Chapter 194 Crashed Cobra

"...Ask for support... Bang... Phil Pass... Attacked... Dah..."

In the information center of the 402nd infantry battalion of the U.S. military in Kandahar, a group of officers gathered around the liaison radio to listen to the call for help from the Fth patrol in the southeast.

The explosions and gunshots from the communicator are very dense. You can imagine how hard the F patrol is resisting the ambush from the Afghan guerrillas at this moment.

The news soon reached Battalion Leader Tony. In Russell's hands, Tony did not dare to delay and immediately ordered the 13 M-2 infantry fighting vehicles belonging to the 1st Infantry Company to immediately reinforce the F patrol convoy. At the same time, three AH-1W 'Cobra' helicopter gunships stationed in the camp were ordered to immediately rush to Phil Pass to provide air support to the F patrol.

Soon, the sad alarm in the camp was sounded. After receiving the order, the first plane gathered, he immediately left the camp and ran along the road from Kandahar to Quetta, Pakistan. The three cobra helicopters that stayed on the camp meows also began to take off with a huge roar, also in the direction of the Phil Pass, 5 kilometers southeast of Kandahar.

Because the information provided by the F patrol was incomplete, Tony could not figure out the specific number of guerrillas who exchanged fire with the F patrol. In order to better ensure that the F patrol could be rescued this time and the arrogant guerrillas were annihilated, Tony also ordered the second and third companies to be ready to support.

Tony. Russell, the commander of an infantry battalion, is only 33 years old today. The 33-year-old lieutenant colonel battalion commander is a rookie and an unlimited officer with unlimited future achievements in any country.

But Tony is not complacent about this. When his 402 infantry battalion assigned the task, Tony volunteered to be stationed in Kandahar, the Taliban's nest; in his opinion, Kandahar, as the Taliban's nest, must be the most densely populated place of the Taliban. Stationed in such a place, there will be many battles waiting for him. What do soldiers yearn for? It's not a fight again!

Only a victorious battle can get more honors. Tony. Russell is no exception.

But after the 402nd infantry battalion was stationed in Kandahar, Tony felt that his choice was wrong. Although this is the Taliban's nest, it is the place to start. But there are no established Taliban forces here. Even if there is, it is hidden in the mountains of the border. Fighting there is definitely not the advantage of the reloading battalion. If it's the 10th mountain master, it's almost the same.

In addition to frequent suicide attacks, Tony's 402th Aircraft Camp rarely encounters guerrillas of a large scale. Compared with Kandahar, other places are fighting vigorously. More than a dozen to more than 100 guerrillas attacked the U.S. military stationed in Afghanistan. Every time Tony got the military report, he stared dryly.

The attack of the F patrol made Tony very excited. The F patrol has an infantry fighting vehicle and two Hummer armored vehicles. With such a strong strength, we still need to ask for support. It shows that the guerrillas that attacked the U.S. military are very large.

The mouse is only called a mouse in the hole. When it comes out of the hole, it is called prey!

Although Tony didn't understand why the Taliban guerrillas took the initiative to walk out of the mountains and attack the U.S. military patrol 5 kilometers away from Kandahar. But for the U.S. military, it is much easier to solve than those ' rats' hidden in the mountains.

After all, the U.S. military has too many advantages in equipment. In the case of hard confrontation, there are almost no opponents in the world!

Thinking of this, Tony couldn't help smiling at the corners of his mouth.

... Phil Pass, the exchange of fire is still going on.

At this moment, a Hummer armored car has caught fire on the road. A car is the ideal car for most men in the world, and it was destroyed by a rocket.

On the asphalt road, the bodies of several U.S. troops are lying in a mess. Most of the bodies of the dead U.S. troops were full of holes and bullet holes.

The only M2 infantry fighting vehicle occasionally opened fire with the most powerful cannon in front of it and stopped for a while. It is now rapidly retreating to the sand outside the road. Although the last Hummer can still drive, the U.S. military casualties on it are also very large. After all, most of the Taliban militants on the top of the mountain opened fire on the only Hummer. The M2 infantry fighting vehicle was let go by self-aware Taliban soldiers. Because they know that the armor on the M2 infantry fighting vehicle with a thickness of more than 100mm can withstand the attack of 12.7mm bullets and 155mm shell fragments, which is definitely not what the AK rifle in hand can penetrate.

Kalmedin lay on the top of the mountain, still holding the U.S. military under the telescope observer. Although the distance between the two sides is within 500 meters to 1,000 meters, he still needs to observe carefully, hoping to find the loopholes of the U.S. military and completely annihilate the patrol convoy.

"Captain, the U.S. military helicopter is coming!" Suddenly, a Taliban soldier ran to Kale Maidin to report.

Shocked, Calmedin turned his head and looked at the sky in the direction of Kandahar, as if there were three small dots. He quickly raised the telescope to the three dots.

It's really a U.S. armed helicopter!

Damn it, why did it come so fast! Kaledin scolded in his heart. At present, the U.S. military patrol has not been eliminated, and the U.S. military helicopters in Kandahar have come again. He doesn't have to think about it. The U.S. reinforcements on the ground must also come.

After thinking about it for a while, Calmedin turned his head and asked an officer beside him, "Have you brought any anti-aircraft missiles?"

The Taliban are not comparable to some small armed forces in Afghanistan. After all, the Taliban regime once took charge of the whole country of Afghanistan. When it resisted the Soviet invasion, the armed forces in Afghanistan obtained a lot of Soviet equipment. At that time, in order to support a force to resist the Soviet Union's minions in Afghanistan, the United States also assisted the Taliban in Afghanistan with some weapons. For more than a decade, large and small armed forces in Afghanistan have been able to simply repair or even imitate light weapons. When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they bought a lot of arms in the name of the Afghan state.

Captain, we brought two launchers of SA-7 anti-aircraft missiles to prepare for the U.S. military helicopters. With them, the threat of U.S. military helicopters will not be too great!" The officer replied confidently.

"Ye-en, you get people ready. As long as the U.S. military helicopter comes, teach them a lesson!" Kaledin nodded with satisfaction.

Then Kale Maiding ordered some soldiers to carry rocket launchers to carry out the last general attack on the M2 infantry fighting vehicle. He wants to completely eliminate the patrol in front of him before the U.S. military support arrives.

Although the U.S. military patrol in front of us is also very strong, it is still a little worse than the heavily trained soldiers of the Taliban guards. The reason why Kaledin did not eliminate the whole patrol at the beginning was to lure the support of the U.S. military.

Leo watched in horror in the infantry fighting vehicle as a group of Taliban soldiers shouted 'Huda' and rushed down the mountain. More than a dozen soldiers carrying rocket launchers suddenly emerged from the sand on both sides of the road and fired rockets at the retreating M2 infantry fighting vehicles.

"NO..." Leo looked at more than a dozen rockets flying in and screamed with fear on his face.

" Bang..."

The M2 infantry fighting vehicle was hit by at least six rockets in several directions at the same time. These rockets are not lethal grenades, but armor-piercing bullets. With the armor of infantry fighting vehicles, it can't resist the attack of so many rockets at all. In the panic of another Hummer and the helicopter pilot in the air not far away, the explosion broke apart.

More than 200 Taliban soldiers rushed to the last Hummer armored vehicle with the bullets of American soldiers. The AK rifle in his hand shoots from time to time. The armored Mars on the Humvees splashed everywhere.

At this time, the driver of the Hummer no longer had the idea of continuing to fight. His only idea now is to escape from this place.

But when the driver wanted to retreat from the highway in the Hummer, he found in the rearview mirror that there were three more cars on the road behind him. It's blocking the road.

When the pilot and shooter on the Cobra helicopter saw the fireball of the M2 explosion, they pressed the rocket launcher in anger.

As the rocket nest rotated, 70mm rockets flew to the top of the mountain. It brought a continuous explosion, stirring up dust all over the sky.

Just as the furious helicopter gunships were ready to continue to fly over the island Phil Pass to destroy the guerrillas.

The alarm in the helicopter suddenly sounded. Through the plane display and the front cabin glass of the helicopter, the pilot and shooter in the helicopter saw two missiles coming straight to the helicopter in the air with flames and white exhaust like sharp arrows.

"mygod, it's a missile!" With a frightened cry from the helicopter pilot. Two anti-aircraft missiles approached the helicopter.

One of the helicopters locked by the missile can be avoided by leaving a large number of sources of interference under the skillful control of the pilot. The missile almost flew away on the left side of the helicopter.

The other one, the first parent machine, is not so lucky. Although he avoided the huge fuselage, he was hit by a missile. The helicopter spiralled down in the eyes of everyone.

Although the pilot tried his best to use a helicopter, a helicopter without a propeller can still be called a helicopter? After the captain and the shooter parachuted, the pilot, with desperate fear, landed with the helicopter and exploded into a huge fireball.

With the example of a helicopter, the other two helicopters immediately climbed to high altitude and evacuated to circle in the distance. I don't dare to get close to Phil Pass anymore. American soldiers are not so brave and are not afraid to rush forward.

Everything that happened here, including the crash of the helicopter, was known by the battalion of Kandahar through wireless communication.

Tony found something wrong at this time. An ordinary guerrilla will not have anti-aircraft missiles. At most, there are rocket launchers, which are weapons for close-range attack helicopters. Therefore, most of the helicopters carrying out military operations in Afghanistan try to fly as high as possible. Especially in mountainous areas. I was afraid that a rocket would suddenly fly out of the goosebumps.

The helicopter supported this time, on the one hand, is to save people's hearts, and on the other hand, the enemy's estimation is insufficient. I didn't expect the other party to have anti-aircraft missiles. Another reason is that the helicopters stationed in Kandahar are only cobras. This kind of helicopters belongs to the first generation of helicopters. Although it has been technically modified, it is still much different from the Apache, especially the longbow Apache helicopter.

(to be continued)