This is especially true in special operations where victory is at stake.
What proportion of careful planning, awesome commandos, and strong logistical support account for the success factor of the operation?
Sorry, it can only be 50%.
And the other half, you really have to look at your luck.
If you are lucky and well-prepared, everything will be smooth sailing and everything will be easy for you; if you are unlucky, no matter how careful the plan is or how elite the team is, once you take action, you will always be in trouble.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the history of special operations. The most typical example is the beginning of the feud between Yingjiang and YIL. That year, a revolution broke out in YIL and the Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown.
Since Hawthorne had always been a supporter of the Pahlavi dynasty, after the revolution, King Pahlavi fled to the United States for political asylum on the grounds of medical treatment. Taking Pahlavi in made the newly established YL government feel extremely attached to Hawthorne.
dissatisfied.
On November 4 of that year, a group of radical student soldiers, with the support of the YI government, occupied the Yingjiang embassy and took 52 Yingjiang residents hostage.
Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. The angry Eagles were determined to resort to force, so the Pentagon proposed: sending the famous Delta Force to raid the embassy, rescue the hostages, and perform a perfect special operations operation.
After hard thinking, Delta's special warfare experts proposed a complete rescue plan:
First, Colonel Beckwith led the special operations team to secretly fly to Egypt, and then transferred to three C-130 transport aircraft to fly to an area called "Desert One" 180 kilometers southeast of Tehran.
This is a detection blind spot of the yl air defense radar group. Here, the transport plane landed and unloaded the special operations team members.
At the same time, eight rh-53d "Sea Stallion" large helicopters took off from the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier anchored in the Arabian Sea and headed to "Desert One" to join the special forces.
Then, the special forces took a helicopter and, under the guidance of the informant, arrived at "Desert No. 2", another hidden location on the outskirts of Tehran. The special forces would rest and recuperate here, check their equipment and ammunition, and wait until dark before taking action.
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When night fell, the special operations team quickly launched an attack on the embassy. The helicopter group was divided into two teams: one team acted together with the special operations team to provide air fire support; the other team was responsible for controlling a football field near the embassy and waiting there.
and picked up the hostages. Subsequently, the commandos and the hostages took a helicopter back to "Desert One", and then transferred to a C-130 transport aircraft to leave yl.
The entire plan was meticulous and detailed. Not only aircraft carriers were dispatched, but also 160 special aviation regiments were dispatched. It can be said that there are many elites.
In order to ensure that the operation was foolproof, Colonel Beckwith also proposed to send two tankers to the "Desert No. 1" area to refuel all helicopters there to ensure that the helicopters had sufficient fuel. In addition, due to the difficulty of this operation, there were many types of troops involved.
, Colonel Beckwith required high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and reconnaissance satellites to closely monitor the battlefield situation and notify the special operations team as soon as possible in case of emergencies to prevent unforeseen events.
The entire rescue operation was codenamed "Blue Light".
It should be said that the "Blue Light" operation is meticulous and meticulous. Helicopters can fly at ultra-low altitudes, avoid radar monitoring, and can land directly around the embassy, but their speed is not as fast as transport planes. So Colonel Beckwith asked the team members to take the transport plane into yl. The operation process
Transfer to a helicopter in the middle, and then use a transport plane to evacuate at the end, so that you can complement each other's advantages and save time.
In addition, using the anti-submarine type rh-53d instead of the transport type ch-53d is to paralyze the opponent. Because ch-53d generally does not appear on aircraft carriers.
If yl learned that a ch-53d took off from an aircraft carrier, they would probably be suspicious. But as the rh-53d is used for anti-submarine purposes, it is normal for it to take off and land from an aircraft carrier. In order to allow the rh-53d to perform this
For this mission, the US military made many improvements to it, dismantling its sonar and mine clearance devices, enlarging the cabin space, and installing auxiliary fuel tanks and a night flight system to facilitate missions at night.
At first glance, this plan sounds perfect!
However, there are no eggs!
In a word, all the big shots in the Takajiang family have forgotten one thing: Delta has always had bad luck.
On the evening of April 20, 1980, Colonel Beckwith summoned the special operations team and read out the order, and the rescue operation officially kicked off.
On the 24th, three transport planes and three tanker aircraft successfully landed on "Desert No. 1" at night.
After that, the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier anchored in the Persian Gulf immediately released 8 modified RH-53d helicopters and headed for "Desert One". The 8 helicopters were arranged in groups of two, maintaining a distance of 30 meters.
Flying at an ultra-low altitude to avoid radar surveillance and quietly sailing into the hinterland of yl.
At this time, in the desert, special operations team members with camouflage grease on their faces were unloading boxes of equipment and ammunition from the transport plane.
As long as the helicopter arrives on time, they can head for "Desert Two".
Unfortunately, they only waited for six of the helicopters after waiting for help. It turned out that not long after setting off, the helicopter formation encountered a sandstorm, and one of the helicopters returned due to propeller failure; after entering yl airspace, the navigator of another helicopter failed.
, could only rely on the navigation signal on the aircraft carrier to turn back and withdraw from the operation.
However, Colonel Beckwith was stubborn. Although there was a headwind at the beginning, he believed that the Eagle family's strength and equipment could still turn the tide, so he decided to use 4 aircraft to carry the special forces members and hostages, 1 aircraft to provide fire support, and 1 aircraft to transport the rest.
equipment and continue to perform subsequent tasks.
It's a pity that when the god of luck no longer cares about it, the special forces in Niubei will also have to chew the sand.
Just as the special operations team members were loading boxes of equipment and ammunition onto the helicopter and preparing to board the plane to continue the mission, the captain of the No. 2 helicopter reported to the operation commander, Colonel Beckwith: The oil pump was damaged and the aircraft began to leak oil!
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After hearing the bad news, Colonel Beckwith almost fainted on the spot. The five helicopters could not complete the mission anyway, and it seemed that the operation had to be suspended. He had no choice but to send a message to the Pentagon and request a suspension of the operation.
A few minutes later, the Pentagon called back and agreed. At this time, Colonel Beckwith had mixed feelings and could only board the plane with the Delta team members and retreat in embarrassment.
Do you think this is the end?
No!
If a person is really unlucky, he can even hurt his heel when he farts.
Colonel Beckwith, who was about to board the plane for evacuation, suddenly found that the helicopters in the formation that had just taken off were still unable to stabilize their attitude, and they staggered towards the transport plane of another family that was refueling it, as if they were drunk.
Before he could order the two planes to separate quickly over the radio, the two unlucky planes had already collided with each other and turned into two huge fireballs, hitting the ground hard.
The two planes quickly turned into blazing iron coffins. Five special forces members and three crew members were swallowed up by the fire, and five others were injured.
This cursed operation ultimately failed before it even started, becoming the most classic failure in the history of U.S. special operations, and of course, the most unlucky one.
But now in this real-life confrontation, the luck of the first class can be said to be lucky compared to that of the unlucky Delta team members back then. Mom opened the door to Lucky - Luck is here!
They are really a blind cat that bumped into a dead mouse.
The soldiers, including Li Zheng, did not know that the "Catfish" team thrown into this actual confrontation by their brigade commander was an elite transferred from the commando team of the Blood Wolf Brigade.
However, precisely because these people are elites, no one takes the commandos of the Menghu Brigade seriously.
How can a special operations brigade that has been established for less than a year be so impressive?
It's like a boxer who has been practicing professional fighting for more than 20 years goes to a competition and finds that his opponent is a junior brother who has only been training for a year. Anyone else can't help but look down upon him.
According to the estimates of the "Catfish" team, the Chu Ge team will swarm towards the target location from the beginning, use the fastest speed to rescue the VIP, and then take away the VIP as quickly as possible.
quick.
This is one of the essence and principles of special operations.
But it's not right all the time.
There happened to be a group of people who were this weird. After a bunch of people sat together and discussed it, they adopted a strategy of deliberately lagging behind and acting like an oriole.
And they happened to run after the rabbit when the "Catfish" team passed by, otherwise they would definitely be discovered by the "Catfish" soldiers.
In the encounter between the two sides, given the current fighting level of the squad, it was difficult for them to be a match for the "Catfish" squad, and they could only die and leave the field in defeat.
Look!
People who are favored by the God of Luck are so worthy of being lucky.
Team 1 has now truly become the oriole in this actual confrontation.
But the problem is, this oriole is not easy to play either.
Soon, Yiban found himself in a dilemma - food and water.
Originally, according to Hou Jun's idea, the three-day ration was cut into six parts. Anyway, if you were not in a hurry, you could still last for six days if you walked slowly.
But things are different now.
They focused on the "Catfish" squad.
The speed and flexibility of this small team traveling in the mountains surprised the first class.
Even if they just wanted to bite each other, they found it very difficult to do so.
And they didn't know one fatal thing - the "Catfish" detachment was not short of food and water. Each of them carried enough food and water, unlike a company of soldiers.
As a result, only three days had passed, and when the team gradually approached the target area, the worst situation occurred.
There was only the last portion of the food ration left, and there was almost no water left.
In order to keep an eye on the "Catfish" team, they didn't dare to spend time looking for food, so they could only eat whatever they saw in the mountains. After a few days, they were almost disabled.