Chapter 134: Gunboats in the Air
At the dawn of dawn, you can see
What makes us so proud?
Rejoice in the last rays of dawn,
Whose flag is always flying high in the heat of battle!
The fire is blazing, the cannon is rumbling,
We saw that heroic banner on the fortress
Stands tall after the darkness!
Yes! Do you say that the Star-Spangled Banner will stand still,
Fluttering in the land of freedom,
Flying over the home of the brave?
Through the dense fog, I could vaguely see the opposite shore, the stubborn enemy was sleeping soundly, and the night was silent all around.
The breeze is intermittent, blowing over the top of the cliff, what do you say is that, half-hidden and half-visible in the wind?
Now its body is reflected in the morning glow, and the volley shines on the water, and it is red in an instant.
It's the Star-Spangled Banner! May it always fly, in this free country, the home of warriors.
Where have they gone, sworn ones? They aspire to survive the war.
Homeland and Motherland, do not abandon them, they themselves wash away their dirty footprints with blood.
These minions, mercenaries, have nowhere to hide, and cannot escape the fate of defeat and death.
But the Star-Spangled Banner will fly forever, in this free country, the home of the Warriors.
The jade is broken or the tiles are complete, in front of us, free people will rise up to defend the national flag and show their heads!
The motherland has its own nature, and victory and peace are in sight; Build a country, defend your homeland, and thank God for your strength.
We will be victorious, justice is ours, and we will trust in God.
You see the Star-Spangled Banner will always fly high in this free country, the home of the warriors.
The melodious U.S. federal national anthem sounded in the cabin of the transport helicopter in which the Bravo team was riding, and the chorus members of the Bravo team sang to the accompaniment of the sound of battle outside. As if the Father had shed the light of protection on them, the Bravo team avoided the attack and landed safely.
Under normal circumstances, the military will set up an operational base on the periphery of the combat area to serve as a front-line command center, signal relay station, and logistics supply station. But in the face of this surprise attack without warning, the US Union forces did not have enough time to follow normal procedures to complete those steps, and the world-leading concept of war was temporarily pulled back to the mean.
The Bravo team was instructed to proceed from the west side of the Lincoln Avenue interception line to the Emorosa Police Station and work with the surviving officers to evacuate the large number of trapped civilians in and around the station outside the war zone before an air strike hit. After the allotted time has passed, the Air Force will raze that area and the surrounding area to the ground. Lieutenant Dave's face was solemn when he gave the order, and he knew that there would be one or many more tragic street battles to follow, and that death was inevitable.
The battle came faster than Lieutenant Dave had imagined, and after the Bravo team entered the city, they encountered the first enemy in front of the abandoned vehicle blocking the road, it looked like a large wolf dog that had been magnified more than ten times in size, with three heads on its neck, no other organs, only a hollow, I don't know if it was an eye or a mouth. The monster is full of metallic texture, and its four claws are not like the claws of animals, but more like four giant hands embedded with long knives, which can easily tear apart cars.
When Team Bravo spotted it, it was pounding frantically at cars on the side of the road, as if the sirens sounding from the cars around it were giving it pleasure.
"Shh Lieutenant Dave raised his hand, and the members of the squad in the attacking queue saw their comrades in front of them clenching their fists and raising their hands, raising their hands one after another like dominoes, and the queue in a long line stopped - in modern warfare, especially in street fighting, the marching formation of the attack squad will not be twisted together like a death squad charge, but will be drawn into a long line, expanding the reconnaissance distance and ensuring that someone can launch a counterattack from a safe position after an attack from any direction.
"Go around the building in the back, Paul, take two people to find a route, and the others stand by in place." Lieutenant Dave ordered in a low voice with a walkie-talkie, the monster in front of him is obviously not something that he can deal with with a machine gun squad and a grenadier, their task is to rush to the Emorosa police station to guide the trapped civilians in the police station to evacuate safely, not to hunt the monster, and it is the most unwise choice to rush into battle without knowing the strength of the monster.
The staff sergeant did not question the lieutenant's decision, and led the two soldiers into the adjacent building with broken steps, he was going to the top of the floor, observing from a high vantage point and finding a suitable route of travel, while the others hid themselves with Lieutenant Dave, trying not to make any noise so as not to attract the attention of the monster.
Lieutenant Dave lowered his voice and radioed a message to the rear, telling them that there was a big man in their current location, asking for air power to strike, even if this monster kept repeating the act of smashing cars, seemed to be immersed in pleasure and couldn't extricate itself, and it didn't seem to be threatening, but would this monster have the heart to demolish and rebuild as a demolition team to smash houses, tanks, or people? Then only God knows, let the US federal soldiers send it to God to be honest.
"Lieutenant, find a safe route." The staff sergeant's voice came from the walkie-talkie, and Lieutenant Dave made a gesture, thanks to the fact that the widespread power outage did not occur for the time being, and the street lights were still on, so that the soldiers behind could see Lieutenant Dave's gestures clearly, and repeated them one by one, passing the signal to the soldiers behind him.
Joey Goldman kept holding his gun and aimed at the monster, and when the retreat signal came, Joey only hesitated for a second before turning around and retreating to where the staff sergeant was now, but he couldn't help but ask, "What about that big guy over there?" ”
His closest comrade was the veteran sitting next to him in the cabin, who was walking with a grenade launcher and still had the strength to answer Joey's question: "Then it's not for us to think about, the lieutenant's order is to retreat, then we should retreat." The above order is to evacuate civilians, so our task is to find a way to rush to the police station and cover the safe evacuation of civilians. Boy, this is not a movie, trying to achieve personal heroism on the battlefield will not only kill yourself, but also kill others! ”
Don't blame the veterans for being verbose, too many people are now deeply affected by Hollywood movies, not to mention superhero series, even sci-fi war movies are made into child's play, and the aliens who can make the US federal naval fleet anxious are always single-handedly dealt with by a squad, a few people and a few guns, and even by the protagonist of the film single-handedly, it's really hell.
"Will there be an air force to deal with it? It doesn't look like a good thing to mess with, shouldn't it be given a shot first? Joey didn't retort, muttering as he followed the queue in front of him.
"If you really think so, I suggest you give yourself a shot in the head first, and stop wasting precious food and air, idiot!" The veteran scolded and replied, "The air strike will definitely arrive soon, I guess it's an AC130, what do you think?" ”
At this time, the Bravo team had marched to the bottom of the building, lined up against the wall, waiting for the scout who was walking in front to confirm that the route was safe, Joey turned his head to look at the veteran who was shoulder to shoulder with him on the right, and asked, "AC130?" ”
"God, you haven't heard of the aerial gunboats?" The veteran threw Joey a look of disdain, looked up, and shouted, "Aha, sure enough!" ”
AC-130U, the latest model of the Lockheed AC-130 heavy armed ground attack aircraft, powered by 4 Allision T56-A-15 turboprop engines, with a length of 29.8 meters, a wingspan of 40.4 meters, and a fuselage height of 11.7 meters, worthy of the name of the aerial giant.
Not only is it large, but the AC-130 can be called an aerial gunboat, and it is also equipped with powerful firepower: a 25mm caliber GAU-12 Balancer Gatling gun, with a maximum rate of fire of 4,200 rounds per minute; a 40mm Bofors automatic cannon with a rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute; One 105mm howitzer.
These terrifying weapons that make the world fear and tremble are controlled by advanced detection and fire control devices, including advanced multiple fire control radars and thermal imagers. The large optical and thermal imaging sighting pod contains a side-looking multi-mode attack radar, which can not only be used to search for and aim targets, but also measure the hit points of 40mm and 105mm shells, compare them with the aiming points, and then synchronize the aiming correction of the guns to improve the hit rate.
These advanced sensing systems, fire control radar systems, and global positioning systems combined with powerful naval guns enable the AC-130 to accurately strike ground troops, have super anti-electronic jamming capabilities, and can fly at night and in harsh natural environments, and can directly launch attacks at an altitude of 1,200 meters away from the target.
The product of this kind of asymmetrical warfare not only has a very confusing camouflage ability in the face of the enemy in the jungle and desert (the AC-130 is modified from the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which has been mistaken for a transport aircraft many times), but also has the ability to crush the ground forces.
Hearing the elated shouts of the veteran, Joey also looked up, there were shadows in the dark sky, he seemed to see a Big Mac, looking down at the enemy below and spit a few mouthfuls of phlegm with disdain, and then, the ground lit up with a strong light that made people unable to open their eyes, and the heat wave hit, and when they opened their eyes again, the monster that dared to provoke the majesty of the Big Mac had been blown to pieces!