On the simply constructed defensive position, an Airan Hill soldier pulled out a smoking stick from the pocket near his shoulder, pulled it open hard and let out dazzling yellow smoke.
He threw the smoking stick not far in front of him, and then immediately retracted his head.
At the same time, dozens of soldiers on the human defensive position threw this kind of mark directly in front of them, clearly marking the approximate location of the current defensive position.
These smoke sticks can be seen very clearly in the sky. In this way, those air force attack aircraft, especially jet attack aircraft, will not accidentally damage the areas controlled by one's own side.
At this time, Yilan Raymond, who had already dived, pulled his trigger facing the obvious phalanx of the demon troops.
The A-10 attack aircraft, codenamed Thunder, is generally a super ground attack aircraft designed and manufactured around the famous GAU-8 Avenger cannon.
The design idea at that time was to use the powerful gau-8 Avenger cannon to destroy all types of ground targets, and the so-called bombs and missiles were just filling in the initial design of the A-10 attack aircraft.
On the other hand, the GAU-8 Avenger cannon was originally a parallel project of the A-X program that was designed for the A-10 attack aircraft. The performance requirements for the cannon were announced in 1970, and the specific plan was competed by General Electric and Philco Ford.
design.
The two prototypes of the a-x program, the ya-10 and the Northrop ya-9, were originally prepared to install this weapon. However, the gau-8 had not been completed when the prototype development began, so the m61 Vulcan cannon was used as a temporary replacement. After completion
Finally, the GAU-8 full system (the precise name is the A/A 49e-6 artillery system) accounts for about 16% of the net weight of the A-10 attack aircraft.
It can be said responsibly that a-10 and gau-8 were the product of mutual accommodation and final compromise.
Therefore, the structure of the A-10 attack aircraft is quite special: the Avenger cannon is installed slightly to the left of the central axis of the fuselage, and its landing gear is slightly to the right. This ensures that the barrel that actually fires when the cannon is in operation is at
on the aircraft's central axis.
The total weight of the GAU-8 is 280 kilograms, and after including the bomb loading system and drum drum, the weight reaches 1,828 kilograms, nearly two tons, all stacked on a cannon. This has never happened before.
The distance from the muzzle to the end of the ammunition system is 5.931 meters. The drum diameter is 88 centimeters and the total length is 1.82 meters. The magazine can be filled with 1,174 rounds at a time, but usually only 1,150 rounds are filled.
When firing incendiary armor-piercing projectiles, the gun's muzzle velocity can reach 990 meters per second, which is almost the same as the lighter 20 mm caliber shell of the M61 Vulcan cannon.
In order to obtain the best armor-piercing effect, the standard ammunition arrangement of GAU-8 is to combine the PGU-14/B incendiary armor-piercing projectile with a warhead of approximately 425 grams and the PGU-13/B high-definition projectile with a warhead of approximately 360 grams in a 4:1 ratio.
A mixture of explosive incendiary bombs (hei).
The warhead of the PGU-14/B is embedded in a lightweight aluminum alloy shell, which is wrapped with a smaller-caliber depleted uranium core. The Avenger cannon is extremely effective against tanks and any armored vehicle.
GAU-8 has a very important innovation in ammunition design, which is the use of aluminum alloy instead of traditional steel and brass.
This allows the aircraft to carry 30% more ammunition without changing the total load. There is also a plastic cartridge hoop on the cartridge case designed to extend the life of the barrel. The ammunition is about 290 mm long and weighs about 0.69 kg.
Such a powerful performance makes this artillery full of momentum when it fires. Coupled with the terrifying engine roar of the A-10 attack aircraft, the visual effect of the attack is very cool.
The moment Raymond Yilan pulled the trigger, nearly a hundred rounds of artillery shells were sprayed towards the enemy's phalanx. These depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles easily penetrated the magic defense barrier on the phalanx with their terrifying rate of fire, just like
It's as easy as cutting a piece of tofu.
Then, these terrifying ammunition fell on the demonic troops in the phalanx. The huge 30 mm caliber artillery shells, with unprecedented penetrating power, raged through the crowd, unstoppable.
These ammunition penetrated the thin armor, the bodies of the demon soldiers, and other people behind them.
Finally, these ammunition hit the ground, splashing a cloud of dust and filling it with heartbreaking white smoke.
As if chopping melons and vegetables, the demon phalanx locked by Yilan Raymond suddenly turned upside down.
The demon officer who pointed his sword forward and ordered his troops to attack was pierced by a cannonball. He spat out blood, covered his arm that was cut in two by the cannonball, and looked at the sky in despair.
He was not directly hit by that terrible cannonball, but was hit in the arm by the gravel splashed by a cannonball, which left him injured like this.
Beside him, some demons were shot into two pieces by such shells, and their upper body was still alive, lying on the ground howling and moaning.
The place that had been baptized by the gau-8 cannon was almost barren. The phalanx of demon troops that had been standing neatly collapsed completely.
You can imagine how powerful this weapon is. You must know that the puppet tank of the puppet empire is equipped with nothing more than a single-barreled 30mm caliber rapid-fire cannon.
This anti-aircraft weapon used by Airan Hill back then has been discontinued a long time ago. However, there are still many production lines imitating this artillery in various countries, and many countries are still using this backward weapon.
The Holy Demon Empire has been mass-producing this kind of weapon until it was destroyed by Ailan Hill. Later, Ailan Hill took over these factories, and now it has completely stopped production and switched to the production of other weapons and equipment.
Went.
The puppet empire is still mass-producing 30 mm caliber rapid-fire cannons to this day: they equip a large number of such artillery, on the one hand, the technology is mature, and on the other hand, they have too many shells in stock.
However, Eiland Hill has put this 30mm caliber rapid-fire cannon on the aircraft, and given this artillery a higher and stronger rate of fire, equipped with sharper ammunition, raising it to an unprecedented level.
high.
In just one to two seconds of short firing, this heaven-defying Avenger cannon can destroy a demon phalanx. Even if the opponent opens a magic defense barrier, they will still have to pay a heavy price!
At this moment, in the sky above the battlefield, there were dozens of such terrifying A-10 attack aircraft. They were flying back and forth, destroying all the demonic troops they could see.
While passing by the demon phalanx, they would drop bombs from time to time, causing even more heavy casualties.
The demon army that lost its leader also went into chaos. This phalanx had to start to retreat. The phalanx behind them made way for them to retreat and reorganize, while the brand new demon phalanx behind them continued to move towards them.
Push forward.
However, before this new phalanx could get close to the human defensive position, it was visited again by an A-10 attack plane.
It was the same familiar round of strafing, the same bomb fell into the devil's position, the same explosion and pieces of white smoke, and the same massive losses.
The A-10 attack aircraft, which had outstanding low-altitude control performance and an extremely small turning radius, circled in the sky. Ilan Ramon once again placed the sight on a collapsed demon phalanx.
He calmly piloted his plane into the attack route, and then calmly pulled his trigger.
"Chuchu!" The giant 30mm cannon GAU-8 Avenger once again sprayed out deadly fire, shrouding the demon troops.
Ilan Raymond felt very excited as he pulled up his attack aircraft. He liked this hearty attack and also liked the smooth attack feeling brought by the new weapon.
It has to be said that this new type of aircraft is really suitable for attacking large-scale cluster targets such as the Devil's troops. It is almost as if it is tailor-made for the Devil's troops.
Wherever these A-10 attack planes passed, the demon's trucks were destroyed, soldiers fell to the ground, black blood was everywhere, and the scene was chaotic.
On the high ground in the distance, a demon general looked at his collapsed troops, his expression extremely ugly. He originally had a handsome face, but now he looked a little distorted.
"Where is the Demon Dragon Army? Why haven't you sent out yet? Ah? Why?" He looked at the demon general who was in charge of commanding the Demon Dragon Army and asked, "You just watch my troops get beaten?"
"I have lost more than 20 magic dragons today! There are also more than 30 fighter jets! Do you think I am standing here just to watch the fun?" The other party was also full of anger and immediately retorted.
The Devil Air Force really tried their best today, taking off a large number of Devil fighter jets, but not even a single Airan Hill aircraft was shot down.
The only few results were achieved during air defense by ground forces. Those shot down were only some IL-2 attack aircraft and a modified ground support B-25 attack aircraft.
After losing more than 20 demon dragons, the Demon Air Force had to stop its stupid behavior of fighting for air supremacy.
A decisive battle with the Airland Hill Air Force, which has early warning aircraft and F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, is indeed too reluctant for a force of the level of the Devil Air Force.
"Our ground forces are collapsing! Our carefully planned attack failed like this?" Pointing to our own troops struggling in the flames of war in the distance, the demon general who spoke first asked again.
"Perhaps, we can only implement the second set of combat plans." The demon general in charge of commanding the demon air force thought for a moment before suggesting.
"Okay, that's all." After hearing this suggestion, the demon general looked a little better, nodded and said: "Let the demon dogs take the rear! Withdraw the troops! Give the opportunity to attack to humans!"
Hum hum…"
"Woo...!" Following his order, the melodious horns of the demon army came one after another, echoing in the explosions. With the sound of these horns, the demon army began to retreat backwards.
