Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 778 Breaking Through Depleted Uranium Armor
While the war of encirclement and annihilation in the south of New Delhi was in full swing, the confrontation zone in the east of New Delhi seemed unusually calm. There were no large-scale battles on most fronts. Soldiers on both sides hid behind the defense line to enjoy the rare peace. Only a few drones were silent. Passing through the criss-crossed lines of defense silently, spying on each other.Occasionally, one or two cold shots sounded on the front line, or a series of anti-aircraft shells were raised, destroying the drones that infiltrated.

Behind Pakistan's 1st Armored Division, more and more newly arrived troops began to gather, and a large number of infantrymen withdrawn from the Fort front were replenished to the new battlefield. These soldiers had high morale, and most of them considered themselves veterans. Carrying the Memorial Medal for the Restoration of Fort ***, but in fact, they have not fought any battles.

As an attacking fist, both Amir and Yahini's troops have been given priority in allocating vehicle-mounted infantry. Amir's western infantry fighting vehicles are arriving quickly, and the assault force has also begun to take shape. His requirements for supplementary infantry Combat experience prevails, as long as those who have fought a few battles, even those who have only participated in the Sit-in Battle of Fort *** are fine.

Yahini does not seem to have too many requirements for supplementary troops. He just quietly strengthened two light infantry companies that no one else wanted. These second-line troops have been formed for a short time and have not participated in any battles. These people are trained from armored troops. Battalion came out, but was not assigned to tanks, but changed to infantry.The main weapons are machine guns and recoilless guns mounted on jeeps, which are quite fragile motorized units.

Within 2 days, Amir launched several company-level attacks on the train station area on the front of his own defense line to test the ability to attack fortified areas, but the newly arrived soldiers were not good at fighting, and all the attacks were repelled.He protested to the division headquarters and asked to replace some experienced old guys, but Younis flatly refused. Younis was competing with the neighboring troops for reserve soldiers, and he was confused. He felt that Amir was pushing an inch. He shouted angrily on the phone: I am the only one left in the headquarters, or I can report to you at your place.

On the contrary, Yahini's training of recruits was much quieter. He neither used the exercise as an excuse to ask for additional fuel requirements, nor did he make any strange remarks about the newly arrived soldiers. It seemed that he was not interested in the upcoming battle. Not very attentive.

Younis couldn't help worrying. Yahini made an exception as a senior commander. He proposed it. He knew that many people were waiting to see his jokes.The number of damages submitted by Yahini in the last battle was forwarded to the army headquarters through the staff department, and it was immediately returned. The higher-ups felt that the water was too much to bear, and asked to continue to verify the number.Obviously, some people above were dissatisfied with this personnel appointment, and kept staring at Yahini with a magnifying glass.Younis couldn't help worrying that if something went wrong with Yahini, it would definitely affect him.

"What the hell is this bastard doing recently? I'm still waiting for him to capture the parliament building and give me a face. He's fine, and there's no news at all." Younis became nervous, so he grabbed the phone on one side and received Yahini's command department.

"I'm Younis, go and find me, Brigadier Yahini."

"Report, the brigade commander went out early in the morning and is currently not at the headquarters." A staff officer said.

"Where did he go?"

"The brigade commander said that this is a military secret and no one should tell it."

"Well, I see."

Younis hung up the phone resentfully, Yahini's sneaky look made him feel at ease, he knew a little about Yahini, he knew that he likes to play tricks behind his back, it seems that he must be planning some action .

In the temporary storage yard 15 kilometers away from Yahini's headquarters, there is a scene of enthusiasm.Yahini stood on the chassis of a 96 tank with his hands on his hips, inspecting his newly formed tank company. About 60 recruits who had just graduated from the Kakul Armored Forces Academy were pulled here and were waiting for the distribution of weapons. Most of them Driving a jeep with a recoilless gun, I heard that it can be replaced with a wheeled armored vehicle

The soldiers waited excitedly for the final fate, and found that there were no armored vehicles here, only tanks, but there was almost no complete tank here. Most of the tanks had separate turrets and chassis. Some turrets were hung on cranes, and some Just put it on the ground; members of the swearing repair team are sweating and changing the engines of about 15 chassis

"Welcome to my unit," Yahini said, addressing the new arrivals, standing on top of a battered tank.

The newly arrived soldiers immediately stood at attention, and Yahini jumped off the chassis and walked towards the soldiers.

"There is no armored vehicle, since you have learned how to drive a tank, don't waste it."

He paused for a while to observe the recruits, and found that they didn't look too excited, obviously not confident in this pile of junk.

"As you can see, we have a large number of tanks, but they are not ready yet. I will make a list later, writing various parts that need to be replenished. You take the truck north, there is a tank graveyard , is the place where the heroic predecessors fought. You must drive away those Indians who dare to urinate on the tanks and blaspheme the heroic spirit. Then find useful parts from those tanks and dismantle them all back. Whether it is radio or optical equipment, seat Ring balls, machine guns, starter distribution boxes, relays, seats, various assemblies, and unfired ammunition, I want everything that can be disassembled, and if it is completed well, it will be rewarded by the division headquarters."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't know that they would be assigned such a task, but the few 96 tanks in front of them had begun to take shape and seemed ready to fight.

"Sir, why are we repairing the tank ourselves?"

"If you can't repair tanks, you can't become a qualified tank soldier. Tanks are not easy-to-control machines. It takes a long-term break-in between man and vehicle to adapt. Disassembling and assembling various equipment is a shortcut to deepen the break-in. Believe me, this method is very practical. , fuel-efficient."

Inspired by his words, everyone climbed into several trucks loaded with tools and drove to the treasure designated by Yahini.

He has brought here all the seemingly complete tanks on the battlefield, but there are still missing parts. Taking advantage of the reports from the recruits, he sent them to the battlefield to search again carefully.He knew that these people had only a superficial understanding of tanks, and most of them had only had 5 to 10 hours of basic training on the "Alzara" tank. Through such tasks, they could deepen their understanding of the tank's mechanical part.In addition, he also hoped that these people could come close to the cruelest tank battlefield and feel how insignificant the human body is on this battlefield where steel collides.He hoped that his crew would consider the following issues more, first, how to avoid becoming the target of the enemy; second, how to find the target before the enemy.The kind of person who thinks he can rampage against a steel plate is not what he wants.

In the area 10 kilometers north of Mathura, the multinational coalition forces were finally unable to break through the interception of Chinese tanks. Within 5 hours from the early morning assault to the present, Yelinsky lost one-third of his troops. Now Agra is approaching. In front of him, there are crises on all sides.

He did not expect the Indian army in Mathura to come to the rescue. In fact, after the Chinese army approached, the Indian army there had already fled. An hour ago, the situation in Mathura had been controlled by a guerrilla.

Yelinsky called Ogudan twice, but did not get a response, and the inter-vehicle data link could not find the brigadier's car.

Chinese tanks beat his flanks hard, but in the front, his powerful M1A2sep couldn't catch the enemy. The enemy made good use of the slightly undulating terrain nearby and retreated slowly. It seemed passive, but in fact it fully grasped the rhythm .

Yelinsky knew that he was falling into a trap and had no time to hesitate. He ordered the main force to turn to the side and rescue the Stryker tanks and Humvees that were being beaten by enemy tanks as soon as possible, and the wedge formation that broke out from the group broke down.Without helicopter cover, such operations are too difficult.

Fu Xiaoguang received an order to lure the enemy to retreat. The additional enemy situation in the order showed that the main force of the enemy army was turning around and approaching him. He knew that he should not be greedy for petty gains for the time being, so he immediately used smoke to cover himself and retreated to the northwest.

The laser range measurement of the enemy in the rear is immediately sensed by the sensor on the top of the turret, but the laser countermeasure system of the 99 tank is no longer effective. The enemy uses coded laser pulses for range measurement, which is not easy to interfere, and it takes time to detect the range measurement. It is very short, and the speed of the follow-up countermeasure system greatly limits the countermeasure effect.

Judging from the above signs, the enemy's attack should be the strongest troops on the front line with the best electronic equipment.But he can't retreat too deep. According to He Fan's intention, being able to attract the enemy's main force will help him attack from the other side.Fu Xiaoguang ordered to retreat at a distance of more than 3700 meters. The opponent's 120mm gun can easily penetrate the rear armor of the 99mm at this distance, but the accuracy is not enough to hit such a distant moving target.If he can lure this powerful enemy away from the main battlefield, he is determined to fight them hard.

The menacing M1A2SEP company came after them. They spent most of the fuel in the morning, but they couldn't find a machine to shoot within 2000 meters. Now they can't wait to swallow each other in one gulp.

He Fan glanced at the digital map. Fu Xiaoguang is leading the enemy away. There is a low-grade road leading to Agra behind him. This is a favorable feature that he can use to counterattack, so he ordered to retreat to the road and stop retreated.

Rural roads in India are mostly intermediate roads filled with mud and gravel. To prevent floods in the rainy season, most of them protrude from the road surface by 1 to 1.5 meters. For tank commanders, this is a very useful counterattack terrain.After the tank retreated across the road, he was still releasing smoke, creating the illusion that his side continued to retreat.He jumped out of the tank alone with the radio, and ran forward 30 meters to observe the enemy's situation.

After the enemy's formation collapsed, there were about 30 M1A2 tanks in front of them, the number of which was comparable to that of He Fan. They were unsuspecting and continued to rush forward in a loose formation, not very fast.He Fan ordered all tanks to be equipped with depleted uranium armor-piercing ammunition. The density of this new type of ammunition is slightly higher than that of tungsten-core ammunition, and the stability of long-distance trajectory is also slightly better.

About two and a half companies of Yelinsky's tanks are still advancing at a medium speed according to inertia.Most of the commanders' attention has shifted from the targets in front to the fighter jets roaring overhead from time to time, and they know that those planes are not their own.The accompanying anti-aircraft tanks had already shot down two Pakistani Xiaolong fighters, but they still shuttled around desperately, driving away the helicopters sent by Agra to cover them.

He Fan used a handheld laser rangefinder to measure the range of the tanks in front one by one. Seeing that some of the enemies recklessly entered the 3-kilometer limit, the rest of the tanks fell behind, and the heads of some commanders were exposed.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and the gunners of the Foreign Legion were surprised to see the protruding turrets protruding from a road embankment in front of them.

He Fan's first decent counterattack began. The 125mm depleted uranium armor-piercing projectile tested the opponent's frontal armor.The shells roared and flew a huge distance in just over a second, and most of them hit the target. The shooting accuracy of the 1 tank in the parking state has almost reached the limit level on the training ground. Of course, it must also be attributed to the large frontal projection of the Abrams tank.

Only one tank stopped, and the rest continued to move forward. It seems that their armor is still very strong at a distance of 3 kilometers.

The enemy launched a counterattack in a hurry. It was very difficult for them to hit the Type 99 tank with only the turret exposed.First, they are walking on undulating ground, and second, the effective front of the target hiding behind the roadbed is too small.

He Fan returned to his tank and waited for the exchange of fire. He had already entered the countdown. According to his grasp of the enemy's capabilities, the enemy would measure his blocking position and contact artillery in a short time, so he could only Hold for 3 minutes.

He continued to observe the enemy's counterattack efficiency distractedly, and the opponent's shelling interval began to decrease again. It seemed that the physical fitness of the western loaders still had room to explode.

Most of the shells that flew across flew in the direction of the height of the 99 tank turret, but none of them hit. It seems that the accuracy of the enemy's artillery servo in the high and low directions is high enough to deal with such a small target, but in the direction The deviation is larger, which may be caused by the cross wind.

The Chinese tanks launched the second round of shelling, and continued to test the enemy's armor at a distance of 2600 meters. After the circle, smoke quickly diffused from the various gaps in the tank. This is a typical performance after the depleted uranium bomb hits the target.In the simulation experiment, once the depleted uranium armor is penetrated, the fragments scattered by itself are often the cause of the fire, which is the two sides of the use of depleted uranium armor.

"It seems that the composite plus depleted uranium on the front is not invulnerable."

Finally, a 120mm shell hit the front of the wedge-shaped armor on the turret of a 99 tank, which is the thickest piece of armor on the 99 tank.

The huge kinetic energy cut a huge gap on the side of the armor, but the shattered bullet core stopped deep in the armor, which triggered a short-term combustion outside the turret, and did not penetrate the tank.

When the enemy approached 2400 meters, they began to hesitate. Some vehicle crews began to prevent smoke and gave up the very unfavorable confrontation. This made the firepower of the Chinese tanks concentrate on a few visible targets.

Several tanks that were too late to hide in the smoke were hit by several shells in succession, the first one was directly penetrated by a shell, and the shell killed the half-lying driver and the rear loader.Tanks can be seen coming to a standstill, with huge cannons hanging down to the ground.

Several brave Humvees got out of the smoke and tried to launch the Javelin missile, but the Javelin could not lock the front of the tank at the limit distance and was quickly cleared away by the grenade.He Fan realized that the enemy must have retreated into the smoke to wait for fire support.

(End of this chapter)