The "Tiger" armed helicopter finally escaped with the help of decoy bombs.
It is actually very difficult for African armed organizations like the "Jiangmen" to find one or two shoulder-fired individual air defense missiles. For them, this is a high-end product.
Of course, the top-of-the-line products that can be bought here in country L will not be new models, but some early shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that were supported here before the disintegration of the former Soviet Union.
For example, the famous SA-7 is one of the ones available in Africa.
SA-7 is a portable surface-to-air missile that the former Soviet Union began to develop in the early 1960s. The official model was 9K32. It was the first portable surface-to-air missile officially equipped by the Soviet Army in 1966. NATO called it "Sam-7" .
Due to technical limitations, the infrared seeker of the "SAM-7" missile has low sensitivity and is capable of detecting strong infrared radiation generated by the tail of a jet aircraft, but has poor response to other parts, so it is only suitable for Due to the pursuit from the rear of the enemy aircraft, it cannot effectively conduct a head-on interception. In addition, the "SAM-7" infrared seeker is susceptible to interference from infrared decoys and sunlight, as well as being misled by strong infrared radiation sources on the ground and causing it to lose its direction. The missile does not have a friend-or-foe identification device and is prone to accidentally damaging other targets in a complex combat environment. The former Soviet Union quickly made a series of improvements and designed the "Sam-7B".
Of course, what "Yongzhen" can buy is only the early Sam-7.
In view of its tracking characteristics, the detection ability of infrared radiation generated by the tail of the detachment is relatively strong. Therefore, decades later, facing the "Tiger" with a complete defense system, we are doing our best in engine design and painting. It is possible to reduce infrared and radar reflections and install signal jammers for modern weapons, but it still feels a bit powerless.
After some large-angle maneuvers and interference, the Sam-7 finally exploded in the air more than ten meters away from the helicopter. It was not a complete hit.
Even so, the "Tiger" armed helicopter was hit by several pieces of debris, and the tail boom and tail rotor of the tail were hit.
In the cockpit, the two pilots clearly heard the clang of shrapnel hitting the fuselage. They were so frightened that their spines ran cold and they were covered in sweat.
After observing the instrument panel, I found that the damage was not serious.
But no one is sure whether a second Sam-7 will be shot at them.
"The little bird is calling the big wolf dog. We are being attacked by ground-based shoulder-fired missiles. We cannot stay too long and request temporary evasion."
"Consent to circumvention."
Colonel Alfonso on the ground also saw the damn missile and agreed with the pilot's decision.
Since its extrajudicial entry into country L to carry out operations, Gaul Chicken's losses have been very small, especially for helicopters. One was shot down in the initial stage of the operation, and it was the "Little Antelope" helicopter that was used by militants. caliber machine gun focused fire, not this "Tiger" style weapon.
The "Tiger" helicopter is expensive to fake. It is currently the best armed helicopter for the Gauls. The armor of key parts such as the crew cabin and engine room has been strengthened and can withstand hits from 23mm artillery shells. Those 12.7-caliber heavy machine guns can only Tickle.
However, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are different. Generally speaking, these missiles are in close-explosion mode. They do not have to hit the helicopter directly, but they will explode before they are about to hit, relying on a large number of fragments to destroy and kill.
That kind of attack mode is a bit like the "Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle" in martial arts, which hits the helicopter.
No matter how thick the armor under the cockpit is, it can't withstand the thoughtlessness of spreading a handful of caltrops. It will easily cause damage to the rotor, tail rotor and stable horizontal stabilizer, causing a crash.
Originally, the use of "Tiger" style weapons to deal with an armed organization like the "Yongzhen" that is not even a light armored force is to kill a chicken with a knife. It is not so much crushing as it is destroying the enemy's will to resist.
Usually when they see Wu Zhi, the militants on the ground turn around and run away, without even having the courage to fight back.
But today, the opponent actually took out treasures such as shoulder-fired missiles that were at the bottom of the box, so Alfonso had to be careful when carrying them.
Once a "Tiger" helicopter gunship is shot down, it will surely make the headlines on the military pages of European newspapers tomorrow.
It also has a great impact on Colonel Alfonso's future.
"First let them see how powerful we are. Send all the weapons to their front line and then leave. Mainly destroy the opponent's heavy weapons and equipment."
"OK."
The two "Tiger" Wuzhi pilots were very happy to receive such an order.
So they turned the plane's nose and launched a frantic dump of ammunition at several trucks and pickups on the ground, as well as the hiding spots where they suspected shoulder-fired missiles might be.
The Hellfire II anti-tank missiles hanging under the short wings on both sides swished out like no money, and there was no need to use such high-end anti-armor ground missiles to deal with those pickup trucks and trucks on the ground.
After firing the missile, the GIAT M781 30mm single-barreled cannon equipped under the nose of the aircraft began to move away from the ground troops of the "Brave Formation" from west to east.
A total of 450 rounds of ammunition were prepared in the cabin, and they were all used up.
On the sandy slope, Jiang Cheng asked Li Zheng: "A fight has begun, what should we do?"
Li Zheng said: "Why panic? Stay calm and wait for the deputy commander's order."
Although this was not his first contact with actual combat, it was Li Zheng's first time to see such a large-scale firefight.
The "Brave Formation" side is estimated to have nearly two battalions of troops, and although the Gaul Chicken Outlaws only have two companies, they are well-equipped, and the two sides are not at the same level at all.
Li Zheng and Jiang Cheng were lying in their sniper positions in the distance, watching a contest between an army with backward equipment from the 1960s and 1970s and a modern army.
When the "Tiger" armed helicopter plowed from one end to the other with its cannon, Li Zheng was very shocked.
Looking from a distance, the 30MM caliber machine gun bullets hit the ground and splashed mud more than one meter high. Looking from a distance, the place where the armed helicopter flew over brought up a curtain of sand. When some of the sand splashed up, it was reflected in the scope. You can even see red inside, that is human blood...
Jiang Cheng's throat felt dry and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He murmured: "Humans are like a pile of rotten meat in front of modern weapons..."
In less than five minutes, the entire ground was plowed, and the "Tiger" grabbed a circle in the air, turned around and ran away.
While the militants of the "Brave Formation" had not yet recovered from Wuzhi's ground attack, the Gallic Chicken armored forces began to advance at high speed.
"Attention to all groups, we will not participate in the exchange of fire between the two sides. We will mobilize the villagers to evacuate immediately. It is not safe here."
"clear."
"receive."
Each group quickly began to withdraw from their original defensive positions and retreat in the direction in which they came. People who quickly retreated knocked on the door in the village and asked everyone to leave the house.
"Actually, I don't think there's a need to evacuate, right?" Jiang Cheng put down the observation glass and glanced at Li Zheng beside him: "The Gallic Chicken will probably drive them away in less than half an hour..."
Before the word "run" was uttered, suddenly a half-armed man's body appeared from behind a slope in the distance, and then an RPG rocket was fired from his shoulder.
The speed of the rocket is actually very slow, and its flight trajectory can be clearly seen from a distance.
Li Zheng raised his head from the scope, looked at the rocket flying horizontally, and then looked at where it was flying to.
A VAB armored vehicle rushing at the front.
"careful!"
He subconsciously shouted in his heart.
The VAB armored vehicle also seemed to have discovered the rocket coming towards it. The driver swerved and turned right quickly, trying to avoid the hit.
But everything was too late. After all, the vehicle could not match the speed of the rocket.
boom--
A white smoke like a firework with sparks exploded at the rear of the VAB armored vehicle.
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