Chapter 738: Nighthawk Raid
For the first time in human history, the airborne landing operation kicked off on time. Afghanistan, known as the crossroads of Asia, entered the dawn ahead of schedule under the illumination of 26 strong lights.
The fighters of the airborne commandos, in formation, drilled into the cramped and crowded cabin of the "Little Bird". While quietly waiting for takeoff, they also carefully checked the weapons in their hands. Steel helmet, nylon bulletproof tactical vest, backpack-type infantry tactical radio, H32 semi-automatic rifle, HC34 submachine gun (can be imagined as MP4O), C3O grenade gun, HJ32 general-purpose machine gun (MG3 general-purpose machine gun), Minyuan-style pistol, flare gun, paratrooper knife, oval grenade, TNT explosives, "demolition worker" short blaster with suction cups, backpacks, and water bottles are hung all over the body.
Behind them, 22 "Dapeng" noses opened to the left, and the latest domestic 8O-mm recoilless guns (imitation P78 type), 1O7-mm 12-barreled rocket launchers, heavy airborne ammunition packs, and 6 Hanjiang large jeeps (Dodge T214 series large jeeps) all need to be carried by them. Air Force technicians also took advantage of the last opportunity to carefully and conscientiously inspect every possible problematic area. Half an hour later, the nose of the aircraft slowly closed, and the ground crew began to hang a tow rope as thick as a baby's arm between the tractor and the glider.
As the signal light at the end of the runway changed from red to green, a wireless liaison aircraft converted from a four-transport-eight "stratosphere" transport aircraft (16oo horsepower amplified and enhanced Boeing 3O7) took to the skies, followed by six "Snake" fighters carrying auxiliary fuel tanks. They were needed to coordinate communications due to poor radio communication in mountainous areas. After their wing crash lights disappeared into the deep night sky, the first "bird" towed by fighter jets staggered into the night sky. With no power, battery-powered anti-collision fog lamps are the only discernible reference.
Special operations are typically good-looking tactics, good because they are brilliant and whimsy, and uncomfortable because they are before every special operation. The troops participating in the battle need to spend a lot of time on simulated training, and the hardships and dangers are unimaginable to ordinary people, and the danger in the mission is dozens of times that of ordinary combat. In this operation, the first thing to deal with is the dangerous mountain wind, so whether it is a fighter towing a birdie or a bomber towing a roc, they can't let go of the rope immediately after taking off, and they need to be towed close to the northern defense line before turning around the hero of Xinhai.
Ten minutes after the departure of the "birdie". The first "Roc" also left the ground under the tow of the bomber. Subsequently, soldiers from the Asian Brigade and the Northern Army of Afghanistan also boarded the Y-3 (like the JU52) and Y-6 (the military version of the KC2 resembles the famous DC3), and even the Y-9 "Sky Train" transport plane (16OO horsepower enhanced version of the DC4 Airmaster) that arrived during the day was jammed, and they needed to wait for the repeater to return the radio signal when they could take off.
The night was deep, and the pre-dawn Afghan forest was dark and dark.
The news of the loss of two I-16 fighters during the day spread among the Soviet forces in Kabul, and the loyal commander of the garrison sent a telegram asking whether to continue to send planes to search for them. Unexpectedly, he was scolded by the above, and even said that he was derelict in his duties, so scared that he didn't dare to mention the investigation again. As before, Colf's death was slowly forgotten, and the soldiers were all snoring from exhaustion after meetings and a busy day, and even the sentries were staying up for hours. Leaning against the tower and dozing off.
The only thing that can't doze off is the commando team led by Dong Hao.
On a quiet night, the noise of the piston motor would have traveled far away, so the tractor untied the cable as soon as it approached the northern route. Luckily, it was a tailwind tonight. More than a hundred kilometers is not difficult for a specially developed glider. But when crossing the Hindu Kush Mountain, there was still a "little bird" that encountered the turbulence and disappeared into the chaos. "!" The lack of a navigation light made Dong Hao curse secretly, but he was helpless about this kind of thing. Thankfully, the plane later made a forced landing. All but one driver died in the afternoon and arrived in Kabul.
Forty minutes later. The glider pilot, who had remained at an altitude of 25oo meters, finally showed the signal from Kabul. This is an array of red flashes placed on the roof of the building by MIA agents, the flashes are cleverly placed, sealed with a thick baffle on all sides, and the light source can only be seen from high altitude. And the lights were turned on two hours after the commandos came out. After the appearance of a signal that composes a special shape, it also means that the glider will land in a few minutes6.
Take-off and landing 6 are always the most dangerous, and there have been accidents during training when the plane was blown over by a strong wind after landing on the ground, resulting in the destruction of the plane and the death of people, so the commandos all clenched their fists, kept checking their seat belts and weapons, and waited for the wheels to hit the ground and shake. Due to the tailwind, the assault team was almost 2o minutes earlier than expected, which made it very difficult to land visually. In order to land as soon as possible, the pilot took the initiative to descend to find the airfield, and after circling for about five minutes, he finally determined the position and slammed down the joystick.
The dexterous "Little Bird" glider, at this time is like a silent nighthawk in the dark, when the airport barbed wire fence swept under the wings, the tail of the plane opened with a clamour of parachutes, and the whole plane was as if it had been dragged hard, and the centrifugal force made Dong Hao and the soldiers feel uncomfortable and want to vomit. "Boom." A muffled sound rang far away, and the wheels and skateboard finally touched the ground, and the pilot slammed the brake lever with all his strength. With the help of mechanical force, the tires locked, and a serrated reducer fell on the side of the skateboard at the same time, leaving two deep marks on the ground scraped by the iron teeth.
With the help of the landing system, Dong Hao's glider stopped steadily at a distance of 3o meters from the air defense position with only 17 meters. The moment the plane came to a standstill, the squad leader who led the team suddenly opened the hatch, rushed out of the plane with a submachine gun in his hand, and then threw a flashbang in the air. Provide a landing light source for the follow-up unit.
The sound of the crash and flashbangs also alarmed the Soviet outposts, but before the Soviet sentries could wake up, the second and third birdies had landed without incident.
"Watchtower."
The large hatch design allows the soldiers to enter and exit quickly, and it took less than three minutes for the three birds to jump out of the cabin from the time they landed to the time the soldiers all jumped out of the cabin, and it was these three minutes that became the turning point between victory and defeat. "Machine gun team, take out the watchtower first!"
"Dorm, go to dorm! Don't let the enemy take the gun. ”
"Flashbang."
"Anti-aircraft artillery safety!"
"Machine guns, machine guns go to the roof!"
Dong Hao is the same as an ordinary soldier. Armed with a submachine gun, he ran wildly and shouted. Under his command, the three Little Bird planes that landed first erupted long tongues of fire on their backs. "Knock knock knock." The pilot pulled the bolt of the gun and operated the 12.7mm fanged heavy machine gun mounted on the back of the plane to fire fiercely at the watchtower and the checkpoint, and the tracer bullets formed a line of fire denser than raindrops, and the characteristic semi-armor-piercing incendiary bombs shattered the batch of targets in an instant. Then they turned their guns on the Soviet fighters of the I-16 and I-15 in the open air, and fired and destroyed as much as they could.
The fragile wooden fuselage could not stop the fangs from the heavy machine guns, and in less than a moment more than 30 planes were all in flames. In the background of the fire net intertwined with tracer bullets, the commandos all rushed desperately towards the intended target. Just then, the seventh birdie landed in misfortune again. Due to an operational error, he actually crashed headlong into the middle of two Yi-15 fighters that were on fire.
Fortunately, the large hatch design saved the members of the plane again, except for the two soldiers who were slightly burned, even the HJ32 general machine gun on the plane was removed and carried out by the fast-eyed pilot.
At the first shot, the sleeping Soviet soldiers were awakened. But in this time that should be the most fragrant sleep, even the most reactive person will take a few minutes from getting up to finally picking up a weapon. By the time the Soviet soldiers jumped out of bed and dressed in a hurry, the remaining "birds" had all been loaded6, and one of them was parked directly less than 50 meters away from the airport dormitory building.
The pilot was later awarded a combat medal of the 1st degree for his boldness. It bought time for the commandos to go further. When the 15 commandos rushed off the plane, it took only 30 seconds to rush into the dormitory building. The greatly increased commandos rushed wildly, and the entire airfield was annihilated in the fire of bullets, and the first Soviet soldier to react rushed out of the dormitory building. He was greeted by a dozen submachine guns and frantic strafing fire coming at him.
The corridor was too narrow for too many soldiers to pour in, and the remaining commandos simply used grenades and grenades to smash in through the open windows, and the Soviet soldiers screamed in the roaring explosions, and blood and flesh were splashed everywhere. For speed. Most of the commandos didn't say a word from beginning to end, and they all went like crazy bulls. Relying on the strong individual firepower advantage, the opponent does not give any respite at all.
The fire on the ground provided good landing conditions for the "Dapeng" that came in 6 consecutive times, and these big guys quickly approached the airport and swooped towards no one.
"Protect the landing! Machine guns, hit back! Demolition group. ”
The assault squad attacking the dormitory building of the Soviet Flying Regiment encountered the first strong resistance, two DP machine guns poked out of the window, one suppressed the approaching commandos, and the other fired fiercely at the Roc as it prepared to land. Seeing this, the assault squad leader hurriedly shouted machine gun suppression. Immediately after the shout, a soldier rushed to the machine gunner, got down on one knee, raised the bipod with both hands, and used his body as a bracket in order to give the machine gunner a better angle of fire. Under his decisiveness, the distinctive sound of the HJ32 machine gun immediately drowned out all enemies who tried to resist, and the dense rain of bullets caused sparks to jump around the windows of the dormitory building.
After suppressing the opponent's machine guns, the four combat sappers rushed to the bottom of the building and fixed two short blasters in the shape of cones to the corners of the walls. It is a special blasting device weighing four kilograms and using a conical charge to deal with fortified bunkers and fortifications. There are four suction cups at the bottom of the cone, which can be firmly attached to the surface of the building. Once the blaster is positioned, the Demoman only needs to rotate the rod at the top of the cone three times to touch the fuse and explode thirty seconds later.
Two kilograms of high TNT explosives were not at all something that ordinary buildings could withstand, and in two explosions that sounded almost simultaneously, the three-story dormitory building of the Soviet Flying Regiment of the civil structure collapsed in half.
No more suspense!
When the first Roc under the guidance of the fire landed smoothly, a death trap that had taken months to train, weave and construct opened its doors to the Soviets. In the interweaving of blood and fire, under the double fire of submachine guns and machine guns, those Soviet soldiers who had just taken up arms could only let out a howl of misery and despair. All the officers and men were stunned by the sudden appearance of the enemy, the officers could not find the soldiers, the soldiers could not find the officers, they could only keep shouting, but this sound would attract more violent bullets.
A catastrophe, a premeditated massacre!
For a full thirty minutes, thousands of Soviet infantry regiments and aviation regiments stationed at the airfield did not even organize a decent resistance. Any resurgence and counterattack is a hopeless act of death. There are only two options, either to be swept away by the frantic commandos, or to raise your hands and obediently surrender.
As the Dapeng glider 6 continued to land, more and more airborne troops joined the clearance, and the heavy machine guns placed on the planes sprayed fire all over the airport like bullets do not cost money. Due to the chaos on the runway and apron, Dong Hao immediately asked people to command the clearance instead of him, and he asked the soldiers to find a few trucks to forcibly push away the planes and obstacles blocking the road.
"Trucks, go get all the trucks you can! Tank? Great, go and drive over! What the? Can't read Soviet words? Ma Xiucai, go to Ma Xiucai and ask him to help you translate. "Contact the command plane, confirm! The airport has been initially controlled! ”
A brilliant victory was just around the corner, but Dong Hao still didn't dare to take it lightly, he was sure that the gunshots and explosions had alarmed Amanullah and the puppet army troops, so he immediately asked people to find more trucks. At this time, the Dapeng gliders, all of which landed, also opened their noses one after another, and six jeeps towing 12-barrel rocket launchers slowly drove out of the cabin under the command of the soldiers. More airborne troops, carrying mortars, machine guns, recoilless guns and ammunition boxes, climbed onto the Soviet trucks they found and formed a larger assault arrow, charging towards the royal palace in Kabul, five kilometers away.
The explosions and gunfire woke Kabul up, and when the Kabulites were terrified to check what was going on, the combat battalion of more than 600 commandos had arrived at the perimeter of the palace, and when the chaotic Afghan puppet army tried to form a defensive line to protect the palace, the commandos had already unloaded their rockets and aimed at the palace and barracks that were close at hand.
"Fire!"
In the roar, the 12-barreled 1o7mm rocket launcher let out a hideous roar. In just one minute, it poured out firepower comparable to that of a heavy artillery regiment! A rain of 72 rockets rained down on the palace and barracks, sending fireballs, plumes of smoke, and scattered swirling steel balls and fragments to the unprepared puppet army.
Amanullah, who was just about to flee again, was stunned by this scene, and now he only wanted to figure out one thing, where did these terrible enemies come from?!
The woman and the servant behind him trembled even more, not even paying attention to the shining gold falling to the ground. At the same time that the six rocket launchers kept pouring shells to cover the assault team's attack on the palace, the Faizabad airport, which had been reported by the liaison plane, was also boiling suddenly, and fighters, bombers, and transport planes formed a flowing metal cloud, killing all the way to Kabul...... Wonderful Novel [Net] Remember our website: