Shadow Company's helicopters have always been a big threat to Francois. He has no anti-aircraft guns, let alone anti-aircraft missiles. The only thing he can count on is the 12.7mm M2 machine gun in his hand.
Therefore, after the attack, he deliberately concentrated the machine guns in his hands just to deal with this situation.
Sandmann, who is responsible for flying the helicopter, is also an experienced veteran pilot. Although he does not know what he may face, he is extremely well prepared.
The speed and protection of the Huey helicopter are not very good, otherwise there would not be so many battle losses in the Vietnam War, so the Sandman has been kept at an altitude of more than two hundred meters. For anti-aircraft guns, this distance is The food delivery guy only needs one burst of fire to bring down the helicopter, but for the machine gun, it is a relatively safe distance, because at this distance, if the machine gunner wants to shoot the helicopter, he must pull a little advance. , which is not a simple task for shooters who rely solely on visual correction without ballistic correction.
"Call Apple One, Apple One, this is Super 62!"
The helicopter was flying over the vast African land, with forests, grasslands and running animals constantly passing below. Sandmann could already see the smoke rising from the horizon in the distance. He knew the importance of this mission, so he After entering the communication range, immediately began to contact the defenders on the ground.
"Apple received it on the 1st, Super 62, you guys came in time!"
The Apple team on the ground was now suppressed in the core area of the position and unable to move. The opponent's armored truck stopped two hundred meters away from the position and turned to using machine guns to suppress it. At this distance, the Apple team wanted to launch anti-tank rockets. They had to lean out of the bunker to launch the bomb, but the Apple squadron, which was suppressed by machine guns and mortars, had no time to fight back. They could only rely on the grenades launched by the M79 grenade launcher in a high-throwing attitude to block the attacking French mercenaries.
Even the helicopters that arrived undoubtedly gave the defenders a shot in the arm.
"Super 62, Apple One needs emergency air support, the mission starting point is blue smoke!"
The commander reported the coordinates on the walkie-talkie and waved his hand. Then a grenadier loaded a smoke grenade with a blue mark on the M79 grenade launcher in his hand. Then he put the butt of the gun on the ground, and after slightly adjusting the scale, The trigger was pulled.
Then a blue smoke grenade hit the edge of the battlefield, located on the northwest side of Highland No. 1. After the grenade exploded, it began to release smoke. In less than a minute, blue smoke floated high. got up and gave the helicopter directions.
"Apple One, I see blue smoke!"
"As long as you see it, approach direction 270, 300 meters of infantry and armor mixed formation, 200 meters to the south of the target is the position of friendly forces, marked with orange smoke!"
"Confirm, altitude 200, approach 270, rocket salvo ready, please pay attention to protection!"
Sandmann took a deep breath, then turned on the helicopter's weapon safety. The co-pilot and gunner beside him pulled down the simple sight. Then, the Huey helicopter crossed over the river valley jungle, first diving to lower its altitude, and then , and then raised it again less than 500 meters away from the starting position of the attack. This was also to avoid possible anti-aircraft firepower.
The French mercenaries on the ground did not expect that the helicopter could reach such a close distance. The machine gunners who had been waiting for a long time immediately began to organize fire interception.
Seven or eight heavy machine guns located at different positions roared and fired large-caliber bullets into the sky, and the sound even once overshadowed the fierce fighting on No. 1 Highland over there.
It's just that although the seven or eight heavy machine guns look very powerful and powerful, the so-called air defense, which is defense against nine out of ten air defenses, lacks guidance and coordination, and effective damage means, is actually very inefficient. Even the French machine guns do not have anti-aircraft sights. , the shooter can only rely on the tracer bullets in the bullet chain to make corrections, but in the sky, a slight miss can be a thousand miles away. Sandman's Super 62 helicopter is a slightly light dragonfly, and it avoids the rain of bullets. , and then the helicopter entered the attack position at an extremely fast speed.
"Rockets, launch!"
The two rocket launch nests mounted on both sides of the helicopter can each carry 19 Space Squirrel rockets. An inexperienced shooter may empty these rockets in a few seconds. Of course, a skilled veteran can also empty them under certain circumstances. He would do this, but Sandmann's co-pilot obviously had his own understanding of the battle situation.
He methodically fired four rockets at the infantry formations gathered on the ground. These rockets were grouped in pairs, with a distance of more than ten meters. After landing on the ground, they exploded rapidly, and several people were caught off guard. The unlucky guy was blown away.
Then, the co-pilot targeted the three extremely arrogant armored trucks.
When the crosshair in the sight coincided with the target, the shooter pressed the trigger, and then six rockets were fired with an interval of less than 0.5 seconds. This interval was just enough for the rockets to cover the first truck front and rear. Then the second and third trucks followed suit, and the smoke and fire from the rocket explosion instantly engulfed the three trucks.
And this is not over yet. After the first round of attack, Sandman's Super 62 immediately dived to avoid the rain of bullets chasing behind it. Although in the process, the helicopter still took more than a dozen bullets, but It didn't hit any vital points, it just penetrated the skin, so there was nothing serious.
The swooping helicopter did not leave. Instead, it circled around, emerged from the attack position again, and then continued to use rockets to hit ground targets.
Seeing that the truck seemed to have been destroyed, the shooter did not waste the rockets, but tilted them all over the heads of the infantry. After firing all the rockets, the helicopter simply flicked its tail, turned its head, and then returned again. Machine guns with a rate of fire of 2,400 rounds per minute once again strafed the battlefield.
A mortar jeep even crashed into a tree to avoid machine gun fire, and Sack's black mercenaries almost mutinied.
Fortunately, the air defense team finally gave some force. More than a dozen large-caliber machine gun bullets hit the bulletproof glass of the cockpit. Although they did not penetrate, they also cracked most of the bulletproof glass, and even cracked The bullet hit the interior of the cabin, forcing Sandman to give up the idea of continuing to straf and withdraw from the battlefield.
But the French mercenary attack could not be sustained and had to retreat again.
