UH-1 flew at an ultra-low altitude of 80 meters above the ground.Originally, Qin Fei bought two I-8 Soviet-made helicopters from Victor, but since Vidocq vowed to "take care of all logistics support" in this operation, Qin Fei was also happy to see it.After all, there are risks associated with cross-border transport and support missions.For a large arms dealer like Victor, the two UH-1s are still ready to be seconded to the Eritrean military.Zhao Xin sat next to the cabin, and by opening the window on the cabin door, he could see that the ground was dark, and occasionally a few small lights appeared.The border areas of these countries have long been devoid of many inhabitants due to wars and other reasons, and some have fled to become refugees.In the darkness and silence, only the roar of the propeller was heard, and a kind of nervousness before the battle was like a big hand, grabbing Zhao Xin's heart, making him feel a little breathless.On the contrary, the other people in the plane seemed very relaxed, as if they had collectively agreed to go on an outing, not to raid a country's border and sneak behind enemy lines to assassinate the leader of the armed forces."
Brother Qin, let's fly like this, aren't we afraid of encountering the other party's air force?"
Zhao Xin gently moved to Qin Fei's side and asked worriedly."
This is Africa."
Qin Fei said with a smile, "It's not that Africa doesn't have air power, but countries like North and South Sudan, under the perennial war, are so poor that they can't take care of the airspace on the national border, not to mention that it's flying at ultra-low altitude now, and the radar can't detect it at all, so you might as well worry about whether there will be any armed forces below that will fire at us with anti-aircraft guns and the like." ”"Anti-aircraft guns?"
The old fish, who is very familiar with the military situation in Africa, immediately interjected: "Even if there is, don't say that we will pass before we have time to aim, and even if we have time to aim, they are reluctant to use it." ”"Why?"
Zhao Xinqi said.In his opinion, how can there be any reason for troops to see an aircraft invading their airspace and not shoot at it?"
The war has been going on for too many years, and all sides are too poor, I have been here before, and I have been fortunate enough to see them fight once, and within 40 minutes, both sides ran out of ammunition, and they were forced to stop fighting and retreat to their strongholds."
Lao Yu said: "If there are enough anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition, do you know what they will choose to do?"
”"How?"
Zhao Xin asked.Lao Yu said: "When you see the plane, contact your superiors, and then send stragglers to search near the stronghold to see if you have entered your own territory, and then fight a land battle with you, instead of sweeping the air indiscriminately when you are not sure."
This is the thinking of these black brothers, recruits, this is Africa, you can't use the thinking of our motherland to apply their combat ideas, in these war-torn countries, there is not even the concept of a country, often dozens of tribes you fight me, I fight you, whoever grows will declare himself the boss, no one cares whose country it is, and the politicians here only care about their own power and territory. ”Zhao Xin had a long mouth and couldn't close it for a long time.In the past, he had only learned about this land on the Internet and on TV shows, but when he actually set foot here, he saw the unbelievable absurdity."
So that's ......"
Zhao Xin nodded silently, sat back in his original position, and never spoke again.He tried to close his eyes and sleep for a while to recuperate, but he couldn't sleep at all.So he had to slowly recall the details of the whole operation, and then moved his hands and feet, trying to retrieve the memory of the shooting skills he had acquired after a day of soaking in the shooting range today, and the training made him seem to have returned to the state of service, he felt that he was in good shape now, and it should be easy to take out a person.Time flew by, and I was in deep thought, when I heard the pilot turn around and shout loudly into the cabin in English: "Prepare for the abseiling, there are 10 minutes left!"
”Everyone rechecked their equipment, and the plane's chief engineer straightened up the rope for the rappelling and placed it in a circle by the cabin door."
Zhao Xin, are you ready?"
Qin Fei squatted on the ground and looked at the new Ding of the X mercenary group, and asked loudly.Zhao Xin checked the ammunition and nodded to Qin Fei, Qin Fei reached out and groped around Zhao Xin, checked whether all the buckles and harnesses were tied, and looked to see if there were any weapons missing, and after making sure that there were no problems, the plane began to hover.Qin Fei shouted at the rest of the people, "OK!
go！
go!
go！
”The old fish took the lead, and Eric followed, and the group slid down the rope from a height of more than ten meters to the ground like eggs.The landing field is a large thatched flat area.Sudan has a savannah climate, and its central part is mostly plain, and the west, south, and north are hills and mountains, but not the very steep mountains, and the altitude is not high.Lao Yu and the others landed and quickly established a defensive line, Qin Fei pointed to the rope and said to Zhao Xin: "Go down!"
”When Zhao Xin was in the reconnaissance battalion, he would also cooperate with the army aviation unit in the exercise to carry out airplane landing or rope landing behind enemy lines, and he was not unfamiliar with this landing mode.Gripping the rope tightly, Zhao Xin slid to the ground like a lead block, and through the sliding gloves, he could still feel the burning sensation caused by the violent friction.Rappelling in the dark is much more difficult than during the day, because in the dark, the person's sense of distance to the ground will be reduced, so it is not easy to control the speed when landing.Especially in this kind of hilly area, even if you find a gentle landing field, no one knows whether there are pits or nests under the grass, and one careless person may stumble.Fortunately, Zhao Xin saw a beam of laser light on the ground through the night vision device.Although he couldn't tell who it was, he understood that it was a member of the team who might have guessed that he might need to be taken care of as a rookie, so he deliberately turned on the laser light on the sight.The moment his feet stepped on the ground, Zhao Xin's heart finally landed.But then, according to the rules of the rope drop, he must leave the rope immediately, so as not to delay the Qin Fei rope landing behind.But just after running two steps, he was stumbled by something on the ground.A thug reached over from the side and helped Zhao Xin.A deep voice sounded in his ears: "Boy, be careful, there may be traps laid by hunters or mines laid by rebels. ”It's an old fish!
Zhao Xin's face was slightly hot, it seemed that he was still inexperienced, the grass here was too deep, and he was too anxious, maybe he had stumbled on a branch or grass roots.Qin Fei landed quickly, and then radioed Monday to leave for Murkuk, where he was waiting for his life."
Old fish, we're going to split up here."
Qin Fei pointed to the east: "You go this way, let's go to Doro in the south." ”"Okay, be careful yourself, I'm waiting for your news in Wagga, you do it, I'll do it right away."
Lao Yu and Qin Fei clashed their fists, waved their hands, and disappeared into the darkness with the rest of the X mercenary group.The two UH-1 helicopters in the sky also rumbled into the dark sky.The whole world is as quiet as death."
Alright."
Qin Fei took out the pad, covered his head with a raincoat, crouched inside to find the right direction, then put away everything and pointed to the guide surface: "Let's go." ”