Chapter 283: Trap

Lieutenant Danqiu, who was running with all his might, knew that he had to escape alive, and he had to tell his superiors this important information!

It's just that, according to the current situation of this ambush, he has little chance of successfully escaping.

Soon, a crisp sound made Lieutenant Danqiu understand that his troops were in a desperate situation.

It was the sound of a legionnaire touching a tripwire. "Boom!" Before everyone could react, the thunder exploded.

In the dust, the hapless legionnaire lay on the ground with a terrible howl, a man-killing mine, and his leg was missing.

What followed was a burst of heavy fire from the shadows. The sound of "smack" sounded like a dying note. The two legionnaires, who were unable to dodge, were immediately knocked to the ground.

Lieutenant Danqiu, who flew to the ground, raised his assault rifle and fired forward. His eyes widened, clenching his teeth, he really didn't expect that there was an ambush here.

Lieutenant Danqiu knew that he might not be able to get out today. This dark jungle may well be the place where you can bury your worst of the dead.

After removing the last two grenades on his body, he threw them, and with the dust and smoke from the explosion, Lieutenant Danqiu gritted his teeth and ran to the side.

The familiar gunshot was heard again. The sound of a comrade-in-arms firing at the back of his neighborhood stopped instantly. He's dead.

Lieutenant Danqiu, who had no intention of it, took advantage of the cover of the jungle and sprang through the bushes like a cunning sika deer. Until his left leg was shattered by a bullet.

Lieutenant Dan Jou, who fell to the ground, wailed in pain, knowing that his life's journey was over. Unwillingly, a well-trained and well-equipped professional army was wiped out like this? I didn't even see the face of the enemy after I got to the worst of it!

Although I don't know what happened to my comrades who fled in the other direction, I felt the breath of the jungle that had quieted down. He was already vaguely able to know the end of the road.

Soon, several pairs of big feet in tall military boots came to him. In desperation, Lieutenant Danqiu still wanted to raise his weapon, but he could no longer do this extremely simple action on a daily basis.

A muzzle with a warm muzzle pressed against his head. Lieutenant Danqiu raised his head slightly, looking at the face in front of him covered with oil paint. The enemy, who only had a pair of cold eyes, pulled a desperate bitter smile at the corner of his mouth. "I can never see the lavender fields of my hometown again." This was Lieutenant Dan Qiu's last impression.

A low-intensity ambush operation did not make any waves in this war. There is no impact on the outside world other than the parties involved. The combat formation of the French Air Force still came to the skies over the target area according to the original plan.

Because of the advantage in intelligence, the airport in Yaoundé is too small to land, and the distance is too long. The French Air Force did not send AWACS and electronic warfare aircraft. In fact, they never needed it. This attack formation is a pure mode of operation.

Today's weather is good, the sun is shining, the sky is high and the clouds are light. The French air force formation, which was responsible for attacking President Nzuba's rocket artillery position, was flying smoothly at an altitude of 4,000 meters.

This formation is part of the 121st Squadron of the French Air Force. Four Air-Superior Mirage 4000s, eight Earth-You-Rafale fighters. This is already the main combat strength that France has sent on this side.

The Mirage 4000 is designed to deal with the possible J-7, while it is the Rafale multirole fighter that destroys ground targets.

Twelve laser-guided high-explosive submunitions were mounted on fourteen pylons under the Rafale's wide belly. The other two pylons are hung with precision-guided surface-to-surface missiles.

Eight Rafale was enough to completely wipe out that rocket artillery position.

"Sir, the ground guidance can't be reached." Captain Abel, the commander of the Mirage 4000, who was flying in a higher position, reported the information to the commander of the entire formation, Major Guy, via the regional shortwave radio.

Major Guy, who flew at the front in a Rafale fighter, frowned and said, "Keep in touch." Report the situation to the ground command. ”

Soon, Captain Abel's voice sounded again in the communication channel, "Still unable to contact the ground guidance force, the ground command orders us to continue to carry out the order." ”

"These damn bureaucrats!" Major Guy scolded irritably. There was a faint sense of unease in his heart. It's just that, as a professional soldier, the orders of the superiors must be carried out.

Major Guy looked sideways at the ground, and the dense jungle stretched as if there was no edge in sight. A winding and inferior highway passes through it.

There are quite a few vehicles coming and going on the road, and these are all enemies. However, they are not Major Guy's target today.

Major Guy took a deep breath and pulled down his helmet. Commanded loudly: "Phantom formations climb high and prepare to seize air supremacy." The attack formation came with me, lowered the altitude, and prepared to start the attack. ”

With Major Guy's order, the four aerial superior Mirage 4000s began to climb high. The eight Rafale fighters split into two formations and began to gradually reduce their altitude. Fly towards your intended target not far ahead.

At this moment, a rapid and piercing siren sounded in the cockpits of all the fighters. "Locked! Lock! I'm locked out! A panicked shout rang out in the shortwave communication channel. They were all locked on by radar.

"Oops!" Major Guy, one of the few experienced commanders in the French Air Force, immediately understood that they had been fooled. Reminiscent of the ground command troops who lost contact before, this is a trap!

"Retreat. Fall back! Retreat all! "Major Guy can't take care of any more tasks, and now bringing his formation back in full is the most important thing.

However, how can the prey that has fallen into the trap escape?

The dense jungle on the ground suddenly flashed with a large red light. Dense columns of smoke rose from the ground. The anti-aircraft missiles with long flame tails swooped straight at the fighters in the sky like a spell.

"Bastard!" Looking at the dozens of high-speed smoke columns below, Major Guy was frightened and shouted loudly, "Decoy missile, decoy missile!" All of them are played out, and there is also a jamming chaff thrower, which starts autonomously! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

With Major Guy's roar, all twelve planes had their jamming weapons turned on. The dense chaff sliver was scattered like a goddess scattering flowers, shining dazzlingly in the sun's light.

The bright red decoy missile pulled out a long trajectory and laid out beautiful scenery in the sky.

These jamming weapons are still effective, and at least a third of the anti-aircraft missiles miss. It's just that there are too many missiles fired this time, and the performance is very advanced.

In order to give the French a little color, but also to show their determination. Zhao Cheng gave good things. The Doyle-M1 low-altitude field anti-aircraft missile, that is, the Red Flag XVII.

Hongqi 17 is an all-weather, mobile, vertical-launch, single-vehicle automated field surface-to-air missile weapon system.

The system includes a target search radar, a guidance station, a missile module and a chassis. The antenna part of the target search radar and guidance station, as well as two missile modules, a total of eight missiles, television optical sighting equipment, form a turret-type whole, which is located on the chassis, and the entire turret can rotate 360 degrees, and other display consoles and other equipment are located in the chassis.

The radar can simultaneously track nine target tracks and one active jamming, and the television-optical sighting system can display and observe targets within 21 kilometers.

The Hongqi-17 air defense system combines radar, missiles and guidance stations in the same armored vehicle, which is launched vertically with cold shells from solid rocket engines. The attack is at a distance of twelve kilometers.

In this trap area, there are a total of eight sets of Red Flag Seventeen systems. Sixty-four anti-aircraft missiles, which locked onto unsuspecting targets in the best positions, were fatal for Major Guy's formation.

Anti-aircraft missiles, flying at speeds of more than 850 meters per second, quickly rushed into the formation of fighters, and dense explosions unfolded instantly.

The warhead loaded with 15 kilograms of high-explosive military explosives was either destroyed on the spot or suffered heavy damage after hitting the warplane, rolling and plunging to the ground.

After the first wave of attacks, the eight Rafale that were loaded with weapons, height, and speed were all damaged. The plane of the commander of the formation, Major Guy, was also hit by three missiles at the same time and disintegrated in the sky on the spot. Who let his landline fly to the front?

Three of the four Mirage 4000s at higher altitudes were hit, two disintegrated in the sky, and one was battered and lost half of its wing, still struggling to return. Only Captain Abel's landline narrowly escaped.

"Command! Headquarters! We are attacked, we are attacked! It's a trap! Pitfall! Captain Abel, who was pale and sweating profusely, yelled frantically at the radio. The comrades-in-arms who were still laughing together just now disappeared from sight in just a few tens of seconds, and even soldiers with a resolute personality would be hit.

Before the command could provide any information, the ground flickered again, and several long pillars of smoke rose into the air.

"God, please come and save me." Captain Abel, who had already knocked out all the decoy missiles, was desperate, and his eyes were full of despair as he watched the thick anti-aircraft missiles get closer and closer.

Before being hit, anxious shouts came from the radio, "What's going on now?" Please reply, please reply"

It was the S-300 that launched the second attack. This kind of anti-aircraft missile can be said to be the best anti-aircraft weapon that Zhao Chengze can give.

This is a weapon of mass destruction capable of intercepting tactical ballistic missiles. Dealing with the best attack range, the Mirage 4000, which has lost its ability to interfere, is simply handy.

The battlefield, which had been laid out for dozens of hours, was quiet in a matter of minutes. The air defense units on the ground began to withdraw, and the search team began to clean up the battlefield.

All twelve French fighters were the majority of their strength at the Yaoundé airport. Until the French sent reinforcements from the mainland again, the threat from the air temporarily disappeared.

President Nzouba, who received the report, breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered his troops to seize the opportunity to begin a major offensive. (To be continued......)