Chapter 1019: Arms dealers are short of arms
Chapter 1019 Arms dealers lack arms
The cockpit, engine compartment and even the rotors are specially strengthened or made of special materials, such as the seemingly fragile rotors, which can actually resist 12.7 mm bullets, and even 23 mm shells can resist a few hits.
But no helicopter gunship can be exhaustive, there is never a perfect shield in this world, and even a tank known as the Land Tiger can be defeated by a small grenade - as long as the grenade explodes in the right place.
The weakness of the mongoose, and the weakness of the vast majority of helicopters, is the glass of the cockpit. In order to ensure the performance of the aircraft, it is still unwise to install bulletproof glass that is resistant to 12.7 mm bullets, because this kind of glass cannot meet the requirements for aircraft performance in terms of transparency and weight.
What's more, the price of this glass is simply too great.
As a gunship, its special cockpit shape minimizes the possibility of being attacked from the ground, and the trapezoidal structure makes it difficult for snipers on the ground to target the fragile cockpit glass and shoot.
Of course, not all the time, the helicopter gunship will maintain an absolutely horizontal flight attitude, after all, the helicopter's large maneuver must rely on the change of attitude to achieve.
The mongooses, hovering in the sky, continued to pour down the ammunition they carried, plunging the entire camp into a sea of fire.
Just when Zhang Ran and the others thought that these mongooses would dump all their ammunition in the camp, three mongooses suddenly broke away from the group and turned around and flew in the direction of the woods outside the camp.
"Oops, they've found people in the woods!"
Zhang Ran, who was shuttling in the rain of bullets and fires, had never relaxed his vigilance, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but exclaim.
In the woods, there were not only a group of scattered mercenaries who 'picked up the stars', but also Old Dao, Lin Feng, and the 'dark night' who was responsible for taking care of them.
"Damn, what to do? Those branches can't stop the cannons and rockets! Kuaishou also scolded his mother on the radio channel, "Bai Ge, Bai Ge, can you think of a way!" ”
"I miss you yarn! Do you think I'm here for a long-range fire support team, or do you think I have some satellite laser cannon in my hand? I'll tell you, that thing hasn't even really been put into use yet...... Holy! ”
Bai Ge's sudden scolding was not aimed at Kuaishou.
In mid-air, a mongoose that turned around and flew into the woods suddenly swayed, swaying left and right like a drunk strong man, looking very weird!
But then, something even weirder happened.
The drunken mongoose was in the lead, perhaps because of the small size of the camp, and the helicopters were very close to each other in order to get the best angle to attack. If you are training or if you have no ability to fight back on the ground, this distance should be safe.
But no one expected this to happen to the leading helicopter, and when it suddenly swayed from side to side, the first thing to suffer was the mongoose that followed him to the left and back!
Maybe the driver of this mongoose didn't expect that his cockpit would be fiercely installed with the tail wing of his companion, if someone stood on the side to watch at this time, he could clearly see how the high-speed rotating open tail wing would crash on the composite material on the side of the mongoose driver's cockpit, and how the bare tail lever would not give up on the cockpit glass and slash off the driver's head!
The appearance of the first impact indicates that things are completely out of control!
The pilot on the right side of the drunken cat reacted quickly, and when he noticed that there was a problem with the attitude of the leader aircraft, he immediately prepared to climb high speed to avoid a possible collision.
It's a pity that he's still a little late. When the drunken cat's butt smashed the head of the companion on the left, under the force of the impact, the drunken cat's head sank violently and threw it to the right at the same time!
"Bang bang!" The loud noise continued to come out, and the mongoose's rotor that could cut off the fifteen-centimeter tree trunk slashed the landing gear and external weapons of the mongoose on the right side, and the rotor that was vibrated by the force scraped the bottom of the cabin, bursting out with dazzling sparks!
"Ahh
The pilot and fire controller in the meerkat's cockpit on the right exclaimed at the same time, they felt like they were riding an angry bull, and if it weren't for the strap-on seat belts, they might have been thrown out of the vibrating plane!
The drunken cat who lost the tail wing and rotor completely lost the ability to stay in the air, like a piece of iron tuo falling to the ground, and the drunk cat who was hit by his tail rod and smashed the cockpit, maybe the fire controller is still working hard, but judging from the amplitude of its swing, it is not far from falling.
Only the right mongoose, which was cut off the lower half of its body, escaped smoothly, and it had lost its landing gear and external weapons, and completely lost the courage to continue fighting, and the engine roared and disappeared into the night sky!
"Cold-blooded, well done!"
A series of accidents made Zhang Ran exhale heavily, he believed that this would not be an accident, the only possibility was to successfully shoot the driver of the mongoose in cold blood! Of course, it was impossible for Cold-blooded himself to have such a good effect in advance.
"Boss, it's just luck!"
The cold-blooded voice was still so calm, but his shot did change the direction of the entire battlefield. Two meerkats crashed, one was injured and fled, perhaps the driver who was hit in cold blood hung up without having time to explain the situation, so that the two meerkats still hovering over the camp couldn't figure out the situation at all.
Not knowing the truth is the most terrible. The two mongooses didn't even have time to throw out the ammunition in the cabin, so they couldn't wait to increase their horsepower and return home.
The roar of the engine gradually faded away, and Zhang Ran and the others slowly walked out of their hiding place.
Looking around, basically everything in sight has been destroyed, and what is left is a ruined wall. The fire is still burning, and the mercenaries under 'Picking Stars' are already organizing everyone to extinguish the fire, but the effect is very limited. It was not only the base that was destroyed, but also the distressed combat vehicles of the 'Picking Stars', almost all of which were burned into iron cages, and the 'Picking Stars' covered their faces and squatted on the ground, sobbing silently.
"Are there any casualties?"
Zhang Ran asked, leaning on the headset.
"A few 'star-picking' mercenaries didn't have time to evacuate and found two charred corpses......." It was the old knife who responded to Zhang Ran.
"Tell 'Picking Stars', our mercenary group has borne the pension, and not a penny will be less, in addition, we will definitely repay this hatred!" Zhang Ran gritted his teeth, his cheeks were raised high, and his fists were clenched.
"White Leather!"
"Boss, I'm here."
"Report the situation!"
"Boss, the arsenal seems to be ruined, and there are not enough weapons to ......" Bai Ge, as the logistics support staff of the Saber Mercenary Group, must remind Zhang Ran that judging from the current situation, it is not the best time to launch a counterattack.
Fortunately, Zhang Ran did not lose his mind because of the air raid, although there were casualties, but not only was the number within an acceptable range, the saber mercenary group did not suffer any losses, and the property and other things were negligible.
After settling down, Zhang Ran looked around again at the camp that had gradually restored order, gritted his teeth and said to Lin Feng: "Help me contact the nearby arms dealers!" ”
The sky has turned white, and the fire at the base is basically under control. The bombing of the arsenal may have been the most unlucky, but thankfully the communications equipment has been able to keep the lines open.
"I need a batch of weapons, really good weapons, God knows how many helicopters the devils put here." As soon as the phone was connected, Lin Feng made a request to the other party straight to the point.
"Smuggling weapons is a big taboo, and this request of yours is really difficult for a strong man."
"Can't I give the money?" Lin Feng said angrily.
"It's not about money, it's about principle, and we can't help you with weapons, but ...... I've got a guy's contact number here. ”
"Who?"
Lin Feng actually knew the other party's difficulties, after all, if Western countries found out that the mainland was actually engaged in arms smuggling in Africa, then the problem would not be ordinarily serious.
"A Russian, oh no, this should be said to be a Soviet, at least that's what he himself has always called."
"Soviets? You can't be talking about Summerst, right? ”
The underground world over the years has not been in vain, in the land of Africa, those people are pretending to be, those people are really, especially the arms Lin Feng also knows in his heart.
"Ouch, you actually know him? That's easy. ”
"It's not easy! This guy never sells weapons to strangers, you don't know his rules, do you? Lin Feng didn't breathe a sigh of relief because of the other party's words, it was precisely because he knew the person Somerst, so he felt a headache.
Somerst, a typical old man of the Soviet Union, is actually a well-known big man in the intelligence systems of countries around the world. This guy used to be a senior general of the Soviet border guards, and when the former Soviet Union collapsed, this guy didn't want his army to be reorganized, so in a fit of rage, he led his henchmen to move the arsenal of the formation he was in.
Originally, with just a few people and a batch of weapons, Somerst couldn't make any big waves, but the problem was that the former Soviet Union had too many troops at that time, and the country was too poor. Somerst has a good brain, and after a few arms deals, he saw the sweetness.
At first, he was just looking for some old colleagues, whether it was Russia, Ukraine or any country, but all the generals who were willing to drag those guys in the arsenal out and sell them had business dealings with Somerst, and this guy did have some doorways, and slowly became the middleman of most of the former Soviet arms deals, and his reputation gradually grew.
The other party's mention of Somerst made Lin Feng can't help but think of this guy's identity, and then he was also relieved, plus Lin Feng's current identity in the arms world, there is no need to be afraid too much.
But the past two years have not been easy for Somerst.
As the iron fist of the Russian Emperor became more and more tough, and a large number of wealthy people who made their fortunes from the collapse of the Soviet Union were pushed to court, and even directly arrested and assassinated, it is a miracle that people like Somerst can still survive to this day.
Moreover, because of the monopoly of the Sabre Regiment in Zimbabwe and Liberia, he lost a lot of arms resources.