"Pay attention to air defense firepower, the anti-aircraft machine guns on the top of these tanks can pose a threat to the aircraft..."

The formation of three ac-130 armed transport aircraft was not to snatch credit, but to experiment with the power of this newly improved armed gunboat.

Since the first new generation of US air gunboats transformed based on the C-130 was put into service in 1967, these air gunboats have been continuously improved.

Now these three are all improved models of the ac-130h.

This is the latest generation of air gunboat A-130u carrier. In 1987, Rockwell received a contract from the US Air Force to build the A-130u using the newly-departed new A-130h as a carrier.

The several aerial gunboats that appeared here all have some improvements, and test aircraft that need to be determined through actual combat whether the improvement plan is reasonable.

More importantly, these aircraft completed the improvement plan in 1990 and were soon in place.

As an important part of the US military's "Paving Road Cover" plan, the existence of air gunboats is to deal with ground armor clusters.

If the air defense firepower is strong, the air gunboat will not only fail to destroy the ground target, but will also become a living target because of its huge size and slow speed.

After the commander ordered, the three aerial gunboats did not use the 105mm howitzers on the gunboats, but used the m61 "Vulcan" 6-barrel 20mm aerial guns and the "Bofors" type 40mm automatic guns on the ground, using two doors on the side walls of the rear cockpit of the aircraft.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

The cannon fired, and a fiery red barrage suddenly appeared in the sky.

These barrages are tilted towards the ground that is only a few dozen meters below, and continue to move forward as the plane flies.

"Boom boom boom..."

The explosion of machine cannon shells is more dense than previous cluster bombs.

The ground was like a plow, and the whole piece was turned forward.

For the t-72 with thick skin and thick flesh, even the 40mm shell of the "Bofors" automatic cannon is difficult to break through the defense.

But for the thin-skinned bmp-1 infantry fighting vehicle beside it, these machine cannon shells are sickles in the hands of the god of death, constantly harvesting the infantry fighting vehicle on the ground.

"Boom~"

A huge ball of fire exploded, and the explosion spread out to the surroundings, and a bmp-1 infantry fighting vehicle exploded.

The soldiers carrying them were also in the explosion...

"Boom~"

A huge 105mm shell landed on the side of a t-72 track. The huge shock wave of the shell explosion instantly overturned the heavy tank that was maneuvering to avoid attacks...

"Dadada..."

The roaring sound of anti-aircraft machine guns on the top of the t-72 is getting smaller and smaller, and many anti-aircraft machine guns on the top of the tank are no longer afraid to fire under such dense firepower.

"Damn it, nothing is wrong with us!"

The commander of f/a-18 complained.

From higher air, these aerial gunboats can be clearly seen showing powerful firepower.

This is the real licking!

One lick one piece.

The pilots of the AV-8b Harrier who arrived earlier could only silently turn the nose and return to the station.

Why are the same pilots, and people compare with each other, so why is there such a big gap?

The f/a-18 is also a carrier-based fighter. It also has the function of a ground attack aircraft. It is also the latest developed heavy fighter. AV-8b, a fighter with a maximum take-off weight of less than half of the f/a-18, is not as good as that of the f/a-18. Although they are not convinced, they are acceptable.

But the attack power is incomparable to armed transport aircraft, so what if they don’t accept it?

Now I have seen the situation of these aerial gunboats plowing the ground with their own eyes.

Compared to the US military, Colonel Tirad is completely desperate now.

"That bastard, I must kill him!"

He did not hate the American fighter jets that ravaged them in the air, but hated the head of the Youth Officer Corps.

If the young officers' regiment arrives quickly, even individual air defense missiles will not be so passive.

But he didn't know that this was what their boss, General Ainajid, helped them with from Commander-in-Chim.

And Enagid never thought that the US military would use their attacking troops to experiment with new weapons.

Whether it is a cluster bomb, ac-130 aerial gunboat, or even bombs dropped by f/a-18, most of them are newly developed.

"A huge armored force rushes to 8 kilometers northeast, and the air force retreats immediately and handes it over to the First Division of the Army..."

The e-8a aerial surveillance/command plane that has been stranded in the air, which has been monitoring the surrounding area, turns the situation towards an air gunboat that is continuing to attack the ground with machine guns at least without any power to fight back.

"withdraw!"

The ammunition of the air gunboat was almost consumed, so they didn't stop and left directly.

On the other side of Hefgir, the armored forces of the First Division of the United States Army, which were galloping all the way, had reached the edge of Hefgir.

Soon, the unit will pass through Hefji and contact the Iraqi armored forces that are being bombed in front of him.

The already crippled Iraqi armored forces will not pose a threat to the m1a1 equipped by the First Division at all.

"Start up! If it's too late, the guys in the air will resolve the battle..."

In the m1a1 team, the commander once again urged the team to speed up.

In order to arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible, the team turned on the headlights when marching at night.

Anyway, the Iraqi army does not have reconnaissance satellites, early warning aircraft, and no aerial reconnaissance aircraft dares to come here...

"Immediately collect the troops, rescue the wounded, enter Hefghi to establish a defensive position..."

Even though the troops suffered heavy casualties and hated the young officers' regiment to the core, they still had to defend themselves.

The air force of multinational forces is huge, and even reinforcements from ground forces will arrive soon.

"Col. Our troops are no longer able to fight..."

Hafata reminded Tirad.

Their men, in several consecutive waves of air attacks, were not many remaining.

There are more than 40 tanks, the same number of BMP-1 armored personnel carriers, and now there are only 13 T-72 tanks with combat capabilities left, and only 9 infantry station vehicles.

defense?

How to defend?

"Boom~"

"boom……"

A T-72, closest to Hefji, was suddenly attacked. The heavy tank turret was blown away by a violent explosion caused by ammunition that exploded inside, and hit the ground hard.

The rest of the part burned in the darkness, illuminating the distant surrounding area.

While Tirad and Hafata and others were still struggling, the roar of the tank engine came from the direction of Hefji.

The tanks in the front have even opened fire on Iraqi armored forces that are counting losses and are preparing to move towards Hefghi.

"The United States reinforcements are coming! Retreat! Retreat immediately!"

Tirad and Hafata's expressions suddenly changed.

The U.S. ground reinforcements came too quickly!

The Iraqi armored soldiers who were originally treating the wounded did not care about the wounded anymore...

The remaining T-72 and BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles that were parked there waiting for the order did not even dare to go to Hefgie's direction without the commander's order.

"Boom~Boom~"

The U.S. reinforcements came up and launched a direct attack.

This was the first time that the U.S. Army ground forces fired fire in such a long time since the war began.

A battalion-scale m1a1 tank, without the accompaniment of armored vehicles, rushed towards this side.

The strong power provided by the gas turbine allowed these world's most advanced tanks to rush towards the remaining Iraqi armored forces at extremely fast speed.

These wedge-shaped turret tanks are fired while advancing at high speed, approaching the T-72 tanks that are running away randomly at night.

"Boom~Boom..."

As soon as we met, three more T-72s were hit by depleted uranium armor-piercing bombs fired by the m1a1 tank, and their internal ammunition exploded, and the turret was blown away.

“Switch off the headlights!”

The command tank where Colonel Tirad is located is also running away.

He didn't care about cursing the damn young officers' regiment's reinforcements, and he didn't even care about ordering his subordinates to fight back.

"It's over, the whole army is wiped out..."

Hafata became stagnant.

The most powerful first armored regiment of the Iraqi Defense Forces was completely wiped out like this?

The losses were heavy before and the numbers were gone, but they still had many subordinates.
To be continued...