Chapter 581: The Stinger is Coming
Because of the blows of the Soviets, the integration of the guerrillas was also smooth, and most of the guerrillas came to worship without saying a word as soon as they heard that they had allowances and pensions.
There are even some who tie up their boss in the middle of the night and come over with weapons on their shoulders, and their own bosses and weapons are regarded as meeting gifts.
Soon, Osama recruited a team of hundreds of young and strong, and the number of young and old who followed them was even greater, with the help of mercenaries, a large part of the elderly stayed in the **** territory, here, Osama set up a logistics center, those old people will be responsible for the subcontracting of logistics materials and other work here, in addition, they also have a very important task.
That's reloading magazines!
Reality is not a game, just throw the magazine away after shooting and replace it with a new one, even if it is an elite team like the Navy SEALs, if it is not an emergency, the exchange of fire will have to stuff the empty magazine back and hang it, after all, there are more bullets, but the magazine is not.
The Shadow Corporation's PCs only have an average of ten magazines each, and more bullets are packed in bulk bags, and the guerrillas have even less, which is why they also have an additional batch of 56 semi-automatic rifles.
Because the number of magazines for 56 punches or AK rifles is scarce, a person can have three is already very tyrant, most people have a magazine in their hands, and 56 semi-automatic rifles do not have this problem, although there is a design detachable magazine, but most people still use a ten-round bridge clip for loading.
And the rifles are still so troublesome, those chain machine guns are even more head-wrenching, the Afghans can't use any advanced scatterable chain machine guns, and there are no loaders, all rely on manpower.
One day on the front line, a year of logistics installation is not blown!
But these weapons can only be used to resist the Soviets, and in the face of those raging planes and helicopters, it is useless to rely on automatic rifles!
The Soviet army threw a lot of helicopters into Afghanistan, but the one that terrified and trembled the partisans the most was the peaceful-sounding Hind or Doe helicopter.
This is the first professional helicopter gunship equipped by the Soviet Union, developed by the Soviet Miri Design Bureau, with more than 2,000 in service, and it can be regarded as another model worker in the helicopter industry!
Because of the Soviet Union's offensive thinking at that time, this helicopter was conceived as a flying infantry fighting vehicle at the beginning of its design, which was used to quickly transport assault detachments and provide strong close-range fire support for off-aircraft infantry, and the infantry would have higher battlefield mobility with the help of flying vehicles.
To this end, the Soviets put a lot of effort into this aircraft, and after several years of development, they came up with this excellent model that can not only provide a large number of ground strike capabilities, but also carry infantry by the way.
As an attack helicopter, it can carry rocket pods, high-explosive bombs, various types of anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and a GSH-23-1 cannon or GSH-30-2 cannon in the nose position.
In addition to carrying these weapons, it can also cram eight five large and three thick infantry and their equipment into the troop carrier compartment in the middle of the aircraft.
Coupled with a range of a full 1,000 kilometers, it can be said that the Hind is a standard flying infantry fighting vehicle.
Because of the complex terrain of Afghanistan, the rotation of personnel and the supply of materials by the Soviets almost all relied on large transport planes to send them from the country to the main bases of the Soviet army in Afghanistan.
Trucks are then used to transport them to small scattered bases, and in the process, it is the Hind Helicopter that acts as the escort for those transporters.
But this is only a way of using the Soviets, the Soviet Airborne Forces and Special Forces are very fond of using Hind helicopters to clear out those who resist, they will form multiple aircraft formations, and then sweep at low altitudes, suddenly appear above the heads of the partisans, first let the helicopter pilot attack the target with cannon rockets, then the weapon operator drops the mounted incendiary bombs or high-explosive bombs, and when the resistance is weak, the helicopter will land or hover again, and put the infantry in the troop transport cabin down to clean up the mess.
Relying on this trick, the Soviets did not want to fight the Afghans.
And the Afghan guerrillas really don't have any good means of resistance, they have it in their hands
Anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were limited in number, and most importantly, even the lightest anti-aircraft machine guns weighed hundreds of kilograms, which were simply inconvenient to transfer.
So, the guerrillas have no less headaches for these things!
However, as the situation became more and more dire, the CIA did not want the Afghan guerrillas to be completely suppressed by the Soviets, so with the approval of the Intelligence Committee, the CIA finally sent 12 Stinger individual anti-aircraft missiles and two launch canisters to the Afghans.
This thing is even a scarce material in later generations, after all, the field air defense capability of the United States is really unreliable, and now, it can be regarded as a hidden technology at the bottom of the box, the Stinger missile began to be developed in the 70s, and it was not until 82 years that it began to enter service, the US military itself is not enough, Osama and some acquaintances have made great efforts to lobby successfully, so that the animal friends in the United States are relieved.
It's just that although the missiles were delivered, the CIA did not generously hand them over to the guerrillas to use, but demanded that Shepard must send people deep into Afghanistan to operate these weapons, and even if they are used, there are many restrictions, such as to ensure that the missile hits the target or self-detonates, the device after launch must be recovered, and if there is a Soviet infantry, the use of Stinger missiles is not allowed.
And these conditions are to ensure that the information about the Stinger is not leaked, and even Morgan demanded that the PC sent by Shepard must also assume the responsibility of destroying the Stinger missile as soon as possible in the event of an irreparable situation.
This work is very necessary, and it must be carried out by trustworthy people, and ordinary mercenaries are obviously not up to the task, and they do not even know how to operate missiles.
There aren't many people in the Shadow Company who know how to operate Stinger missiles, and even fewer can be trusted and reliable, but after all, it's such a big company, and Shepard finally picked out two air defense groups and two escort groups.
And they are all from the Shadow Squad, the leader is the sea, land and air amphibious special forces John Rambo, which is also a tiger general that Shepard can fight at present, and is even more proficient in the operation of various weapons and vehicles than Cameron, who serves as Shepard's exclusive guard, and also, it is also the highest salary, but fortunately, they are not working for Shepard, and Mr. Osama, who is not short of money at all, is very generous and willing to pay extra salaries for these American friends who help.
He even paid for a universal pickup truck for everyone, after all, these are the guerrillas' guardians of the sky!