Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 435 Death falls, frightened bird (ask for monthly ticket!)

If we switch to the Red Rattler, or the Rattler NG, we might be able to shoot it down.

No, I almost forgot. The newer the improved air defense system, the more likely it is to have a backdoor. When attacking French aircraft, only the 7th series Red Sidewinder is safe, and it would be better to replace the radar command vehicle with a phased array.

But this old version couldn't even gain an advantage against the F-111 Aardvark in that era, let alone against today's fighter jets.

The problem was that there were not only fighter jets in the airspace above Kidar, but also a reconnaissance and strike drone that was flying high with a portable anti-aircraft missile and was desperately trying to climb.

"咻~咻~~"

The last two Sidewinders that took off did not chase the retreating bombing formation, but instead attacked the MQ-9 Reaper, which could only fly at subsonic speeds.

At this moment, the drone was seen fleeing for its life, and the ground control station controlled the MTS optoelectronic turret under the nose to rotate to the six o'clock position.

The thermal imaging channel transmitted an extremely oppressive scene: two anti-aircraft missiles, one in front and one behind, were chasing them at a speed of more than Mach 2 per hour.

"Boom~~"

There was no explosion or flame, but the crew members who had lost all images and data knew that the Air Force's Reaper drone worth tens of millions of dollars had been destroyed.

"You said that the MQ-9 of the Chinese was destroyed by the French Sidewinder?"

Xia Yu got the information first.

"Yes, Boss. The Coordination of Azawad has at least two Sidewinder launch units. They have definitely found Gaddafi's secret arsenal. The bombing contract will be temporarily terminated."

On the way back, Hans contacted Xia Yu.

Today he and Lao A were in the most dangerous situation. The maneuverability of the F-4K was only better than that of other Phantoms, but it was still far behind the third-generation aircraft.

If the Fruit Bat crew had been the first to drop bombs, the two of them might have ejected directly.

An old bullet can hit an old plane. Isn't it accurate to hit every shot?
"Just terminate it, the people of Hai country did it themselves."

Xia Yu replied with a pout.

In the words of his hometown, the Gallic rooster's operation was like doing nothing, as he lost his original capital just to save a little money.

The military spends more than $9 million to purchase one MQ-3000, and exporting it would cost more than double that. Training, ground stations, and spare parts all combined would cost more than $1 million.

With so little money, you can buy as many AASMs as you want, but you insist on throwing away the old Paveway just to save money.

However, the Chinese have only a few MQ-9s, but the Chinese have crashed and shot down many more. A Rafale fighter deployed in the Middle East was ordered to destroy a Reaper drone that was unable to return due to a malfunction.

After all, it was broken so completely that the photoelectric head could be removed and used to guide air-to-air missiles to attack fighter jets from the ground.

If you meet a cheater like Xia Yu, just prepare it into a new one.

But the MQ-9A belonging to the Chinese exploded in mid-air, and even if we searched the entire city, we might not be able to find even 10% of its parts.

So we are very thankful that the people who carried out the intelligence acquisition mission were the Chinese. The same result would have occurred if we exchanged Bussa's CH-4 for it, which was just a few million dollars. It seems that exchanging one for a Sidewinder is not a loss at all?
Like Shat, using the reconnaissance and strike drone as a consumer-grade drone is also a tactic.

Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, but the Chinese people can't seem to save their face?
"This Afica is getting more and more chaotic. Short-range air defense missiles are so rampant. I remember that the Sidewinder only has a first-stage engine and can reach Mach 3 in 2 seconds. Our Cheetah A9 is unlikely to be able to stop it!"

Xia Yu didn't mean to boost others' morale or destroy his own prestige, but this thing was really more powerful than a portable air defense missile.

The only good news is that antique missiles are easier to deceive. Since we can't stop them, we can just make sure the opponent can't hit them accurately.

"Let's not talk about it for now. I'm going to fly to Oga now. We'll talk when we get there."

With such a big thing happening, he, as the boss of PMC company, must go there.

"Where's the cuckoo? Let's go to Oga."

After ending the communication with Hans, Xia Yu went out and called Lao Han.

The Hornet crews that do not fly the Longbow Crossbow will be split into two teams, taking turns flying the company's Super Hornets.

As for the Fennec Fox, the two were currently receiving modification training, and they quickly got the hang of the French helicopter.

"Yes, boss!"

Old Han, who was on duty, went to the apron first and started the engine of the Super Hornet.

When the two arrived at Oga Airport, it was just getting dark, but the hair army camp not far away was brightly lit.

The other side was also very panicked, especially since the news of the equipment loss had already been reported back to the country.

The military satellites of the Tibetans were also aimed at Kidar, repeatedly searching for the two coordinates that the MQ-9 Reaper drone had last locked onto.

There was no loss of life, but they lost face. In order to save face, they decided to spend more money.

A total of 50 AASM 250s will be loaded into the A400M to be shipped to Afika. The Mirage 2000D can use this precision-guided munition.

The problem is that the Chinese only think that the intensity of the battlefield in the Middle East is high, so they did not deploy such expensive weapons in the Sahel region, and now they have to be transported from the country.

But the price is too high and the quantity is a bit small, but this means the opportunity to concentrate firepower on defense has come.

Xia Yu can provide precision-guided munitions with performance indicators at the same level as JDAM, and the price is not expensive, only 8 euros per round.

This is comparable to the regular version of AASM. The high-end version with all-weather combat capability costs 11 Euros. By outsourcing it to Firestar Defense, they can save a lot of trouble besides money.

"Replace all GBU-12s with FT-6s and re-sign a one-week bombing contract?"

"Yes, Mr. Sherlock, the Coordination of Azawad has moved the Sidewinder anti-aircraft missile launcher. Our satellites have found nothing, but for the safety of the ground forces, we must increase the intensity of the bombing."

Said the Brigadier General of the Hair Army who was temporarily in charge of the camp.

"I understand. That's it!"

Xia Yu suppressed his smile and signed his name on the contract.

As a 82-pound satellite-guided glide bomb using the MK-500 warhead, the FT-6 uses a NATO-standard mount and electronic interface. Not to mention the Red Fighting Falcon, even the Spey Phantom can use it.

However, laser-guided bombs were enough in the past, and Jihuo Defense had no need to launch satellite-guided glide bombs, so Xia Yu received a batch of goods and threw them in the warehouse.

But the Tuareg's six-round Sidewinder made the Tuareg people become frightened birds, and the original plan of ground bombing outside the range of portable air defense missiles was changed to dropping satellite-guided bombs outside the defense zone.

The gross profit margin of a single machine has more than doubled. This is because the company's purchase price is so cheap. It is basically the cost price plus a little bit, and it is used as ballast when transporting fighter jets.

Of course, Xia Yu could also print the JDAM kit directly, but the stuff sold by the Chinese was not of the same order of magnitude as the Paveway, so there was no need to leave a loophole just to save tens of thousands of dollars.

Using the FT series can help consume excess production capacity in my hometown, and it can also provide some suggestions for improvement.

At this moment, the members of the Coordination of Azawad, who were slaughtering cattle and sheep to celebrate in Kidar, could hardly imagine that the Chinese people would suddenly become so willing to spend money, not at all stingy as before. The main reason was that they were afraid that their own Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles would shoot down their own planes. Who knows how many anti-aircraft vehicles the other side inherited from Colonel Kadiz.

We already have the Sidewinder, but who knows if there is a SAM-2 Hornet that can connect to the Arrow-8M?
If we don't stay away and bomb all the key areas, it will cause greater casualties if the ground troops advance.

Xia Yu could only thank Tutie for the missiles he sent. During the stage of capturing Kidar, he had not thought about making much money from ground bombing, but he had to put euros into his pocket.

The Foxbats, who were originally planning to transport food supplies, had no time to care about vegetables and meat. They first sent a container FT-6 over, and then returned to Kongluga following the A400M that had just unloaded the goods.

Speed ​​is of the essence. Before the second batch was delivered, the two Mirage 2000Ds were equipped with four AASMs each. The F-4K and F-4 of the defense department were equipped with 16 FT-12s each, ready to take off and bomb Kidar.

Due to the low production volume, the pilots of the Taiping Army had few opportunities to fire live ammunition at AASM, and their operation might not be that proficient.

But on the Fire Defense side, horseshoe bats and tube-nosed bats had fought many JDAMs when they were working in the Middle East, and even Alvin was already familiar with the operation of several other bombs in the FT series.

Only Hans, who had no experience with satellite-guided bombs, could not help. The bombing would be tomorrow and it was too late to learn it now.

So Xia Yu took him directly back to the border base, ready to break into Kidar with ground forces as soon as the bombing there was completed.

"Om~~"

The next morning, the roar of fighter jets taking off woke up Xiao Hei, who was sleeping in the residential area.

Realizing something was wrong, he rushed out of the house without even putting on his pants, holding the telescope.

"Om~~"

The second Mirage 2000D took off soon after, and he hurried back to the house, found the satellite phone and made a call.

"The hairy people are coming again?"

"Not only are there the hairy people, there are two other types of fighter planes like the previous ones, but it's unclear if their target is you."

With a salary of tens of thousands of dollars a year, he would contact the Tuareg every time a fighter jet took off from Oga Airport.

"I understand."

The deputy hung up the phone and quickly found Taiquidda to report the situation.

"Let them come. We are never afraid of these accomplices of the government forces."

Even with only two Sidewinders left, they still...

"Boom~~"

A loud explosion was heard from a distance, interrupting Taiquidda who was about to say something.

"Boom~~"

Following the AASM, an FT-6 was dropped. It was launched after the strike coordinates were entered, without the need for terminal laser illumination. The satellite-guided bomb had a longer range.

In the airspace 50 kilometers away from the city of Kidar, the five fighter jets of the bombing formation did not panic as they did in the previous two days, and dropped bombs one after another with ease.

The two Mirage 2000Ds were the first to finish firing their AASM loads, while the F-4Ks and F-16s, which carried three times the amount of bombs, were much slower.

But as long as there is no risk of being shot down and there are aerial refueling tankers to escort them, they can fly for several hours without any problem.

The situation at the Coordination of Azawad (CCA) headquarters in Kidal was much worse. The two compounds that had previously hidden Sidewinder launchers were the first to be destroyed.

The coordinates of other targets were marked by satellites. The militants were caught off guard and immediately ran out of their hiding places.

The Sidewinder launcher, which had only two missiles left, was also pushed out at the risk of being bombed. However, the guidance radar of the launch unit did not pick up any signal after drifting for several circles.

Radar broken?

The old guy is very durable and it is impossible for him to break down at a critical moment. But the enemy fighter jets dropped bombs from 50 kilometers away, and even the radar of the command vehicle could not detect it!
It is not the job of the short-range air defense system to strike targets at such a long distance, and the medium-range air defense system cannot reach the target even if the latest model of Beech M3 is used. It must be equipped with a certain 16B or a certain Wan 30.

The Azawad Coordination Movement, which did not have these missiles, could only continue to be bombed, but unfortunately, the Sidewinder launcher that shot down the MQ-9 Reaper with an anti-aircraft missile was sent into the sky along with the yard by an FT-6.

In less than an hour, the five fighters had dropped all their bombs, and this was the first day after the bombing contract was interrupted.

As long as they had behaved themselves and not fought back, the other side could have been pushed into the ground and minced after only seven days of bombing.

Wouldn't it be nice to keep the remaining rattlesnakes for tiger-fighting style?
But they opened the Pandora's box of short-range air defense missiles, and the two armed helicopters that the Chinese were supposed to deploy to the front line to cooperate in the battle did not come, and Focus Defense also reasonably raised its offer price.

There are two different prices for dealing with portable air defense missiles and dealing with short-range air defense missiles.

If their own people don’t dare to go, then they can just pay more money!

In this way, after ten days of non-continuous bombing, 500 courtyards in Kidar were completely destroyed and more than 1000 were affected to varying degrees.

More than 5 of the 3 local civilians fled, and more than 1 moved into the refugee camp next to the Stabilization Mission.

But there are still two or three thousand people who are reluctant to leave their few mud houses and choose to stay at home no matter what they will face next.

These people need to be identified during the advancement, and the government forces that cooperate with the concentrated fire defense and the hairy people are responsible for doing this.

The soldiers will confirm that they have no weapons and transfer them to the blue helmets after eliminating any threat.

"So by now we should have killed a thousand of them?"

Looking at the satellite photos on the screen, Xia Yu assessed the effect of the bombing.

"According to the original plan, it would be difficult to exceed 7 in days, but with so many bombs dropped, the Coordination of Azawad conservatively lost people."

Henry replied in the affirmative.

Before even making direct contact, 2% of the enemy's combat effectiveness was destroyed. This is because such a good effect could only be achieved without the cover of reinforced concrete.

"The Tuareg will definitely take revenge on us, I just don't know if it will be today or tomorrow."

Drawing aside the curtains, the bright moonlight poured onto Xia Yu's face. Deep in the desert, which he could not see, the thermal imaging channel of the CH-4 locked onto three sneaky figures.

"Calling Yellow Weasel, calling Yellow Weasel, this is the Eagle crew, we have spotted an unusual convoy of three trucks."

Another drone crew of the Busa Air Force directly contacted Xia Yu's level, and the images taken by the drone were also synchronized to the border base via satellite channels.

“The compartment is very tightly wrapped, but this six-wheeled truck looks familiar to me.”

Looking at the thermal imaging outlines of the three trucks displayed on the tactical tablet, he recognized at a glance that they were three Ural-3D 375×6 military trucks.

Yes, the chassis is commonly used by BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers.

(End of this chapter)