1621 Air Raid
"Ding ding ding..." In a small town more than 100 kilometers south of Turkmenabad Air Force Base, on a quiet night in the late night, a rapid and urgent gathering whistle pierced the tranquility of the night sky.
In an ordinary yard, many fully armed soldiers suddenly emerged from the surrounding rooms.
Here, it is not too far from the Afghan border. Sometimes, Afghan guerrillas may run here to cause trouble. Therefore, the garrisons are very careful.
However, what gathered here was not the Soviet garrison, nor the guerrillas from Afghanistan, nor the police forces with low combat effectiveness in Turkmenistan.
Here is the Guardian Mercenary Group from Nippodosan.
That's right, international mercenaries who fought with Soviet special forces and even regular troops since the beginning of the Afghan War. All their weapons come from the supplies of the Soviet army, and their sources of funds are very complicated. They may be robbing the Soviet Union, or robbing the Afghan guerrillas, or more likely from international support.
This mercenary force controls tens of thousands of elite troops in Afghanistan. Even the Taliban, the largest rebel organization in Afghanistan, cannot compete with this professional unit, even if it has tens of thousands of armed forces.
However, tonight, when the Soviets had no offensive power at all, Nipdosan's mercenaries appeared in a small town in Turkmenistan that was not valued.
"Urgent mission!" A strong middle-aged officer in his forties and a strong national face stood up with his legs, his hands behind his back, and his chest was straight. When the team gathered together, he said to more than 30 subordinates who were straight in two rows in front of him.
"Our goal is to control the Turkmenabad Air Force Base within fifty minutes. Time is urgent, and the mission details will be released after arrival!" The middle-aged officer did not say too much nonsense.
After he had just finished speaking, a faint roar came from the sky in the south, and the sound soon became louder.
A helicopter is rushing towards this side at high speed.
"Bring all the equipment and run to the helicopter landing point in front!" After hearing the roar, the officer issued an order again.
They are always ready for battle, and even put weapons next to them when they sleep, so naturally they don’t have to look for equipment or something.
However, weapons and equipment are the guarantee of everyone's life and the guarantee of completing tasks. Dozens of team members check each other, and then check the bullets, grenades, gun grenades, etc. they carry.
After confirming, he started running towards the helicopter landing site not far away.
"Boom boom boom!" A huge helicopter, its wings were spinning rapidly with the roar of the engine. Under the control of the pilot, the helicopter began to land slowly.
When there were more than ten meters above the ground, dozens of soldiers were already waiting in line at the landing site.
It was actually a Mi-26 helicopter painted with the Soviet flag!
This is the second largest and second-heavy helicopter in the world. Of course, it is not a little bit more advanced than the largest and heaviest Mi-12 helicopter. It can transport 84 fully armed soldiers at a time.
"Go!" The helicopter hovered at a height of less than one meter on the ground. The huge force generated by the high-speed rotating propeller made the small stones on the ground fly up.
The iron-blooded soldiers did not hide at all under such circumstances. After the officer leading the team issued the order, they began to rush towards the hatch door that had just been opened.
When the first soldier arrived, the helicopter landed on the ground.
In one minute, all the soldiers entered the helicopter, and the huge helicopter instantly broke away from the ground.
This situation should not be the first time.
"Let me tell you, this operation is crucial. What we need is to land within twenty minutes, march for three kilometers, enter the base, control these mission goals, ensure that they will not destroy our base, and not let them issue orders to the entire base!" The middle-aged soldier almost shouted at the sound of the rumbling helicopter engine.
"Boss, such a task is basically impossible to complete! There is no time left, although we don't know whether their defense has changed..." A soldier who was about the same age as the officer who issued the order frowned and said.
The task is very difficult, especially because the time is too short, so there is not much reaction time at all.
"I know this, we stay here just to wait. According to our intelligence, the other party has been martial law and all the troops have entered a state of alert!" The leader nodded, "If we do not control the entire base within the prescribed time, the big birds in the sky will not be able to be supplemented..."
"We can just airborne it directly to the target area. This will save most of the time..." said another team leader. "It takes about half an hour to reach the target area, which makes us only more than ten minutes to move, while it takes about eight minutes to get into the base and find the target's location..."
This is a headache for all soldiers.
They even believe that this is basically impossible and that it can only be completed within the specified time by airdropping to the target area.
The opponent's base has very strong air defense capabilities.
"Boss, I think this task is impossible! It's too sudden!" Another team leader said with a serious expression, "I don't know who our employer is, why they issued such an order to send us to die, and I don't know why the above accepted such a task! Here are all our old brothers!"
The team leader's doubts immediately made the entire cabin silent.
Soldiers take obeying orders as their duty, especially them.
However, everyone is a veteran who has fought for more than ten years, and the youngest soldiers in the team have exceeded thirty.
After finishing the mission here, they can completely retire and return to Nipdosan, and perhaps, return to China.
Countless brothers fell in foreign lands, and the war made them a little bored.
Since the beginning of the mercenary group mobilized them together, everyone had doubts. Now letting them complete the task that was obviously a death sentence, how can everyone not resist?
Seeing his subordinates looking at him questioningly, the commander who led the team took a deep breath, "Comrades, this may be the last task in our career. And we should all feel honored for this task. It is not someone who hired us. At the same time, our mission time is one hour, or even seventy minutes, but after thinking about it, I compressed the time because..."
Speaking of this, the officer paused for a moment before continuing, "This is an order issued by the instructor himself. We control the base to ensure that the instructor can be safe when he arrives, and to let him test our combat effectiveness!"
"What? The instructor is here?"
"How could the instructor be here?"
"His plane is going to land here?"
As soon as this was said, the entire cabin exploded.
Except for a few young soldiers, most of them were excited and even anxious.
"The matter will be explained after the mission is over. After this mission, we can go back, whether it is to return to Nipudosan or to the country... Let's talk about the solution to this mission!" The commander suppressed the excitement in his heart.
After knowing why they were performing such a task, everyone became enthusiastic.
For them, only such tasks can show their ultimate abilities.
"I think airborne is the best solution. Although the danger is very high, there are people in that base. Although they are guarding against us, we are the Soviet helicopter. As long as we are allowed to cooperate with the people who stay in the base, we can quickly enter the mission area from the landing site. This will have about twenty minutes, which is enough for us to take action..."
The team leader who was questioning at the beginning proposed his own combat plan.
They were riding on Soviet helicopters, which were usually carrying out material transportation missions. Even if the base was prepared, it was impossible for them to expect that they could get the most advanced military transport aircraft of the Soviet Union. Moreover, they had never done such a thing before.
The most dangerous place is the safest place.
"Get the map!" the commander said with a frown.
The person next to him quickly handed over a map, which suddenly showed the layout diagram of the Turkmenabad Air Force Base.
"According to the news sent back by Cheng San, the mission targets are mainly concentrated in the airport's command tower and the ground command center here... We cannot cut off communication, otherwise the air defense missile positions they arranged in the surrounding areas will open fire on targets in the sky..."
“How many ground troops are there here?”
"About one battalion, we can't fight head-on. So, our three squads must be separated..."
"Didn't Cheng San develop some personnel in it? Let them control the terminal tower first, and we will directly implement airborne next to the tower! We can pretend to be Major General Bavinov, the commander of the Soviet front, and the other party will not doubt..."
"Indeed, the main task of this Mi-26 was to serve as Bavinov's car, which is something that all the surrounding bases know. They would not have thought that the few would sell us for three million dollars..."
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.
Originally, it was because of safety issues that I was airborne outside the base, and it was too late to go up.
Now, this is also to complete the task faster and more hidden, so I can only take a gamble like this. After all, it is not easy to get in from outside.
Chapter completed!