The first group to engage in fierce battles with Soviet helicopters were our troops... The reason is that those who can use Stinger missiles are basically soldiers from our army's special agent company!
The stinger may sound mysterious or high-tech, but in fact, it is not as difficult to learn to use it as you might imagine... According to the standards of ordinary US military troops, to be qualified to use this weapon, you must
There must be 138 hours of study time!
Of course, this is for those recruits who have no experience in launching missiles... The troops of the special agent company naturally do not need such a long time, and they can almost master its use in one night of study!
However, this is not so simple for the Afghan guerrillas... I have also tried it, that is, I captured a few of Aled's men and asked them to follow them, but after learning, I either forgot to do it or the order.
If you do it backwards, you won’t be able to remember anything neatly.
The reason...I think it is no longer a question of education level at this time, but a question of whether you have mastered the knowledge of various weapons...The agents have even learned to shoot all kinds of equipment, including missiles.
There are several things, such as dragon style, blowpipe style...weapons and equipment
They often draw parallels, especially if they are both American-style equipment... Americans also hope that when their equipment is upgraded, it will be easier for soldiers to master and use it, so various types of portable missiles have commonalities in operation, which is very important for the agent company.
The warrior is a big advantage!
This puts the "Stinger" missiles basically in the hands of the agent company... Of course, I also know that the "Stinger" cannot be used intensively... Otherwise, the Soviet army will discover that we are the only unit.
Yes, but other troops have none in other directions... So they can choose to avoid our troops and attack other troops with confidence!
So I had to divide the fifty "stingers" into five parts, ten each... except for us. The other four parts were allocated to the troops stationed at the mountain pass... If the remnants of the Soviet army wanted
After rushing out of the mountain pass, the helicopters will definitely cooperate to attack the mountain pass, and then the stinger will be able to work!
As for our troops... we did not station ourselves at the mountain pass, but plunged straight into the valley like a sharp knife, completely eliminating the defenseless Soviet troops who were swept away by the avalanche!
This also made us very conspicuous... There were several helicopters hovering in the sky above the disintegrated Soviet troops. On the one hand, their role was to conduct reconnaissance, and on the other hand, they provided fire cover when the enemy attacked.
effect.
So they quickly discovered our troops and roared towards us...
"Get ready to fight!" Following my order, several soldiers carrying "Stinger" missiles quickly seized the favorable terrain and prepared for launch.
Flying towards us were one Mi-24 and three Mi-8s... This kind of combination of aircraft is generally used to rescue infantry or the wounded. The Mi-24 is used for aerial reconnaissance and fire cover, and the Mi-8 lands to attack the infantry.
To carry out the rescue, three Mi-8s can just carry one company... But it is obvious that they want to get rid of us first before carrying out their mission!
If this had happened before... the firepower of the four helicopters was indeed enough to scatter our infantry of more than a hundred people... The helicopters were filled with rockets, missiles and heavy machine guns... There was a condescending chaos.
Come on, what do more than a hundred people count?
But now it's another story...
The four helicopters quickly divided into two directions and launched a pincer attack on our left and right sides... This is a very common tactic used by helicopters against infantry, and the reason is similar to the purpose of forming crossfire... If we only attack from one direction
If so, then the target only needs to cover in one direction, which will create many blind spots for firepower.
But if the helicopter is divided into two parts...and attacks the infantry on the ground from two different directions at the same time...then the infantry will face such a problem. If they can hide here, they can't hide there. Sometimes they even endanger themselves.
Show your back to the enemy!
However, at this time, we were not worried at all...
To be honest... I still have some worries. What if the "Stinger" missile is not as good as I thought? What if the soldiers in the agent company are all novices and cannot shoot accurately? Then we have no cover at all.
... Just wait to be tortured by a helicopter!
As for the Soviet helicopters... they didn't even know that we were equipped with the "Stinger", so they continued to rush towards us as arrogantly as before!
The helicopter quickly entered the range of the Stinger... but I did not order the launch because I knew that if the distance was too far... it would mean that the hit rate would also decrease. Now the "Stinger" in our hands is only
There are only ten of them...so I have to keep them close before hitting them!
It wasn't until the helicopter flew about one kilometer above our army... that I loudly gave the order to launch!
At this time, it is necessary to fight... because this distance is usually the distance from which Soviet helicopters launch attacks. Although the weapons on Soviet helicopters have a range of two, three kilometers or even further, they usually use it in order to increase the hit rate.
Shooting at close range... It is easy to understand this point. On the one hand, it is because our army does not have air defense equipment. They can safely get closer and then attack. On the other hand, it is not easy for the Soviet army to supply. This objective factor also requires them to
Save ammo!
With a few "swish..." sounds, the four missiles flew towards their respective targets with four tails...
At this time, the Soviet pilots showed their high quality again... They discovered these missiles flying towards them at the first time. Perhaps because of their fighting habits, they quickly made a curve
Evasive action... It is quite good to have such a fast reaction, because the "Stinger" can fly at a speed of 660 meters per second, which means it takes less than two seconds to hit this kilometer!
But I think they may think that these are just a few "blowpipe" missiles, so the evasive actions are not complicated... "Blowpipe type"... Can a manually operated missile be as flexible as a helicopter? This has to be criticized
If you get hit, you can only blame yourself for not being good enough!
But they soon discovered that they were wrong... because the "Stinger" missile followed their changes very flexibly and turned a corner in the air. Then it exploded on the helicopter fuselage accurately...