Chapter Forty-Eight: Fishing for the Moon in the Well (I)
Out of the cave and on the small platform, the rope was still there when the gecko climbed up the mountain. The scouts looked back as if they were in a different world. In the dark night, the explosion of shells on the mountain peaks flickered and dimmed, and the anti-aircraft machine guns and large and small guns seemed to form a large ensemble of gongs and drums that shook the mountains to send off the scouts. It seems that the Vietnamese army is very afraid of the combat effectiveness of the "sword troops", and this is preparing to use artillery fire to destroy the "sword troops" and then send infantry up the mountains to clean up the battlefield.
It was the "owl" who was the first to slip down the rope down the cliff. After going down to the bottom of the cliff to reconnoiter and finding nothing unusual, he came back and shook the rope, reporting that it was safe, and the "Saker" and "Sparrowhawk" also slipped down the rope. Next came the "Gecko", as well as other scouts. When Zhan Zhizhan was the last to land. The scouts, led by the "gecko", quietly burrowed into the bamboo forest. At some point, the Vietnamese shelling stopped, and only occasionally there was a sparse sound of gunfire. It seems that the Vietnamese army is already cleaning up the battlefield. They may be very strange, they were still shouting just now, why is the "Sword Force" disappearing in such a short time? Could it be that all of them have the ability to "escape" in "Romance of the Gods"?
The scouts' hearts were a little more steady, knowing that they had escaped death and had broken out of the encirclement of the Vietnamese army. The scouts, under the leadership of the "gecko", kept moving rapidly in the direction of the Vietnamese airstrip.
The airstrip of the Vietnamese army was very quiet, there was no abnormal movement, the scouts were lurking in the grass and observing the airfield, and the sentries not far away were constantly moving, obviously not expecting the scouts to come to them.
After Zhan Zhizhan observed the enemy situation, he whispered to the three team leaders and "Hai Dongqing" around him: "'Owl', your group and 'vultures' protect this comrade and grab the helicopter on the right!" 'Hai Dongqing', you and the 'Snake Eagle' group protect the nannan, grab the helicopter on the left. Big brother, you take the 'Monkey', 'Bald Harrier' and 'Kestrels' to take out the sentries on the tower and stop the reinforcing enemies! ......" Seeing that the "Royal Cat" nodded in agreement, Zhan Zhizhan continued: "I and the 'Big Bad Wolf' are responsible for solving the swimming whistle!" Is it all clear? ……”
After everyone made an "OK" gesture, Zhan Zhizhan immediately waved his hand vigorously and ordered "act immediately".
"Hai Dongqing" quietly sneaked into the shadow of the helicopter, and it turned out that there was a Vietnamese sentry standing on the spiral ladder of the helicopter, and he secretly wondered: "Presumably the same is the case with the 'owl', right?" ……”
After the "owl" hid itself near the helicopter, it blew two breaths on the "Saber 0.5W" walkie-talkie produced by the Yankee Motorola. He didn't know how "Hai Dongqing" and "Snake Eagle" were progressing. "Owl" glanced at his watch, and it was already three minutes and four o'clock in the morning. Minute by minute, the "Saber 0.5W" walkie-talkie produced by "Yankee" Motorola finally came to the news that the other groups had arrived at the location of the sortie.
As soon as the "owl" waved his hand, the "Saker" and "Sparrowhawk" pulled out their "Type 82-2" dagger guns, held them in their mouths, and touched them like ghosts towards the Vietnamese sentries waiting for the helicopter. The "vulture" just wanted to follow up, but was pulled by the "owl". The "owl" pointed the "gecko" with his thumb, and the "vulture" crouched beside the "gecko".
After seeing that the "Saker" and "Sparrowhawk" had eliminated the Vietnamese sentry, the "Vulture" waved his hand at the "Gecko" and quickly ran towards the helicopter. Vultures and Geckos climbed onto the helicopter, and the other scouts formed a circle around the helicopter, waiting for the helicopter to take off.
The "Vulture" launched the helicopter, and the roar of the engine attracted the attention of the Vietnamese sentries in the airport tower. The sentry, perhaps a little confused, leaned out and looked this way. Another Vietnamese sentry was also turning the searchlight, and before the two sentries could figure out what was going on, they were both smashed in the head by the "royal cat" in a whirling 54 style. The "Bald Harrier" and "Kestrels", who were concealed in police equipment, hurriedly appeared and ran towards the helicopter launched by the "Vulture".
The "Royal Cat" waved his hand, and the "Monkey" ran to the helicopter launched by the "Snake Eagle".
After Zhan Zhizhan and the "Big Bad Wolf" ran to the helicopter launched by the "Snake Eagle", he immediately ordered the "Big Bad Wolf" to stand guard in the cabin door, preparing to cover the retreat of other comrades. Zhan Zhizhan stood under the cabin door and looked at the helicopter launched by the "Vulture", only to see his comrades on the ground, quickly shrinking the alert formation. One, two, three,...... All six of them went up. Just when the stout figure of the "bald harrier", which was comparable to a "polar bear", was the last to climb up the helicopter, the Vietnamese army's swimming post, which he had not noticed, appeared. "Da Da Da" shot a short point, and the tall body of "Bald Harrier" staggered to the ground, and Zhan Zhizhan's heart couldn't help but tighten. Almost at the same time as the Vietnamese army's swimming whistle gun, the "81 bar" in the hands of the "big bad wolf" guarding in the cabin door also "clicked" and "clicked" a burst of rapid fire, and the three Vietnamese swimming whistles fell in response.
Zhan Zhizhan's eyes moved and saw that the "Royal Cat" and "Monkey" were rushing towards his helicopter. The Vietnamese soldiers were awakened by the sound of gunfire, searchlights began to search, and the Vietnamese troops in the barracks also got out and searched in the direction where the helicopters were parked. Zhan Zhizhan immediately ordered the "big bad wolf": "Knock out the searchlight!" ……”
At the place where the "big bad wolf" gunfire rang out, a Vietnamese searchlight was extinguished. The remaining other searchlight had a limited range, and the Vietnamese machine guns did not dare to fire indiscriminately, and only the "AK47" fired sporadically. However, the Vietnamese troops who rushed out of the barracks were approaching in the direction where the helicopters were parked.
Zhan Zhizhan turned to look and saw that the "owl" and "kestrels" had already carried the "bald harrier" onto the helicopter.
A "snap" gunshot, and the "big bad wolf" behind Zhan Zhizhan knocked out the searchlight in the corner that was moving this way.
"'Camel', come up! "......" is the voice of "royal cat". Zhan Zhizhan was quick with his hands and eyes, and raised his gun to knock down a Vietnamese soldier who had just run out of the barracks. Turning around, he saw that the "monkey" was crawling into the helicopter door, so he got up and jumped into the helicopter door. The "snake eagle" immediately manipulated the helicopter to take off, and the helicopter suddenly rose from the ground in a high-power state and flew at a low altitude in the direction of the eastern sea. Surrounded by hills, ideal for stealthy helicopter flights, the "Snake Eagle" lowered its altitude and went around a hillside at low altitude. The Vietnamese began to fire at the helicopters, and since the "snake eagles" turned off the navigation lights, their shooting was blind until the searchlights at the airport found the helicopters.
Due to the very tight schedule, the two helicopters had to get out of this dangerous place in the shortest possible time. Because the scouts are facing a strong enemy, if the Vietnamese army reacts from the surprise attack, the scouts are very dangerous. Now it is necessary to leave, the sooner the better. However, the "Gecko" still neglected one very important thing, that is, there was still a fighter in the airstrip. When infiltrating the airstrip, none of the scouts noticed that there were fighters at the airfield, and they were "MiG-21" fighters. Parking on a separate tarmac is a temporary landing at this airstrip.
A few minutes after the helicopter took off, the Vietnamese army reacted, and the "MiG-21" fighter took off urgently.
Zhan Zhizhan saw that there seemed to be a fast-moving star in the sky behind him, he thought it was a meteor, but the speed was too fast. He suddenly came to his senses, and what he saw was the flames of the "MiG-21" afterburner, and the dark night was unusually obvious.
In order to prevent it from crashing into the mountain in the dark, after leaving the range of fire of the Vietnamese troops at the airport, the "snake eagle" rose in height. "Hai Dongqing" was startled, and shouted hoarsely at the "snake eagle": "Quick, lower the height!" ……”
The height of the helicopter was reduced, but it was still not enough. "Hai Dongqing" shouted again, but it was still not enough, he continued to shout: "Quick, continue to lower!" ……”
The "snake eagle" shouted without looking back: "No, it's going to hit the mountain!" ……”
The black mountain outside the window flashed, and Zhan Zhizhan broke out in a cold sweat. Scouts know that the MiG-21 fighter is a short-range high-speed fighter, and if the helicopter is lowered to a sufficient height and has a low enough speed, the MiG-21 fighter will not be able to find the helicopter. "Hai Dongqing" shouted again: "Slow down!" ……”
The speed slowed down, but the pilots of the "MiG-21" fighters had already spotted the helicopter. The "Snake Eagle" made a turn along the mountain, and the "MiG-21" fighter roared overhead. The scouts did not know how the "MiG-21" fighter attacked him, the "Snake Eagle" made another turn in a helicopter, and the "MiG-21" fighter once again lost its target.
The "Snake Eagle" estimated that the pilots of the "MiG-21" fighter were already very angry, and when the helicopter turned another mountain, the "MiG-21" fighter opened fire "dong dong". In the darkness of the night, the flames of the cannons were unusually noticeable. The "snake eagle" suddenly lowered the altitude of the helicopter, and the shells of the aerial guns were not missiles, so they would not turn around. The shell swept over the propeller of the helicopter and hit the mountain. The firelight illuminated the cabin and the nervous faces of the scouts.
"'Snake Eagle'! Attaboy! ......" the scouts cheered almost in unison.
Unfortunately, before the scouts could rejoice for a minute, the MiG-21 fighters flew back.
"Hai Dongqing" was sweating profusely and shouted at the "snake carving": "Serpentine maneuver!" ……”
"It's all secure! ......" Not to mention, the "snake eagle" piloted the helicopter at a really good level. The "Mi-4" helicopter, known as the "air tractor", is like a cheetah, rushing left and right, jumping up and down.
Hearing this, everyone unanimously grabbed everything they could, but they were still thrown around like a ball, and the "big bad wolf" was the first to stand it, and almost vomited out the bitter gall. Everyone is miserable. But they all understand that if the "serpentine maneuver" does not work, everyone will end their lives in the subtropical jungle in a foreign land, and it is better to suffer a little than to die.
The pilots of the "MiG-21" fighters learned their lesson this time, and the guns began to chase the helicopters. The "Snake Eagle" had done its best and was finally hit by a shell in the engine. The helicopter engine made a strange noise, emitted black smoke and fire, and the speed suddenly decreased. The "snake eagle" shouted: "Hold on! It's time for a crash landing! ……”
In the dark mountains, success depends on the luck of the scouts. Smoke has already entered the cabin of the helicopter, and it has begun to reduce its speed and altitude, hoping that the "snake eagle" can make a successful forced landing in the dark.
The "Snake Eagle" chose the saddle of a hill to land, and the scouts had to land and break away before the "MiG-21" fighters returned to deal with the helicopters with their aerial guns. In the dark, a helicopter emitting smoke and flames is the best target for the pilots of the MiG-21 fighter, and even the most lame pilot will hit it.
Finally landed, but the speed was still too fast, and the scouts were thrown into the corner of the cabin, crowded and banged. Suddenly, Wen Yannan let out a painful scream, and she didn't know who hit her. Couldn't care too much, "Hai Dongqing" and "Royal Cat" worked together to smash open the deformed hatch and jump out. Then, one by one, they pulled people out. Hurry up, the sooner the better, the scouts had already heard the sound of the "MiG-21" fighter diving in the howling mountain wind, and everyone immediately fell to the ground. The guns of the MiG-21 fighters made a frightening sound, the helicopter was hit, a fire broke out, and it began to explode.