Volume 7 The Smoke of the Peninsula Chapter 59 Low-Altitude Tank
Rattlesnake "whistling in, WZ15 with a dexterous harrier eagle, tail behind a mound. [No pop-up novel network]
Explosions rang from the back of the hill, and smoke swept bullet fragments and mud and sand into the air.
At this moment, time seems to slow down.
Major Luo Liangji, who was in the back seat of WZ15, clearly saw the vague and cold rotor blades above his head, and heard a roar that seemed to come from the sky. 1. Hard training, so that he can still rely on instinct to complete a series of complex maneuvers in extreme situations, and control the "Pegasus" that seems to be about to get rid of the reins.
"Lao Luo, pull it up!"
The call of his partner Captain Zhu Zhilong came from the earphones, and before his brain could react, Luo Liangji came out with his hands and feet together and completed a series of manipulation actions at a fast speed.
WZ15 fights with the eagle in the sky, raising its head and jumping into the blue sky.
A few kilometers away, 2 "Super Cobras" are searching for "prey" that has just taken refuge behind the hills.
The transformation from hunter to prey is only a matter of seconds.
From the current target, to locking the target, the missile seeker entering the tracking state, and then to launching the missile, Zhu Zhilong only took 6 seconds!
2. "Super Cobra" deserves bad luck. Because they ran into the commander of the Air Assault 1611 low-altitude strike battalion!
FY199 "Feiyan" light air-to-air missile divided into 2. Shoot at 2 "Super Cobras" at speeds in excess of Mach 2. Although the "Feiyan" was originally a single anti-aircraft missile. It is not specifically for helicopter gunships to develop surface-to-air missiles. But the speed of dealing with it is not fast. Unable to maneuver with high overloads, the helicopter is still more than enough.
Attacked by "prey". The pilots of the 2AH1ZZ immediately panicked.
Release infrared jamming bombs to the ground at the same time. 2 "Super Cobra" quickly dispersed. One to the left and one to the right. At the same time reduce the flight altitude. It is hoped that the ground jamming bomb dropped at a higher altitude will deflect the missile.
If Zhu Zhilong only fired 2 missiles. There is still a possibility that the "Super Cobra" will escape.
The jamming bomb attracted the FY199 flying in front. But it failed to deflect the second missile. The "Super Cobra" has not yet had time to hide behind a hill. FY19 chased after him.
There are 2 more gorgeous fireworks in the sky.
"Old Luo ......"
"I'm fine." The sound of the explosion made Luo Liangji completely sober up, "Continue to search for the target." ”
"Understood!"
When performing air combat tasks, the division of labor between the pilot and the weapon operator is very clear. Before the target is presented, the pilot is responsible for operating the helicopter, and the weapon operator is responsible for searching for the target; After presenting the target, the pilot is responsible for alerting, and the weapon operator is responsible for attacking. The better the pilot works with the weapon operator, the more powerful the combat will be. The requirements for flight crew members of the armed helicopter exceed those of the Air Force and the Navy, and the two of them usually not only train together, but also live together. In addition to getting married and having children, eating and drinking Lazar together.
The narrow battlefield of air combat was a mess.
Although the WZ15 was much more advanced than the AH1ZZ, it did not take much advantage of air combat. No helicopter gunship is specifically designed for air combat, and no helicopter gunship places a special emphasis on air combat performance. Whether it is WZ15, AH1Z, or even all the armed helicopters in service, they only obtain limited air combat capabilities by adding equipment and carrying anti-aircraft ammunition on the basis of ensuring the ground strike capability as much as possible.
After the WZ15 cooperated with Luo Liangji completed the attack, it had to return early because one of the electric motors failed.
The WZ15 that was in combat was flying in a two-plane formation, and only Luo Liangji and Zhu Zhilong were active alone. Due to the limitations of performance and combat environment, a single armed helicopter operating alone is easily ambushed by the enemy. In previous training, Luo Liangji and Zhu Zhilong knew about this situation.
The problem is that there is no one to work with them now.
Luo Liangji lowered his flight altitude again, carefully paying attention to the situation around him. Zhu Zhilong's right eye kept scanning the distant horizon, and his left eye stared at the radar scan information displayed on the helmet screen.
However, the cockpit of the helicopter is limited by the rotor and cannot be set up in the blister type, and the pilot's vision is greatly limited.
The AH1Z fleet was not repulsed, and someone must have been eyeing this "lonely" WZ15.
Luo Liangji and Zhu Zhilong were very nervous. In the event of a sneak attack, a few dozen machine gun shells can turn the WZ15 into a pile of high-cost scrap metal.
One AH1ZZ suddenly emerged from behind a hill more than 1 meter away on the left.
Luo Liangji didn't think about it, and pressed the lever while stepping on the accelerator.
Helicopters are the best at low-altitude flight, and excellent low-altitude performance is the basis for survival. During air combat, helicopters rarely fly to mid-altitude above 500 meters, and most of the time they operate at ultra-low altitudes below 5 meters.
Luo Liangji's reaction was quick, and the US pilots who had been prepared for a long time moved faster.
Without waiting for the WZ15 to hide behind a hill, the AH1ZZ 20-mm Gatling cannon spat out tongues of fire and poured shells at the "prey" at a speed of 1500 per minute.
The attack came quickly, but not too deadly.
The American pilots made an extremely serious mistake: instead of armor-piercing shells, high-explosive shells for anti-aircraft attacks were used.
The shells that fell on the left side of the fuselage "thumped" and exploded into bright fireballs, which looked spectacular, but in fact posed little threat to the WZ15.
The bathtub-type armor box to protect the pilot, the armor shield to protect the motor compartment and the battery compartment, and the conformal armor plate to protect the bomb bay can resist direct attack by millimeter-piercing shells, and the bulletproof glass up to millimeter thick can
7 mm armor-piercing shells and 20 mm high-explosive shells are directly attacked. In the event of an AH11 armor-piercing projectile, it is also possible to penetrate bulletproof glass, posing a mortal threat to the 2 pilot.
Hundreds of shells, only the short wing on the WZ15 side was disabled.
Fortunately, after the WZ15 completed the ground attack, the wingtip ground anti-aircraft missile was also used, otherwise this round of attack is likely to cause more damage.
"Lao Luo, turn around!"
"Turning, take out that 'Super Cobra'!"
The US pilots on the AH1ZZ were stunned because the WZ15 was not only not crashed but also turned the nose of the plane in the face of dozens of shells, as if it had an indestructible body.
The rain of 20-mm shells had just ended, and the 15-mm guns of the WZ30 division opened fire.
Because the 30mm gun can only rotate horizontally about 90 degrees, the nose must be roughly oriented towards the target in order to aim the gun at the target.
AH1Z did not dare to stay. WZ15 can withstand 20-mm shells, but AH1ZZ cannot carry 30-mm armor-piercing shells.
No matter how strong a gunship is, it is not as good as a tank on the ground. The 30-mm >-poor alloy shell-piercing shells capable of smashing the tank "Tianling Cover" will certainly be able to easily beat any kind of helicopter gunship into a sieve.
"Dog, can you run away?"
The shell pursued the AH1ZZ with full speed steering, and finally bit the "Super Cobra".
Zhu Zhilong must be a ruthless person, and when the AH1ZZ smoked and fell, he also sent dozens of shells.
When the 30mm gun stopped roaring, the numbers on the ammunition indicator indicated that 227 armor-piercing shells had been fired!
Although it is a bit extravagant, a few hundred millimeter shells is too cheap compared to the AH1ZZ that costs more than 10,000 dollars.
"Old Zhu, we have to go back."
"Return?"
"Damn, tactical communications equipment is broken, radar is broken." Luo Liangji quickly checked, "The inertial navigation equipment is still usable, and the remaining range is less than 150 kilometers, so we must return." ”
"Fuck it."
"Well, we've made a lot of money."
Zhu Zhilong laughed. "Okay, you have the final say, and you will return to the home."
The battalion commander's landline left the battlefield, and the other WZ15s left the battlefield one after another.
16 WZ15s against 18AH1ZZ, the two sides are evenly matched, but the outcome is very different. None of the WZ-15 was shot down by AHH1ZZ in the battle and returned to the base, the 5WZ15, including Luo Liangji's landline, was scrapped, but the AH1Z lost 1, and those who escaped were also scrapped after returning to the base.
The one-sided results are exactly a direct portrayal of the combat capabilities of the 2 gunships.
The WZ15 belongs to the third generation of gunships, while the prototype of the AH11Z is the first generation of gunships. Even compared with other "Cobras", the performance of AH1Z has improved a lot, reaching the standards of second-generation armed helicopters, and its combat capabilities are still much worse than those of third-generation armed helicopters. Just as it is difficult for third-generation fighters to gain an advantage over fourth-generation fighters such as the F22 and J14, the AH1Z cannot gain an advantage over the WZ15.
This air battle, which lasted less than 15 minutes, will rewrite the history of helicopters, because all countries will now inevitably take on the task of seizing air supremacy when engaged with an evenly matched enemy.
From then on, air combat performance became one of the main features of the helicopter.
It was this air battle that gave the WZ15 the nickname "low-altitude tank".
Of course, the participation of the 1611 Brigade gunship in the war is not good for everyone.
Before the explosion of the air battle, 16 WZ15s knocked out two-thirds of the main battle tanks and nearly half of the armored vehicles of the US armored cluster with a thunderous force, and also disrupted the queue of the US armored cluster.
By the time the "Sharp Knife Platoon" led by Li Wen entered the battlefield, the US troops had already lost their fighting spirit and began to retreat southward.
After the defeat of the three lame "Abrams" with rotating turrets, the "Knife Platoon" became the "Battlefield Cleaner", the tank gun became an ornament, and the remote-controlled weapon station and the side-by-side machine gun served as the main battle weapon.
Levine did not complain anymore, because he had already taken out 8 "Abrams" in this battle.
Although the battle is not over yet, Li Wen believes that no car group can achieve more than eight victories.
Taking control of the battlefield, Li Wen took the chocolate handed by Fang Weimin and chewed it heavily. The tense battle consumed a lot of the tanker's physical strength and energy, and when he stopped to catch his breath, Li Wencai was now soaked with sweat all over his body. Fang Weimin and Shi Jinyong are similar, and the blood on Fang Weimin's forehead has coagulated.
|, 3 rows ......"
Hearing the call, Li Wen hurriedly swallowed the chocolate in his mouth. "Old class, I'm ......"
"Levin, why did you stop? Hurry to the south, advance towards the Jiefang Railway Station north of Huangcaoli, be sure to capture the railway station within two hours, and wait for reinforcements to arrive. ”
"Understood, out right away."
Without waiting for Li Wen's instructions, Shi Jinyong started the tank, and Fang Weimin checked the ammunition.
"Pay attention to the whole platoon, the target is to liberate the railway station, assault at full speed, don't entangle with the enemy."
The tanks of the "Sharp Knife Platoon" hit the road again and fought non-stop behind the US lines