Chapter 1109: Night Battle

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In modern warfare, the task of the armored forces is not to confront the opponent's armored forces, that is the task of the air force. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Well, what are the tasks of the armored forces? That is naturally to attract the opposing team's armored forces to the open and create an opportunity for the air force to annihilate them!

In the Gulf War, most of Iraq's armored forces were destroyed by coalition fighters. If they enter the city, then the dispersion of the forces of the two sides is definitely not a good thing for the Israelis, because they are already few people, and once they enter the city to fight street battles, it is not their territory, they have to face not only the armored forces of the Iraqis, but also the stones flying from nowhere.

At the beginning, after occupying the entire West Bank, the first words of the then commander Rabin were not relieved, but worried.

It's all Arabs, can we rule so many Arabs?

No matter how it develops, all the Jews from all over the world are brought to Israel, and Israel's population base is still too low.

The Arabs are a hundred times more numerous! Originally, the Arab countries were only scared, but now, it is different.

They are inspired by victory, and they want to be liberated! They want to drive out the Israelites who have been oppressing them!

Therefore, it is difficult for the Israelis to regard the various Arab areas as their own land, and although they use bulldozers to forcibly destroy some Arab buildings to build their own Jewish settlements, they cannot drive out all the Arabs.

The lands that Israel occupied after the Third Middle East War have never been recognized by the international community, and Israel has not passed legislation to become their lands.

Iraq's Ericsson Divine Eye early warning aircraft has synchronously informed the Iraqi armored forces through the data link that the enemy is now out of Nablus and is only five kilometers away from them.

An engagement was imminent, and the 1st Panzer Division was full of confidence.

The 1st Panzer Division, also known as the Medina Division, is a highly decorated unit, they are the proud Republican Guard, they are a fist of President Qusay!

The 247 Armored Brigade, at the same time received information from armored reconnaissance vehicles on the front line, ahead of them, the armored forces of the Iraqis were about to appear.

They just need to be here, drag the Iraqis, and wait until dawn, and it will be victory!

They did not know that it was not the Iraqi ground forces that greeted them, their helicopter gunships, which had already crossed the ground forces and flew towards the 247 armored brigade.

The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns accompanying the armored brigade, after discovering the situation, carried out emergency fire, however, they did not achieve much success, on the contrary, it was their design, which attracted hitmen in the sky, using anti-tank missiles, to destroy them one by one.

Although the helicopter gunship is still the Mi-24 helicopter gunship of Iraq's main force, the anti-tank missile has become an advanced "Cornet" anti-tank missile, needless to say that the Merkava MK2 tank equipped with the 247th Armored Brigade is the Americans' MA main battle tank, and it cannot withstand its blow.

Several long-range radar stations of the Israeli army in the West Bank have been blown up by Iraq, and now Israeli warplanes have not been dispatched, so Iraqi Mi-24 helicopters can fly here at will.

Those Israeli armored units are their target!

However, in order to avoid accidental hits, the helicopter gunship can only launch the first wave of attacks when the two sides have not yet made contact, and when the melee is over, it is easy to observe during the day, but at night, it is not so obvious, and the tank is not like a fighter plane, equipped with a friend or foe identifier, and the distinction between friend and foe is also a very complicated problem.

In the first wave of helicopter gunships, the 247th Panzer Brigade suffered heavy losses, and more than two dozen armored vehicles were hit from the air.

Still, they're moving forward.

The 247th Panzer Division was armed with Merkava MK2 tanks, which were produced until 9 years, and the biggest drawback compared to the MK type was that it was only armed with 05 mm caliber guns.

This artillery is Israel's main equipment for a long time, using self-developed shells, and it also has a high hit rate at a distance of 600 meters.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to get them to engage Iraqi tanks with 25mm guns.

If in the past, although the main gun of the T-72 tank was fierce enough, the backward night vision equipment made the Iraqis' night combat ability not outstanding, and in front of Western tanks, there was no big advantage, but now it is different, under the personal care of Qusay, this tank has excellent observation and sighting equipment, and at a distance of more than 2,000 meters, it can shoot at each other.

Moreover, the Iraqi armored forces used a different tactic.

After discovering the Israeli armored forces in front and starting to attack, the Iraqi armored troops stopped advancing, and then, the tank crews hung up the reverse gear!

Yes, it's the reverse gear, if you look at it from the sky, you can see that the current position is that the Israeli armored forces are attacking, they have routed the Iraqi armored forces, and the Iraqi troops are retreating.

Of course, only by looking closely, you can find that this is not the case at all.

Although Iraq's armored forces are retreating, they are not completely defeated, and the kind of soldiers who retreat before they make contact will not appear in the Iraqi army.

When researching the new tank, Qusay issued certain technical requirements, such as the need to use a mechanical-hydraulic gearbox and a fully automatic transmission mechanism, which also gave birth to a new way of fighting armored forces, backwards and engagements.

The turret of the tank can rotate 360 degrees, but the armor of the tank is always the thickest in front, so aim your front at the most dangerous place, that is, the direction of the Israelis attack.

In this way, the tank must have the ability to reverse at high speed and the ability to control the tanker, so the Iraqi armored troops have carried out such training in peacetime, and now this is the first practical application of this combat style.

When the entire armored brigade retreated, the main guns had already fired, at this time, the distance between the two sides was two thousand meters, at this distance, the T-72M 25 mm main gun, although the hit rate was not very high, but it was also able to destroy the opponent, moreover, they were very safe, because the maximum range of the opponent's 05 mm main gun was only 600 meters.

This distance of 400 meters is the distance between life and death.

When Genghis Khan's light cavalry was crisscrossing the entire Eurasian continent, one of their tactics was to be chased by the enemy, while shooting arrows backwards, constantly killing and wounding opponents, and eventually, the pursuers became fewer and fewer until there were none. The Israeli armored forces are very cunning, and when their Iraqi armored forces fired the first round of artillery fire, they knew that they had been fooled, and the other side was yin* them!

Now, when they were the most important defensive force in Nablus, although it was important to fight the enemy, it was also necessary to protect themselves before they had enough power, so they immediately chose to withdraw from the battle.

They made a big turn in their positions, and then, disengaged at high speed, ready to return to Nablus.

It's a pity that they can't wait for the opportunity.

The armored troops in Israel were about to retreat, and the 1st Armored Brigade in front immediately rushed forward, but before they could open fire, they received a message from the data link that told them to keep the Israeli armored forces at a sufficient distance.

Because, the Su-25 fleet of the Air Force has finally arrived.

Like the A-0 attack aircraft of the United States, the Su-25 is an excellent attack aircraft, which can take off and land on airstrips close to the front line and carry out close combat support missions; Strong anti-tank capability, can carry multiple anti-tank missiles; It has good low-altitude maneuverability, and can coordinate with the Mi-24 helicopter gunship at low altitude under the condition of bomb-carrying to cooperate with ground troops. The protection is strong, and there are 24 mm thick titanium alloy bulletproof plates at the bottom of the cockpit and around it.

On the basis of the original, the Su-25 attack aircraft imported by Iraq has focused on improving the fire control system, making it an excellent ground attack aircraft, and the Su-25 attack planes full of Iraq's self-produced Kornet anti-tank missiles have once again stolen the limelight from the First Armored Division when they flew to the battlefield.

By the time the 1st Armored Brigade advanced again, the ground had been full of destroyed tanks, and the loss of air supremacy had caused the Israeli ground forces to advance and retreat.

The 247 Armored Brigade lost two-thirds of its troops, and the rest of the tanks, in a hurry, retreated to Nablus.

And on the northern front, the 10th Panzer Division routed the 2 Panzer Brigade and smoothly entered the outskirts of Nablus.

Without hesitation, the Iraqi armoured forces entered the city of Nablus completely before dawn and carried out an operation to eliminate the remaining Jewish armoured forces.

The Desert Leopard infantry fighting vehicles of the 47th Mechanized Infantry Division, following the expanded results, planted the Arab flag all over the West Bank.

The Jordanian 6th Mechanized Infantry Division, the Saudi Arabian 2nd and 4th Armored Divisions also followed, reaching the designated positions.

Among them, the two armored divisions of Saudi Arabia, the second armored division to the south, put on the momentum of preparing to move south to Jerusalem, and the fourth armored division to the north, as if it would enter the Galilee region at any time.