CHAPTER 40
The "Paving Eagle" swayed from side to side and slowly rose into the air.
Cotter stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, turned around, and used the radio to inform the two "little birds" to return immediately, and told the reconnaissance team that had already set off to stand still. The "Paving Eagles" were not in a hurry to leave, because they were still within the C4's kill range, and as long as Kurt and Lee did not make attempts to shoot down the helicopter, they would accelerate away after reaching a certain altitude. Sure enough, the "Paving Eagle" flew obliquely towards the valley, as if it was about to fall.
Bell gulped down the gum. "This guy's skills are pretty good, and I'm sure he's a deadly bastard, so you'll have to be careful when you chase him with the 'Bird'."
Kurt looked at Bell. "You're a coward, Bell, and if you dare to do something like this next time, I'll kill you first."
Bell grinned. "Kurt, you're a tough guy, but I'm not, so you should never expect me to work as hard as you do."
The first "Little Bird" quickly flew down to pick up Kurt and Lee, and then they took an M249 machine gunner on the way, and Kurt exchanged weapons with an M-14 shooter to continue the pursuit of the Pave Hawk. On the ground, Bell reminded Kurt that in order to deal with the "Black Hawk", one of the "Little Birds" had to be left unloaded and maintain its excellent maneuverability. The good news is that although the Pave Hawk also has a Gatling cannon on board, it has only one pilot, and it is quite difficult to cope with flying and shooting at the same time, so it can basically be regarded as having no self-defense ability. The "Bird" without a load was driven by the driver whom Bell had reprimanded, and the driver's call sign was "Gnome".
Kurt didn't care how the Pave Eagle would fly. The Chinese took advantage of the chaos to grab a helicopter, which is good, and Cotter has to admit the courage of his opponent, but when the helicopter arrives, the situation of the Chinese is more dangerous. It is clear that the Chinese intend to leave with this helicopter, but they need a landing field to do so, and when the helicopter lands, the "birds" can attack, and if they want to entangle in the air, then an AH-64 Apache gunship carrying air-to-air missiles is flying from the base at his request, leaving not much time for the Chinese.
Compared with the "Little Bird", the "Pave Eagle" is too large, even if it can fly at full speed of 350 kilometers per hour, it will not be able to escape the pursuit of the "Little Bird" in a short time, because in the case of flying in a straight line, two "Little Birds" can catch the target in a few seconds. The Pave Hawk requires two pilots, and now the crew is incomplete and it is not able to observe from all angles. To ensure the observation range, the "Paving Eagle" had to spin and fly in the air like a spinning top. According to Kurt's order, while the "Paving Eagle" had not yet escaped the attack range, the two "Little Birds" moved separately to seal the escape route of the "Pave Eagle".
Paving Eagle opted to go up at full speed. This is also a good way to concentrate on observing the radar at a certain altitude, without considering the complex mountain environment, but only using the radar against the "little bird", which is known for its agility, the driver's skill must be sufficient, in other words, the "Pave Hawk" has basically no chance of winning.
The "bird" of "Pygmy" overtook "Paving Eagle" with a more rapid climb, because the pilot "Pygmy" had already anticipated the next move of "Pave Hawk", and the two planes were so close that from the direction of Cotter, it felt as if a rider was about to jump on horseback. But the plane swooped down with a sudden acceleration move, and a barrage of Gatling gun bullets swept through the Pave Hawk's rotors.
"Oh my goodness! What did he think he was doing? The pilot of Cotter's "Little Bird" let out an exclamation. "Did he think he was driving an Apache?"
The "Paving Eagle" is still diving. Kurt's own AH-6 immediately followed, due to the load, this AH-6 was not as capable as the other one, but the pilot had already seen the "Paving Hawk" after the power could not be quickly restored, and his hand quickly opened fire on the "Paving Hawk".
The Pave Eagle made a pendulum sideways flight, allowing the string of bullets to fly past the belly. The pilot cursed and let the plane fly to the right, which was already in the center of the Ulenka Valley, where the jagged peaks on both sides and the large drop terrain deprived the plane of room to maneuver freely, including the "Paving Eagle", which was reduced to a height of only a few dozen meters above the ground, and all flight maneuvers were already expected. The AH-6 of the "Gnome" slaughtered menacingly from high altitude, and the Gatling machine guns on the sides of the fuselage burst into dazzling fire. This time he didn't have any reservations, even if the "Paving Eagle" was able to get rid of his shot again, and the other "Little Bird" that was flying back in a circle was ready to attack again, if this "Little Bird" would also miss, the "Dwarf" could not think of any way out for the "Paving Eagle" except to fall to the ground.
The Paving Eagle didn't want to rest on its laurels and pulled up the body again. The Gatling gun burst the canopy of the trees on the ground, and the branches and leaves flew in all directions, and the "little bird" poured all the bullets out of the attack in one go, and when he tried to get out of the attack stance, the "gnome" saw the machine gun flames on the ground.
ACE used a bush as a mount for a PKM machine gun and fired heavily at the "Little Bird". The rate of fire of the PKM was not very high, and it was not powerful enough to shoot down the "Bird", but the bullet that was as dense as a torrent of bullets suddenly hit the bulletproof glass of the front windshield, allowing the "Gnome" to subconsciously pull the steering stick and pull it off to the right.
Two RPG26 rocket launchers were launched at the same time, two armor-piercing shells flew out with a roar, one passed by the "little bird", I don't know where it was shooting, and the other hit the side of the plane, the "little bird" trembled in the air and exploded into a huge fireball, the blades flew down in all directions, and the wreckage hit the cliff next to it.
"Well done!"
Rarely excited, Rohmon excitedly shouted on the radio station.
Team A only brought two bazookas this time, and the maximum range of these bazookas was only 200 meters, so Rohmon had to do his best to maneuver the two "little birds" to attract them to a height of about 100 meters above the ground. The continuous horror in just one minute made the always bold Romon also drench in a cold sweat. Now it's time for a fairer fight, "Birdie" vs. "Black Hawk", he raised his hand to wipe the sweat that had been running down his eyes, increased his horsepower, and "Pave Eagle" flew head-on towards "Little Bird".
Kurt was taken aback, as experienced as he did not expect that someone would use this method to knock out the AH-6, which was almost impossible to hit in the air. The US servicemen, who rely so much on logistics and support means that they cannot imagine and cannot imagine, that the Chinese servicemen with backward equipment have always emphasized that they should be simple because of their ugliness, use whatever they have, and never stick to conventions or combat situations. This is the diligent wisdom that belongs only to Chinese soldiers.
"Oh my God, what are we going to do now?" The driver screamed in surprise.
If it's just one-on-one, "Birdie" is no match for "Pave Hawk". Although Kurt was shocked and angry, he still kept his senses, did not order the "little bird" to force the attack, but opened the distance from the "paving eagle" at high speed, monitored its movements from a distance, and at the same time ordered the ground personnel to meet in the open space in the middle of the valley, so that the Chinese could not find a "clean" boarding area. According to his judgment, this is the most advantageous location for the Chinese. And the AH-64 is already on the way, as long as the Chinese are prevented from boarding, they will never have a chance to escape.
Rohmon had already heard Apache on the radio inside Black Hawk on the road, which was what he feared the most. The most suitable place for the team to board is Taniguchi's bunker. Although he couldn't see it very clearly, he could still see people approaching Taniguchi from the two passages A and B.
"The enemy approached the boarding area from both directions A and B. Full speed ahead. ACE, you cover the whole team for boarding, watch the 'Bird' helicopter, and I'll clear the valley. ”
The "Paving Eagle" sped towards the B lane, machine-gunning the approaching "Scythe" team, forcing them to find cover on the spot, informing the team of the enemy's location, and then he turned to the A channel to do the same. The "Paving Eagle" was pulled high into the air, and one person and one machine monitored both directions, and at the same time, the members of Team A could be seen quickly moving towards the boarding area among the shadows of the alienated trees.
When the first person entered the edge of the woods, Rohmon pushed the joystick, and the plane quickly lowered its altitude and got closer to the ground. Ma Xibei took the lead, and the team members stepped onto the plane in a few steps. At this time, "Little Bird" approached again to try to attack, and "Pave Eagle" immediately rose again, swaying and preparing to meet it. Ma Xibei put down the gondola with the rescue winch, ACE threw down the PKM machine gun and rushed up, and before the winch could start working, the "Paving Eagle" quickly pulled up, and ACE shouted in the gondola until Ma Xibei reached out and grabbed the gondola and pulled him into the cabin.
ACE WAS PALE.
"My day your uncle, Lao Tzu almost peed his pants."
The Pave Eagle rose to cruising altitude and headed for the Afghan border at top speed. In the clear sky under high pressure, the setting sun was quickly left behind, and the conversation between the Apache pilot and the "birdie" could still be heard on the radio in the cockpit, but the AH-64 was no longer able to catch up with Team A. After leaving the mountainous area, the "Paving Eagle" descended to an altitude that could not be observed by radar and left the Ukrainian border at night.