478: Chapter 475: Helicopter, How to Attack?
478: Chapter 475: Helicopter, How to Attack?
Gao Yang looked out the rear window of the car and did not see any helicopters.
Then he rolled down the window and stuck his head out, finally noticing a helicopter in the sky behind them.
The helicopter wasn’t very big, and it wasn’t flying very low.
Gao Yang couldn’t make out the model of the aircraft in the sky, but judging by its size, it certainly wasn’t an armed helicopter—it should be a reconnaissance helicopter.
Without armed helicopters, there wasn’t too much to worry about, but it would be very difficult for the convoy to shake off the pursuit of a helicopter.
Most of Colombia’s territory is rainforest, which is not suitable for human habitation, so the most populous areas in Colombia are on the plateaus formed by the three parallel Cordillera Mountains in the west, center, and east.
Bogota is located in the valley of the Sumapaz Plateau on the western side of the Eastern Cordillera.
To leave Bogota and head southeast, there is only one road, which is easily blocked, so even though the rainforest is very close to the city in the southeast, Gao Yang and his team had to leave from the north.
If they left from the north of Bogota, there were many roads, and it would be difficult for the police to set up a blockade.
However, while it was easy to leave the city from the north and northwest, the areas to the north and west of Bogota are mostly towns, with farmlands in between, so it would be a long way to reach the rainforest after leaving the city from the north, and thus harder to hide.
If they were followed by a helicopter the entire time, the difficulty of escaping from the police or the military would increase greatly.
Gao Yang turned to Nate and said, “We must shake off that helicopter.
Do you have any ideas?”
Nate nodded and replied, “Don’t worry, now is not the time.”
The urban area of Bogota is quite large, and since they were starting from the city center, escaping the city was not an easy task.
The convoy raced through the city streets, with the helicopter tailing them from above, which made Gao Yang very anxious.
However, he had no good solution and could only let it be.
“Lieutenant Colonel, there’s another helicopter coming.
We now have a total of five helicopters.”
Gao Yang almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
One helicopter following them had been uncomfortable enough, and now there were five.
The prospects looked very bad.
Gao Yang’s face turned pale, but Nate was still calm as he said, “Identify the model and flying posture of the helicopters, analyze their combat intentions.”
There were two pickup trucks in the convoy, and each had observers arranged in the truck bed; it was up to the people on the pickup trucks to observe the sky.
Soon, Gao Yang heard the report from the observers through his earpiece.
“The helicopters are two UH-60As, visibly equipped with door-mounted guns, flying at an altitude of about 200 meters, two UH-1 Iroquois, flying at an altitude of about 300 meters, visibly equipped with door-mounted guns, and a small helicopter of the MD-500 type, flying at an altitude of 200 meters, no weapons detected.”
The UH-60 is a medium multi-purpose aircraft, another name for it, known by many more, is the Black Hawk.
The Black Hawk can be fitted with various weapons, the most common being a single M-60 machine gun mounted on the cabin door, or machine guns on both doors.
Additionally, it can be equipped with the M-134 six-barrel Gatling gun.
The UH-1 Iroquois is also a medium transport helicopter, extensively used by the United States in the Vietnam War, and it too can be fitted with machine guns.
So the newly arrived four helicopters of two models are all capable of attack.
Colombia does not have any dedicated attack helicopters, but four general-purpose helicopters with combat capabilities are enough.
If bullets started raining down from the sky now, Gao Yang wouldn’t be surprised at all.
If it was just reconnaissance, one small reconnaissance helicopter would have been enough.
The four helicopters armed with machine guns certainly weren’t here for a tour.
The situation was not just bad; it was extremely bad.
However, Gao Yang still held onto a sliver of hope, and his hope lay with Nate.
“I beg you, please tell me you were prepared for this situation.”
Looking at Gao Yang’s hopeful eyes, Nate smiled slightly and said, “The Jaguar Corps has a total of four helicopters, two UH-60s and two UH-1s, so now we can confirm that it’s the Jaguar Corps who has moved out.”
Gao Yang replied with a wry smile, “Does it really matter if the helicopters above us are from the Jaguar Corps when it comes to whether we can leave alive?”
Nate nodded and said, “It matters.
When something happens in the urban area of Bogota, it’s generally resolved by the police and two SWAT teams affiliated with the police.
If the police can’t handle it, the Jaguar Corps reinforces them.
The Jaguar is the only force that can mobilize quickly, meaning if we take care of the Jaguar, we’ll have quite a long period of safety.”
Gao Yang pointed at the sky and said, “The Jaguar brought helicopters, how do you plan to deal with them?”
Nate casually said, “Hear me out.
The Jaguar is the only rapid response force, and they only have four helicopters.
Although they have the most aircraft among the Colombian special forces, for both transport and attack purposes, four helicopters are clearly not enough.
If we deal with these four helicopters, the Jaguar Corps will have no helicopters to use.
Whether it is the Army or Air Force helicopters, the Jaguar Corps would need approval from the Ministry of Defense to use them, and Colombia’s Ministry of Defense is known for its low efficiency.”
“So what?”
“So, if we take out these four helicopters, there will be no hindrance to our safe exit from the city.”
Gao Yang said with irritation, “Alright, I know that if we take care of these helicopters, we’ll be safe, so what I’m asking is how to deal with these helicopters, not the significance of dealing with them.
Also, I think we should make a decision quickly.
If those helicopters start firing, there’s no point in hoping to leave the city.”
Nate laughed and, pointing to the cars and pedestrians on the road outside the car window, said, “Look at that, do you think the Jaguar dares to shoot in such a place?
Rest assured, the helicopters definitely will not fire as long as we’re in the city, or as long as there are still people around us.”
Gao Yang waved his hand, “So what?
If they fire at us after we leave the city, we still have no solution.
Unless we get out and hide, but without the vehicles, we’ll just be waiting to be surrounded by the military and police.”
Nate nodded, “That’s right, so we need to deal with the helicopters in the city and not wait until we’ve left the city.”
Gao Yang exclaimed with surprise, “You have a way?”
Nate shrugged, “Of course, of course I do.
I’ve already told you, knowing that we might encounter such a threat, how could I not be prepared?”
(To be continued.
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