Chapter 432: Anti-Tank Mines
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≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧ "Division commander, the Iraqis are standing still in front," a soldier ran over and whispered to Karim
At this time, the personnel in their division who could fight were all ambushed on the side of the railway line, and with the blocking of the railway embankment, it was a natural position, and the side was covered with weeds, which could be integrated with the field behind
The infantry could not fight the tanks, so last night, in front of the position, they planted nearly a hundred mines, which were their most effective means, and the rest was more than a hundred rocket launchers concentrated by their entire division, as well as homemade Molotov cocktails
Anti-tank mine is a special mine used to destroy or destroy armored vehicles such as tanks and armored vehicles and self-propelled guns, anti-tank mines are composed of TNT explosives, fuses, and ignition devices, compared with anti-infantry mines, anti-tank mines are usually filled with more explosives, and the fuse can be triggered by a force greater than 180 kg before it can cause an explosion
The application of anti-tank mines can prevent and actively attack the movement of enemy tank troops, cut the formation of enemy tanks and paralyze enemy tank clusters, and are effective combat weapons to increase the lethal effect of one's own firepower and stabilize one's own defensive posture
Generally, the front armor of the tank is the thickest, the side armor is secondary, the rear is slightly thinner, and the top and bottom are the thinnest, so the use of anti-tank mines for attack is a very effective way
Anti-tank mines are a powerful weapon for the weak to deal with the strong
However, one of the shortcomings of this weapon is passive defense, that is, it must be buried on the other side's path to be valuable
The Iraqi army must not be allowed to advance any further, and they must be stopped because they have not received orders to retreat, because Karim's love for the great leader has filled him with fighting spirit
The rest of the division, encouraged by the division commander's personal march to the front, also regained their courage to stop the other party's advance, even if they threw Molotov cocktails
Karim's intention was to first use mines to cause chaos among Iraq's armored forces while killing and injuring a large number of Iraqi armored troops, and then, when the other side was in chaos, use rocket launchers to attack, and if it didn't work, then use Molotov cocktails
However, the fact that the Iraqi army was just a few kilometers ahead of their minefield and did not advance made them very worried that they really wanted to come forward and pull the Iraqi army into the minefield to blow up a few of them
"Wait," Karim said
Karim didn't know that he had lost his most advantageous fighter plane, an armored unit that was being resupplied in logistics, was the most vulnerable, and if his position moved a few kilometers further, then the armored force, which had almost run out of fuel, would definitely panic if it were attacked again
The T72 tank is rapidly refueling, as a multi-fuel engine, the engine of the T72 tank can add diesel, kerosene and gasoline three fuels, all of which can work normally in the most extreme cases, the three fuels are mixed and added, and can also work, even the heavy fuel oil used for ships, which can be used to facilitate logistics supply to the greatest extent
Of course, the most suitable for use is diesel
As fuel continued to be added to the tank, the T72 began to come back to life
At this moment, a rumbling sound was heard from the sky in the distance
The regiment commander looked up and saw several Mi-24 helicopter gunships
At this time, a call from the sky also came from his command tank: "Lion, lion, Aquila come to support, Aquila comes to support"
"Roger, please search the area ahead for us, we are about to move forward," said the regimental commander
According to the requirements of the superiors, when the armored troops are advancing, there need to be helicopters above to search the battlefield ahead, and at the same time, to provide fire assistance in times of crisis
At present, the skies over the entire Khuzestan province are under the control of Iraq, so helicopter gunships are not threatened at all and can fly with confidence
This made the regiment commander very unhappy, in their hearts, they were the most important and combat-ready armored soldiers of all the Iraqi troops, but now, they are like chicks protected by an old hen, they do not need protection at all
The order from above is like this, when they get below, the helicopters that can be mobilized are only a few, after all, and sometimes, they also go on their own, just like just now, but now, they have to deal with those helicopters again
After the regiment commander got in touch with the helicopter in the sky, he was still very unimpressed, but then he knew the important role of the helicopter
Hearing the rumbling in the sky, Karim said that they were lying in ambush under the roadbed, although they would not be discovered by the opponent's armored forces, but the helicopters in the sky would still find them very easily
What to do? Karim knew that the situation was not good, and he had to make a decision immediately
"Prepare for battle," Karim said
If they are spotted by a helicopter in the sky, then they have only one way to go: take out the helicopter first, and then fight the opposing tank
It must be a test of blood and fire, but, as believers in great leaders, they are willing to give everything they have at any time
The Mi-24's huge rotors stirred up the air currents, blowing the weeds on the ground, and the day had already arrived, and in this Karon River basin, there were the few remaining fertile lands in the Middle East, and the weeds were overgrown
The pilot of the helicopter, while flying, searched both sides, and he flew very low
Ahvaz is the capital of the province of Huzestan, and the port of Khomeini is a large port in the southwest, so between Ahvaz and Huzestan provinces there is a railway line that is very busy in normal times, with trains running almost every few minutes
However, during the war, the railway line was affected, and it was not until the Iraqi capture of the ports of Ahvaz and Khomeini that train traffic began to resume again, albeit much less than before
Just as the helicopter flew over the railway line, there happened to be a train coming with black smoke, which was a diesel locomotive
In the black smoke, a tongue of fire suddenly burst out
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Iranian troops in ambush fired a rocket at the helicopter gunship that had just flown in
"Ten o'clock, quick, pull up," said the weapon cāo crew in the rear compartment
When the pilot in front heard this, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately raised the general moment, pulled the cāo as a lever, and the helicopter began to pull upward
The "boom" rocket did not hit the target, and exploded in the sky, causing the helicopter to jolt for a while
At this time, the Iranian armed men on the ground began to stand up and sweep the air with guns
"A large number of Iranian soldiers were found near the railway line, estimated at several thousand," the pilot of the helicopter, while reporting to the armored regiment by radio, began to leave the range of fire of the ground personnel
Although the helicopter gunship has armor protection on the chassis, it is still dangerous to fly at a very low altitude under such a dense network of firepower
Moreover, the train next to it is innocent, and it is not the train of the Iranians, and they cannot attack yet
Taking advantage of this time, the Mi-24 flew out of the opponent's fire zone, and at this time, the train also drove away
Looking at the Iranians on the ground, who were not afraid of death, the pupils of the Mi-24 pilot's eyes dilated
"Rockets ready to be fired," the pilot said to the weapon behind him
"No, rockets will blow up our railroad," said the weapons officer
"Then it depends on our level," said the pilot, "the battle was an inevitable accident"
The shell of the Mi-24 is the livery of a gray eagle, and under the short wings on either side of the eagle, the multiple rocket launchers begin to send out a vengeful fury at the Iranians on the ground
Dare to sneak up on me? That's what you're going to get back
Hearing the call of the helicopter pilot on the radio, the regiment commander was overjoyed, and the opportunity for meritorious service had finally come, and the Iranians had sent him to the door a few miles away, and his tank unit was ready to go
"The 1st and 2nd Tank Battalions, all sortie," the regimental commander gave the order to fight on the radio
"Boom, boom" After hearing the regiment commander's order to reach the combat vehicle one level at a time, the tankers below were also very excited, they had just filled up the fuel, and they also blew in the wind outside for a while, relieving the fatigue of driving the tank, and now, it has been a hundred times more exciting
Defeat the Iranians, they started their tanks and put up forward gear
Although excited, they were all in strict accordance with the usual training, lined up in an attack formation, because they were dealing with Iranian infantry, so the 125 mm guns were loaded with grenades
However, against the Iranian infantry, even grenades were wasted, and the commanders of the two tank battalions that were advancing had already decided to use machine guns to deal with the Iranian GIs
Very fortunately, their attack formation, with a tank in the front, and not a large number of tanks in the front line
In fact, their tank-intensive charging form is also very unscientific on the battlefield in later generations, and it will be killed and injured in a large area by the submunitions thrown on the top of the opponent's head
They were trained by the Soviet army, and this kind of tank unit charged intensively, which was conducive to giving full play to their own firepower superiority
"Boom" Suddenly, at the bottom of one of the tanks in front, there was an explosion
The tankman felt a violent vibration coming from below, and his face turned white, and he knew that he had hit a mine
Fortunately, the weak bottom armor of the T72 was not blown up, otherwise, the three personnel in them would probably have been injured, which made him feel relieved, he did not encounter an anti-bottom armor mine, but a track mine
Then, with a rattling sound, the right side of the tank stopped moving, and he immediately braked the tank
The track of the T72 is a single-pin track shoe connected by a track pin, and the explosion just now, the track pin was blown off, and the tank lost the power to walk
"Report, we encountered an anti-tank mine," the commander immediately reported (to be continued)
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