Day Five Hundred and Eighty-Three - Wild Horse Trial Festival
The reason why Lin Mo put so much effort into the modification was mainly to save money and make it easy to maintain. He used the cash he earned from doing odd jobs to apply the "Monster" that was nearly 70% completed.
Such an improvement is at least much cheaper than spending five million dollars to buy an original replica of the "Mustang", and a fully armed A-29 "Super Tucano" must be at least one year closer.
Ten million dollars.
If he had this spare money, Lin Mo might as well buy a Ba Ye to play with himself. A brand new J-8 bare metal only costs US$8 million.
Regarding the "Monster" parked in the corner and almost completed, the crew leader Pan seemed to have been dreaming.
He witnessed with his own eyes that this dream-class fighter was put together bit by bit day by day. It was unimaginable that it could be assembled in the hangar by just one person.
If he hadn't known that in the aviation industry, it is easy to customize aircraft production but difficult to mass produce, Lao Pan might have concluded that domestic aircraft manufacturers are incompetent.
The "Mustang" is still the same "Mustang", at least in terms of appearance, you can't see too many changes.
The inside of the machine body is already completely different from the original version.
The original old parts were all eaten up by the gold-type dragon as a reward and used as a midnight snack.
The main reason why this giant dragon works so hard is that in addition to having to rely on Lin Mo to survive in this world, its other relationship with Lin Mo is the employment system, which is no longer a contract system witnessed by the gods.
The unruly temperament of the giant metal dragon can be tolerated reluctantly.
After some improvements by replacing old bottles with new wine, the combat performance of this new "Mustang" has unknowingly surpassed the official improved version of the P-51 "Mustang" that was mothballed in 1986, the PA-48 "Enforcer" attack aircraft.
Perhaps it was to give Lin Mo more time to modify his P-51 "Mustang". It was not until he completed the modification work that the "Dark Night" Special Service Group assigned him the latest combat mission.
This made Lin Mo feel very sad. Compared with the helicopter team of the air crew, although every mission he took was a tough nut to crack, he was the idle person in "Dark Night" who had the most business time, almost only a few days.
When on a mission, nearly half of them are out sightseeing.
The combat mission transferred from the staff group this time is not the business of the "Dark Night" special service brigade's own area.
The special service team in charge of Mongolia and Russia in the area next door received an overseas mission. They sent out reconnaissance personnel to take a look and found that this armed organization with less than 200 people was actually equipped with two French SA342 "Antelope" armed helicopters. This was not an ordinary
It is a civilian helicopter modified privately by a small organization and a small force, but it is a real military helicopter.
This discovery shocked the scouts. They then carried out careful reconnaissance, during which several near misses occurred, but the actual situation was successfully transmitted back.
Being able to equip two military armed helicopters, the weapons and equipment of this armed individual soldier are naturally not much different. The level of sophistication is even inferior to that of the conventional combat forces of China and Russia, and even the advanced weapons dedicated to the special forces of various countries.
Have the same.
This is far beyond what those low-ranking little bandits can compare to. No wonder the superiors will divide it into a special service brigade to be responsible for solving it. Ordinary special forces, even the Ramboga Terminator, may not be able to solve this armed force.
After exchanging information with the national intelligence network, some background information on this armed organization began to emerge.
It is an international mercenary with rich combat experience who has been traveling in Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and other countries all year round.
It specializes in illegal activities such as drugs, arms, smuggling, and human trafficking. Most of the members of the organization are desperadoes, speculators, and retired soldiers. Their backgrounds are very complicated, and they are intertwined and involve other forces.
The weapons and equipment owned by the opponent have brought a lot of trouble to the special service team in the area next to "Dark Night". If you want to take advantage of the opponent, you will probably have to pay a high price.
When the results of combat reasoning and evaluation by the staff department do not hold an absolute advantage, combat commanders are absolutely reluctant to let the soldiers of the special service brigade sacrifice in vain.
Compared with the fighting methods of conventional combat forces in the past, the fighting methods of various special service groups that enjoy the best and most advanced war resources in the country are similar to the U.S. military that loves to use superior firepower to suppress. They are not stingy in the war equipment and fire support, and can
Never use artillery when using missiles; never use machine guns if you can use artillery.
No matter how hard the bones are, you have to crack them. The special service brigade is specially designed to crack bones. Once the superiors give orders, there is no reason to back down.
In order to ensure the absolute advantage in firepower output and reduce the casualties of ground troops, after internal deployment by the military's top brass, the air support task for this overseas operation fell on Lin Mo.
Due to the combat radius, pilots do not need to stick to their own areas like ground troops.
In particular, the dispatch of powerful pilots from remote areas has the advantage of unexpected concealment and suddenness. The regular troops of the Air Force also often move around to deceive foreign spies.
Lin Mo has long been accustomed to this kind of cross-regional soy sauce task.
As far as the range of a fighter jet is concerned, it's just one round-trip mission a day at best. You can still go back to the "Dark Night" base at night to take a shower and have a good night's sleep.
In this long-distance mission, Lin Mo did not use the fourth-generation Semi-J-18 "Red Eagle" fighter jet given to him by Shen Fei, but took to the skies in the newly modified "Mustang".
Only combatants have the final say in how to choose weapons.
Lao Pan and Captain Feng of the air crew had no objections to the task list filled in by Lin Mo and gave the green light all the way.
After loading two auxiliary fuel tanks, the range of the "Mustang" is not inferior to that of large civil aviation aircraft.
"Code name 'Mustang'! Altitude 3,000 meters, entering the temporary L56004x12 channel."
Lin Mo held the joystick and confirmed his position to the air traffic control bureau through the radio channel. He applied for and received a unique communication encryption key for the "Mustang" airborne communication radio, and was allowed to connect to the military's encrypted communication channel.
"Confirm the position of the 'Mustang'! Note that the sunset has begun now, and you will be close to the border in an hour. Note: Your signal is really obvious. It is a special model."
Today's radar systems can not only identify the location of targets, but can even automatically scan the model and specifications of aircraft. Radar soldiers expressed great surprise at the aircraft identified by the system.
Such an ancient aircraft can still fly in the sky. Shouldn't the most appropriate place for this thing be in a museum?
"Collection!"
This was not the first time that Lin Mo had fooled the radar soldiers. Just like when Lin Mo flew this fighter jet back to China for the first time, the radar soldiers in southwest China thought it was a World War II fighter jet that had traveled through time.
Although Lin Mo's "Mustang" does not belong to the military's official combat order, as soon as the modification was completed, the staff team automatically included it in the "Dark Night" air crew establishment.
Although its origin is a bit surprising, it still cannot change the fact that it is a fighter jet.
Even if the "Super Tucano" built with modern technology meets the "Mustang", it may not be able to get a good outcome.
For fighter jets, small-scale ground combat is nothing more than a reckless act of strafing and throwing bombs. A slightly more intelligent way of fighting is to place an air-to-surface missile from a distance, then circle around half a circle to observe the results, then pat your butt and turn around.
Even an ordinary pilot can do a good job returning home.
Face-to-face bayonet fighting with the enemy can only occur when fighting the same opponent. Under normal circumstances, the air force has an innate suppression advantage over the army.
After the special service brigade in the next area confirmed that Lin Mo's fighter jets had entered the battle queue, they immediately sent out ground troops in helicopters. After arriving at the designated assembly point, they would launch an attack within seventy-two hours.
After leaving the national border, Lin Mo controlled the "Mustang" and immediately lowered its flight altitude, entered the blind spot of the ground radar, and flew to the designated location at an altitude of less than 20 meters above the ground.
For overseas missions, it’s okay for a single aircraft to cross the border without warning occasionally. If you want to cross the border in a large formation, you must obtain official authorization and approval, otherwise you will be intercepted and blocked.
The P-51 "Mustang" has excellent endurance. It flew directly to the agreed rendezvous point without any stop in the middle. I am afraid that the other party did not expect that the fighter jets that came to support could actually assemble with them. This would be more conducive to the battle.
The front ditch can be used, and the corresponding combat plan can be more perfect.
The tactical helmet of the "Dragon Guard" has been switched to night vision mode, and a small electronic pod mounted under the belly of the aircraft scans the terrain ahead once per second.
Under the cover of night, ultra-low-altitude flying is full of dangers. If you are not careful, you will hit the ground and the aircraft will be destroyed and everyone will die.
But Lin Mo still controlled the fighter steadily, without even using the light mirror technique, and flexibly avoided the hills, boulders and trees on the ground, keeping the speed of the aircraft unchanged.
Lin Mo was above the designated assembly coordinates and saw the flashing signal lights below, with more than a dozen bright military flashlights arranged to look like a runway.
The location here was retrieved from the satellite map. This is a grassland. The propeller fighter's adaptability to the landing site was enough for Lin Mo to meet the operators face to face.
After arriving at the scene, Lin Mo realized that this task was definitely as simple as it seemed.
This is not a battle of annihilation, but a hostage rescue.
It was a bit different from what Lin Mo had originally thought. The operation requirements for air support were more precise, and they couldn't even fire randomly, otherwise even the hostages would be stewed in one pot, and the entire mission would be in vain.
The superior's decision to recruit troops may point to him, perhaps because Lin Mo also has the title of "aerial sniper". To deal with this kind of battle, precise ground strikes can perfectly cooperate with ground troops. (Unfinished)