Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 328 Landing Field

Due to the advantage of hovering, helicopters can launch unguided weapons with much greater accuracy than fixed-wing aircraft.Chang Yong used the central aiming point in the head-up display to quickly adjust the pitch angle of the helicopter, and aimed the aiming point at the center of the enemy group. The enemy dragged the wounded and walked very slowly, and did not realize that intensive action was the cause of death .

However, it is often not possible to shoot proudly. The shooting line/line of sight of the helicopter is roughly determined by the pitch angle, but he still has to hold his breath and wait for the final comprehensive correction information.Due to the small mass of the 57mm rocket, it is easy to be disturbed by the turbulence under the rotor and the airflow component on the ground, and shooting in such a special area cannot be compensated by the experience of conventional altitude shooting, so I wait for the computer to give a further synthesis It seems necessary to solve it.

Before the comprehensive correction shooting point appeared on the head-up display, the ammunition fired by the enemy's light weapons occasionally flew past the aircraft, some of which were random air-to-air shots, and some were shot by snipers hiding on distant hills.Of course, for heavy armed helicopters, such firepower is like itching.

When the correction information appeared, he quickly fine-tuned the attitude of the aircraft and pulled the trigger.The 57mm rocket launched by whirring, like hellfire, covered the entire mountain in a moment.

This scene was repeated in front of Lausanne again. He stood 2 kilometers away, watching the end of the long and intensive firepower show, and watching the pine forest being cut to the ground.He could even see some soldiers fighting back with light weapons at the last moment, but it didn't work at all for the heavy armed helicopter.

"The Gesang Company has lost contact," said the communications soldier.

"What?" Lausanne responded dully. In fact, he had already seen through the binoculars that this company was disintegrated by the enemy's heavy firepower.

"Our search company lost contact."

"I see."

As the Intelligence Agency's reliance on the Indian-Tibetan special forces continues to increase, the troops under Lausanne's jurisdiction have been greatly overstaffed, reaching the size of the regiment level.But his most elite core has not increased much.Usually these men are deployed in the search company and the direct company.These old subordinates are all his juniors, and most of them have been trained in Guam. They have high tactical literacy and are his most important combat unit.A few months ago, Lausanne saw with his own eyes that another elite team of his was exposed on the ridge when the pursuit was about to succeed, and was completely reimbursed by the laser-guided bombs of the PLA Air Force. There were many old people of Mustang in it. entrusted descendants.Now these people are fighting less and less.

"How could this be?"

His dazed brother backed up a few steps, sat down on the ground, and suddenly burst into tears.He knew that Tespur's headquarters would not care about such a loss, it was just a very common casualty figure in the war era, but this was his subordinate soldier, and it was irreplaceable.

For many years, Lausanne and his men have been switching between Indian mercenaries and CIA agents.Their reluctance to recognize themselves as Indians made it impossible for anyone in this force to rise up to the rank of Captain.They did not flee this no-man's land and emigrate to the United States like many Tibetans did; they had a big dream, and in this absurd dream, they wanted to advance the war to a place about 100 kilometers west of Chengdu.In order to realize such a plan, it is necessary to rely on the strength of the two major powers of the United States and India; Lausanne and others who came out of the Mustang concentration camp and then defected to India really think so, and firmly believe that they will win the final victory.But as these people got older, Lausanne gradually began to feel that this goal was no longer so realistic.The United States is only using this force to collect intelligence for it; and India may not be able to confront China.

Lausanne quickly recovered from the short-term depression. He threw off the adjutant and the communications soldier who came to support him, stood up, and continued to observe the battlefield with the binoculars.

A thought lingered in his mind and could not be dispelled.

"What's their purpose? He doesn't believe that a besieged squad can mobilize the full support of the Air Force and Army Aviation. Even the US military can't get it. There must be some mechanism hidden in it."

"Give me the Gongbu company, let them chase up immediately, and don't let the enemies on the ground escape," he gave orders to the signal soldiers. "Let the reconnaissance team get out of contact with other enemies and encircle from the west. For the time being, ignore the enemies who escape outside the encirclement, I just need to catch those who are trapped." His thinking became clear, and Kampot's company carried Armed with portable anti-aircraft missiles, it can restrain the CCP's helicopters, and the outflanking from the west can cut off the enemy's retreat, which means that the advantage is still on our side.

"I'm afraid it's too late? It will take at least 10 minutes for them to arrive in place," the adjutant said.

"No, they must have wounded, so they ran very slowly throughout the morning." Lausanne said, he was also very strange. Among the PLA helicopter units that appeared, he did not see a transport helicopter, maybe it was still on the way .

"In addition, send a report to Tespur, no, send a report directly to Chief Charman, and ask the air force to block the enemy's support from the Yarlung Zangbo River. They should have a few transport planes coming over."

A few kilometers away, Chang Yong hovered in the air, constantly monitoring the surrounding enemy situation.His infrared equipment needs to be cooled and temporarily lost its function, but the millimeter wave radar can still monitor the airspace.His helicopter is a company-level command aircraft with the most complete communication equipment. Because it is equipped with a millimeter-wave radar, it is not as good as other teammates in terms of weapon load.However, he has already experienced India's light helicopters. They have a slight advantage in speed and turning, but their armor and firepower are not rivals at all.

"Red Eagle 9, you are flying too low, beware of the enemy's anti-aircraft weapons." He reminded that there is no vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft artillery in this area. What needs to be worried about is the missiles that attack invisible.

"Red Eagle 9 understands."

The helicopter began to pull up slowly. The Red Eagle 9 was chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy before. Because the efficiency of the thermal image cooling equipment was getting lower and lower, it could only fly lower and lower.The remaining Indian and Tibetan special forces on the ground realized that they could only escape if they dispersed, which caused a lot of trouble for the shooters on the helicopter.

"Beware of enemy backup, they may have Sam 7." Chang Yong then reminded.

"clear."

As soon as the voice fell, the alarm inside the Red Eagle 9 started to alarm, and the pilot looked down to see that it was a secondary threat-laser ranging, which was the prelude to many anti-aircraft shootings.

"Ready to fire the jammer." He set the jammer to automatic mode while holding the plane steady.Although the helicopter does not have enough maneuverability to avoid missiles, it can sometimes reduce the infrared signal of the aircraft through certain turning movements. If necessary, it can use such an angle to hide in the infrared interference.

On the ridge in the distance, the shooter of the Second Search Company of the Indian-Tibetan Special Forces was a little impatient. He was operating an old-fashioned SAM missile that had been extended twice in life.

The cooling process of the seeker has not been completed for a long time, and the aiming beep is always sounding weakly at a frequency of 2 Hz, which means that it has sensed the heat source, but has not yet completed the "lock".

Seeing that the enemy plane aimed at the territory was adjusting its attitude and moving away from him, the shooter couldn't hold it anymore; he pulled the trigger.Immediately the missile ignited and flew straight towards the target.

The multi-spectrum infrared warning equipment of Red Eagle 9 immediately sensed the approach of an abnormal heat source 800 meters away, and at the same time automatically triggered several groups of infrared jamming bombs to launch.This passive warning device has a low range in the rear hemisphere of jet fighters, but is extremely effective in helicopters.

The old-fashioned Sam 7 missile was immediately fascinated by the jamming bombs all over the sky, especially its seeker has not been cooled enough, it is difficult to distinguish the real target hiding behind the infrared jamming.The missile didn't turn to a target not far away, and its proximity fuze didn't even work, and it just flew straight into the distance until it ran out of fuel.

After a false alarm, Chang Yong rushed from a high altitude and fired at the enemy's firing position with a 23mm cannon, suppressing the backup force on the ridge and not daring to look up.

At this moment, the rockets of the four heavy helicopters have all been exhausted.The mission was quite far away, and in order to increase the voyage, they did not carry enough weapons.Now, the task of suppressing the enemy's infantry has been completed, but the follow-up Black Hawk helicopter has not appeared for a long time.

Wang Tiechuan and his team carried the wounded to the bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River, but the transport helicopter that picked him up did not appear together.Now most of them have died, and the number of seriously injured has increased from one to three.After the enemy was temporarily repulsed, the squad could have used the basic skills of climbing mountains and ridges to climb over the steep mountain ridge in the north. This is a dead end on the map of the Indian army, but it can be crossed on Wang Tiechuan's map.As long as it gets dark, the enemy's pursuit ability will drop by more than half. At that time, he can rely on the advantages of night vision equipment and Beidou positioning to freely choose the retreat route. But now Snow Wolf is trapped by the wounded, unable to quickly cross the desperate situation .

"This is Snow Wolf, call Kunlun. Call Kunlun."

His satellite communication can still only communicate with the command headquarters, which makes the command plane 300 kilometers away shoulder the heavy responsibility of coordinating this sudden mission.

"Snow Wolf, just discovered the enemy's mobile missile position in the Danba River Valley. The Air Force is responding. Please hold on for 30 minutes."

"The enemy is surrounding us from three directions, it is impossible to hold out for 30 minutes."

Wang Tiechuan roared.His other teams are monitoring outside the encirclement and can provide some information. At least 250 Indian-Tibetan special forces are approaching from three directions, south, north, south, and behind the snow wolf is the impassable Yarlung Zangbo River.

At the same time, the command plane received a surveillance report from the Red Eagle Troops. It was roughly the same as what Wang Tiechuan said. The enemy with a huge superiority in numbers was closing the encirclement. The previous attack obviously did not deter the opponent's commander. It has been completely controlled by the enemy. It must be said that the enemy commander is very good at chasing.

Because Wang Tiechuan's retreat was too hasty, and the position was too deep into the enemy's territory, the Black Eagle troops deployed in Linzhi happened to be undergoing maintenance, so there was no time to dispatch.And the sudden exposure of the enemy's missile force made the rescue mission even more unpredictable.

"Snow Wolf, this is Kunlun. Immediately gather the wounded to the flat area by the river, and use blue smoke bombs to indicate the location."

"clear."

Wang Tiechuan replied that he knew that he was in a desperate situation, and he regretted that his plan for retreating along the river was not rigorous enough, and there were serious negligence, probably because the key filling equipment he just got was too important, and he was a little careless.Now using smoke to indicate the position will undoubtedly guide the enemy to the target, and I am completely within the range of the enemy's mortar, but it seems that there is no other choice.

When the snow wolf ignited the smoke by the roaring river, the transport plane still hadn't appeared, but the enemy's sporadic firepower had arrived first.

Chang Yong suddenly received a strange order in the air, and the headquarters asked him to complete the rescue mission.Never thought this would happen.But seeing the people on the ground in desperation, it is obvious that waiting for the transport plane is no longer realistic. The battlefield is developing towards the unfavorable side, so it is necessary to take a risk.

Under the continuous fire suppression of the two helicopters, Chang Yong and another armed helicopter slowly descended.He put the front landing gear on the ground, and the rear hangs on the river, and at the same time adjusted the elevation angle to let the ground personnel come over.He saw that near the blue smoke, the enemy's shells fell from time to time, and they were getting closer to the landing site every time.He opened the glass canopy, hoping to wait for someone to come over for a quick chat, but no one appeared.A piece of shrapnel collapsed on the rotor, making a rattling sound. He turned his head, and a human figure wearing a rag-like sniper camouflage came out from nowhere and was running over. Can't tell if it's my own.

It was completely impossible to have a conversation under the huge noise of the rotor, so Chang Yong could only gesture to the people who came.The man didn't read his gesture at all, raised his hand and threw a silver metal object into the cockpit, which shocked Chang Yong. He thought he had made a mistake, and the person approaching the plane was actually an Indian.But he immediately came back to his senses, because what was thrown in was not a bomb, but a box.

"Take it back with my people." The man on the ground yelled hoarsely, and Chang Yong nodded to indicate that he heard it.Several soldiers appeared from nearby like ghosts, and drove a wounded man to the short wing of the helicopter, where there was a pilot's upper and lower handles, which could be tied with ropes.

(End of this chapter)