Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 702 Wide Area Landmines
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The moment when the Pakistani tanks were advancing and retreating was the opportunity for the volunteer task force of foreign aircraft in the distance to wait.

The commander, Major General Robert Frings, participated in the last mechanized war in the United States in 2003. At that time, he was a battalion commander of a regiment of the Armored Cavalry Regiment. Appeared near the Rashid Hotel in the center of Baghdad, and almost captured the Iraqi Information Minister who was holding a press conference alive.But after the regular war in Iraq ended, Frings' good luck came to an end. The troops began to be tested by endless security wars, and there was no hope of winning at all. In the end, due to the hopelessness of promotion, Frings served in the army. Thirty years later, he sadly retired from active service with the rank of brigadier general, but the army still arranged for him to teach at the domestic military academy.

From the bottom of his heart, Frings dislikes wars dominated by drones and special forces.He believes that special operations have changed the form of warfare beyond recognition, and operations are tantamount to assassination operations. What is even more frightening is that the U.S. military is likely to get lost in the quagmire of guerrilla warfare and go too far in the wrong direction. Forget what a real enemy should look like.The real enemy of the U.S. military is definitely not a sneaky small-scale armed force, and the military expenditure and time of these countries have not been wasted on endless contests with roadside bombs. They have been developing real power.

His chance finally came six months ago, when he was making the victory of the Indian Armored Forces a research topic. He admired Spanga's tactical thinking, but of course he was not flattered by the technical capabilities and combat skills of the Indian Army.At the same time, he also saw the risk of the Indian army advancing alone in southern Pakistan, and judged that the Chinese army would eventually enter the Pakistani battlefield, because the Chinese would not sit back and watch Pakistan perish.On the fifth day after he passed the channel and issued a warning to the White House, the first batch of Chinese troops landed on runway 5 of Quetta Airport, and the war began to reverse.

He then gave up his teaching job at the Virginia Military Academy to join the well-paid, secretive program headed by the House Armed Services Committee.At first, the plan was limited to tracking the battle situation, and coordinating personnel training and equipment according to changes in the situation.However, some people in the U.S. government have always held reservations about this army and advocated staying put. They hope to defeat China in a lower-risk way by directly supporting the Indian army. After all, India has inexhaustible soldiers that can be used. If the delay continues as scheduled, there is a certain possibility that this foreign army will be demobilized, and the equipment will be handed over to the available Indian troops.

However, the Chinese army's offensive timetable clearly took into account India's potential superiority in troops, so it did not leave India with a chance to fully mobilize. Finally, 24 hours ago, things turned around. Under the intensive authorization of the president, the major general from Louisiana That flew straight to Agra.

The fact that the U.S. military advisory group has participated in the war and suffered setbacks has made Frings feel tremendous pressure; the entire free world has awakened from a state of confusion, but immediately fell into despair. He has little time and must act. Let everyone see hope.

Due to the small number of troops in the Foreign Legion, Frings also directly commanded the 2.5 Indian troops departing from Agra, and Brigadier General Augustan, the head of the U.S. Military Advisory Group, has also become his liaison officer. , Confident that he can exert enough influence on the 90 Indian troops near New Delhi. The only problem now is that he does not have air supremacy, so he must find some way to use his advantages.

In this force, there are both the Slam Ram system using advanced medium-range ammunition, and the relatively backward Avenger system, and the number is basically the same.In the words of Captain Fujita, who narrowly escaped from the battlefield, the Avenger system is basically "a piece of shit!" Sometimes, it is even impossible to detect or lock small drones at close range. The infrared characteristics of these frontline drones are not strong. , the noise is also very small, and the enemy's armed helicopters can attack outside the range of the Avengers.Therefore, the major general must carefully control the ground forces and rely on Patriot missiles as much as possible, which inevitably makes it impossible for his troops to conduct large-scale roundabout operations, because all offensive routes are extremely easy to be guessed by the opponent.

On the radio, Lieutenant Colonel Yelinsky, who was commanding the front line, reported to him that the enemy was in further chaos. Unexpectedly, the best troops in Pakistan were stunned by a face-to-face encounter. It is expected that their performance will not be better than that of the Republican Guard in 2003.

Frings ordered long-range rocket launchers to launch anti-tank mines to block the enemy's retreat, and then used various means to compress the enemy's control area.This is his unique tactic, which has been tried out just now.His combat thinking is different from all Indian generals. He not only wants to defeat the opponent, but also does not want the opponent to escape. Of course, without air supremacy, he cannot maximize the maneuverability of the tank troops, so he restricts the opponent's actions. Freedom requires special methods.

Of course, the Chinese army has repeatedly used the tactics of using landmines to fight against armored forces. The difference is that Frings' technical support is stronger.What he is going to release is a wide-area intelligent landmine with the ability to automatically seek, not the pressure mine used by the Chinese, which is close to the level of World War II.

In fact, judging from the battlefield statistics that have been collected, when the Chinese army tries to block the enemy's front, it is impossible to rely solely on landmines. Spanga's troops have repeatedly changed their formation to quickly break through the Chinese long-range rocket artillery Minefields, at most, will pay one-tenth of the loss. Apart from slowing down and consuming the enemy's speed, they do not have too high combat value.

But the XM93 smart landmine is a completely different thing. The area it can control is not comparable to traditional landmines. Its tactical value far exceeds that of ordinary landmines. However, this weapon has not yet experienced actual combat, but today we will take Pakistan The Army is on the knife.

The Mechanized Battalion of Pakistan's 6th Armored Division was the first to fall into the minefield. In the dark night, the driver could not see at all, and the anti-tank mines dropped by the enemy fell on their route.After the several tanks in the rear exploded first, the drivers of the other tanks felt baffled. Out of instinct, they began to turn, trying to avoid the original route.The drivers could clearly see the burning tanks. Unlike the damage to the chassis and tracks caused by landmines in the past, some of the tanks' engines and turrets were burning, as if they had been hit by infrared-guided precision weapons. traces, but this weapon does not seem to have much charge.

A captain with his head out of the car was wondering, when he suddenly heard a muffled sound in the distance, something screamed and jumped into the air, and then a flash of light flew towards him...

Lieutenant General Hataf received conflicting reports from the front. Some said they were attacked by anti-tank missiles, some said that the enemy air force dropped terminal bombs, and some said they were hit by rocket fragments, but no one saw it. All these inconsistencies in the number and numbers of the enemy prevented him from quickly understanding the means by which the enemy had slaughtered his army.

The only sure thing is troop casualties, which have been increasing at a constant rate.He asked the front troops to hold on until the air force arrived.

Over the battlefield, several planes quickly flew south, preparing to attack the approaching enemy.The Chinese air force was forced to penetrate deep into the area controlled by the enemy's Patriot missiles. If the Pakistani army had not penetrated so far, it should not have taken such a risk.Strangely, the aircraft was unable to spot enemy troops around it.

The radar scans the ground and must maintain a level flight, which is bound to leave an excellent window for stable aiming of ground air defense weapons.But the scan was fruitless. The UAV that forcibly broke in also used the short reconnaissance window of the downed Qian to conduct an infrared search. Only some scattered individual targets of the enemy were found, and no signs of large-scale vehicle assembly were found. Naturally There was also no way to use aerial firepower.

Captain Frings made full use of the anti-infrared camouflage and the undulating terrain to avoid the air radar search from north to south. Even if the terrain here is relatively flat, people who are good at using troops can still find a way to hide the army. It is easy for him to choose the night Avoid reconnaissance satellites in low Earth orbit.He spent months tracking every move on the battlefield, so he wouldn't make rash moves.

Undulating terrain can usually only block radar radiation in one direction, but when Chinese fighter planes pass over the troops' heads and are about to turn, his three-layer ground-air system of far, middle and near can seize a good opportunity.

A J-10 fighter jet broke through too deep, and finally detected the mobile M270 rocket launcher convoy.But the lurking Slam Ram system suddenly opened fire.The J-10B fighter took countermeasures in time, but was unable to get rid of the pursuit of as many as 4 active missiles, and was eventually shot down, and the pilot parachuted to escape.

The ground air defense force was strictly ordered to wait until the enemy turned to open fire. This could shorten the opponent's reaction time as much as possible. At the same time, as soon as the enemy started to maneuver, it could at least destroy their ground search when they flew from south to north. Major General Frings thought very carefully. Don't be afraid that the M270 will be exposed. In fact, once the rocket launcher is launched, the approximate whereabouts have already been grasped by the opponent.What he is afraid of is that his tank will be discovered. In the second half of the night, he will rely on this tank force to let the whole world see a ray of hope from despair.

Yahini, 15 kilometers away, observed the entire battle situation through the intelligence distribution system. The Chinese headquarters had intervened in the command of the 6th Armored Division, but it was very difficult to retreat. Without seeing the main force of the enemy or the enemy firing, Various vehicles were destroyed by Miao one after another. The enemy squad kept using Javelin missiles to attack the Pakistani tanks. Even if the Pakistani infantry got out of the vehicles, they could not stop such attacks because of the lack of night vision equipment.

Yahini had experienced the enemy's tactics of using landmines to cut off the retreat before sunset, and the last four tanks of his 3rd company were out of danger, so he still didn't know what fell there.Now someone on the radio is telling all the frontline armored troops that the enemy is using a strange, active attack mine. This weapon judges the approach of tracked vehicles based on the vibration of the ground, and then rises into the air and fires in an infrared homing manner. Self-forging fragments, according to the current situation, the tank must keep a distance of more than 4 to 50 meters, so as not to touch the fuze of this kind of mine.

Want to keep the tank 100 meters away from the mines at night?In Yahini's view, such a request is simply a joke.At present, the armored unit closest to the 6th Division is his battalion. If the enemy besieges the 6th Division, he can send surprise troops to attack the enemy's flank, but his nearest attack route is also blocked by enemy minefields.

Yahini hated himself for sitting here for two full hours, doing nothing but waiting for the infantry to arrive.He got out of the tank, asked the nearby infantry, and found that they didn't have mine detectors at all, so he could only borrow two platoons of soldiers and a jeep from the infantry battalion commander, and drove towards the large minefield that blocked the 2rd company just now. In the past, he had to carve out a wide enough road while he still had time. If the time was too late, he had to at least try to see how far the effect distance of this ghost thing was.Surprise has always been the way he relies on to win. If the enemy thinks that he can use minefields to block his hands and feet, then the best route is to go through the minefields and scare them.

The rising and falling fires to the north indicated that the 6th Division was facing a catastrophe. Two battalions of their main regiment stopped on an open ground where they could not advance or retreat. Limit it to the original place.If the enemy is finally compressed to a range of ten square kilometers, he can completely defeat it with only a few attacks of terminal sensitive bombs without using tank troops.

Major General Frings suppressed his excitement and tried not to show it.He is well aware of the foundations of the Pakistani army. Once a gap is opened, his tank troops can move forward like hot knives cutting butter, even though Pasad's army only completed half of the attack distance he wished. He can also completely cut off the opponent's supply line.At that time, the Chinese army will have to make a difficult choice between continuing to bury their heads, or giving up the attack and turning to rescue, but no matter what they choose, the battle will definitely be reversed.Of course, he is well aware that there are still some secondary mobile units around that may threaten his flanks, but he has already fired a large number of Hornet mines on the possible attack routes of these units, so that he does not need to waste precious troops To guard against them, there are some key areas, and he also added a launch or two.

In the absence of troops, he had to use these expensive smart weapons at all costs. No one could have guessed that after the raptor and the lightning had broken their wings, what else would there be in the U.S. arsenal that could stop the enemy from attacking?In the end, it turned out to be a kind of landmine that brought back a city.

With the help of the video, the major general can see the busy figures in the front headquarters, and the former US military personnel in large combat uniforms are preparing to attack.He saw Lieutenant Colonel Yelinsky, the commander in front, walking past the monitor, and stopped him.

"Chris, how's it going?"

The lieutenant colonel turned his head, his face full of confidence.

"General, the Chinese will regret that they have gone too far. Their supply lines will be cut off by us before they are established. If we can stop their air force from dropping supplies, the battle situation will soon become clear, and the whole world will Take a long breath."

"Can the long-range firepower reach the supply line at present?"

"It's absolutely possible, but after the artillery fire stops, the transportation will resume quickly. The effect is not even as good as yesterday's heavy rain, so ground troops must be dispatched to completely cut it off."

"Don't worry about Chris, wait for Marshal Pasade's troops to attack first, I don't want our people to suffer too much loss."

"Our landmines blocked so many lines of attack that we had to step right over the corpses of the 6th Division."

(End of this chapter)