CHAPTER XIV
Before he could get to the car, ACE saw the dust and smoke on the mountain road. Five cars drove on, two of which were occupied by militants, all armed with AK rifles, and even more worryingly, there were people carrying RPG rockets. They were dressed in the same way as the people who died in the caves.
WITHOUT TIME TO HESITATE, ACE IMMEDIATELY CROUCHED DOWN, STUFFED THE ONLY TWO GRENADES IN THE CAR DOOR, CAREFULLY REMOVED THE SAFETY RING, MADE TWO PRESSURE THUNDERBOLTS, AND RAN BACK INTO THE CAVE. Rohmon was standing on top of the helicopter inspecting the transmission of the paddles, and the donkey was refueling the helicopter with a pump in the cave, which smelled of pungent fuel.
"We're in big trouble now, and dozens of people are coming outside." ACE shouted to Rohm. "They also had rockets."
Rohmon immediately slipped out of the helicopter and rushed to the mouth of the cave with Said's AK rifle. At this moment, the explosion of a grenade sounded outside, followed by another one.
"How?" ACE looked at Rohmon triumphantly. "Every time I do that, the other party is fooled."
LOM NODDED IN APPROVAL TO ACE. "If only we could kill more people."
"Don't ask too much. It's good to be able to blow people up. ACE gave him a disgruntled look.
"My uncle, did you blow up my car?" The little donkey shouted in hindsight.
Nobody paid any attention to him. ROMON PATTED ACE ON THE SHOULDER AND RAN TOWARDS THE HELICOPTER.
"Delay as long as you can, if you can't, we'll die with them."
ACE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, THE TRIBAL MILITANTS HAD ALREADY APPEARED AT THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE, AND HE KNOCKED DOWN ONE PERSON WITH A LONG POINT SHOT, AND WAS IMMEDIATELY OVERWHELMED BY THE OPPONENT'S FIRE. The later group of men seemed to be the main force of the militants, and the firepower was well organized, although it did not have the accurate marksmanship of the ACE, but there were many people and more guns, and the ACE could only stop them from rushing in, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before they failed.
Rohmon motioned to the donkey to cut off the oil pump, then jumped into the cockpit and lit the engine, and with the roar of the engine, the blades actually turned, and in the relatively closed space of the cave, the sound of the blades spinning even overpowered the sound of gunfire. Rohmon revved his engine, and the sand and dust in the cave immediately filled the air. Rohmon himself was secretly relieved.
He helped the donkey put Said into the cabin, then took out the duct tape from his backpack, wrapped a piece of C4 explosives around the fuel canister, and pulled it to the mouth of the cave with a cart.
Despite the fact that he could not open his eyes when he turned back from the wind carried by the paddles, ACE glanced back and said loudly:
"Do you want to break the mountain apart?"
Rohmon covered his mouth with the hem of his coat and answered him with a shout at the sound of gunfire. "I need an open space right now to fly the helicopter out. Now they don't dare to use grenades and rockets, for fear of losing the plane, but after a long time, they may be desperate. We have to let them follow our pace, not the other way around. ”
"What is the vacant land, I want to give you a big villa." ACE REPLIED IN A HUFF AS HE CONTINUED TO SHOOT OUT OF THE CAVE. "Do you think we can rush out now?"
"Imagination!" ROMON GRABBED ACE BY THE BACK COLLAR. "Comrade, imagination is more important than anything else!"
Rohmon fired a grenade, and the entrance to the cave was filled with smoke and dust, and the militants' firepower suddenly weakened. ROMON MADE A "COVER" GESTURE TO ACE, HOLDING A GUN IN ONE HAND AND PUSHING A GAS CARTRIDGE IN THE OTHER.
ACE cursed and hurried after Romon, covering him with his rifle. The crossfire of the two AK rifles sealed the hole, and the bullets at this time lost their accuracy, and they all relied on the sudden rain of bullets to shock the opponent. Both men held on to the trigger, and even had to press the upper part of the handguard of the AK rifle to control the rifle.
Rohmon ran out of bullets from his rifle and continued to push the oil barrel towards the hole. Some of the militants had already seen the situation inside through the smoke, and suddenly shouted loudly, their tones full of panic. Some were concentrating their fire on Romon, others were fleeing from the hole, and others were stopping those who were shooting. The militants were in disarray.
The ace, who was following behind Rohm, had emptied three magazines in a row, and the barrels were already red. ROMON KICKED THE CART AND STAGGERED TOWARD THE CLEARING, AND ROMON SHOVED HIS RIFLE TO ACE.
"Break the oil cartridge and get on the plane."
ACE FELL TO HIS KNEES ON ONE LEG AND FIRED A LONG SHOT WITH A CRUNCH OF HITTING METAL ON THE CARTRIDGE. In the smoke, he was not sure that his bullets had pierced the oil canister, so he simply fired all the bullets until the cart disappeared from view.
The helicopter engine was so loud that the wind even swept the smoke from the cave into the cave. ACE dropped his rifle and ran desperately towards the hole, feeling the bullets "whoosh" and "whoosh" around him, and just when he felt that he was about to be hit, the silhouette of a helicopter suddenly appeared in front of him.
Jumping into the cabin of the weapons officer, he could even see the appearance of the militants at the entrance of the cave through the windshield, and the bullet hit his windshield, although he knew that the windshield was bulletproof, he subconsciously dodged it.
An explosion came from outside, and the huge power of C4 shook the ground, and the air flow rushed into the cave, and even the helicopter seemed to shake a few times, followed by the aviation fuel leaking from the oil cylinder that had just been pierced and burned violently, and the sea of fire roared and swept through the open space in front of the cave entrance, and there was a red patch in front of him.
LOMON IN THE BACK THREW A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE INTO ACE'S ARMS. "How are my bombs better than yours?"
ACE ROLLED HER EYES HELPLESSLY. "You're a madman, Romon."
Rohmon smiled. "Can you find the button for the cannon?"
In the thick smoke and flames, the Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter produced by the former Soviet Union jumped into the field of vision of the militants like a monster, and the tail of the plane almost flew against the rock wall.
After passing over their heads, they plunged into the ground at an angle of almost 90 degrees, carrying smoke and dust, and the 12-7mm cannon hanging under the nose rained down bullets, beating the militants exposed to the clearing. When the plane was about to hit the ground, it seemed to stop in the air for a moment, and then flew flat against the ground, and the cannon continued to fire, and all the cars on the ground were in flames in a matter of seconds.
The Mi-24 is the holder of the helicopter's speed record, with a maximum speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour, and when it flies over the village, the helicopter is as reckless as if it is about to hit a mountain cliff, but when the brown rock wall seems to be within reach, the helicopter is suddenly pulled up by some force and flies directly over the mountain in front of him.
This flight scene stunned ACE to watch.
He also flies such helicopters. But when he was studying, the instructor told him that the high speed of the Mi-24 is not all good, when flying at high speed and low altitude, the increase of the rotor load will make the Mi-24's already poor direction control performance worse, and the frequent ground turbulence in high temperature and plateau conditions will also be troubled, so the main rotor blades of the helicopter flying at high speed often stall due to lack of power, which will lead to the uncontrolled upward tilt and sharp fall of the Mi-24. At that time, the instructor repeatedly told him to fly this kind of plane very gently, "if you want to return to the ground alive".
All of Korlomon's actions are contrary to the principles of flight that he knows, just as all of Rohm's actions so far since he came to Team A have violated the principles of special forces operations. ACE had known Rohm for ten years, and in his impression, Rohm had always behaved calmly and calmly, and he couldn't even remember if Rohm had ever been excited about something. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, ACE would never have believed that this was a flying maneuver that Rohmin could do.
It's a suicidal gamble.
Roman's voice came through the headphones. "ACE, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
ACE nodded. "I'm fine, but I have to tell you that next time you don't want to get me involved in this kind of thing."
Rohmon smiled. "You can't stand this stimulation?"
ACE didn't laugh and didn't answer.
For a long time, there was only occasional static noise in the intercom, and there was silence in the cabin. The two men each thought about their own thoughts, and the plane flew out of the tribal mountains.