Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 752 Prince's Wrath

The Indian 2nd Army's underground headquarters in the north of New Delhi has a total of three floors. This is an underground fortress built using the blueprints that Marshal Pasad personally participated in the design 10 years ago. Even the world's largest ground-penetrating bomb is very difficult. Destroying such a solid facility, of course, if the bomb can collapse the passage or blow up the ventilation system, resulting in losses, it is another matter.

In the past 10 days, about 40 U.S. military advisers have been in this underground headquarters, coordinating the military operations of the two sides with Pasade's staff to avoid accidental injury and coordination disadvantages.

The US military personnel shuttled through the upper two floors of the entire underground fortress, from the command room to the communication part, but they didn't know that there was another floor below them, just under their feet, where Pasade's little secret was hidden.

At the end of the passageway on the bottom floor, there is a dark iron door, and inside the iron door is a small prison.Although it is deep enough from the ground, it is impossible for anyone to escape from here, but there is always a guard standing at the door, and the guard changes 4 times a day. The guard duty room is next to this underground prison, and there are always a captain and Two sergeants stared at the person in the prison through the monitor, for fear that he would commit suicide or abscond.

Lieutenant Colonel Giyam hasn't shaved for half a month. He is curled up on a small bed, watching a light bulb hanging above his head.The deep stratum and the base's complete underground buffer layer absorbed most of the explosion energy, so that sitting here could not feel the bombing overhead.But every time shelling or airstrike ammunition came close, it would cause a short-term voltage instability in the fort, and he could see some tricks in the flickering lights.In recent days, the shelling nearby does not seem to have increased, which shows that the northern front of the Indian defense line is not uneasy.

The lieutenant colonel knew what his future fate depended on, and he had thought it through before he came here voluntarily.

So far, no senior Indian military officer has contacted him, which shows that their battle has not yet fallen into despair. This is understandable. After all, New Delhi has gathered nearly 90 troops, which can always last for a while; , If the Indians are likely to turn defeat into victory, Pasad will kill people and silence the first time, and then pretend that there is nothing to do.

He glanced up at the camera in the corner, and the green light-emitting diodes on it flickered from time to time. He knew that the Indians had been watching him.He stretched and continued to be in a daze.

There was a series of hurried footsteps outside, someone was walking towards here, he could hear that it was not the lazy footsteps of the guards, he had a premonition that the end of his waiting was about to be revealed, when the door opened later, it was either a good omen, Either someone shoots himself.

The observation window on the iron door opened, and a pair of vigilant eyes glanced inside. After a while, the door creaked and opened.An officer wearing the rank of colonel walked in. Ghiyam knew that the future of the Indians should be in jeopardy. If they wanted to kill people, it would be enough to send a soldier. However, the rank of colonel is still too low. Maybe Pasad Haven't made up my mind yet.

"Are you finally going to see me?" the lieutenant colonel said lazily.

The officer walked to the bed and waited for a while: "We'll cut to the chase, and now we need your communication method and contacts. Don't play tricks, it's better for everyone."

100 kilometers away, Yahini's tank group is gradually compressing the last Japanese tank.Yahini noticed that the sound of artillery from the north was getting closer and closer. Obviously, his own troops were approaching, but this was not what he wanted.He knew the level of night combat of Pakistani troops.For a red-eyed commander like Amir, if he saw the outline of a tank in the thermal imager, about half of his reactions would be to fire directly instead of carefully identifying it.Of course, the experience of identifying friend and foe and the lack of technology are also one of the reasons why Pakistani tank troops have tried their best to avoid night battles for a long time.

If the Pakistani army is not in a hurry to use so many messy equipment from various countries (even including Indian equipment), the original identification between tanks will be easier. The two main tanks (2 and VT99) provided by China have lasers. Identification device, when the interrogator emits a modulated (pulse time interval coded) laser beam, the Type 4 can obtain a signal through the identification device at the left rear of the turret, and then transmit a set of modulated laser beams to the interrogator through the laser transmitter on the right. Answer the signal.Although the Type 99 tank does not have such capabilities, this tank is at least similar to the 96 in outline, and the equipment that is reused by both sides on the battlefield is indeed a headache.

"3rd company, you leave a platoon to guard the north." Yahini said, "It's best for you to stay behind."

"Leave a platoon? There are only the defeated Indian army and our own people in the north, so it should not pose a threat."

"I'm worried about our own people. It's better to be careful. You must be ready to fire flares at any time. In addition, you call the headquarters instead of me. It's best to contact the headquarters in advance to inform us of our current location."

Yahini thought of the worst-case scenario one by one, made deployments, and then commanded his 1st company to start heading west.He was about 3 kilometers away from the opponent, and the smoke released by the enemy gradually dissipated, but he was completely invisible. The 2nd company is currently in a more favorable position on the flank, but the thermal imager is not very ideal, and it has not been able to detect the target.However, he asked about the ammunition situation of the 2nd company, and each vehicle still had at least one depleted uranium bomb, which was obviously much more sophisticated than the 1rd company.

A platoon of the 2nd company quietly passed near the burning Japanese assault vehicle, which could confuse the opponent's thermal imaging camera. They traveled several hundred meters and found the first terrain support, but they still did not see the target.Did the enemy run away quickly after releasing the smoke?If they were determined to turn around in the first place, they should be able to run fast enough.But Yahini didn't think that the Japanese commanders on the opposite side were such adventurous people, unless they saw through that they didn't dare to charge in the first place.

He thought for a moment, and ordered Rahman's company to use the turret-top weapons station to fire a few flares into the area he designated.If an enemy tank is in close proximity, the flares can interfere with their thermal cameras as they fall, perhaps intimidating the opponent into making mistakes in their busy schedule.

Yahini has thought carefully, and now he only wants to hold the enemy back, and is not in a hurry to finally resolve the battle. He analyzed from the map that there are many terrains and features that can be used on the westward road of the enemy's retreat. After a while, the sky will dawn. This is a time for an automatic westward attack.

The flares fell slowly, and it really alarmed the enemy hiding in the woods to launch smoke bombs. The hot smoke could cover the tank, but the thermal imager quickly found the general position.

At the same time, Rahman followed Yahini's instructions and guarded the northern line. Watching the Indian army's defeat in the distance became less and less, there were almost no vehicles and only stragglers, and eventually there were no stragglers. The man was coming, and he kept calling the division headquarters, but there was no reply.

Suddenly, his tank was hit by a laser beam and a warning sounded. VT4 does not have a countermeasure system, it can only give an alarm and prompt the general direction.He realized that he was being irradiated by the laser beam from the north, and his thermal imaging camera could not see the source of the emission in the direction of the laser for a while, but that direction was likely to be a friendly army, so he could only loudly ask the driver to face it head-on, Simultaneously turn the turret to turn towards the target.Of course, this is the only correct decision to prevent a shot, but this action of turning the turret forward can easily stimulate the opponent to shoot.

Sure enough, the Leopard II tank in the distance saw the target, but under the condition of insufficient identification, it rashly carried out laser ranging. Fire was originally only a backup option for this Leopard II, but when Rahman's tank turned the barrel Afterwards, the terrified gunners fired first.

VT4 had already fired smoke, but it started a little later, and the shells that had been fired penetrated into the smoke and hit the turret hard.He ordered all three vehicles to retreat, opened the hatch at the same time, and fired a flare overhead, which is a way of identifying himself in an emergency.

The 1st company deployed to advance due west, and a round of morning sun rose from behind them. This was a moment when all night vision devices failed at the same time, and Yahini's position gave him an advantage in white light searches.His car rushed to the forefront, and his company commander’s car was one of the few tanks in the 1st company that still kept the laser suppression equipment intact (this exposed and unprotected equipment is easily damaged on the battlefield), so he must take more responsibility .

Most of the time, he turns off this very effective laser countermeasure equipment. His coordination is far less good than that of the Chinese army. If this system is set to automatic countermeasures, it may pose a certain threat to the pilots in the air, and it may also pose a threat to infantry warfare. Rooks do their damage, so he decides to use them only for a short while in the middle of a charge.

He quickly saw the first 90 tanks, and then the second.When the enemy turned the turret, Tasim fired first and hit accurately, but did not penetrate.The enemy immediately launched a counterattack. Perhaps the laser suppression had played a role, and it missed while parking.

Yahini ordered the whole company to slow down and attract the opponent's firepower.From the perspective of the situation, he and the 2nd company are pinching the opponent, so the 2nd company with a better position can be used to solve the target. As for the 3rd company, he does not want Rahman to play a significant role when the overall situation is over. Before the war was about to end, these direct descendants who had been doing nothing in the rear were placed in the front-line troops. The intention of promoting the front line was obvious. Yahini knew his weakness. Time has to guard against.

About 2 platoons of Japanese troops were exposed, obviously aware of the unfavorable situation, it quickly chose to turn the turret to a compromise angle, trying to watch out for both the front and the sides, which of course wouldn't work, tanks should never deal with both directions at the same time .

An armor-piercing projectile flew from the south and hit the rear of a 90 tank in the woods, quickly igniting the oil circuit, and then the tank exploded.Obviously, it has reached the stage where it can be easily captured, and Yahini is sure to wipe out this group of enemies in a short time.

"Battalion Commander, there is a bad situation." Rahman reported cautiously on the radio.

"Say it."

"Amir's tanks are coming your way."

"what?"

He suddenly had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. The new communication came from the long-lost headquarters. He changed the channel, and Younis' voice came from the radio.Communication was finally restored.

"Panshi. You immediately withdraw from the battle. In order to avoid unnecessary confusion, the enemies here are to be dealt with by Amir."

"Let him take over, you are blind." Yahini yelled out of composure, and then realized that he had made a slip of the tongue. Younis lost an eye half a year ago. Although everyone called him a one-eyed dragon behind his back, no one dared to mention it to his face. this kind of thing.

"I know you're angry, but you have to get out of the fight. There are some things you don't know yet."

Younis' answer was very strange, and he didn't care about Yahini calling him blind, but there seemed to be some kind of unspeakable secret.

"what happened?"

"Amir's deputy battalion commander, Prince Fahd's brother was killed 6 hours ago. This is a secret, and you should not have known it. Now I will tell you."

"There are foreign volunteers in Amir's army?"

"Yes, so the superiors think that Amir's troops should be allowed to save some face," Younis stammered, "so the superiors think that they should be allowed to win a decent victory to comfort this cross-country... …a great sacrifice."

"What kind of chaos are these guys from the Gulf countries coming to the front line to cause?"

"They selflessly aided our tanks, planes and lives."

"Okay, may the dead rest in peace. My men will stay where they are, ready to help them, if Amir can't figure it out."

Yahini angrily switched to the battalion radio.

"Brothers, let's stop shooting first. Let the friendly flanks take over."

He heard several car captains swearing on the radio.

A few kilometers away, Yamura thought he was doomed. He didn't expect that a Leopard II he destroyed six hours ago would stir up a subtle change in the overall situation.

He noticed that the enemies to the east and south had stopped charging, while to the north there was a cloud of smoke and a frenzied army approaching.There seemed to be some unnecessary confusion in command when the enemy was about to win.

Tank combat often uses smoke, and lacks a radio identification friend or foe system. It is difficult to identify only through the silhouette and the small flag on the antenna at a long distance. Therefore, two friendly troops that are unfamiliar with each other and have poor communication always act separately, similar to his The troops and American tanks are always engaged in different directions.

The Japanese tanks began to release hot smoke, retreated from the woods, and retreated slowly. If Yahini pursued it, it would of course be much faster than reversing.Yamura looked at the laser range readings tremblingly, making sure that the enemy in front had no intention of pursuing him.

Fifteen minutes later, a Khalid tank unit decisively inserted between Yahini and Yahini. The smoke and dust from this unit completely blocked the line of sight of Yahini's unit, and another tank unit directly killed Yahini from the north. come over.

The Japanese tanks quickly recognized that it was the Leopard II that was charging towards them from the north. It was almost certain that the same person was in command, because the style of straight-line charge was exactly the same.

The remaining less than 20 Japanese tanks were immediately arranged in a battle formation, and two platoons were separated to the east, pretending to smoke, and blocking the sight of Khalid tanks. The opponents did not care about these obvious measures and did not attack from both sides In other words, their feint troops are more like actually guarding against and isolating their own people.

"Retreat to the gully area to the west, and aim at the most vulnerable part of the enemy after parking." Yamura nervously deployed, "Don't rush to fire, wait for my order."

His chances of surviving against opponents several times larger (counting Yahini's battalion) are slim, and he must quickly establish an advantage in two simple steps.One is to look for terrain support in the selected undulating areas. He has a good understanding of the terrain in this area. He knows that in jungle and hilly areas, relying on the innate advantages of high and low shooting ranges of liquid-pneumatic suspension, he can quickly select favorable positions. Yahini's method, but Yahini occupies the position on the two wings, making it difficult for him to hide; second, he must stop and use disturbance to aim, because the accuracy will be higher than that of opponents who use image stabilized fire control in motion.

If the enemy rushed over recklessly, his team could effectively target the Leopard 2000 bomb nest area from 2 meters away, while it would be difficult for the opponent to hit the 90 tank with the chassis hidden and the frontal area halved during the maneuver.

(End of this chapter)