Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 732 Brave Captain Austin
Company Commander Austin has pursued to a distance of 1.2 kilometers from the target. Some tanks in his company are closer, but the opponent always uses the lower terrain to hide, and there is no good chance to solve the problem in one fell swoop.From many perspectives, the enemy didn't seem to be routing aimlessly, otherwise they wouldn't be able to destroy all of them. A voice kept reminding themselves that they must be calm, and aggressive advances may lead to an unfavorable environment for the troops.But once again the impulse takes hold as he moves past a burning enemy tank.These tanks were wiped out by armed helicopters a few minutes ago, which deepened his point of view. The enemy may have had some plans, but now the follow-up troops are gone. Although the data link information he was waiting for has not been recovered, it supports his judgment. The intelligence basis is somewhat thin.

"A Company, your pursuit is a bit outstanding. We are a bit far away."

Yelinsky's voice was on the radio.He is currently occupied by the Indian 28th division, and he can't make it through for a while.

"Commander, maybe I can restore the pass held by the enemy in one fell swoop. They are being held by us..." Halfway through, a shell slammed into the front, but missed.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, they're still resisting, but it's not going well," said the captain.

"Okay, enough is enough for you to use your professional judgment. I got my way cut off by a bunch of terrified Indian idiots, take a little longer."

"clear."

The current frontier intelligence is not enough for Yelinsky to make a complete judgment. The officer who ran out of the pass by helicopter only saw about 20 tanks and some anti-aircraft combat vehicles. The information collected through radar and visual inspection before leaving the battlefield is consistent.

In essence, Yelinsky, like Austin, belongs to the kind of overconfident officer, especially now that they need to recover the pass in time and regain their advantage.There is news that the enemy's pressure from the north will soon increase, and some troops from the Gulf countries may be involved.After he cut off the enemy's supply line, they began to fight back desperately, like a rattlesnake nailed to a wooden plank, still twisting its limbs. If he was careless, the snake might escape, so he must immediately stop the enemy in the south counterattack, and the terrain just lost must be regained.Based on the needs of the situation, he didn't want to believe that the main force of the enemy army could come back so soon. At best, they should be just some rear guard troops.In the end he let his striker continue to take risks.

The sky was filled with umbrella flowers for a while. This was launched from the northern position 120 kilometers away. After a long flight, the long-range rockets scattered the terminal bombs over the battlefield.

But Austin moved too fast and evaded the coverage area.All these precision ammunition fell on the muddy ground with potholes and did not have any effect.The artillery directly under Lin Huaisheng asked them to make some necessary corrections before firing. Since the tanks on both sides had already approached within one kilometer, and the CEP error of the long-range rocket launcher was almost exactly [-]% of the range, he could only keep the ammunition as far away from him as possible. People, but these conservative revisions made expensive ammunition go to waste, and the enemy escaped.

Austin risked sticking his head out of the tank.He observed that the frontal enemy formations were getting closer. They no longer maintained a wider front, and seemed to be preparing to retreat from the narrow road pass?He was a little surprised, why they still haven't released the smoke, which is really unbelievable.

"The vehicle groups are moving closer to me, and the enemy may use those buildings there to hide from our firepower."

"Where is the steeple building in front?"

"I heard that it is a boarding school for girls of the church. The terrain here is not complicated, and there are few main buildings."

As he spoke, he got into the tank. As long as the enemy is kicked out of the town, the follow-up troops can easily regain the high ground on one side, so that the enemy will return to the same place after 30 minutes of triumph.Soon their mechanized units will be grounded for lack of fuel.

The Type 1 tanks of the 99st company quickly drilled into the wall of the school from the ruined wall. This building left over from the Victorian era was requisitioned by the Indian army as a headquarters not long ago, because Chinese shells rarely fell on these buildings with historical and cultural value. Nearby, this is often exploited by the Indian Army.When they retreated, the T72 made a lot of breaches in the fence. The driver of the Chinese Type 99 tank, through the rear-view camera, easily reversed the tank from here into the school at high speed. The company commander asked, try not to go Destroy this wall, because it still works.Now they have retreated to the end and must fight to the death.

A lot of chariots gathered here just now. In order to use the buildings to offset the enemy's reconnaissance, most of them have been dispatched from the two wings. Most of them are for reinforcements, and the rest will immediately outflank them. He Fan's purpose is in a short time. Annihilate this arrogant company of the enemy.

The rear intelligence department has conducted a round of shooting tests on the captured enemy tanks of the same type. Although it is not very sufficient, the test proves that the Type 99 tank gun can still penetrate the enemy's front within 1 km, and the enemy's artillery test is still too late. , but it is expected to penetrate the Type 99 front at a longer distance.Judging from the signs of the enemy's triumphant advances, they are more willing to fight face to face, and obviously have great confidence in their firepower, but this is not what the Chinese tankers want.

The company commander retreated to the side of the school building and used the nursery on the gentle slope ahead to hide his vehicle body. This place protrudes from the entire company, but he can quickly retreat downhill to hide in the enemy's blind spot for shooting, while the rest of the company's vehicles also retreated to cover. area, waiting for the enemy to push down the walls and come over.

Most of the commanders drilled out of the turret to observe, and made more use of hearing and other senses to detect the approaching position of the enemy in advance so as to get the first shot.Back all the way before, to some extent, the enemy caught up with the addiction, and it is likely to make the enemy have the idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy. Now it is time to see the truth.In a few minutes, the enemy's retreat will be cut off, but for now, the outcome is still undecided.This enemy is about 4 kilometers away from the brigade. What He Fan wants is this gap, to give all the enemies a disarm. Of course, if his plan is successful, most of the credit will come from the Indian troops who have no contact, no command, and a full retreat. Slows down enemies behind.

The sound of the M1 tank gas turbine was not loud, but the 1st company commander could already hear the harsh metal friction sound, they were very close, but they couldn't see it.The enemy did not approach from the damaged wall holes, perhaps they were also worried that Chinese tanks would preview these places.

The 1st company commander raised his head and saw a sniper gesturing to him on the 4-story school building, indicating that the enemy was divided into two groups and came from left and right.Snipers can't play a big role in such battles, but they can provide some early warning at high altitudes.In addition, there are several bazooka teams lurking on the roof, they are from the machine company.Behind the tanks, the infantry chariots have been put down, ready to go into battle at any time, far surpassing the enemy's tank company in terms of strength.

The third floor of the school building was suddenly shelled by the enemy outside the wall. Obviously, the enemy was also very worried about being attacked by infantry in such an area. The 1st company commander continued to raise his head, and the sniper signaled that the enemy stopped outside the wall.It is less than 400 meters from here.Obviously, the two sides are facing each other across a weak brick wall.The enemy suddenly changed his previous arrogance and became hesitant.Was there some flaw in the deployment that they saw through?

The enemy tanks outside fired another row of shells at the main building, knocking down the bell tower on the left, without any hesitation about any historical relics.However, it seemed that the shelling was blind, and it seemed that they wanted to test whether there were infantry.

After waiting for a long 30 seconds, the hidden sniper on the roof signaled to the tanker that the enemy was coming. The 1st company commander waited nervously with his binoculars. He felt that the enemy was approaching, and soon he saw the antenna gradually emerging from behind the wall and the small blue flag fluttering on it.He decided to stay on the turret. In close combat, the commander can stay outside, which can increase the observation area.

"Turn the muzzle 15° to the right, see the target, shoot once, and retreat quickly."

Before the muzzle could turn around, the high wall on the right collapsed at a mere 15° specified by the commander.Huge enemy tanks drove in with a pile of broken bricks and tiles, and huge clouds of smoke and dust rose up.Obviously, the response of this tank will be slower than that of the long-prepared Chinese tankers.

The gunner calmly fires the laser at a cloud of dust while waiting for the ballistic calculation to be at a distance that is perfectly acceptable with the crosshairs in the scope.In the disturbance shooting mode, the scope and the gun barrel are parallel to each other and rigidly juxtaposed. It can be used as a straight sight in a short distance (without considering the drop of the shell, crosswind or advance). According to experience, the shell will fall on the same spot as the ranging laser spot. position.

However, the gunner decided to wait one more second for the smoke to settle down, so that he could calmly aim at the weak position.The opponent's huge and shaking turret really gave these veterans who have experienced many battles a strong sense of oppression. This feeling is completely different from the T1 confrontation.

When fighting the T72, you can call them 2 kilometers away without worrying about the enemy's firepower, because the enemy's shells are always inaccurate at long distances.Most of the time, the first shot of the Indian T72 tank will always fall in front of the tank. It seems that they do not check the wear of the barrel before firing, or the actual muzzle velocity of the barrel is higher than the number stored in the ballistic calculation. much lower. The commander of the 1st company even saw an Indian tank rushing to the front suddenly exploded. The hatch crawled out, and stood beside the tank angrily.

However, after facing these well-equipped enemies in front of them, the above experience must be corrected. From He Fan down, all members of the assault force dare not underestimate the enemy, even if the reading of the laser ranging is only 295 meters.

The gunner could see the barrel wobbling in the smoke, and he waited for the turret to turn the other way, which would reveal the side, but instead, the barrel turned to his side, and maybe the enemy saw it, and he couldn't go any further. Wait, press the fire button on the right hand controller.The cannonball and the laser flew side by side, directly hitting the most powerful front of the Abrams tank.It's a battle between two of the strongest tanks on Earth, and a clash between two of the hardest metal alloys.

After the shooting was completed, the driver backed up synchronously. He couldn't see whether the breakdown was clear from his position, and he acted exactly according to the company commander's previous deployment.After the tank retreated down the gentle slope and stopped, the company commander climbed out of the turret, directly supported the laser suppression equipment, and stood on the top of the turret.He saw a tiny hole in the front of the tank turret after the smoke had cleared.Soon the seat ring began to smoke outside, apparently punctured.He didn't see more details, and another tank quickly rushed into the campus and blocked the front.The company commander quickly shrank his head, and the enemy's parallel machine guns began to fire.However, an explosion was soon heard. Judging from the position where it hit just now, it is likely that the shell ignited the magazine.

At the same time, the rest of the US tanks also came from several places on the wall.Breaking through the wall, slightly different from what the sniper pointed at, it seems they re-deployed.

The concealed Type 99 tanks started to fire, completely getting the upper hand.The only problem was that some of the tanks were concentrating their firepower on the front tanks, causing unnecessary duplication of fire.

Captain Austin lost 2 tanks in the blink of an eye.He originally expected that the enemy tank would turn around behind the wall and speed up to escape, but he didn't expect that instead of running, he stayed where he was and laid an ambush.As soon as he broke through the wall, he saw flames from the oncoming tank gun, but the shell hit another tank on the side, and he lost the third team so far.He quickly ordered to shoot.

The Chinese tank quickly backed up and hid behind a building, but the gunner continued to track based on the sense of advance, and then opened fire on a building.The shell penetrated two walls and miraculously hit the tank behind the classroom that had escaped the shooting range, but Austin couldn't see it yet.

"Rush over, from the front."

He shouted.

The captain realizes that he is momentarily passive and that the enemy has a slight terrain advantage, but he can immediately play some exciting games to turn the situation around.

The tank accelerated rapidly and rushed directly towards the front school building. This decisive action made the tank quickly hide in the blind spot of all Chinese tanks. The bazooka team upstairs also fired once, but the enemy started too fast, and the rocket fell to the ground. later.The infantry quickly poked their heads out of the upstairs to look, hoping to fire a second time, but the tank did not stop in front of the building, but directly rolled up the steps, crashed into the entrance of the main building, and disappeared from sight.Soon the stunned soldiers felt the building shaking, and the crazy American tank was about to carve a way out of the building, completely ignoring the collapse of the building.He guessed right, Captain Austin planned to use a surprise method to break the enemy's advantage.

The infantry rushed to the other side of the building, trying to send a signal to the Chinese tank there, but the American tank was too fast, it rushed directly through the building, and reached the other end faster than the infantry on the roof.

This brave Abrams really exceeded the expectations of the Chinese tankers. Most of the tanks were against the base of the wall, ready to eliminate the outcropping enemies one by one. Unexpectedly, the enemy tanks came out of the building directly and took advantage.In addition, most of the tank commanders got into the turret, focusing on the front, and had no way of knowing this sudden situation.

The M1A2 turned the turret, shaking off several tons of rubble above it. The commander's perimeter view mirror was blocked by a table and could not work for the time being. Austin pushed open the hatch with all his strength and got out.He saw the wreckage of a car nearby, the one he had just destroyed through the wall.

"Gun turned 30° to the right."

For fear of breaking the wall and damaging the tank gun, the gun has been pointed to one side. Now when it is time to turn to the front, the gun commander took aim at the area designated by the company commander. 150 meters away, a 99 tank with its butt facing him , obviously the tank thought he was hiding well, he was concentrating on waiting for the target that appeared from the intersection, and he didn't notice the rear at all.

(End of this chapter)