Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 739 Quantitative Advantage
The leading Type 90 has been carefully searching the front, but did not see the enemy's defensive measures. Obviously, this enemy did not bring infantry.This is indeed in line with the habits of some commanders who like mobile combat. They always don't like to carry cumbersome mechanized infantry, but infantry combat is indeed very suitable for guarding and blocking tasks in the secondary areas where tanks set up ambushes.

The three Type 3 tanks of the first team roared up the muddy embankment, which was a moment when the tanks were vulnerable and vulnerable, but no one opened fire on them.

The huge shelling flames in the distance quickly guided the commander to find the target.Yokota decided to refrain from firing. He jumped off the chariot and climbed to the top of a dilapidated residential building nearby to observe the battlefield.As he expected, he is now in the gap between the east and west enemies.They are each busy with their own battles.But there seemed to be a drone flying nearby, and he happened to see a T1 72km away being destroyed by a small bomb.He does not have a drone to overlook the battlefield, so what he can observe is limited after all.

At this time, the second team also climbed out of the ditch.The nearby terrain is undulating, and they need to spread out, so that they are more likely to be missed by drones than if they are grouped together. The Chinese are gradually seizing the air supremacy at night, which is a disturbing sign he observed.

The victory or defeat of small-scale battles depends on the tactics used by both sides and certain accidental factors. Rahman's team still did not notice that the enemy slipped to the side. They only need to use ranging lasers and radios to guide artillery fire to kill The enemy is simply too simple.When the 122mm rockets started firing, the Indian troops began to retreat.The morale of Indian soldiers fell from a high to the brink of collapse, and only half of the base shells were needed.

Yokota turned the muzzle and aimed at the first target about 400 meters away. He noticed that the targets were scattered, some were moving forward, and some were standing still. Cover each other.He has fully considered the overall situation. His current position is very good, but it is easy to be exposed as soon as he fires the gun. He hopes to destroy a few more vehicles at least by sneak attack, so he chooses to wait for the Indian heavy mortar shells to fall and open fire. Maybe he can hide Hold the loud sound of firing.Yamura always came up with some new ideas during the planning of the annual exercise by the United Staff Headquarters, and Yokota's squadron always practiced these strategies as the blue side. Most of the time, the people hiding in the turret could not distinguish the nearby artillery fire I can't figure out where it was launched from.

As the guns sounded, the Japanese gunner fired a shell.Sure enough, the 3rd Company was unaware of the loss of the first tank.

Yahini, who was still trapped in the fighting in the village, kept half of his head out of the car, and he heard something strange hidden in the explosions on the battlefield.A few seconds earlier, there had been a nearby shelling apparently from a Rheinmetall 120mm tank gun, a nuance that most experienced tankers would not be able to discern, especially against the background noise.He quickly confirmed that the troops in his field of vision had not been hit.

"Rahman, check your surroundings, there are M1 tanks hidden nearby." He grabbed the communicator and shouted.

"I saw one of my chariots burning."

Rahman panicked for a moment. He turned the surrounding mirror and saw that only the burning chassis of one of his own tanks was left. He hid in the turret and could not hear various sounds clearly, and he did not know when he was attacked.

"We have M1 tanks in front of us?"

"Not very far, just within a distance of 300 to 500 meters. The 3rd company releases smoke. The 1st company backs up to the starting position. The muzzle points roughly southwest."

Yahini held up the binoculars and looked westward. He couldn't see anything in the dark, but he knew that within 10 seconds, at least one car would have to be lost, so keeping observation would help find signs as soon as possible.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the second VT4 exploded.The enemy chooses to shoot from the tank behind, this is to prevent himself from being discovered.But Yahini saw the flames of the shells flying past, which meant that the enemy was roughly on his side, otherwise he would not have seen the light of the tail tracer tube.

"Rahman, the enemy is behind those hills, your position will not take advantage, continue to use smoke."

Yokotahara was going to sneak attack a few tanks, and then use a salvo to wipe out all the enemy companies in front, and then turned to the east to save the Indian tank company.But he saw the tank turrets with the remote weapon stations, turned this way, and his two platoons were not fully deployed.

He urged the bicycles to choose their own targets and fire, but within a second, all the VT4 tanks fired smoke bombs at the same time, and the thermal imaging cameras couldn't see the targets all of a sudden.He knew that the interspersed sneak attack had failed, which meant that he would be in danger of being attacked from both sides immediately, but he didn't think the enemy's coordination would be good, so he still had a chance to retreat calmly.He ordered each vehicle group to alternately cover and retreat the same way.The squad night attack is the most familiar tactic for Yokota and his subordinates. They can make full use of the thermal imaging channels of the three commanders and three gunners to guard against all directions and at the same time direct the firepower to the threat direction in advance.only
The aerial drone has been hovering cautiously in the air, because the Pakistani army tanks and Indian army tanks in the village are entangled together, and both sides have released smoke, making bombing impossible.However, the Japanese tanks interspersed among the three companies of Yahini can still be separated.These tanks emit no smoke, have a square turret profile, the machine gun is located to the left of the turret, and there is no snorkel behind the turret.These characteristics are very different from the rest of the tanks on the battlefield.For drones looking down on the battlefield through night vision systems, this is an easier detail to distinguish.

A Type 90 reversed at a low speed, waiting for an opportunity, and its muzzle pointed at a cloud of hot smoke not far away.The drone circled half a circle, and roughly confirmed that it was an enemy tank. Its condescending position made it easier to distinguish various tanks, but this did make the operators hundreds of kilometers away sweat a lot, although They stay out of the battlefield, but they must always worry about fratricide.Although it can be confirmed that it belongs to the opposing camp just by seeing the huge M2 machine gun, no one dared to drop the bomb until the officer on duty personally confirmed and approved the firing.

A laser beam was pointed at the target, followed by a 50-kilogram bomb that flew towards the target silently, and then the tank turned into a ball of fire.

Yahini hadn't had time to get the information collected by the drone, but his 1st company still cautiously outflanked, and most of the commanders saw the hit enemy tank, which was burning in flames and looked similar to the The M1 is a lot like that.The wreckage that suddenly appeared on the battlefield roughly marked the enemy's position.

Yahini directed himself into the car, carefully rounding the rolling hills on the side of the burning enemy tank.Passing by the side of a high-temperature object is good for hiding your own heat signature. Of course, if the target uses white light observation methods, it will be self-defeating, but Yahini decided to take this risk. His battlefield experience told him that no commander has yet Keep switching the sighting channel.

The hot air transpiring near the heat source also interferes with Yahini's thermal imaging channel, which reduces the search distance somewhat.He saw an enemy tank hesitating about 200 meters ahead.Its barrel was pointed in the direction of the 3rd company, but it kept swinging from side to side. The 3rd company all hid in the smoke and withdrew from the battle, which made it unable to find the target.

He noticed that the enemy had cleverly got into the middle of his three companies, but there were not many of them.Tasim directly aimed at the target with the sight and did not fire a laser to alert the opponent. It was unreasonable not to hit at such a distance, but Yahini still wanted to observe for a while, so he did not give the order to fire.

He observed a third 3 tank, barely moving in the steady image background, maybe in reverse, with its barrel pointing the other way, it could turn itself very quickly if it was exposed.Obviously, the enemy is covering each other and retreating slowly. This is an orderly retreat that he rarely observes. Even in the battles he commanded himself, the retreat phase is relatively sloppy, usually agreeing on a direction, and then each team will go its own way.

"Fire."

He yelled, and when he saw the target being hit, he pressed the button of the smoke grenade, trying to hide himself in a hurry, without confirming whether it was destroyed or not.The opponent did a good job of alternating screens, and he didn't dare to shoot consecutively from one position.He alerted 2nd Platoon to attack from the side.

Several other chariots rushed out from one side. Sure enough, the opponent's attention was attracted by the puff of smoke fired by Yahini, and he did not pay much attention to the side.

The two 2 tanks that grabbed the position almost fired from 99 meters away to the 150 tanks that were unable to react. Yahini's overwhelming numbers took advantage, and Yokota lost half of his troops in an instant.However, he still relied on the rear vision night vision system and the speed of reversing, and quickly left the battle.

Yahini drove out of the smoke, and only then could he see that it was a Japanese Type 90 tank, a tank he could recognize before the war, and this tank was known for its excellent chassis performance.

此时2连的96坦克已经将不肯屈服的T72M4坦克解决，无人机消灭其中的6辆坦克，同时被消灭的，还有2辆随同T72行动的防空战车。

Yahini's advance channel was finally opened after a delay of 90 minutes.As part of the firepower extension, a large number of gliding bombs in the sky flew towards various enemy targets ahead regardless of the cost.Any equipment that uses electromagnetic radiation and is unfortunately calibrated coordinates, or the lighting control is unfavorable, and the positions and marching patterns that are detected will be hit to varying degrees.At the same time, the air fleet is gathering. Even though the Chinese Air Force has relatively few means of attacking the ground at night, its superiority in numbers will eventually be reflected in air combat.

So far, the Air Force has not been able to completely expel the U.S. fighter planes, which are much smaller than its own, from the corridor area. The bottleneck restricting the superiority in numbers lies in the ability to command and coordinate. Some of the fighter planes are on their way here or on their way back, but their experience has been accumulating, and they just need the last chance.

Zheng Hui has never refueled in the air at night. In most cases, fighter jets like the J-16 do not need to be refueled. However, the current battlefield environment requires these heavy aircraft to fly from distant domestic airports. The cruising time has become less ideal, and the F15C/D fighter jets that take off from closer airports are very good at using the relatively long range to consume opponents, and they can often find favorable opportunities to launch attacks.After several simulated night air refueling trainings, Zheng Hui finally completed the first refueling with Il-78 today.He returned to the battlefield when the enemy expected this batch of fighter planes to return, which would obviously break the opponent's rhythm.

There are always 8 to 10 F15 fighter jets in the air, which is the optimal number that the enemy command plane can achieve after careful scheduling.In addition, there are some F16s hiding behind, ready to deal with the J-10 or Xiaolong fighters taking off from Chandigarh.

These two third-generation aircraft do not have stealth capabilities, but they are not at a disadvantage when confronted with J-2 or J-11. American pilots are good at using better climb rates and occupying altitudes that are conducive to the range of medium-range missiles. Most of the time they Both can deal with slightly more Chinese and Pakistani fighters than their own.

When Zheng Hui turned back from the rear refueling area where the enemy's radar could not observe, he felt that the enemies who had been acting heavy would be taken by surprise.When he looked down at the data link information, he found that he had never seen so many fighters of his own, assembled at the same time.Soon, the enemy with slightly better command skills will be forced to fight at the rhythm of the Chinese Air Force.Perhaps soon one of the most spectacular mid-range shots ever fired will take place.The two early warning aircraft and one large command aircraft that appeared in the combat zone at the same time are still in the final coordination. They must let as many fighters as possible rush to the combat zone at the same time, and then form two batches of offensive formations. The upcoming Air combat will not be a solo fight or a small-scale formation confrontation.

Soon the command plane told Zheng Hui that he would arrive at the theater later and join the second batch of fleets. If the enemy retreated, his formation would immediately launch a pursuit.

16 J-11/16s lined up in front of a wall, and a few sporadic J-10 fighters wandered around the heavy aircraft and a special early-warning aircraft on the balance beam. The J-1 has no mission to launch medium-range bombs, but it must Beware of special enemy situations at all times, it is better for the enemy's stealth plane to sneak into the vicinity or the new surface-to-air missile position on the ground.

The opponent was not to be outdone, and 10 F15Cs confronted with the eagle wall. From the vertical display, the two sides were gradually approaching, and took advantage of the last opportunity to seize the height to facilitate the development of the range.The battle will soon evolve into a very simple and brutal confrontation, and there is no second echelon of the enemy yet.

An Air Police 200, which ventured across the front line, completed a complete scan of the southern airspace. It was the same as the radar reconnaissance results of more than a dozen heavy aircraft. It can be confirmed that the enemy's air depth is very weak. The F15 in front and the Eagle in the rear Among the early warning aircraft, there are only a few F16s.

The two sides opened fire almost simultaneously as they flew head-on and came within range.Hundreds of air-to-air missiles criss-crossed in the air, and the two armies fighting on the ground could also see the tail flames of the missile engines flickering overhead. , These flames last for a short time, like meteors flashing away in the atmosphere. Of course, the missile still flies for a certain distance by inertia.

Zheng Hui could see the flames of the missile explosion ahead, most of which were induced by interference.In the first round of the ground snake, it seemed that one fighter plane from each side was shot down.Now it's the turn of the second echelon. He is sure that the fleeing F15 fighters should have no medium-range bombs. Now is the time to solve it in one fell swoop. There are about 4 F16s in front of them, carrying at most 8 aim120 missiles. Obviously Unable to deal with 6 J-11s and 3 J-16s.He was sure that the enemy would be caught off guard today after fighting for several days with such a small force.

He carefully observed the radar warning equipment, which could provide the approximate bearing and heading of the watchtower early warning aircraft.That is the target he wants. If this E3 flies westward, he will be far away from the protection range of the Agra Patriots. In most cases, when large AWACS is working ecstatically, it is easy to have the illusion of being out of the way, so that he will Get a chance to use your speed to break through the gap.

(End of this chapter)