At this point, the situation got out of control.

After discovering that the vanguard of the Pakistani army had begun to retreat, the Indian commander made a miscalculation, believing that the Pakistani offensive had been thwarted.

Of course, it also has something to do with the situation at the time.

The direction of the Pakistani army's offensive is relatively scattered, and it is obviously impossible for the Indian army to pull the front apart.

Why?

There are not enough tanks.

Due to the limitation of troops, the Indian army could only hit and defend a few key points, such as the road in the eastern suburbs.

If the Pakistani army takes a detour from the flank, then the Indian troops concentrated on the road are very likely to be counter-surrounded and completely annihilated by the Pakistani army.

In fact, after the vanguard was blocked, the Pakistani army had already begun to make a detour.

At this time, the Indian commander had no choice.

Waiting is sure to be death.

Then you can only launch a counterattack.

For this reason, the commander of the Indian army gave the order to counterattack the armored brigade on standby, which was actually 2 armored battalions and no assisted infantry units.

The fighting took place near the eastern suburbs road.

Although the Pakistani army has begun to make a roundabout, for the Pakistani army, the eastern suburbs road must be seized, because it is the support for continuing to advance southward.

As a result, the Pakistani army also threw 1 armored battalion in this direction.

With the appearance of the Indian army's counterattack force, the Pakistani army immediately made adjustments and sent a reserve, that is, a mechanized infantry battalion.

In terms of troops.

The Indian army has 2 armored battalions, but only 57 Arjun 2 main battle tanks.

Two battalions, originally 64 tanks, but seven of them broke down and remained in the barracks south of Bertangate and did not participate in the night's fighting.

The Pakistani army also has 2 battalions, but there are 54 Khalid 2 and 30 VN-17 infantry fighting vehicles.

Obviously, the Pakistani army clearly has the upper hand.

Actually, there is not much suspense in this battle.

Why?

"Arjun-2" is not at all a match for "Khalid 2", not to mention the VN-17 infantry fighting vehicle.

This infantry fighting vehicle comes from Saudi Arabia, to be precise, it is still a military trade product of China, and there are some differences from its own heavy infantry fighting vehicles.

In fact, Saudi Arabia did not purchase much VN-17.

At the beginning, the purchase of VN-17 from Huaxia was only to fill the gap in equipment, and to put it bluntly, it was an emergency.

With the VN-17, the Saudi Army was not very satisfied.

Why?

It's too light.

After the civil war in Iraq, the Saudi Army has clearly realized that the main value of infantry fighting vehicles is actually in the cities.

In order to cope with the needs of urban warfare, what the Saudis needed was a heavy infantry fighting vehicle.

Does VN-17 count?

With a total combat weight of more than 30 tons, it can barely be considered a heavy infantry fighting vehicle, but it is still far from the requirements put forward by the Saudi Army.

Of course, the arms enterprises of Huaxia have already improved the VN-17 according to the needs of the Saudi Army.

Strictly speaking, the VN-17 is still an infantry fighting vehicle in the traditional sense.

How so?

That is, in cooperation with the main battle tank, mainly in field warfare, its urban combat capability is not strong, and it can only barely cope with it.

After the battle began, the VN-17 was the first to strike.

Why?

The VN-17 is armed with anti-tank missiles with a range of up to 10 kilometers!

In fact, this was also installed in response to the needs of the Saudi Army, and the standard version of the VN-17 is equipped with anti-tank missiles with a range of only 6 kilometers.

In order to bring out the power of anti-tank missiles, the VN-17 is equipped with the latest infrared imager.

Even better than Khalid 2's!

In battle, it is often the VN-17 that is lagging behind to discover the target first, and through the data link, the target's bearing information is sent to the main battle tank in front.

Of course, the VN-17 was able to preemptively fire with anti-tank missiles.

With anti-tank missiles with a long enough range, as well as advanced sighting equipment, the VN-17 is often able to pull up to 1,000 meters behind the tank.

With the VN-17 firing, "Khalid 2" also went into battle.

At this time, "Arjun 2" was still more than 2,000 meters away.

Obviously, at this distance, "Arjun 2" simply could not hit "Khalid 2", let alone an infantry fighting vehicle at a distance of about 4,000 meters.

It can be seen that this is not a fair fight.

Later, many Indian tankmen who were taken prisoner were not convinced.

Why?

Until the end of the battle, few "Arjun 2" received a chance to fire.

Although some of the "Arjun 2" immediately fired back, they were limited by the observation system, and even more limited by the performance of the tank gun, and they were all wasting shells.

After less than 10 minutes of fighting, the morale of the Indian tankers was reduced to zero.

At this time, the commander of the Indian army also reacted.

Playing against "Khalid 2", "Arjun 2" is indeed far behind.

Although the Indian commander gave the order to retreat at the first time, the tanks that had already been killed could not be withdrawn at all.

Why?

The maneuverability of Arjun 2 is too bad!

Although relying on imported clutches and suspension devices, "Arjun 2" can do some stunts at the parade, such as turning in place with zero radius, but the huge weight of the vehicle and the low output power of the engine make it difficult for it to play normally on the battlefield.

In the summer, this is even more so.

In the words of the tank soldiers of the Indian army, you have to supply "Arjun 2" like an uncle, otherwise you may not know when the chain will fall.

It is for this reason that "Arjun 2" has always been called a tank on the parade ground.

If you can't beat it, you can't even retreat now.

From the time the VN-17 took the lead in firing to the destruction of the last "Arjun 2" that tried to retreat by reversing, this armored battle involving more than 100 tanks lasted less than one hour, and the last 40 minutes were almost all about chasing and destroying the fleeing Indian tanks.

After that, the Pakistani army made great efforts to drag back the three relatively intact "Arjun 2".

Why?

One of them was sent to the National Museum of Pakistan for display as trophies, one was handed over to the Pakistan Army's test unit, and the other was missing.

According to the information disclosed later, the "Arjun 2" was presented to Huaxia by the Pakistani army.

In fact, there were several "Arjun 2" that were relatively intact at that time.

During the battle, many Indian tank crews simply abandoned their tanks.

It's just that the Pakistani army did not tow all these tanks away, but blew them up while cleaning up the battlefield.

Why?

It's too cumbersome, and shipping is a big hassle.

Besides, dragging "Arjun 2" back is just a matter of research.

If only for research, a few are enough.

Returning to the furnace as scrap steel?

Obviously, the recycled scrap steel may not be able to cover the cost of transportation.

According to the evaluation given by the Pakistani army, "Arjun 2" is the best representative of the big and indecent, and its performance is not even comparable to "Khalid" in many aspects.

Of course, it's not just the Pakistan Army that has this awareness.

The Indian Army has long recognized that there is just no better option, and "Arjun 2" has been repeatedly used as a symbol of India.