Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 737 T72M4cz
The Indian deserters were very interested in noticing the artillery fire from the Chinese-Pakistan coalition forces, and avoiding the road, they crowded on the road one after another, smashing Frings' attempt to quickly mobilize another wheeled tank unit for quick rescue.

The Type 90 tank quickly hid behind the bunker and began to search for frontal targets. The thermal imaging cameras of the Type 90 tanks began to function. They detected the target at a distance of more than 2 kilometers before the enemy, but the Pakistani tanks did not seem to notice. reduce.

The laser rangefinder started to work without alarming the opponent. The anti-tank missile unit of the Indian army had used laser rangefinder before, which paralyzed the enemy, and they currently have the advantage and are unwilling to emit smoke to block their own vision.

"Read 2045, wait a minute, wait until 1.2 kilometers before firing, make sure to break them."

Yamura issued an order. His database does not contain the actual armor protection capabilities of each tank. It is a strictly confidential part, but he is very clear about the power of the artillery of both sides and the distance to ensure damage. In fact, both sides use almost the same artillery. .

The laser range finder got new numbers from time to time, and the discipline of the Japanese army ensured that none of the tanks fired first.Each gunner watched his opponent rumbling closer, awaiting orders from his superiors.

Yamura has long recognized those Leopard 2A7 tanks through the outline of the thermal imager. One of the great advantages of this tank with automatic transmission is that the driver can complete the training in a short time. According to reliable information, the Pakistani side obtained the These tanks were only 3 months ago, no wonder they went into battle so quickly.But the gunner's training can't be too fast. It's one thing to shoot with a steady image fire control. According to his experience in the No. 1 Armored Teaching Team in Shizuoka Prefecture, novices can use the automatic watch to shoot at a gun 5 meters wide from 8 kilometer away. The stationary target achieves 5% hit rate, but as the target starts to move or the viewing environment changes, the situation will get worse. It will take a year to achieve a [-]% hit rate for moving targets.

"Shoot." Yiwai Lu Zuo shouted.

When Amir turned the surrounding mirror, he saw a fire light close to the ground in front of him. He realized that such a huge energy release could only be a kinetic energy bomb.And unlike those missiles where you can see the flame all the way, he can't see the trajectory of the shell at night.

Ten seconds later, the company commander of Company A reported that he saw a nearby tank parked and caught fire.

He hesitated to order the general release of smoke to block the enemy's view.This hesitation led to more losses, and soon he saw as many as 4 tanks in front of him on fire, and within half a minute, half of Company A's troops were hit and lost combat effectiveness?He couldn't believe his eyes.The death squad he had just released to infiltrate the enemy's rear cryptically stated that he had put the new enemy situation behind him when he saw a new type of enemy tank.If the death squads had put more effort into identifying enemy weapons, things would have been different.

Now Amir is in a very passive position. Most of his vehicles can already see the front of the enemy's turret, but the exposed part of the enemy is too small, which will cause an order of magnitude difference in the hit rate of the two sides.If you charge according to your temper, before you get close, your troops will be consumed.

He made the difficult decision to release the smoke immediately and retreat back.This will disrupt the offensive schedule, but he also knows the consequences of recklessness.

Rusa Yamura, who had been observing the target calmly, waited until the enemy retreated. Gradually, the smoke began to take effect, and he could no longer see the target. He switched the communication channel and called the Type 13 wheeled assault gun hidden on the slope to the west. It's time for them to sneak up.

"Watanabe, listen, now you have brought 2 teams to the high ground. The terrain there is narrow and you can only expand so much. Now the wind speed is very strong, which is in your favor. The enemy's smoke can't hide all the tanks, but you have to Wait until the artillery strikes before firing."

"understood."

He then began coordinating the firing of self-propelled mortars and runners.These 120mm mortars have little effect on the enemy hiding behind the smoke and whose location is unknown, but they can confuse the enemy's judgment.Once the enemy hears explosions all around, it is not easy to focus on other directions, so Watanabe Squadron can hide in the explosion and shoot a few more times.In addition, he found in previous exercises that the air waves from shell explosions can disperse the hot smoke around the tank in a wide range, at least increasing the working distance of the thermal imager.

Pakistani tankers naturally don't care about the wind direction outside, causing the hot smoke to drift eastward. Although the cross wind sensor can provide wind speed and wind direction figures, for most tankers, it is just used to correct ballistic data. Only He Fan or Yamura, who are from the teaching army and need to write annual reports to fool their superiors, will dig out such details, but sometimes, these details are indeed useful.

From time to time, shells fell around, making loud explosions.For an old guy like Amir, the explosion is far and near, which is enough to show that the enemy's shooting is blind.This made him slightly relieved, as long as he retreated far enough, he could find a way to carry out a second attack.

The Watanabe Squadron quietly climbed up to the top of the slope. As Yamura observed through satellite photos in advance, the place is quite flat and suitable for wheeled vehicle shooting, but only 6 tanks can be lined up at a time.It can be seen that the enemy tank group is retreating at a medium speed at a distance of 2 to 3 kilometers.The distance is a bit far, but this is also a good opportunity to use the accuracy of rifled guns.

Lieutenant Koji Watanabe's troops just lost 8 tanks at the other end of the battlefield 7 hours ago, and lost 2 tanks. He simply strengthened his troops by [-] platoons, and he can roughly maintain the scale of the battle. Now he has to ruthlessly Take self-confidence hard.

The target moved in front of these 105mm guns at an almost constant speed using a fixed reverse gear, which gave the gunners excellent aiming opportunities.These assault guns are individually aimed at their targets, carefully tracking their movements.They are not sure that they can penetrate the front of the main battle tank at a distance of 2 kilometers or more, but the side is another matter.

After the volley of artillery fire, the Leopard 2 exposed in the distance stopped one after another, and some began to burn. What's more frightening is that the entire army did not find the firing position at all.These assault guns only glow at the moment of firing, and the Leopard 2's thermal imaging camera is no longer enough to capture their traces.Watanabe waited cautiously for a moment to make sure he could shoot a second time.

The report of the tank being hit suddenly came to the command vehicle, and Amir, who was retreating steadily just now, was thinking about the second round of attack plan, and suddenly realized that there was something wrong, but the intensive explosion of mortar shells falling all around confused him. For a while, he couldn't make a good judgment.

Seeing that the Leopard 2 was facing the situation of being beaten with its head covered, it simply followed the infantry fighting vehicles behind the tank group, and discovered it before the tanks. There was heavy enemy fire on the unnamed high ground to the west.

The last drone reconnaissance 15 minutes before the attack showed that there was nothing there. Amir was confident that he did not need a commanding height to suppress the enemy, so he did not bother to send troops to occupy it.

On this battlefield, the 04A infantry fighting vehicle has the night vision ability second only to the Leopard 2 (even better than some unupgraded Khalid tanks). It makes its outline appear more clearly from the background.The company commander of the infantry fighting vehicle immediately ordered to suppress it. This kind of tank uses a low-pressure gun with a limited muzzle velocity and fires a 100mm explosive bomb close to the speed of sound. This kind of ammunition can only kill infantry most of the time, but it happens to restrain all types of vehicle.

The squadron leader Watanabe’s vehicle happened to be located at the northernmost point. One side was completely exposed to the infantry fighting vehicle’s firing line. It was hit by three shells almost at the same time. The first and second shells cracked the armor and destroyed a Side all wheels.The third shell drilled into the gap in the side armor and exploded directly inside, detonating all the ammunition.

For a moment, the chariot burned, illuminating all the assault guns that were close together and hiding themselves in the darkness. What was even more frightening was that all the Japanese troops on the high ground lost their command.The flexibility of the Japanese army on the battlefield is far inferior to that of the Indian army. Before they get a new order, they can usually only execute the previous order.

For a while, the rest of the tanks following the 04A also saw the target, and some small-caliber artillery and mortars also started shooting. After destroying 3 tanks in the firing range, they finally forced them to almost kill Amir. The old wheeled chariot reversed onto the slope and temporarily withdrew from the battle.Even so, their two salvos have already eliminated 7 Leopard 2 tanks.

Yamura took command and was a bit late in ordering the retreat, he lost No.2 best officer in 2 days.

However, at the cost of destroying a few wheeled chariots, the enemy's attack was blocked.The smoke in front gradually dissipated, and the enemy tanks were pushed out of range.But on the battlefield, there were 13 Leopard 2 tanks parked here and there, all of which happened within a few minutes, without the use of landmines or large-caliber howitzers, it relied on 12 120mm guns and 6 105mm rifled guns.According to Yamura's tactical characteristics against the Pakistan Army, their first attack is usually the most violent, which is very similar to the Indian Army.Once they suffer setbacks, they are easy to lose their strength, but they may change their tactics, and a detour from the side may be an option. He doesn't know if the Indian division on the side can stop it, and maybe Yokota's reserve troops should be ready for support.He ordered Hengtian to leave the road and leave the Indian troops alone, ready to rush eastward for help at any time.

Yahini received a voice communication from Younis while he was on the move. It sounded like the deputy division commander was very discouraged, but it was Amir who failed.

Amir's troops were originally a trump card (not the only one) for the army's counterattack. Unexpectedly, after four months of hard training, one-third of the losses were lost in one assault.In order to transport this precious tank unit to the front line, Pakistan even dispatched engineers, repaired a section of Indian railway, and strengthened several Indian bridges. This is indeed a frustrating moment.Amir reported that he was attacked by enemy M4 tanks and Stryker assault guns, and Younis realized that it was obviously time to play the second trump card.

Yahini had already moved from the flank in advance, and he started to circle the flank as soon as he got the shells. It's not that he foresees Amir's failure so quickly, it's just that he doesn't want to follow Amir.As for this section of the road, he had just passed it when he retreated back and forth for a day, so he was familiar with it.

Younis told him that Amir’s second frontal attack will start in an hour. In any case, the road must be opened. This is a promise to the Chinese. dawn.Now let's see if he can make some tricks on the side and disintegrate the enemy's defense system.

Yahini drilled out of the turret, and could see bursts of fire on the southern horizon, and the Chinese army's offensive to the north had also begun.According to his judgment, even without the help of the Pakistani army, there is a high possibility that they will get through the traffic first, but in that case, the Pakistani army will be ashamed, and it will be difficult to cover up the defeat with poor equipment this time.In addition to Leopard 2 or Type 99 tanks, this time the army also got new infantry fighting vehicles and large-caliber howitzers. Younis even boasted: The army has never been so powerful.

"Brothers, it seems that we have to save face for the army. Amir is still heroically defeated when he encounters the m-1 tank."

"Commander, can we defeat M1A2?"

The questioner was Rahman, the acting company commander of the newly arrived 3rd company. He hadn't had time to know that Yahini had wiped out an Australian tank company that was driving this kind of tank not long ago.

"There are some difficulties, but our strategy is to confuse them. Don't worry, I am familiar with the terrain here."

"Battalion Commander, I saw the silhouette of a tank near the village of Kalebull. It seems to be an Indian T72 tank."

A platoon leader serving as a scout at the front of the line reported that apparently the enemy also had troops on the flanks and they would not be so stupid as to do nothing.

"Very well, you drive to the east of the village, I remember there is a dam there to protect you."

"There is indeed a river bank, but it's so close they'll hear us approaching."

"It's okay, just scare them and test whether they can see you. Let's go from the other side and kick their asses." After he finished deploying, he suddenly remembered an important thing, "I warn you, No one is allowed to fire special ammunition without my permission."

This kind of ammunition is too precious. It is said that due to insufficient reserves and complicated processing technology, this is the only ammunition that China cannot replenish quickly. It is rarer than most missiles. At present, except for Yahini’s own car, every other tank Only divided into 3 rounds.

Sure enough, the Indian tanks who had just arrived here were startled by the sound of two platoons driving past 500 meters away. Their turrets turned to that side, and soon the impatient Indian tankers began to fire with machine guns, hoping to serve the rest of the world. The chariots indicated vague moving objects, but the tracers revealed themselves instead.

Yahini’s claim that he is familiar with the terrain is by no means an exaggeration. He just retreated from here 30 hours ago. When the tank was marching, he was always used to sitting on the turret, carefully observing the terrain along the way, and imagining the plan of attack and retreat in his brain. The route, of course, is not that he can foresee the changes in the battle situation, it is just killing time, but once the order is issued, he will choose his own route very confidently. Master Younis is used to not interfering with Yahini, because Yahini is better than Those who stay behind and work on the map know the road better.Sometimes, the smooth road seen by the satellite may be a piece of mud that will sink the track, and the dense jungle hides the attack route.

Yahini is confident that he is more familiar with the terrain of the Indian village in front of him than these temporarily transferred Indian tank soldiers.Indians rely on US satellite intelligence to deploy on their own land, so they will inevitably make mistakes.

The defending Indian unit comes from the newly restored 6th Armored Brigade. After the unit is rebuilt, the main equipment used is the T72M4 from the Czech Republic, which is part of NATO assistance. The performance of this tank is far more than the last time the unit was wiped out. The T72B produced by India is much superior. In addition to its good night combat capability, the barrel is well-made, and there is no precedent for bombing in shooting training.

(End of this chapter)