Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 812 Central Government Building
The drone was circling slowly, and the operator could see the friendly tanks below working together almost seamlessly, apparently on two levels with other Pakistani units he had seen these days.

The rest of Yahini's tanks filed out and began firing at the enemy tanks behind the wreckage of the second.From the top of the central government building, rockets flew down towards the tank group from time to time, but because the tanks were far away, most of them hit the ground.The task of cleaning up the enemy on the commanding heights falls on the front of the rear infantry fighting vehicles. These backward fighting vehicles have a 73mm cannon with a large elevation angle and machine guns that can hit the opponent, but they can't get too close. Their armor can't resist There are several small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers on the roof.The Indian central government building is also an important urban landmark building, politically side by side with the People's House of Representatives or the Prime Minister's Office.

This generation is quite solid buildings, and Yahini has no capital to conquer them for the time being. No one knows how many soldiers are crammed into the central building, and it is estimated that there will be no less than 2 battalions.

He planned to occupy the western end of Dashar Avenue first, controlling the streets from Nehru Park to the vicinity of the central government building, and then conquer this building to gain a foothold in the city center.In this strong city, only by gradually capturing some important buildings can the enemy be slowly squeezed out.Otherwise, the tanks would just occupy the streets, and they would still be in an unsupported situation. It would not be possible to rely on his mechanized infantry battalion to conquer these heavily fortified buildings, but to wait for the elite paratroopers assigned to him by Colonel Sartre from his superiors.

Intelligence showed that the Indians had invested in the most tenacious 50th Airborne Brigade in the core area. Their accurate shots were often aimed at the tank sighting equipment. Younis' straight-line thinking told him that he must use his own paratroopers in a tit-for-tat manner.Since Yahini and Amir's two armies are doing well, the superiors, eager to win, agree to invest the last bit of capital in him.This time Yahini strikes faster than Amir, who pays more attention to equipment than people.

Rahman's tank surrounded enemy tanks from behind, and under the condescending gaze of the drone, the movements of the enemy below were clearly visible.The Indian tanks originally planned to rush from the underground facility to the street for a surprise attack, but in a blink of an eye, they were blocked on both sides of the street and beaten.

A VT4 slowly drove out from the corner of the street, completely ignoring its own course of action, and was already seen by infantry on a nearby government building.Rahman was confident that Indian tanks lacked the means to communicate with infantry.

Sure enough, the enemy's attention was once again attracted by the front Yahini, and the VT4 slowly exposed the barrel with a very small throttle.The gunner can search for the enemy with the most stable field of view.

150 meters away, the buttocks of a T90S were gradually exposed. Driving at a low speed made black smoke billow from the rear of the tank. The T90's perimeter mirror is linked to a 36° rotating machine gun. Experienced tankers can get a general idea of ​​where the commander under the machine gun is observing from the pointing of the machine gun.Obviously the enemy's attention is still ahead.

Rahman asked the gunner to calm down. He didn't want to fire rashly and only damage the enemy's engine or a few road wheels in the end.

Under the restraint of Rahman, the gunner operated the gun and aimed it steadily at the position of the central snorkel behind the target turret before firing.The shells directly penetrated the front and rear layers of armor of the turret, and the high-temperature fragments even detonated the front reactive armor.The turret was sent flying into the sky in the explosion, hitting nearby buildings and leveling a machine gun bunker.

Gunships in the distance, noticing infantry pouring out of the six-story central government building, began using machine guns to prevent them from taking positions where they might fire the tanks.The enemy immediately shrank back, and there was no trace of the enemy on the roof anymore.

The two companies of Yahini and Rahman attacked back and forth, annihilating 2 enemy tanks within 8 minutes.Then the Pakistani tank troops pushed several burning wrecks of enemy tanks directly into the gate of the underground garage of the government building to prevent other tanks hiding underground from emerging quickly.

On the other side of the street, Amir was also gathering all his troops to launch a battle to attack the block near the Prime Minister's Palace.

Facing the enemy's tight defense, he resorted to the previous method again, firing the self-propelled artillery directly onto the street, ready to sweep away all enemies blocking the way.But the government district was very different from the areas attacked before. The streets here are very open and the buildings are surprisingly strong.Self-propelled guns cannot destroy a house with just a few turret shots.

The radio monitoring unit learned that Muyar's Guards had appeared near the bunkers dug around Connola Square. They were equipped with a large number of anti-tank missiles, some of which were American-made Javelin missiles.

Under tremendous pressure, Amir was still unwilling to wait for troops from other directions to be in place, but prepared to take the lead in attacking and grabbing the first prize.However, he also felt that the bones of the central block were difficult to crack. In order to fight against the enemy's increasingly strong resistance, he will creatively invent a new attack formation. He will break down the original troops and use tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and self-propelled artillery. , formed a new unit for street assaults.He believes that this new formation can give full play to the shooting range and power of various weapons, so as to hit all the vital areas he wants to go.

Two Typhoon fighter jets flew over the center of New Delhi at low altitude. These fighter jets did not belong to any of China, India and Pakistan. They were volunteer aviation provided by Pakistan's Middle East allies.They dropped laser-guided pavement bombs on the ground, destroying two detected reinforced concrete street forts, and the explosive power of the ground penetration attack was too powerful, completely destroying the two 2mm cannons in the bunker.

The fire support had just been completed and it was time to test out Amir's new tactics. His first Leopard II tank rushed out of the street and was immediately hit by a spandrel missile, but failed to penetrate.The tank continued on its way without fear.The several weasel infantry fighting vehicles that followed behind rushed forward without knowing what to do, completely forgetting their weight.

Everything unfolded according to the script envisaged by Amir. The infantry fighting vehicle began to use the 20mm remote-controlled cannon to suppress the enemy's firepower, and there was basically no dead angle for shooting.The two self-propelled artillery in the rear are ready to follow up at any time, providing the most violent artillery fire.If these three axes are implemented according to his ideas, the whole street will be taken down.

In the distance, the municipal council building and the National Museum building with horns rang out at the same time. The sound of a diesel engine sounded at the same time. Of course, the Pakistani soldiers in the rumbling chariot could not have heard it, otherwise they should be alert.

On the walls of the second floors of the two buildings, continuous and slight explosions occurred. The explosion points arranged in advance on the walls were detonated. Figure 40 shooting hole.In the blink of an eye, these two main urban buildings turned into fortresses.Several hidden Bofors [-]mm anti-aircraft guns were exposed.

This highly automated weapon can be operated by a single person, and its flat shot is powerful enough to penetrate ordinary tanks. The 2 machine guns on the 6 buildings fired almost simultaneously, and the crossfire directly targeted the Leopard II tank and the infantry fighting vehicle behind.In an instant, all the protruding equipment on the top of the Leopard II turret was destroyed, and at the same time, the gunner's observation and sighting facilities on the front of the turret were destroyed, and the tank was equivalent to scrapped.The three weasels behind the tank were beaten to pieces.

Two 2-type self-propelled howitzers turned around the corner very untimely. They were originally going to provide the most direct fire support in the rear after the front tanks suppressed the frontal firepower.But when they turned the street, the tide of battle turned, and most of the chariots ahead were reduced to burning wrecks.

One of the self-propelled guns immediately confronted the 40mm fast gun that had changed its ammunition and was cooling down.Like a clockwork, the gunner swings the huge howitzer towards the target.

The howitzer opened fire first, and immediately opened a huge hole in the city hall building. All the glass windows damaged by the war on the entire 1st to 6th floors were immediately swept away by the strong air wave for the second time, and there was not even glass shards left. The two 2mm guns were wiped out in an instant.However, a Javelin missile flying from the roof of the building, after turning in the air, directly hit the top of the self-propelled artillery, destroying it cleanly.Another howitzer that followed quickly backed up around the corner.

Amir hid in the command vehicle and kept watching the front through the Leopard II video, but the video suddenly disappeared, and he realized that the Leopard II was destroyed.

He angrily grabbed the communicator and asked the two infantry companies to charge as originally planned. Although all the chariots that needed infantry cover had been destroyed, he was like a red-eyed gambler, hoping that the infantry could help him make money.

The infantry were forced to charge quickly against the walls, hoping to find a crack along the street and slip through.But when they passed the burning wreckage of the tank, they were immediately caught in crossfire from both sides.Most of the objects blocking the shooting range on the offensive road were cleared in advance, and there was a machine gun behind every door that might be used by the offensive side.This area is open, there is no place to hide, it is absolutely unfair to the attackers.

Amir frantically dispatched the second detachment, which still consisted of a tank and 3 infantry fighting vehicles.The Typhoon fighter jets in the air circled around and flew back again, but there was no target to attack at all.Although these advanced aircraft carry precision munitions, their ground observation/attack capabilities are extremely weak.The targets that could not be marked on the digital map before take-off could not be found after take-off, especially the Indians learned their lesson and no longer went to the top of the Chen Bing Building.

Two weakly armored self-propelled guns tried to appear on the street and shoot directly, but they faced some government buildings that could not be destroyed even if they were riddled with holes. The previous flat-fire tactics were no longer effective. .Soon, the wreckage of various chariots were all over the square in front of the city hall building.

Amir's troops have indeed made some progress, but it is only the superficial streets. Some of the main buildings in his occupied area are still resisting, completely separating his occupied area.He didn't think deeply about consolidating his base, he just wanted to win the war as soon as possible.He originally thought that with the terrifying firepower, he could scare the enemy away all the way, and the enemy's resistance would become weaker and weaker, but the fact was not what he imagined, the enemy's resistance was getting stronger and stronger.The armored force he invested blindly was swallowed up by the ruins in a blink of an eye.

Contrary to Amir, Yahini carefully chose a relatively simple theater and did not touch the hardest part.Due to the underground deployment of the enemy, the drone cannot directly judge the deployment of the enemy's troops, but he has observed refugees fleeing from the west early in the morning.He knew that the Self-Defense Forces did not allow refugees to cross the front line, so he had already judged that this was not a key area for the enemy to fortify.It is closer to the Chinese army, and most of the defense zone is defended by the army with a weak will to fight.It seems like a soft persimmon that can be pinched.

The paratroopers command took the lead in taking the old-fashioned M113 transport vehicle provided by the division and rushed to Yahini's position.In an unstable urban area, it is very dangerous to pass through this kind of thinly armored tank, and it is easy to be attacked by Molotov cocktails or rocket launchers when driving on narrow streets.However, under Yahini's reminder, this force passed through the stalemate zone between the two sides at a very high speed.Now they will face the battle to capture the central government building.So far, no Pakistani army has planted a military flag on an important landmark in New Delhi.Veteran field reporters from Western news agencies judged that if the Pakistani army could not control several major nodes in the city center, they would probably be driven back to their starting positions at night, or even retreated further.

Yahini studied the boxy central government building with Colonel Salter.Sart said that storming is not advisable, he can use helicopters to transport 2 platoons to 1 company of troops to the roof of the building.If the helicopter takes off from the area controlled by the Chinese army in the south and flies all the way low, there is not much time left for the enemy's air defense forces relying on visual search to react, he is willing to take a gamble.If you choose some of the same models used by the Indian Army, you can further confuse them, and he expects to have a good chance.

Yahini has always believed that the unexpected plan is the most feasible, so he proceeded to deploy it.

When the 2 Little Foxes and 2 Mi-17 helicopters loaded with paratroopers began to move, Yahini's began to intensify the fire on the central government building to cover the noise of the helicopters. Four helicopters lined up in a tight formation and flew in the direction of the Safford Jones Army Hospital.They must control altitude to avoid premature exposure.India no longer has much radar, but the infantry still has a lot of portable missiles in their hands.

Before all the Indian anti-aircraft firepower and snipers could react, the first two Little Fox helicopters flew to the roof of the building in a blink of an eye. Just near the original helipad, 4 paratroopers on the skid quickly jumped off and controlled the attack. Platform with access below.The Xiaohu helicopter carrying the rocket nest quickly lifted into the air and suppressed and fired at the commanding heights nearby where snipers might be hidden. This was just a feint to cover the action of the Mi-17.

The next two Mi-2s took advantage of the chaos and rushed to the roof. They hovered above the two corners. Within ten seconds, all the paratroopers jumped off the plane.But then an anti-aircraft missile went off and shot down a Little Fox helicopter.Burning wreckage fell in front of Yahini's eyes as he charged.

10 tanks and 8 infantry fighting vehicles rushed up the four rows of steps of the building from four directions and rushed into the lobby on the first floor.Yahini's tank took the lead again and smashed through the south main gate, and the smiling bronze statue of Gandhi was right in front of him.Several panicked Indian soldiers were firing from behind the bronze statue.

Saad drove the tank directly into the bronze statue of Gandhi, and then rushed forward along the straight red carpet.Suddenly saw a T90 tank, just ahead, Assad did not expect that the enemy would deploy the tank in the building, just as Indian tankers did not expect the enemy tank to rush into the building directly.However, he reacted very quickly and rushed directly to the opponent, knocking the Indian tank down in the middle.Saad quickly reversed the car, and when he was about to make room for the gunners to shoot, he could see three Indian tankers fleeing from various exits at an appalling speed.

(End of this chapter)