Since there have been tanks in the world, how to fight tanks has been an enduring topic facing all armed forces.

With incendiary bombs, with mines, with anti-tank grenades, with rockets, with man-made missiles, with surface-to-air missiles, with ballistic missiles

In terms of the skill of "fighting tanks", everyone's trend is to develop in the direction of larger and larger yields, higher and higher technology, and farther and farther distances.

But of course, because of the existence of some special battlefield environments, it has also given birth to a rather primitive, but quite "weirdly efficient" tactic, that is, the legendary "anti-tank gymnastics".

First, use the method of close assault, use manpower to drop explosives to destroy the reactive armor on the surface of the tank, and then return to the predetermined launch position, use 105 rockets to penetrate the fragile skirt armor of the tank, and then launch rockets from multiple angles after the tank loses power, completely destroying it.

A set of movements is smooth and pleasing to the eye.

It's a pity that the core of this set of gymnastics movements lies in one sentence, that is:

The enemy has no infantry coordination.

In fact, in most laymen, and even most of the less professional military fan groups, their perception of "step-tan coordination" is wrong.

Rather than thinking about "infantry coordination", they thought about "infantry marching with tanks".

These are two completely different things, and the most crucial difference is the difference in the density of firepower.

The real infantry-tank coordination is to separate the tanks and infantry into groups, and on the basis of maintaining a certain distance to ensure the unity of firepower.

The core point is that both tanks and infantry must have a wide range of fire, and both must ensure that they can strike at their respective targets.

A very simple example, in the current situation, in this kind of village battle, the Indonesian tank does not use the tank as a cover as most people think, following behind the tank while eating exhaust while marching, but falls behind the tank about 200 meters, and after the tank crosses the bridge and reaches the edge of the village, it will use the cover of the tank to attack collectively.

I have to say that although Indonesia is a dish, before they really start fighting and really encounter a strong counterattack, their "routine" is still quite in place.

And the result of this "in place" is that Chen Shen simply cannot seize the opportunity for rapid deployment and sudden attack.

Before anyone was seen, a round of heavy artillery bombardment interrupted the enemy's command sequence in the combat area, forcing the enemy to withdraw from the bunker and find a new anti-shelling bunker.

Immediately afterward, the tank assaulted at full speed to establish deterrence, using a vehicle-mounted side-by-side 7.62mm caliber machine gun to sweep away the remaining enemy light infantry and establish a channel for the follow-up infantry.

Subsequently, after the arrival of the light infantry, the tank continued to advance in the direction of enemy fire, pulled out of the safe area, established a fire position, did what had been done again, controlled the entire area step by step, and took the entire battlefield.

The Dongfeng Corps was completely unable to raise its head by this combination punch, which is the difference in systematization.

And now, after the other side has completely occupied the village and began to advance in the direction of the woods by relying on the favorable terrain, the room left for the Dongfeng Corps to counterattack has been compressed to the limit.

The only good news is that the heavy artillery positions in the rear have basically lost their role when the two sides have begun to "engage in close combat".

At least, the Dongfeng Corps no longer needs to worry about artillery fire falling from the sky.

But how to defeat these two tanks is still the most important problem in front of Chen Shen.

He couldn't have his own team members rush up with explosives packs and blast tanks at close range, like Hamas's death squads, or use long-range projection individual anti-tank weapons to "point out" the weakly armored FV101.

There's only one thing he can do: pull a cigarette.

Unlike most tanks in service, the older version of the Scorpion did not have a thermal imaging system.

The reason is simple, it's just too small.

Intuitively speaking, the volume of this "reconnaissance tank" is about the same size as a civilian QQ car, and if the commander and gun commander go out of the cabin at the same time to observe, it looks similar to a bear child who is forced out of the sunroof of some compact SUV to see the scenery.

It is precisely because of this "compactness" that it is equipped with a passive night vision device only on the right side of the turret, but the performance of this thing is extremely worrying, it belongs to the product of night vision technology in the 60s, and by this point in time in 2010, its functionality has become completely outdated, and most of the time, both the commander and the artillery no longer use this set of equipment for observation, but directly use the periscope for visual observation.

In this case, the interference of smoke grenades on tanks is quite noticeable.

Chen Shen was very sure that as long as he could deploy enough smoke areas around the tank, his team would be able to seize the narrow time window and deliver the C4 to the track.

Well, several difficulties in the battle plan are actually very clear.

First, how to use the rather limited smoke grenades in your hand to cover the observation field of the two tanks, and at the same time cut them off from the infantry in the rear.

Second, how to cross a distance of almost two hundred meters in a very short time and make a surprise attack to the vicinity of the tank.

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You know, the FV101 has been further lightweighted in Indonesia, and the top speed of this thing can run close to 90 kilometers per hour.

The driver of the tank is not a fool, you have thrown all the smoke grenades, and people will not run?

So, it's actually still a matter of "time difference".

It is necessary to predict the direction of movement of the tank, and after throwing smoke grenades, complete a set of tactical actions in the tens of seconds when the opponent slows down, turns around, and re-accelerates.

The third point is the most critical.

If the tank can be blown up smoothly, how can the personnel be withdrawn?

The Eastern Corps is not a death squad of Hamas, Chen Shen has invested huge costs in each of them, and the casualties of each of them are irreparable losses.

If you can pass, you have to be able to come back.

So, there is really only one solution, and that is .

Take out two tanks at the same time.

This is definitely not a simple task, all tactical movements must be accurate to the extreme, even a second-of-a-bit deviation can lead to the collapse of the entire operation, the destruction of the entire team.

By this time, the two FV101s had turned to the west side of the village, and they took full advantage of their mobility, constantly patrolling back and forth along the road on the west side of the village, while firing 7.62mm machine guns from their turrets into the woods to suppress the counterattack of the Dongfeng Corps.

At the same time, nearly 100 light infantry have also established a defensive line in the village, under the cover of the rear fire support group, 4 groups of nearly 50 people in the direction of the jungle in a strapple formation search and advance, in the process of continuous fire cover, as long as someone comes forward, in exchange for a series of machine gun + rifle mixed strafing suppression.

There is no chance at all.

All tactics have lost their meaning, and under the suppression of strong and systematic firepower, it is impossible for the Dongfeng Corps to make an effective counterattack.

The enemy was approaching, bullets were passing overhead, and everyone was getting nervous.

One of the Mobile Brigade officers finally couldn't take it anymore, and when another bullet hit the trunk of a tree next to him, he screamed in fear and stood up and ran towards the rear in desperation.

But as his figure was revealed, the machine gun on the tank immediately locked on to his position.

A barrage of bullets flew, and he was pinned directly to the tree in front of him.

"Don't move! The distance is too far for the smoke grenade to be thrown, continue to wait for the opportunity! ”

Chen Shen ordered again, and everyone in the Dongfeng Corps had already put their hands on the pull ring of the smoke bomb.

At this time, they were still close to 100 meters from the tank, of which 50 meters were sparse jungle and 50 meters were open areas on the west side of the village.

Considering the enemy's intensive firepower, the only chance for the Dongfeng Corps was the moment when the enemy search group approached within fifty meters of the jungle and parallel to the tank.

Chen Chen took the gun in front of him, and he said in Chinese:

"Remember, my Chinese password prevails."

"After engaging the enemy, we quickly attacked to the south, leave Bashir alone, if we can take out the tank alive, it's not too late to come back to him."

"After breaking away from the woods, we will use the shallows on the south side as a passage and make a quick detour to the east."

"After reaching the shoal, 1 group threw smoke bombs to block the line of sight of the enemy infantry, relying on the water body as a cover to continue firing and suppressing."

"The rest of the group continued to strike eastward, bypassing the dock and organizing suppressive fire on the enemy in the area of the village."

"Spread out the formation as much as possible, don't give the tank a chance to get into the soul."

"Tanks are always faster than us, so we can only fight."

"Two groups of two people carrying C4s are waiting for an opportunity at the dock, and we will continue to pull enemy fire to the east, using the L-shaped terrain as a cover, betting that their tanks will continue to pursue."

"Of course, it's okay if you don't chase it."

"The infantry on the opposite side basically has no protective equipment, and when we hit them, we are fighting chickens."

"If the tanks don't come, we'll bite them to death little by little, understand?"

"Understood!"

Everyone answered in turn, and they all saw the core of Chen Shen's plan.

To put it bluntly, he wanted to use the complexity of the terrain to neutralize the advantage of the opponent's mobility and create opportunities for the infantry to approach the tank.

The L-shaped turn is the core of the core, which is the only window for the tank to slow down.

But here's the problem.

The most critical issue for this plan to be implemented is in the start-up phase.

How could the Dongfeng Corps assault the river beach on the south side, and how could they seize that fleeting opportunity?

A look of surprise appeared on Shi Dakai's face, and soon, as he expected, Chen Shen repeated the battle plan to the commander of the mobile brigade in English.

Although Shi Dakai's English is not very good, he can also hear some noticeable differences.

Instead of speaking, he exhaled softly and clenched the smoke bomb in his hand.

The infantry of the assault was getting closer and closer, and at the moment when the skirmish line crossed the tank, Chen Shen gave the order.

"Smoke bombs!"

More than a dozen smoke grenades were thrown in an instant, and exploded at the edge of the jungle, and the sight of the tanks and infantry was immediately obscured, and at this moment, Chen Shen issued a new order.

"Let's go! Breakthrough! ”

He said this in English.

All the men of the Mobile Brigade immediately got up, and they bowed down and headed north, but the members of the Dongfeng Corps remained unmoved.

Nearly 10 seconds later, Chen Chen gave another order in Chinese, and then the 13 people got up collectively and began to move quickly to the south side.

It's a very short time difference, but it's enough.

At the moment when the mobile brigade appeared, two 76mm rifled guns on the FV101 opened fire at the same time, and the shells exploded in front of the police officers of the mobile brigade, and three people fell on the spot.

At the same time, the attention of the assault infantry, which was not high in combat quality, was also diverted for a moment, and the density of suppressive fire to the west was reduced, creating an opportunity for the Dongfeng Corps to break through.

Instead of looking back, it took them less than 30 seconds to quickly reach the vicinity of the shallows on the south side before the bullets caught up with them.

"Smoke bombs!"

Chen Shen shouted.

Subsequently, several smoke bolts popped out, and the 30-meter range extending east from their position was completely enveloped in smoke grenades.

So far, the plan of the Dongfeng Corps has successfully completed the first step.

The thermal imager was all on the face, and the smoke that covered the sky disappeared in an instant.

In the thermal fusion display mode, the infantry of the assault group that had just arrived near the tank almost became a live target, and the Dongfeng Corps did not continue to break east, but lay down on the spot and fired the first round of firepower.

The reason why infantry operations should emphasize flank attacks is actually very simple.

The human instinct is to focus on the threats that lie ahead of them, and tend to ignore the threats from the side.

A team that has not undergone intensive training has actually extremely weak protection of the flanks during the attack, let alone a quick counterattack, they do not even have basic cover.

5 machine guns, 6 rifles, 2 large-caliber sniper rifles.

Every second, more than 100 rounds can be fired.

And these more than 100 bullets will harvest at least two lives.

In just one minute, almost half of the 50 men in the 4 groups of the assaulters were reduced by half, and they finally established a defense in the chaos and began to cooperate with the fire support group in the village to launch a counterattack against the Eastern Corps in the smoke.

But the problem is that Chen Shen doesn't plan to shoot them in the same place!

After leaving a group of members to cover as planned, Chen Shen continued to throw smoke bombs to the east, establishing a passage that stretched along the lake's edge.

Under the dense firepower, the remaining 9 people moved to the dock, and with the cover of smoke, they successfully occupied the dock that had been blown into ruins, and obtained basic cover.

At this moment, the heavy artillery fire in the distance roared again.

Their first strike target was the corner of the L-shaped area, and the 1st group that remained in place immediately dispersed and hidden, the suppressive fire was interrupted, and the enemy once again took the initiative.

But in the end, they have created a unique almost.

The two groups of two were hidden in the dock bunker, and from now on, they would not shoot or expose themselves, just for that one-hit kill.

And Chen Shen himself continued to the east with the last 7 people.

They are the most critical "decoys", and they must form enough suppressive force against the enemy in the village to push them to call in tank support.

The heavy artillery fire was still extensive, and the four men of Group 1 re-entered the woods under the cover of smoke grenades, avoiding the heavy artillery blows.

In the next few minutes, they will enter the woods on the north side, suppressing the infantry's marching speed with two general-purpose machine guns in their hands, forcing the infantry to disconnect from the tanks.

And by that time, the "anti-tank gymnastics" would finally have a chance to play.

(End of chapter)