515: Chapter 511: I Have Many Sams 7 515: Chapter 511: I Have Many Sams 7 The Super Tucano was the Colombian Air Force’s main aircraft model.
Gao Yang wasn’t sure how many Super Tucano attack aircraft Colombia had in total, but he remembered Nate mentioning that there seemed to be about twenty.
Now, there were ten here, which meant half of the Colombian Air Force’s main aircraft model was present.
Considering the number of people in the Angel Mercenary Corps, the bombs and rockets carried by the twelve planes were enough to allocate one for each person; fortunately, winning a battle isn’t just about having plenty of firepower.
The jungle limited the launching of anti-aircraft missiles from the ground but also protected those on the ground.
Indeed, it was fortunate that Gao Yang and his men had the protection of the trees; otherwise, under the assault of over a dozen aircraft, they would certainly be the unlucky ones.
The battlefield was limited in size; twelve aircraft could not attack simultaneously and had to enter the fray one by one to drop bombs and strafe.
Grouped in pairs, the aircraft continuously flew back and forth over their heads, dropping bombs.
Although Nate had ordered the launching of anti-aircraft missiles, there was never a truly suitable opportunity to fire them.
For a time, the Angel Mercenary Corps was quite passive, but the situation eased slightly after Sirte and his men quickly cleared two open spaces, allowing the Angel Mercenary Corps to launch two anti-aircraft missiles.
However, after ascending, all failed to hit their targets.
While the Super Tucano was slow in speed, it certainly wasn’t easy to bully; in fact, its electronic equipment was much better than that of the Mirage 5.
Knowing that the target was equipped with anti-aircraft missiles, it naturally prepared fully and immediately deployed flares upon sensing danger.
Barely having launched two missiles, which failed to hit their targets, was bad enough; but this also exposed their position.
After being spotted by the nearby Super Tucano, it swooped down and launched several rockets at the ground.
Fortunately, the one who fired the missiles had run immediately after launching them, avoiding injury from the Super Tucano’s counterattack.
With air cover, the ground troops’ advance went more smoothly.
In guerrilla warfare within the jungle, the attackers would definitely suffer.
They still had to be cautious of directional mines, even if the members of the Angel Mercenary Corps were not shooting, but the enemy’s advancement pace was still very slow.
The Angel Mercenary Corps had directional mines, a powerful weapon, while the Colombian army had air support; both sides found themselves in a very uncomfortable situation.
If neither side could negate the influence of the other’s key weapons, the battle would evolve into a situation unpredictable and uncontrollable, a scenario neither side wanted to witness.
Finding and eliminating the hidden directional mines wasn’t an easy task, but for the Angel Mercenary Corps, which had many anti-aircraft missiles, taking down airplanes in the sky was much easier if they dared to expose themselves.
Although the situation was not favorable, Gao Yang wasn’t very worried because the situation was not much better for their enemies.
At best, it was a stalemate.
If the Colombian Air Force had cluster bombs, Gao Yang and his men would have run away already.
This was the drawback of having a militarily weak country with outdated weapons: the main air force of a country couldn’t handle a few dozen mercenaries; if it were the air force of a powerful country, they would have blown Gao Yang and his men to pieces.
Now, although they had endured several minutes of heavy bombardment, Gao Yang still hadn’t received any reports of casualties via the walkie-talkie,
Gao Yang pressed the talk button on his headset and said in a slightly teasing tone, “Commander, our situation doesn’t look too good, got any ideas?”
Nate impatiently said, “Stop hogging the communication channel.
If there’s a way, I’ll tell you.
For now, just wait.
After all, the aircraft can’t stay up there forever.
If they don’t want to take a little risk, they shouldn’t expect to conduct effective bombing.
If they want to pose a real threat to us, they’ll have to be hit by our missiles.”
The dense canopy did have some impact on the passive infrared seeker head of the SAM-7 missile in catching targets, but the SAM-7 could still detect the heat sources emitted by the aircraft.
The greatest obstacle to firing missiles, in fact, was the sun-blocking branches.
Once a missile was launched and hit a branch, the consequences were unimaginable.
Although the battle sounded intense, the actual threat was minimal.
Gao Yang even felt a bit bored.
Without Nate’s orders, he couldn’t clear a space on his position, so he could only wait it out until the planes ran out of fuel and left or couldn’t stand the stalemate and began to bomb over the clearing.
About ten minutes later, Gao Yang suddenly told Nate, “Looks like these cowards aren’t willing to take the risk.
Guys, we need to take the initiative.
Try to fire your missiles.
We’ve got plenty of them anyway.”
Gao Yang perked up and said, “Toad, see if there are any planes above us.”
Jinfang shouted, “None, but they’re not far, and not very low either.
If you ask me, I could hang the missile from the tree to shoot.
If we shoot and then run, we can make it.”
Cui Bo also shouted loudly, “Would cutting down trees work?”
“No, cutting trees is too slow, and it’s easy to be discovered by the enemy.
If the planes get to us first with their machine guns, we won’t be able to handle it.
Let’s climb the trees.
The planes are circling around us, one shot per hit.”
Gritting his teeth, Gao Yang said, “Then let’s climb the trees and take the opportunity to strike.”
As soon as Gao Yang finished speaking, Jinfang moved down a bit, then took out a bunch of rope from his pocket and said with a smile, “I cut a lot of parachute cords just now, dozens of meters.
Here, haul the missile up to me.”
After Cui Bo tied up the missile, Jinfang promptly hoisted it into the tree.
After finding a spot to set up, he also hoisted up Cui Bo’s missile.
However, Tommy looked troubled as he spoke to Gao Yang, “I’m afraid I can’t climb the tree, and I have a fear of heights.
It’s not too severe, but on such a high tree, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand up.”
Gao Yang couldn’t climb the tree either.
He sighed and said, “Then the two of us will just stay down here and assist them.”
Cui Bo put down his gun and sorted out the stuff on him that was in the way.
Using the parachute cord that Jinfang had let down, he quickly climbed up.
The two found a branch that could steady their bodies and not hinder the missile launch, then began searching for suitable aircraft to attack.
Gao Yang didn’t hog the communication channel.
He shouted up to the trees, “Be careful, you two.
It’s better not to shoot than to expose yourselves.
Also, hurry down after you shoot.
Don’t wait to get bombed.
How’s it going, you guys?
Found any targets yet?”
While Gao Yang was still talking, Jinfang and Cui Bo had already fired the missiles they were carrying on their shoulders.
With two swishing noises, the two didn’t pay attention to Gao Yang below but focused solely on watching the missiles fly off into the distance.
Almost simultaneously, Jinfang and Cui Bo shouted, “Hit them, hit them!”
(To be continued.
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