Chapter 6: Advancing towards Dawang

  The vehicle was moving forward quickly. Speaking of quick, in fact, it's just around 30 or so, but compared to when they used their feet to walk up to the attack position before, this is already a high-level treatment.

  Unlike the 581 National Road on one side, Zayu is basically all high mountains and canyons on this side of the country, but once it reaches the actual control line on the Indian side, the ground becomes much better, but these roads are still basically wartime highways.

  When the Indians built these roads, they left a trick. At almost every mountain pass facing India, there is a bend of more than 60 degrees. Vehicles coming from National Highway No. 1 must slow down here, and once they slow down, they will become the target of the Indian army's attack on the nearby mountain pass.

  The first time entering the actual line of control in India, everyone's mood was excited. After all, this is the first time to go abroad and fight a war, and it is with an old opponent who has fought once before. The natural scenery of the Dawang area is very beautiful, because there are few people, so the natural vegetation coverage rate is very high, and the artificial traces are basically non-existent.

  Everywhere is green and lush with towering trees and wildflowers that can't be named, from time to time in the misty mountains, you can still see sparse villages scattered about, due to the sudden outbreak of war, most of the residents of this generation have not yet fled.

  Occasionally, the wind blows through the shooting holes to several villagers' heads carrying goods on the side of the road. From their clothing, they are similar to the ordinary people in southern Tibet.

  If we look at it from a geographical perspective, these people should be the people of our Tsangnan, but if we look at it from their living habits, because they have been integrated into India for too long and also due to the colonial education of the Indian government, they are estimated to be almost the same as Indians.

  Although this place was once recovered in the last century, we abandoned it again in 1963 due to political reasons. So, not to mention the Cheng Feng people, even the old men inside the current group army have basically never been here.

  It is a blessing to be able to serve as a soldier in the new era, and to arrive at the place where our predecessors shed their blood in the first border counterattack of the new era. As Cheng Feng was immersed in this picturesque mountain scenery.

  Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard, and the war chariot of Cheng Feng suddenly stopped. From the earphone, Cheng Feng heard the call from the lead tank: "0101, my vehicle has been hit, one shell, vehicle out of control, specific damage unknown, requesting support from rear vehicles, requesting support from rear vehicles".

  Upon hearing the news, Cheng Feng grabbed the binoculars on the operating table and jumped out of the car after opening the rear door. At the same time, Lin Yi also followed Cheng Feng with a swift movement and quickly got into position for tactical action. The other soldiers also leapt out and formed a defensive line around the armored vehicle with their guns at the ready.

  "Company Commander, what's wrong?" Lin Yi's hand was still shaking as Cheng Feng arrived at the 160th vehicle that had been hit.

  Cheng Feng stood at the rear of the chariot and looked forward, about 80 meters ahead, tank No. 160 was emitting black smoke, its left track broken, and the reactive armor on the left front side of the turret had also been detonated, the irregularly torn reactive armor skin was exposed everywhere.

  Type 160 was hit by an anti-tank guided missile. Fortunately, the excellent anti-armor performance of the Type 11 tank, the metal jet of the anti-tank missile that accurately hit the front armor of the Type 160 was deflected by the explosive reactive armor, and did not directly hit the main armor. As a result, only a small black mark was left on the surface of the main armor.

  The 160mm turret hit in the tank rotated with a "giggle" sound under the operation of the vehicle commander, trying to swing out an angle to fire to the left.

  Cheng Feng picked up the microphone, just about to call for backup from the rear car, when he saw a red light flash in the 9 o'clock direction ahead of his own team's vehicle. Immediately after, another shot was fired at the already crippled No. 160 car on the road.

  The incoming missile directly hit the 160 in a very short period of time, and this time the missile hit the junction of the 160's turret and body. As the weakest part of the tank, it could not withstand the impact of an anti-tank missile.

  The anti-tank missile hit the target with a loud "boom", flames splashing everywhere, followed by continuous explosions. Cheng Feng knew that this was the internal fuel of the Type 160 being ignited by the metal jet, and the Type 160 was done for.

  A burst of orange-yellow flames shot out from the top of the turret, accompanied by body parts of the crew members inside. The vehicle then separated from the turret, which was blown off more than 10 meters away and crashed onto the roadside with a loud "bang". Needless to say, the commander and driver of Vehicle No. 160 were killed on the spot.

  Since then, Chengfeng only felt that his heart was being tightly grasped by someone, from early this morning. Although the numerous sacrifices had made his nerves increasingly strong, but truly facing the death of his comrades in arms, and such a heroic death, Chengfeng's heart still felt very uncomfortable.

  "Damn you! I'll beat you to death, you piece of trash!" Old Li cursed as he ran towards Chengfeng from the front.

  "Attention all tanks, attention all tanks, activate defense measures, launch jamming, fire at enemy targets, fire at enemy targets!" The tank company commander in Tank No. 161 shouted loudly.

  The tank company commander's voice had just fallen, and the turrets of tanks 161 and 163 quickly turned to the left. The cannon muzzles flashed red, and with two loud "booms", tanks 161 and 163 each fired two shells. Immediately, about 400 meters away, two plumes of smoke rose into the air.

  "Fire at will, launch, take it down!" The tank company commander yelled into his headset.

  "Boom boom" followed by continuous firing of tanks in the back, a series of smoke columns continuously exploded on the small hill not far away.

  "Dada" Cheng Feng's war chariot also began rapid firing, with a string of large-caliber shells accompanied by the shooter's roar, densely shooting towards the small hill.

  "Whoosh" again, a red light flashed, and an anti-tank missile flew towards Cheng Feng's convoy. Immediately after, "Boom", a loud explosion sounded, and a war vehicle not far in front of Cheng Feng was hit, the shockwave from the explosion almost overturning Cheng Feng.