Chapter 30: The Fight Between the Hind and the Cobra (1)
"Eagle Falcon Formation, Eagle Falcon Formation, please pay attention to the search, you have reached the vicinity of Susangilde." The sound of the tower was heard on the radio.
"Received, we will disperse the formation and conduct a low-altitude search." Hariri replied as he heard the voice in his headphones.
"Eagle Falcon Squadron, I'm No. 01, according to the prior arrangement, a horizontal line, lower the altitude, and prepare for a search." Hariri shouted over the radio with three other helicopters.
"Received on the 02nd."
"Received on the 03rd."
"Received on the 04th."
Shahid, the pilot of the No. 04 helicopter in the back, is a young man in his early twenties, graduated from aviation school, and was directly assigned to the front-line combat unit.
Four helicopters, five kilometers apart between them, flew forward side by side.
The two pilots and the two search and rescue personnel behind them kept searching the five-kilometer-wide search surface, the helicopter flew very low, and the ground was swept up by the helicopter's rotors.
The helicopter formations did not know that the danger was getting closer to them.
Experiments have shown that dropping cement in the air does not make the swamp strong enough to be as strong as a highway, but it can greatly reduce the mud of the marshland, and when the cement sets, it absorbs a lot of water, so that the ground becomes dry enough for the Chieftain tank to pass through.
Abor, who was still in Ahvaz, immediately made a decision: Then do it!
Almost all the CH-47 helicopters were put into the construction of artificial roads, they carried bulk cement from a cement plant in Ahvaz, went to the front where the armored division was trapped, lowered the altitude, and dropped it in the air.
The weather was sunny and there was no wind, and this operation, which was enough to go down in history, was carried out very successfully, and in just half a day, a passage tens of kilometers long was created.
After waiting for two hours and the cement has set, the armored division can be dispatched.
The reconnaissance at the front learned that so far, the Iraqi Southern Military Region has not discovered its own movements, and the commander of the armored division will be able to crush an Iraqi armored brigade that is blocking the front before it falls, and within two days, he will be able to beat Huzgan and Hamid, plunge directly into the back of the other side, and teach the hateful aggressor a hard lesson.
When the other side transfers troops from the front line to stop him, more than a dozen divisions that have already been prepared will launch a counteroffensive on the front line of Abadan.
This place has always been ignored by Iraq, this swamp is a natural barrier for Iraqis, and the armored soldiers of the 35th Brigade are sleeping in bed!
Thinking that the vulnerable T-62s could be defeated immediately, Rajavi couldn't contain his excitement, and seeing that the cement had solidified, he couldn't wait to order the armored division to advance in battle sequence.
Fuel and ammunition were stored here, and Rajavi predicted that he would be able to return to resupply after the fighting.
Although it was not taken seriously by the Iraqis, the helicopters that carried out the "construction" deliberately lowered their altitude to prevent detection by Iraqi radar.
Along with the CH-47, several Cobra helicopters are also constantly patrolling the air to prevent unexpected situations.
In this era, radar has not yet been carried to helicopters, and helicopter patrols mainly rely on the eyes of pilots.
Shamstin's sharp eyes looked at the airspace one hundred and eighty degrees ahead, dividing these airspaces into one hundred and eighty parts, scanning them one by one, which was a tactical maneuver taught by instructors during training in the United States, which was more efficient and less easy to miss than casual observation.
Suddenly, his pupils dilated, and he saw a black dot flying in the distance, which was supposed to be a helicopter.
Oops, in the direction of twelve o'clock, there are enemy planes! Shamsdin immediately radioed Rasul.
Rasul was quick and immediately lowered the height of the helicopter, only ten meters above the ground, and quickly turned to the direction of nine o'clock.
The helicopter flies relatively slowly, and once it enters the engagement, it is difficult to retreat in this kind of area without complex terrain, that is, once the fire is received, you will forget about it. If given a choice, Rasul would rather choose to avoid it immediately, and now, it is clear that the other party has not yet discovered himself.
But he couldn't, because at present, there are only a few armed helicopters that can fly and fight, and if they all choose to escape, the armored forces that are already on the march behind will face the blow of destruction. Especially if it is a Mi-24, it can carry up to 16 anti-tank missiles, and your own armored division will be crushed.
There is no choice, you have to fight! So, Rasul chose to fight.
What he needs to do is to approach from the side, and before the opponent finds himself, he will use the "Tao" missiles carried on the flanks to kill the opponent first.
Therefore, he immediately lowered his altitude and turned to the side, preparing to sneak up on the other party.
It is almost close to the ground, and if there is a strong crosswind, it may hit the ground, but Rasul is not afraid, after the training of the Americans, most of them have the same strong style as the American army, which is used to the style of the Soviet army, and all the Iraqi troops need to report to their superiors are incomparable.
The pilot of the 03 plane, Captain Mehad, was nearly forty years old, but he was still in good spirits, and although it was a search and rescue mission, he also maintained a high degree of vigilance.
Just now the formation was flying, Mehad flew slowly, and when he turned back to search again, he was on the far right of the formation.
However, because he was facing the sun, the dazzling sunlight made him feel a little uncomfortable, and although he had put down the goggles on his helmet, he still couldn't see the distance clearly.
In a moment, we'll have to fly here again, thought to the old load-bearing Captain Mehard.
He looked up and glanced to the right.
Suddenly, he was shocked, and the longitudinal rod in his hand shook involuntarily, driving the huge body to shake for a while.
When did a helicopter come out on the right?
Four propellers, not very large, and short wings, oops, cobras for the Iranians!
"Alert, enemy attack." Mehad was on the radio and immediately informed everyone in the formation.
The weapon worker in front of him, Moore Sant, followed Meyhard's voice and saw the helicopter that suddenly appeared, and the comer was not good.
"Number 03, at nine o'clock, a Cobra." Moltsan shouted.
Suddenly, he saw a puff of smoke coming out from under the short wings of the opposing helicopter: "Oops, the enemy plane has already launched missiles, fast, tactical evasion." ”
Rasul was lucky, because he spotted the enemy plane in advance, and in the helicopter air battle, whoever spotted the other side first would have the initiative, especially for an unsuspecting hind like the other side, it was simply a live target.
Rasul flew a low distance, getting closer and closer to the other party, and then turned to the direction of nine o'clock, and the huge side of the enemy helicopter appeared in front of his eyes.
There is a troop transport cabin behind the Hind helicopter, which leads to a larger volume on the side, and the probability of being shot is relatively large, and the side depicts a gray falcon, which is the famous falcon flight squadron? This squadron, in the initial offensive, destroyed a large number of tanks of the Iranian army, causing the Iranian defense line to be torn apart.
Now, it's time to give them a taste of missiles.
"Shamstin, prepare a Tao missile." Rasul shouted.
"Obey," Shamsteen was in a very good mood, the other party was so careless, he was so close, and he still hadn't been discovered, this result was simply given to them in vain.
At this time, helicopters did not have special air combat missiles, and the most powerful was anti-tank missiles, and using anti-tank missiles to hit the opponent's helicopter was a set of combat methods for helicopter unit training.
The Tao anti-tank missile is a second-generation heavy anti-tank missile weapon system with tube launch, optical aiming, infrared automatic tracking, and wired guidance developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company of the United States in 1962, with a range of 4,000 meters and an armor-piercing thickness of 600 mm. Mass-produced and equipped with troops in 1970. Following the Cobra helicopter gunship, it was introduced to Iran together.
Shamsdin is already familiar with the use of such missiles. Just now, he had already energized the missile in advance and warmed up the infrared probe inside.
Switching the aiming to the missile, Shamsdin put the red circle on the scope on the opponent's helicopter and aimed at the rotor hinge, which is the weakest point.
"Drip, drip, drip." There were three familiar sounds in the headset, and at the same time, the red circle on the scope was flashing, and Shamsdin did not hesitate to press the weapon launch switch.
Under the short wing, a "Tao" missile immediately erupted flames, broke away from the launch tube, and flew towards the hind three thousand meters away.
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