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Chapter 436: Longbow Searching for the Enemy, Absolutely Crush (Monthly Ticket Request!)

Previously, the MQ-9 Reaper of the Hair Army was responsible for the reconnaissance of Kidar, and the two CH-4 crews borrowed by Focus Defense from Busa took turns to guard the security of the border base.

A patrol radius of 30 kilometers is sufficient. After all, the longest-range weapon of the Coordination Movement of Azawad is the BM-21 Grad rocket launcher, which can fire up to 20 kilometers.

Of course, Xia Yu was not unaware that there were now 40-kilometer extended-range rockets, but the Tuaregs definitely could not get such new things, so they basically used whatever rockets they had in the arsenal.

As for whether they will launch a Scud A ballistic missile, there is no need to worry too much. The circular error probability of a missile is already astonishingly large when it is new from the factory, not to mention that it has been in stock for so many years.

In 11, the colonel fired one in a desperate attempt, and it missed the target by 80 kilometers. It could be said that it was an invisible firework, and the guidance head completely turned into random mode.

So the biggest threat right now is the three BM-21 Grad rocket launchers heading towards them.

"They turned a corner. They were afraid of being discovered, so they wanted to attack us from another direction."

Xia Yu said as he looked at the rocket launcher convoy that started to turn on the screen.

If the CH-4 is in the bomb-carrying state, three missiles can solve the threat, but reducing the range by half is still too much of a loss.

And the more critical question is, who knows whether these three multiple rocket launchers are baits for Azawad's coordinated movement?
Anyway, according to known intelligence, Gaddafi bought hundreds of sets of Hail. The Tuareg have used this weapon in different directions, and the number they own is conservatively estimated to be more than 10.

So it is not impossible to use three old Hail trucks that were left in Kidar city and could not play a big role as bait for the surprise attack.

Xia Yu immediately called the Mengdiao crew and asked them to search in Nizhir.

The Tuareg are a nomadic people who roam the deserts of many countries. The border lines do not mean much to them, so it is not uncommon for them to hide their weapons and equipment in Nizhir and Algilia.

After enduring a 10-day bombardment in Kidar and seeing that the ground troops were about to break into the city, the most correct thing to do was to seize the last opportunity to launch an attack.

Xia Yu does not have a reliable intelligence network in the Sahel region, but he understands human nature.

In the past few days, Concentrated Fire Defense has been preparing for this anti-sneak attack operation until the moment when the dust settled.

"Calling the Cuckoo, Nizhir direction, level one combat readiness!"

"Yes!"

Old Han, who was sleeping with one ear erect, woke up instantly, woke up the flying monkey in the next bed, took his helmet and rushed out of the room, running towards the Longbow Crossbow which was fully fueled and fully ammunition and ready for battle.

"Buzz~Hua~Hua~~"

On the other side, Xia Yu also started the engine of the Old Deer Tiger and searched for the rocket launcher convoy that the Meng Diao crew had given up tracking.

"Calling Yellow Weasel, this is the Eagle crew, we have spotted a second rocket launcher convoy, a total of six BM-6 Grads and four armed pickup trucks on guard. The people on the trucks are suspected to be carrying portable anti-aircraft missiles."

The news of Busa was reported immediately.

The Coordination of Azawad was indeed going all in, with nine Grad tanks, more than half of which were large-caliber rocket launchers.

As long as the three decoy vehicles succeed, it means that 3 240mm rockets will hit the government border base where personnel and equipment are gathered at once, causing heavy casualties and losses.

But does that stop there?

Looking deeper, the other side brought anti-aircraft shooters, and they must have been prepared to use the bait as a decoy and to withstand the firepower of the armed helicopters.

So they kept a trick and deployed their old Hinds in an ambush nearby, and came over to finish off the enemy if the rocket launcher attack went smoothly.

If the attack is not going well, you can also assist in raising the main force, take advantage of the gap when the defensive helicopters are being delayed, and rush up to attack.

But the problem is that they underestimated the advancement of the concentrated fire defense equipment. The Chinese might suffer a defeat in this way, but Xia Yu deliberately strengthened the radar detection this time.

The crew of the Cuckoo Bird, which was rushing towards the rocket launcher convoy 30 kilometers away, turned on the mast-top millimeter-wave active phased array radar of the Longbow Crossbow.

Combining phase scanning and mechanical scanning, the radar rotates 360° in all directions to detect any movement within a range of 20 kilometers.

"Something's happening. An aerial target has appeared at 9 o'clock."

Before the target convoy was detected, the flying monkey in the front seat noticed something unusual on the screen.

The Meng Diao crew had been keeping an eye on the rocket launcher convoy and could not take care of other directions at the moment, but they were successfully caught by the Longbow Crossbow.

However, at this distance the radar can only see but cannot track and illuminate, so it must be closer.

The problem is that the rocket artillery convoy has penetrated to 25 kilometers and will soon be within the strike range of the hail to establish launching positions and open fire.

"Calling the Eagle crew, please provide the Mole with the real-time coordinates of the target convoy and execute the harassment strike as planned."

Xia Yu contacted the drone ground control station and Kuhn respectively.

"Yes, boss!"

Kuhn answered immediately.

This time they did not bring the old TRF1 towed howitzer, but a truck gun and a self-propelled howitzer borrowed from Busa were ready for combat after the two armed helicopters took off.

Two large-caliber howitzers cannot carry out targeted sniping of six moving targets, but it is still possible to prevent them from establishing launching positions and fire all their rockets in one go.

"Dong~dong~~"

There were two consecutive loud artillery explosions, and two 155mm grenades produced in the country were fired from barrels with 45 and 52 calibers respectively, across 22.3 kilometers and landed right in front of the target convoy.

"Boom~Boom~~"

In two explosions that were much less powerful than a 500-pound bomb, the leading armed pickup truck was covered in countless fragments.

"We've been discovered!"

The Tuareg leader said in horror.

"Quick, the attack helicopters move forward, they only attacked us with howitzers, and the drones have no ammunition."

He quickly contacted several female deer flying at low altitude, but the Longbow Crossbow was faster.

"Locked, fire!"

"Hey~~"

The flying monkey pressed the missile launch button, and a TY-90 missile on the outermost twin rack on the left ignited and flew into the night.

In the cabin of the Mi-5 25 kilometers away, the Tuareg pilot wearing night vision goggles and comparing the real-time coordinates on the handheld GPS was unaware that he had been locked.

He just wanted to fly to the government border base as quickly as possible, use up all his bullets and fire all his rockets, and then withdraw.

Two other pilots had the same idea. The Azawad Coordination Movement dispatched a total of three Old Hinds this time.

Two of them were in this direction, so the Cinderella crew immediately fired the second and third air-to-air missiles.

"咻~咻~咻~~"

At the same time, Xia Yu also emptied the rocket nests of the three rocket launchers in the decoy convoy. The metal jets of a total of 80 S-8M high-explosive anti-tank rockets penetrated the directional tubes and the shells of the 122mm rockets without hindrance, and the subsequent explosion directly detonated the entire multiple rocket launcher.

"Boom~~"

The Mi-25 at the other end also exploded into a huge fireball in the air, and the S-8M rocket that exploded in the rocket nest added fuel to the fire.

"Boom~~"

The second Mi-1, which was 25 km behind, was also hit head-on by the incoming missile. The old female deer, which made the government troops unable to raise their heads, was ruthlessly destroyed by the longbow crossbow on the same platform.

So what about the last one?

It is unclear how many armed helicopters the Azawad Coordination Movement dispatched this time. After killing two targets and confirming that there were no other helicopters in this direction, the crew turned around and attacked the rocket launcher convoy that was blocked by howitzers and abandoned its combat mission and fled in all directions.

In addition to the optoelectronic head, the CH-4 high-altitude patrol equipped with only a synthetic aperture radar is a good hand, but to lock multiple targets at one time, it is still necessary to have a longbow dragonfly head equipped with a millimeter-wave active phased array radar.

This is also the reason why the Cuckoo's Crew gives priority to hunting aerial targets. The tactic of running separately will not work against the Longbow Crossbow.

"咻~咻~~"

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

The high-speed flying helicopter shot out a coded laser beam that was invisible to the naked eye, followed by two 90mm laser-guided rockets. The muzzle of the 30mm machine gun finally opened fire as the flying monkey's line of sight turned.

The two-man crew cooperated tacitly and performed a series of combos. While the rockets were following the laser guidance, more than a dozen shells hit the fleeing armed pickup truck first.

"Boom~~"

The high-explosive bomb directly detonated the fuel tank, while a BM-21 Hail that was fleeing farther away was locked onto by the laser until two shells successfully hit the target after flying over 7 kilometers.

"Boom~~"

This is an asymmetrical battle, or it can be said to be a one-sided hunt.

The old-fashioned weapons and equipment were ruthlessly crushed by the new guys. So what if they obtained Colonel Ka’s secret arsenal? It was just to suppress the government forces, while the concentrated fire defense had been maintaining the generational advantage.

"咻~咻~~"

"Dong~dong~dong~~"

Two more laser-guided rockets were fired, and along with the roar of machine guns, the targets locked on the screen were decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

While the Cinchona crew was doing so smoothly, Xia Yu on the other side was also searching for other possible targets.

Although Lao Luhu's Osiris masthead observation device is not as abnormal as the longbow dragonfly head, its efficiency in searching for a single target through the thermal imaging channel that can see 18 kilometers away is still acceptable.

So he actually saw a fleeing Mi-25 Old Lure.

Yes, I had already run 15 kilometers. If I had run a little further, I would have escaped successfully.

"Wow~Wow~~"

Xia Yu chased after it without hesitation and replaced the engine with a new one with more powerful kinetic energy. The top speed of the Mi-24V was faster than the export version of the Mi-24D, not to mention that the opponent had not fired a single bullet and had an extra ton of weight.

At this time, they should have thrown away the empty rocket nests like he did, but the Tuareg people were so poor that they had to work as mercenaries, so how could they bear to throw away both the shells and the nests?

There was no other way. All Xia Yu could do was to kill the other party together with his machine.

"咻~咻~~"

After entering the firing range, the Mi-24V fired two Mistral missiles directly from the outermost rack on the left.

"Boom~~"

The third Mi-25 that escaped was also turned into a fireball. Tonight's anti-surprise attack operation was a complete success. They successfully consumed a wave of heavy equipment of the Azawad Coordination Movement.

The Gazelle series is not without air-to-air missiles. The Mi-24BM has integrated the Needle-type missile, but the biggest problem of the old Gazelle is that it cannot detect the enemy.

The Tuareg also arranged anti-aircraft shooters in the three Mi-3 transport cabins participating in the operation, ready to hunt down the helicopters that were concentrating fire with portable anti-aircraft missiles at the cabin doors.

As a result, they all became useless units buried with the pilots. Even with night vision goggles, they could not find the target in the vast night sky, and then the missiles came knocking.

Perhaps they should have chosen to take action during the day. The air-to-air missiles of the armed helicopters are within the range and definitely within visual range. Even if they don't have radar or optical cameras, they can still use the naked eye.

Unfortunately, there is no if. If they choose to die at three o'clock in the morning, Xia Yu will not keep them until five o'clock, and they can forget about seeing the morning sun.

"Wow~Wow~~"

Wan Lao Han and his men returned to the base and calculated that the benefits of this anti-sneak attack operation were quite good.

The Chinese people paid for the rocket nests that Xia Yu threw away. The missiles of the Hanhaoniao crew shot down three of them, and the laser-guided rockets emptied the two seven-tube rocket nests.

The simple inertial guidance rocket was not fired at all. The low price was just one reason. The lack of continuous guidance also made it ineffective in hitting moving targets. He could only accept the revenue of 42 Euros with tears.

The price of missiles is even more expensive, directly 10 euros per round, but it is still more affordable than the Russian armed helicopters on the R-73.

It’s not that Xia Yu didn’t have an excuse to give Lao Luhu an excuse to integrate the R-73’s data, but there aren’t many clients who can afford to use this thing other than for target shooting in museums.

"Mr. Sherlock, thank you for the efforts of the Fire Defense tonight. I can't imagine that the Azawad Coordination Movement has expanded to this extent."

Henry, who was watching the entire battle from CH-4's perspective, came over to thank Xia Yudao.

"You're welcome. You paid the bill."

Xia Yu waved his hand to signal Henry that there was no need to do this, but he was also complaining in his heart, why did they become so inflated, shouldn't you be the ones who know best?
"In the next battle, we need to do our best to confiscate and destroy all kinds of weapons and equipment that the Tuaregs obtained from Libya."

Henry continued.

They were the ones who released the tigers, but now the situation has deteriorated and they have no choice but to pay the PMC to teach the disobedient Azawad Coordination Movement a lesson.

"Jihuo Defense is willing to fully cooperate with you. Unregulated weapons and equipment have seriously affected the peace and stability of the Sahel region."

Xia Yu followed the other party's tone and boasted.

But it’s still very exciting to have the opportunity to see Colonel Ka’s arsenal. Even if there are no good stuff left in it, a large amount of expired ammunition can still be sold second-hand.

Especially the 122mm rockets, which the government forces of several countries cannot consume. When Xia Yu’s Cold War branch opens, there will definitely be rich people willing to pay $100 million for a salvo of rockets.

This is more profitable than selling arms for seven or eight thousand dollars a piece. With a little renovation, he can save all the working hours of the system.

While Xia Yu is looking forward to a bright future here, the Azawad Coordination Movement headquarters in the city of Kidar is gloomy.

The members who participated in the sneak attack sent back a message before they died, saying that the operation was a complete failure. Their Hinds were blown up one by one in the sky. Fewer and fewer artillery crew members responded, and they could not hold on any longer.

(End of this chapter)