Airport will conduct reconnaissance on the battlefield and provide necessary fire support.The order emphasized that he may encounter the most experienced tank warfare officer in the Chinese army, so he must be very careful.

The U.S. captain in the small town of Kurja bit the bullet and took over the unit that had just completed 2% of the training progress. Although he himself was well-trained, he was not at all mentally prepared to participate in actual combat. In Iraq, there were 40 combat deployments, and 4 bazookas and roadside bombs were encountered during the period, and all the experience was nothing more than that.He immediately proceeded to assign the four American second lieutenants who assisted him to four platoon vehicles, and then marched towards the designated area in the rain.

(End of this chapter)