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As the AH-64 circled behind the building, the first two Mistrals to be fired lost their targets, leapt into the night sky and self-destruct at an altitude of about 1,500 meters. The two "Starlight" also briefly lost their target, but after half a circle, they again bit the AH-64, which was still flying at an ultra-low altitude.

The missile warning had not yet been lifted, and the pilot had seen the missile flying diagonally above.

At this time, the helicopter was already flying at an altitude of less than 50 meters, and its flight speed had been reduced to 200 kilometers per hour, and it was impossible to avoid any maneuver.

With no choice but to push the throttle stick all the way down.

There is no need for pilot intervention, as the missile approaches, the missile jamming system on the helicopter begins to work, first with the infrared seeker of the missile, after it has no effect, the multifunctional jamming bomb at the lower end of the tail boom is ejected, creating a false target signal.

The first "Starlight" was deceived and plunged headlong into the smoke from the jamming bomb at a distance of about one hundred and fifty meters from the helicopter. Because it was so far away, the debris from the explosion did not hurt the helicopter, but instead turned several vehicles parked on the side of the road into a hornet's nest.

Affected by the explosion of the first missile, the second "Starlight" did not explode immediately after entering the smoke zone created by the jamming bomb, and then flew out and bit the helicopter gunship again.

At this time, the flight altitude of the AH-64 had already reached a hundred meters, and the speed had increased to more than two hundred and fifty kilometers.

Because the missile warning plane sounded again, it was still very sharp, so the pilot didn't even think about it, so he slammed the longitudinal rod to the left and drove the helicopter into the side alley.

"Starlight" flew along the course of the helicopter, alas, the missile was too fast and the turning radius was much larger.

The missile failed to turn around in time and plunged headlong into the building opposite.

The explosion point was in the upper right corner of the helicopter, and the cement blocks and broken glass from the explosion were scattered all over the place.

The pilot on the helicopter was startled and at the same time relieved. Although the cement blocks and broken glass could have smashed the helicopter gunship, it was certainly much luckier than being hit by a missile. The main systems of the AH-64 have redundancy, such as half an hour after rotor damage, and fifteen minutes even when only one engine is working.

The fragmentation of the building could not shoot down the helicopter, at most forced the helicopter to leave the battlefield.

After the beginning of the battle, the pilots of the AH-64 just wanted to return home early. If the helicopter is damaged, he doesn't have to strike again.

It's a pity that Lady Luck wasn't on his side.

The smoke and dust from the explosion obscured the helicopter pilot's vision, and when the AH-64 flew out of the smoke, the pilot immediately saw the Humvee in the middle of the road ahead and the large-caliber machine gun mounted on the SUV.

"Johnson ......"

The pilot shouted loudly, and the weapons crew sitting in front also saw the machine gun in front of him.

Unfortunately, before the machine gun under the belly of the AH-64 was turned around, the machine gun on the Humvee off-road vehicle opened fire. To be precise, when the AH-64 rushed out of the smoke area, the machine gun on the Humvee off-road vehicle spat out tongues of fire and spilled 30 mm machine gun shells.

Although the AH-64 is nicknamed the "flying tank", the key parts are protected by composite armor, and the cockpit is also wrapped in bathtub-shaped titanium alloy armor, which is claimed to be able to withstand 30 mm caliber machine shells, but most of these armor are used to deal with threats from below, and the bulletproof glass of the cockpit can only withstand 12.7 mm armor-piercing shells.

Machine shells were fired almost from the front, mostly near the cockpit of the helicopter.

Before the pilot and the crew could react, the cockpit was hit by a shell. The armor between the two men blocked the flying shrapnel, but unfortunately the bulletproof glass in front of the pilot failed to block the shells, and only survived half a second longer than the weapon crew.

The shell also hit the engine compartment and rotor of the helicopter.

After losing power and control, AH-64 fell headlong through smoke and flames.

On the ground, the Hummer swooped out in a puff of smoke, avoiding the downed helicopter.

When the off-road vehicle stopped, Mobei Wolf jumped out of the Humvee off-road vehicle, called two soldiers who cooperated with him as machine guns, and ran towards the helicopter crash site.

At this time, the same situation was encountered with another helicopter.

Because it flew north over Water Street, this AH-64 avoided the two "Starlight" anti-aircraft missiles fired at the oncoming plane without danger, but it could not get rid of the "northwest wind" fired from behind.

After releasing the decoy bomb, the AH-64 dived sharply, quickly pulled up the moment the missile approached, and did a nice backflip over Water Street. One Mistral was jammed by decoy bombs, while another Mistral failed to climb in time while pursuing the helicopter and hit a large truck parked on the side of the road. Relying on the thick armor in the abdomen, the AH-64 easily blocked the metal fragments fired after the explosion of the truck.

It must be admitted that the pilots of this AH-64 were very daring.

Because of the loss of speed during the climb, after completing the somersault, the AH-64 pulled up almost at the height of the ground.

Not to mention that in a city full of buildings, even in the wilderness, you can't do such a thrilling maneuver at ultra-low altitude.

Avoiding missiles is not the same as leaving the danger zone.

After completing the somersault, the AH-64 flew at an altitude of less than fifteen meters and its speed was reduced to less than one hundred and fifty kilometers per hour.

By the time the pilot was ready to increase his flight altitude, a rain of bullets poured down from the rooftops of the buildings on both sides.

There are not only machine guns and cannons, but also several RPG rockets!

Although unguided rockets can only fly in a straight line, they will not be disturbed. Attacking an ultra-low-flying helicopter is not necessarily much less powerful than a missile.

After being hit by a bullet, the pilot saw rockets flying out of the windows of the buildings on both sides.

It must be said that the maneuver of the AH-64 was very good, and under the control of the pilot, the helicopter avoided four rockets in a row. The fifth rocket hit the tail boom of the helicopter, and the sixth rocket was supposed to hit the engine compartment of the helicopter, but after the helicopter was hit by the fifth rocket and the course was deflected, it hit the front of the pilot's cockpit. Bulletproof glass, which can't even protect against 30-mm machine shells, naturally can't stop rockets equipped with shaped armor-piercing warheads.

Although in an emergency, the AH-64's weapons crew can also fly the helicopter, but in the case of damage to the tail boom and the tail fin cannot work properly, even if the pilot is not killed, the helicopter cannot fly away.

After being hit by two rockets, the AH-64 was hit by dozens of machine artillery shells.

Because it flew too low and the speed was not very fast, after the helicopter hit the ground, the weapon crew was not finished, and there was still a breath left.

He won't end much better.

After the gunship fell, a squad of FOS fighters surrounded it from all sides. The weapons crew opened the cockpit door on their own, trying to climb out of it and out of the helicopter, which had already caught fire. However, his legs were stuck in the deformed console face, and he couldn't move at all.

If it weren't for the timely arrival of the FOS fighters who dragged him out of the helicopter, he would definitely have been buried for this helicopter.

He was the only survivor of the four helicopter pilots and the first U.S. officer to be captured by the FOS Regiment in this battle.

At this time, Mobei Wolf was handling the remains of two other US military pilots.

After asking the FOS fighters to unload the key equipment on the AH-64, Mobei Wolf personally dragged the bodies of the two pilots out of the helicopter wreckage.

In any case, the other party is also a soldier, and he has fulfilled his duties as a soldier.

After receiving the news that another team had succeeded in the ambush, Mobei Wolf did not delay time, leaving a team to continue to ambush near Wall Street, and then rushed to Turret Park with the others.

The battle over there has already begun.

Because the battlefield of the ambush on the AH-64 was three blocks from Turret Park and blocked by high-rise buildings, the U.S. commandos who landed in Turret Park did not see the downed gunship, but only heard the sound of explosions and anti-aircraft missiles and rockets exploding in the air.

The US military did not at all expect that the helicopter gunship covering them had already been shot down.

In less than a minute, the two helicopter gunships were scrap metal.

It was precisely in this way that the landing operation of the US troops was not interrupted. When the two AH-64s were damaged, the CH-47 had just landed on the ground, and the US officers and soldiers in the engine room rushed out.

Although it is only the National Guard, over the years, the US military has fought several wars, and the regular army cannot cope with it, and many times the National Guard has to be mobilized. Comparatively speaking, the quality of the officers and men of the US National Guard is not bad, and they are not only well trained, but also have rich experience in actual combat.

After leaving the helicopter, the U.S. forces quickly dispersed and deployed a circular line of defense northeast of the landing site.

The two CH-47s did not stop and immediately took off, preparing to go back to meet the second group of commandos. The MH-60 followed, because it was much smaller than the CH-47, so four helicopters were able to land at the same time.

Major Dennis was on the MH-60 at the front, and by the time the helicopter landed, the ring line had already been formed.

Although the helicopter gunship for cover duty was not contacted, Major Dennis did not have time to think so much, the troops had already arrived at the turret park and the defensive line had to be consolidated as soon as possible.

Before the helicopter hit the ground, Major Dennis jumped.

At this time, three other MH-60s also began to land, and the officers who led the team were the first to leave the plane.

It was at this time that the rain of bullets was overwhelming.

The low, swift sound of the shelling, and the crisp sound of the explosion, stunned Major Dennis, for the sound was all too familiar to him.

Thirty-millimeter cannon in Russia!

This kind of machine gun is widely equipped with infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, helicopters and fighter jets, and the surname can be very prominent, and it has been widely used since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Before the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, they lost a lot of equipment, including the machine guns, which terrified helicopter pilots.

On the battlefield in Afghanistan, Major Dennis encountered Taliban fighters who used such weapons.

In that battle, the company commanded by Major Dennis was ambushed by Taliban fighters on its way to the battlefield by helicopter, two MH-60s were shot down by machine guns, one AH-64D was wounded in support of the incident, and an Air Force attack aircraft was nearly killed. In the end, fighter jets were dispatched to drop long-range guided bombs at an altitude of 5,000 meters to eliminate the anti-aircraft positions set up by Taliban fighters on the mountainside.

Against helicopters, a 30-mm cannon is simply at ease.

This is true in Afghanistan, and it is also true in Manhattan.

(To be continued)