"Direction 322, distance 2450, Class A target!"

While telling Wu Qitie loudly, Situ Lin pressed the switch on the control panel to unlock the turret and handed over the control to the cannon leader.

Now, what he controls through the turntable is no longer a turret, but a circumferential instrument installed on the top of the turret.

This is also an infrared night vision device.

Unlike the infrared night vision device installed on the right front end of the turret, which is specially used for gunners, the resolution of the vehicle captain's perimeter is slightly worse, and it cannot be linked to the laser rangefinder and wind speed measurement equipment. However, it can rotate 360 ​​degrees in all directions and has a wider field of view.

In fact, this is the "hunting-anti-anti" system.

Simply put, the commander searches for the target, finds the target and handes it over to the gunner, and the gunner will complete the attack operations such as firing, while the commander continues to search for other targets.

When necessary, the commander can surpass the gunner and directly control the tank gun to fire at the target.

To this end, a relatively simple fire control system is equipped with the vehicle captain's circumference meter as the core, which is actually mainly used for distance measurement scale.

As for the factors that can affect the accuracy, such as wind speed and temperature, almost all of them are ignored.

The reason is also very simple. The commander needs to fire directly, which is almost always close-range combat. Even if there is no correction, it is just a difference between hitting the turret and hitting the body of the duct.

When fighting from a long distance, the gunner must fire.

This "Hunting-J" system is the core of the ZT-99B, and can also be said to be the essence, and it is the main reason why the ZT-99B's cost remains high.

The purchase price of the cyclic visual instrument alone exceeded 400,000 yuan.

However, it must be a great value for money.

In theory, the "hunting-anti-zhang" system can increase the combat efficiency of the tank by 8 times.

As for how we came to this conclusion, it is unknown.

It is undeniable that this system does have extremely high tactical value and can greatly improve the combat efficiency of the main battle tank in complex environments.

"Big dumplings, open it steadily, wait for my signal...stop!"

While Wu Qiti shouted out loud, Tang Xuebing stepped on the brakes violently.

It was like being trapped by a rope. Within just a few dozen meters, the tank weighing 60 tons and running at a speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour stopped.

Then, the deafening sound of shelling came.

"Bang--"

Although he was staying inside the turret and wearing earmuffs, the sound of the tank gun fire still made Situ Lin’s ears hurt.

What is even more unbearable is actually the thick smoke coming out of the barrel after the tank gun is reloaded, that is, after the gun bolt is opened.

Although the tank gun has a smoking device, it is impossible to remove all the thick smoke from the gun barrel, and there must be residue.

Strictly speaking, the smoke produced by the emitter is a toxic gas.

Fortunately, in just 3 or 4 seconds, the smoke was discharged outside the car body through the air conditioner.

"Head, hit it!"

"Don't stop, keep rushing forward!"

Before Situ Lin reminded him, Tang Xuebing had already stepped on the accelerator.

Reloading takes about 7 seconds, usually 10 seconds are reserved. Before that, the tank must run and must not stay in place.

Stop and you will become the target of the enemy!

More than two thousand meters away, the tank hit by the armor-piercing bomb had already ignited a fire, and it seemed that ammunition could explode at any time.

Not only is the armor-piercing projectile sharp enough, but its relative position is also very important.

While the fire was opened, the "Leopard 2" faced the ZT-99B sideways.

Although I didn't see clearly, I couldn't see clearly, judging from the fire ignited after being shot, the armor-piercing bomb was likely to hit the tank's engine compartment or turret tail compartment.

A few seconds later, the shell stored in the tail compartment of the "Leopard 2" turret exploded.

The flames generated by the explosion rushed out directly from the top of the turret, like a sudden column of fire, and the entire turret flew up.

After rolling in the air for a few rounds, it fell to the open space dozens of meters away.

However, Situ Lin did not care about these things.

"Direction 015, distance 2100... The captain exchanged fire!"

When locking in the second target and to be precise, Situ Lin clearly saw that the "Leopard 2" turret was turned over.

The enemy discovered the ZT-99B that was approaching quickly.

It is impossible to judge that the "Leopard 2" is aiming at the ZT-99B. After all, it is behind and is following the four main battle tanks of the Guard Company.

But there is no need to make a judgment.

Situ Lin was the first to open fire, so his car was the most likely to be discovered and aimed by the enemy.

While he shouted out loud, Wu Qiti released the joystick that controlled the tank gun.

It is not about handing over control, nor is it necessary to hand over. The commander's control is above the gunner. Releasing the joystick is to avoid interference.

"Tang Xuebing, follow my orders...stop!"

This time it took less than 2 seconds, and less than 20 meters, the ZT-99B stopped.

The reason is also very simple. After starting again, the speed of the ZT-99B was not increased. When Situ Lin ordered, it was only 20 kilometers per hour.

After shouting "Stop", when ZT-99B stopped, Situ Lin did not fire.

What is he waiting for?

"Si..."

As the strange howling sound came, Wu Qiti was so scared that he took a breath of air conditioning.

It was the sound of armor-piercing bombs flying past nearby.

To be precise, before the sound reaches, the armor-piercing bomb flew past the tank. The strange sound is actually a sonic boom produced by supersonic speed.

If it is a fighter jet, it is a roar like a thunderbolt. The armor-piercing bomb is too small and the sonic boom is generated is also sharper.

Obviously, Situ Lin issued a parking order after judging that the enemy's tank was about to open fire.

If Tang Xuebing did not stop the tank and continued to rush forward, he would definitely be hit by the armor-piercing bullet!

Even if the "Leopard 2" DM33 armor-piercing projectile is not yet advanced, it can theoretically penetrate 450 mm thick homogeneous armor at most. The ZT-99B's turret and the front of the vehicle body are more than 800 mm, which can withstand the direct strike of the DM33. However, as long as it is hit by the armor-piercing projectile, even if it is not penetrated, it can damage the tank's electronic equipment and injure the driver and passengers.

At least it will lose combat capability in a short period of time.

"Bang--"

After the enemy's armor-piercing bombs flew past the front of the tank, less than a second apart, Situ Lin controlled the tank gun to launch a counterattack shell.

"Head, hit it accurately!"

Because the front faces the enemy, the vibration caused by firing is not very fierce.

Wu Qitie could see clearly that the armor-piercing bullet penetrated from the front of the "Leopard 2" turret, and when it penetrated from behind, it also brought out a ball of fire.

However, the fireball is not big, unlike ammunition that explodes.

Immediately, the hatch door at the top of the turret opened, and a burning object, actually a fired tanker drilled out of the turret.

Unfortunately, the tanker failed to climb out of the turret and fell down after opening the top cover.

Although the sub-caliber shell-piercing bomb relies entirely on kinetic energy to kill targets, and has no explosive loading, and has no blasting effect, when dealing with armored targets, especially personnel inside armored targets, the killing effect is no worse than ammunition that relies on blasting to produce damage.

The key is that after the armor-piercing bomb penetrates the armor, it will produce a large number of fragments scattered at extremely fast speeds!

These fragments are like scattered shrapnel.

In addition, a large amount of kinetic energy will be converted into internal energy during armor penetration, so the temperature of the debris is very high, and arson effect can be produced inside the tank.

There are flammable and explosive items in any tank.

That's why armor-piercing bombs have always been a powerful tool to deal with tanks.

Behind, three ZT-99Bs from the guard platoon also opened fire one after another.

Going south, it was divided into 6 assault clusters, and 33 tanks from 3 companies had been put into battle and had achieved their due level.

Although this was the first battle of the 04101st Battalion after the Bo-Iran War, and it was the first battle between Situ Lin and other officers and soldiers, the value of rigorous training in the past was fully demonstrated at this time. If you really want to say it, it is of great significance to have to carry out live-fire confrontation drills several times a year.

Not to mention anything else, at least the officers and soldiers will not be frivolous because of the enemy's counterattack when participating in the war.

In the frontier command post.

Pavlov witnessed the counterattack of the 04101th Battalion with his own eyes.

Before this, Pavlov was a little worried about this armored battalion commanded by the "Situ", mainly because the officers and soldiers of the battalion were very young, even Situ Lin was only in his 30s, and he was not a veteran in the face of danger, so he might not be able to perform well.

After the counterattack began, just in the previous rounds of firefighting, Pavlov changed his view of the 04101st Battalion.

The counterattack was not only fierce, but also very sharp.

Not only is the ZT-99B very excellent in performance, but it is also related to the commander's tactics and courage.

The counterattack troops that rushed in the front were in the north, so they invisibly surrounded the enemy's rear and cut off the enemy's retreat passage.
To be continued...