"Boom..." followed by several explosions, three out of four hits...
To be precise, it should be four out of four hits... But because two missiles hit the same helicopter... The advantage of the "Stinger" missile is that it will automatically track, that is, it will be ignored after being fired, instead of like
The blowpipe type still requires manual operation...
The benefits of "fire and forget" are self-evident... After shooting a missile, the shooter can hide without restraint, move or even use another missile to continue fighting (less than 10 seconds)... This is very important on the battlefield.
This greatly increases the shooter's safety and the "Stinger"'s ability to fight helicopters. Simply put... as long as there are enough "Stinger" missiles, a shooter can often deal with several aircraft with much stronger firepower than himself.
helicopter.
But this launch mode is not without its shortcomings... that is, it is easy to miss the target or be interfered with, such as now... because the two helicopters in the air are close to each other when making evasive maneuvers, or because the first one
When the missile hit the helicopter, it produced a large amount of infrared rays, which directly attracted another missile to the same helicopter... So there was a situation where two missiles hit the same helicopter.
In an instant, the helicopter that was hit exploded into a large ball of fireball and black smoke... then the two Mi-8s fell down from the sky like kites with their strings broken, and another ball of fire burst out, and
The Mi-24 staggered in the air for a while with a harsh whistling sound like a drunkard, and finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground.
From the way they crashed... we can also see the gap in defense between these two types of helicopters... The Mi-24 is indeed an armed helicopter... Even if it is hit by a missile, it can still maintain some balance, even if it falls
There was no explosion when it reached the ground...but I think the pilots there were in trouble. Even if they were lucky enough not to fall to death...it would be difficult to escape the guerrillas!
The remaining Miba was frightened when he saw this situation... he immediately turned around and left!
"Batalion Commander!" Scar asked from the side: "Do you want to shoot it down too?"
"No!" I replied: "It's okay to escape with one... He will report the information about our new missiles to his superiors. In other words, he will help us promote it for free..."
"Yes!" Scar responded.
Actually... part of the reason why I didn't shoot it down was that there weren't many missiles. I had to use them sparingly... otherwise, I'd rather the Soviets didn't know about the new missiles we were equipped with, so they would send more missiles.
The better if the helicopter comes!
But for now... we'll try to be as low-key as possible!
"All of them!" The next second I shouted loudly: "Recover the lost ground and clear the valley... charge!"
"Charge!" the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time shouted, holding various rifles and rushing towards the Soviet troops who were scattered in the valley by the avalanche...
The total number of surviving Soviet troops in the valley is still quite a lot...it looks like there are at least two companies. This may be because Valley No. 07 is in the middle of the valley and is usually used as the residence of our soldiers.
It was also the battalion headquarters... so the Soviet army sent a large number of troops to search this valley!
Needless to say, its purpose... is to completely eradicate our power from the Xigeo Valley!
However... although there are many of them, they are piled here and there... Even if they saw us approaching them before, they were indifferent... Because it is daytime, they believe that the helicopter is fully capable of breaking up this troop approaching them!
But the situation took a turn for the worse... The helicopter formation was defeated in the blink of an eye. When they realized something was wrong and wanted to organize a defense, it was already too late...
The first thing to start the fight was the mortar troops we brought... Of course, most of the mortars brought by our mortar troops were light mortars that were easy to maneuver. They had already found an advantage when we were fighting the helicopters.
The terrain and coordinates were calculated, which came into play when we launched the charge!
You must know that these are the gunners of the Japanese Army. They are all selected from the best who have experienced hundreds of battles... So they gave the Soviet army a disincentive as soon as the battle started. The first batch of their attacks were the Soviet army's hastily set up
Machine gun positions and mortars... These things are always very lethal to infantry... It's just that the Soviet army in the valley doesn't have much heavy equipment like this left. The Soviet army is accustomed to using
Armored vehicles transport heavy weapons and artillery shells... With things like armored vehicles doing labor, few people would be stupid enough to use manpower to lift them, and armored vehicles were buried in the snow in the avalanche just now...
...People can hide in air raid shelters, but armored vehicles cannot hide in them!
As a result, our army's mortars had not even fired two rounds. They had finished destroying their few heavy equipment, and then quickly turned to the infantry who hurriedly organized a defense line... The shells seemed to have eyes.
.One round after another, they drilled into the pile of Soviet soldiers, only to make those Soviet soldiers scream and fly into the sky one by one... The originally very fragile defense line was quickly blown into a mess.
Then came the charge of our special agent companies...
It can be said that the equipment in our hands is no worse than that of the Soviet army...even better than that of the Soviet army. At this time, the AK74 has not yet been fully equipped with the Soviet army. This is mainly because the number of Soviet infantry is too large, so there are still quite a few
Some infantrymen use AK47, but we all use AK74...
The most important thing is that we still have mortar fire cover, so the mortars blast all the way in front... After blowing up the Soviet army, we follow all the way behind... When we get close, we throw a row of grenades at them.
The escaping Soviet troops were swept to the ground one by one in the smoke!
Among them, there are indeed one or two helicopters observing us from a distance...occasionally they will shoot a string of bullets or fire a few rockets at us...but in fact everyone knows that this is just for show. On the one hand,
Because the distance is too far... at least a few kilometers, you can't even tell the enemy from us at this distance! On the other hand, the enemy and we are actually mixed together. Who are these piles of bullets and rockets hitting...
I'm afraid they don't even know it themselves!
But it actually makes sense for them to fire guns and artillery like this... On the one hand, it can comfort themselves. The enemy has advanced surface-to-air missiles, and we dare not get close... We can only watch our comrades being slaughtered by the enemy.
, you can’t just do nothing! Shoot a few shots and shoot a few rounds... it will make you feel better psychologically!
On the other hand... they can also give some comfort to their comrades by firing guns like this: don't worry... our air power is still there, still covering you... just keep fighting!
Although this comfort is just an illusion...and in fact it has no effect, it is better than nothing!
As a result, the defense line that the Soviet army had barely established quickly collapsed. No matter how well-trained the paratroopers were, they could not hold on in this situation without fire cover or fortifications... After ten minutes, the entire Soviet army began to
Retreat toward the mountain pass like a tide!
Their idea of retreating toward the mountain pass is of course right. The mountain pass is a dangerous place. As long as they occupy the mountain pass, they can defend it. Then they can temporarily stabilize their position there or organize a retreat... And in fact, this valley
There are mountainous areas on both sides, and fighting in mountainous areas is not what they are good at, so they can only retreat towards the mountain pass!
But unfortunately... when they ran to the mountain pass, they were awakened by a row of bullets fired head-on... It turned out that the mountain pass had long been occupied by the enemy, and they had been surrounded by the enemy!
In this case...the Soviet troops could only raise their hands and give up resistance one by one. They knew very well what would happen if they continued to resist without the cover of air power...
So the battle in our section of Valley No. 7 ended quickly... This was due to the strong combat effectiveness of the squadron and the close and effective cooperation between the mortar unit and the infantry unit.
The battle in the valleys in other directions was not so smooth... This can be seen from the constant gunshots and artillery sounds from everywhere... I believe this is because the Soviet troops in some valleys organized effective resistance and
The guerrillas entered a stalemate, and I even found helicopters in some valleys constantly rising and falling. It was obvious that they were transporting Soviet infantry out...
We really have no control over this... The range of the "Stinger" missile is indeed very long, almost five kilometers... But the problem is that the hit rate will be greatly reduced at such a long range, and the missiles in our hands
The number is also very limited, and the valley is winding... there are many places where missiles have blind spots, so the Soviet army will always find some safe places to transport the besieged infantry!
But I believe...from the perspective of the entire battle situation, we are already sure of victory:
On the one hand, it is because the Soviet army was already retreating at this time...the Soviet army's strategic purpose of occupying the valley has been ruined, and we not only held the valley again, but also turned defeat into victory and inflicted heavy casualties on the Soviet army!
On the other hand...Alder's armored forces were also put into use at this time!
Originally we thought that the armored forces had no use...but now suddenly the situation has reversed: the "Stinger" missiles can effectively suppress the Soviet air power, and the armored forces are very suitable for use on the flat ground in the valley.
They could maneuver and fight within a few kilometers, while most of the Soviet armored units were buried due to avalanches...
As a result, the Afghan guerrillas have never fought so smoothly. For the first time, they faced the Soviet army with superior equipment. They only defeated those Soviet troops who had no time to withdraw, and they were bleeding like rivers and defeated! (To be continued.