Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 785 The disaster of extinction
But Yamura had no choice, even though he was the most senior staff officer after the railway bridge was suddenly blown up, he could already feel that things were not going well.

Why would the enemy blow up a bridge far from the combat zone?This is obviously unreasonable.The simplest explanation is that the enemy has discovered his intention, which means that there must be pursuers behind.All he could do was to order the trees to be cut down along the roadside, and to repeat the same trick, destroying the track marks on the ground, but there was no doubt that the ground where the trees had dragged it looked odd and would still be spotted by an experienced hand.

His troops still carry 2 inflatable lifeboats. If they abandon tanks and vehicles, they can cross the river in 20 minutes, and then they can find Indian troops nearby and use their vehicles to go to Agra.Of course, Yamura knew exactly where the nearby Indian troops were stationed.But he forced himself to give up this most rational plan, and he had to work hard to save the last one, even a tank.Unlike being destroyed on the battlefield, it is obviously a matter of damaging the honor of the Army to discard weapons on the battlefield in World War I.

Before going abroad, Yamura received a secret meeting from the prime minister, who asked him not to forget the honor of the soldiers in the Showa era, and to show the prestige of the army.The Prime Minister mentioned the army very deliberately, obviously with deep meaning.There has always been a saying in the Integrated Staff Supervision Department: The Army of the Showa era has never been defeated by the Chinese Army.

Although the prerequisite for joining the coalition is that they leave the Self-Defense Forces in advance, everyone knows that it is a pretense, and they still shoulder the honor of the army.If this battle is won, Japan will grandly obtain the status of a normal country, which is promised by the United States, and its position in the new order established by the United States will also change.

This time, all NATO countries in Europe refused to send troops, even the United Kingdom.In the end, the United States only recruited Japan, South Korea, and Australia to dispatch combat troops. New Zealand and Canada dispatched logistical and medical troops symbolically, while Japan dispatched the most tanks. Obviously, Japan has become an important force that the United States must rely on .

Yamura ordered the Fujimaki squad to monitor the enemy's situation 2 kilometers away. All 8 tanks began to prepare for the dive, and the rest of the non-combatants on the jeep first used rubber boats to cross the river.

He did not fully grasp the hydrological data of this river, but the river is not wide, so there seems to be no major problem.

15 kilometers away, Huang Dexing's mechanized troops are rushing over. He still doesn't know the target is in the assembly area by the river. He guesses that if the Japanese team was going towards the railway bridge, it should not be far from there. If they know the location of crossing the river Of course, the best way is to rely on the air force to solve the problem, but if you can't grasp the location information in advance, sending the air force to reconnaissance will easily scare the snake.There are jungles and hills on both sides of the river, which is very conducive to tanks hiding and moving.And the jet's radar is almost useless in this area.

At present, there is only one unmanned aerial vehicle integrated with surveillance and attack moving on the river to monitor any suspicious movements on the north bank, but there is no result for the time being.

In fact, Lin Huaisheng's headquarters was not very enthusiastic about this pursuit at the beginning, because the main forces were all staring at the main force of the coalition forces in the south. It seemed that it was of little value to pursue this remnant enemy, which probably had less than 100 men.It was not until the latest information obtained from New Zealand prisoners of war that there was a high-ranking officer in this small group of troops who had been engaged in research on the Chinese army for a long time, and things changed; so that Xu Jingzhe, thousands of kilometers away, deliberately Instruct Lin Huaisheng to catch alive.

Now Huang Dexing became Lin Huaisheng's only candidate who could carry out this task.

The 99 tank and the accompanying infantry fighting vehicles stopped, and Huang Dexing jumped to the ground to check the traces.The enemy was hiding in the dark, and before crossing the road, they discarded the big tree that was dragged behind the car, so now as long as they leave the road, their rubber tracks will still leave traces, but Yamura has been driving on the gravel road in the countryside, and the traces need Only by careful observation can we find out.

Heavy vehicles drive down India's low grade gravel roads and still leave marks, especially if they're all on one side.He noticed the crack marks on the left side of the road. This was the mark left by the unique Japanese single file. They drove so neatly that they crushed the road. This is also in line with the Japanese driving habit of driving on the right and driving on the left.

He returned to the car and continued to direct the tank group forward while waiting for the drone to find something.

After driving for a further distance, he noticed that several trees on the side of the road had been knocked down. Obviously, this is where the enemy left the road. He ordered the tank to drive off the road, chasing the track marks of the enemy.He didn't even need to leave the tank. Sitting on the turret, he could see the tracks of tanks in the sunken jungle extending forward, and there were shallow wheel marks nearby, which indicated that the enemy still had troops in cars accompanying him.

He checked the map, and the enemy was heading straight for the river. It seemed that his guess was very reasonable.

When passing through an open area, the track should suddenly disappear again. It seems that the enemy has cut down a few big trees and dragged them behind the car to hide their traces. These Japanese have various tricks, which really aroused Huang Dexing's interest. He had never fought against such treacherous and suspicious guys before, probably the air force bombed the bridge to scare them.

He was thinking about the possible next move of his opponent when suddenly a jeep came out of the woods in front and stopped him directly. An officer in the passenger seat waved desperately to him.

Huang Dexing ordered the brigade to stop, and the officer wearing the rank of lieutenant easily found Huang Dexing's command vehicle in the third row, and jumped onto the chassis at once.

"Comrade, I'm from the Reconnaissance Section of the 223rd Brigade. I'm tracking enemy tanks. They're all Japanese. They're going there. You chase them there, and you'll be there in 30 minutes."

The lieutenant pointed to the left, which was exactly the opposite direction to Huang Dexing's prediction.The lieutenant reported that the troops belonged to the He Fan system, and it was indeed normal to appear in this area.

"there?"

"That's right, it's there. There are quite a few of them, more than 10." Fujimaki's northeast dialect was almost flawless.

However, Huang Dexing was still suspicious. As far as he knew, the investigation department of the 223rd Brigade did not have a northeast accent.He caught a glimpse of the other three people on the jeep below who seemed rather nervous, and one of them was holding his gun tightly, and glanced at himself from time to time.

"I also chased after the traces. Are there any traces on the ground?"

"Hey, little devil, ghost, ghost, they dragged the rotten wood behind and wiped out the track marks. Listen to me, it's right in front." The other party responded freely, and there was no problem with the language.However, Huang Dexing always felt that something was wrong. The jeep below was still painted in yellow-brown desert camouflage. The driver's seat was on the right. This was a vehicle produced to adapt to the driving habits of Pakistan. For the equipment provided to Pakistan, He Fan was still on the plateau at that time, and his troops had not yet formed; in fact, no Chinese army used such right-hand drive vehicles, because it was difficult to adapt; but the Japanese would feel comfortable driving them, so that Forget about the problems in it.

"Thanks to you, big brother. Otherwise, this trip would be in vain."

"You're welcome, I caught the Japanese devil and kicked him for me. I still have a task to go to the north first."

"Okay. You go your way."

"If you catch a big fish, our chief will also have a bright face."

Fujimaki laughed and jumped off the tank and returned to his car.He recognized the opponent's unit at a glance, so he pretended to be He Fan's subordinate to avoid being seen through, and it seemed that he succeeded again this time; but he didn't know that his last sentence was completely exposed, because it was absolutely If someone who is not in He Fan's hands can say it, He Fan will definitely not think that Wang Zhenbei may bring honor to himself.

Huang Dexing got into the tank and quickly closed the hatch to prevent the enemy from throwing a grenade in. Then he found the infantry company behind on the communication control box.

"Commander 3, this jeep is a Japanese spy. Go over there and hit it. Don't hurt anyone. You will live."

He was still not [-]% sure, so he didn't dare to crush it with a tank, so he let the infantry fighting vehicle do the job.

Fujimaki sat in the car with a smile on his face, waiting for the enemy to leave.He also realized that things seemed a little too simple, but didn't know what the problem was.

An infantry fighting vehicle behind suddenly rushed out of the queue, knocking the jeep into the side of the road, and the four Japanese rolled to the ground together.A few infantrymen drilled out from behind the infantry fighting vehicle and immediately controlled the situation.Fujimaki still wanted to pretend to be garlic and yelled for a misunderstanding, but his men saw the signs of the troops and all raised their hands and surrendered.

"Captain Huang, he's Japanese, and he's found a radio station."

"Ask the whereabouts of the enemy tanks. Don't ask the lieutenant. He is the most cunning. By the way, this kid deserves a beating. Give me a few kicks."

Sure enough, when he got rough, the other Japanese were frightened, and they all confessed honestly. Yamura's whereabouts were in the same direction as Huang Dexing had judged before.

2 km away.Yamura's remnant troops had completed their preparations for diving and began to cross the river. Just in case, Yamura's car took the first position. He hoped to take the lead and try to find a way for his troops.When Fujimaki found the pursuers and sent a warning, the command vehicle was under the water, so Yamura did not receive this critical message.

With a thick snorkel on top of the tank, it was slowly driving in the unknown river.During the exercise, a thick tube with the same thickness as the captain's cabin door is usually used for air intake. The commander can stand on it to command, and personnel can enter and exit through the tube at critical times, which is naturally much safer.However, such an air intake pipe is obviously not suitable for peering. In wartime, only very thin peering air pipes can be used, usually placed behind the turret.

As a result, the tank can only drive in the dark like a submarine according to a simplified set of inertial navigation equipment.

After 5 minutes, Yamura's tank finally climbed to the opposite bank. It seems that there is no problem at the bottom of the river.So he used the radio to call his remaining 7 tanks into the water.

Afterwards, Yamura climbed out of the turret and began to remove the sealing device on the muzzle and seat ring. Once there was a situation on the other side, his wet car was the only force that could be used to resist. Communication, which made him a little nervous.

The vertical ventilation pipes in the river are moving slowly, and seven 7 tank tanks have successfully crossed the middle of the river, and victory is in sight.

Once the river crossing is successful, the river will become an obstacle to the enemy's pursuit. A shrewd commander is always good at using the ebb and flow of geographical factors to check and balance a strong enemy. Thinking of this, he can't help but start to feel complacent.

"Why hasn't Fujimaki come back? We don't have time to wait for him."

All I saw was a sudden commotion in the woods on the other side of the river, and a large flock of birds took off for no reason. Obviously, this was not something that Fujimaki's jeep could startle.He walked to the turret and picked up the communicator.

About 10 tanks spread out one by one, and rushed out of the woods on the opposite bank.Yamura's gunner, who was riding in the car, saw this situation at the same time. He quickly turned the turret, and unexpectedly pushed the officer standing on the chassis outside to the ground.

Then the gunner discovered that the sealing ring of the laser ranging was still not removed. He could see the enemy about 500 meters away, but he could not measure the distance accurately.The gunner resolutely fired a cannonball, and the shell rubbed against the side of a 99, and all the Chinese tanks were still staring at the snorkel in the river, and they hadn't noticed this lonely 90. Now he He drew the opponent's attention.

Within 20 seconds, a random cannon shot smashed the 90 that was facing each other across the bank into scrap iron.Then all the tank commanders climbed out of the turrets and fired at the periscope-like snorkels with 12.7mm machine guns.Pieces of bullets flew over, and soon interrupted several ventilation pipes, and bubbles began to pop up underwater. Once the air was lost, the people below were almost sentenced to death, because the members in the tank were still alive before the water was filled. It is difficult to open any hatch to escape.

The tank does not have any special ammunition. To deal with similar situations, the smart gunner of the tank began to fire infantry bombs to the surface of the water. The dense fragments formed after the explosion of this ammunition can easily cut off the thin air pipe. When launching armor-piercing projectiles underwater, they guessed the approximate location of the underwater tank based on the situation of the snorkel. If they could hit the underwater tank, they would naturally be able to penetrate the weak rear.

All kinds of ammunition shot at the water surface, and the river boiled for a while. A drone that arrived hurriedly flew by. It couldn't drop the bomb because it couldn't find the laser reflection point, but it took pictures of this terrible moment.

The 2-minute concentrated fire stopped, and Huang Dexing ordered a ceasefire to observe. If the enemy managed to get through by chance, it would be time to climb to the opposite bank by now, but no tank came out of the water.

When the smoke cleared, the water surface gradually returned to calm, only sporadic places were still churning with bubbles. Huang Dexing got out of the tank, sighed and shook his head. As a tank soldier, he was most afraid of being reimbursed in this way, and he didn't think it would be eliminated in this way. The enemy is very glorious. Of course, having said that, it is impossible for him to let his colleagues go ashore and fight again.

The Chinese tanks did not continue to fire at the Japanese troops on the opposite bank, and then turned and left.

A Japanese soldier who had crossed the river earlier quietly ran out of the woods. He found the unconscious Yamura next to the tank ruins on the river beach, and woke him up with cold water.

Yamura stared blankly at the river that had already calmed down. His men and horses came to this country with great pride, and now they almost ended up with annihilation. This is a huge failure that he absolutely cannot tolerate.He walked slowly to the river and drew his pistol.

With a gunshot, Yamura fell to the side of the river.The remaining about 12 Japanese troops then found the nearby Indian troops and finally came to Agra.

When Yamura’s mixed force set off, it had a strong military capacity. There were 60 tanks and 40 various combat vehicles. Although there were only a thousand people, they were the absolute main force of the coalition forces. In the end, only 350 remained in the command in Agra. Ministry personnel and support personnel fled.In addition, there are about 260 captives who will return to Japan after spending several months in China. Fujimaki Toshishiro is the only one among the captives identified as a spy. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Three years later was released.

(End of this chapter)