Dominate South Asia

At a distance of more than 2,000 meters, 20 T-72 tanks were hit by missiles fired from the opposite side. They then discovered that someone was already waiting for them on the opposite bank!

They have been there all along!

The problem is that they have no other way now. The width of the river is just beyond the maximum range of their armor-piercing shells. Even if they fire over, the accuracy of the hit will be greatly reduced.

Just when they didn't know how to fight, the second round of artillery fire came again. This time, not only artillery-fired missiles, but also anti-tank missiles carried by individual soldiers began to shoot at the opposite side.

It was not until this time that the commander of the 33rd Tank Division realized that the situation was not good and immediately ordered a retreat.

In the second round, more than 30 tanks were hit by the other side. On the river bank, they left more than 50 tanks. Together with the nearly 60 tanks lost in the first crossing of the river, it was almost enough for the loss of a tank battalion.

"Retreat." Seeing the retreat of the opposite side, Hassan, the captain of the A unit, commanded his own troops and also began to retreat, temporarily leaving the river bank.

Just after they left the river bank, almost all the artillery on the opposite side roared.

Although armor-piercing shells could not reach them, the range of grenades was very long. After leaving the killing range of the opposite firepower, the remaining 200 T-72 tanks all used grenades to cover the opposite positions.

The whole opposite bank seemed to be plowed. The M551 was just a light tank. It might not be able to withstand the shooting of grenades, and the surrounding infantry would be wiped out by grenades.

Fortunately, Hassan ordered his team to retreat in time, so there were no casualties.

Five minutes later. The opposite side ceased fire, and the bridge-building tanks continued to build bridges.

"Attention, grenades are ready, aim at the bridge!" Hassan smiled evilly.

When the Indian bridge-building tanks had built more than half of the bridge again, twenty shells flew from the opposite side again, all of which fell on the bridge. The bridge could withstand the tanks' crushing. But it absolutely could not withstand the attack of 152mm grenades. Under the coverage of grenades, the bridge collapsed again.

How many bridge-building tanks did the Indians have? At most, there were dozens of them. Now, after destroying the bridges built by the other side twice, the remaining bridge-building tanks were not enough to build a completely passable bridge!

Through the telescope, Hassan looked at the armored forces on the opposite side, and it seemed that there was no movement. This huge armored division. It had power but stopped in front of the Indus River.

Time. Passed little by little, noon, afternoon, and the sky was getting darker and darker.

What happened? Hassan began to become a little anxious. Why was the follow-up armored force of his side, the 5th Army of Karachi, so slow? According to the predetermined plan, his side only needed to block for two hours. The 5th Army of Karachi would arrive here, and then completely destroy the armored forces of the Indians.

But now, six hours have passed, and the reinforcements from Karachi have not arrived yet!

His side only delayed the Indian army on this section of the river, but the river is so long that the Indians now have no bridge-building tools. They will definitely seek breakthroughs in other places, or even find a shallow place upstream of the river and drive directly over.

With limited manpower, it is impossible to defend a wide offensive surface. What happened to the 5th Army?

"Report. Reinforcements have arrived." Just when Hassan was extremely anxious, he finally heard a piece of news that made him happy.

"Arrived? Where are the reinforcements?" Hassan looked behind him and could not hear the sound of tanks at all!

Looking more carefully, he saw a troop running towards this side quickly. Are they all infantry?

"The 18th Infantry Division of the 5th Army has been ordered to rush to the Indus River to assist Unit A in garrisoning. I am the division commander Mohammed." A bearded division commander said to Hassan.

"Why is it the infantry division? Opposite us, it is an armored unit!" Hassan said, "Where is the 2nd Armored Brigade?"

According to the original plan, the 2nd Armored Brigade should have arrived long ago. Now, so much time has passed, but the 2nd Armored Brigade has not arrived yet, which makes Hassan very depressed.

"They followed the new order, bypassed Hyderbara, and penetrated to Rahim Bazar, preparing to cut off the Indians' retreat. President Muhammad ordered that since the two Indian tank divisions have come, let them all be eliminated here, and no one should be let go!"

The armored brigade on our side was dispatched, but it did not come to support, but moved to the edge of the swamp, with two purposes, to hinder the arrival of the Indians' follow-up reinforcements, and at the same time, to block the return of the two Indian armored divisions.

However, in this way, the only defensive force left on the bank of the Indus River, except for Pakistan's A Force, is the infantry division.

This infantry division was transported to the vicinity by truck, and then came on foot. It is a bit difficult to rely on this infantry division to deal with the Indian armored forces.

"We don't need to fight, just dig a deep ditch on this side of the river bank, divert the river water, and build an artificial swamp." The division commander saw Hassan's doubts and explained to him.

Artificial swamp!

Although tanks have wide tracks that give them better off-road performance than wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles are not omnipotent when faced with swamps.

For example, this armored force came from the Kutch swamps. They found a suitable road and had straw mats along the way. If they drove in directly, I don't know how many vehicles would be trapped.

An infantry division with 10,000 men is enough to dig out a large area of ​​swampland in one night.

"Okay, let's start work immediately!" Hassan said: "Now, the Indians are either waiting for the bridging tanks at the rear, or they are looking for a new passable road."

It was a hot night. The newly arrived infantry division became an engineering unit. They used the shovels they brought with them to dig out a trench just like digging a trench. Then, they brought the water from the Indus River up to the river bank. , has turned into a huge swamp.

In the middle of the night, I heard the rumbling sound coming from the opposite side again. Sure enough, their engineers began to build the bridge!

The sky gradually became brighter, and the Indian commander was very happy that the three steel bridges had been successfully erected at night!

"Shoot on the opposite side!" the commander of the 33rd Division shouted: "Cover their positions!"

Only by covering the opposite side can our troops cross the river safely!

Just as artillery fire rang out from behind, the tanks here rumbled onto the steel bridge.

The three bridges were all erected at night and moved ten kilometers from their original positions. Based on the artillery fire last night, we can be sure that the opposite side is just a small force! Even if only one tank from our side passes by, it will bring the roar of death to the opponent!

The cannonballs here are constantly firing, but the other side is always quiet, without any movement. Apart from the thick smoke caused by the explosion of the cannonballs, there is only the whistling sound of the sea breeze.

The T-72 tank rumbled past. At the same time, the tanks in the rear were also ready. If artillery fire suddenly appeared from the opposite side, our own side would immediately cover the opponent's artillery fire position! Don't leave them a chance.

There was nothing. The tanks drove easily along the bridge until they saw their own tanks completely crossing the bridge. The people behind finally breathed a sigh of relief. One after another, tanks drove onto the bridge. They would Quickly cross the damn Indus River and reach Karachi by noon!

However, just after the first tank passed by, the driver suddenly found that the roar of the engine became louder and the track on one side began to spin!

Oops! He pulled the operating lever, and the tank slid sideways before continuing to move forward. Through the morning sunlight, he could see that something seemed wrong here.

What exactly is it? The periscope was really unclear, so the tanker opened the cockpit cover and stuck his head out.

There is soft mud everywhere, and it has turned into a swamp!

Damn it!

Just when he released the accelerator, he felt that the tank had stopped moving again. This time, the tracks on both sides were idling!

Go, go! The tracks on both sides kept digging into the soft mud, but they sank deeper and deeper.

"Reverse!" the commander behind shouted.

The tank was in reverse gear, the tracks on both sides were reversed, black smoke kept coming out of the engine mouth, the two tracks were trembling, and they finally came out!

The tanker was breathing heavily, as if he had just exerted himself.

"Keep driving forward," the driver said.

They had no other choice. The tanks behind them drove over one after another.

"Yes." The tank driver continued to drive, but after driving a few meters further, suddenly, the right side of the vehicle sank with a bang, and the entire tank flipped upside down.

There were countless gullies dug in this swamp, and when the tracks happened to be pressed into the ravines, it would be enough for it to overturn.

When the tanker climbed out, he was covered in mud.

"Report, the other side of the river has turned into a swamp!" The commander of the 33rd Division received such frustrating news that his own tanks encountered new obstacles!

What's going on? What was dry and hard land yesterday has turned into swampland today?

"Let the BMP infantry fighting vehicle cross the river first." The division commander issued the order: "No matter what, we must reach Karachi today!"

Although the engine horsepower of the T-72 is large enough, it is also heavy, while the BMP infantry fighting vehicle is relatively lightweight. When passing through the Kutch swamp, they discovered that the infantry fighting vehicle has better passability.

The tanks that had already climbed onto the bridge could no longer move back, so they had no choice but to go over. Behind them, infantry fighting vehicles rumbled up. (To be continued ~^~)