Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 544: Insufficient Firepower, Send Out Warthogs

This is what happens when business is so good. The three An-124 flights were fully booked and running non-stop, but only this one took time out to come back for maintenance.

The only An-225 owned by Ermao next door can do twice the work of other planes and transport medical supplies all over the world. Only when the impact of the black swan event is completely over can it stop in the hangar of Antonov Airport to take a rest!
"Yes, before flying to Europe, bring all the KF-31, KF-41, and Weasel S30 to Kidar."

Xia Yu gave orders on the phone.

In an emergency deployment like this, infantry fighting vehicles take priority over tanks, and armed helicopters take priority over fighter jets.

One An-124 flight can transport four female deer. Xia Yu, who could not squeeze out a second flight, chose to use two IL-4s to transport the Old Deer Tiger, Longbow Cross Deer, and two upgraded Mi-76Ps to Nizhir.

From the gold mine that El Mencho is in charge of, it only takes an hour and a half by helicopter to reach Jibo, which is much closer than from Kidar.

However, deploying four armed helicopters at one time is a rare and large-scale move for Jihuo Defense.

At this critical moment, the interns were still very helpful.

"Yes, boss!"

The employees of Jihuo Defense stationed at Pointe Noire Airport were quickly mobilized, and infantry fighting vehicles, crew members and digital teams boarded the plane one after another.

"Om~~"

The An-124 took off first in the night, followed closely by the other two Il-76s from Libya that had been put back into service after maintenance.

"The other side is JNIM, but their number exceeds that of Kenya Faso, reaching 3000 people. A considerable number of them crossed the border from Mali. It is obvious that their goal is to completely swallow up Djibo."

After the results of the reconnaissance came out, Xia Yu contacted Ibrahim to introduce the specific situation.

"3000 people? This damn extremist group is just like locusts. They have grown to this number without making any noise."

Ibrahim was also stunned by this number. This was just the number of armed personnel gathered by an extremist organization in one operation.

If the other party takes out all their belongings, the number of people will only increase, but the mobility will also decrease.

The 3000 troops of JNIM are all mobile forces equipped with pickup trucks and motorcycles. They are much stronger than the Kenyan Faso Army which only has broken trucks. Even if Ibrahim sends troops over, he will not be able to catch up.

The two Toucans of their air force could be of some use, but the problem was that facing the locust-like motorcycle units, they could only kill one or two hundred of them at most.

This vividly illustrates what a drop in the bucket means. Ibrahim's hiring of Fire Defense in advance was quite prescient.

But for a target of this size, Xia Yu suddenly felt that four armed helicopters were not so safe, because you couldn't kill an enemy with just one bullet, not to mention that the enemy was a mobile force.

Even with the Old Deer Tiger and the Weasel crew at their limit, the electric machine gun turret needs at least 25 rounds of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets to kill a single target. The other three planes, even with machine gun pods, still don't have this accuracy!
Infantry fighting vehicles that can fire programmable air-burst bombs are quite accurate, but a motorcycle can get out of the range of direct fire by simply turning off the accelerator and accelerating.

Therefore, what they need most now are air units that can deliver high-intensity firepower in a short period of time.

"Captain Ibrahim, I may have to make some adjustments to my combat deployment if you want to keep as many of the 3000 JNIM personnel as possible."

Xia Yu quickly came up with a second version of the plan.

"We must give them a hard time when we have such a good opportunity. Everything is up to you."

Ibrahim's major is artillery, and he doesn't have any good solution for such a situation, but he has professionals on his side, so he just leaves it to Xia Yu.

There is nothing wrong with spending a little more money. At this critical moment, the upward trend of JNIM must be interrupted.

Otherwise, there would be trouble if the country was in chaos, so he chose to cut the Gordian knot.

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu went outside the office and took a car to a hangar belonging to the Cold War branch.

The museum's Red Warthog Squadron is stationed here, and it is also his planned air money printing machine.

The black swan incident disrupted everything. Only after the storm is completely over will the Cold War branch officially open to the public.

Before that, it seems that these quasi-operational machines can also be lent to Jihuo Defense to do some private work?
"What's the situation of B3 and B4? Can they be put into combat?"

Xia Yu asked the leader of the Red Warthog Squadron.

These two are A-10Bs that retain the aerial refueling capability. As a frontline ground-raiding aircraft, the combat radius of the Warthog is very ugly. The good news is that the aerial refueling aircraft of Focus Defense can make up for this shortcoming.

"can!"

"Immediately have the ammunition depot extract two base quantities of tungsten core armor-piercing and high-explosive shells, and send all the GUV-8700 machine gun pods stored at Kidar Airport to Nizhir."

The museum's target practice vehicle can use depleted uranium armor-piercing bullets, but it is better to use small steel needles when the concentrated fire defense is put into actual combat. Moreover, the Warthog's 7-barrel Gatling gun is designed to open tanks, and the 30mm shells have a poor effect on licking people.

In this way, all pickup targets were assigned to the two A-10Bs, all the heavy mounts of the armed helicopters were replaced with machine gun pods, and they were responsible for the remaining iron-clad motorcycle units of JNIM.

Only the magical Afika region can use this kind of configuration. Regular troops simply cannot play like this.

Fortunately, he built Kidar, a large rear base in the Sahel region, otherwise it would be okay to have armed helicopters, but it would be absolutely impossible to have attack aircraft.

"Yes, boss!"

The employees at Kidar Airport took immediate action. Boxes of shells were delivered to the hangar and loaded one by one into the two A-10Bs with the help of loaders.

另一边夏屿批量打印的GUV-8700型机枪吊舱，也被取出了16具，连同7.62×54mm、12.7×108mm子弹一起塞进了C-160的货舱。

The transport-type C-160 can be deployed, but the armed AC-160s can only stay in Kidar because the operating procedures are relatively complicated. They are currently all in a sealed state and cannot take off and fight.

However, the A-10B is enough. Xia Yu will act as the leader this time and fly the B3 himself.

After his business plans were disrupted, he had plenty of time to familiarize himself with the controls of various aircraft models, and he could easily control this two-seater Warthog.

But this is the first time in actual combat, I hope everything goes well.

"Om~~"

The two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofan engines on the back of the aircraft burst out with the unique roar of the Warthog. Xia Yu piloted the B3 into the sky and chased the tanker that took off before them with the B4.

In the video footage circulating on the Internet, many A-10s have flat noses, which is caused by the poor skills of the tanker crew.

The hard pipe cannot fit into the fuel port, which may at best scratch the paint and at worst cause dents in the metal of the aircraft.

The level of the tanker crew of Jihuo Defense was still good. After entering the airspace of Kenya Faso and refueling B3 and B4, they turned around and withdrew to Mali.

An armored convoy consisting of three infantry fighting vehicles had just unloaded from the trailer after crossing the border. It was now less than 100 kilometers away from Jibo and would take at least an hour to deploy.

Fortunately, this time the ground forces mainly played a supporting role, and the main offensive force was all air units.

"Calling Groundhog, this is Weasel, report your current location."

Xia Yu turned on the radio and called.

At this moment, Rudolf was still on the Old Hind, and the driver was Andre, who served as gunner and commander.

This arrangement is also a training for him. The cuckoo and the glider are the ones who really control the rhythm. The little marmot is just an intern and has a lot to learn. "We have the last 120 kilometers to Gibo. We will arrive in half an hour."

At this moment, Rudolph, who owns 1, 2, 3... a total of 13 Gatling machine guns, feels full of security, even though the most accurate one is still the machine gun turret on the nose of the old Deer Tiger.

"How is Jibo doing now?"

Xia Yu asked Rudolph.

The old Deer Tiger was modified as a command aircraft, so it can obtain first-hand information about the Sea Eagle crew. The A-10B, as a museum operating aircraft, does not have this function.

"The first echelon has launched an attack on the Army camp. We can see casualties among the soldiers, but JNIM has not yet entered the camp."

Although he couldn't see the live broadcast, Xia Yu could imagine the specific situation. It was basically a fight between two weaklings. The Kenyan Faso government army was small in number, but they could still be the defender for a while.

But the JNIM, as the attacking party, was in a difficult situation. Unlike the Tuareg people, they did not inherit Colonel Kadiz's legacy. Their weapons were only old weapons such as AK, PKM, and RPG-7.

Therefore, the government forces who had shelters have only lost a few people so far, while they who had no protective firepower have lost more than 20 people.

The lives of Afika people are worthless, and extremist ideas spread rapidly among the hungry people, tempting a steady stream of people to take up arms, join their organizations, and seize territory and resources.

As an outsider, concentrated fire defense cannot cure the root of the problem, but like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, it is no problem to remove all the branches and vines that dare to show above the ground.

"B4 and I will arrive at Jibo in 20 minutes and strike the target first."

"Yes, boss!"

After ending the communication, Xia Yu pushed the throttle to the bottom, and the Warthog also soared to a top speed of 0.7 Mach.

This is what an attack aircraft does. It can only achieve supersonic flight if it is equipped with a variable-sweep wing. Otherwise, no matter how fast it goes, it will only be subsonic. Fortunately, it is still faster than an armed helicopter.

"Da~da~da~~"

"Boom~Boom~~"

"Om~~"

On the outskirts of Djibo, near the army barracks, the sounds of gunfire and rocket explosions were heard one after another.

"咻~咻~咻~~"

As the only heavy weapons, two JNIM armed pickup trucks towing 107mm multiple rocket launchers launched an attack on the camp.

However, I don't know which country's imitation product it was, and with the DeBuff of its own level, most of it was hit outside the military camp.

"Quick, reload, aim and shoot."

The commander, who didn't understand what was going on, kicked his subordinate and threw the blame away.

Just a few militants had just filled up half of the directional tube when they heard the faint sound of an airplane in the distance?

"Du~la~~"

"Boom~Boom~~"

The iconic "fart sound" rang out rapidly, and a volley of small steel needles mixed with high-explosive bombs swept across the gun bodies of two multiple rocket launchers. The high-explosive bombs directly detonated the 107mm rockets in the directional tubes.

Now it’s okay even if I can’t hit the target. I can just be accurate in the next life.

"It's the Air Force. Is it the Air Force from Kenya Faso?"

Hearing the explosion, everyone's eyes involuntarily looked up at the sky, only to see two familiar-looking fighter jets swooping towards them.

"A man from Magnesium?"

Hollywood has an enormous influence. Even poor Afika people can get access to pirated discs. The popularity of smart phones has also replaced the role played by MP4 in the past.

They may not know that this fighter with a long engine on its back is called a Warthog, but they know it is a fighter of the magnesium army.

But this shouldn't happen. Shouldn't the Chinese fight their own al-Qaeda in the Middle East? Why did they go to Afika to fight these black Muslims?
Yes, JNIM is affiliated with al-Qaeda.

The base couldn't stand the attacks in its hometown, so it wanted to export its own ideas and took root in Afika, where the Magnesian people were not deeply involved.

The people of the country intervened, but they only randomly selected unlucky people to make an example of them, until today when things changed.

"Damn it, they didn't say the Magnesians would come. We were fooled by these guys."

The JNIM leader who was hiding among the crowd cursed.

He also knew the Warthog, an aircraft used only by the Magnesium Army.

Honestly speaking, the Chinese really wanted to sell the A-10, but they only used it themselves and no one else bought it until a museum bought it and started commercial operation.

As luck would have it, a black swan event occurred and the publicity plan was withdrawn before it was even launched. The news that the Afica War Museum has a Red Warthog Squadron has been passively blocked until now.

It just so happened that their boss's other company encountered some problems, so they naturally appeared in Kenya Faso, causing some misunderstandings.

"Retreat. Dealing with the Magnesium people is a different price. Everyone evacuate in all directions."

After the leader gave the order into the walkie-talkie, he opened the car door and was about to get in, but he suddenly thought of something.

"Give me your car and get in my car."

Faisal snatched the motorcycle from his men. He knew that riding in a car was not safe and a motorcycle was the best option now.

It is a bit premature to make this judgment. No matter what kind of transportation you use, as long as it appears within the range of concentrated fire defense, it is the worst option.

Not to mention that Xia Yu deployed the Warthogs just to free up four Mi-4s so that they could deal with those unarmored soft targets.

"Du~la~~"

"Boom~~"

Rapid bursts of fire blew up one armed pickup truck after another.

The A-50B, which can fire 1350 rounds at a time and has 10 rounds of ammunition, can fire 27 times, but two targets that are close can be taken down with a single burst. The two Warthogs in the sky clear the pickup trucks on the ground with extremely high efficiency.

This scene also gave reassurance to the militants who were fleeing on motorcycles, because it turned out that the two planes were not targeting them!
That’s right, who would use a cannon to kill a mosquito?
"Wow~Wow~~"

What's that sound?
Many motorcyclists looked in the direction where the noise came from, and their dark faces turned pale.

"One, two, three, four, four helicopters!"

Although it is not the helicopter used by the Chinese in the movie, many people in the JNIM Mary branch are familiar with this type of armed helicopter used by the government forces and are aware of its power.

No, they don't know!
(End of this chapter)