With the sound of helicopter propeller breaking through the air, a large number of helicopters appeared in front of us.

Same as last time...... In front of us were Mi-8 helicopters, with ten Mi-24s in two teams providing cover on either side, and six Mi-24s hovering high altitude.

It can be seen that the Soviet army was very careful in its parachute operation this time...... Their last sixteen Mi-24s are almost out of the nest...... This is unusual, as only half of the helicopters are usually dispatched when the fighting heats up. For example, if the Soviet army still has sixteen planes, then generally only eight planes are dispatched in one batch, and the other eight planes are replenished in the rear with ammunition and fuel, and the pilots also take this time to rest...... It is also the only way to ensure the continuous firepower of the helicopter and the energy of the previous pilot.

If conditions allow, they may even be divided into three batches...... Fighting is a highly mentally stressful job, so it is reasonable to divide into three groups and fight for three or four hours each, only because the Soviet Mi-24 lost too much during the last parachute landing so that they are not in a position to fight in three groups.

And yet now...... But they sent Mi 24 to all at once...... This shows that the Soviet army can no longer bear the same losses as last time, which is why they have not reluctantly landed again until now when they have been attacking the No. 5 mountain pass for a long time.

This can also be seen from the six Mi-24s of the Soviet army circling at high altitude...... Their mission is obviously to conduct reconnaissance from the air, to ensure that danger can be detected at the first time and the situation can be reported to the group below, and if necessary, they can also respond quickly to emergencies from a high position......

It's just that what they didn't expect was ...... I don't usually repeat the same trap twice, because if it does. Then the trap can't be called a trap. Of course. If it's for the unexpected, it's a different story.

So...... In my eyes, these arrangements of the Soviet army are completely superfluous. As long as their fleet dares to enter this valley 05, then they are doomed to suffer heavy casualties again.

I'm lucky...... Because soon after, the Mi-8 group flew into Valley 05 and reduced its altitude and speed......

They had to lower the height...... As said before, the optimal altitude for helicopter parachuting is between 400 and 800 meters, while the parachute habit of the Soviet Airborne Forces is 600 meters...... This parachute altitude is relatively safe, although the parachute effect will be better at 500 meters and below...... The lower the altitude of the parachute, the shorter the time spent in the air, and the smaller the dispersal area of the troops, but the danger of the parachute itself will be greatly increased. Add to that the influence of wind speed and helicopter airflow in the valley. It is still more rational to choose this height.

They also had to slow down, because the valley was long and narrow and curved, and if the speed was too fast...... If you're not careful, you'll crash into cliffs on either side or collide with a helicopter next to you...... You must know that each Mi-8 helicopter carries a platoon of Soviet troops, so although the Soviet helicopter pilots are skilled, they do not dare to hold it up.

"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping, who had been guarding the walkie-talkie, reported to me: "Two minutes later, the helicopter entered the ambush area of our army!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, and immediately ordered, "Get ready for battle!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Jingping answered, and passed the order on the walkie-talkie.

I looked at the hands on my watch and followed Zhao Jingping to calculate and verify the time...... When it was nearly a minute away, I immediately ordered, "Smoke!" ”

"Put smoke!" Zhao Jingping repeated my command on the walkie-talkie.

So the battlefield soon changed...... The soldiers of a company stationed at the No. 5 Pass threw a large smoke bomb in unison...... There are more than 100 people in a company, and if each person throws two or three smoke bombs, there are hundreds of them...... Suddenly, the valley was filled with smoke from smoke bombs, and the wind direction in the valley was from north to south, and the smoke from these mountain winds rolled towards the helicopters behind it.

And that's only part of the story...... In order to make the smoke thicker and spread faster. Light and heavy mortars on both sides of the valley also fired smoke grenades one after another at Valley 05...... It wasn't long before the first half of the valley was covered in thick smoke.

But the helicopter group, which was in the second half of the valley at this time, was unaware...... The reason was that the valley was so narrow and curved that they couldn't see what was happening in the first half at all. So even though the smoke in front of them was rolling towards them like a tsunami, they were unaware......

At this time, the Mi-24, which is responsible for reconnaissance missions in the air, will play their due role...... They quickly discovered the danger and immediately contacted the Mi-8 helicopter fleet via radio in Guò...... So soon the Mi-8 fleet began to climb...... They obviously wanted to get out of the valley before the smoke poured in, as for the parachute mission...... To hell with him, it would be nice to be able to protect himself in this situation...... Who knows what will happen to those Chinese!

The decision of the Soviet pilots, of course, was right...... But of course I also have this in mind......

"The position of the Soviet troops!" I asked.

"Within ambush range!" Zhao Jingping replied with great speed.

I didn't want to think about it, so I ordered: "Detonate!" ”

"Detonate!"

There was a bang of "boom ......", and the sky over the valley soon exploded.

These are the explosives and stones we planted last night above the cliffs on either side of the valley...... It's not a lot of work, all we have to do is place a bag of explosives next to the cliff and pile it with basin-sized rocks...... This kind of stone can be said to be everywhere in the mountains of Afghanistan, and we can use local materials.

And we don't have to worry at all that the Soviet helicopters will see that something is wrong when they conduct reconnaissance, it's just a few piles of stones...... This is everywhere in the mountains of Afghanistan, and there is nothing surprising about it.

But this stone, though universal, is not small, as it is now...... As soon as the explosive bag exploded, the rubble flew everywhere, and the pile of rocks was at the top of the cliff, so it would rain like a rain of stones from top to bottom......

As a result, those helicopters that are climbing up will suffer, although the Mi-8 can also be said to be a combat helicopter...... It can also be used for combat with weapons attached, so it is also very safe, and it is difficult to damage ordinary anti-aircraft machine guns if they do not hit its vital point. But this top-down flying stone is different...... The cliffs on both sides are more than 2,000 meters, and the stone itself is not small in mass, and it is also quite hard...... Falling from such a high place, the speed and mass are no less than a cannonball...... In particular, the top is still the weak point of the helicopter, and there is a propeller on it...... As a result, there was soon a "sonorous" noise in the valley......

Some stones smashed heavily on the fuselage of the helicopter, deflecting the helicopter and quickly losing its direction, and then crashed into the cliff next to it with a "boom", exploding into a pile of fire and falling down...... You must know that this is at an altitude of six or seven hundred meters, let alone after the explosion...... Even if it doesn't explode, it won't leave the whole corpse.

Some rocks hit the tail of the helicopter...... This smash first made the helicopter sink down...... However, the Mi-8 helicopter is relatively strong, and the tail has not been broken, and this helicopter can barely fly...... But this was only a reluctance, because the tail was smashed and bent and there was a problem with the balance torque, and the helicopter quickly turned around, and even the pilot's skill could not control it in this valley...... So I persevered for a while and hit the cliff next to me.

More rocks were smashed into the helicopter's propeller...... The propeller is not only rotating at high speed, but also has a large area...... A large area means a high chance of being hit by a rock, which is fine if it is an ordinary thing such as a row of bullets or something, these things are small in size and have strong penetrating power, and even if they hit the propeller, the damage will be very limited...... But if it's a stone falling from the sky, and it's a stone falling at high speed...... The stone falling at high speed hits the spiral pulp that spins at high speed...... So I only heard a crisp sound, and the whole stone was knocked away...... That's the power of a high-speed spinning propeller, but the propeller itself isn't much better...... As you can imagine, it must have been deformed and bent by the impact, so the helicopter quickly lost its balance and staggered in the air as if it were a drunken sweat......

That's what flies in the sky...... They must be balanced in the air, once that balance is disrupted...... Then no matter how thick their armor is and how advanced their weapons are, that's bullshit!

It's just that we're usually on the ground, but helicopters are in the sky...... There was armor in the middle to separate their weak balance system, and the helicopter was fast and nimble in steering, so it was difficult for us to shoot it down, but ...... If it's top-down, that's a different story.

Just like now, just a shower of stone rain can wreak havoc on these seemingly formidable helicopter fleets......

Some of the helicopters that survived tried to climb further, but then another rain of rocks fell...... Of course, we don't blow up all the piles of rocks at once, which would cause a lot of casualties to the helicopter fleet at once, but it would not pose a lasting threat.

So the Soviets soon realized that the only way to climb was to destroy the plane and kill people...... So they had only one choice...... Rush out of the range of the stone rain as fast as possible.

But...... Waiting in front of us was a tidal wave of smoke! (To be continued......)