In the night, the MI-8 Hippo helicopter was like a giant bird, flying at a low altitude of 30 meters above the sea.
The reason for flying close to the sea was to avoid the military radar of the Kingdom of Comoros.
For a less developed military system like Comoro, it is difficult for them to detect helicopters flying close to the sea.
Under the wide and fat belly of the Hippo helicopter, there is a dark thing strapped to it that looks like a rubber pad.
Qin Fei, Lao Yu and others were sitting in the cabin, looking down at the dark sea outside.
In fact, Qin Fei likes this feeling very much.
In the rare tranquility before the battle, the sound of propellers cutting through the air could be vaguely heard through the noise-cancelling headphones in my ears. When I turned my head, I could see the six team members except myself in the cabin.
Everyone in the cabin is fully armed, wearing CP all-terrain camouflage, black and green camouflage paint on their faces, and MICH 2000 helmets with cuttlefish rails on them, and AN/PVS has been installed on the rails.
-15 night vision goggles.
This is simply a standard special forces team.
In fact, Qin Fei is dissatisfied with many equipments. For example, the most dissatisfied is the night vision device.
After all, the AN/PVS-15 night vision device is only the standard night vision equipment for the Rangers and Marines. The really useful models are the AN/PVS-23 and AN/PVS-21, but they are just that.
It was really difficult to get. They were all used by the Eagle Delta Special Forces and the like, and the control was very strict. Qin Fei asked Victor to help him buy some, but Victor never found it.
"Ten minutes left!"
The Russian pilot suddenly turned around from the driver's seat, shouted loudly at Qin Fei, and slapped him twice.
"Everyone get up! Get ready. We will arrive at the predetermined sea area in ten minutes and start releasing the rubber boats immediately!" Qin Fei vomited a guess: "Go to the right and join the chief engineer. Lao Yu and I are in charge here.
"
Two groups of people each occupied one side of the cabin, opened the cabin door, and grabbed the handles of a winch on the left and right sides of the cabin door.
"Ready, start!"
Qin Fei gave an order and the four people turned the winch at the same time.
The dark rubber pad originally tied under the belly of the aircraft began to slowly loosen and then slowly hung down.
This is a rubber boat that can accommodate 8-10 people, and is equipped with a two-stroke 1140CC, 85KW, high-power YAMAHA engine with a speed of 5500 rpm installed at the stern.
As the wire rope was slowly lowered, the rubber boat sank about seven meters from the belly of the aircraft, and the winch had reached its end.
"OK!"
the chief engineer shouted.
Qin Fei raised his hand and looked at his watch. More than eight minutes had passed.
The MI-8 Hippo helicopter began to slow down, finally hovered on the sea and began to slowly descend.
As we get closer to the sea surface, the airflow reaction generated by the propeller will be quite large. A huge white circle will be blown out of the sea surface, and the sea water will be rolled up more than one meter high, and the water mist will be shrouded.
The chief engineer stood by the cabin, holding on to the safety handrail, looking down at the sea, and staring nervously at the rubber boat.
"A little further..."
"5 meters..."
"4 meters..."
"3 meters...good!"
He turned back sharply, raised his fist, and signaled the helicopter pilot to stop descending immediately.
At this moment, the plane was only ten meters above the sea.
The chief engineer returned to the winch position and shouted to Qin Fei: "I call for release, let's release it together!"
"OK!" Qin Fei nodded and made an OK gesture to the foreman, telling him that everything was ready.
"One, two, three, let go!"
As soon as the machinist said "release", the four people pulled the release handle at the same time.
The tight wire rope on the winch suddenly relaxed, and the button on the nylon rope that was originally connected to the side of the rubber boat came off. The entire rubber boat fell into the sea, creating a huge splash.
Qin Fei lowered his head and glanced at the rubber boat on the sea and found that it was in good condition. This method of releasing the rubber boat is a mode used by special forces during operations, but the key is that when you release the rubber boat, it must be at a certain height.
Just right.
If it is too high, it will capsize the boat; if it is too low, it will cause danger to the helicopter, and it can easily get involved in the airflow and cause a crash.
The most terrible thing is that the waves and water caused by the tide of the sea are very fast, and the rubber boat will be washed away to other places quickly, so it must be fast enough.
"Quick, quick! Get down quickly!"
The chief engineer was sweating. He knew that in such a dark night, a huge helicopter like the MI-8 should not hover on the sea for too long. Because the temperature is high during the day and the thermal air rises at night, there will often be inexplicable waves on the sea surface.
Air currents and strong winds can easily cause the helicopter to lose balance and fall into the sea.
Qin Fei took the lead and walked to the cabin, grabbed the rappel rope, grabbed the rope with his hands wearing downhill gloves, and disappeared outside the cabin with a whoosh.
Then came Lao Yu, then Eric...
A group of people finally fell into the rubber boat without any danger.
The MI-8 Hippo helicopter gently tapped its nose in the air, made a huge roar, flew into the distance, and quickly disappeared on the sea.
Qin Fei sat in the rubber boat and said to Lao Yu: "Old Yu, you turn on the GPS and control the rubber boat to move forward. Eric, the crosshair, you are responsible for the front defense, Polar Bear, you are responsible for the rear, Zhao Xin, Kunchai,
You two, one on the left and one on the right."
After issuing a series of orders, the old fish jerked the ignition cord of the YAMAHA engine once, and soon a white serang rolled up from the stern, a buzzer sounded, and the propeller began to rotate crazily.
The speedboat advanced rapidly in the sea, heading towards Tanna Island.
Qin Fei turned on the GPS and checked the location.
There are still 5 nautical miles away from Tana Island. In order to prevent the helicopter from getting too close to the coastline and being discovered by the enemy, Qin Fei can only choose to use a rubber boat to sneak into Tana Island.
"There are still 5 nautical miles. We will be there soon. Everyone, please remember not to open anything with light, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"Got it, boss."
"Boss, I understand!"
…
Qin Fei took out his satellite phone and dialed the ghost's number.
"We are about 5 nautical miles northeast of Tanna Island. Where are you, Ghost?"
Ghost quickly answered the phone: "My people and I are at the landing point we agreed on before. It is very safe now. It is surrounded by a desolate beach and a mangrove forest more than 100 meters wide. You can
The boat stopped in the mangroves and then found me through the agreed coordinates."
"OK, we will be there soon!" Qin Fei said: "I suggest that your communication be connected to our communication platform to facilitate our communication."
"No problem, what is your frequency?"
"Now adjust your radio frequency band to 261.5MHZ, access identification code: X3G8."
"no problem."
The ghost cut off the communication.
Qin Fei squatted quietly in the rubber boat, waiting for the ghostly voice to appear in the headphones.
"Test test!" the ghost's voice came a minute later.
"It's very clear, no problem." Qin Fei immediately responded: "The communication is good, I can hear your voice."
"That's good. Let's keep silent for now. I wish you a safe journey. We'll wait for you at the beach."