Chapter 279： Shilka's Roar

As an advocate of artillery doctrine, the Soviet Union has carried out a lot of reforms for the advancement of its own mechanized armored forces. For example, moving the anti-aircraft artillery to the crawler-type chassis and turning the anti-aircraft artillery into a self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery can maximize the Protect the safety of the armored forces in the advance. After the self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery appeared in the Soviet armored forces, the West began to develop corresponding weapons.

ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that was officially in service in 1965, by the early 1970s, has basically replaced all ZSU-57-2 in the anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the motorized infantry division and the tank division. Self-propelled artillery. After the reorganization, the Soviet tank regiment and the motorized infantry regiment under the jurisdiction of the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft artillery-air defense missile company, were mixed by anti-aircraft artillery and missiles. Each company administers an anti-aircraft artillery platoon equipped with 4 ZSU-23-4 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and a missile platoon equipped with 4 sets of 9K31 or 9K35 surface-to-air missiles.

During combat, the "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery platoon is usually deployed 400 meters behind the main attack tank battalion or motorized infantry battalion with two guns at an interval of 200 meters, and is close to the battalion headquarters when marching; while 9K31 or 9K35 surface-to-air missiles The platoon is usually used to cover the direct units of the regiment, marching close to the regiment headquarters, and attacking 1 to 3 kilometers from the front.

Now, the armored troops on the march, facing the sudden appearance of the gunship, immediately launched an attack.

From a technical point of view, the "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery may not be advanced, but its biggest advantage is firepower! The four-barreled 23mm anti-aircraft gun can launch a violent metal storm! In later generations, even until the Gulf War, coalition pilots were told to fight in the airspace where the "Shilka" anti-aircraft artillery existed on the ground, and the flight altitude should not be less than 1,300 meters, so as not to be shot down by this ferocious anti-aircraft artillery. When covered by shells fired by such antiaircraft guns, it was a hellish scene!

The 1PL33 radar at the rear of the turret immediately emitted electromagnetic waves. The gun aiming radar using the conical scanning system captured the target in just one second. Then, the electromechanical computer began to solve the target. Limited by the performance of this kind of computer, it takes nearly ten seconds to calculate the launch elements.

Of course, the gunner couldn't wait so long. Just as the gun aiming radar scanned the target, the gunner cooperated with the optical aiming device, rotated the turret, raised the elevation angle of the anti-aircraft gun, and pressed the firing button.

"Dong, dong, dong, dong." The sound of the anti-aircraft artillery was clear and rapid, and gunpowder smoke continued to emerge from the muzzle. Among the flames, one after another 23mm anti-aircraft artillery shells flew out of the muzzle. With a fierce whistling of death, it flew towards the opposite helicopter. Shilka is roaring, the rain of death is flying!

Damn it! After Jiro Inoue found the opponent's self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, he immediately pulled the total moment lever to pull the helicopter up high.

Little did he know, he had made a fatal mistake.

In the face of such a small-caliber anti-aircraft gun with intensive firepower, the only way to survive is to keep the height as low as possible. After all, the combat space of a helicopter is the height of a tree, but now he has raised his height instead, which is simply asking for his own death. !

"Boom!" The 23mm anti-aircraft artillery shells exploded around the helicopter, black smoke puffs appeared, and the airflow generated by the explosion caused the Cobra to bump up in an instant.

Inoue Jiro was still pulling up, and at the same time, the flames flickered under the short wings, and a TOW anti-tank missile flew out under the operation of the weapon operator.

"Boom!" At this moment, a high-explosive bomb exploded in the lower part of the Cobra. Although the Cobra helicopter was equipped with armor on key parts, these armors could not stop the shells of the 23mm anti-aircraft gun at all!

"Boom!" Another one, this shell directly hit the glass of the cobra!

At the time of development, the glass of the Cobra helicopter was all bulletproof, but when it was officially finalized, it was replaced with ordinary tempered glass. The reason is very simple, it is overweight.

Now, the 23mm cannonball that hit the glass easily tore the entire glass, the flying shrapnel, plus the broken glass, instantly hit Jiro Inoue, who was driving, to a **** mess.

The helicopter in the air, like a monster on the verge of death, shook in the air under the blow of the four-barrel 23mm anti-aircraft gun, followed, caught fire, and fell down.

The anti-tank missile that had already flew out also turned into an uncontrolled rocket, and after continuing to fly for a few hundred meters, it fell.

The quick response of the "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery bought time for other troops. The 9K31 wheeled self-propelled anti-aircraft missile launch vehicle also launched an attack queue. ready.

There is even a gunship of its own, a huge female deer, flying up to meet it.

The armored torrent of the Soviets will not be afraid of the attack of a few helicopters at all! They have the confidence to shoot down any incoming enemy!

At the same time, the news of the attack of the armed helicopters in the island country was found and reported to the rear quickly.

Take off the fighter! The Soviet Air Forces, who had been eagerly waiting for a long time, were already full of fuel and bombs. After receiving the order, one after another fighter planes took off quickly and kept climbing!

Air dominance! Air supremacy over Hokkaido must be firmly in the hands of the Soviets! Only when the air superiority is seized, the helicopters of the islanders will not dare to take off their own armored troops can swoosh to the southern part of Hokkaido!

Today's air battle will be extraordinarily intense!

Over the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, an early warning aircraft with a mushroom plate was cruising on the scheduled route. The Soviet Union's valuable Tu-126 early warning aircraft is providing important early warnings.

Next to this plane, there is also a Yak-28PP "conspirator" E electronic jammer. If the Americans start electronic interference, they will also open electronic interference not to be outdone, and cannot suffer in electronic warfare.

At the same time, there are two bulky fighter jets, protecting them beside them. From the appearance alone, they are very similar to the MiG-25, but if you look closely, you can find many differences. For example, the cockpit is much larger. , there is a seat for the second person in the back.

Up to now, NATO has still not found the Soviet MiG-31 interceptor. It has always been thought that this is just a modification of the MiG-25, which has enhanced the radar and improved the new medium-range missile.

They did not guess wrong, this thing was originally an improvement of the MiG-25. (To be continued.) Enable new URL