Chapter 34: A surprise attack

In fact, from the very beginning, the decision to attack this helicopter base was a gamble-like battle. Even if it was successful, there would be no way to escape unscathed. After all, this was a place heavily defended by the Soviets.

Muhammad was determined to kill these female deer. He knew that the battle would be very brutal, which was completely contrary to the tactics of guerrilla warfare. However, after being bullied by the female deer by having their heads dangled on them several times, Muhammad could no longer tolerate it.

Now, the Soviets have withdrawn. It is impossible for our side to drive this armored vehicle to break out again. Now it is wandering around on the tarmac. The Soviets are afraid that their planes will be hit. They are also worried that if they drive out and cannot enter the mountain, they will be hit by armor-piercing bullets.

Even now, Muhammad was gambling. If he got next to the Hind, the Soviet tanks would not dare to fire for fear of accidentally hitting the Hind.

There are a total of twelve Hinds parked at this field airport, the size of a flying brigade. Muhammad just came over and blew up six of them, half of the Hinds were destroyed. If anything goes wrong with the remaining ones, the base commander here will definitely not be able to afford it. Even now, the loss is huge enough.

Because of this, when they approached the Hind and climbed on it, the Soviets did not fire their artillery or even their guns. They were afraid that the plane would be shot down by mistake. It was not until they saw the helicopter's propellers start to turn, saw the helicopter wobbling up into the air, and saw the fuel pipe of the tanker truck being torn off, that they could not believe their eyes. The Afghan guerrillas, those illiterate people, could actually fly a helicopter?

"Quick, shoot! These guerrillas are trying to escape!" The situation is now very clear. If they continue to be obsessed with this helicopter, they will have no chance at all. If the guerrillas seize the helicopter and escape, the commander of Jalalabadi will be even more angry about their failed operation.

The helicopter was shaking up and down, and sweat was streaming down Muhammad's forehead. He kept operating the joystick, but the helicopter was shaking back and forth uncontrollably. Not to mention driving away, it might crash down at any time and smash them into pieces.

He simply loosened all the operating levers and reached out to take off the armored soldier's hat. Now, he no longer had to pretend to be a Soviet and the hat could be thrown away.

When all the control levers were released, the helicopter stabilized and hovered in the air. Suddenly, Muhammad realized that his pilot instructor had said that this was called pilot-induced shock. When he felt the aircraft leaning forward, he immediately pulled back. As a result, he pulled too much and the aircraft leaned back again. Then he pushed the control lever forward again, and the amplitude of the aircraft became larger and larger.

Gently, it must be gentle! Muhammad gently pushed the joystick, and sure enough, this time the helicopter slowly tilted forward and then flew forward.

"Shoot!" All the weapons below were aimed at the sky and shot at the helicopter.

The female deer has a layer of armor protection underneath, and ordinary bullets are completely ineffective against it.

Muhammad operated the helicopter and flew away from the air force base. The guerrillas in the rear cabin still seemed to be in a dream. In the past, they had only seen the Soviets flying arrogantly overhead, but they never thought that one day they would be able to sit on this iron lump and fly into the sky.

The instructor is so great, he can even fly this iron bird!

There was a mountainous area ahead. If they flew directly into it, they would be completely out of danger. However, Muhammad gritted his teeth, pushed the operating lever, and the doe turned and flew back.

There are five more Hinds at the airport. We must kill them all!

There were rocket launchers and anti-tank missiles hanging on the short wings of the Hind, but Muhammad was unable to operate them. It was supposed to be operated by the weapons operator in the front cabin, but now the front cabin was empty and there was no one to operate them. Even if there was someone, no one would tinker with those things.

It's a pity about those weapons. Although the ones on the side racks cannot be used, there are still weapons in the rear cockpit.

The Soviets were also good at adapting to circumstances. After the Hind entered Afghanistan with the Soviet army, although the formal modification had not begun, the Soviet army installed a machine gun on the side door of the Hind's rear cabin. In this way, when the soldiers in the Hind's rear cabin did not have time to be put down, they could operate the machine gun and attack the guerrilla fighters on the ground from the side. Moreover, when the Hind was preparing to land, the machine guns on both sides could help them open up a safe landing site. After all, the rear vision of this wide helicopter was almost zero.

After hearing Muhammad's order and watching the helicopter turning, the guerrillas in the rear cabin became excited again. They opened the sliding doors and pushed out the machine guns on both sides.

Durrani was a machine gunner. He grabbed the bolt of a machine gun and prepared to fire downwards.

The ground was constantly changing, and the airport was getting closer and closer.

Several tanker trucks were quickly refueling the remaining helicopters, and the ground crew were loading bombs, their hearts filled with anger.

The pilot was already sitting in the helicopter, waiting for the equipment to be completed so that he could take off and pursue.

This is a joke of the entire Jalalabad base and the entire Soviet army. The base of armed helicopters was visited by guerrillas, who shot down six helicopters and stole one!

The maintenance of the Mi-24 Hind is very complicated. Each flight requires several hours of maintenance. These helicopters returned from a mission yesterday. It was already dark at that time, and they had not been maintained, refueled, or loaded with bombs. As a result, they could only stare blankly as the helicopter was snatched away.

The helicopter pilots did not participate in the battle just now. They had been hiding in the tower until the helicopter was snatched away. Then they came out and ran quickly to their own plane. Each pilot was trained by the country with countless costs. Their stage is in the sky.

As long as we refuel and load bombs, and wait for them to take off, we will go and shoot down the stolen helicopter!

Just before refueling was completed, a roar was heard in the sky again, and the helicopter flew back!

Looking at the panicked Soviet soldiers below, the vehicles moving, and the helicopters ready to take off on the tarmac, Muhammad knew that he had arrived at the right time!

"Shoot!" Durrani shouted loudly and pulled the firing button of his machine gun.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter." The ammunition belt slid from the barrel of the machine gun, and countless bullets flew out of the muzzle and shot onto the ground.

One by one, the Soviet soldiers were knocked down by the machine gun and fell down screaming. Durani continued to push the gun forward and the bullets flew towards the apron in front.

The armor of the doe is all on the lower part. When it flies over the battlefield, it is mainly used to protect itself from anti-aircraft fire from below. If armor protection is installed all over the body of the doe, it will be very heavy. Therefore, the doe's resistance to attacks from the upper part is very weak.

On the other side, Aga operated another machine gun and fired at both sides at the same time. The Soviet soldiers below could not resist the flames from both sides at all.

"Boom." A refueling truck next to a helicopter was blown up, and immediately, along with the helicopter next to it, it caught fire in the explosion.

"Soviet, let you taste the power of the Afghan guerrillas!" The rest of the guerrillas were not idle either. They pulled the rings of the grenades and threw them down from the sky.

"Boom, boom!" There were explosions everywhere and machine gun fire everywhere. The Soviets also tasted the feeling of being attacked from the air.

The east began to turn pale and the sky gradually became brighter.

Several helicopters on the tarmac were destroyed. Muhammad pressed the joystick, intending to fly over them again, fire one more round and then fly away. However, when his eyes looked at the earth from the side window, his eyes suddenly stopped.

Several armored vehicles were moving quickly towards us. Judging from their direction, they were coming from the Kabul area. The chassis of these armored vehicles were very similar to ordinary tracked chassis, but on top of them was a huge turret. In front of the turret were four not very thick gun barrels, and behind the turret, there was something like a mushroom plate.

Damn, this thing is the real killer weapon, the nightmare of the Afghan guerrillas!

Shilehe 23mm four-barrel self-propelled anti-aircraft gun!

The Shile River is the first all-weather, fully automatic multi-barrel self-propelled anti-aircraft gun equipped by the Soviet Union. The entire system consists of an improved A3P 23mm 4-barrel automatic gun, a closed turret, a ГM575 chassis and a radar fire control system. It is the first self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the Soviet Union and the world, with fierce firepower and advanced technology.

On the Israeli-Palestinian battlefield, during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, according to statistics from the Arab coalition forces, one-third of the more than 300 fighter planes lost by the Israeli Air Force were shot down by the Shil River anti-aircraft guns.

According to later records, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Shile River played a versatile role. The guerrillas had no planes, and the Shile River was not used to shoot down planes, but to attack guerrillas in the mountains.

Because of its wide range of fire, it can quickly fire back when it encounters an ambush by guerrillas on a high mountain, covering the guerrilla position with a fierce rain of bullets. At this time, the bulky T-62 tank is still looking for a suitable shooting position to overcome the embarrassment of being unable to fire due to the limited shooting angle.

If Muhammad could fully operate the helicopter, he could use the missiles on both sides to destroy the self-propelled artillery, but now, he only had one choice, run, run as far as possible! The 23mm anti-aircraft gun could easily tear through the armor of the Hind and explode it in mid-air.

Just as Muhammad pushed the operating lever, the Shilehe self-propelled anti-aircraft guns stopped, the turrets turned, the muzzles raised, and the four 23mm gun barrels suddenly fired a dense barrage of bullets. Countless bullets whizzed towards the doe in the sky.