Three days later, the US military in Iraq received accurate information from the CIA and discovered Saddam's traces.

However, this information did not point out the detailed and precise location, but only the approximate area where Saddam Hussein was hiding.

Although the US military stationed in Iraq did not fully believe in this information, they also began to mobilize the garrisons around it with the mentality of preferring to kill the wrong ones and surround the area.

It is a mountainous area close to the border with Iran, and the terrain is very steep.

Iraq is dominated by herders, and the mountains are the pastures of these herders.

There are roads leading into the heart of the mountain, but they are steep enough to be passed by ordinary trucks.

Heavy equipment, such as tanks and self-propelled guns, is difficult to get to these mountainous areas.

But this was not difficult for the US military, and a large number of American soldiers, riding in Humvees and armored vehicles, divided and surrounded this huge mountainous area.

In the sky, there were quite a few US helicopters and fighter planes flying back and forth.

In just two days, the US military completely blockaded this mountainous area, and for this reason, the US military stationed in Iraq mobilized 70,000 or 80,000 ground troops, as well as a large amount of air force support.

The results of the blockade were very satisfying to the Americans, because after two days of blockade, many armed men of Iraqi resistance were arrested.

The arrest of a large number of Iraqi fighters also seems to further confirm that it is highly likely that Saddam Hussein's base camp is hidden here.

Therefore, the US military is looking forward to the next comprehensive encirclement and suppression work.

Beginning on the third day, the U.S. military began to search the surrounding mountainous areas one by one.

In the words of the US military stationed in Iraq, if Saddam Hussein is really hidden in this mountainous area, then this time it will definitely be impossible to escape.

Among the previous US troops stationed in Iraq, the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, New York, became the main force of the search and arrest operation.

This place is complex and steep, although it is not a tropical jungle with dense trees everywhere and no lush vegetation, but under the high canopy, there are various rocky and steep stone forests.

Because of the damage to the environment caused by local animal husbandry, the vegetation on the mountain has always been scarce, and some are only tall trees that goats can't eat, and then there is sand and stones left.

This is also very advantageous for the US military, because unlike the dense environment of the tropical rainforest, it is much less difficult to search and arrest.

The 10th Mountain Division will also be the main force of the operation, assisted by other troops, and the specific search and arrest work will fall on the 10th Mountain Division.

In the area marked by the U.S. military as the 385 area, there are seven or eight peaks crowded together, the terrain is very complex, with a total area of more than ten square kilometers, and the commanding height is a 385-meter-high peak.

Searching for it was a fully formed mountain battalion of the 10th Mountain Division, with four transport helicopters and two helicopter gunships, and a field howitzer battalion of the Marine Corps ready to provide long-range fire support.

In the headquarters of the mountain battalion, after the operation began, search teams with squads as combat units searched and advanced from all directions in Area 385.

At the same time, on the commanding heights of 385, there is also a mountain special forces unit prepared by two Chinook transport helicopters to control the commanding heights and be ready to support the search operations of the mountain battalion at any time.

Two Chinook transport planes that had taken off from the mountain camp were approaching the 385 heights in batches and began to reconnoiter the situation near the commanding heights.

After several rounds of reconnaissance and confirmation that there was no threat on the ground, the Chinook transport plane slowly lowered its altitude and controlled it at a height of only seven or eight meters from the top of the mountain.

Because the terrain on the top of the mountain is steep and uneven, the helicopter cannot land at all, so it can only take the method of rope landing and drop special forces down.

However, just as the Chinook transport plane had already opened the rear hatch, behind a rock on the top of the mountain, a man in a white robe suddenly appeared, and on his shoulder, holding a bazooka, quickly aimed at the helicopter.

The co-pilot of the helicopter noticed this scene out of the corner of his eye and hurriedly shouted: "Someone, it's a bazooka, hurry up." ”

The captain who controls the helicopter, without hesitation, controls the helicopter for the first time, wanting to climb altitude.

However, the bazooka on the top of the mountain had already spewed fire, and a long rocket, with a long tail flame from the launch canister, rushed out and flew directly towards the Chinook helicopter in the sky.

The Chinook helicopter adopts a front and rear dual power layout, with two propellers of front and rear height, and a long fuselage length, which is a good vehicle for transporting troops.

However, Chinook has a more obvious feature, that is, the reaction ability is relatively slow, and this is also a common problem of large helicopters, which are relatively bulky.

When the driver detects a threat from the ground, it is difficult to dodge it in time.

The moment the rocket touched the Chinook, the huge explosion directly destroyed the tail engine and rotor of the Chinook transport plane, the power system was damaged, and the long Chinook transport helicopter suddenly spun in the sky, and the fuselage trembled violently. Shake.

A thick blackness of the eyes emerged from the tail engine of the Chinook.

"Help, help, we were hit by a rocket, lost control and are falling. Falling, falling. Fall. ”

The other helicopters in the air heard the emergency cries for help from the Chinook, but they could not provide any help, because the helicopters that were constantly advertising in the sky were crashing towards the valley below the 385 heights. Fall.

In the middle of the rotation, because the hatch had been opened, several mountain special forces in the plane were directly thrown out of the cabin and smashed into the rocks on the ground, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

At the same time, there was also a cry for help from the mountain battalion, and the battalion commander of the mountain battalion immediately made a decision: "Immediately order the troops closest to the crash site to go to the rescue, and we must ensure that the wounded are brought out as much as possible." ”

At the moment, the helicopter has fallen. Falling in the valley, fortunately, the fuel in the helicopter was not detonated, and the structure of the fuselage was relatively intact, several people in the plane died on the spot, but some people were only seriously injured, if they could get timely treatment, they would have survived.

Begin the rescue of the fall in the mountain camp. When the helicopter landed, the two US Apache attack helicopters in the sky also covered the top of the mountain with firepower, and the explosion and impact caused many rocks to roll down, and the top of the mountain was suddenly in a mess.