612: Chapter 605: The Doe 612: Chapter 605: The Doe The helicopter was at some distance, and Gao Yang couldn’t make out the model.
However, as it drew closer, Glolov shouted ahead of everyone else, “It’s a Hind!
Our Hind has arrived!”
The Hind, that’s the Mi-24 armed helicopter.
The arrival of the Mi-24 meant Uriyangko had made it.
Uriyangko had said he needed three days to deliver the helicopter, but after Gao Yang asked for an expedited delivery, Uriyangko arrived in just a day and a night and went straight into combat.
Gao Yang was greatly invigorated.
Uriyangko’s delivery speed had exceeded his most optimistic expectations, and with the arrival of the Mi-24, the British’s doom had come.
The Mi-24 has a 23mm cannon, which isn’t great against tanks but is no big deal against armored vehicles.
After one of the four armored vehicles was taken out by the cannon, the remaining three turned tail and ran.
Armed helicopters are the natural predator of tanks and armored vehicles.
With no concerns about being attacked and even the ability to hover and take careful aim, if those three armored vehicles could still escape, then the helicopter would no longer be considered the natural predator of ground armored vehicles.
Cannon, anti-tank missiles, and rockets – the Mi-24 can use a variety of weapons to deal with ground armored vehicles.
When it noticed that the armored vehicles were trying to flee, the helicopter calmly launched a missile, and another anti-tank missile descended from the sky, blowing up one of the armored cars in an explosive burst.
Where could the armored vehicles escape to?
At most, they could return to Gazaley City, but even if the helicopter pursued them there, what then?
Gazaley is Somalia’s Gazaley, not America’s, not Russia’s, not Huaxia’s.
Gazaley doesn’t belong to any country that has anti-air military capabilities.
Want to shoot down a helicopter?
Use an RPG, they’re not short on those, and that’s all they have.
Somalis have shot down helicopters with RPGs before, as everyone who has seen Black Hawk Down knows, but that requires the helicopter to give them a chance.
The Mi-24 Hind helicopters chased the armored cars recklessly, with continuous cannon fire pursuing one of the armored vehicles, and casually fired another rocket.
One of the last two armored vehicles exploded, and the other was immobilized.
Gao Yang watched, his blood boiling.
It was the same anti-tank missiles, but while they struggled to hit tanks, it was simplicity itself for the helicopter.
This was the difference having the right platform made.
Tanks have no heavy armor on top, so an attack from above makes even outdated missiles effective at penetrating armor.
After dealing with the last armored vehicle, the helicopter began to turn back.
At that moment, Gao Yang excitedly yelled into the walkie-talkie, “Surround the enemy according to the plan!
Fast!
Fast!
Fast!”
With the arrival of the helicopter, tanks and armored vehicles were no longer a threat, in fact, they had been wiped out.
Now, Gao Yang could finally order the encirclement of the enemy forces.
Just then, Glolov shouted at Gao Yang with a face full of joy, “It’s Uriyangko, it must be him, make a call and get in touch!”
Gao Yang’s satellite phone was off; he didn’t want to be distracted by incoming calls during combat, but now, it was time to make a call.
As soon as Uriyangko answered the phone, he laughed and said, “Buddy, your phone is so hard to reach, I couldn’t even notify you.
Here’s my radio frequency, let’s communicate over the radio.”
After setting his walkie-talkie to the same frequency as Uriyangko and hanging up the phone, Gao Yang said in disbelief, “You actually came yourself?
Are you on a helicopter?”
“Of course, I was a helicopter pilot, and of course, I can also be a weapons operator.
Didn’t you know that?
Didn’t I tell you?
Well, it seems I’ve arrived just in time.
Tell me, are there any more targets I need to eliminate?
I’m currently the weapons operator, and I still have plenty of ammo left.
After it’s all used up, we can chat.”
Gao Yang thought for a moment and said, “Do you see several bodies on the ground?
The place full of craters from the explosions; there must be enemy snipers nearby, but it’s not easy to spot them from here.
You might have an easier time spotting something from above.
If you find anything, just drop whatever you’ve got on their heads.”
“Understood, drop everything I can.”
After a few words, the helicopter flew towards the area Gao Yang had mentioned and started circling overhead.
At that moment, Gao Yang urgently said, “Tommy, go retrieve your shells.
If anyone is forced out by the helicopter, bomb them.
Also, notify Three Cannons.
Have the artillery ready to pick off anyone they see moving.
Don’t worry about saving ammunition now!”
Gao Yang had changed the frequency on his walkie-talkie.
He was now only in contact with Uriyangko, and, just after he finished speaking, Uriyangko laughed over the radio, “Target spotted, well-hidden.
Buddy, watch this.”
The helicopter fired rockets, not many, just four.
They flew toward the ground and detonated in a series of explosions.
The Skull Gang had nothing like airplanes or helicopters; they didn’t have anything that could fly.
The same was true for the whole of Somalia; essentially, the number of any airplanes that could still be used for combat in Somalia was zero.
With nothing of the sort even available, how could the British prepare any countermeasures?
They didn’t have anything like anti-aircraft missiles, let alone AA guns or anti-aircraft machine guns; all they had were machine guns and rocket launchers.
Once the helicopter arrived, the situation instantly became one-sided.
Uriyangko could very freely attack ground targets from the sky.
This time, he was thoroughly enjoying himself, watching as rockets launched from the ground detonated far away from him, falling one by one.
He felt no pressure in this fight.
RPG-7 could launch various types of rockets, and most of them are equipped with a self-destruct mechanism timed at around four and a half seconds, which would cause the rockets to self-destruct when they reach a maximum range of 920 meters.
Using the shrapnel generated by the timed self-destruction of rockets to hit helicopters in the air was an invention of the Afghans, who had used this method to bring down quite a few Mi-24s.
However, as long as Uriyangko kept his distance, he had nothing to worry about.
After leisurely depleting all his ammunition, Uriyangko laughed over the radio, “Alright, I don’t have anything else to fire.
Ram, find me a place to land, somewhere safe.
I don’t want my helicopter to be damaged on the ground.
Also, another Hind should be arriving soon.
You can have the other aircraft continue striking the enemy, or let it land for now and take off again when you find a valuable target, because we only have the ammo that’s currently loaded.
If we need to reload, we’ll have to wait until more ammunition is delivered.”
(To be continued.
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