Chapter 425: Helicopter Fighting?
"Helicopter hit, helicopter priority!"
As soon as he saw the enemy helicopter, Chen Shen gave a new order, but it was obvious that what the other party was doing was exactly the same as them.
Four Kachin air defense soldiers carrying portable anti-aircraft missiles appeared on the edge of the airfield, and the Stingers, which had completed the assembly of batteries and cooling modules, were already aimed in the direction of the helicopters of the Dongfeng Corps.
Chen Shen even had the illusion that he had heard the locking sound, but with a distance of nearly 600 meters, there was really little he could do.
Two large-caliber sniper rifles of the reconnaissance group quickly locked on two air defenses, but they hit only one of them.
The three missiles came out of their chambers, and at the moment they were locked, flames erupted from the helicopter, and the angel wings composed of hot decoy bombs instantly unfurled, intercepting all the missiles that had been hastily launched behind it.
Chen Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and on the other side, the two Qianwei-2 fired by the support group of the Eastern Corps were also jammed by thermal decoy bombs and exploded on the side of the enemy helicopter.
At this time, there were only two anti-aircraft missiles left in the hands of the Dongfeng Corps, and the thermal decoys on the helicopters had been exhausted, and the situation seemed to have completely turned to the Kachin side.
Chen Shen thought that the opponent's helicopter would be directly aligned with his own helicopter, but what he didn't expect was that the Kachin helicopter rushed directly to the depression after dodging a round of missile attacks, trying to attack the two team members hiding there.
It seems that in their perception, that is the target that poses the greatest threat to them.
The two helicopters passed by, and within 10 seconds, the Kachin helicopter had already flown over the depression, and seeing this scene, Chen Shen's heart sank suddenly.
Finished.
No matter how the movie is interpreted, on the real battlefield, there is only one fate for the infantry bitten by the helicopter, that is, to be blown to pieces.
Although in terms of battle damage, these were just two of the most ordinary team members, the feeling of clearly foreseeing the outcome of their death still made Chen Shen frown.
"Support group hidden!"
"Firebird, find a way to knock it down!"
"Smoke bombs!"
"Reconnaissance group, shoot at the thermal decoy and figure it out."
"Don't worry, I'll come."
Chen Shen hadn't finished his series of hurried commands, but Cheng Lei's steady reply voice had already sounded in his headphones.
Immediately afterwards, a scene that made Chen Shen unbelievable appeared.
The Mi-171SH, which was originally maneuvering almost close to the ground, flew over the airport at high speed and then slammed up at a large elevation angle of more than 60 degrees, and then completed the nose turn on the brink of stall and quickly dived within two seconds, while its nose was already pointing in the direction of another Mi-171.
Levisman flips.
It's like a fighter jet's cobra maneuver, and it's always thought to be a flashy flight maneuver.
But put it here, Chen Shen couldn't find any fault with it at all!
Maintaining a low-altitude, high-speed, and rapid passage of the field, avoiding the targeting of anti-aircraft fire from the ground; After the performance is pressed to the limit, it rises rapidly, and quickly occupies the position advantage of high and low; Make a U-turn within two seconds and point in the direction of the strike
Every action is useful, and every action is done with incredible efficiency and accuracy!
Moreover, the pilot who completed this series of actions, sitting under his buttocks, was still a medium-sized helicopter from the last century.
You know, the Levisman flip can basically be said to be the patent of the gunship, it has extremely high requirements for the performance of the helicopter engine and the strength of the fuselage, even if there is only a small operation error, the helicopter will really stall in the air, without the enemy to fight, and it will fall off
Cheng Lei can fly out of this action, which can be said to be incredible.
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But on the other hand, it's not surprising that the monsters in the north would do such a thing.
You know, Chen Shen has also heard rumors that a senior official in the northern air assault brigade is in his 40s and almost 50s, and he can fly out of Levisman in an ordinary Z-9
The boss is like this, and the younger brother below naturally doesn't need to say much.
Perhaps for Cheng Lei, this is also a basic operation.
But now Chen Shen didn't have time to feel too much, because just after his helicopter completed its U-turn, almost in the blink of an eye, several rockets came out of their chambers, and hit another helicopter hovering in the air in a hundred steps.
Chen Shen was dumbfounded.
Now he can finally understand why the North Side has to spend a lot of effort training on helicopters after an exercise, "Shoot on the Move."
Because on the real battlefield, the situation is indeed the same as what the original Maozi pilot said!
Once the helicopter is hovering, it is a serious target, and the crusaders in medieval trebuchets can take it down for you!
The violent explosion occurred in the depression in an instant, and the two members of the support team had just dodged a round of rockets from the enemy helicopter, and then had to dodge the propellers falling from the sky.
Exhaustion is no longer enough to describe their state, it should be said that from the moment the helicopter appeared, they were completely exhausted.
The firelight fell from the sky, and the rapidly rotating propeller slammed into the ground, stirring up dust in the ground, Chen Shen called on the radio a little nervously, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a reply from the two members of the support team.
This hurdle is in the past - but a new round of air strikes has already arrived.
It is impossible for the airport to have only one anti-aircraft gun, and it is even more impossible to transfer the only one anti-aircraft gun to the sidelines.
It is impossible to have only 4 anti-aircraft missiles, and it is even more impossible to give up after the failure of the first round of strikes.
The Mi-171SH is still in a dangerous situation, if according to Chen Shen's thinking, Cheng Lei should give priority to anti-aircraft fire like the Kachin army, but Cheng Lei's thinking is completely different from Chen Shen!
He didn't pay any attention to the anti-aircraft on the ground, but quickly dropped in altitude with the momentum of the dive, and pulled up again before hitting the bottom.
The height of the helicopter was controlled by him to less than ten meters above the ground, and immediately after that, the bulky Mi-171SH began to pull sideways quickly with unparalleled agility.
No, not just a quick sideways, but a centripetal turn.
This is another action that Chen Shen has only seen in air shows, and it can even be said to be another flashy action.
But Cheng Lei told Chen Shen one thing with practical actions, that is, as long as it is a tactical action, it must have the meaning of its existence.
The large maneuver made it impossible for the anti-aircraft artillery to keep up with the helicopter movement, and the infantry carrying the missiles was even more helpless.
As Chen Shen has personally experienced, the launch of the Stinger missile is definitely not as simple as most people think.
The reaction time of the system from locking to discharging is more than 5 seconds, and if you fail to complete the lock within these 5 seconds, you will most likely have to replace the cooling module and replace the main battery.
What's more, before launching, you also have to consider the safe distance, consider the identification of friend or foe, and consider the pitch angle.
It's definitely not a simple operation with a pull on the trigger.
So, on a serious battlefield, a rather comical scene appeared.
Those air defense soldiers were so walked by Cheng Lei that they couldn't fire at all!
And at this time, Cheng Lei was not idle, what is the purpose of centripetal turnaround? Is it just to circumvent ground fire?
Of course not.
The reason why it is centripetal is that its nose pointing always maintains basic stability, and when suppressing ground fire, it can achieve ultra-high efficiency!
After only half a turn, the two anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Kachin army had been completely destroyed by rockets.
Immediately afterwards, Cheng Lei operated the helicopter to change the center of the rotation with a fluttering sideways maneuver, and the next round of rocket artillery hit directly in front of a P51 at the end of the runway that was preparing to take off!
The accuracy is slightly lacking, but it is completely sufficient.
Coupled with the continuous suppression of the heavy machine guns, the P51 was paralyzed on the runway before it could take off, and the entire airport was effectively disabled, and the remaining planes that were still in the hangar had completely turned into fish on the chopping board.
Halfway through the second loop, another hangar was destroyed, and the whole process was completely pleasing to the eye.
It's not just Chen Shen, I'm afraid even the commander of the airport Rickchin has been stunned.
They probably wouldn't have imagined that someone would be able to raid a heavily guarded airfield with just a helicopter!
Of course, it is undeniable that the harassment feint of the Dongfeng Corps in the early stage did play a great role, but the most important reason for being able to get to this point is the complete technical crushing.
The same Mi-171, why does the Kachin helicopter look so stupid?
People have something to do with Levisman, and it's a centripetal turn, why do you just hover and shoot?
There is no way, the dishes have to be practiced.
But it's a pity that the Kachin pilots probably don't have the opportunity to practice more.
The third lap was nearing the end, and when Chen Shen thought that Cheng Lei would pull up with standard movements, he once again played a tricky operation.
After the nose was aligned with the runway, the helicopter quickly tilted to the left, and the propeller skipped almost clinging to the hangar!
The hangar was used by him as a bunker, blocking the range of anti-aircraft fire from the front of the airfield.
And in this intolerable maneuver time, he was still able to free his hands and shoot out the last dozen rockets in the bomb nest.
"Oh roar!"
Cheng Lei's cheers came over the radio, and it seemed that victory was in sight.
But in fact, the performance of the Mi-171SH has been squeezed to the limit.
At the moment before he was about to stall, Cheng Lei had no choice but to pull up the plane and maintain the stability of the flight attitude.
This action consumed a lot of power, and the speed of the Mi-171 finally slowed down, which also allowed those "anti-aircraft infantry" to find an opportunity.
In an instant, more than 6 missiles took off into the air.
The distance between the helicopter and the ground is less than two hundred meters, and in Chen Shen's opinion, this time Cheng Lei will not be able to dodge it no matter what.
This is true – but there are some differences.
Three missiles lost their target, one missile was dodged by a spiral maneuver, and then, when there was no way to avoid it, the entire fuselage was tilted and two missiles were picked up from the bottom of the helicopter
It was certainly impossible to avoid the fate of being shot down, but at least he managed to avoid the most vulnerable main rotor, rear rotor and cockpit, giving the plane a chance to escape.
Chen Shen watched as the Mi-171SH piloted by Cheng Lei began to incapacitate and fall after escaping from the range of the airport, and before that, he had pulled the altitude to the highest level possible.
Below the helicopter is the main city of Mogang, the ground is extremely hard, if it lands directly, it will inevitably be destroyed and killed.
But how could Cheng Lei have no plan for the fall at all?
With the main rotor intact, the helicopter began to spin and fall.
Relying on the spin effect, although the kinetic energy has been completely lost, the main rotor of the Mi-171SH still maintains an ultra-high speed.
At the last moment of grounding, the helicopter suddenly pulled up in a strange attitude, and then, Cheng Lei's shouting even with a little excitement came from the radio again.
"Damn, land safely!"
"Bang!"
The huge collision sound could be heard clearly even from thousands of meters away, and then, there was silence on the radio.
"Retreat, save people."
Chen Shen said calmly.
By this time, the two support team members who had already declared the end of the mission had abandoned the heavy Qianwei-2 launchers and hurried back to the road where the first clash had occurred, while the reconnaissance team set up large-caliber sniper rifles to block the footsteps of the second mobile unit from the airfield to the point of conflict.
Immediately afterwards, the assault group also gave up suppressing the direction of the airport, but quickly prepared vehicles and used machine gun fire to suppress the enemy's support forces, while withdrawing in the direction of Mogang City.
They barely encountered any interception, because Mogang itself was not a major town, and the garrison here was not too large in the first place, and most of them were already deployed around the airport!
The road leading to the city was clear, and it took less than 10 minutes for the Dongfeng Corps to reach the vicinity of the crash site, and at this time, they finally met the Mogang defenders who were waiting for the rabbit.
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The problem is that these people don't know if they're guarding a stake or a rabbit.
The Mi-171SH was originally a soft landing, although it could not fly, but the 3 heavy machine guns in the hatch and tail were not playing with you!
Under the combination of inside and outside, almost just a face, the Kachin army has collapsed, Chen Shen quickly led the team to approach the fall point, wanting to rescue Cheng Lei.
However, Cheng Lei does not seem to need to be rescued.
He mounted a heavy machine gun at the door of the cabin and swept down the two Kachin soldiers who had just emerged across the street, and then shouted at Chen Shen:
"Come here! Come over here! ”
"Get behind me!"
Chen Shen was stunned and speechless, and it wasn't until he spread the smoke around him and rushed in front of Cheng Lei that he finally had the opportunity to ask Cheng Lei about his situation.
"You're not hurt at all?!"
"How is that possible?!"
Cheng Lei bared his teeth and shook his head, pointed to his leg and said:
"It's broken, I can't go."
Chen Shen looked at his calves, which had almost been folded to thirty degrees, and then looked at his face, and then said:
"Damn, you played the episode that most resembles the king of soldiers."
(End of chapter)