Chapter Fifty-Four: How to Escape

  They shot down two Iranian F-14 Tomcats, and Zhang Feng's special forces also suffered their first serious casualties. In this battle, nearly ten people were killed or wounded, leaving more than twenty people remaining.

  Among them, the most miserable ones were those in the commander's tank, who were suddenly and unexpectedly blown up inside, directly cremated. There were also two off-road pickup trucks that attracted the enemy's attention, which had been blasted into the air, and the drivers inside were likely killed as well.

  The most seriously injured was a soldier who was hit by the machine gun of an armored vehicle, blowing off one leg. Zhang Feng used a first-aid kit to give him emergency treatment, but his injuries were relatively serious and if he wasn't sent back to the rear in time, he might be in danger of losing his life.

  A few were lightly injured, most just had scrapes and bruises, nothing serious.

  Although casualties were heavy, the special forces completed their predetermined objectives, located the Iranians' whereabouts, blew up the enemy's supply base, and weakened their ability to sustain combat.

  There is no war without death, and the pursuit of zero casualties is just an illusion. The US military, with its high-tech arsenal, faces threats to its soldiers' lives every day in Iraq. This is what war is like - it has always been cruel. Those invincible heroes you see in movies do not exist in reality.

  Suddenly, someone ran over from the distant dark shadow.

  "Captain! Captain! It's Hadis!" Hadis exclaimed as he ran.

  This kid, his off-road truck was blown to pieces, and he's still okay? What a miracle.

  Just as Zhang Feng was thinking about it, he felt two big hands holding him up.

  "Let go of my hand, I'm not a mountain climber." Zhang Feng shouted.

  Hades didn't let go, and the rest of the soldiers also came forward together, throwing Zhang Feng into the air.

  "Long live the Master!" they shouted.

  Zhang Feng knew this was their respect and admiration for leading them to victory.

  He could only hover in the air, hoping that they wouldn't throw themselves to the ground and die at the hands of these few rough soldiers, after not dying at the hands of the Iranians.

  For a moment, he seemed to have an illusion and returned to his own unit in his previous life.

  Not bad, although wearing different military uniforms, speaking different languages, holding different weapons, they have one thing in common, that is the bravery of soldiers, selfless dedication, the passion of soldiers, and the conviction of longing for victory.

  Zhang Feng made a secret decision, he must take them out of here and march towards victory after victory.

  But how to go? He himself was in a dilemma, the big explosion just now had blown up all the fuel and ammunition in those bases, and these two off-road trucks and one Hummer tank had barely escaped, but were shot down by helicopters in the sky.

  Now he himself has become an infantryman.

  Wandering for so long without a map, who knows how many days it will take to get out of this swamp?

  Suddenly, Zhang Feng heard the rumbling sound of a helicopter propeller cutting through the air in the sky.

  Helicopter? Zhang Feng looked up.

  Although there was moonlight and stars, the sky was still pitch black! Zhang Feng exerted his greatest effort to observe the night sky.

  If there were night vision goggles, everything would have been clear as day. Zhang Feng thought about his original equipment and felt that his troops were indeed simple. However, the entire Iraqi army probably didn't have any individual night vision equipment either?

  Zhang Feng could only use his brightest eyes to search the night sky, hoping to see what kind of helicopter it was. If it was a female deer, that would be even better.

  Unfortunately, the sky was too dark, and even with 5.0 vision, he absolutely couldn't see anything.

  If you can't see it, then listen to it.

  Different helicopters make different sounds when flying in the sky. For example, the UH-60 Black Hawk, due to its larger volume and power, uses a five-blade rotor, while the AH-64 Apache is a dedicated armed helicopter that does not need to carry extra personnel, has a smaller volume and less power, so it only needs four blades. In this way, when the rotor stirs the air, some of the Black Hawk's are slightly asymmetrical, but if you listen carefully, you can completely hear the difference.

  At first on the battlefield against Japan, veterans heard the sound of incoming shells and not only knew that shells were coming but also knew what caliber they were, how far away they were, where they would land, and whether they needed to take cover. This is experience.

  Zhang Feng closed his eyes, and instantly, everything around him was a dark world.

  As a special soldier, fighting in dark environments is required, and auditory training is also a key content. As long as you hear where the movement comes from, the bullet can follow to arrive, without any deviation.

  Zhang Feng listened attentively in the midst of the cicada's chirping and the gentle breeze, to the sound of a helicopter approaching from afar.

  Judging from the sound of the air being cut, it should be extremely symmetrical, that is, a four-bladed helicopter propeller. Could it be the "Specter"? Zhang Feng was startled and continued to listen. Something didn't seem right. In one helicopter, how could there be two completely identical sounds? The tail wing's sound should be smaller.

  In his mind, a helicopter suddenly appeared: Chinook!

  Both front and back have spiral propellers, and they are all on top. On the current battlefield, there is only one, that is the Iranian CH-47 Chinook!

  Zhang Feng opened his eyes and looked at the shadow in the darkness, very much like, absolutely it!

  The first one flew over, followed by the second one, the third one...

  The Chinook is a main force transport helicopter, so many Chinooks, mobilized in the middle of the night, what do they want to do?

  In a flash of insight, Zhang Feng suddenly understood what was going on.

  They blew up the Iranian fuel and ammunition supplies, Iranians would not sit idly by, they wanted to win, re-transporting supplies from the rear was absolutely impossible, but no fool would wait for death, they must have found a new way, that is: continuous night-time air-dropping of supplies!

  Zhang Feng admired Iran's commander more and more.

  It is often said that the Iraq War was a high-tech war fought with low-tech means, but this is not true. The swampy terrain of the battlefield has fully revealed one aspect of modern warfare.

  Using helicopters for large-scale airdrops of supplies, this is probably the first time, only rich and powerful Americans usually do this, this time Iranians also spent a lot of money.

  The other party can navigate at night, and must have brought night vision goggles. However, the night vision goggles of this era are still relatively backward. The other party is flying at an altitude of nearly a thousand meters, and through micro-light night vision goggles, they cannot detect our small squad.

  It would be great if we could hitch a ride on their free helicopter back, otherwise our seriously injured comrade will definitely not make it out of the swamp.

  Zhang Feng gazed at the distant wreckage of the Eye of the Snake and suddenly had an idea.

  Take an idea and ride it for free on the air express!