I work as a mercenary in northern Myanmar - #432 - Chapter 424 Helicopter fighting?

“Hit helicopters, give priority to helicopters!”

Chen Chen issued new instructions as soon as he saw the enemy helicopter, but it was obvious that the other party did exactly the same thing as them.

Four Kachin air defense soldiers carrying portable air defense missiles appeared on the edge of the airport. The Stinger, which had completed the assembly of batteries and cooling modules, was already aimed in the direction of the Dongfeng Corps helicopter.

Chen Chen even had the illusion that he had heard the locking sound, but at a distance of nearly 600 meters, there was really little he could do.

The two large-caliber sniper rifles of the reconnaissance team quickly locked onto the two anti-aircraft soldiers, but they only hit one of them.

Three missiles came out, and at the moment when it was locked, flames spurted out from the helicopter, and the angel wings composed of heat decoys unfolded instantly, intercepting all the hastily launched missiles behind it.

Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but on the other side, the two Vanguard-2 rounds fired by the Eastern Corps support group were also interfered with by thermal decoys and exploded on the side of the enemy helicopter.

At this time, the Dongfeng Corps only had two anti-aircraft missiles left in its hands, and the heat decoys on the helicopters had been exhausted. The situation seemed to have completely tilted towards the Kachin side.

Chen Chen originally thought that the opponent’s helicopter would directly confront his own helicopter, but what he didn’t expect was that the Kachin helicopter ran directly to the depression after escaping a round of missile attacks, trying to launch an attack on the two team members hiding there. attack.

It seems that in their perception, that is the target that poses the greatest threat to them.

The two helicopters just passed each other, and within 10 seconds, the Kachin helicopter was flying over the lowland. Seeing this scene, Chen Chen’s heart sank suddenly.

It’s over.

No matter how the movie interprets it, on a real battlefield, infantrymen bitten by helicopters have only one end, and that is, they are blown to pieces.

Although in terms of battle damage, these were just two of the most ordinary team members, the feeling of clearly foreseeing their death still made Chen Chen frown.

“The support team is hiding!”

“Firebird, find a way to knock it down!”

“Throw smoke bombs!”

“Reconnaissance team, shoot at the thermal decoys and find a way.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll do it.”

Before Chen Chen finished his series of urgent instructions, Cheng Lei’s steady and almost non-fluctuating reply came from his earphones.

Immediately afterwards, a scene that made Chen Chen unbelievable appeared.

The Mi-171sh, which was originally maneuvering almost close to the ground, suddenly pulled up at a high elevation angle of more than 60 degrees after flying over the airport at high speed. Then within two seconds, it completed the nose turn on the edge of stall and dived quickly, and its The nose of the aircraft was already pointing in the direction of another Mi-171.

Levesmann flipped.

This thing is like the Cobra maneuver of a fighter jet, which has always been considered a flashy flying maneuver.

But put it here, Chen Chen couldn’t find any fault with it at all!

Maintain low altitude and high speed to quickly pass through the field, avoiding the targeting of anti-aircraft firepower from the ground; after squeezing the performance to the limit, it quickly increases, quickly occupying the advantage of high and low positions; completes the U-turn within two seconds, and accurately points in the direction of attack

Every action is useful, and every action is completed with utmost efficiency and accuracy!

Moreover, the pilot who completed this series of actions was sitting under his buttocks, a medium-sized helicopter from the last century.

You know, the Levesmann flip is basically a patent for armed helicopters. It has extremely high requirements on helicopter engine performance and body strength. Even if there is only a small operating error, the helicopter will really stall in the air without the enemy. If you go to fight, you will fall off.

It is simply incredible that Cheng Lei can fly like this.

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But thinking about it from another perspective, it’s not surprising that the monsters in the north would do something like this.

You know, Chen Chen has also heard rumors that a senior official in the air assault brigade in the north, who is in his 40s and almost 50, can fly out of Levesmann in an ordinary Z-9. The WZ-10 he was reported to Flying Levesmann is just a temporary performance performed by the boss when he puts on new equipment.

This is true for the eldest brother, so of course the younger brothers below needless to say.

Perhaps for Cheng Lei, this is also a basic operation.

But Chen Chen didn’t have time to feel too much now, because just after his own helicopter completed the U-turn, almost in the blink of an eye, several rockets came out and hit another one hovering in the air. helicopter.

Chen Chen was stunned.

Now he can finally understand why Beibian spent a lot of effort to train helicopters to “shoot on the move” after experiencing a drill.

Because on the real battlefield, the situation is indeed the same as what the original Maozi pilot said!

Once the helicopter enters hover, it becomes a serious target. Crusaders driving medieval trebuchets can shoot it down for you!

A violent explosion occurred instantly over the depression. Two members of the support team had just escaped a rocket attack from an enemy helicopter, and then had to avoid a propeller falling from the sky.

Exhausted is no longer enough to describe their state. It should be said that from the moment the helicopter appeared, they were completely exhausted.

Firelight fell from the sky, and the rapidly rotating propellers slammed into the ground, stirring up dust all over the ground. Chen Chen called on the radio nervously, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving replies from the two support team members.

This level has passed – but a new round of anti-air strikes has also arrived.

It is impossible for the airport to have only one anti-aircraft gun, let alone to move the only anti-aircraft gun off-site.

It is impossible to have only 4 anti-aircraft missiles, let alone give up after the first round of strikes failed.

The Mi-171sh’s situation is still dangerous. If Chen Chen’s thinking is followed, Cheng Lei should prioritize air defense firepower like the Kachin Army, but Cheng Lei’s thinking is completely different from Chen Chen’s!

He didn’t care about the anti-aircraft soldiers on the ground at all. Instead, he used the momentum of the dive to quickly lower his height, and then pulled up sharply before hitting the bottom.

He controlled the height of the helicopter to less than ten meters from the ground. Then, the heavy Mi-171sh began to pull sideways quickly with unparalleled flexibility.

No, not just a quick sideways move, but a centripetal turn.

This was another move that Chen Chen had only seen in flight performances. It could even be said to be another flashy move.

But Cheng Lei told Chen Chen one thing with practical actions, that is, as long as it exists as a tactical action, it must have its meaning.

The large turning maneuver made it impossible for the anti-aircraft artillery to keep up with the speed of the helicopter, and the infantrymen carrying the missiles were even more at a loss.

As Chen Chen has personally experienced, launching a Stinger missile is definitely not as simple as most people think.

From locking to unloading, the system’s response time reaches more than 5 seconds. If the locking cannot be completed within these 5 seconds, you will most likely have to replace the cooling module and the main battery.

What’s more, before launching, you have to consider the safe distance, identification of friend or foe, and pitch angle.

This is definitely not a simple operation that just pulls the trigger and is done.

So, on the serious battlefield, a rather funny scene appeared.

Those air defense soldiers were so walked by Cheng Lei that they couldn’t fire at all!

But Cheng Lei was not idle at this time. What was the purpose of turning centripetally? Is it just to avoid ground fire?

of course not.

The reason why it is centripetal is because its nose direction always remains basically stable, and it can achieve ultra-high efficiency when suppressing ground fire!

After only half a turn, the two anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Kachin Army were completely destroyed by rockets.

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Lei operated the helicopter with a light lateral maneuver to change the center of the rotation. The next round of rocket launchers hit directly in front of a P51 that was preparing to take off at the end of the runway!

The accuracy is slightly lacking, but it is completely sufficient.

Coupled with the continuous suppression of the aircraft’s heavy machine guns, the P51 was paralyzed on the runway before it could take off. The entire airport was in fact disabled, and the remaining aircraft in the hangar had completely turned into fish on the chopping board.

After turning more than half of the second loop, another hangar was destroyed. The whole process was completely pleasing to the eye.

Not only Chen Chen, but even the commander of the airport Liqin was probably stunned.

They probably would never have thought that someone could actually complete a raid on a heavily guarded airport with just a helicopter!

Of course, it is undeniable that the Dongfeng Corps’ early harassment and feint attack did play a big role, but the most important reason for reaching this point is the complete technical crushing.

It’s also the Mi-171, why do Kachin’s helicopters look so dull?

When something happens, Levisman turns around again. Why do you just hover and shoot?

There is no other way, I have to practice cooking more.

But it is a pity that Kachin pilots probably no longer have the opportunity to practice more.

The third round of the loop was almost over. Just when Chen Chen thought that Cheng Lei would pull up with a standard move, he once again made a saucy move.

After the nose of the helicopter was aligned with the runway, the helicopter quickly tilted to the left, and the propeller almost passed by the hangar!

He used the hangar as a bunker, blocking the air defense fire from the front of the airport.

And during this limited maneuvering time, he was able to free his hands and knock out the last dozen or so rockets in the bomb nest.

“Oh ho!”

Cheng Lei’s cheers came from the radio, and it seemed that victory was in sight.

But in fact, the performance of the Mi-171sh has been squeezed to the limit.

Just before stalling, Cheng Lei had no choice but to pull up the plane and maintain the stability of its flight attitude.

This action consumed a lot of power, and the Mi-171’s speed finally slowed down, which also gave those “air defense infantry” an opportunity.

In an instant, more than 6 missiles soared into the sky.

The distance between the helicopter and the ground was less than 200 meters. In Chen Chen’s opinion, there was no way Cheng Lei could escape this time.

That’s true—but there are some differences.

Three missiles missed their target. One missile was dodged by a spiral maneuver. Then when it was inevitable to avoid it, the entire fuselage was tilted and the bottom of the helicopter was used to catch two missiles.

Of course, it was impossible to avoid the fate of being shot down, but at least he successfully avoided the most vulnerable main rotor, rear rotor and cockpit, giving the aircraft a chance to escape.

Chen Chen watched helplessly as the Mi-171sh driven by Cheng Lei began to lose control and fall after escaping from the airport. Before that, he had already reached the highest altitude possible.

Below the helicopter is the main urban area of ​​​​Mogang. The ground is extremely hard. If it lands directly, the helicopter will inevitably crash and everyone will die.

But how could Cheng Lei have no plan for the fall?

With the main rotor intact, the helicopter began to spin and fall.

Relying on the spin effect, although it has completely lost kinetic energy, the main rotor of the Mi-171sh still maintains an ultra-high speed.

At the last moment of landing, the helicopter suddenly pulled up in a strange manner, and then Cheng Lei’s even somewhat excited shouts came from the radio again.

“Holy shit, safe landing!”

“boom!”

Chen Chen could hear the huge collision clearly even though he was thousands of meters away, and then there was silence on the radio.

“Retreat, save people.”

Chen Chen said calmly.

At this time, the two members of the support team whose mission had been declared over had abandoned their heavy Vanguard-2 launchers and quickly returned to the road where the first conflict occurred. The reconnaissance team set up a large-caliber sniper rifle to block the attack. The footsteps of the second mobile force from the airport heading to the conflict point.

Immediately afterwards, the assault team also gave up suppressing the direction of the airport, but quickly prepared vehicles and used machine gun fire to suppress the enemy support troops while evacuating towards Mogang City.

They encountered almost no obstruction, because Mogang itself is not an important town. There are not too many troops stationed here, and most of them have been deployed around the airport!

The road leading to the city was clear. It only took less than 10 minutes for the Dongfeng Corps to arrive near the crash site. At this time, they finally encountered the Mogang defenders who were waiting for help.

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The problem is, these people don’t know yet whether they are guarding wooden stakes or whether they are treating rabbits.

The Mi-171sh is designed to land softly. Although it cannot fly, the three heavy machine guns on the door and tail are not a joke!

After working together internally and externally, the Kachin army was completely defeated after almost just a face-to-face encounter. Chen Chen quickly led the team to approach the point of fall, hoping to rescue Cheng Lei.

However, Cheng Lei didn’t seem to need rescue.

He mounted a heavy machine gun at the cabin door and mowed down two Kachin soldiers who had just appeared across the street, and then shouted at Chen Chen:

“Come over here! Come over here!”

“Get behind me!”

Chen Chen was stunned and speechless. It was not until smoke spread around the area and he rushed in front of Cheng Lei that he finally had the opportunity to ask about Cheng Lei’s situation.

“You’re not hurt at all?!”

“How can it be?!”

Cheng Lei grinned and shook his head, pointed at his legs and said:

“It’s broken, I can’t walk.”

Chen Chen looked at his calf, which was almost bent at thirty degrees, then looked at his face, and then said:

“Damn, you did the most fucking King of War episode.”