Chapter 270: Clear-Ground Alliance
After firing out a dozen rounds of ammunition, the Honey Badger's gunners finally found their form, and the hit rate also improved, and three or four tanks of the Cuban armored forces were hit one after another, although most of the tanks were not seriously damaged, because the jet of 90mm heat ammunition would be relatively smaller, and after two Cuban tanks were hit, the jet was only a hole in it, except for scaring the people in the car, there was no loss.
But the Cuban tank still did not find the shadow of the attacker, because it was close to evening at the moment, the light in the valley was limited, the sunlight had reached the halfway up the mountain, and the view under the mountain was very bad, and when designing the ambush, a group of mercenary officers had carefully selected the ambush position, the honey badger armored car could easily attack behind the hillside because of its tall body, and the smoke and fire when the artillery fired were blocked by the hillside, and the Cuban tank located in the lowlands could not see it at all because of the perspective problem, As for the sound, don't even think about it, the roar of the tank engines and the shelling are noisy enough to deafen normal people, and the Cuban armored forces can only put their hope on the mountain pass at the moment, but because many tanks were hit, the whole queue was difficult to maintain, and the armored forces gradually changed from a column to a lump, which aggravated the confusion. Look at the book
As a tankman, Yandel has some sympathy for his opponents, because if the two sides switch places, they will not be much better, and maybe it will be worse, because the Centurion tank is more mobile, and those things want to drive out of the mountain pass, I am afraid that the losses will be even worse!
"Retreat, you can't get by!"
Looking at the Cuban tank still moving in the telescope, Yandel shook his head helplessly.
His squad was really just an appetizer, and the real meal was just beginning.
"Overlord calls, we're close to the valley!"
When Yandel's team was about to run out of HEAT ammunition, Shepard's real killer move, the UH1 Huey helicopter loaded with four Dow anti-tank missiles, finally arrived on the battlefield.
There was no need for smoke indications, after Shepard simply reported the situation on the ground, the helicopter approaching in the rear saw the Cuban tanks in the valley, dozens of tanks huddled together, and there was constantly fire and smoke between them, so the chaotic appearance was a buffet for the shooters on the helicopter.
After the pilot controlled the helicopter's stable attitude, the shooter immediately began to activate the missile engine, and then the side of the helicopter flashed fire, and the anti-tank missile guided by radio commands flew out under the guidance of the shooter, and flew all the way towards his target.
Ten seconds later, a brilliant flame burst out in the tank queue, dazzling incomparably in the gloomy valley.
The anti-tank missile was a powerful anti-tank missile compared to the mere HEAT ammunition, and the Cuban tank hit by the missile exploded directly, and the jet went down from high to the bottom, piercing through the fragile rear armor of the tank's turret, like a sharp sword from top to bottom, directly through the entire hull.
The ammunition and fuel tanks that caught fire burst out with great force, blowing away the blackened turret.
"What's going on? Shelling?"
"I don't know, but the attack seems to be coming from behind us!"
"What?"
The shock of the Cuban commanders was not gone, another tank exploded, this time his power compartment was punctured, and the tank stopped abruptly like a torch with black smoke, and then the flames burst out, and the members of the tank immediately jumped out with the flames on their bodies.
"What the hell is it, a missile?"
"It's a missile, it's definitely not a tank gun! It could be an enemy helicopter!"
"What about our air defenses?"
"They're still 20 kilometers north of the valley!"
"Damn, three rows, can you see anything attacking you?"
"It's a missile, it's ...... me."
The miserable shouts of a tank commander came to an abrupt end, followed by an explosion.
Immediately after, there was the angry shout of a tank commander.
"Helicopters, I saw helicopters, they were there
We're behind!"
Then, the sound of anti-aircraft machine guns roaring, tracer bullets were fired into the distance, and the Cuban commanders saw the helicopters firing at low altitudes.
Subsequently, all the anti-aircraft machine guns that were still moving were under the control of the commander and fired a barrage of bullets into the distance, and although the rain of bullets was huge, the hit rate was extremely miserable, just like fireworks.
The helicopters didn't even mean to dodge, the pilot controlled the helicopter to maintain altitude, and then continued to fire missiles mercilessly.
Although the three helicopters only carried 12 pottery models, they were already devastating for the Cuban armored forces, and they had no countermeasures but to release smoke in vain to delay time and wait for the support of the air force.
But then the news of the Air Force made everyone's hearts half cold.
When the Cuban Volunteer Air Force took off, South Africa also took off fighter jets and came at them, and the Cuban pilots had no choice but to give up their intention to support the army and urgently retreat, because they did not have air-to-air missiles for air combat.
And the helicopters are still firing unhurriedly, the Tao missiles have destroyed five tanks, listening to the sound of the explosion, the Cuban armored troops can not stand it even if they are calm in normal times, and they are also under heavy attack from the mountain pass, a large number of recoilless guns are enough to make the commander's scalp tingle.
"Retreat, retreat!"
Seeing that he was blocked in the valley and beaten violently, maybe he would be wiped out in the next second, the Cuban commander could only order a retreat, and then the remaining 20 or so tanks immediately took the wounded and began to release smoke and turn around.
However, the helicopter team could only fight tentatively because they had lost their target at the moment, and in the end, after destroying only two tanks, they used up all their ammunition.
"Well done!"
After the missile shot, the helicopter slowly landed, and Hannibal, wearing goggles, jumped out of the hatch and high-fived Shepard in celebration.
"Now, at least buy UNITA a few weeks!"
"yes, it's only a few weeks, that's the only thing we can do, hopefully Savin has enough money to pay us than that old fellow!"
"That's still early, the heavy losses of the armored forces do not mean that the infantry have suffered heavy losses, and if you want to get paid, you have to wait until the battle is over!"
"Really?"
Shepard pouted disdainfully, then pointed to the still smoking tanks.
"For me, after fighting these tanks, the battle has been won!"