Chapter 67: Escape by parachuting
When Wang Dong arrived, Musharraf was coordinating with the operatives sitting in the passenger seat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"What's going on?"
"We were locked on by radar, one fighter, maybe two, right behind us."
It came so fast. Wang Dong was secretly surprised, and immediately said to Musharraf: "Don't dive, keep your current speed and altitude, and don't turn." ā
"We've been locked ...... radar"
"As long as we don't do anything, the fighters won't fire. I went to the weapons control station and had all the operatives parachute on their backs. If a fighter launches a missile, we parachute. ā
Musharraf did not ramble and immediately turned on the in-flight radio equipment and gave orders to the operational personnel in the cabin.
After a short time, Wang Dong took the position of weapon controller.
It was an AC-130H aerial gunboat with two 20-mm Vulcan cannons, a 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and a 105-mm howitzer.
It's just that howitzers need to be manually loaded with shells, and they can only be used against ground targets.
The Bofors anti-aircraft gun also had to be manually reloaded, and was also mainly used against ground targets.
There is no need to manually reload ammunition, and the two Vulcan cannons are more flexible.
This kind of machine gun is exactly the same as the one installed on US fighter jets, there is no difference, and there are also high-explosive shells and armor-piercing shells to choose from.
After groping for a while, Wang Dong understood the operation method.
The cannon has an optical sight attached to the control station, and the weapon operator controls the cannon to rotate and fire with a lever-like handle.
It's just that Wang Dong didn't find the switch to switch the ammunition.
This AC-130H has been in service with the US military for more than 30 years, which is older than Wang Dong's age, and the use of control equipment is extremely backward.
There are nearly 100 buttons and switches on the control panel, and there are no signs!
At this time, there was a roar outside.
A fighter jet whistling over the left side of the AC-130H at extremely high speed, and from the vertical tail, an F-15 fighter.
After a while, the fighter turned and flew back, and as it approached the AC-130H, it slowed down.
At night, you can't see the number on the fighter, and you can't tell whether it's a fighter of the Air Force Chinese Guard, or a fighter of the Air Force.
Of course, it doesn't matter.
Turning on the power of the machine gun, Wang Dong opened the outer hatch of the gun, and then pressed the firing switch on the handle.
"Uhhh
With the sound of a blower, a long line of shells pierced the night sky and headed for the fighters.
The fighter pilot, visibly taken aback, also reacted immediately.
The fighter began to roll, but it was still half a beat slower.
Just as the fighter sideways the fuselage and distanced itself from the AC-130H, the shell hit the fighter in the belly like a long whip.
In the footage captured by the camera, the scene of the shell hitting the fighter is not obvious.
It wasn't until the 500 shells in the drum ran out and he heard the sound of the barrel idling that Wang Dong released the firing button.
For the Vulcan cannon, which has a rate of fire of up to 4,500 rounds per minute, firing 500 shells is just over five seconds.
"Boom-"
The fighter exploded before it hit the ground.
It was also at this time that the red warning light in the cabin lit up, still flashing rapidly.
Immediately after that, the AC-130H began to roll over on its side, pulling out a high overload.
Outside, a barrage of ammunition exploded.
Not artillery shells, jamming shells dropped by the AC-130H.
Apparently, there is also a fighter jet, and the AC-130H has been locked on with radar, maybe the missile has been launched, otherwise Musharraf would not have dropped the jamming bomb.
Wang Dong didn't dare to hesitate and immediately got up.
Luo Qing also rushed over at this time, she had already carried a parachute on her back and an umbrella bag in her hand.
The aft hatch had been opened, and all the operatives were parachuteed.
It's just that Zhao Yu and Nicholas are exceptions, they are not operatives and can't parachute.
Wang Dong didn't say much and dragged Zhao Yu over.
Although it is very risky for two people to use a parachute, Zhao Yu can't be allowed to jump directly.
"Boom-"
The explosion occurred, and a few hundred meters from the rear, a missile launched by a fighter jet was deceived and detonated in a platinum-striped cloud formed by the jamming bomb.
At this time, Musharraf and the co-pilot arrived.
The AC-130H is controlled by an autopilot and flies in a straight line, and with the jamming shells running out, the next missile will shoot down the gunboat in the air.
Musharraf was not verbose and dragged Nicholas over.
Nicholas could not skydive, so he had to take him with him, that is, tie him to the parachute backpack with a safety hook to ensure that it would not fall off when the parachute was opened.
By this time, half of the operatives had already parachuted.
"See you on the ground!"
After saying a word to Musharraf, Wang Dong jumped out of the cabin with Zhao Yu in his arms.
"See you or leave!"
Luo Qing also said a word to Musharraf and jumped out with Wang Dong.
Behind them, a bright light was shooting towards AC-130H at a breakneck speed.
There was no sound, because it was an air-to-air missile with a speed of more than Mach 2!
"Let's go!"
Shouting to the co-pilot, Musharraf jumped out of the cabin with Nicholas.
When he fell, he looked back and the co-pilot also jumped out.
Immediately after that, the missile hit the AC-130H.
"Boom-"
With a deafening explosion, AC-130H turned into a bright fireball.
Musharraf did not dare to delay and immediately pulled his parachute.
To avoid missiles, the flight altitude of the AC-130H was reduced to less than three hundred meters, while using a conventional parachute, the minimum parachute jump was two hundred meters.
No matter how low it is, there won't be enough time for the parachute to deploy.
Under the tugs of the parachute, the main parachute was pulled out.
As a tremendous force applied to his body, Musharraf only felt a hard tug, and the speed of his fall immediately slowed down.
Nicholas was underneath him, hung by a nylon rope and did not fall.
Just a few seconds later, the earth came to you.
The moment he landed, Musharraf rolled down, but he didn't get away because he tripped over Nicholas.
In the air, the AC-130H dragged a long flame towards the ground.
The crash was a few kilometers away, and there was no threat.
After getting up, Musharraf dragged Nicholas to him.
"How's it going, are you alright?"
"It hurts, my leg hurts."
"Hold back!" Musharraf fumbled around Nicholas's legs. "There was no fracture, just a strained muscle, and it would be fine after a few days of rest."
With that, Musharraf helped Nicholas up.
At this time, he saw the corpse dozens of meters away.
It was the co-pilot, the parachute had been opened, but the drawstring was entangled, and the main parachute had not been able to deploy.
It must have been after the parachute was opened, affected by the blast current, and failed to control the posture, resulting in the parachute line entanglement, and finally being wrapped in the main umbrella that was pulled out.
Falling from a few hundred meters in the air and smashing on hard ground, the chances of survival are zero.
Musharraf felt very uncomfortable, if it weren't for the delay of a few seconds in order to bring Nicholas, the co-pilot would not have died.