Chapter 556 Air Strike
The Jamna River is a large river in Bangladesh. It originates in China and is called the Yarlung Zangbo River. It is called the Brahmaputra River when entering Bangladesh. The Brahmaputra River turns 200 miles downstream of Gaohati and is called the Jamna River. The Jamna River flows from north to south and converges with the Ganges near Goalondo. This river is 240 kilometers long, with a sandbank and a shallow beach with a flood beach of 56-64 kilometers wide. The riverbed slope is gentle, the low water level is 5-7 kilometers wide, and the flood level is more than 11 kilometers wide. It is a world-famous plain wandering river with rapid water flow, wide and shallows, interweaving Han roads, and dense shoals. It is also very difficult for Bangladesh to build a bridge on such a river, so Bangladesh has only built a river cross-river bridge in total.
As long as the bridge is blown up, the Indian armored troops that have entered Tangail will fall into a situation without logistics support. The tanks of their gas turbines will quickly consume all the fuel. At that time, it depends on what they do!
The a-7 attack aircraft continued to fly. With the advanced navigation device, they came over long distances and soon discovered the bridge.
The on-board guidance device illuminated the laser beam. After reaching the bridge, it reflected back and was received by the seeker of the laser-guided bomb. Then, the wings shook and the two bombs fell down swayingly.
In order to completely blow up the bridge and make it impossible for the Indian engineer troops to repair it, all four bombs of the two A-7 were dropped.
The pilot counted down in his heart, ten, nine... When it reached zero, a huge explosion came from below.
"Boom!" The 900 kilogram laser guided bomb fell accurately on the bridge deck of the bridge. With the huge explosion, the piers below were blown up, and the more than 20-meter-long bridge deck connected was completely destroyed.
"Boom!" Another bomb exploded, and another section of the bridge deck was destroyed.
After all four bombs exploded, the entire bridge was blown into several sections. If you want to recover, even if you are engineers, you will have to repair it for more than half a month!
Two A-7 attack aircraft pulled up and flew towards Chittagong. When they landed, they would reload the Mavericks missiles and prepare to attack the Indians' armored forces tomorrow.
At the same time, the Pakistani Air Force Tomcat fighter jets and the other A-7 attack aircraft also flew to the Zaruh Hak Air Force Base, which means that Pakistan has already participated in the war!
Dhaka International Airport.
Flights have been grounded. In fact, because Bangladesh's economy is backward, there are not many flights, only two flights at night.
The airport was brightly lit, and President Elshad stood on the runway, watching the C-130 planes landing.
The cabin door at the rear was opened, and the light wheeled infantry fighting vehicle drove out from it. The fully armed Pakistani soldiers had a firm look on their faces. Just looking at the momentum of this unit, they were elites in the battle.
"President Elshad, we are ordered to come and support." Colonel Yud said to Elshad, the commander of the unit.
"Thank you very much for your support," Elshad said: "Do you don't have heavy armored troops?"
All those who got off the plane were light equipment, including the m551 tank. Although the barrel looked thick enough, it was too short and very small.
Can the Indian army be defeated without the main battle tank? You should know that the Indian army is equipped with m1 tanks imported by the United States!
"Mr. President, please rest assured that we will block the Indian army west of Dongji and will not allow them to invade Dhaka." Colonel Yud said: "No matter how much the price we pay, we will complete the task and protect our brother countries."
Yud said this, and Elshad really moved. He didn't know that the main task of this quick reaction force came over was not to fight a war, but to pick up spoils!
At this moment, Ranard hurried over and said to Elshad: "Mr. President, we just received the report. Five minutes ago, our Jamuna Bridge was blown up."
The Jamna River Bridge was destroyed? Al Shad's face suddenly changed: "That was built by us with huge amounts of money, who did it?"
It seems that the bridge is more useful to India? Indians should not do this, who is that?
Elsard turned around and looked at Yud. The expression on Yud was very strong, and he only said one sentence to Elsard: "Mr. President, it's a war now!"
War! War comes at a price. It’s just a bridge. Compared with the destruction of a country, what is a bridge?
After saying that, Youde returned to his wheeled chariot, and the troops had already assembled and drove away from the airport in sequence.
"What? The bridge was blown up?" After receiving the news, the Indian armored division commander's face changed suddenly.
He found that he had made a mistake and only left a small number of aircraft and infantry soldiers to guard the bridge to prevent it from being destroyed by ground personnel, but did not leave any air defense force!
However, it is useless to stay. The ones that accompany his armored troops are just self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. In actual combat, the effectiveness of anti-aircraft guns is far inferior to that of air defense missiles.
Did the Bangladeshi do it themselves? It probably won’t be that their air force is very weak. It’s night now. If they want to blow up the bridge, they just need to fly a few times before they can blow up the bridge!
If you are not a Bangladeshi, you must be an external force. Could it be Pakistan? When you think of Pakistan, the commander of the armored division was even more anxious: "Order, concentrate all the fuel, add all to the m1 tank, and advance overnight!"
Not all the fuel is consumed, and other accompanying vehicles still have a certain amount of fuel left. Although the m1 engine uses aerospace gas turbine, it is not picky. In addition to the commonly used No. 1, No. 2 diesel and No. 4 and No. 5 jet fuel, gasoline and kerosene can even be used when urgently needed. If you need to change the fuel, you only need to turn the dial in the cab according to the specific gravity of the fuel, which is very convenient to operate.
Now, the commanders of the armored division are preparing to make the worst plans. Once the fuel supply cannot be transported on time, they need to gather the most powerful force of the entire division, namely the tanks, and charge towards Dhaka. As long as these powerful American tanks pass by, they will definitely scare away the head of the Bangladesh government, and their army will not have strong resistance.
Even if Pakistan dispatches ground troops, it will take several days to get here. By then, they have occupied the capital of Bangladesh and will be invincible.
All the soldiers were preparing in a hurry, sucking out the oil from other vehicles, putting them into the tank, and making up the fuel for the tank. Some smart soldiers also quietly kept some in case of accidents.
When the weather was dawn, the preparation was finally completed. After putting the fuel from other vehicles together, they finally collected enough fuel for their tanks and could continue to start and arrive directly at Dhaka!
However, at this moment, the roar of the plane came from the sky, and Pakistan's A-7 attack plane arrived again!
The a-7 attack aircraft is equipped with a calf missile specially designed for attacking armored targets on the ground. The pilot looked at the Indians' armored vehicles on the ground, his eyes full of excitement.
It's time to slaughter the Indians again!
If it were just ground troops to fight, those m1 tanks might play a considerable role, but now, when aircraft specifically attacking grounds arrive, ground troops can only be killed.
When he found that the Pakistani attack plane was flying overhead, the Indian Armored Division commander, with despair on his face, suddenly woke up. The bridge was bombed last night. The Pakistani were not just to attack their logistics supplies, but to block their retreat path!
"Retreat, withdraw immediately to the city of Tangail!" The commander of the armored division shouted in the radio. Although there are anti-aircraft artillery troops of the division, it is a drop in the bucket to deal with the planes above the head. Only by retreating back to the city of Tangail first. In the densely populated urban area, the opponent's air force should have less attacks, and they have to face the risk of misattacks.
However, there was a loud hissing sound from the headphones, and the radio was already disturbed!
In the eastern area of Tangail, which is unpredictable, the Indian Armored Division ushered in another unforgettable experience.
A Maverick missile, dragging the tongue of fire, flew down from the wings. The target was obviously the m1 tank that was retreating. At this time, black smoke came out of the side of the tank, and the engine had already burst out with maximum power, dragging the steel monster to retreat.
"Boom!" The m1 tank with composite armor did not block the attack of the Maverick missile. The missile pierced from the top of the turret and penetrated the weak top armor. The metal heat flowed into the inside of the tank.
"Boom!" With a violent explosion, the tank was filled with thick smoke and stopped moving.
Obviously, the target of the first round of attacks of the Mavericks was those high-value m1 tanks, which made Colonel Yud, who had just arrived in the war zone and was observing the battlefield with a telescope, shook his head: "Damn it, you can't all blow up. The president has told us to clean the battlefield, those m1 tanks, should be ours!"
That was an advanced American tank! Colonel Yud was very jealous. Seeing one m1 tank after another, he felt as if he was destroying his equipment.
"Ga." An m1 tank stopped, the armored soldiers inside opened the hatch and ran towards a mound in the distance without looking back, preparing to hide there.
Chapter completed!