Dominate South Asia

Unfortunately, in war, although the main factor that determines the outcome of the war is still people, the generation gap of equipment cannot be made up by people sometimes.

Just like now, although Iraq has introduced the Soviet T-80U tank, the backwardness of the night vision device has made them not notice the incoming American troops at all. They are still patrolling around with infrared headlights.

Tank driver Rost drove his tank and continued to rush forward. When the distance reached two thousand meters, he had vaguely seen the outline of the tank on the opposite side. The low round turret, the long gun barrel, and the body with six pairs of road wheels should be the T-72 tank equipped by the Iraqis, right?

Although the T-72 and T-80 are somewhat different in appearance, such as the V-shaped wave-breaking plate in front, the reactive armor added, and the accessories on the turret, these are not clear in the night vision goggles for the time being.

"Target, 1,900 meters, one armor-piercing projectile." The voice of the commander came clearly through the headset.

The report said that the Iraqis had no armored troops stationed in Baghdad at all, and there were several tanks that were obviously patrolling in front of them, which made the forwards of the First Mechanized Infantry Division a little puzzled. However, they could not care about so much now. The battle had begun!

"Boom!" As the 120mm tank gun roared, the entire vehicle body trembled, and a depleted uranium armor-piercing shell flew out of the muzzle.

The wing of the bomb spread out, and the tail-stabilized armor-piercing shell began to launch its fatal attack!

Relying on the advanced technology of the United States, the M1 main battle tank also has a high first-shot hit rate at a distance of two kilometers. The pointed body of the depleted uranium armor-piercing shell successfully hit the turret of the T-80U.

"Boom!" The reactive armor faithfully performed its mission and found that it was attacked by the armor-piercing shell. The reactive armor began to explode, hoping to offset the force of the armor-piercing shell.

Unfortunately, the depleted uranium armor-piercing shell arrived!

When the reactive armor exploded, the temperature generated immediately caused the front end of the depleted uranium armor-piercing projectile to burn rapidly, turning into a metal heat flow, piercing the main armor of the T-80U turret, and piercing into the interior of the turret while continuing to burn.

When the explosion outside was heard. The tanker reacted and was ambushed! Then, a hot heat flow entered, and the soldiers in the vehicle body were instantly hit by the heat flow. Except for the driver in front, the commander and gunner in the back were instantly killed.

The fire extinguishing and explosion suppression system started automatically, and the driver's head was a little dizzy. He struggled to climb out from the front. Escaped by luck.

T-80U, as a tank used by the Soviet Union, has advanced systems. Because there was no secondary explosion, the driver was protected.

He stood outside, looking at several of his own tanks, all of which had been hit and caught fire, and his heart was full of anger. From which direction did the Americans come?

In Baghdad, underground fortifications.

"Report to the President. News came from the front that one of our squads found the American armored forces 20 kilometers to the west. They exchanged fire, but were all hit by the United States."

20 kilometers to the west? How did the Americans get here? Although Saddam's face was still calm, he began to panic in his heart. After all. The Iran-Iraq War lasted for ten years, but it was always fought on the border and did not threaten his own capital. This time, the other side came straight to his own capital!

"Order all members of the Hammurabi Division to go out. Stop the Americans outside the city!" Saddam gave the order.

The Americans cannot be allowed to come in, and they cannot be allowed to defile their own capital!

Ibrahim on the side frowned immediately. What happened to the president? According to what Mr. Xiao said at the time, his army had to stay in the city and fight street battles with the Americans, so as to offset the Americans' air advantage. If the army was pulled out of the city, it would become a target for the Americans' air strikes.

"President, we will be attacked by the Americans in the air." Rashid, the commander of the Republican Guard, said on the side.

"We must not let the Americans enter the city and turn our city with thousands of years of cultural history into ruins!" Saddam said: "We must stop them outside the city. This is also the mission of our Republican Guard!"

Saddam's eyes opened wide and looked at Rashid: "Why, is the Republican Guard afraid of casualties?"

Say so, it is simply questioning the loyalty of the Republican Guard. Rashid knows that he can no longer say anything else. He just hopes to preserve his strength and better attack the enemy, rather than consuming the strength of points in vain. But now, the president is angry, and the consequences are serious!

"No, we will faithfully carry out the president's orders. The Republican Guard Hammurabi Division will definitely stop the Americans near the Euphrates River!"

"Fight bravely!" Saddam said: "Let's continue to deal a heavy blow to the Americans!"

This was a sleepless night. The US army suddenly appeared in the suburbs of Baghdad. The Iraqi Hammurabi Division, which had just returned, fought a fierce battle with the US army. Unfortunately, due to the disadvantages of the fire control system, many of them were destroyed before they found the Americans.

Compared to the monkey version of the T-72, one advantage of the T-80 is that even if it is hit by the opponent, the tank crew has a chance to escape, and will not explode directly like the T-72.

There was even a T-80U tank, which was hit by an armor-piercing projectile on the front armor, but it was not penetrated. The reactive armor offset part of the kinetic energy of the armor-piercing projectile, and the composite armor was repeatedly cut, finally stopping the depleted uranium armor-piercing projectile before it penetrated.

The battle between the two sides was entangled. For the Americans, their disadvantage was that the number of tanks delivered in the first batch was still insufficient, while the disadvantage of the Iraqis was that the fire control system was not advanced enough and could not detect American tanks at a long distance.

The Americans were temporarily blocked from moving. They were waiting for the arrival of the second batch of troops. As long as the second batch of equipment came, they would have enough power to counterattack and defeat the Iraqis in front. Moreover, after daybreak, with the advantage of air superiority, they could defeat the Iraqi army more easily.

And one of their big problems was fuel! Although they were full of fuel when they came, a series of high-intensity operations soon made the gas turbines that drank oil fall into the dilemma of lack of fuel.

The fierce battle between the two sides was still going on.

"Boom!" The commander of an M1 tank was using a periscope to observe the surroundings. He had just fired an armor-piercing shell. He did not have time to observe the results of the battle and continued to search around.

In the dark night, he was separated from the other tanks. Following him were two identical M1 tanks and two M2 infantry fighting vehicles. They continued to follow the original plan and prepared to block Baghdad.

Just as he turned, he saw a dark green effect, which appeared like a smoke ring.

That was the other party firing! The screen in front of him showed that the other party was at least 1,800 meters away from him! At such a long distance, they still wanted to hit their own side? It must be blind firing!

These Iraqis have never seen a truly elite army, holding advanced weapons, fighting a positional war in the First World War. Just like them, they still want to fight against their own side?

As soon as the thought fell, I felt the steel fortress tremble violently, and the huge impact sound resonated inside the tank. The sound was so terrifying.

Hit?

When the terrifying sound passed, no more metal heat flow shot into the tank, and the four members breathed a sigh of relief. It was great to be alive!

On the front turret, there was already a tail of a tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile, which was only a few centimeters away from penetrating the turret!

It must be said that the American depleted uranium armor is the best armor in the world. At the beginning, the American tanks fell into the ditch and could not be dragged out, so they could only fire and destroy their own tanks. As a result, several similar M1 tanks opened fire, and their own depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles still did not tear open the main armor of the tank. In this contradictory battle, it was the shield that won the victory.

Now, Iraqi tanks also cannot penetrate from the front.

How can the Iraqis shoot so accurately at such a long distance? When the commander looked at the commander's periscope again, he found that he could not see anything.

Although the collision just now did not penetrate the main armor, it caused the sighting equipment on it to be deformed and unable to work effectively.

"Put reverse gear and back up!" the commander shouted loudly.

He finally remembered that the tank he had just encountered had no infrared headlights! This must be Iraq's latest tank, not a Soviet product! Of course, there may be another possibility, that the opponent is our own, the same M1 tank! If this is the case, it would be the most depressing.

Going forward in this darkness, you may get lost and meet friendly forces on a narrow road, and end up mistaking the other side for the enemy, causing accidental injuries. This is also the reason why there are no fighter planes in the sky to support the army although the army on the ground is fighting hard.

Tank identification is a very challenging technical problem. Although fighter planes have long realized IFF identification transponders, this thing often fails to do the job, and there have been cases where Patriot destroyed its own fighter planes. On the one hand, the number of tanks is huge, and on the other hand, the use environment is more severe, which causes this electronic equipment to often fail.

In the past, tanks could accurately hit targets at a distance of several hundred meters, and there was no need for identification of friends and enemies, and the eyes could see clearly. Now, with the advancement of fire control technology, there can be a good first-shot hit rate at two thousand meters, and at night, identification of friends and enemies is necessary.

However, there is no such equipment available now. For example, in China, red and blue flags are used during exercises and hung on the tank turret to determine whether the opponent is a friend or foe. Later, the United States launched an improved M1A2 tank, adding advanced vehicle-to-vehicle information systems and battlefield management systems to know where friendly forces are.

In this case, retreat is the most correct choice.

He didn't know that the opposite side was actually the Iraqi armored forces. These were a small number of Pakistani-made Type 90 tanks equipped with the 8th Armored Brigade of Iraq! (To be continued ~^~)