Early this morning, as usual, it gradually brightened before it could see the sun... The morning in Afghanistan has this characteristic, because four-fifths of the area are mountainous areas, so it is always necessary to see the sun half an hour after dawn.

The wind still blows the same, the water still flows the same, and the early birds still feed in the forest as usual... Everything looks no different from usual, but I feel in my heart that today is a little different...

This difference is not only because today is the "early morning of the third day" mentioned by the leader Dezno, but also because I smelled a little smell of oil smoke in the air...

I looked at the direction where the plants outside were carried by the wind, and soon I knew that the wind was blowing from Kabul at this time, so I knew that the information provided to us by Commander Dezno should be true.

Moreover, the Soviet troops dispatched this time are likely to have many mechanized troops... Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to smell the smell of oil smoke before they could hear the sound of the tank.

"Everyone is there!" I immediately issued an order to the walkie-talkie: "Be ready for battle!"

"yes!"

"yes!"

...

The soldiers stationed at the mountain passes responded very simply, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement, so they couldn't help but wonder.

"Battery Commander!" Hassan's inquiry came from the walkie-talkie: "Is there anything wrong? There seems to be no movement here!"

"I don't have any movement here!" Vadud also replied on the walkie-talkie: "No enemy situation was discovered!"

Vadud was stationed at Pass No. 1, and his failure to discover the enemy situation almost means that the enemy has not arrived yet.

"Wait!" I said, "It's coming soon!"

Sure enough, a few minutes later, a sensation of spiral sensation came from the air. At first, there was only a little bit... Then suddenly it became a "slope"... Helicopters were flying in the mountains of Afghanistan. The sound was not loud when they were separated by a mountain. The sound that appeared in the valley would echo between the mountains on both sides... So this terrain was a good cover for helicopters. They would always fly low altitude between the mountains, and then suddenly pulled up and appeared in front of the guerrillas...

I raised my telescope in the direction where the sound came and looked... I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Damn, the Soviet devils were afraid that this time they were determined to take us in one pot. This time, there were as many as seven or eighty helicopters, divided into two groups of aircraft, one south and one north, and appeared at both ends of the Xigeo Valley. The black piece was like two piles of mosquitoes rushing towards us...

Soon I knew I had a misunderstanding... because I recognized that many of these helicopters were actually Mi8, which were not very strong. This kind of helicopter was called "porters" by the Soviets, which means they were mostly used to transport and replenish supplies... Although helicopters were not as many as cars and were quite expensive, their advantage was that they were fast and were almost unaffected by harsh terrain like Afghanistan. Of course, weapons can be mounted when necessary, but their combat capability was of course not as good as Mi24.

This time... the mission of Mi 8 is of course used to send paratroopers. I miscalculated it... These two helicopter groups have 30 Mi 8 each, and are escorted by Mi 24 each...

The Mi8 helicopter can intercept 24 fully armed soldiers... This is known from the guerrillas. Many of the guerrillas surrendered from the government forces. Many people have taken such helicopters, so they are very clear about some of the basic parameters of these helicopters.

In fact... If Mi 8 can only intercept 24 soldiers, then it's better to go to the minors, because this is just the number of seats in its cabin... 12 on the left and 12 on the right... and this seat is still movable. If it is put down, it can be placed with twelve stretchers... It needs no need to say more about its function, of course it is used to transport wounded soldiers.

So, if you sit here with a little squeeze or put a few people in the middle, then a Mi 8 can transport 30 people...that is, a row.

Then every 30 meters of 8 is...a battalion!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but lean on my heart... Last time they attacked Persuer, they had to transport four paratroopers in four days. Now they transported us two paratroopers at once. This Soviet army is really a big deal!

But... they may not know that it is not so easy to go out again after coming in...

"Report to the battalion commander!" Almost at the same time, Vadud shouted in the walkie-talkie: "The Soviets are coming up, a large area of ​​tanks and armored vehicles, at least hundreds of them..."

"Soviet troops appeared at the Pass No. 15!" Then came Rajer's report: "Hundreds of Soviet troops' tanks and armored vehicles, and five helicopters were covered!"

I couldn't help but frown. Although I felt from the beginning that the Soviet army might use a large number of armored troops, I didn't expect that the Soviet army would use so many armored vehicles, which could almost be said to be using mechanized infantry to attack...

Thinking about it, I quickly understood... This should be because the Soviet army had an attack experience... Although they failed to take down the Sigeo Valley last time, at least the airborne troops also fought in it... So it is clear that the valley is actually suitable for using armored troops to fight.

Of course, this has to be with them capturing the mountain pass...

Therefore, the Soviet army's plan for this attack became very obvious... On the one hand, they used armored troops to launch a strong attack on the "mountain passes" at both ends of the valley, according to the Soviet army's imagination... With the firepower of tank artillery and armored vehicles, and with infantry mortars and helicopters in the air... It is not difficult to take down the mountain pass.

On the other hand, the paratroopers of the two battalions airborne to the valley to bloom in a center... The Sigeo Valley was in chaos, and if they could take care of this side, they would not take care of that side... Many times, our army's pass was still facing the attacks of the Soviet armored troops and the paratroopers at the same time!

This idea is indeed very good, I have to admit... If this was when Persour was defending, the Soviet army attacked with this method... Then it won't take long for this valley to be the world of the Soviet army, but now...

"No. 1, No. 15!" I ordered to the intercom: "Resolutely stop the enemy armored troops outside, No. 2, No. 14 provide fire cover!"

"Yes!" The commanders of each mountain pass responded.

"The air defense forces are ready for combat!"

"Yes!" The King of Chuang responded and quickly conveyed the order.

Because many of the air defense forces are equipped with anti-aircraft guns, and the King of Chuang is an expert in using guns... So I simply let him command the air defense forces.

"Battery Commander!" After a while, the King of Chuang reported to me: "The enemy helicopter has entered my ambush position..."

"Very good!" I said: "Operate as planned... Be careful, first fire the armed helicopter, then the transport helicopter!"

This is common sense in air defense operations... Transport helicopters are basically in a state of not carrying weapons, because they must transport soldiers and the equipment used by these soldiers. If you add weapons at this time... they will make them seem clumsy, and the result will be easily killed by the enemy. In other words... those Mi 8 are basically harmless to us. This is why they need Mi 24 to cover.

On the contrary, the 24-meter-24 poses a great threat to us... the rockets, machine guns, missiles and aviation bombs on both wings... can threaten the exposed air defense equipment.

So it is of course to fight armed helicopters first. Once the armed helicopter is killed, the Mi8 who are responsible for sending airborne troops will be a group of lambs to be slaughtered.

"Yes!" After responding, the King of Chuang immediately issued a series of orders.

The sound of guns and cannons quickly rang out... However, the sound of guns and cannons was not dense, and they were scattered from several directions...

This is the trap we set against armed helicopters... It is composed of several anti-aircraft machine guns and an anti-aircraft gun... Their targets are of course those helicopters flying in the sky.

So the armed helicopters quickly found the target... They were originally escorting Mi8, and this was when they were working, so they immediately divided up some of them and rushed to those firepower points...

However, what they did not expect was... There is a saying in China that "the mantis stalks the cicada oriole is behind". More of our main air defense forces are actually arranged on the high ground on both sides of the valley... Just when the Mi24s slow down and aim at the firepower point... In order to accurately strike targets, armed helicopters often need to slow down and even hover in the air.

This is the time for our army's main air defense force to take effect... An anti-aircraft gun was pushed out of the tunnel on the high ground, and a thrust anti-aircraft machine gun was lifted out... and then with a command, he shot bullets and shells toward the helicopters below!

Because most of the firepower faced by armed helicopters during combat comes from the ground... so their defense direction is below, and the upper part can be said to be just a layer of iron sheet, and there is no protection ability at all... At this moment, our anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns are all shooting condescendingly, so we only heard a "wagh" gun and cannon bombing... The helicopters burst into flames one after another... and then they soon burst into black smoke and pierced to the ground.

What's even more strange is that it was hit by anti-aircraft artillery shells... The shell exploded directly inside the helicopter. Before the helicopter fell to the ground, the pilot inside was already blown up to a bloody and bloody mass.

The pilots were gone, so the helicopter naturally could not survive... So the helicopter flew in the air for a while and quickly crashed into the cliff next to it, and then it turned into a fireball with a "boom"!
Chapter completed!