Chapter 309: Helicopter gunship

The fact that the Soviet Union may equip the MiG-29 in advance did not bother Chen Xu much, speaking of which, the United States should be the most nerve-wracking person, if the Soviet Union is equipped with a large number of third-generation aircraft, they will equip the flower growers with the same number of fighters, which is not a small financial burden on the United States. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

However, it is more powerful than anyone throwing money, the Soviet Union is the first to be unable to support it anyway, even if the MiG-29 is cheap and easy to produce, as a quasi-third-generation fighter, its cost will not be too low.

It may be possible to produce a few thousand planes with the finances of the Soviet Union, and tens of thousands of them are a joke.

Now is not the era of propeller fighters, and wood and cloth can still be used as materials for fighter jets. The materials of the third-generation fighter itself, as well as the complex processing, cost a lot of money, and the finances of the USSR would not allow them to build too many of them!

On the contrary, he expects that in the South Asian War, China and the Soviet Union will create a miracle of air warfare, and after the 21st century, it will be impossible to have a war at the level of the five hooligans, and individual regional wars will be crushed by the United States imperialism against small countries, or small countries will fight each other, and it will be impossible for mankind to create this kind of bloody and pleasing air war!

This may be the sound of a large-scale human air battle, Chen Xu felt that he had to arrange a few high-altitude cameras to shoot this air battle from the perspective of a bystander, and these materials would become important historical materials.

Chen Xu has always been a person who will do it when he thinks of it, he thinks that not only the South Asian War, but also the upcoming war of aggression against Vietnam must be photographed in a panoramic way, no matter how big the Hollywood blockbusters in later generations, I am afraid they will not be able to compare with this kind of front-line battlefield photography.

A war photographer is a very dangerous job, and if you can't get the best shots, it's because you don't get close enough! Because of this famous saying, we can see a lot of rich historical materials of World War II.

Chen Xu sent invitations to several well-known news newspapers in China, hoping that they could send a group of photographers to carry out battlefield photography with the front-line troops.

The work was undoubtedly dangerous, but his request was quickly answered, with more than 160 journalists reporting from the front line as fast as possible, and state television bringing in imported photographic equipment.

Chen Xu even took out three Little Bird helicopters for photographers to use for aerial photography, which are small and sturdy, as flexible as bees and not easy to be hit, trying to ensure the safety of these war photographers.

Chen Xu is a person who likes to do things to the extreme, and he has many brave photographers carry broadcast-quality cameras used to shoot movies to follow the actions of the attacking troops, and go directly to the front line to shoot like soldiers.

This camera is the latest camcorder developed by Hitachi, and historically, the integrated circuit components in this machine are extremely power-hungry, so a wire must be connected to maintain the operation. However, the appearance of Chen Xu has improved Japan's semiconductor technology for more than ten years in advance, this camera not only has advanced CCD image sensors, but also reduces the power consumption of integrated circuits in the body a lot, reaching the technical level of the nineties, especially with batteries can also support half an hour of shooting, in wartime to prepare more than a dozen batteries at a time, can ensure uninterrupted use.

Of course, no matter how good the camera is, it needs someone to shoot it, and for a photographer who has not been trained in professional combat, it is very difficult to go to the front line with such a big guy. It is very likely that the enemy will see him as a soldier carrying a missile, and there is a high chance of being killed.

In particular, some photographers will forget that they are on the battlefield in the rain of bullets, and they will not hesitate to expose their bodies in order to get the best shots. Considering this situation, Chen Xu arranged two soldiers for each photographer to protect him, and by the way, he could also help carry backup batteries.

After the end of the war, these photographers will also be rewarded handsomely, the state will praise them, and their units will vigorously promote them, and they can be promoted and raised when they go back.

Some people always don't understand why they do nothing, and they always don't get the opportunity to climb, in fact, there are opportunities all the time, and some people don't dare to risk their lives even if the opportunity is in front of them!

For the MiG-29, the Military Intelligence Agency and the CIA are showing their own powers, and they want to obtain the core data of this fighter at all costs.

Chen Xu felt that the Military Commission took the MiG-29 too seriously, no matter what, it was just a light fighter, not to mention that he was still an early model that had just been developed, and the bomb load and cruise capacity were much worse than the F16.

With a helmet in hand, he walked to his Cobra gunship, a special anti-tank gunship developed by Bell in the sixties for the purpose of dealing with the air can opener of the Soviet tank sea.

During the Vietnam War, the helicopter found its flaws, and after continuous upgrades and modernizations, its performance has changed from what it used to be.

The U.S. imperialists now have more advanced Apache helicopter gunships, but they have only entered service this year, and there are not many of them. This time six were brought over, and they were flown by the best pilots of the Army Airlines.

Chen Xu knew that he was only a semi-professional helicopter pilot, and his piloting skills could not be compared with those old pilots who flew planes all year round, and the best weapon must of course be handed over to the best weapon operator in order to exert its maximum power!

Chen Xu was not so willful that he had to fly the best helicopter, he honestly chose a Cobra. This kind of gunship has been specially strengthened in the cockpit, seat, and engine shield, which has a strong anti-damage ability, and the safety of the pilot can be guaranteed.

After arriving in Hanoi, all the helicopter gunships circled at low altitude to provide fire support to the ground attack force, and even if they were hit and fell to the ground, as long as there was no explosion on the spot, the pilots would basically survive.

The characteristic of American-made helicopter gunships is that the co-pilot and shooter are installed in the front, because they have a wider field of view in front and can operate weapons to strike at targets.

And the main driver is in the back seat, and the position must be safer.

Chen Xu's co-pilot is a young man named Peng Jing, who is just twenty-two years old, who is handsome and not tall. In fact, at his age, even if he entered the Army Airlines, he had to train until he was 25 years old before he could really take on the big responsibility and become a qualified pilot.

But now is the time of war, and there is a shortage of talents in the army aviation, like Peng Jing, a fledgling who can already fly a helicopter but is not proficient, has also been sent to the battlefield, and basically the old bird is a deputy.

After all, actual combat is the best training, and no matter how young a newcomer has fought two battles and experienced life and death, the psychological quality of piloting an airplane is basically stable, and it is no worse than that of those veteran pilots who have been flying airplanes for more than 10 years.

In fact, flying a helicopter is about a mentality, as long as the mentality is stable, and you can calmly deal with emergencies, even if you are a very powerful pilot, even Chen Xu can only do it to this extent! (To be continued.) )