Chapter 1129 The Return Date Has Been Determined

Breaking through in the air seems very simple, but how should I put it? In modern warfare, it doesn't mean you are invincible because you are powerful. Everyone is equal before bullets.

Although the Mistral air defense missile is also known as a portable missile, it is not a simple missile, but can form a unit of the air defense system.

The army-type Mistral missile alone has three modes. One can work in groups of two and use a tripod as a portable air defense system. It is also a Mistral air defense missile. It can be installed on a vehicle and equipped with a search radar, so it can be used several kilometers away. When you find air targets, you can hit them not only with planes, but also with cruise missiles, and also with ground-to-surface air defense. If you have a big radar, you can search for a longer distance, and if you have a small radar, you can search at a closer distance, but the helicopter wants to be detected before it is discovered by the search radar. Just rushing through the missile emplacement was impossible.

The portable Mistral can detect and attack targets up to six kilometers away. Using search radar, it can detect high-altitude targets dozens of kilometers away, low-altitude targets ten kilometers away, and ultra-ultra-low-altitude targets five kilometers away. , for example, if a flying object is at a height of fifteen meters, then the search radar will detect it and wait for the flying object to be within the range of the missile to start shooting.

In order to support the rebels in Syria, France has also spent a lot of money. The cheapest portable system costs more than 100,000 US dollars. What is terrible is that France provides not only portable systems for free, but also two sets of vehicle-mounted air defense. missile systems, and both of them are still in Aleppo.

Do you know how much a vehicle-mounted air defense system that is equipped with a search radar, laser range finder, etc. costs? The conscientious cost price is US$8 million per set, no counter-offering required. This is the internal purchase price of the French army.

The news that Gao Yang received could not be more reliable. The missiles that made him afraid to fly even if he had a plane were resold by Porovich's former subordinates to the rebels who surrounded the Aleppo prison.

So it’s not that you are timid, but that under conditions like modern warfare, you have to believe in science. Respecting science, France is also one of the top five talkers in the world. The Mistral missile system is also the main weapon of its main light air defense, which is no joke.

Also, the Northwest missile system. But the current sales champion of portable air defense missiles in the world is the one that beats the sales champions of famous brand products such as the American Stinger, the British Starlight, and the Russian Needle.

If it weren't for the taboo against the rebels' anti-aircraft missiles, Gao Yang would have run away.

Of course. The Mistral missile is not unsolvable. If it can fly at ultra-low altitude, the infrared seeker of the missile cannot capture and lock it, and it can safely break through the air defense network of the Mistral missile. But the problem is, this ultra-low altitude is really ultra-low altitude. , the minimum height of northwest wind is fifteen meters to ensure safety. It must be under fifteen meters.

What is the concept of fifteen meters?

Below 100 meters,

It is ultra-low altitude, lowering the altitude to less than fifteen meters. It really flew close to the ground. Let's put it this way, if one is not careful, a telephone pole can knock the helicopter down.

The height of the ground is not static. There are buildings, hills, towers, wires and flagpoles.

Very low altitude flight. Below fifteen meters, it is not that easy during the day. You can watch movies or watch TV. There are not many pictures of helicopters flying at ultra-low altitudes. They may be very low when taking off and landing, but after flying, they fly close to the ground. Unless it is a place with simple terrain such as water or grassland, how many people dare to No one would dare to shoot a movie flying below fifteen meters.

Why is the American Longbow Apache helicopter gunship so powerful? Because a millimeter-wave radar called Longbow is installed on the top of the aircraft, it can search and attack hidden targets at treetop height. The search distance is long, and it can carry out ultra-low-altitude penetration at treetop height. Other radars have not yet Upon discovering it, the Longbow Apache appears.

The United States is the world's number one military power. Russia may not be able to do what the United States can do, and it is impossible for Syria to do it. And what the Longbow Apache can do, the Mi-24 cannot do.

The Longbow Apache can fly and fight at night. The old version of Syria's Mi-24 is far behind. It can fly at night, but if you want to fight, it is just a dream. Without a night vision system and a good radar, you are like a blind man. How to fight.

Gao Yang and the others bought their own night vision goggles and modified two Mi-24s. This is very important because after modification, the Mi-24 has preliminary night combat capabilities, but if they want to fly at ultra-low altitude at night, the Mi-24 has undergone limited modifications. It was really difficult.

The Apache helicopter has an automatic terrain following system and a terrain following radar, but the Mi-24 has nothing...

What is terrain following radar? Terrain following radar automatically detects terrain changes and then automatically notifies the pilot. For example, if a tree suddenly appears in front of the helicopter and can hit the helicopter, the terrain following system will notify the pilot, and then the pilot can avoid it. That's it.

The Mi-24 that Gaoyang can use only has a night vision device that can provide help for night flights, and the help is still limited.

The field of view of an infrared night vision device cannot be too large. When flying at ultra-low altitude, due to altitude reasons, the airborne night vision device can only see a very small angle directly ahead, and then presents the image in a On a small screen, even if there are obstacles, it is still a problem whether they can be detected on the screen in time. It is better to use a helmet-mounted night vision device to control the aircraft while staring at the screen.

Helmet-mounted night vision devices don't make it look like daytime just by wearing them. First of all, the distance is limited, and after all, it's an electronic re-imaging device. It can't see as clearly as the naked eye in the daytime. It's no problem for infantry combat. But the pilot was flying at ultra-low altitude and at high speed, and used a helmet-mounted night vision device to see a telephone pole a hundred meters away. How long did the pilot have to wait from the time he discovered it to the time he maneuvered the plane to avoid it?

Calculated based on the flying speed of 100 kilometers per hour, the speed of 100 kilometers per hour is 28 meters per second. From the time when it is discovered to when it must be avoided, the pilot only has a little more than three seconds, and the pilot's time is from the pilot's From what I can see, everything is passing by super fast. It's hard to say whether we can find the telephone poles in time, so how difficult it is. One can imagine how dangerous it is.

The risk of flying at ultra-low altitude at night is by no means less than flying at high altitude during the day, risking the threat of the northwest air defense system.

In order to improve safety, the person driving the Mi-24 must be the best pilot. Most people would not dare to fly like this. And they must be two very good pilots. The weapons operator stares at the screen of the airborne night vision device and warns him immediately if there is any danger. The pilot wears a helmet night vision device and flies visually at night. These two people must The cooperation was particularly tacit. Only then can the task be completed.

Of course, you need to do enough homework before flying, such as flying on a familiar route, flying over the enemy in the shortest distance, and knowing the obstacles on the flight route. It can also reduce some risks.

Now, the four pilots hired by Porovich have arrived in Damascus. Gao Yang has just received the notice, but they have to study the air charts for at least two or three days, plan the safest flight route, and secure it. Keep this in mind before picking them up.

The preparations before the flight can only be done by the pilots themselves, and Gao Yang will definitely not be able to help. However, Aleppo Airport has sent two pilots who are familiar with the situation to Damascus Airport to help Porovich's Russian pilots plan the flight route.

A lot of manpower and material resources were expended for an inconspicuous evacuation work. Experts watch the door, laymen watch the excitement, people who don't know it just see the helicopter flying over, picking people up and that's it. Only those who understand the difficulty know how difficult this seemingly simple flight is. What a great pilot.

Gao Yang didn't understand it very well at first, so he just had a rough idea. If you have not learned to fly, you have not learned to use helicopters to conduct ultra-low-altitude raids in Israel. Having understood it and knowing how difficult it was, he would have thought that helicopter evacuation would just be a matter of flying over.

The older you get in the world, the less courageous you are, and the ignorant are fearless. It's all the same. If you don't know how powerful it is, maybe Gao Yang has already ordered a helicopter to pick him up and leave. It's because he knows how powerful it is, and Gao Yang is worried about being imprisoned. After seeing no hope of leaving for a long time, he made the decision to break out of the encirclement under conditions where the risks were acceptable.

The closer the day of departure came, the more complicated Gao Yang's mood became. He was looking forward to leaving, and worried about being knocked down in mid-air. But overall, he was still happy, because after all, he could leave soon.

Gao Yang has too many things waiting for him to do, but Gao Yang has decided that after leaving Aleppo prison, he will do three big things first. The first one is to eat, and eat a lot first. pause.

The second thing is to have another big meal.

The third important thing is to have another big meal.

For more than a month and a half, Gao Yang really didn't have a full meal, not even a single meal. He had nothing but two palm-sized pancakes every day, and only one meal of fresh meat sent to the prison. After finishing eating, he gnawed on the bread for more than a month, during which time a canned meat was air-dropped. Ten of them, Satan, ate two canned meat among themselves, feeling as happy as the Chinese New Year.

During the three years when he was living as a savage in Africa, Gao Yang had never been so miserable. Although he was hungry and full after every meal, he still had plenty of time to eat. It was not like this day of eating bread in the half-moonlight. He was hungry, so the only big thing Gao Yang set for himself was to eat. After he got out of prison, he would eat like crazy.

The day has been set. During the day on February 7, two Mi-24s will take off from Damascus and arrive in Aleppo. Then, they will be overhauled and refueled at Aleppo Airport. After adjusting everything to the best condition, on February 8 at 3 a.m. point, the helicopter will land in the Aleppo prison and pick up Gao Yang and them to leave.

Today is February 6th. (To be continued)

ps: I went to the hospital today to have my legs checked. I was very tired, so I wrote this chapter late. I apologize in advance, but I still have to ask for a monthly ticket. I have little time at the end and can’t miss it.

Also, please explain why I wrote these contents in this chapter. I didn’t plan to write it originally, but a friend asked me why I didn’t just go to the prison by helicopter to pick up the person and leave. Thinking about it, there are many friends who are not military fans and don’t understand it. The key point is that you may have the same question, so I will write it down so that everyone can know what is going on.

Finally, the Ru Shui Yi in the group is me, well, let’s verify it.