"Here we go, are you confident for your first real-world test?"
Xia Yu asked Lao Hu with a smile.
"We guarantee the mission will be completed."
"Having driven a civilian Black Hawk for twenty years," Lao Hu replied energetically.
Their mission was divided into two phases. Before the battle began, an advance team was deployed to a location 8 kilometers from the target village, allowing them to sneak up on mountain roads and reach the vicinity of the enemy.
This was just a routine mission. The second phase involved actual combat. After the company's two Red Falcons dropped bombs, the Black Hawk Squadron's four UH-60As were to transport the airborne team, along with combat supplies, to the vicinity of point A.
Night battles were originally a buff to concentrated fire defense, but with the addition of the "mountainous terrain" trait, they have become a true test of the military skills of the company's employees.
"Alright, this time we will not let a single member of bla get away. They will pay the price for their stupidity."
If you want to establish a Greater Balochistan, you can learn from the Kurds and no one will say anything; you can settle the matter on the battlefield. But if you resort to scheming and killing people who shouldn't be killed, then there's nothing that can be done.
The concentrated fire defense, which was originally scheduled to withdraw Afika for leave, has now entered combat readiness mode again.
"Splash splash"
The day before the operation, four UH-60As took off from the outpost, carrying an advance team consisting of Group 4, Group 5, and half of the instructors, heading towards the target village.
Mechanized infantry must be able to run long distances carrying heavy loads on the plains, while elite mountain hunters must be able to march quickly carrying heavy loads in high-altitude and mountainous terrain.
In such rugged, pristine mountainous terrain, wheeled or tracked vehicles are not very effective.
So it's either human legs or a donkey, a small intelligent biological vehicle that's shorter than a horse.
In Bogo Village, BMWs and Minis were having litters one after another. Afuhan also had native donkey breeds that were more suitable for the mountainous terrain, but Blah's strength was limited, and the advance team was only playing a supporting role. Nearly 20 people only carried combat loads.
Xia Yu's secret weapon, the armored units that Ji Huo Defense will use this time, will all be airdropped to designated locations by helicopter after the battle begins.
Even if they couldn't travel by mountain road, they could still be airdropped; he had already considered this when he acquired the Chinook.
"How's the situation?"
After seeing off the four UH-60As, Xia Yu walked into the tent and asked.
The drone ground control station is located here. Since the discovery of BLA's traces, Jihuo Defense has been monitoring it around the clock from multiple angles.
He knew the exact number of people who came in and the exact number who left.
"Boss, the target has started slaughtering sheep, and quite a lot of them. If this is a celebration for the attack, isn't it a bit late?"
On the screen, several long-eared Waggiel sheep were dragged out of their pen and slaughtered by armed men carrying guns.
In grasslands and mountainous areas, livestock are an important asset for herders.
A sheep is only slaughtered for important holidays or when distinguished guests arrive; such extravagant behavior is not in line with common sense.
And it's impossible for former herders who turned into militants to eat mutton every day; the money backing them comes from... well.
Could it be that the White Elephant sent someone to Afuhan?
The goal was to entertain them.
“This goat has to be from the mountains. Only the low-caste untouchables would find those goats that grow up eating garbage delicious.”
In the evening, while enjoying delicious roasted goat meat, a middle-aged man with relatively dark skin, clearly of a high caste, remarked.
"We are very satisfied with your actions and hope you will continue your efforts to achieve even greater results."
“Sir, we will continue our efforts, but we need funding.”
The man next to him, dressed in traditional Baloch clothing, said with a smile.
"I've brought the funds, all in US dollars. Also, those Igla helicopters are too old. I've brought you a batch of Igla-S helicopters. I hope you can take down more helicopters in the next attack."
The special envoy patted the leather suitcase at his feet and said.
A little money can cause Pakistanis a lot of headaches, so why not?
Of course, less than 30% went to Delhi, and another 30% went abroad. By the time they reached Afghanistan, the $5 million allocated to BLA had become $2 million.
This money has considerable purchasing power in Afghanistan, especially after the Americans withdrew, which caused the price of weapons on the black market to drop significantly.
Tata won't sell the equipment it captures, but it can't resist former government soldiers selling it!
The light weapons that the US military left for them, which they used themselves, almost all ended up on the black market. This caused a certain degree of oversupply, and prices naturally dropped. Fortunately, there were enough of them.
In addition to the Baloch people who were causing trouble for Pakistan, the buyers also included ethnic armed groups from the northeastern Indian states.
The third brother, who was trained by the former suzerain state, loves to stir up trouble. However, he is incompetent and obsessed with causing trouble. He can't even crack down on internal problems. The security in the big cities is a mess, and many border states are home to multiple rebel armed groups that are impossible to eradicate.
"We will. Please stay a few more days, Special Envoy, so that we can entertain you."
Upon seeing the boxes of US dollars, BLA's commander spoke solemnly.
The Americans spent $6 million to buy nine sheep, while the $2 million they gave to the Baloch people could buy tens of thousands of sheep.
But what will they eat? This money is the founding fund of Greater Balochistan.
At their outpost less than 100 kilometers away, Xia Yu was also enjoying roasted lamb chops from Waggiel sheep.
Not long before the magnesium army's exorbitantly priced mutton incident, he had the opportunity to consult with insiders and learned that the legendary nine sheep were not bought for consumption.
According to Old Joe, the sheep were purchased to improve the quality of Afghani lamb.
The sheep breeding is real, and the accounting is also real; it's just a matter of adding one or two zeros to the real numbers.
Moreover, Xia Yu felt that the Waggiel sheep was already very delicious, and there was no need to sacrifice the quality of the meat in order to make it grow faster. This could be sold for a higher price.
"Calling Eins, this is Huangyou, how are you doing?"
After filling his stomach, Xia Yu called out to Lucas, who saw that the advance team's GPS coordinates had stopped.
"We are having dinner and have come within 5 kilometers of our target."
Lucas replied.
Mountain hunters know best what it means to be exhausted just looking at a mountain, especially in such undeveloped, primitive mountainous areas.
"You've worked hard. If we take the target tomorrow night, I'll use their sheep to roast a whole lamb for everyone."
The goats in Afghani are inexpensive, but the ones that are free are the most delicious.
Hearing that there was roasted whole lamb made my individual self-heating rations taste even better.
The two sides exchanged a few more words before ending the communication. Xia Yu should also withdraw; tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle.
Nothing was said that night, and time quickly passed to the afternoon of the next day.
The battle plan had been discussed repeatedly, and everyone was calm, simply waiting for night to fall.
Little Yuzi and her younger siblings changed into children's bulletproof vests and tactical vests, but soon after it got dark, the three little ones started yawning.
They were woken up at five in the morning and hadn't taken a nap yet. They've kept going until now only because of their enthusiasm, but even enthusiasm can't fight off sleepiness.
Before their father could even give the order to leave, the three of them, whose eyelids were drooping, couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep clutching their toy guns.
"Private First Class Shad, Privates Charles and Charlotte, get up and get ready for battle."
A weasel was shaking a child while filming it – this is all evidence. He didn't break his promise; they are the ones who did. Would you call a soldier who dozes off on the battlefield a good soldier?
"Then you guys go to sleep. Your parents can't wake you up, so you'll have to go fight the battle on your own. See you at breakfast."
Pressing the stop button, the couple, who had been trying to suppress their laughter, burst into unrestrained laughter.
"Honey, I'm going now."
After stepping off the Sherlock, Xia Yu hugged his wife and said...
"Be careful, I'm waiting for your breakfast."
"Splash splash"
Xia Yu arrived at the outpost camp aboard the old black eagle.
Everyone here was ready for battle, just waiting for the boss's order.
"Time's up. Call the tube-nosed bats and horseshoe bats. Launch an attack on point B in 10 minutes."
"Yes, boss!"
The two people patrolling the airspace near the target village answered.
They can launch an attack now, but they'll have to wait for the main force.
"Splash splash"
The Black Hawk, Chinook, Deer Tiger, and Longbow Cross Deer helicopters from the outpost camp took off one after another, forming a flight formation of seven helicopters and speeding toward the target village less than 100 kilometers away.
With a flight time of just over two hours, this air-ground coordinated battle will also end within two hours.
Flying at top speed, the helicopter formation only covered half the distance in 10 minutes, but for the fighter jets, they had already entered attack range.
The electro-optical pod emitted a coded laser beam that shone on the earthen house at point B. After the two men, fighting for their country, finished setting up the data, the two red fighter jets each dropped their first GBU-12 missile.
"Boom boom"
Two deafening explosions shattered the silence of the valley, waking all the members of BLA.
What happened?
Commander Nawab, who has a wife and children and lives at point A, jumped up from the carpet.
"Boom boom"
Two more explosions rang out. Grabbing his gun, he quickly went outside and immediately saw the firelight on the other side of the hill.
It's a fighter jet.
Tata opened its airspace to the Pakistani Air Force. They were all hiding in Aktobe; how did the enemy find BLA?
Nawab had too many questions in his mind at that moment, but now was not the time to focus on these trivial details.
Now they must escape this exposed hideout. As many as they can get out, even if only half of them survive, with the support of the Indians, Bla will still be able to breathe.
"Boom boom"
Explosions continued to rang out, and Nawab quickly pulled out his walkie-talkie, switched to the public channel, and announced the order to disperse and evacuate to all the junior commanders.
"Bang"
On a hilltop opposite target village A, Paul, clad in a thermal imaging camouflage net, pulled the trigger. After a shot rang out, Nawab's chest was pierced by a .338 sniper bullet.
Since the militants couldn't tell the difference between high and low-ranking officers, they targeted those with walkie-talkies, since low-ranking soldiers wouldn't have access to such devices.
Paul's shot served as a signal; the other snipers and machine gunners opened fire simultaneously on the militants leaving the house at point A.
The advance team's task is to suppress enemy fire for the second wave of airborne troops, and to ensure that the Black Hawk Down disaster never happens again.
They spared no expense on ammunition; as long as they could successfully airdrop, they would receive supplies even after running out of bullets.
So the remaining members of BLA, who had just lost their supreme commander Nawab, were forced to retreat back into their houses and launch a counterattack from the earthen houses towards the opposite hilltop.
The special envoy from India gripped his small pistol tightly. He already regretted making this trip for Ahmadinejad's mutton and $500,000; he wished he had stayed in the country.
"Boom boom"
"Splash splash"
The explosions on the back mountain hadn't stopped when the roar of helicopter rotors came from the horizon.
Those damned Pakistanis, they still want to do airborne operations!
He spotted the portable anti-aircraft missile he had brought with him at a glance.
Fighter jets have to withdraw after dropping their bombs, but helicopters can transport personnel, and they can't fall into enemy hands.
With this thought in mind, he made a snap decision, ran to the outer room, found the translator Nawab had assigned him, and asked the translator to contact all of BLA's anti-aircraft gunners to come to him.
Nawab has lost contact and is likely in grave danger, so he must now save himself.
"Splash splash"
On the hilltop opposite the target village A, a CH-47D was the first to land, or rather, hovered with its tail hatch open.
"Buzz"
A Weasel airborne combat vehicle, equipped with an upgraded 27mm autocannon, was given engine power and driven off by Soren (the Elephant Shrew).
"Knock knock knock"
The tank commander and gunner, Benjamin (the Mole), aimed at a machine gun emplacement at point A and opened fire immediately.
Amidst the roar of machine guns, another wheeled platform equipped with a machine gun drove out of the Chinook's long cargo hold.
If it's just a regular helicopter-borne combat vehicle, this unprotected wheeled vehicle is nowhere near as good as the Weasel.
But in addition to the 6-barrel 23mm Gatling gun, this thing also integrates 4 anti-aircraft missiles, a small air search radar, and an electro-optical ball.
Yes, this is not a ground-attack airborne infantry fighting vehicle; it is an airborne air defense vehicle.
Xia Yu acquired this still-unfinished equipment to deal with situations involving portable anti-aircraft missiles in mountain warfare. The Red Cheetah is too heavy to be transported into mountainous areas for combat.
However, this air-dropped air defense vehicle, specifically designed for heavy transport helicopters, can.
The only problem is that both optoelectronic devices and radar are power-intensive, resulting in relatively low battery life after startup. Therefore, it seems that only one of the optoelectronic sphere and radar can be kept in later versions.
Xia Yu chose to have both. Large-scale airborne operations require consideration of endurance, but concentrated fire defense does not. The scenario in which they use airborne anti-aircraft vehicles is in high-altitude and mountainous areas, to escort helicopters that cooperate in the operation.
In other words, once powered on, they only need to last for two hours; combat endurance is not an important metric for them.
"Buzz"
The vehicle's air search radar began to rotate and search for targets.
Two red Fighting Falcons, two ScanEagle helicopters, and six other helicopters were all displayed on the screen. Because they were equipped with an IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) system, they were all marked with green halos.
From the moment it landed on the ground until it was fully deployed, there were no red threats until ScanEagle locked onto five air defense units from an aerial perspective.
"beep"
The SAM-24 has locked on and a firing prompt sounded.
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