Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 325 1 Death

Chapter 325: Death

Two French Air Force Mirage 2000D fighter jets flew over the border between Niger and Mali. Looking down from the air, this place is still a desert area, but just ahead in the territory of Mali, some green can be vaguely seen.

The lead pilot took a look at the altitude and saw it was 4200 meters.

He reported his position to the air force base and informed them that he was about to cross the border.

For the French, it is very simple to travel freely between the airspace of Niger and Mali. They just need to report to the governments of both countries.

Neither Niger nor Mali's leaders would object to this.

This is the benefit of being a former colonial power.

After reporting the flight team's location as usual, the lead pilot and the wingman started chatting.

"Saber 2, raise the altitude to over 3000 meters later."

"Are you worried about their shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles?"

"Better be careful. I heard they got a stinger."

"It's just a stinger. As long as we don't do anything stupid, they can't even catch up to our plane."

"Just like last time, once we get near the target area, we'll throw one round, then turn back to low altitude and plow the ground again."

"No problem, as long as we blow these guys up, they will immediately scatter like a herd of monkeys."

"Get ready, we'll be entering the attack zone in ten minutes."

Just then, a call from the base came over the communication channel.

"Scabbard calling Sabre Team."

"Saber 1 received, please speak."

"Saber 2 received, please speak."

"Received the latest intelligence. Raise altitude to 7000 meters immediately. Raise altitude to 7000 meters immediately. The enemy may have SA-9 anti-aircraft missiles. Do not use low-altitude bombing tactics. Use your aircraft's 'Paveway' laser-guided bombs for high-altitude drops. Target updated. Coordinates transmitted. Do you copy?"

The pilot in the front seat immediately checked the data and asked the pilot in the back, "Did you see the latest target coordinate update?"

"I see, it's strange..."

The pilot in the back seat, responsible for weapons delivery and radar monitoring, carefully checked the coordinates and raised a question: "These three coordinates are not within the town of Afines. They seem to be located behind the town..."

"Saber 1 calling Scabbard, we only have two Paveways between our two aircraft, and cannot destroy all three targets."

"Saber Team, send the coordinates of the SA-9 launch vehicle. They should also have a radar vehicle deployed nearby. Keep an eye on the source of your radar signal and locate it. Another group of fighter jets has taken off and will arrive soon."

"understand!"

The pilot said, glancing at the altitude.

The altitude at this time has reached 7000 meters.

Although the SA-9 air defense missile is said to be able to track and pursue at an altitude of 1.1 meters, in fact, the effective firing altitude of the latest improved model is only about meters.

In addition, the Mirage 2000D can reach a maximum flight speed of Mach 2.2, and the speed of the SA-9 air defense missile is only about Mach 2. If it is not too close, even if it is locked, the worst that can happen is that it can escape at maximum speed.

Ten minutes later, the two planes finally arrived above the target area.

Sure enough, an alarm sounded from the radar warning system.

"Scabbard, this is Sabre 1, I'm locked in."

"Drop the bomb immediately, disengage immediately, and don't get entangled."

"understand!"

The pilot immediately marked the target and opened the launch safety of the Paveway laser-guided bomb. The pilot in the back seat checked the coordinates and locked the system.

The two are old partners, and their series of operations are smooth and flowing.

In less than twenty seconds, a "Paveway" laser-guided bomb fell off from the belly of the Mirage 2000D, the tail unfolded, and it began to glide forward with the lift of the airflow.

"Saber 1 has finished dropping its bombs, disengaging now!"

"Saber 2 has finished dropping its bombs, disengaging now!"

"I received the scabbard. Return immediately. Good luck!"

The two Mirage 2000Ds made a large U-turn in the air, quickly changed direction, left the target area at high speed, and returned to Niger along the original route.

On the ground, on the radar vehicle of the SA-9 launch system, the radar operator sitting in front of the screen was stunned when he saw the two bright spots on the screen suddenly separate and turn around.

He turned to the team leader and said, "It seems the French plane has run away..."

The launch team leader was also stunned when he heard this. He leaned forward to look and confirmed that the enemy plane had escaped. He quickly picked up the intercom and began to report to Isad: "Colonel, the French plane turned around and ran away!"

"Ran?!"

Isad sounded very dissatisfied.

"Order to fire now and kill them!"

"Colonel, they're not within our effective range yet. We can't hit them if we fire now..." "What?! You've practiced for so many days, and it was all for nothing?! Can't this thing reach altitudes of over 6,000 meters? I can usually see French planes flying overhead, and you can't hit them?!"

Isad was a little furious.

"You wait!"

The conversation suddenly stopped here.

The leader of the missile launch team broke out in a cold sweat.

The colonel has a bad temper.

He didn't care about technical parameters or operating procedures at all. He just wanted planes and to shoot down the French planes.

He knows nothing about the performance parameters of SA-9. Even if I explain it to him, he won't listen. It's completely incomprehensible.

If I say a few more words, given the colonel's temper, he might just draw his sword and chop off my head.

It didn't take Isad long to reach the scene.

In order to witness the scene of shooting down French fighter planes with his own eyes today, he built his own temporary command post under the shade of trees less than 30 meters behind the launch vehicle.

Isad was furious and got directly onto the launch vehicle.

"what happened?!"

"Colonel..."

The missile team leader turned and pointed at the radar screen. He wanted to tell Assad that the two French planes were indeed escaping.

At this moment, a loud explosion suddenly came from the distance.

boom--

Two huge fireballs rose up.

In less than two seconds, Isad suddenly felt a huge force coming from nowhere, and the instruments and screens on the radar vehicle instantly failed and went dark.

The air wave rushed in from the car door, and the heat wave instantly squeezed into the narrow space. The whole car was blown up and fell heavily to the ground.

Isad nearly fainted.

He felt as if his whole body had been hit with a hammer, his bones were all broken, blood was flowing from his mouth and nose, and when he touched it with his hand, it was bright red.

Got bombed?
How could I be blown up?!

Isad tried to get up in a daze, but sat back down.

At this time, two subsequent Mirage 2000Ds dropped two more Paveway precision-guided bombs from high altitude.

Assad climbed out of the radar vehicle and felt the world spinning. He looked around and saw many trees had been knocked down by the gust of wind, and corpses were everywhere...

"Someone is coming..."

He shouted several times.

No one answered...

Isad wanted to leave, but after taking a few steps, he fell on his back.

The sky was blue and clear. It should be eight o'clock now and the sun had already come out.

A small black dot suddenly appeared in Isad's sight.

Like a high-flying bird.

Suddenly, the bird began to dive...

It gets bigger and bigger...

If you look closely, you can even see something like wings unfolding...

In the end, Isad discovered that this thing was not a bird.

It is long and has a tail.