Engaging in firefights during the infiltration period would have exposed their whereabouts and affected the overall operational plan, which would have been a major mistake, but at this moment it is no longer important.
We'll use any means necessary to clear the final obstacles for the entry of attack helicopters.
"Wait, what's so special about that building that they're so determined to storm it?"
Hussein felt as if he had grasped something.
"Just one recoilless rifle crew... Commander, there's also an anti-aircraft gunner on the third floor!"
On the other end, Hazim realized as he spoke that the enemy's target was their air defense units.
It's over. The lower-level commanders could only see that the anti-aircraft gunners in their own defense zone had been shot down, but Hussein, a high-ranking regional commander who controlled the defense of the entire city, immediately connected this incident with the bombing just now.
After switching channels and making contact, the summary was that not only had three fuel supply points been destroyed, but the buildings where the anti-aircraft gunners were hiding were also "coincidentally" hit by bombs.
Damn it, the enemy's objective was air defense; bombing the oil depot was just a side effect.
"Knock knock knock"
"Calling commander, rat-a-tat-tat, this is Jamil, we've been attacked, the enemy has deployed over two hundred men, we can't hold them off for long."
"Boom boom boom"
"beep"
As we all know, anti-tank missiles can be used to shoot down armed helicopters. For example, the Marder S30's cannon used a 30mm programmable airburst round to shoot down a Gazelle, and the effect was quite good.
Several elite shooters equipped with night vision goggles were rendered blind and completely useless.
Most shoulder-fired air defense missiles can be fired and forgotten, but there are only a few types of anti-tank missiles, not to mention second-generation wire-controlled missiles that are particularly difficult to control.
"Two planes, huh? Two might be enough..."
Then they'll use the handheld thermal imagers used to observe the convoy to call out the machine gunners' positions!
Hussein's mood worsened upon hearing the devastating news. The enemy launched a series of attacks, clearing out his anti-aircraft gunners and eliminating the observation posts outside the city, before officially entering the city to fight.
The Night Owl crew behind him was even more decisive. Facing the Zu-23-2 twin 23mm anti-aircraft guns that were a step behind in firing, they directly fired a 9m120 Ataka, reducing it to scrap.
An M1939 anti-aircraft gun position deployed in the east of the city opened fire first, with 37mm tracer armor-piercing rounds tearing through the night and sweeping towards Xia Yu.
The only drawback is that the accuracy of the twin 30mm autocannons is a bit poor; this magazine fired nearly 100 rounds, while the total ammunition capacity is only 750 rounds.
Hosseini's modified Hummer sped along the cratered streets littered with rubble and debris.
He deployed a total of 30 gunners who could operate portable anti-aircraft missiles. Two were killed in the previous explosion, Jamil was in grave danger, and another 26 went missing, leaving only one remaining.
Meanwhile, two Mi-24 fighter jets in formation broke into the southern part of Balmira.
Immediately, the twin-barreled GSh-30K cannons on the right side of the fuselage opened fire, taking out a TOW-2A anti-tank team that had just been deployed to the rooftop and was about to launch a counterattack.
But if you have thermal imaging, surely others will have it too.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"
Shaking his head, Hussein regained his spirits.
The explosion instantly engulfed the M1939 door.
"Hold on, we'll send people over immediately."
At that very moment, the sound of propellers could be heard in the background of the communication.
"Splash splash"
Jamil ripped off his night vision goggles and, with his back against the barricade, made contact with Hussein.
The flares to the north had long since been extinguished, but the flames at the three fuel supply points were still burning, illuminating the two dark figures in the low sky for the AceAce militants in the city.
"Oh no, it's armed helicopters, two of them, heading towards the city, Commander..."
"Boom boom"
Two offensive grenades were thrown into the castle by government soldiers who had rushed into the moat, and Jamil, who was behind the crenellations, was hit by the grenades.
Of course, there's also the commander.
As the noise of the helicopter became clearer, Hussein quickly called out to his new driver.
Gna's two sniper teams, using T-5000 sniper rifles with thermal imaging scopes, crossfired and blocked the light and heavy machine guns at the castle observation post, suppressing the retaliatory fire.
There will be more missiles, but only the two of them will have the resources to use them and free up space.
"Knock knock knock"
The Night Owl crew took them out before they could figure out how to operate the aircraft.
"Quickly, go to my place; there are two more anti-aircraft missiles there."
Two attack helicopters are coming now. No matter what they say, they have to shoot one down.
He still has over a thousand people left, he hasn't lost yet!
The enemy came prepared, immediately throwing a large number of smoke grenades. Ordinary models cannot block thermal imaging, but they can block night vision devices.
Hussein immediately said.
Xia Yu pulled up the tail of his plane, revealing the dark rocket pod to the enemy like a dragonfly nodding, and fired 10 S-8 rockets directly.
Xia Yu also opened fire with the Yab four-barrel Gatling gun, the 12.7mm bullets densely "pounding" at a 14.5mm pickup truck anti-aircraft vehicle that had been modified to fire from motorcycle handlebars.
His diameter is a size smaller, but he has a lot of tubes!
Nearly 100 tungsten-core armor-piercing rounds pierced through the enemy's vehicle and its crew.
The reality is too cruel; this air defense unit did absolutely nothing except consume bullets.
However, machine guns and rockets are effective against close-range targets, but what about long-range targets?
"call out"
The dragonfly-shaped gun on the mast locked onto a modified Hummer 2 kilometers away, and Xia Yu immediately fired a HOT-3.
"boom"
Hussein's second driver, along with the two anti-aircraft missiles being carried in the vehicle, was sent into the air.
The combat zone is very dangerous. Running around blindly without armor will only result in you being bombarded by missiles.
"Calling the boss, this is Mongoose. I'm on board and ready to go."
After being pulled to an artillery position 15 kilometers outside the city by the Super Hornets, Hans made contact with Xia Yu as soon as he got into the Leclerc UAE.
"That's pretty fast, we'll be in formation and launching an attack in 5 minutes!"
After glancing at the remaining ammunition, Xia Yu issued combat orders to the company's ground forces.
"Yes, boss!"
After the communication ended, the Mi-24PM and Mi-24V continued to fire, preventing Ace's combat vehicles from advancing and silencing all anti-aircraft gun positions.
So night battles are still the best option. These old relics are more threatening during the day, but they're all blind at night.
"Beep beep..."
The spinning Gatling gun suddenly stopped; it was out of ammunition. Following the Night Owl crew's exhaustion of machine gun ammunition, the Weasel crew also ran out of ammunition.
There is one anti-tank missile left. Two of the four rocket pods have been cleared. The remaining two pods each contain 10 anti-personnel darts. Unfortunately, these guys have all hidden themselves. Ground forces will have to drive them out.
"Calling Night Owl, Weasel has run out of ammunition. Head to the field to reload."
Xia Yu turned the plane around and called out to his allies.
“Night Owl understands. We still have two full rocket pods. We’ll come right after we finish them.”
After making his final output at 24pm, Xia Yu flew swiftly north of Balmira City toward Elek.
The upgraded airborne navigation system had already marked the coordinates of the ammunition resupply point. Following the path, we flew straight for 10 kilometers when someone lit a handheld flare stick in the pitch black below and to the side.
The aircraft slowed down, hovered, and landed gently. The logistics personnel who had parachuted earlier immediately went forward to resupply the Mi-24V with ammunition.
The S-8 rockets fired by the rocket nest are a general-purpose model, which a few people can easily load without much effort. The key is the type of anti-tank missile and the specific shells or bullets used.
After less than 10 minutes of work, the fully equipped Deer Tiger was revived.
After giving an "OK" sign to the ground crew, Xia Yu pulled up the collective pitch stick and flew towards Balmira.
During this time, they passed by the Night Owl crew, who had run out of ammunition, and learned that the armored convoy had broken into the main city.
"Thump"
"Boom!"
Grenades also have a basic penetration depth. A 12.7mm coaxial machine gun couldn't penetrate the armor. The Leclerc UAE, which took the lead, used a HE120F1 grenade to destroy a suicide car with one shot.
"Thump"
After eliminating 3 of 26 grenades, the T-64B1M at the rear of the formation used high-explosive fragmentation rounds to take down another suicide Humvee that was part of the assault team.
After the first round of attacks by the attack helicopters ended, these Ace soldiers finally dared to come out and cause trouble for the armored convoy.
In air-to-ground combat, they are targets; in ground-to-ground combat, this is their home turf.
They are very confident, probably because they have defeated the T-90 and T-90A!
In other words, Russia itself didn't have the money to install an active defense system for the arena, let alone support tanks for the Syrians. Otherwise, RPG-29s and SPG-9 recoilless rifles wouldn't be a problem.
If such stereotypes are applied to concentrated fire defense, who else but them will suffer?
"Whoosh!"
An RPG-29 and an RPG-27 were fired simultaneously from both sides, attacking the Weasel S30 grouped with a T-64B1M.
"Puff puff boom"
Two interceptor missiles were fired in succession in different directions, intercepting both rockets.
"No, that thing on their vehicle can intercept our rockets."
The junior commander in charge of this defense zone said resentfully.
"Then let's use that one."
His deputy offered advice.
That thing is extremely valuable; its price on the black market is comparable to that of a portable anti-aircraft missile. But the point of stealing weapons is to use them!
"Use that one, you and I will operate it ourselves."
The commander handed the task over to his deputy, who quickly retrieved two weapons that the Weasel crew was very familiar with—Javelin anti-tank missiles.
The T-64B1M of Jihuo Defense had its engine blown by this thing in top-attack mode, and the aftereffects were still quite strong. I didn't expect to run into it again in Syria.
Xia Yu was alright in the air, but Hans and his men had nowhere to hide and could only face the javelin's attack head-on.
So, out of the five cars in the convoy, which two will be the lucky ones?
Following the simulated operating procedures, the battery and cooling BCU were installed, and then the entire 22.3 kg Javelin missile launch system was hoisted onto the shoulder.
The two men locked onto their respective targets through the nighttime thermal imaging observation channel: those two damned infantry fighting vehicles in the convoy.
Tanks may be more expensive, but the accompanying infantry of the two Marder tanks did not dismount.
If it hits successfully, it can kill double-digit numbers of the enemy personnel. It's totally worth it!
Thinking of this, the two seemed to already see the horrific scene of the Weasel S3 and S30 being opened, but the continuous roar of the machine gun pulled them back from their wandering thoughts.
Take care of the target first, then think about all this other stuff; otherwise, it's all pointless.
"Puff puff whoosh whoosh"
Holding their breath, the two of them pressed the launch button one after the other.
The Javelin missile, with its first-stage engine ignited, darted away from the launch tube and, after reaching a safe distance, its second-stage engine ignited for liftoff and acceleration.
Top-attack strikes differ from direct fire; missiles need to be dropped from a relatively high position. As the missile's altitude increased, it was locked onto by a harmless self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
"Beep beep beep"
After several sorties, seeing that the drone tactic had completely failed, Ace suspended its use. Meanwhile, Lu Xianglin, who had suddenly found himself with nothing to do, instantly perked up upon hearing the alarm.
Finally, we have drones!
Looking at the thermal imaging on the screen, both locked targets appeared to be trailing plumes of flame.
That looks like a javelin!
As Lu Xianglin thought this, his hands moved quickly, pressing the cannon firing button.
"Knock knock knock"
Smoke filled the air, and the cold twin 35mm gun barrels scorched hot once again.
"Boom boom"
Just as the Javelin missile, worth $500,000, adjusted its attitude and was heading towards the two infantry fighting vehicles, it was intercepted by a dense barrage of programmable airburst munitions.
You're attacking the summit! You're splitting your head open! You're shooting and then ignoring it! Javelin, say something!
These two javelins, transformed into the most beautiful fireworks in the night sky, are meant to be left unmentioned.
With the 360° all-round three-dimensional protection of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, there's no need to set up barbecue grills or sunshades for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Top-attack shells will directly sweep and destroy them in mid-air, and they simply can't be hit by falling.
This is no ordinary luxury, because while many PMC companies can acquire self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, only Jihuo Defense currently possesses radars that are advanced enough and have a sufficiently sensitive response.
"Calling Mole, this is Thylacoleo, target is at 3 o'clock, distance 897.3."
Having tracked down the culprit, Lao Liu immediately called Kuhn.
The Marder S3's 20mm autocannon isn't very accurate at long range, so the Marder S30 should be used in those situations.
Of course, the red cheetah could also make a cameo appearance, but the snow leopard crew's position wasn't ideal.
"Mole received, launch the attack immediately."
"Knock knock knock"
Still reeling from the shock of javelins sweeping away enemies, the two junior commanders, their mouths agape, were startled awake by the gun barrel that was turning toward them in the nighttime thermal imaging channel of the powered-on launch module.
The two men threw down their launchers and turned to run away, but compared to their 11s, the 30mm shells were obviously faster.
"Puff puff puff"
Five programmable airburst bombs that exploded above their heads scattered hundreds of pre-made tungsten balls all over the ground.
"Splash splash"
"The Weasel crew has completed ammunition resupply and rejoined the combat formation!"
Xia Yu shouted to everyone on the internal radio frequency.
"Thump"
"Thump"
The Leclerc UAE and T-64B1M each fired a shot in a warm welcome.
The Cheetah A9 features a rotating turret and gun barrel, which would be a surprise if it didn't have an integrated IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) system.
The more vehicle units a company operates, the more important it is to identify friend or foe; you can't afford to shoot down your own people.
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