Chapter 626 Meeting on a narrow road
Lieutenant Pete was in a slowly moving forward armored vehicle, and Lieutenant Pitt was extremely nervous at this time. The ah-64 Apache helicopters that appeared in the sky could not completely smooth out this mood, because he could see clearly on the information terminal. According to the updated information instructions above, the Russians' defense line might be in a large area a few kilometers ahead; in other words, they would soon leave the relatively safe armored vehicles, get out of the car and go on foot to fight - if the tanks and helicopters in front could not handle the Russians for a while, or their flanks were threatened.
As the troops continued to advance, after a brief calm, there was a sudden fierce confrontation.
Faced with the approaching of the US military, part of the 22nd Regiment of the 164th Motorized Infantry Division of the Seventh Guards Army, which built a defensive position about 15,000 meters south of Yerevan, fire reconnaissance teams hidden in sparse forests sent back the directions of the frontier enemy troops.
As the target information was conveyed, it was deployed on a position about ten kilometers away from the line of fire. A 2S1 122mm self-propelled howitzer appeared from the camouflage position. A round of rapid grenades was launched immediately, and a large ball of soil and smoke and dust were blown up on the hillside in an instant.
Just as a round of barrage-covered shooting, the American armored vehicles quickly crossed the road with barrage, hidden in a long depression on the other end of the slope, the t-72bm of the tank battalion of the 22nd Fleet Regiment shook off the anti-infrared masking net on its body, and the steel tank with flat-end gun barrels launched a charge from one side of the road in an evacuation formation. The roar of the 2a46 125mm smoothbore cannon was one after another. A "Abrams" tank at the beginning of the road was still turning its guns and was shot one after another. A "Strick" following behind was directly hit by a large caliber shell, blowing into a terrible wreckage of black smoke rising!
Because he kept advancing during the attack and did not get reliable information from this area, the 2nd Battalion of the Mountain Division suffered a great loss on this gentle slope, and the road soon became explosive and messy.
Seeing that there were a large number of Russian tanks rushing out from the position less than two thousand meters away, there were many armored vehicles following behind. As soon as the battle started, Lieutenant Pitt, who quickly left "Strick", had rushed down the road shoulder with the soldiers. The well-trained American soldiers were not panicked at this time. While using the telephone to contact the battalion command headquarters of the command "Strick", they let the m1a2 tanks followed behind move forward over the other vehicles, temporarily resisting the fierce attack of the Russians. While using the battlefield information sharing system to urgently call for air support.
Just as the sound of artillery on the ground was shook the sky and the bullets and shells were screaming torn the air, four ah-64 Apache helicopters rushed to the sky approached the large slope where the fierce battle was in full swing. Armed helicopters carrying Hellfire anti-tank missiles quickly discovered the target on the ground.
The armed helicopters appearing over the battlefield seem to be able to quickly kill the enemies on the ground; however, after sufficient tactical training, these "Apaches" who had just escorted the Black Hawk helicopter were obviously afraid. They just hovered far away on the east side of the war zone and absent-mindedly fired several "Hellfire" missiles; after the flying missile hit the target and destroyed the two moving t-72bm tanks, the attacker immediately fired a large number of smoke bombs, and the armored vehicles that opened the front of the attack quickly disappeared in a large area of thick smoke.
Faced with the attack of the ah-64 "Apache", before the millimeter-wave radar that can guide anti-tank missiles appears, the launch of a smoke screen is a very effective defense method.
Not only that, as several thin white smoke rose from the back of the front line, the "Apaches" immediately noticed the threat and carried out horizontal maneuvers, throwing large pieces of infrared interference bombs to avoid it.
But just in the flash, I saw an ah-64 that was too far ahead and searching for the target traces in the white mist in vain could not dodge. Only a sudden burst of fire was seen in the sky. The helicopter hit by a portable air defense missile immediately lost control and fell. After landing, a violent explosion occurred!
Seeing a companion being shot down, the battlefield was still full of thick fog. Under the blockage of the rising smoke, the Soviet tank's "Ping Ping Pong" shelling flashed with the gunfire. The pilot and weapon controller on the helicopter could clearly see it, but they could not use this to guide the AGM-114 "Hellfire" anti-tank missile. At this time, they could only use their heads and minds to fire into the fog with the m230 thirty-mm chain cannon hanging from the front of the helicopter, and fired several rockets from time to time.
In such a continuous thick fog, it is difficult to hit the opponent, whether in the sky or on the ground. The 2nd Battalion of the Mountain Division, which organized defense in a busy and chaotic manner, had given up the plan to launch defense along the highway. It was only temporarily equipped with a few m1a2 tanks to suppress the formation, which was completely unsuitable for such a tough battle. The battalion commander quickly ordered all the personnel to retreat on "Strick", leaving only a few bulky "Abrams" in charge of the rear, following up for the rear, and the 7th Regiment of the Cavalry Division, equipped with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, gave up the attack front.
As soon as he contacted the enemy, he hurriedly retreated. Of course, such behavior was not decent.
But no matter what, it was discovered that the Russians' defense support node was discovered. Now the 2nd Battalion only needed to wait for the arrival of the air support he had called before, and used the head-on guided bombs to cooperate with the attack of the 7th Ranger Regiment to blow all the Russian tanks to pieces!
The battle on the ground was slightly delayed due to the smoke and the American retreat; while in the sky, ah-64s that were circling around the battlefield and trying to find the smoke screen gap to attack were successively attacked by ground air defense fire. Several Bmp-2e infantry fighting vehicles deployed in a "u"-shaped preset position swept wildly with 2a42 thirty-mm automatic cannons, and shot down an "Apache" that was too close to it on the spot.
Seeing that there were also many ambushings on the other side of the slope, the rest of the "Apache" retreated far away because they were afraid of the dense firepower of the small-caliber automatic gun. They quickly turned flexibly to occupy a place, and regained a favorable position on the southern wing of the front line, preparing to launch a new round of missile attacks against Russian tanks that had been exposed from the thick fog.
Sitting in the "Strick" who was turning around and retreating, Lieutenant Pitt heard the roar of paddles above his head, looking out from the observation hole with some fear. He could clearly see that on the side of the road not far behind him, his butt was lined up with several "Abrams" on his side, firing on the slope where the fog had not yet dissipated. From such a distance, the dull sound of the l44 smoothbore cannon shooting was still a bit deafening.
"Bang-boom-!"
Chapter completed!