Armed helicopters are helicopters equipped with weapons and developed for performing combat missions. They are divided into ordinary armed helicopters, stealth helicopters and high-speed armed helicopters.
In addition, they can be divided into two categories: special-purpose and multi-purpose.
The name of the helicopter in front of him is Ice-3. It is a special armed helicopter independently developed by the Ice Keepers organization.
Although it is an ordinary armed helicopter, it has good low temperature resistance and can be used normally no matter how cold the environment is.
In terms of purpose, the Ice-3 armed helicopter is a multi-purpose military helicopter.
The difference between special-purpose and multi-purpose helicopters is that special-purpose armed helicopters have a narrow and long fuselage and stronger combat capabilities. Combat is their main function.
Multi-purpose armed helicopters can also be used to perform attack missions, but they can also be used for transportation, landing, rescue and other tasks, but their combat effectiveness is slightly weaker.
The AH-1 of the United States is a special-purpose type, while the Mi-24 of the Russian Federation is a multi-purpose type.
The idea of flying a helicopter did not bother the prospective members of the 249 scientific research station.
Jiao Yue is a highly qualified field ice guard in the ice guard organization. She is very comfortable in driving various means of transportation, including cars, ships, and airplanes. She has no problem driving an armed helicopter.
Almost all armed helicopters have two pilots, using a tandem cockpit configured front and rear.
The driver in the front is also called the weapons operator. His main responsibility is to operate various airborne weapons and electronic sighting equipment. The driver in the back is responsible for driving the helicopter.
The tandem cockpit has two benefits. One is to reduce the cross-sectional area of the helicopter, thereby reducing the probability of being shot.
The second is to allow the driver and weapon operator to have a wider field of vision. The height of the back seat is much higher than that of the front seat, which can well solve the problem of poor vision of the driver.
Wu Yi finally fulfilled his duties as deputy station chief at this moment. He waved to a few people and said carelessly: "Jiao Yue flies the plane, Wei Di controls the weapons, and I will take you home."
Everyone cheered and ran towards the armed helicopter belonging to the 249th scientific research station.
The Ice-3 armed helicopter has a crew of 2 and can carry 8 passengers. It has a length of 18 meters, a wingspan of 17.5 meters, a rotor diameter of 17 meters, a height of 6.5 meters, and an empty weight of 8.5 tons.
The maximum take-off weight is 12 tons, the maximum flight speed is 350 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 1,500 kilometers, and the combat radius is 300 kilometers.
It is unrealistic to drive it from Antarctica to the North Pole, which would cost a lot of time and fuel.
And although this helicopter is a multi-purpose armed helicopter, its weapon configuration is not compromised at all.
Including a remote-controlled 4-barreled 12.7mm machine gun with an ammunition storage capacity of 2,000 rounds.
4 anti-tank missiles, equipped with an advanced automatic tracking system.
As well as a variety of rockets, bombs, minelayers and other standard weapons, it can also load up to 2,000 kilograms of conventional bombs.
As the saying goes, one soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest.
Huo Yu was originally a bold person, and the icekeepers he became friends with were also very courageous.
Let them drive an armed helicopter loaded with live ammunition across the sea. Wu Song was afraid that they would treat some unlucky whale as a polar pirate.
Therefore, Jiao Yue only needs to drive the helicopter to a transport ship on the sea, and then everyone takes the transport ship to the North Pole, and then drives the helicopter to the 249 scientific research station.
Despite this, this matter is enough to make everyone excited.
After all, they were the first batch of ice guards to fly armed helicopters to take up their posts, so they were full of talent.
The seven people ran to the helicopter and sat down. Jiao Yue and Wei Di went straight to the cockpit, while the other five people ran to the rear crew cabin and sat down.
After Jiao Yue contacted the tower and obtained permission to take off, the Ice-3 armed helicopter slowly took off and flew towards the distant coastline.
Wu Song looked at the helicopter in the sky disappearing into the horizon with his hands behind his back, thinking deeply in his heart.
No one knew that he was making a huge gamble.
Gathering almost the best eight of the younger generation of Ice Guards in a scientific research station, and even sending their own sons there, was a huge gamble in itself.
Once successful, the icekeepers will have eight high-level icekeepers with advanced ideas and high abilities in the future.
But if they fail, the Ice Keepers will enter a decadent era of stagnant growth, and no one in the new generation of Ice Keepers will be able to carry the banner.
The sound of the helicopter propeller gradually disappeared, and an old white man behind Wu Song stepped forward and sighed: "Old Wu, you put all the good seedlings in one nest, but you made a risky move."
Wu Song smiled faintly: "Dangerous moves often lead to killer moves!"
"Recently, favored ones appear more and more frequently, and the situation at the North Pole is more serious than that at the South Pole." The old man looked at the horizon with worry on his face.
"Hmph." Wu Song snorted coldly, "So, as the scientific research station closest to the pole, the importance of 249 scientific research station goes without saying."
"I want to plant a nail here. In time, 249 scientific research station will become a frontier outpost for all mankind!"
The old white man glanced at him with a smile: "I sent my son and apprentice there. I'm afraid it's not as simple as burying nails, right?"
Wu Song glared at him and said angrily: "It won't be good for you to ask less about social affairs."
The old white man was speechless for a while: "Is there a possibility that I am the commander-in-chief and you are the deputy commander-in-chief?"
Wu Song glanced at the commander-in-chief of the Ice Guards who had seen the dragon but had no head, and was speechless for a long time.
The old white man in front of him looked ordinary. He looked like an ordinary old European and American farmer. He was a little overweight and had no aura at all.
But such an old man is Blue Star's top scientist studying the ecological issues of the two poles. It can be said that he has dedicated his whole life to the two poles.
In order to express his position to the Ice Keepers organization and other Blue Star countries, the old man voluntarily gave up his American nationality and became a stateless person.
Since the establishment of the Ice Keepers three years ago, the old white man has been running on the front lines as the commander-in-chief, using his own eyes to check for and fill in the gaps in the organization.
Even Wu Song had some admiration for this old man.
"How about? If you have time, you can also go to the 249 scientific research station to take a look?"
The old white man was stunned for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "It's not impossible..."
"I have visited many scientific research stations over the years, but I have never seen one that truly reassures me." The old man sighed with emotion, and continued, "It is okay for such scientific research stations to protect the environment and conduct research, but if you want to deal with extreme ones. ....."
As he said that, the old white man shook his head helplessly.
Wu Song took a step forward and vowed:
"Let's go to the 249 scientific research station. If there is a perfect scientific research station, it must be there."
