Under the encouragement of She Ling Yunxiao, the officers and soldiers of the sword army roared and stepped on the battlefield. Far away, the little Pei Chengyi pinched his sweat.

After the Indian army in Bhopal was dispatched, Pei Chengyi first breathed a sigh of relief, and when the staff officer sent the information on the strength of the Indian army, he immediately became nervous. Let Yuan Chenhao go and stare at the battle of Fatehpur. Pei Chengyi called the intelligence staff officer and asked him to immediately contact the Military Intelligence Bureau to ask for a list of military supplies that the United States had provided to India, and asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to immediately bring over the performance data of the heavy equipment.

Long before the outbreak of the war, Pei Chengyi learned from the Military Intelligence Agency that the United States had sent all the obsolete weapons and equipment to India. In other words, if the United States provides military assistance during the war, what will be sent to India will not be the obsolete equipment of the American military, but the main equipment of the American army. Although it is also second-hand, the performance is very different. In any case, the main equipment of the US Army will not be far behind. It is precisely because of this that after the first batch of military supplies arrived in Mumbai, Pei Chengyi mobilized a large number of forces from the air force, which was very strained, to carry out a major bombing of the port of Mumbai, destroying a lot of heavy equipment that had not arrived and been transferred. Although the bombing was timely. However, it was not able to destroy all the heavy equipment. What is even worse is that Pei Chengyi has no right to order the fighters of the Air Force to bomb the transport ships flying the American flag, so he cannot destroy the equipment that has not yet been unloaded on the dock, and as a result, a lot of heavy equipment still falls into the hands of the Indian army. Since then, Pei Chengyi has been keeping an eye on where the equipment goes.

After learning that the Indian army was arming the Southern Army Group with these equipment, Pei Chengyi was a little relieved. After all, dealing with Army Group South is a matter of much later. It's just that with the change of the battle situation, after several main armored divisions and mechanized infantry divisions of the Indian army arrived in Bhopal, Pei Chengyi knew that trouble was coming.

The Military Intelligence Bureau not only brought information on the heavy equipment of the US military, but also brought photos taken by radar satellites.

It is indeed a big trouble, and the main divisions of the Indian army are all full sets of new American weapons.

It was also at this time that Pei Chengshu sweated for the sword army.

The main battle tanks of the main divisions are still inflated. Infantry fighting vehicles were built on several pieces, all of which had just been sent out of the U.S. military's supply warehouse. Because of the haste that many tanks and combat vehicles did not have time to erase the US military logo, but only painted a layer of the Indian Army logo on them.

There is no doubt that these two types of equipment pose a great threat to the main battle equipment of the Sword Army, especially Concave Three

Autumn is a new type of main battle tank opened by the United States after the Peninsula War, and when the project was established, it was clearly required that all combat performance must be better than the main equipment of the Republic Army of the Peninsula War and the National Army.

In response to the requirements of the U.S. Army, it was decided to use an orbital electromagnetic gun and high-strength alloy armor when it was designed.

The problem is that at the time of research, the miniaturization technology of orbital electromagnetic guns was not yet mature. Moreover, the United States is far inferior to the Republic in the development of high-strength alloy armor.

If it weren't for the fact that in the Korean Peninsula War, the U.S. military's... The series of main battle tanks has been defeated, and the US Army is likely to wait a few years for the development of the main battle tanks after the technology is mature. The real problem is that the US Army cannot wait, and if it cannot serve in time, the US Army will be reduced to a third-rate army, and even the company will be introduced. The Pakistani Army and the Iranian Army are not comparable to the 2 formations.

As a last resort, the U.S. Army can only reduce performance indicators, but only explicitly require that the initial design requirements be met in future improvements.

As a result, the first model of the Flail series of main battle tanks, namely the Bulge, still used depleted uranium armor with a strong millimeter. Although the basic performance is on par with the out, it does not reach the design index of the concave at all. What's more. When mass production began, the dish came out of a completely improved model, ie. Not porridge has been put into service, and the performance has been improved across the board.

In desperation, before the U.S. Army received the first batch of mass production models, it required Chrysler to be responsible for the production of the flail Chrysler Heavy Equipment Company, which is also the largest heavy equipment company in the United States, and its predecessor was the Army Equipment Subsidiary of General Motors Corporation. The minimum requirement is to achieve the combat effectiveness of the dish.

Because the design cycle is long rainbow years. And the performance indicators are too low, so Chrysler Heavy Equipment has been working on improving the design. After receiving the request of the US Army, it took only half a year to launch the first improved model of the serial main battle tank, that is, the bulking beater.

The biggest improvement over the cake is the use of a tank gun made of new materials. I raised the muzzle energy of the tank gun. At the normal engagement distance of the blade meter, the armor-piercing ability is increased. Due to the limitations of the body structure, the bulge did not change the armor, but only enhanced the protection performance by wearing the explosive reactive armor with additional armor and double defense capabilities. Because the normal combat mass has not changed, the bulging motor is still used, and in actual combat. It is necessary to wear 4 to 6 tons of additional armor, and the actual tactical mobility of the fighters, as well as the maximum combat range, are reduced compared to the base.

In any case, the flail met the requirements of the US Army for firepower and armor, and the mobility of the loss point was nothing.

It is precisely like this, the US military is massively equipped not to fight.

In fact, even the top three received improved a few shortly after entering service.

There is no doubt that the contract was terminated after the masonry thug was young.

Chrysler Heavy Equipment had long expected that the Army would terminate the contract, so when it was expanding, the self-paid funds were opened, hoping to use this to provoke the purchase of the United States.

In addition to the latest electronic equipment and sighting equipment, the port 2 is used. The biggest improvement is that in view of the aging problem, the motor with higher power has been replaced, and the 6-stage composite battery has been replaced with a stage composite battery, so that the maximum combat formation has been improved, and the actual paste has been improved, reaching the level of sacrifice.

According to the assessment of the outside world, Wang's comprehensive combat capability is on a par with Biichiro.

The problem is, the U.S. Army is not impressed.

It's not that it's not advanced enough, it's that the U.S. Army can't afford it.

Because it was replaced with expensive electronic equipment and sighting equipment. It also used a mouth-level composite battery with a very high price at that time, and the "internal batch price" was calculated by the flail.

Of course, the US Army did not let the manufacturer completely despair.

In order to encourage Chrysler Heavy Equipment to continue to develop more advanced main battle tanks, the US Army not only paid a few general research funds, but also gave the manufacturer a research and development contract of 100 million US dollars, requiring the manufacturer to come up with a leading position before the end of the year on the basis of the mountain. A main battle tank that is comparable to the one being developed by the Chinese Army. What's more, the U.S. Army makes a commitment as long as the performance is achieved. If you don't attract paste, you will purchase it on a large scale, and there will be no price restrictions.

From this, it can be seen that the US Army is very impatient with the fact that the main battle tanks are several years behind.

With the U.S. Army's commitment, Chrysler Heavy Equipment decided to go big.

This time it is not a small repair, but a comprehensive improvement. In terms of outside evaluation, it is simply a redesign of a main battle tank.

On the day of the moon and the blade of the year, the first cake truck rolled off the assembly line.

Compared with the first three models, except for the basic platform, that is, the frame, there is not much change, and the Flaiwang is a completely new main battle tank. The main gun is a high-millimeter orbital electromagnetic gun, the armor is all made of high-strength alloy, the power of the motor reaches the strength of the hand, the smelter-grade composite battery is used to supply power to the motor and the electromagnetic gun, and the electronic equipment is completely renewed.

The performance is really advanced, not even comparable. No draws.

The problem is that the price would be too high for the U.S. Army to afford. According to the unit price offered by Chrysler Heavy Equipment, the US Army's equipment procurement funds for one year can only purchase shellfish and boom. There is no doubt that such a high price is simply not acceptable to the US Army.

The U.S. Army only promised not to impose too many restrictions on prices, not at all.

In accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Army, the second prototype of the old lock 3 has been fully "reduced in price".

The main gun has not been replaced, the frontal armor has been replaced with a new composite armor composed of high-strength alloy and armor steel, and the sides, tail and top are still made of depleted uranium composite armor, the power of a single electric motor has been reduced to a strong kilowatt, and the 8-level and old-level composite batteries are used to power the motor and electromagnetic cannon respectively, and the electronic equipment is as simple as possible.

This change fully met the performance indicators of the U.S. Army, and only 8 times of O citation.

Although the price is still a little expensive. The main reason is that high-strength alloys and old-grade composite batteries are too expensive. U.S. production companies have not been able to achieve large-scale production, but basically within the acceptable range of the U.S. Army, the unit price is about a double of the flail, and it is only more expensive than the flashy foundation. According to the calculation of combat effectiveness, taking into account the continuous investment in maintenance, personnel expenses, and combat consumption after equipping the troops, the purchase of the fertilizer mouth 3 is more calculating than the purchase of the old 4.

In the year of the sword, the U.S. Army began to purchase in large quantities.

Ran's question is, how to deal with the previous purchase?

Although it is possible to follow the old method to improve the expansion into alcoholism3, the U.S. Army has given up the improvement calculation, because the cost of improvement is equivalent to the spider of a new car, and most of the bulging units have been in service in the U.S. Army for several years, leaving only less than the service life of the jump, as well as the improvement of the requirements for supporting facilities, the pulling effect on employment, and other factors, it is better to directly purchase new cars.

Of course, nearly a thousand shirts are unlikely to sit idle.

Because the flail is still a relatively advanced main battle tank, it has only been in service with the US Army for a few years. The number of four is still used, so the United States did not "give" a few toss to friendly countries as it did with obsolete equipment, but sold it to other countries in the same way as it disposed of second-hand equipment.

It's a bit incomprehensible that India doesn't buy a base.

Perhaps India feels that the flail thugs are not advanced enough. Either the price of the United States is too high, or Germany's "Leopard 3", which is more attractive, India chose the "Leopard 3" after evaluating several and "Leopard 3", and was affected by factors such as the lack of supporting logistics facilities, India finally did not buy "Leopard 3" but turned to the United States again, intending to adopt it. It can be seen from this that India's abandonment of buying the "Leopard 3" basically has nothing to do with the "Leopard 3," but is a trick of India's completion, hoping to get the United States to agree to the export of the "Leopard 3" through the purchase of the "Leopard 3."

Before the outbreak of the war, the two sides had already negotiated a contract, and it was just about to be approved by the US Congress.

Although from the perspective of the generations of tanks, Wang with. Don't cite it's not the same generation of main battle tanks, don't say anything else. The full combat weight of the lazy Wang is as high as each other's tons, which is a standard main battle tank, while the full weight of the battle is no more than a brick ton, and the standard combat weight is less than each other's stew. It is the world's first light main battle tank, also known as a strategic tank in Western countries, and the previous main battle tank is called a tactical tank. In terms of firepower, dual-purpose ... small up and down; Because the millimeter rail electromagnetic gun used the latest technology, it made up for the gap in caliber; If we take into account that the United States will not supply India with the latest armor-piercing shells, at most the first generation of armor-piercing shells for electromagnetic guns that the US Army will be equipped with in the year of the milk thug, then. If you don't lead, you will gain a more obvious firepower advantage. In terms of protection, the mouth lead has advantages, but it is not obvious; In armored battles, the main indicator of the tank's protection capability is the thickness of the frontal armor; Although the milk does not use pure high-strength alloy armor, thanks to the large combat weight, its frontal protection will not be comparable. There is only a significant gap between the side, back and top protection capacity and the ratio of the lead. In terms of maneuvering, the advantage of not leading is very obvious, but it may not be able to swing it in battle; As a light main battle tank, Feiyin attaches more importance to strategic mobility, and in actual combat, it is affected by electronic equipment and sighting equipment, even if the 3 is more flexible. It is also difficult to fully swing the advantage, especially on the plain battlefield, and it is necessary to run fast and hit accurately. In order to ensure that the game is accurate, you can only run a little slower; Although there are obvious advantages to the additive performance of the lead. However, in the case that both sides have the ability to strike "movement to move", the "stop and fire" tactic is rarely used, and the impact of the increase on the battle is not obvious.

All in all, the foundation is not the strongest opponent that it can meet at this stage.

If it is a one-on-one fight, Pei Chengyi has nothing to worry about, after all, the introduction of Siwang is like the US military used in the Gulf War... The mountain religion is the same as a knife, and there is basically no difficulty.

The problem is that the Indian army has a clear superiority in troops.

In accordance with the standard combat establishment of the Indian Army. The annihilated armored division and 2 mechanized infantry divisions are equipped with a total of main battle tanks, and one brigade is sent to Fatehpur, and the other 2 brigades surround the Indian army in a pincer offensive, and the main forces of the Indian army act together, then the ratio of tanks on the battlefield will not be 2 to 2 but 6 to "even in some local battles, it is very likely to be 3 to 3 vehicles and not 3 old.

Does the Knife Army have a chance of winning?

Pei Chengyi is more worried about Ling Yunxiao's fighting style.

Ling Yunxiao is a well-known "desperate Saburo" in the army. "And never lost a battle. Even if he can't beat it, he won't choose to retreat.

Pei Chengyi's first reaction was to warn Ling Yunxiao, and then dismissed this idea.

Ling Yunxiao is a wolf, fighting. can take Xiang Linghui's words as wind in his ears, and will he listen to Pei Chengyi's warning?

It is impossible to take back the sword army, no matter what, it is impossible to abandon the airborne thug brigade, and it is even more impossible to abandon the entire combat operation because of the arrival of Indian reinforcements.

As a last resort, Pei Chengyi could only immediately contact the army and the old brigade of the air assault.

Haired, at most, let these two troops, which had been slowing down for a few days, play again.

What many staff officers do not understand is that Pei Chengyi did not consider air strikes.

Undoubtedly, the best force against armored forces is the low-altitude attack aircraft of army aviation. Not how advanced is it in. In front of the injury, with... There is not much difference between Wang and Slack. They are all beaten. Even if the anti-tank missiles used against other main battle tanks cannot penetrate the frontal armor of the flaile, and the attack missile cannot break through the active defense system of the flaile, the bomb of more than four kilograms will definitely be able to blow the flaile to pieces, and so far there is no active defense system on the combat vehicle that can intercept such a heavy bomb. Not to mention a direct hit, even if it explodes within a few meters of the vicinity, the powerful shock wave generated can throw the tank to the pound. Bottom to sky. If a bomb is used. Not to mention those who specialize in fighting tanks, even if they are not good at fighting tanks! 7 can also be the nemesis of four 3s.

The problem is that the battlefield is too far away from the army aviation base and the air force base.

In order to prevent the two Indian armies from meeting and gaining various opportunities for annihilation, it is necessary to annihilate the main forces of the Indian army in a quadrangular area surrounded by Jhansi, Banda, Murwara and Edawa. The area is more than 1,000 kilometers away from the nearest ground aviation base, more than kilometers away from the base of the old air assault brigade, and more kilometers away from the nearest air base. Although Pei Chengyi has asked the engineers to start repairing the Indian air base in the occupied area and establishing a temporary army aviation base at the air assault force station, these projects are all prepared for the next decisive battle, and the project of repairing the Indian air base will not be completed until the old day of Kouyue at the earliest, and the project of establishing a temporary army aviation base can only be completed before the Kouyue force day, and it will not be able to catch up with the battle that is about to explode. If the low-altitude attack aircraft group of the army and air forces is deployed in the air assault force's station, the combat effectiveness of the attack force will certainly be greatly affected, and the sustained combat capability will not be much better. Tactical aviation can participate in combat through in-flight refueling, etc., but this will have an impact on the unit's ability to sustain operations. Let the already exhausted pilots continue to fight on the adventure.

It's not that air support can't be used, it's just that you can't pin your hopes entirely on air support.

Relatively speaking, Pei Chengyi prefers to use long-range artillery that is convenient and fast, and "inexpensive".

Out of the Knife Army, the 7th Artillery Brigade, which is equivalent in size to the ordinary artillery brigade iodine. There were also two artillery brigades on the battlefield, an artillery brigade that went out of the army. If necessary, a few artillery brigades can also be drawn from other units, such as the two artillery brigades of the Bi Army, which has been enjoying the scenery of the plateau in Nepal, using strategic airlift forces or rail transport capacity.

As long as the fiber artillery brigade can be concentrated, artillery support can replace air support.

Although there are many troubles in using long-range artillery, Pei Chengyi has no other better choice.