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In the bumpy and uneven mess of rubble, a faint gray figure lay close to the ground. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

To the right of the gray figure, a long circular tube painted with desert camouflage is juxtaposed. At the front end of this long tube, a gourd-like object protrudes out.

In the valley of "Boom Boom ......", there was a sudden splash of dust. The screeching sound of sand and stones grinding was transmitted to all directions.

The gray figure hidden in the middle of the rubble heard the roar and couldn't help but move. A large, jet-black hand that seemed to have not been washed in months slowly stretched out and grasped the round tube on the right side.

As the roar got closer, there was a slight tremor on the ground. The gray figure's movements became more and more cautious. It wasn't until the camouflage-colored long tube was placed in the recess between the two pieces of gravel that he stopped moving.

30 m ...... 10 m ...... Appeared! In the eyes of the gray figure, an armored car came out from the right and appeared in his line of sight. From a distance of 10 meters, he could almost see the soldier with the machine gun above the armored car chewing something. If it weren't for the location of the gray figure, it was on the slope of the valley side, and it would have been difficult for him to avoid the detection of these armored vehicles at such a close position.

Suddenly, the gray figure's upper body quickly stood upright, like a cobra about to cull its prey. And the camouflage tube was also placed on his right shoulder.

He grinned at the soldier who had only discovered himself in the armored vehicle at this time. The gray figure pulled the trigger without hesitation. The entire upper body shook back, and a puff of blue and white smoke suddenly came out of the right front. In the midst of this smoke, a little orange fire was flying towards the terrified armored vehicle soldiers at a speed of several hundred meters per second.

Just as the soldier on top of the armored car reflexively turned the cannon, the orange fire was already close to the armored car, and then collided directly.

"Bang!" It was as if someone had ignited the ammunition inside the armored car, and it emitted an earth-shattering explosion. In several fragile cracks in the armor that were torn apart by the blast wave triggered by the explosion of the ammunition, fires and smoke rushed out...... This was seen when four Pony light attack helicopters arrived above the mountain pass. An armored car was destroyed at close range with an RPG.

The Pony light attack helicopter was manufactured by the former Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing Company of the United States. It is an attack helicopter improved from the civilian Hughes 500 helicopter. This light attack helicopter, with a total weight of less than two tons, is not a helicopter gunship in the pure sense of the word. However, because of its low price and good surname, many countries with weak economic strength have great interest in it. This attack helicopter, which has been modified to carry four Dow anti-tank air-to-surface missiles, has only 15 in the entire Kenyan army. And the Navy has five of them. The Army, which has ten Pony attack helicopters, actually sent four reinforcements at this time, and it is conceivable that Mulungaru, as a member of the National Defense Committee, absolutely used his power in order to ensure victory in the war.

The helicopter formation, which saw the destruction of the armored vehicle, immediately divided an attack helicopter and accelerated to this side. The only self-defense weapon in the nose of the aircraft, a 12.7mm machine gun, quickly let out a roar, scattering sand and gravel from the place where the gray figure had just been hiding.

At the station of the Fifth Regiment, just now everyone was celebrating the destruction of the third Kenyan armored vehicle, and then they heard a report that the Kenyan helicopter gunship formation appeared. Four helicopter gunships inflicted heavy losses on the soldiers of the 5th Regiment who were being evacuated, with at least a dozen casualties. This is the biggest damage since the beginning of the war.

Upon hearing this, the entire command fell silent. Everyone didn't expect that the Kenyan political axe would actually send a helicopter to the war! It was previously estimated that even if the Kenyan military would send air forces into the war, it would have to be in a bad form. But now the war has almost just begun, and although it is slightly damaged, it will not be such a fanfare of the whole army!

How did they know that Mulungaru had to increase the stakes for victory in order to control the casualties of the Kenyan army.

"What to do? We also send helicopters out? Chief of Staff Hussein hesitantly proposed. In the face of attack helicopters in the sky, it is difficult for ground forces lacking anti-aircraft weapons to threaten the opposing side. In addition, the terrain in the vicinity is relatively flat. The necessary natural bunkers are missing. It is not easy for soldiers on the ground to fight back with RPGs. I'm afraid that before I fired, I would be beaten into a sieve by the opponent's machine gun.

Stone frowned. It's not that he doesn't want to send helicopter gunships to meet the enemy. To deal with the Pony attack helicopter, the Mi-24 gunship is sufficient. One is a gunship in the true sense of the word, and the other is just a modified attack helicopter. In the absence of air-to-air missiles on either side, the helicopters of either side have strong protection capabilities, large firepower of airborne self-defense weapons, and high pilot skills. The likelihood of victory is even greater. And these conditions for victory, all of them were met by the side of the Ming Cooking Army. Not to mention the legend that in the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq's Mi-24 helicopter gunships once shot down the 'achievement' of the Iranian Air Force fighter.

But one thing is the main reason why the stone is hesitant. That is, before these gunships were sent here, Li Mo had ordered them. These helicopter gunships are to be used at critical moments. If you can, try not to expose it as much as possible. Even in the plan discussed in the previous command, after the annihilation of the Kenyan Infantry Regiment, only two helicopter gunships would be sent to clear the remnants of the Kenyan military on the Soken border.

If helicopter gunships are used now, will it make the other side vigilant and increase reinforcements here? The fact that the Ming Cook Army does not have anti-aircraft weapons does not mean that Kenya does not have anti-aircraft weapons. Even Somaliland, a country within a state in Somalia, has a surface-to-air missile brigade. Kenya is a country with no shortage of anti-aircraft missiles.

The Star Organization, which has only four helicopter gunships, has a very serious loss of one.

"It is reported that two enemy helicopters are flying towards the station. 10 minutes will be over the station! At this point, an intelligence officer came in and reported.

The intelligence officer's words undoubtedly made everyone's faces change. Without anti-aircraft weapons, two helicopter gunships did almost whatever they wanted at the station of the fifth regiment. In addition, the other party is cautious and cannot fly at low altitudes, which makes the RPG in the hands of the Ming Cooking Army lose its role in air defense.

"Instructor......" Hussein called out for another stone. I couldn't help but show a look of anxiety on my face. If the opponent's helicopter does whatever it wants at the station, the blow to the morale of the Ming Cook army will definitely be fatal. After all, most of the soldiers of the Ming Cook Army have never experienced war. Without the test of war, there can be no iron will. It's easy to be horrified by helicopters. caused a sharp drop in morale and even a collapse in the morale of the army.

Shi hesitantly glanced at Luo Xiang beside him, now that the armed helicopter formation is in the hands of the Meteor Commando, if he wants to use it, he has to ask for the consent of Luo Xiang, the Meteor Captain.

After Luo Xiang nodded, Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let the two helicopters take off to greet the 'guests' from abroad." In order to enliven the atmosphere in the headquarters, the stone deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the word guest.

Sure enough, as he expected, after hearing the attack of his own helicopter, the heavy look on the faces of some officers eased most of them. Although only two helicopters were used, the other side also had only two. In a 2-on-2 situation, your team has a great chance of winning.

Immediately after receiving the order, two Mi-24 helicopter gunships took off and flew to the southwest at an altitude of 800 meters. That direction is the direction of the Kenyan attack helicopter.

After the Mi-24 took off, both sides simultaneously detected each other through airborne radars. The open and gentle geographical environment, as well as the fact that both sides are at an altitude of about a thousand meters, so at the first time they found each other, both sides tried their best to quickly approach with the speed advantage of helicopters. On one side is a light attack helicopter, which already has an advantage in speed. The other side, although it is a gunship, is the type of helicopter gunship known for its speed.

In just a dozen kilometers, it will soon be close. Drivers can even see each other through their eyes. Since neither side had air-to-air missiles, even if the Mi-24 had a double-barreled 25mm cannon on it, the four helicopters were still approaching quickly in order to hit the other side in the first round.

As helicopter pilots, the Kenyan side immediately knew that the other side was a real Mi-24 gunship. Originally, with the surname of the 'Pony' attack helicopter, the odds of winning against the Mi-24 were too low. But the Kenyan pilots were confident that they could shoot down the opposing helicopter. Because they think that an airplane pilot who is not armed with a political axe can have any strength? How can they compare to these pilots who have been formally trained?

The Mi-24's protective armor, which can defend against 12.7mm heavy machine gun rounds, is mainly located under the fuselage. If it is a ground counterattack, the possibility of shooting down the Mi-24 with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun is not very large. But don't forget that at the moment the two sides are 'strangling' in the air. The protective armor under the fuselage played too little role.

The effective range of the on-board 25mm cannon on the Mi-24 is 1300 meters, which is almost equal to the maximum range of the 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the opponent's helicopter.

However, in order to shoot down or injure the opponent in the first round, the Mi-24's co-pilot and shooter waited until the distance between the two sides was 1,000 meters before pressing the weapon launch button.

A 25mm shell swept through the night sky with a sharp whistling of orange or white fire, and rushed towards a Pony attack helicopter on the right.

The pilot of the "Mi-24E......" attack helicopter let out a terrible scream and hurriedly turned into a helicopter to evade it. However, although the cannon shells are not guided like missiles, the number of shells makes up for the gap with missiles. A few shells hit the fuselage of the pony helicopter in an instant. The helicopter danced in the air in the smoke and flames as if it were drunk, and the pilot did not give up trying to control the helicopter, even ignoring the shrill sirens in the cabin......

(To be continued)