50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 715 Helicopters Used as Bombers
Sun Zhiwei was well aware of the threat that these man-portable rocket launchers posed to helicopters.

Therefore, when he detected the rocket launching from space, he performed an 'S' maneuver, quickly avoiding the rocket's launch direction.

At the same time, he also dropped the second wave of incendiary bombs of the day.

The military camp for 3000 people is very large; it cannot be burned down by a few dozen incendiary bombs.

So he drove the Apache, hovering rapidly at low altitude, and amidst the hail of bullets from the camp, dropped hundreds of tons of napalm bombs around the military camp.

Aside from man-portable missiles, the Apache helicopter of that era had very few rivals.

Its entire surface is covered with composite armor and foam bulletproof layer, covering 95% of its area, which can withstand the attack of 23mm shells.

Its abdomen and other key parts are made of three layers of Kevlar fiber bulletproof layer and bulletproof foam, which can withstand the bombardment of 30 mm machine gun without being damaged.

Its battlefield survivability has reached the pinnacle of the current era, making it extremely useful.

He had already seen it from space; the parts of the fuselage that had been hit by shells had only lost some paint, making it even more durable than the Soviet T-72 tank.

This Apache helicopter is packed with cutting-edge technology that is mind-boggling, and its manufacturing process is so complex that each one must be meticulously crafted.

Boeing's Apache production line can only produce 40 aircraft per year.

We have made no progress in negotiating with America regarding the import of Apache helicopters for years.

Sun Zhiwei used it to travel in the past, which was indeed a bit of a waste of its potential.

Today, its rapid maneuverability and bulletproof capabilities alone demonstrate the formidable strength of the 'Longbow Apache'.

He only needs to dodge missiles; he can withstand bullets and shells.

In fact, combined with his spatial long-range storage capabilities, he doesn't even need to dodge slow-moving missiles like man-portable missiles; he can detect them from afar and remotely collect them.

There are just too many people around and there's no real danger, so he could simply avoid them, which is why he didn't use that method.

The Apache helicopter circled the elite military camp three times, and Khun Sa's 3000 elite troops were completely engulfed in flames from the incendiary bombs, with occasional bursts of ammunition detonation from the inferno.

Regardless of whether Khun Sa lives or dies, without these 3000 elite troops, his power is about to collapse.

Many of Khun Sa's leaders were originally small warlords from various parts of the Golden Triangle, but they were forced to be incorporated into his forces because of his power.

If Khun Sa's core armed forces are gone, it will naturally lead to a situation where the group collapses and its members scatter, and it wouldn't be surprising if they were even attacked in return.

Seeing that not a single person had emerged from the elite camp, Sun Zhiwei reassessed his direction and headed straight for the Homon camp, 10 kilometers away.

The 6000 troops in Homon's camp were normally under the command of Zhang Suquan, another bigwig in Khun Sa's group.

I wonder if Zhang Suquan was among the people attending the banquet at the fake 'White House' today. If Zhang Suquan was also burned, then the Khun Sa Group really won't have any chance to turn things around.

Another ten kilometers later, Sun Zhiwei arrived over the Homon camp a few minutes later. They had not yet received news of Khun Sa's attack, and their defenses were very weak.

Sun Zhiwei, seeing this, didn't hold back and flew low over the camp to continue his barbecue party.

Hundreds more tons of incendiary and napalm bombs were dropped, and the countdown to the destruction of Camp Homon began.

Judging from the strength of the counterattack from the Homon camp, this group of 6000 men was indeed inferior to the 3000 elite troops. Sun Zhiwei didn't even feel how many bullets hit his aircraft.

By this point, Khun Sa's main force of 9000 men had been completely annihilated. Sun Zhiwei's Apache helicopter, like a black lightning bolt, struck and fled. Within the narrow strip of land spanning over 20 square kilometers controlled by Khun Sa, there were still a dozen or so small military camps scattered throughout the area.

The total number of soldiers in these camps exceeds 2, most of whom are stragglers recruited by Khun Sa over the years.

Khun Sa was able to control these 2 men by relying on his own 3000 elite troops and the 6000 strong soldiers under the command of his sworn brother Zhang Suquan.

With these 9000 people wiped out, it is foreseeable that the Golden Triangle will soon enter the next round of competition.

If Cambodia and Thailand aren't foolish, they should take this opportunity to shrink the Golden Triangle's living space.

However, the fighting in the Golden Triangle region will inevitably affect our border security.

Sun Zhiwei did not want to see those 2 warlords squeezed into our border region by the Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, the principle is to eliminate as many as possible.

He continued to drive the Apache helicopter northwards, clearing out the military camps he had previously located.

It's only a distance of two or three hundred kilometers, and his Apache can make that trip in an hour. He also has plenty of incendiary bombs in his storage space, so he can just go ahead and detonate them.

On March 15th, the entire Golden Triangle region was engulfed in flames.

Khun Sa's group, which had been entrenched in the Golden Triangle for many years and which had been beyond the reach of three countries, was subjected to an armed raid by multiple Apache helicopters within just one hour.

This information was compiled from intelligence gathered by outsiders a few days later from the deserters who had fled that day.

The seemingly unrelated combination of helicopters and bombing left intelligence agencies around the world completely baffled.

This is the huge advantage of Sun Zhiwei's Apache helicopter with storage space tactics. With enough ammunition, using the helicopter as a bomber is really effective.

After bombing all of Khun Sa's military camps, Sun Zhiwei drove the Apache towards the northern border.

He wouldn't dare fly a helicopter across the border; the radar and anti-aircraft missiles his family has deployed in the border region are no joke.

He came here to wrap up today's operation.

The main force of Khun Sa's group has been basically wiped out. What he is worried about now is that the remaining troops will be driven to our side by the subsequent mopping-up forces from the three countries.

That will put pressure on our border defenses.

Of all borders, the jungle border is the most difficult to defend. Dense primeval forests and rolling mountains make border patrols difficult, but also make sporadic border crossings easy.

Especially in the area near our home, most of the villages have been turned into planting bases by Khun Sa's people.

Now that Khun Sa has been eliminated, no one is coming to collect the poisonous herbs, and these villages are about to descend into chaos.

This is a very dangerous sign. Instability in these border villages will lead to problems with local security, and will inevitably affect the villages along our border.

Anyone who lives in a border region should know that national borders are merely artificially defined.

The reality is that the villages on both sides of the border have been neighbors for decades or even centuries, with many villages intermarrying with each other, and many families having relatives on the other side.

Crossing the border to visit relatives or friends is a common practice in border areas, which is also a challenge for border security.

(End of this chapter)