Chapter 323 Broken Bridge
Airborne tanks must sacrifice weight, which means the protection level and maneuver power, and their firepower is abnormally powerful. The m551 tank uses a 152mm cannon. This cannon can fire ordinary shells, such as multi-purpose armor-piercing bombs, grenades, yellow phosphorus-launched cigarette cartridges and tracer training bombs, and can also fire oak stick anti-tank missiles. +,
In dealing with advanced tanks, its m409e5 multi-purpose armor-breaking missile has an effective range of about 1500m, a maximum vertical armor-breaking thickness of 500mm, and can play a fragment-killing effect. The mgm-51a Oak Stick Anti-Tank Missile has a range of 3000m and a maximum vertical armor-breaking thickness of 500mm. In either way, it can tear apart the monkey moderator armor of the t-72.
When the tank fell, it descended slowly under the guidance of the parachute. Then, the soldiers of the unit A began to line up and walk out of the cabin and jump calmly.
I am the paratrooper who killed the sky! We appeared in the most dangerous place! They looked at the Indus River flowing in the distance and the land around them. This place is Pakistan's territory and must not be occupied by Indians!
20-130 transport aircraft, 20 tanks and nearly 300 soldiers were airdropped.
When they landed in the air, they controlled the paracord and looked for their own tanks.
"Dong." The tank landed on the ground, and the honeycomb aluminum alloy chassis blocked the main force of the fall. The remaining force was then steadily landed on the ground through the suspension buffer of the load-bearing wheel.
"Dong." The legs curled up, and the paratroopers landed steadily. They threw away the parachute and rushed towards the tank.
Unlocked the tied rope and jumped into the cockpit. Started the engine, and the tank was quickly started with the rumbling sound.
The warrior without tanks jumped on the top of the tank, held the handrail outside, and airborne the field. With the tank as the center, the troops a gathered quickly and headed towards the Indus River.
It took only one hour in total!
When they reached the river bank, opposite the Indian vanguard had not arrived yet.
Disguise! Use the reeds on the river bank and the grass around them, and they quickly hide themselves.
The river is not wide, only less than two thousand meters. The upper reaches are dozens of kilometers wide, and the narrow riverbed also causes the river to rush.
Along the road, above the river, there was a bridge. At this time, the bridge had been placed by the engineers of the unit a. They were only waiting for the arrival of the Indians.
Commander of the unit, Hassan Zada, stood on the tank, holding a telescope and observing the opposite shore.
In the midst of smoke and dust, the armored troops were driving in quickly. The leading one was the Indians' most proud T-72 tank!
The high long gun barrel and the V-shaped car body armor are the most obvious signs of the T-72.
On the rugged road, the tanks kept pounding, and the speed was still not diminished. They came straight towards the highway bridge here.
After passing this highway bridge, you will be flat opposite you and you can reach Karachi directly!
This highway bridge was built more than ten years ago and has a load bearing only twenty tons. Now, the t-72 with more than forty tons is not afraid that tanks will crush the bridge here and rumbles up.
The tracks pressed on it, making a creaking sound, getting closer and closer to the shore here.
The second, the third... this road bridge pressed five or six tanks at the same time.
Hassan was about to order to detonate the explosives and blow up the bridge, but saw the bridge in front, and concrete blocks kept falling.
The bridge can't hold on.
In later generations, more than 100 tons of heavy trucks were pressed on the bridges of highways. It was fine, but if several vehicles were pressed to the side at the same time, they would crush the bridge.
The same is true now. The bridge is limited to 20 tons, and a tank is limited to 40 tons. There is no problem with it. Two vehicles, eighty tons, and it is fine in a short period of time. However, these are not two vehicles, but six vehicles, more than 200 tons, directly pressing on a bridge with a limit of 20 tons. In this way, the bridge was crushed.
"Boom." The bridge could not bear the weight and finally collapsed completely.
As the bridge collapsed, the tanks on it fell into the water. The tank hands screamed inside, not knowing what was going on, but only felt the ground in the field of vision suddenly turned into river water.
The collapsed bridge sank into the river water, and the turbulent river constantly washed away the remaining pieces, while the tanks fell into the water, the hatch opened, and the tankers crawled out of it.
It's terrible to be uneducated. The bridge clearly states that the limit is 20! Hassan here couldn't help but think of it.
This is better. The Indians collapsed the bridge themselves and saw how they crossed the river!
Now, the Indians who were still in a secret state and could not cross the river did not notice that the other side had ambushed their forces and were worried about how to cross the river.
An Indian jumped off the tank and stepped on the fragments below and slowly entered the water.
The collapsed bridge raised the bottom of the river, and the deepest part of the river was only at his waist.
He began to wave backwards, and the driver showed his head and slowly started the tank, actually trying to move along the ruins below.
He is very skilled and brave. The three of them have very superb driving skills. You can tell by just watching their motorcycle performance during the military parade. It is just like an acrobatic.
Now, the tank was slowly moving, and Hassan took a breath. If the other party could really move, he would have to be ready to shoot.
All the m551 tanks' m81 tank guns are stuffed into the Oak Stick anti-tank missiles. The river is wide and can just exert the range of this missile, while the opponent's tank guns will have a great decrease in accuracy at this distance.
"Crack, boom." Just as the t-72 tank had been around for more than halfway through, suddenly, the tracks on one side were idle, and then the tank turned toward this side.
Crushed to air!
The tank went over ninety degrees and fell to the side. The tank soldiers inside crawled out, and they were very angry.
It was about to pass, but I fell here!
The tanks behind them dare not take risks. Now, the time is robbing! If the Pakistani army reacts quickly, they will not be able to pass.
The commander of the 33 Tank Division stood on a T-72 tank behind, watching the river blocking its way. If you want to take a detour, you must be dozens of kilometers upstream to find a new bridge.
Moreover, the Pakistani bridges are too unsolid to pass through tanks! It is not in line with our own strategy.
Originally, tanks can also be swam across, but they need to be equipped with snorkels and apply sealing oil, which is even more wasteful of time.
"Where is the bridge-building tank?" the division commander shouted: "Why haven't you come up yet?"
Because they had to cross a few rivers, they brought bridge tanks when they came, but they had not been able to keep up for the time being.
After more than ten minutes, the special iron lump started to move up.
The bottom is the chassis of the tank. Judging from the track structure, it is the same as the t-55, except that the circular turret on the top has been removed and replaced with a flat, retractable steel bridge.
Finally here!
The bridge-building tank moved to the river bank, then started the hydraulic cylinder and lifted the folded steel bridge one end. Then, slowly, the folded steel bridge was released one after another. The front end was directly into the water and became a bridge. The pontoon bridge that was dozens of meters long was built on the river. The tank retreated, and the second bridge-building tank started to move up and drove onto the pontoon bridge. When it reached the front end, it continued to stretch its own bridge and connected the section of the pontoon bridge that had just been erected. It extended forward for more than ten meters. In this way, one after another, and soon the pontoon bridge was erected in the middle.
What a fast speed! Hassan looked at the floating bridge, which was built longer and longer, and even crossed the middle of the river, and would soon be built.
Can't wait any longer!
"Please note, aim at the T-72 tanks on the other side and let them know how powerful we are!" Hassan said in the radio: "Shoot!"
"Boom, boom!" Twenty tanks and twenty 152mm cannons fired twenty anti-tank missiles.
The most famous gun-fired missile in later generations was the Soviet Union's 125mm gun-fired missile. In fact, Americans studied it earlier.
Using tank guns to fire missiles can give the missile a larger initial velocity and fly further. At the same time, it is not like a shell, and it is out of control when it goes out. It can continue to control its course and accurately hit the enemy.
After launch, the shooter continues to use the aiming device to aim at the target tank. The fire control system of this missile uses visual aiming and infrared automatic tracking technology. It does not require an operating handle. It only needs to point infrared rays at the target tank to hit the opponent.
A huge roar was heard on the river bank here, and the Indian army on the other side was shocked.
What's going on? Why did the fire lights appear on the opposite side? Something flew over?
"Note that there is a Pakistani army hidden opposite!" The tanker in front saw clearly, but unfortunately it was too late.
The cylindrical missile flew straight over. When the missile collided with the main armor of the tank, everyone heard the sound from hell.
The protection level does not exceed 400 mm of homogeneous armor, while the missile flying in the opposite direction has an armor-piercing capacity of more than 500 mm. Therefore, this missile easily penetrates into it and detonates the packed ammunition inside the t-72.
Chapter completed!