Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 722 Chemical Industry Zone

Frings will definitely be confused by He Fan's move after a few hours.Any commander should not have He Fan's first reaction when the back road is cut off.Of course, attacking New Delhi was not He Fan's first reaction, but he naturally hated fighting at the time and place chosen by the enemy. Surprise is the soul of his fighting, which is why Lin Huaisheng chose him out of the ordinary.

Of course, there are also some tactical reasons that lead him to rationally view the possibility of restoring the supply line. One is the preset defense line, and the other is that the enemy's smart landmines deployed on the key roads outside the line are too late to eliminate. This is blocking It was a problem for him to go around from the east, so he finally chose to break through from the west, trying to guide the enemy's mobile forces to this area for a decisive battle.

Fu Xiaoguang, the commander of the tank company directly under He Fan, had accompanied him in several long-distance mobile operations away from the infantry during the Battle of Assam. , and Fu Xiaoguang is the commander of the No. 07 tank, He Fan's most reliable and cunning right-hand man.Subsequently, Fu Xiaoguang participated in the training for combat command in the plains, but did not participate in the operations near Leh.Knowing that he is good at mobile combat, He Fan decided to temporarily promote him as the forward commander of the counterattack force.He Fan himself continued to sit on the spot, waiting for the other troops arriving one after another to gather. He expected that the opponent would make some stupid moves in a panic after seeing his counterattack.As long as the mobile force, mainly the Yelinsky tank group, is mobilized, he can wait for the opportunity to launch a new offensive.

When the attack was launched, good news came from another battlefield. He Fan's 1st Tank Battalion and Wang Zhenbei's troops had met at the southeast of Indira Gandhi International Airport, and the southern gate of New Delhi had been closed.In order to prevent Pasade from mobilizing troops, Wang Zhenbei will soon launch a battle to attack the airport.

The complicated situation suddenly became clear again. In the entire encirclement of New Delhi, there was only a 20-kilometer-wide opening to connect to the outside world. The enemy was still passive, although their morale was greatly mobilized.

The low-orbit optical reconnaissance satellites passed through this area densely, and the latest enemy situation captured by them, the deployment of the foreign legion guessed the wrong direction, and placed the mobile force in the east position, but in the west, the Indian army assembled a large number of troops to ensure transportation Wire.It can be seen that a line of communication connecting things and supplementing New Delhi has been established, and the efficiency of the enemy is really amazing.

The Indian troops assembled on the assault route were all the best troops that Pasad could mobilize. Most of them participated in the battle last night. According to the report of the Pakistani army, the initial battle performance was mediocre, and they were basically unable to break through the Pakistani army's defense line. However, after connecting with the artillery fire of the outside troops, the morale was greatly improved, and finally broke through the Pakistani defense.

Lin Huaisheng has long observed that some Indian troops are crazy. Once the neighbors win, the nearby Indian troops tend to become more tenacious.That's why he was so anxious to besiege New Delhi.Because once the Indian army is passive, morale will drop quickly, and timidity and mutual suspicion will spread as quickly as an infectious disease. In this way, it will be possible to encircle and wipe out 20 people with 90 people.It is a pity that the appearance of the Foreign Legion seems to curb this momentum.This is probably the profound reason why Kahan is eager to let the foreigners of the two companies parade in New Delhi.Now the morale of the Indian army seems to have improved a lot, and Lin's expectations have become uncertain again.

Fu Xiaoguang, who was ordered in danger, knew that the success of his actions depended largely on suddenness. His troops suddenly turned in the marching formation, and then cut into the area controlled by the enemy from the village area.A few minutes ago, the Indian Army used the last tornado rocket launcher to take the risk of firing landmines towards He Fan in an attempt to block the Chinese tanks. It can be seen that until this moment, they were still confused.

The direction of attack is set at the Gauvipuri Industrial Zone, which is close to the canal and is the east gate to and from New Delhi. The night vision of the starting position of the Indian army last night, reconnaissance shows that a large amount of supplies has been accumulated, and there are not many combat troops. This is the real weakness. .

The tanks quickly passed through nearby farmland. Like many parts of northern India, large areas of rice and sugarcane are planted here, but these crops have not been sown this month.

When passing the first village, about a few hundred Indians held the small flags of the United States and India, and ran to the side of the road, singing and dancing, until they were close enough to see clearly that the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles were clearly Chinese. Face, these people dropped the flag and ran away without a trace.

The task force formed by the Pakistani border forces disrupted communications everywhere in order to confuse the enemy's judgment, but Fu Xiaoguang knew that it was only a matter of time before his whereabouts were exposed.Before he arrived at this industrial area dominated by chemical printing and dyeing and oil refining, the air force and missile forces had already launched an attack. Pakistan sat on the ground and just discovered that an enemy division was in the direction of action.

Fu Xiaoguang could see the black smoke billowing in front of him, and a dazzling white flash fell on the horizon, and then flickered for a while. This was the unique arc of Dongfeng missile explosion.

"Assault Battalion, Kunlun is waiting for a call."

Fu Xiaoguang picked up the communicator, and he could communicate directly with Lin Huaisheng's headquarters, because most of his fire support came from the headquarters, and He Fan could not give much.

"We are on the way."

"Did you see the flash. Hit the headquarters of the 19th Indian Infantry Division. Don't get close to the chemical industry area. Pay attention to the phosphorus poison that shows that the enemy may explode in the chemical factory."

"It is necessary to understand the enemy situation on the new route."

"Satellites are collecting, there is some interference from the smoke."

"clear."

All tank commanders are eager to obtain overhead reconnaissance from the air before combat, but it is not always possible. Satellites or drones are always unable to play a role due to many special circumstances.Fu Xiaoguang drilled out of the turret and looked around with a telescope.Hiding in the turret and observing with the periscope made him lose his overhead vision and partial hearing, and he had to be especially careful of enemy helicopters.

However, it is not easy for helicopters to spot tanks on complex terrain. Generally speaking, an early reconnaissance stage is required. If they are found early, tanks have a chance to deal with them.

During the interval between the explosions ahead, he paid attention to the sound of the rotor, but found nothing.But on the horizon, a slowly moving black dot was seen.He didn't need to check the map, he also knew that there was a road there, and the enemy had just resumed the traffic connecting the inside and outside a few hours ago.

"Kunlun, do you need information on Highway 9?"

"The fleet of unknown units is very large."

"I want to pass this road, the Air Force will come first, or us."

The radio stopped for a while,

"After 1 minute, the artillery fires rapidly, you pass quickly, do not engage in combat."

"receive."

He leaned on the hatch and looked ahead, and soon a few shells fell in front of him. After a while, the dense shells fell, blowing the entire road into a wall of fire, and he didn't have to waste shells to clear the passage.

"Assault group, the air police found an unknown enemy situation in the air, so take precautions."

When the rear told him this nonsense, he could almost hear the sound of the rotor coming from the west with his ears. He looked into the western sky and saw a black spot flying quickly. It should be a reconnaissance helicopter. It seemed that he had been exposed.He ordered the accompanying Hongqi 17 chariot not to hide, and began to search the air.

Soon the sound of the rotors was drowned out by the screech of glide bombs flying overhead.These densely flying bombs flew west in pieces and should land somewhere on the outskirts of New Delhi. It is likely to be a tornado or other artillery positions.Weapons like the tornado or the M270 are what he fears the most, even more than helicopters. To some extent, he has some close-in defense systems that can fight helicopters, but they can't fight rockets.The existence of these things made him hardly dare to stop.

The tank group crossed the messy No. 9 highway, and indeed found no targets worth attacking. The passing Indian military vehicles had been destroyed by the shelling just now, and some military vehicles trying to escape turned over in the ditch.As you get closer, you can see that the truck is full of crates, which appear to be just general military supplies.

The Indians had no choice but to establish a transportation line within the artillery range of the Chinese army in an attempt to muddle through. It was only a matter of time before they were hit.In general, China's reconnaissance eyeliners are much more than these Indians, including satellites, early warning aircraft, electronic reconnaissance and some Pakistani teams, but the most effective drones still cannot freely enter and exit this area.

"Pay attention to the 2nd row, beware of an ambush in the unknown village ahead, search the 180° area in front. Don't occupy the front passage in the 1st row, you go to the depression on the left..."

"The low-lying areas are too muddy and prone to trapping."

"There is smog in the village, it doesn't seem to be easy, so let's spread it out..."

His order to direct the troops to deploy has not yet been fully issued.Suddenly, a white light flew past his eyes, followed by a sharp sound across his eardrums. He could judge the speed of the shell from the degree to which the sound wave was compressed and sharpened when the shell flew by. Faster than the shells fired by the T90S.

He hurried into the turret to avoid secondary damage from the fragments, but he didn't hear the sound of the shell hitting the target, and obviously missed.

"Who saw it?"

"The village at 11 o'clock on the front is far away, as if it is behind a mound."

"Use parallel machine guns to instruct." He quickly issued an order, "The second row fires smoke, slow down and press it from the front. The first row is from the flanks, look at his shooting range."

"Keep moving after it's spread out, probably M1A2."

The air seemed to freeze, and everyone was waiting for the second shot.During this period, a tank used parallel machine guns to shoot several long bursts at the suspicious area. There were several broken houses and a mound of dirt. The distance measurement showed 1 kilometers. Obviously, it can hide the vehicle body, but it is not conducive to the shooting range.

"If you see a turret firing a grenade, hit the top piece of it."

The enemy fired a second time, from another direction, and it looked like there was more than one, but the shells went through the smoke and hit nothing.

"Row 1, the enemy has a blind spot, they haven't seen you yet, use the low-lying area on the left wing to go around, let's attract firepower."

"clear."

He never ordered the 1st row to release smoke, which would make it easier for the enemies focused on the front to find out.It is known that there are more than one enemy, but judging from the firepower, there will not be too many.General tank encounters are always small-scale.

"I saw the turret, it looks like a Leopard 2A4 tank. It seems to be the main force of India."

When a tank reported, the opponent opened fire again, still shooting into the frontal smoke, appearing very persistent.

"Haven't the four Indian battalions using Leopard 2 been wiped out by us?"

"Don't get too close to the 2nd row, stay 2000 meters away. As long as you get his attention, it will be fine if you get closer to them."

So far, the Chinese tanks have not seized the opportunity to fire. Although Fu Xiaoguang has been preparing to smash the enemy's turret sensor with grenades, the enemy happened to be in a relatively favorable position and he discovered it first, so it is temporarily difficult.

Some of the curved runways fell around the tank group, and the shots were quite accurate.

"They also have accompanying artillery, like mortars. Don't stick your head out, watch out for splinters. Wait a minute, wait for the 1st row to go around behind their butts."

The first row took advantage of the low-lying terrain next to the village and approached quietly.Fu Xiaoguang deployed his troops, which seemed very prescient.

A chariot quickly detoured to the rear, then passed through a forest, and saw a tank reversing backwards 400 meters away.The captain of the vehicle was leaning out most of his body, talking to the crew of a self-propelled mortar next to him.Probably want to use the mortar barrage to cover the retreat.

"It's not Leopard 2, it's 90."

Xu Jingzhe's intelligence collection has always been very effective for India, and there are always some flaws in other aspects.He had known for some time in advance that the Japanese army might hand over some equipment and some volunteers of the 7th Armored Division to the United States (not India), but he did not expect to appear on the battlefield so soon.

These Type 90 tanks had already participated in part of the battle last night, but due to the overwhelming defeat of the Pakistani army, none of the combat troops reported the appearance of this new equipment.

From the scope, the gunner could see the Japanese commander with a mustache raised his head with a look of horror on his face, but the enemy's turret began to rotate rapidly.The gunner pressed the front sight to the target. At such a distance, he aimed at the side of the target with a large cross-section, and he hardly had to wait for the correction signal to appear.

When the barrels of the two sides faced each other, the Chinese tank opened fire first.When the armor-piercing projectile hits the section of the car body, a small cluster of sparks is splashed. This is a typical feature of the ammunition penetrating into the armor. If it does not penetrate, the movement will be louder.

The second Chinese tank that followed quickly rushed to the side and seized the shooting range. After the driver of this tank heard that the enemy was a Type 90, he moved a lot faster, hoping to make up for it before the target exploded. The last shot, this can be recorded as the common annihilation.

When the tank bypassed the obstructing platoon car, the 90 tanks in front were already smoking, and the smoke came out from the hatch and the gap in the seat ring that the commander had no time to close.

The second shell hit the front of the turret, penetrated the mantlet and hit the aft compartment.The tank did not explode, but was instantly enveloped in billowing black smoke.During this period, the self-propelled mortar had already run a long distance. During the battle between tanks and tanks, it was always difficult for the gunners to see this insignificant vehicle.

The three rows on the front are led by Fu Xiaoguang.The enemy tanks on the position found a huge disadvantage and quickly retreated.The enemy's mortar shells fell on the open ground uninterruptedly, which could not stop the pace of the Chinese tanks' impact.

Fu Xiaoguang's car quickly rushed out of the smoke, searched for two targets on the horizon, and drove away quickly.The gunner fired a shot. The target was too far away and accelerated suddenly, and the shell missed.The enemy then fired white smoke from a shrapnel launcher.A tall self-propelled mortar followed Gen and was about to slip away, but the sudden wind direction prevented it from being completely hidden in the smoke, and several tanks fired at the same time, destroying it.

The Hongqi 17 behind the tank group suddenly turned the turret and fired 2 missiles in succession.An Indian LCH helicopter hovered quietly and was about to fire. The pilot had already received the fire control radar warning in advance, but he judged that it was a 35mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun that he had not seen. He just carefully controlled the distance. In the opponent's tank group, there is such a thing following.

The flimsy helicopter was hit directly and crashed immediately.

(End of this chapter)