Chapter 723: Battle by the River
"Boom, boom!" There were two violent explosions, and several moving cars in front of them flew into the sky.
Damn it! The Pakistanis have been prepared for a long time, and they actually planted mines here! It's just a dirt road that's not wide! The cars were bombed, and the entire road was blocked.
If you have a tank in the army, just drive the tank over and push the blown up vehicle away, or drive down the roadbed and walk in the field.
But now, having no other choice, Murk could only order his own soldiers to come down, bypass the bombed-up car next to him, and walk forward!
The howitzers transferred by mules and horses in the back also followed, and the soldiers of the division's artillery pulled the mules and horses, pushed the cannons, bypassed the blown up cars, and passed carefully.
It was a tense evening!
Just as they were moving on, less than ten minutes after walking, the sound of airplanes was heard overhead.
The A-7 attack aircraft with the Blue Shield low-altitude navigation and aiming pod on it has already flown over their heads!
This kind of low-altitude navigation and aiming pod was developed by the high-tech center of Pakistan's Babel Tower, and has a camera and infrared sensor, which can greatly increase the fighter's night combat capability, and when it is cross-linked with a fighter with a fly-by-wire operating system, it can even control the plane to pull it up when it encounters the danger of hitting a mountain.
Now, through the infrared sensor of the pod, on the multi-function display in the cockpit, the appearance of the unit on the ground is clearly visible, these A-7 attack aircraft taking off from the airport in Chittagong, under the wing are hanging multiple rocket launch nests, the pilot gently pushes the nose, under the wing, the fire flashes.
One after another, 57mm rockets flew out of the rocket nest and flew towards the target below. In the darkness, these tongues of fire represent the arrival of death!
"Boom, boom!" There were explosions everywhere, scrambling to find a safe place, and many Indian GIs were scattered. Taken out by planes in the sky.
As a second-line mountain division, they didn't even have basic field anti-aircraft weapons! There were no accompanying self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, only a dozen Soviet portable anti-aircraft missiles.
The A-7 attack aircraft flew east along the road and soon spotted the big target, those howitzers towed by mules and horses!
The mountain troops, equipped with mules and horses to tow artillery, are also a major feature, and if they are still in the mountains, they may be able to avoid the bombardment in the air. But now it's the plains of Bengal, and there's no place to hide.
The roar of the planes in the air and the explosion in front of them had startled many mules and horses, and they neighed, as if they were aware of the danger coming, and wanted to hide to a safe place.
"Boom! Boom, boom! "Rockets are coming. The mules and horses, which were still running just now, were blown to a bloody pulp. Howitzers were also blown up.
It's like hell!
Ten minutes later, these planes flew away, and the 27th Mountain Division, which had just been majestic, had become a stump and a broken arm, and the rest of the people looked at the miserable situation around them. It's like a dream.
Most of them were recruits and had never been on the battlefield, and suddenly, the survivors couldn't help but vomit in the air. The constant smell of blood wafted into the nose.
The battle, the official battle, had not yet begun, and just one air raid had dealt a serious blow to the morale of this motley mountain division.
Chittagong.
The whole port is brightly lit, and on the sea in the distance, there is the unique roar of the turbofan engine, a Kitty Hawk-class ground effect aircraft, the engine in front has been turned off, the air cushion has been lost, the aircraft fell into the water, relying on the cruise engine in the middle, the aircraft continues to move forward on the water, and the speed is getting smaller and smaller.
Then, the aircraft aligned with the orbit, which was specially prepared for them, and along this orbit, the aircraft smoothly left the water and came to the shore.
Under the illumination of the port lights, the hatch of the aircraft opened, and with the sound of rumbling engines, the main battle tanks of the 1st Panzer Division drove out of it.
A few hours ago, they were still defending Kolkata, and in such a short period of time, they came to Chittagong, a few hundred kilometers away, and the main thing was the loading and unloading time, and the actual sailing time was just over an hour! This is the advantage of ground effect aircraft!
The commander of the armored brigade watched his tanks move out one by one without any stop, and immediately ordered to march to the east to deal with the invading Indian army!
Before coming, the main battle tanks have been filled with fuel, due to the use of advanced German technology MTUMB873 4-stroke 12-cylinder V-shaped 90° angle water-cooled pre-combustion chamber supercharged intercooled diesel engine, the maximum range is more than 500 kilometers, it is completely possible to go directly to the front line to block the attack of the Indians!
Hanging rubber tracks pressed on the road of the port, and with a rumbling sound, facing the morning light, the 1st Panzer Division began to advance rapidly.
In modern warfare, without air supremacy, there is nothing!
When the Indians were found to have crossed the border, they succeeded in delaying the movement of the Indian army by relying on a surprise attack by the air force while the border guards blocked it. And the arrival of the armored forces heralded the end of the Indian army.
The 27th Panzer Division was originally the fastest army, and after being bombed, the division commander Murk was still trying his best to reorganize the army, and after an hour, he finally continued to march forward with the team that was frightened by the bombing, and at the same time, behind him, the 20th Mountain Division had also caught up.
The two units were brought together, especially the 20th Mountain Division, which also had more than 20 towed twin-mounted 23-mm anti-aircraft guns, and if the Pakistani air force planes came again, they would not be able to fire rockets at low altitudes as wantonly as they had just now, so the two mountain divisions continued to move forward, only a hundred kilometers from Chittagong.
After walking for half an hour, there is a river in front of you, there are too many rivers in a country like Bangladesh that rains all year round, but most of the rivers are not deep, like the previous one, it is just not knee-high.
Rolling up their trouser legs and continuing on, the Indian soldiers carried their guns behind their backs, unaware that they were in danger.
The river, which was less than thirty meters wide, could be walked through in a minute, and just as they were stepping on the river with the cool morning water, the opposite side suddenly sounded the sound of machine guns.
The first to reach the battlefield were the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles of the armored brigade, which also advanced on the road, throwing off the tanks far away and quickly advancing forward.
When they reached the river, they found a large number of innumerable Indians crossing the river, and seeing this, the reconnaissance battalion of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles did not hesitate and immediately went into battle.
The 14.7mm machine gun on the roof of the car fired into the river, and suddenly, a large number of Indian soldiers screamed and fell into the river, and the whole river began to turn red.
"Quick, the anti-aircraft artillery is deployed, cover our soldiers to cross the river!" Rand, the commander of the 20th Division, immediately shouted.
The other side is quite cunning, taking advantage of the fact that they are crossing the river to attack, they are still a few tens of meters away from the river bank, their own infantry cannot destroy them with bazookas, and at the same time, they are constantly shooting on the move, so that they cannot react, what a damn it!
Just cross this river and set up infantry positions on the opposite side, and you can destroy these thin-skinned armored vehicles! Although the 20th Division is a mountain division, it also has towed anti-aircraft guns, which can not only deal with aircraft in the sky, 23-mm anti-aircraft guns, but also flat-fired, which can easily penetrate the armor of the opposing infantry fighting vehicles!
Behind, on several high grounds, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were hurriedly deployed, put down their legs, sit on them, and reload on both sides! The artillerymen are nervously preparing, the fighters in front are bleeding, and they must move quickly!
A soldier sat on it, slashed his right hand more than thirty times, the barrel was already flattened, and through the front sighting ring, he wanted to put an infantry fighting vehicle on the opposite bank in the aiming ring, and then step on the blaster under his feet, but, almost at the same time, he saw the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle on the opposite side was covered in a thick smoke, and a guy dragging a tongue of fire flew over.
Anti-tank missiles! It's for itself! He was so frightened that he jumped down from his position and was about to run backwards.
A Red Arrow 8 anti-tank missile with laser semi-active guidance in tow flew out of the launch tube of a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, and a few seconds later, it reached the anti-aircraft artillery position.
"Boom!" The tandem armor-piercing warhead, which was originally an anti-tank missile used against the main battle tank, is now used to deal with this anti-aircraft gun, which is also very easy, and the warhead directly penetrates the shield of the anti-aircraft gun, passes diagonally, and just pierces into the ammunition box.
"Boom!" In the sound of the explosion, the position of the anti-aircraft gun was enveloped by the flames generated by the explosion.
"Knock knock." Several other anti-aircraft guns, which had already opened fire at this time, flew across the river and flew towards the opposite side.
The wheeled infantry fighting vehicles seemed to be aware of the approaching danger and, with the exception of a few that fired anti-tank missiles, the rest, were rapidly retreating.
Seeing that a single attack drove these damned Pakistanis back, Rand ordered to continue crossing the river.
Isn't it said that there are only a few infantry guards left in the Chittagong area? Where did these wheeled infantry fighting vehicles come from? Countless questions flashed through Rand's mind, and then he convinced himself that the Pakistanis were very well equipped, and it was possible for these remaining troops to have some wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, but these few infantry fighting vehicles could not stop the pace of their own army's advance, as long as they were repulsed, entered Chittagong, and engaged in street battles with them, infantry fighting vehicles were useless!
Then, a louder rumbling sound sounded in the distance, and looking at the sound, Rand was stunned for a moment, damn it, how did those main battle tanks come from? (To be continued.) )