Chapter 313 It's time for us to work and ask for a monthly pass
The time came to 4:38.
The Humvee convoy of seriously injured people who set off first, before the Somalis could fully react, successfully left the city and returned to the airport under the guidance of the command helicopter.
In addition to Sergeant Pera who was killed on the way, two machine gunners were also injured. Generally speaking, the mission was completed.
If Blackburn hadn't been seriously injured in the fall, all the personnel who participated in the operation would have returned, and the casualties would have been these.
It might even be lower.
After all, if it is a complete Humvee convoy, there are a total of 12 skills and fierce firepower on board, which can more effectively suppress the Somali militias on both sides of the street.
It's a pity that there are not so many ifs in the world. Once it happens, you can only accept it.
4:45.
In the convoy of Hummers that were still running around the city, another armed truck with a "big tree attracting the wind" was hit by an RPG in the cockpit while driving.
This time the convoy stopped in time and was forced to build a defense line on the spot to carry out rescue operations.
The helicopter formation needs to provide cover in the air to buy time for the people to get out of the truck.
The Super 64, which had just returned to the Black Hawk formation after escorting the convoy of severely wounded personnel back to the airport, became the third "unlucky child" in the process.
Aidid's armed militiamen arrived and fired two RPGs at the Super 64 from a tricky angle.
Pilot Durant reacted very quickly and immediately made emergency evasive maneuvers, perfectly dodging the first rocket.
It's a pity that I didn't dodge the second shot, or that I only dodged half of it.
"Pfft~"
The rocket hit the helicopter's tail.
Because of the collision angle, the RPG did not directly explode and break off the tail fin.
Instead, it hit the tail and turned into a ricochet, which was bounced away after colliding with the tail rotor.
The tail rotor and the RPG diamond were malfunctioning. The Super 64 pilot reported that the fuselage was shaking seriously and the steering pedal had abnormal vibrations. He requested an immediate return to the airport for an emergency landing.
Lieutenant Colonel Matthews agreed!
As a result, the Super 64 flew back less than half a mile, and the faulty tail rotor was knocked out by the RPG, and suddenly the entire tail rotor detached and flew out.
The helicopter could no longer maintain steering balance and became an airborne gyro like the Super 61.
After struggling in the air for only a few dozen seconds, it fell to Markham Road a mile away.
The crash of the second Black Hawk helicopter turned the joint operations force from completely passive to completely out of control.
The balance that dominates this battlefield has completely tipped towards Aidid.
The Joint Operations Center fell into a deathly silence. Looking at the Super 64 crash point in the surveillance image, all the officers had ugly expressions.
The distance between the two crash sites is more than 2 kilometers, so how to rescue Super 64 has become a big problem.
At this time, a safe zone had been established at the Super 61 crash site with the cooperation of two Ranger units and the combat search and rescue team.
The injured Delta team member has not yet been rescued, and the Humvee convoy has not yet arrived.
None of the three Ranger squads were able to leave.
Among the remaining ground troops that can be dispatched, except for the Humvee convoy that is conducting a "long-distance run" in the city of Mogadishu and has suffered heavy casualties.
Only the first team and the fourth team were left, who had already set off for the Super 61 crash site, but were still on the way.
And after completing the arrest of high-value targets and stuffing the criminals into a Humvee convoy, they actively asked to join the first Delta team for rescue.
The leader is Captain Steele.
These three groups have now reunited and can theoretically go to the second crash site for rescue.
But they started from both ends of the far side of the target building and walked less than 500 meters for more than 20 minutes. Now they are still stuck on the road and have not arrived.
The distance to the second crash point is as long as two kilometers. With their "turtle" advancement speed, Gu
It will take at least two hours.
Although the second crash site is far away from the Black Sea area, it will also take some time for Aidid's militiamen and the Somali militiamen who have been deceived and brainwashed to get there.
But it should definitely not take more than two hours. Ten or twenty minutes will be enough.
If Captain Steele were to lead people there, it would be too late to collect the bodies, let alone rescue.
Not to mention that the two detachments under Captain Steele moved so slowly because they encountered too many armed militiamen and fought all the way. Now more than half of them have been injured.
In their current state, it's okay to linger on for a while, but rescuing people is basically nothing.
The whole army will be destroyed on the way.
Garrison knew that Steele's side would not work, so he could only hand over the rescue task to the Humvee convoy, and let Lieutenant Colonel McKnight go to the second crash site to provide support.
And let the three Stryker Hummers that had returned return to the battlefield and head to the second crash site.
In order to buy time for the ground troops, General Garrison also sent two Black Hawks to rush over——
Super 68 and Super 62.
One is to investigate the situation at the second crash site and prepare in advance for the arrival of ground troops for the next operation.
The other is to provide suppressive fire from the air to prevent Somali armed militias from approaching the Super 64 wreckage until ground forces arrive.
"I really guessed it!"
After receiving the order from Lieutenant Colonel Harrell, Long Zhan felt sad and happy in his heart. He silently picked up a tactical backpack and stuffed four 7.62 drum magazines into it.
Sonny, Clay and Brian looked solemn, but not too worried.
Because Harrell's order to the emergency response team was only to provide fire support in the air and did not need to land on the ground to fight.
In addition, the three of them did not have the ability to foresight and did not know that the ground troops would not be able to catch up.
It only provides fire support from the air. When the helicopter is always maneuvering, it is difficult for ground-launched RPGs to hit.
It seems that there is basically no danger, and it is completely reasonable for the three of them not to worry.
While the Super 68 was still on the way, the Super 62 helicopter seemed to have arrived first, and Long Zhan heard the pilot's radio call.
"Call C2, this is Super 62. I have two Delta snipers Suhart and Gordon on board, voluntarily landing to rescue Super 64, over."
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The sooner rescue is carried out at the crash site, the more likely it is to save the lives of survivors.
This may be what Suhat and Gordon were thinking.
"C2 received, Super 62, the request was rejected. We can no longer let the helicopter take risks. We did not see any moving objects at the crash site. We don't even know if anyone survived.
Besides, ground troops are being sent there, so there is no need to risk an air landing for rescue."
Matthews' voice was unusually calm, as if the crash of two Black Hawk helicopters had nothing to do with him as an air commander.
This may seem a bit too cold, but in fact this is the necessary calmness of a commander.
"How long is the expected arrival time of the ground troops?" the Super 62 pilot asked.
Long Zhan guessed that he was asking for Suhat or Gordon.
"I don't know. It shouldn't take long. Just try your best to assist in the air. Super 68 will join you soon. It's over."
Matthews gave the warning again, probably because of the continuous falling of the Black Hawk.
"Super 62 received."
Durant ended the call with Matthews and temporarily gave up the idea of landing.
As they were rushing to the Super 68, the second crash site, Long Zhan said to Sonny: "Hey, buddy, I think... after sitting on the bench for so long, it's time for us to get on the job."