Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 731 The Cobra Falls

A round of preemptive shooting hits, but the advantage of the Chinese tanks' artillery-launched missiles was zeroed out, and all the missiles failed to penetrate the target.Now for the tank company, all that remains is the dialogue between shells and armor.But he quickly received an order from He Fan that the subsequent 2nd company had retreated after being attacked by helicopters, and the 1st company must also retreat immediately. Don't try to fight recklessly, but must keep in touch with the enemy and judge the intention of the enemy's vanguard.Whether to release smoke is up to him.

The company commander ordered everyone to shoot as much as possible at their target, to test how crazy the enemy is, and then make a decision, how to lure them into the range of He Fan's large army, he has already prepared, the situation If it's not right, he can prevent the smoke from making a U-turn, but he doesn't think that time has come yet.

3.5 kilometers away, Captain Matthew Austin, the US tank company commander, was also deploying and shooting.He has a partial grasp of the battlefield situation. The latest information comes from the corner of the battlefield seen by the Longbow Apache's millimeter-wave radar. At present, more than half of the enemy's rear guard has been destroyed.Now they have to fall back, as for the enemy's main force location, maybe 5 minutes later, the approaching drones will be able to give a report.Of course, he is not afraid of the enemy's main force, he can observe the enemy's mobilization 2 miles away, and the enemy may need to get close to about 2000 feet if he wants to penetrate his armor.

Fifteen seconds ago, his M15A1sep tank had withstood the test. Everyone watched the enemy's laser beam shells fly towards him, but they could not penetrate.

An additional threat of the Chinese low-speed missile is that it will stay in the commander's field of vision for more than ten seconds, which means that it is far more nerve-testing than the armor-piercing projectile that arrives in a blink of an eye.But just now the captain forced the entire company not to release smoke, and continued to approach the enemy straight and high speed. He himself even stuck to the eyepiece, watching the missile hit head-on.He trusts the armor in front of him, knowing that the jet will never get in. According to intelligence, the M1A 2 frontal armor has a 40% redundancy in preventing the missile jet.Of course, if you don't go through it, you can't appreciate the reliability of Abrams. Now, his entire company is full of fighting spirit.

"Guys, what did I just say? Their tactics are ineffective against us." The company commander said contemptuously.

"Yes boss, now it's time for us to give them some color. I think we can take out a battalion of them."

"Each vehicle group. Free choice of ammunition. I don't mind if you mess around. If you choose high-explosive anti-tank ammunition (heat), you may be able to destroy their tracks."

Austin said to all the car captains.The speed of the multi-purpose grenade is low, and the aim is poor. However, when the shaped warhead explodes and forms a jet, it has a greater chance of damaging the track or the sighting equipment on the roof. He also knows that at such a distance, the armor-piercing projectile is clean It is more difficult to penetrate the target ground, and the enemy is not paper.But if you stop a few cars on the 3 kilometers, it is also a good choice.

Consistent with the intelligence, the frontal enemy company has 12 tanks, which is larger than the average Chinese tank company, but it is still too small compared to the standard of 14 tank companies in the United States. As long as a few tanks are concentrated and killed, an absolute number will soon be formed. The advantage, when the time comes, you can eat up a company in one bite, and maybe you won't lose one of your own cars.He habitually touched the cross on his neck, then put it to his mouth and kissed it.

"Company commander, the enemy has begun to retreat."

"Damn it, they're well hidden and they can't see the tracks." The company commander muttered to himself, "This section of terrain is in their favor. They are very good at choosing terrain."

"Why didn't they release the smoke? It seems like they want to fight back?"

He was very surprised. It is impossible for Chinese tanks to escape by reversing. Why are they still confronting each other?Of course, even if they turn around, they still can't run away, the engine of m1a2 is more powerful.

There was a loud noise in the ear, and the armor-piercing projectile fired by the gunner flew steadily towards the target, but these slender armor-piercing projectiles always began to swing slightly when they flew more than half the distance. Core interference, of course, may also be the enemy's prayers at work.They, too, the captain thought, had their gods standing behind them.

"First row, look at the target I pointed out with the laser, and shoot together." He said, pressing the switch button on his chest to switch to the in-car call, "No, no, don't use armor-piercing bullets, use an M830 instead."

The stout loader immediately pulled out a round of heavy multi-purpose high-explosive ammunition from the rear magazine, and stuffed it into the gun bore.At the same time the gunner started aiming, the gunner did not like this grenade, because the hit rate was lower, and it had to switch to different ballistic calculations.But at such a long distance, no hit is better than nothing, at least it can suppress the momentum of the Chinese.He observed that after the Chinese fired artillery-launched missiles once or twice, they died down and did not release smoke. They seemed very sophisticated and seemed to be waiting for something.

"Boss, the distance is 9000 feet, the chance is not great."

"Did you see the target I indicated? Don't worry, let's shoot a volley, maybe we can destroy one. Let's teach them that before invading the world, they should build stronger tanks."

The gunner can see a triangular mark above a black dot from the sight, which is the target indicated by the commander through the hunting fire control, and the same target information can be transmitted to the entire platoon through the data link.Soon the enemy tank 8500 feet away will be attacked by 6 rounds of various types of shells at the same time (a platoon plus 6 tanks in the company).

The gunner adjusts the magnification, even in the steady image fire control, the target is still shaking slightly, which really hinders him from aiming, this kind of ammunition takes a long 3 seconds to get close to the target, but the slightly curved trajectory can sometimes hit the right direction, easy to shoot from above Find a weak spot.

"Crosswinds are uncertain, I don't think there is much chance. Maybe we should wait until"

"We did not come here across the ocean to miss. May God sharpen our spears for battle, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

The company commander muttered something, as if he was negotiating the price with God.The gunner noticed that the readings on the crosswind sensor were starting to stabilize, maybe prayers worked?Of course, for the enemy, the slowing airflow is also an opportunity to increase the hit rate.

"Fire."

Six tanks fired at the same time. The high-speed and straight armor-piercing projectiles flew towards the target with a huge energy of 6 megajoules. The slower grenades were still on the parabolic trajectory, and they would reach the target about 14 seconds later.

Three of the four armor-piercing shells missed, and one hit the front. Then two grenades carrying tracer tubes crossed the arc, and one hit the target.A flame formed.The opponent tank can be seen leaning to one side, apparently coming to a stop.

"Thank God. Concentrate and finish him off."

The company commander yelled excitedly, as if the previous prayer had worked, but before the loader finished reloading, the Chinese tank emitted a puff of black smoke, started up again, and then it began to release smoke to block the line of sight.

"What are you kidding?"

"I've gone too far, God doesn't manifest for murder."

A huge explosion sounded from one side, the sound of fragments hitting the side armor crackled, and the energy of the ground vibration arrived at the same time.The tank could be felt shaking a bit.This is obviously the enemy's howitzer firing back.

He Fan's 155mm artillery cannon concentrates its firepower to stop the enemy. This is his advantage, and there is no reason not to use it.Through communication, he learned that the enemy was chasing fiercely, and would quickly rush into the shooting range of his entire battalion recklessly, but he had to slow down their speed first, lest the 1st company be caught up in advance and get into trouble.At present, the only interference comes from the air, but it is about to be resolved. At least one Hongqi 17 has arrived at the position, but the target has not been searched for the time being.

Eichmann's helicopter recovered from the chaos and stuck to the ground to avoid the attack. He observed that the J-10 fighter jet turned sharply to avoid the attack, and an AIM120 flew straight through the air. The missile did not see the J-10, and it did not see it at all. his helicopter.

He scolded the Air Force on the radio, and even let the enemy fighter plane slip to a low altitude, but now he still has to launch the weapon and throw away all the loads before returning to the voyage. Get the intelligence.

After the round of fighting just now, the colonel suddenly felt a chill. The cost of destroying 6 tanks turned out to be the loss of 6 helicopters. He dared to bet that the enemy had fallen into chaos just now, and there was an obvious defeat, but they Seems to recover pretty quickly.He once destroyed the headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division of the Syrian Republican Guard, and the entire division did not recover within 24 hours, but the army in front of him is completely different.

He can grasp the overall situation at any time through the information distribution system, but it is not sufficient. It is known that a company of tanks of the enemy is retreating from the front, and it may have reached the front, but it cannot be seen yet, so it must be raised.He ordered a longbow to go up into the air first, and do a 360-degree search on the ground. Once the enemy's ground-to-air weapons are found, they must be destroyed first.

A Longbow Apache stands out from the ground. It is one of the few units in the formation carrying millimeter-wave Hellfire missiles. Once it finds a target, it can quickly launch an attack.

The helicopter rose to 65 meters and detected the target almost at the same time as the Hongqi 17. During the millimeter-wave radar search, more enemy armored vehicles were seen slowly advancing, and the number was far more than one company.

When the guidance radar of Hongqi 17 was aimed at the Longbow Apache, the Longbow also turned and aimed at the opponent.The helicopter even pre-empted the missile launch, but the opponent opened fire afterwards, and the anti-aircraft missile was much faster than the anti-tank missile.

2 missiles hit the Longbow Apache, destroying it.

Eichmann personally manipulated the plane to quickly climb up, ready to fire additional fire and solve the problem. He is now the only unit left in the formation that can use radar for reconnaissance.But the Hellfire with the active millimeter-wave seeker launched just now has found the target by itself and destroyed the tank. He can visually see the tank burning in the distance, and the radar on the top has stopped turning.Counting the 4 25mm anti-aircraft tanks of the enemy that he had killed before, he did not believe that there might be more similar anti-aircraft weapons nearby, which far exceeded the reasonable establishment.He didn't know that He Fan's short-range air defense force was specially strengthened, even though the mid-range and long-range air defense capabilities were 0.

Smoke rising due west indicated that a pair of enemy tanks were retreating.The situation is urgent, and he needs to see the front clearly immediately. He has no time to look around the battlefield. He can only detect through the alarm equipment whether there are battlefield surveillance radars around.

The rest of the helicopters followed closely, raised their altitude, and began to search for their targets.The pilots noticed that there were a lot of enemy tanks on the front. They drove past the tanks that had just been destroyed, and pressed northward one after another.Whatever the enemy's plot, perhaps a single salvo could turn the tide of battle.

But new ground threats emerged again, and Eichmann's radar alerts alerted him to the discovery of new threats, and to his dismay, as on previous occasions, the signatures of each threat were different.

This time, two 2mm anti-aircraft guns drilled nearby. They have been using the data link of the Hongqi 35 to share the enemy's situation without exposure. After the Hongqi 17 was damaged, they took over its air defense and saw more than ten enemies as soon as it was turned on. Helicopter, and the distance is very close, and the naked eye can see clearly at the same time.

This time, the commander of the 07-type dual 35mm self-propelled gun is a careful person. He clearly saw a helicopter with a circular radar at the highest position, which stood out from the entire formation of enemy aircraft. .He spent a few more seconds restarting the optimal shooting plan obtained by the automatic calculation of the fire control, and then redeployed. In any case, he had to give priority to solving this guy with six eyes.

An anti-aircraft gun next to it fired first, shooting down the first two helicopters that turned around in one fell swoop, and the battle became extremely simple.

The 35mm programmed ammunition is far more effective against helicopters than the 25mm kinetic energy ammunition, especially at a distance of less than 2.5 kilometers, because this kind of proximity weapon does not rely too much on kinetic energy.

Eichmann started emitting smoke, realizing that all the helicopters here were within range, and that he must be the most hated individual.But the smoke couldn't save him, and the second anti-aircraft vehicle fired directly at the moving smoke, and the radar could see exactly where it was hiding through the smoke.

Programmed with radar rangefinder and muzzle coil velocity gauge, this advanced ammunition explodes precisely around the target, enveloping the cunning Longbow in no time.The shrapnel first destroyed the cumbersome radar on the top, causing all nearby enemy units who expected to use this radar to judge the enemy's situation to lose their sightlines, including Captain Austin on the Abrams tank. He just noticed more enemies , but it is not clear whether they retreated together because of their own power, or they were planning to move because they did not see the direction of the enemy's movement.

If Eichmann could stay in the air for half a minute longer, the radar could clearly see that several companies of He Fan were spreading out and moving towards the two wings of the tank company he was chasing. The number was 1 vs. 3, and the situation on the flank was exposed, but Eichmann was shot down quickly, making it impossible for Yelinsky's vanguard to converge.

2 35mm anti-aircraft guns shot all the ammunition through several long bursts, and shot down an astonishing 5 armed helicopters. The remaining armed helicopters also gave up the Hellfire missiles that had been launched and were waiting for the laser pointer in the air, and turned around. Flee west.

If they had reason, they would have guessed that the anti-aircraft guns were out of ammunition, but the pilot's will to fight has collapsed after today's hellish battle.

In the past, they always maintained a strong sense of superiority in the face of various vehicles of the ground forces. The data of many wars shows that an armed helicopter can usually exchange a battalion of tanks, or more other combat vehicles, but today they encounter Now comes the real challenge.

He Fan's specially strengthened air defense force challenged the dominance of the helicopter, and even changed its tricks.From ordinary portable anti-aircraft missiles to various types of short-range anti-aircraft firepower, although there were losses in the battle, the Chinese army won a complete victory tactically and tenaciously maintained the air supremacy on the battlefield.Of course, there is no shortage of them. The Air Force's assistance in breaking into the low altitude twice bought time for the redeployment of the air defense forces.

(End of this chapter)