Chapter 141: A Little Try
The first to engage in a fierce battle with Soviet helicopters were our troops...... The reason for this is that most of the fighters who can use Stinger missiles are soldiers of our army's special agent company!
The Stinger may sound mysterious or high-tech, but it's not as hard to learn to use as you might think...... According to the standards of ordinary units of the US military, to be qualified to use such weapons, it is necessary to have 138 hours of study time!
Of course, this is for those recruits who are inexperienced in launching missiles, the like...... Naturally, the troops of the special agent company don't need such a long time, and one night's study will almost master how to use it!
However, this is not so simple for the Afghan guerrillas...... I've also tried, that is, I grabbed a few of Aled's men and asked them to follow along, but I either forgot to get it here or reversed the order, and in short, none of them could remember Lisuo.
The reason for this...... I think at this time it is no longer a question of education level, but a question of whether you have mastered the knowledge of various weapons...... The agents have even learned to fight any equipment, and they have also hit several kinds of missiles, such as dragon and blowpipe...... Weapons and equipment are often bypassed, especially American-style equipment...... The Yankees will also hope that when their equipment is upgraded, it will be easier for soldiers to master and use, so all types of MANPADS have commonalities in operation, which is a great advantage for the fighters of the special agent company!
As a result, the Stinger missiles were basically in the hands of the special agent company...... Of course, I also know that the "stinger" can't be used in a centralized manner...... Otherwise, the Soviets will find out that only our unit has it. And the other troops did not have a single one in other directions...... So they can choose to avoid our troops and attack other troops with confidence!
So I had to divide the fifty "Stingers" into five parts. 10 pieces per serving...... Except for us. The remaining four were allocated to the troops stationed at the pass...... If the remnants of the Soviet army want to break out of the mountain pass, then the helicopters will definitely cooperate with the attack on the mountain pass, and then the Stinger will be able to play its role!
As for our troops...... Instead of garrisoning the mountain pass, we plunged straight into the valley like a sharp knife to completely deal with the defenseless Soviet troops who were swept away by the avalanche!
That's what makes us stand out...... There were already several helicopters hovering over the scattered Soviet troops, whose role was reconnaissance on the one hand, and fire cover when the enemy was attacking on the other.
They soon spotted our force and roared towards us......
"Prepare for battle!" As soon as I gave the order, several fighters carrying "Stinger" missiles on their backs quickly seized the favorable terrain and prepared for launch.
Flying towards us were one Mi-24 and three Mi-8...... This combination of aircraft is generally used to rescue infantry or the wounded. The Mi-24 is used for aerial reconnaissance and fire cover, while the Mi-8 lands to rescue the infantry, and three Mi-8s can just carry one company...... But it's clear that they want to get rid of us before they carry out their mission!
If only before...... The firepower of four helicopters was indeed enough to scatter our infantry of more than a hundred people...... The helicopter was covered with rockets, missiles, and heavy machine guns...... A condescending burst of chaos, what can more than a hundred people count?
But now it's a different story......
The four helicopters quickly split into two directions and launched a flanking attack on our left and right flanks...... This is a tactic that helicopters use against infantry for similar reasons as to the formation of crossfire...... If you are attacking from one direction, then the target only needs to be covered in one direction, which will create many dead spots of firepower.
But if the helicopter is split into two parts...... Attack the infantry on the ground from two different directions at the same time...... The infantry is faced with such a problem, if they can hide from this side, they can't hide from that, and sometimes they even show their backs in front of the enemy!
However, at this time, we are not worried at all......
Actually, let's be honest...... There are still worries. What if this Stinger missile is not as good as I thought? What if the fighters of the Secret Service Company are all novices? Then we don't have any cover next to us now...... Just wait to be abused by a helicopter!
And for Soviet helicopters...... They didn't even know that we were equipped with the Stinger, so they were still swaggering towards us like before!
The helicopter quickly came into range of the Stinger...... But I didn't give the order to launch. Because I know that the Tao is too far away...... It is also implied that the hit rate will also decrease. Now we have only a limited number of ten "Stingers" in our hands...... So I'll have to get them closer and hit them again!
Until the helicopter flew about a kilometer or so over our troops...... I just gave the order to launch out loud!
At this time, I had to fight...... Because this distance is usually the distance at which the Soviet helicopters attack, although the weapons on the Soviet helicopters have a range of two or three kilometers or more, they usually shoot at close range in order to improve the hit rate...... It is easy to understand this, on the one hand, because our army has no air defense equipment, they can get close to it with peace of mind and then fight, on the other hand, it is not easy to supply the Soviet army, and this objective factor also requires them to save ammunition!
With a few "whoosh ......" sounds, the four missiles flew towards their respective targets with four tails......
At this time, the pilots of the Soviet army again showed their high-quality side...... They spotted the missiles flying towards them at the first moment, and perhaps because of their fighting habits, they quickly made curve evasion moves...... It is quite good to know that the road can react so quickly, because the flight speed of the "Stinger" can reach 660 meters per second, that is, this kilometer distance will hit in less than two seconds!
It's just that I think they may think that it's just a few "blowpipes", so the evasion action is not complicated...... "blowpipe" is done...... Can a manually operated missile be as flexible as a helicopter? If you want to be hit, you can only blame yourself for not having enough skills!
But soon they found out that they were wrong...... Because the "Stinger" missile is very agile and follows their changes, it turns a corner in the air, and then explodes on the helicopter fuselage with unmistakable accuracy...... (To be continued......)