Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 448 Pulling an Airplane with Bare Hands

The preparations for the rock falcon were completed smoothly, and several hours had passed.

"It's 5:18, and it's almost dawn. I need to hurry up."

Taking a moment to wipe away his sweat, Jackie Chan glanced at the time. Without taking a break, he quickly walked to the front door and slowly pushed it open to both sides.

Jackie Chan used a lot of force, but his movements were very light.

Although the large iron gate was heavy and bulky, it did not make much noise.

Jackie Chan only stopped when the gate was fully opened to both sides, reaching a width of about ten meters, enough for a helicopter to pass through normally.

I looked at the group of buildings a few hundred meters away and observed them carefully for about ten seconds.

After confirming that nothing unusual had happened, he turned and ran toward a small tractor-trailer.

Unlike other aircraft, the Rock Falcon does not have the ability to move slowly on land.

To move the aircraft out of the hangar and onto the outside landing pad, it can only be done with the help of external forces, usually a special towing vehicle.

As a result, Jackie Chan climbed onto the tractor unit and discovered that it couldn't start.

"Oh no, something's wrong?"

The main character was fine, but the supporting characters messed up – something Jackie Chan never expected.

Looking through the gate, the sky was already turning white, and the morning star had already risen; there was simply no time to repair this tractor.

"Damn it, machines are unreliable, we can only rely on people."

Jackie Chan abandoned the attempt to repair the tractor and quickly returned to the front of the stone falcon, grabbed the tow rope, and began to pull hard.

There is no towing vehicle.

Jackie Chan chose to pull the helicopter by hand.

The Rockhawk attack helicopter has an empty weight of nearly nine tons, but when fully loaded with weapons, ammunition, and fuel, it easily reaches a weight of over ten tons.

For most people, towing a helicopter weighing over ten tons by hand is nothing short of a pipe dream.

However, Jackie Chan is no ordinary person.

He is not human!

"Drink~"

As Jackie Chan strained his entire body and involuntarily let out a low shout.

The stone falcon, which no ordinary person could possibly move, actually began to move, following Jackie Chan's steps towards the gate.

Getting started is always the hardest part.

The same applies to pulling heavy objects.

Having successfully pulled the rock falcon, Jackie Chan moved forward with increasingly steady steps and faster speed, causing the helicopter wheels to spin rapidly.

Judging from Jackie Chan's current state without his face contorted in a ferocious manner, it seems he hasn't reached his physical limits yet.

have to say.

That kind of exaggerated power is simply inhuman.

With Jackie Chan's incredible solo helicopter-pulling maneuver, the Shihezi attack helicopter entered the helipad in less than a minute.

Jackie Chan casually tossed down the tow rope and untied the other end that was tied to the helicopter.

Unlike other types of helicopters that open to the left and right, armed helicopters open their canopies upwards, just like modern fighter jets.

Because the hatch is quite high off the ground, even with ladders or scaffolding, getting in can be quite awkward.

Jackie Chan entered the cockpit of the Rosa No. 1 without bringing any ladders, thanks to the Rosa No. 1's unique fuselage structure.

The Rosaline's turret is mounted under and in front of the nose, rather than directly under the fuselage.

The cannons in this position have a wider firing range and are not obstructed by the nose of the aircraft, which is beneficial for firing in air combat.

In addition, the airborne cannon uses a beltless ammunition supply method, which limits its ammunition boxes to the vicinity of the nose.

That is equivalent to having the ammunition box on the outside.

Although it is an external, close-range ammunition box, it has built-in heat insulation and a ceramic bulletproof layer, so there shouldn't be any major problems in terms of defense.

Jackie Chan, taking advantage of his height and long legs, was able to climb up the stone falcon's cannon ammunition box by stepping on it.

Put all the tactical backpacks and weapons I brought into the back passenger seat and secure them with the seatbelt.

He then sat in his driver's seat and reached up to grab the hatch.

"Thump~"

The transparent hatch is closed.

The steps to board the helicopter are complete; all that remains is to prepare for takeoff.

Put on the flight helmet equipped with the sights, lock the multi-point seat belt in the pilot's seat, and then skillfully and quickly operate the instrument panel with both hands.

A series of clicks and taps as the buttons were pressed...

Inside the cabin, all the instruments started up, and various LCD and digital displays, buttons, and so on all lit up under Jackie Chan's control.

"Buzz~, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The 1400-kilowatt turboshaft engine also began to slowly rotate from this moment.

30 seconds later!

The rotor's rotation speed increased rapidly, turning from visible to a blur.

Strong gusts of wind swept down, raising thick clouds of dust on the tarmac, and the sound of the rotors spinning grew louder and louder.

Perhaps these Red Turban Army soldiers never expected anyone to be so bold.

Or perhaps it's five or six in the morning, a time when one is most likely to fall asleep.

The Stone Falcon helicopter has now started up, the rotor blades are whirring and the engine is making a lot of noise, but no Red Turban Army has appeared.

Jackie Chan withdrew his gaze from the distance and retrieved the topographic map from the onboard storage.

Then, the flight path of the Chinese-owned factory's coordinates was transferred from the helicopter's instrument panel display to the HUD display directly in front of it.

In addition to the instrument panel display, the "Ishikatsu Falcon" also features a three-sided transparent HUD.

That is, a head-up display.

This is a display device that uses the principle of optical reflection to project important flight-related information onto a piece of glass.

It's the same as the "head-up display" used in cars, but this one is more advanced, with a clearer display and richer content.

Of course, the price is also higher!

This thing sounds really high-end; putting it in a car would easily cost tens of thousands of yuan more.

In fact, HUD technology itself is not a new technology. It was successfully used on the US Navy's A-5 carrier-based aircraft as early as 1960.

It sounds very high-end and sci-fi.

However, its operating principle is very simple; it can be summarized as image projection.

After the data is processed and converted by the computer, the necessary information is transmitted to the HUD display unit, and then the image is projected onto the transparent glass in front.

This piece of glass is located at the front of the cockpit, at roughly eye level with the pilot.

Ensure that the projected text and images are positioned at an infinite focal length.

When pilots observe the HUD screen, they can not only see the data displayed on the screen, but also take in the outside world through the transparent HUD display screen.

This is something that instrument displays can't match!

For jet fighters engaging in beyond-visual-range attacks, a head-up display (HUD) might not be very useful.

However, for armed helicopters performing missions within visual range, the application of HUD technology will greatly enhance their combat capabilities and survivability on the battlefield.

The HUD equipped on the "Ishikatsu" displays data related to flight safety.

For example, flight altitude, flight speed, heading, changes in vertical velocity, aircraft tilt angle, and all other control-related information.

Once in combat, it will also work with optoelectronic equipment and fire control systems to activate the large nose protruding from the front of the fuselage – the "TDATS turret".

That is, a system for automatic detection, interception, and tracking.

By automatically calculating target data, weapon and launch-related data, a predicted hit crosshair appears on the HUD screen to assist the pilot in aiming and firing.

Control the TTATS turret search, use the helmet sight to lock on, and the head-up display crosshairs.

Control, aim, fire.

These three abilities combined and concentrated on the HUD constitute the "Stone Falcon's" powerful melee attack capabilities.

After Jackie Chan finished adjusting all the instruments, he saw that the takeoff indicator light had turned green.

He immediately grabbed the control stick with his right hand and pulled the throttle with his left, initiating the takeoff maneuver.

"Knock knock knock..."

As the helicopter throttle was continuously increased, it suddenly increased several times over at a certain critical point, and the rotor speed also accelerated, generating a violent airflow.

Driven by the updraft, the fuselage of the Ishikatsu began to slowly lift off the ground.

When the sentry in the main building, more than 300 meters away, heard the strange noise outside and slowly walked out, the helicopter had already risen to a height of seven or eight meters.

"We didn't receive orders. Who authorized him to fly the helicopter?"

"When did he come in?"

"Is this stealing an airplane?"

Watching the "Stone Falcon" attack helicopter soar higher and higher in the darkness, the Red Turban Army sentry was filled with questions, his eyes almost popping out of his head, standing there dumbfounded with disbelief.

However, although he couldn't understand it, he knew the seriousness of the matter.

"Bang!"

The sentry slammed his rifle butt against the alarm.

He then cocked his gun, loaded a round, and began firing wildly at the helicopter.

"Da da da..."

"Waaaaah... Waaaaah..."

The intense bursts of automatic rifle fire, mixed with the piercing sirens, shattered the tranquility of the air force base, proving more effective than any verbal alarm.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

"Clang~"

7.62 bullets fired from hundreds of meters away, except for one lucky shot, all missed their mark and had no effect whatsoever.

Even though two shots hit the fuselage, it still seemed so weak and powerless.

The strongest defensive armor of an attack helicopter is located at the bottom of the fuselage; ordinary rifle bullets are like tickling it.

"Da da da... Click!"

"Damn it, what on earth happened?"

"Damn it, the helicopter, our helicopter is gone, it flew away."

When the sentry emptied a magazine, the other Red Turban Army soldiers, awakened by the alarm, finally ran out, disheveled and cursing.

At this moment, under Jackie Chan's control, the "Stone Falcon" had already flown to a height of twenty or thirty meters.

Even though the Red Turban Army soldiers went crazy and fired their guns at the helicopter, they still couldn't stop Jackie Chan's powerful takeoff.

When someone went back and retrieved an RPG, they drove to the parking lot and brought out a heavy machine gun pickup truck.

It's too late!

During this time, Jackie Chan had already flown his helicopter to a height of over 100 meters, flying seven or eight hundred meters before disappearing into the dark night sky.

The Red Turban Army could only watch in utter bewilderment, not even understanding what had happened.

The Rosa Kestrel attack helicopter is highly capable, with a maximum speed of 309 kilometers per hour and a cruising speed of 287 kilometers per hour.

The distance between the Chinese-owned factory and this air force base is shown as 158 kilometers on the HUD navigation system.

Even though Jackie Chan wasn't very used to the rock falcon, he still took out the instruction manual in the air while flying and tried to learn how to operate it at the last minute.

Even if the flight speed can only be slowed down, it won't take long.

Although Jackie Chan has flown armed helicopters in China, flying domestic armed helicopters does not mean he fully understands the Shijiazhuang Kestrel helicopter.

It's just like driving a car, even though the driving method is the same: steering wheel, clutch, accelerator, and brake.

However, how to use the various functions on the car and where to turn them on are basically different for each car, and it takes some time to adapt and learn.

Jackie Chan has a big battle coming up, so he definitely needs to get as familiar with the Stone Falcon as possible.

After all, it was their first time encountering this kind of armed helicopter. Knowing how to fly it was one thing, but flying it well and bringing out its combat effectiveness was a completely different matter.

It is essential to learn about the instructions in advance.

……

It was 6:35 a.m., just as dawn was breaking.

Jackie Chan, with his super memory, flipped through the instruction manual, which was thicker than a dictionary, and managed to roughly remember the more important functions.

Also piloting the Stone Falcon attack helicopter, it entered Sangkuga town and appeared 20 kilometers west of the Chinese-owned factory.

Just then!

"Ding~ Ding~ Ding..."

The warning sound, with its drawn-out ending, rang crisply throughout the cockpit.

"What's going on?"

Jackie Chan frowned slightly and turned to look at the head-up display on the far right.

A distant view automatically appeared above, showing a distance of 4.86 kilometers, with a series of orderly green circles spreading out in the form of sound waves.

At the very top of the HUD, there is a series of reminders—

Warning: Signal source detected!

The Rosa rugosaurus's airborne observation, aiming, and early warning system has the capability to detect and transmit images over long distances.

Under clear weather conditions and at a certain altitude for takeoff, the Rosa rugosaurus has a detection range of 8.5 kilometers during the day and 4.5 kilometers at night.

To avoid radar detection, Jackie Chan is currently flying the "Rock Falcon" at low altitude, where his field of vision is limited by the terrain, resulting in a reduced detection range.

It's quite normal for a detector with a daytime range of 8.5 kilometers to only receive an alert after it has traveled 5 kilometers.

Upon receiving a notification from the onboard system, Jackie Chan immediately turned his gaze to the left-side HUD and used the control panel to zoom in on the image.

Although it wasn't very clear, it was still vaguely discernible.

Pickups equipped with heavy machinery, military off-road vehicles with firepower mounted on the roof, camouflaged medium tanks and armored vehicles, large command vehicles integrating radar and communication, etc.

Twenty or thirty fully armed vehicles roared along the highway, kicking up thick exhaust fumes and dust, creating a spectacular and menacing sight.

"Traveling through the night? I never expected... Old D would pull this stunt."

Upon seeing the armed force on the screen, twice the size of the one in the original storyline, Jackie Chan cursed under his breath and quickly took out his phone to call Dr. Chen.

"Beep~ Beep~ Beep!"

The call was connected in less than three seconds.

(End of this chapter)