Babylonian Empire

The T-72's low profile gives it better bullet-avoidance capabilities.

Behind the T-72 is the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle.

;

Chapter 186 Tank Charge

Chapter 186 Tank Charge——

The army's assault armor force is very small, only more than 60 Chieftains, more than 60 M50s, and more than 113 M[-]s. It is simply impossible to use these assault forces to attack the Abadan defense line head-on.

However, the first wave of air strikes reported that the opponent's armor had been completely destroyed, and the tanks, which were the size of an armored division, had been reduced to ashes. This was why Hashmian could launch an attack with confidence.

If the opponent's armor force has been wiped out, then one's own troops can recover Abadan smoothly.

The armored troops ambushing on the east side of the line of defense began to advance rapidly under the order of Hashemian. Although the battle in the sky was still going on, they still marched forward bravely.Without heavy weapons, tanks are the natural enemy of infantry!

However, when he was about to reach the Abadan line of defense, first, the opponent came with two armored vehicles, rescued the unlucky pilot, and also solved his own two armored vehicles along the way, and then, within sight, The opponent's armored force appeared.

From the periscope of the tank commander, it can be seen that the opponent has less than [-] tanks in total. It seems that under the bombing of our side, the Iraqi armored forces have suffered heavy losses. Our side has already started to attack, but the opponent can only make up for it. Use this tank to resist.

Due to the long distance, they didn't see that the opponent's tank was different from the tank they had encountered before, especially the tank's artillery caliber was a bit larger, and the iconic V-shaped anti-wave plate in front.

The Iranian armored soldiers have no fear at all, especially the tank brigade of the chieftain tank. They have been filled with a large number of elite middle-level commanders and skilled gunners. It is easy to destroy the tanks rushing over from a long distance. The lagging tanks of the Iraqis could not hit themselves at a distance of less than 800 meters.

Therefore, instead of stopping to observe their opponents carefully, they chose to charge. Dozens of chieftains from their own side could wipe out all the opponent's tanks when they approached. It was just a small battle, and they cared more Yes, after entering the urban area of ​​Abadan, there will be a battle with the Iraqis in the urban area.

They didn't know that the small armored force in front would defeat all their offensive forces.

Since being transferred to the front line, Ali has not fought a decent battle. Now, seeing those tanks driving over with black smoke, his fat body gave the first order in the small T-72 tank : "Infantry fighting vehicle, prepare to launch missiles."

At this time, the distance between the two sides is still 4000 meters.

At this distance, the tanks of both sides will not be able to reach each other no matter how far the range is. However, the SEG anti-tank missile with a maximum range of 5000 meters is not included in this list.

Following Ali's order, the missiles on dozens of infantry fighting vehicles were all ready to launch.

In the shock formation, the tanks rushed to the front line, and the infantry fighting vehicles were in the second echelon. In order to launch missiles, the infantry fighting vehicles began to quickly pass the tanks and lined up on both wings.

At this time, the commander of the tank brigade of Chief Tank finally realized that the situation was not good. He still remembered that just now, the opponent's infantry fighting vehicle killed two of his own with anti-tank missiles.

He also knew that the Iraqi army was equipped with Soviet anti-tank missiles.

"Slow down, the reconnaissance vehicle will move forward." The brigade commander issued a combat order. His side charged like this, which implied danger. First, use two tanks to scout the situation first.

However, it was too late. Following Ali's order, the SEG anti-tank missile on the infantry fighting vehicle left the launch rail with flames.

Immediately, flames from missiles were everywhere.

After launching the missile, in order to increase the hit rate, the infantry fighting vehicle chose to slow down so that the missile operator of one's own side could better control the missile to attack the enemy's tank.

The T-72 tanks did not stop, but continued to attack.

The Iranian armored forces made a mistake. After discovering the missiles flying from the opponent, they cannot slow down, they should be at full speed!

Due to the use of visual aiming, manual control, and wired command guidance, that is, when the missile is flying, there is a wire releaser at the back that keeps putting down the wires, and its flight attitude is manually controlled by the launcher at the rear. operational.

After all, the human reaction time is relatively slow. If the tank drives in at full speed, it can avoid the missile by slowing down sharply the moment the missile flies in.

But now, they chose to slow down, which could make the opponent's aim easier.

Ten seconds later, except for a few missiles that were hung up by other things when they were flying, causing them to lose control, most of the missiles accurately flew to the opponent's tank and smashed hard .

The M60 armored vehicle was immediately penetrated by the missile, which detonated the ammunition inside and was completely scrapped.

As for the Chieftain tank, due to its thick armor and the fact that the missile flew too far, the thickness of the armor-piercing was weakened, so it was not destroyed.

Although it was not destroyed, the occupants inside did not feel so well. The huge kinetic energy of the missile hit caused the tank to emit violent vibrations that were unbearable to the internal organs. The internal organs of a few unlucky ones were shattered, and the corners of their mouths were bleeding. , can no longer survive.

The external sighting equipment was also smashed to pieces and could not be used.

The only consolation is that the missile did not penetrate the main armor, and the tank can still move.

If Hashmian saw it, he would have to go crazy. Of the hundred or so tanks in the Iranian army that had managed to gather, dozens of them were destroyed by the opponent in the first wave.

This is the advantage of the long range. Before the opponent hits him, he has already beaten the opponent severely.

Ali gave the second order in the turbulent T-72 tank: each tank company fired the first round of armor-piercing projectiles at 1500 meters, and the target was the most threatening Chieftain tank directly in front.

The Iranian tank troops also began to charge at full speed. They wanted to use their advantage in range to teach the opponent a lesson and kill the opponent at the longest distance!

Since the anti-tank missiles of the infantry fighting vehicles were manually loaded, after launching the first missile, the infantry fighting vehicles took the initiative to hide behind the tank again, preparing to go up to pick up cheap after the tank charged.

Another tank battle on the ground is imminent.

In the sky, a fierce air battle has already entered at this moment.

This time, the Iranian Tomcat launched the Sparrow medium-range air-to-air missile first, shooting down a Mirage F1 and a MiG-23, and the Mirage F1 also shot down a Tomcat with the Matra 530, but the Mirage F1 was careful not to enter the range of close combat, but chose to disengage, and then fired the medium-range missile again.

PS: Thanks to billyboy, Weishui Xijian, and Guigui Daguaiguai for their rewards!

;

Chapter 187 The Arrival of the Flying Fish

Chapter 187 The Flying Fish Arrives——

In the headquarters, Zhang Feng frowned.

Now, the battle had already begun, but to his surprise, the other party seemed to have sent a very clever commander.

The battle first started from the sky. F-14 Tomcat fighter jets, which had almost disappeared some time ago, reappeared in the sky above Abadan, causing heavy casualties to our own air force, especially the first batch of four Mirage F1s. , all were shot down.

As far as I can remember, the only air battles between Iraq and Iran occurred on a small scale. In a large-scale air battle like today, it is very rare for dozens of fighter jets to appear in the narrow airspace over Abadan at the same time.

On the ground, our own ground troops have already made contact with the opponent. Judging from the report sent back by the armored regiment, the Iranians have at least a few armored brigades, plus Wan's infantry, this is definitely a large-scale counterattack. , which made Zhang Feng a little suspicious, as if the other party had another trick.

Under the leadership of Khomeini, the situation of relying on flesh and blood to step on the minefield did not appear. The opponent seemed to have started a modern war. First, it started by taking away the air supremacy and bombing its own strategic targets. This method is simply the US military. The only difference is that due to the strong resistance of the first batch of four Mirage F1s and the false targets arranged by the armored forces on the ground, the opponent's first round of air strikes failed.

Zhang Feng knew that the Iranian National Defense Force actually had a large number of professional military commanders. During the Bavillian dynasty, the Iranian army received strong support from the United States. Many middle and senior military officers had gone to the United States West Point Military Academy for further studies. .It was only because of Khomeini's revolution that this group of talents was lost in large numbers. Otherwise, even if Dad clamored that he was the fourth military power in the world, he would not be able to defeat Iran.

But now, the opponent's command routine made Zhang Feng feel that it must be commanded by a professional senior general.The tricks between masters need to be more cautious.

Even if a bomb hits the oil refinery, it will make Zhang Feng heartbroken. There, wealth is being created for him continuously!

That's why he didn't order the entire 35th Division in Abadan to attack, but only let Ali's armored regiment charge. He had to see clearly what powerful means the opponent had.

The MiG-23 reconnaissance plane was ready to take off at any time, but because the battle was still over Abadan, in order to avoid accidental injury, it did not carry out the reconnaissance mission.