Chapter 142: Charge
"Boom ......" with a few explosions, four shots and three hits......
To be exact, it should be four shots and four hits...... It's just that because two missiles hit the same helicopter...... the advantage of the Stinger missile is that it will automatically track, that is, ignore the launch, instead of having to continue to operate manually like a blowpipe......
The benefits of "ignoring the launch" are self-evident...... After shooting a missile, the shooter can hide without restraint, move or even continue the fight with another missile (less than 10 seconds...... This greatly increases the security of the shooter on the battlefield and the ability of the Stinger to fight against helicopters, to put it simply...... As long as there are enough Stinger missiles, a single shooter can often take on several helicopters with much more firepower than his own.
But this launch mode is not without its drawbacks...... It's easy to miss the target or get distracted, as in the case of the ...... Because the two helicopters in the air are close to each other when they are doing evasive maneuvers, or because the first missile hits the helicopter and produces a large amount of infrared light, it directly attracts the other missile to go to the same helicopter...... So there was a situation where two missiles hit the same helicopter.
In an instant, the helicopter that was hit burst into a large cloud of fireball and black smoke...... Immediately afterwards, the two Mi-8s were planted from the air like kites with broken strings, and a ball of fire broke out again, while the Mi-24 swayed in the air like a drunk man with a piercing whistling sound, and finally fell to the ground without holding on.
From the way they crashed...... The difference in defense between the two types of helicopters can also be seen...... The Mi-24 is worthy of a helicopter gunship...... Even if it was hit by a missile, it was able to maintain some balance, and even if it fell to the ground, it did not explode...... But I think the pilots there were choked enough, even if they were lucky enough not to fall to their deaths...... It's also hard to escape the guerrillas!
The remaining Mi Hachi had already been frightened when he saw this situation...... Immediately turn around and leave!
"Battalion commander!" Scar asked, "Do you want to knock it off too?" ”
"Don't do it!" I replied, "It's better to run away...... He will report to his superiors the information that we are equipped with new missiles. That is, to help us promote ...... for free."
"Yes!" Scar answered.
Actually...... I didn't knock it down quite partly because there weren't many missiles. I'm going to have to save some money...... Otherwise. I also wish that the Soviets did not know about the new missiles we were equipped with, and that the more helicopters they could send, the better!
But now...... Let's try to keep a low profile!
"All of them!" The next second I gave a loud order: "Reclaim the lost land and clear the valley...... Come on! ”
"Rush!" The soldiers who had been prepared for a long time shouted, and with all kinds of rifles, they rushed towards the Soviet troops in the valley who were scattered by the avalanche......
The total number of surviving Soviet troops in the valley is still quite ...... There are at least two companies at all, perhaps because the No. 07 valley is located in the middle of the valley, and it is generally used as a garrison for our Chinese soldiers and a battalion headquarters in normal times...... That's why the Soviets sent a lot of troops to search this valley!
Needless to say, its purpose is ...... It is to completely remove our power from this valley of Shigio!
However...... Although there are many of them, they are a pile here and there...... Even if they were indifferent to seeing us approaching them before...... Because it was daytime, they believed that the helicopter was more than capable of breaking up this force that was approaching them!
But the situation has taken a turn for the worse...... In the blink of an eye, the helicopter formation was crushed, and when they realized that something was wrong and wanted to organize a defense. But it was too late......
The first to hit was the mortar unit we brought in...... Of course, most of the mortars carried by our mortar units were light mortars that were easy to maneuver, and they had already found the favorable terrain and calculated the coordinates when we were engaged with the helicopters, and then they came into play when we launched the charge!
You must know that Lu Dao is the gunner of the Chinese soldiers, and they are all the best among the best in a hundred battles...... As soon as the battle began, the Soviets were given a dismount, and their first strikes were machine-gun positions and mortars that the Soviets hastily erected...... These things are always very lethal to the infantry...... It's just that there is not much left of the Soviet army in the valley with similar heavy equipment, and the Soviet army is used to transporting heavy weapons and shells in armored vehicles...... If there are such things as armored vehicles for labor, then few people will be stupid enough to carry them by manpower, and these things are buried in the snow in the avalanche just now...... People can hide in bomb shelters, but armored vehicles can't!
So our mortars have not yet fired two rounds. They finished their few heavy equipment, and then quickly turned to the infantry who had hurried into the formation of the defensive line...... The cannonball looked like it had eyes. One after another, they drilled into the pile of Soviet soldiers, only to blow up the Soviet soldiers one by one and flew into the sky screaming...... The already fragile defensive line was quickly blown into disarray.
Then came the charge of our company of agents......
The equipment in our hands can be said to be no worse than that of the Soviet army...... It is even stronger than the Soviet army, and the AK74 at this time has not been fully equipped with the Soviet army, mainly because the Soviet infantry is too large, so a considerable part of the infantry uses Ak47, while we are all AK74......
The most important thing is that we still have mortar fire cover, so the mortars blow up all the way ahead...... After blowing up the Soviet army, we will follow all the way behind...... When he got closer, he threw a volley of grenades, and in the smoke, he swept the fleeing Soviet troops to the ground one by one!
Indeed, one or two helicopters were watching us from afar...... Occasionally, a bunch of bullets or a few rockets would be fired at us...... But in fact, everyone knows that this is just for show, on the one hand, because the distance is too far...... At least a few kilometers, and at this distance you can't even tell the difference between friend and foe! On the other hand, friend and foe are actually mixed together, who are these bunches of bullets and rockets coming...... I'm afraid that even they don't know the way!
But it makes sense for them to shoot and shoot like this...... On the one hand, they can comfort themselves by fighting like this, the enemy has advanced surface-to-air missiles in his hands, and we dare not approach them...... I can only watch my comrades being slaughtered by the enemy, so you can't do nothing! How many shots, how many shots...... Psychologically, it's going to be a little better!
On the other hand...... They can also give their comrades some comfort by shooting guns like this: don't worry...... The strength in our air is still there, and it is still covering you...... Keep fighting!
Although this comfort is only an illusion...... And it doesn't actually work, but it's better than nothing!
As a result, the barely built defensive line of the Soviet army soon collapsed, and even the well-trained paratroopers could not hold out in such a situation with neither fire cover nor fortifications...... Ten minutes later, the entire Soviet army began to retreat in the direction of the mountain pass like a tide!
They were of course right in the idea of retreating in the direction of the mountain pass, which was a dangerous place, and as long as they occupied the mountain pass, they could defend it in danger, and then they could temporarily stabilize their position there or organize a retreat...... And in fact, this valley is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and fighting in the mountains is not what they are good at, so they can only retreat in the direction of the mountain pass!
But it's a pity...... When they reached the pass, they were awakened by a volley of bullets head-on...... It turns out that the mountain pass has long been occupied by the enemy, and they have been surrounded by the enemy!
In this case...... One by one, the Soviets raised their hands and gave up resistance, knowing very well what would happen if they continued to resist under the cover of such lack of air power......
So the battle in our part of Valley 07 was quickly over...... This is due to the strong combat effectiveness of the Chinese army and the close and effective coordination between the mortar and infantry units.
In the valleys in other directions, the fighting did not go so well...... This can be seen in the constant sound of gunfire and artillery from all over the place...... I believe this is because the Soviet army in some valleys has organized effective resistance and the guerrillas have entered a stalemate, and I have even found that in some valleys helicopters are constantly rising and descending, which is obviously transporting Soviet infantry out......
We really can't control this...... the range of the Stinger missile is indeed very long, almost five kilometers...... But the problem is that the hit rate is greatly reduced at such a distance, and the number of missiles in our hands is very limited, plus the valley is still twisting and ...... There are many places where missiles have dead ends, so the Soviets will always find some safe place to transport the besieged infantry away!
But I believe ...... In terms of the whole situation, we are already sure of victory:
On the one hand, because the Soviet troops were already retreating at this time...... The strategic purpose of the Soviet army to occupy the valley has failed, and we not only held the valley once again, but also turned defeat into victory and inflicted heavy casualties on the Soviet army!
On the other hand...... Allad's armored forces were also put into use at this time!
Originally, we thought that there was no use for armored forces...... But now suddenly the situation has been reversed: the Stinger missiles can effectively suppress the air power of the Soviet army, and the armored units are very suitable for maneuvering and fighting in the flat land in the valley, while most of the Soviet armored forces are buried due to avalanches......
As a result, the Afghan guerrillas have never fought so freely, and for the first time they faced the Soviet army with superior equipment, only to beat those Soviet troops who did not have time to withdraw, and they were bleeding and collapsed! (To be continued......)