Second Lieutenant Hashem leaned against the seat cushion in the cabin, feeling the huge noise of the two high-horsepower turboshaft engines and reduction gearboxes above his head. His attention was focused on the man wearing a strange helmet in front of him, and curiosity drove him
Want to know the other person’s true identity.
Zhou Qingfeng was going to Palmyra, and Major Valena arranged a guide, or liaison, for him. Otherwise, the Syrian government troops stationed in Palmyra would not know him and would even attack him.
In order to protect Zhou Qingfeng's safety, or to run errands for him, two Syrian soldiers wearing T-45B powered armor were assigned to his command. Because he was officially a non-staff member of the Rabbit Assistance Syria Military Advisory Group.
.Yes, this advisory group is real.
One of the pillars of the current Syrian government forces is President Assad's personal guard, which is fully armored and uniformly equipped with T-45Bs made by Rabbit.
Relying on the outstanding performance of the T-45B, the Presidential Guard gained a lot of experience points on the battlefield with its crushing equipment advantage. This unit is one of the few Syrian elites who can maintain morale and have the desire to attack.
As a member of the Guard, Second Lieutenant Hashim is not an uneducated country bumpkin. Unlike the previous Colonel Kassin, who was a vegetarian, he has seen some actual combat videos given by the Russian side during training.
In addition to the classic battle of the 'Thunder' team attacking Raqqa, there is also a video taken by Major Valena - Zhou Qingfeng blew up the 'Black Hawk' helicopter with one punch in the 'Pandora' laboratory.
Second Lieutenant Hashem was not sure whether the man in front of him was the ruthless character who attacked the 'Pandora' laboratory, but there was no doubt that the mechanical exoskeleton should be the same - this kind of power armor without much protection had never been seen by the outside world.
The most beloved thing about the T-45 series is its strong armor, which can ignore fragments of small and medium-caliber projectiles and small grenades. This ability makes it a pioneer on the battlefield. But the unarmored equipment in front of you always looks unsafe.
Sense - How to fight without armor?
Second Lieutenant Hashim was still assessing secretly, and the helicopter pilot's voice sounded in the noisy cabin, "We are almost there, we will land in a few minutes. I wish you the best for the rest of your journey, oh... hell!"
Amid the pilot's exclamation, the body of the Mi-8 helicopter shook violently. Second Lieutenant Hashem and two other armored soldiers who were sitting peacefully fell down like rolling balls.
Only Zhou Qingfeng, who had been lying on the seat with his eyes closed and pretending to sleep, suddenly jumped up, grabbed the bulge in the cabin and asked: "What happened?"
The pilot's shrill voice suddenly sounded, "There are missiles."
On the ground, both 'Hussein' and Duke cheered together. When the helicopter appeared, it was still about ten kilometers away. By the time they urgently contacted the British BBC and sold the live broadcast rights, the helicopter had already approached three kilometers away.
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At this moment, the low-flying Mi-8 helicopter was preparing to land. The Syrian rebels ambushing behind the soil bag used Stinger missiles to lock it firmly.
With a whooshing sound, the rocket engine pushed the missile out of the launch tube, and the flames accelerated the missile body to twice the speed of sound and hit the Mi-8 about three kilometers away. According to this distance, it would take less than five seconds from launch to hit.
Oh oh...!
In order to maximize profits, the BBC, which sells news, has carried out live broadcasts. The scene of the Mi-8 attack was sent to hundreds of millions of viewers through the BBC's global news network.
The news host even publicly claimed that this was an unexpected incident - a Russian Mi-8 stationed in Syria was about to be attacked.
It is about to be attacked, which means that this is not news that has already had results, but an event that is happening.
The British, French, Germans, Russians, Americans, all the audiences around the world were immediately attracted by this stunt. Because no one knows what they will see later, but in fact everyone can guess it -
—In the event of an ambush, the Mi-8 will be doomed!
Others were just watching the news, but when the news reached the ears of Russians, it was a disaster. When "Russia Today" also started to broadcast the BBC news, the hosts of several of their channels exclaimed.
Especially the beautiful host of the Russian channel was stunned by the news and was almost incoherent. She looked at the broadcast screen at a loss and asked loudly to the director next to her: "What do you mean? The Russian helicopter is about to be shot down.
And we can only watch?"
This is so cruel!
Watching your own soldiers dying on TV is like stabbing the Russians in the heart.
While other media outlets were watching the joke, the live broadcast room and editing room of Russia Today were in chaos. Everyone was trying to find ways to contact the helicopter on the front line, trying to change its fate of being shot down.
But this is too difficult!
The editor-in-chief of Russia Today scratched his head in the big office and shouted, "Think of a way quickly, we must find a way to save the young man on the helicopter. Otherwise we will be scolded by all Russians."
What can you do? Contact the Russian Ministry of Defense!
This is useful. By the time the Ministry of National Defense got through, the day lilies were already cold.
Contact the Russian military base in Syria? Communication cannot be connected, and the front line is not accessible to you if you want to.
Notify the helicopter that is about to be shot down? This is even more impossible!
Seeing a Stinger missile rising into the sky on the screen, countless Russians were screaming and shouting - No...!
It only takes five seconds from launch to hit.
The Mi-8 is a bulky transport helicopter. It cannot avoid the attack of the "Stinger" at all. And as long as it hits, everyone on the helicopter will fall to death!
It only took a minute or two from the start of the broadcast to the launch of the missile. When the missile took off, the Mi-8 on the screen immediately began to tilt its fuselage to maneuver for avoidance, and at the same time, infrared decoys flew out.
Everyone is applauding the pilot of this Mi-8, which shows that he is very skilled and alert. But life or death depends on the next five seconds, or even less than five seconds.
Countless Russians stood up and stared at the screens in front of them. They clenched their fists and shouted excitedly: "Well done, kid. Avoid it, avoid it, you must avoid it."
There are also countless people who are hostile to Russia shouting in front of the screen, "Hahaha..., it can't escape, it's finished, it's going to be shot down."
The 'Stinger' infrared staring warhead has a strong anti-interference ability, and it completely ignores the infrared decoys flying out of the aircraft body. The missile's flight trajectory deflects slightly and continues to stare at the Mi-8 which is clumsily dodging.
There was no way to avoid it, really there was no way to avoid it. Some people were wailing, some were cheering, and it all happened in just five seconds.
Just when Hussein and Duke were cheering for having captured the valuable news, just when the rebels in ambush were shouting for killing a Russian Mi-8 helicopter, just as the Russians were mourning
When our own soldiers are about to die, just as countless spectators are waiting for the moment when the helicopter crashes...
The side window of the Mi-8 that was avoiding the missile was suddenly smashed with a punch, and a powerful laser shot out from the inside, directly hitting the incoming Stinger missile!