57: Chapter 57 Five helicopters were hit and crashed

Raqqa Military Base.

Major Jafari was very happy to learn that a company equipped with the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile would be coming to reinforce them.

Although the quantity was a bit low, at least there were anti-aircraft missile reinforcements. This would allow them to defend against the USA's air strikes.

Amidst anxious waiting, Major Jafari finally welcomed the reinforcement company.

The Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles they brought were not many, only 5 sets of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile and 5 sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile, with only one supporting missile for each anti-aircraft missile set.

Major Jafari felt very disappointed when he saw that there were only this many anti-aircraft missiles.

"Why did Lieutenant Colonel Haidari send so few Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles for reinforcements? Is he trying to make Raqqa Military Base cannon fodder?"

Major Jafari complained a little, but he did not show it.

Since they were here, they still had to make proper deployments. Major Jafari and the company commander quickly deployed the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles brought by the company.

One set of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile would act as a launch unit; if they were USA helicopters or drones, one launch unit would be responsible for one helicopter or drone.

If they were facing USA F-16 Fighter Jet or F-35 Fighter Jet, two launch units would form a crossfire to prevent the fighter jets from evading and failing to score a direct hit, allowing for supplementary launches to hit the fighter jets.

Two sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile would act as one launch unit, and the other three sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile would act as another launch unit. The priority targets were USA drones or helicopters, with each unit responsible for one drone or helicopter respectively.

The entire company was divided into seven launch units, deployed in a scattered manner on the outskirts of Raqqa Military Base. There were no plans to deploy anti-aircraft missile launch units inside Raqqa Military Base to avoid unnecessary sacrifices if USA fighter jets arrived to conduct supplementary bombing.

After Major Jafari and the company commander completed the deployment plan, the seven launch units quickly went to their respective locations to establish positions, set up the launching equipment for the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles, and carry out various concealment tasks.

As time passed, all the launch units soon completed their final preparations and quietly waited for the USA to come and launch an attack.

Major Jafari still held a glimmer of hope. He hoped that the USA would only conduct one round of air strikes and would not arrange for another round of bombing with fighter jets. This would also allow him to reduce his own losses.

However, his wishful thinking was soon shattered. The silhouette of a USA drone appeared over Raqqa Military Base.

The drone circling around made Major Jafari's mood tense up instantly.

"Should we shoot down these drones?"

This question was placed before each launch unit, and also before Major Jafari.

Major Jafari had wanted to directly order the launch units to fire anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down the drones, but he was stopped by the company commander.

The company commander believed that shooting down the drones now had no value and would not make the USA abandon its plan to continue air strikes on Raqqa Military Base; only by making the USA truly feel the pain would they stop the bombing of Raqqa Military Base.

Soon, after the drones completed reconnaissance, the commander of the joint forces ordered them to speed up the capture of Raqqa Military Base.

Raqqa Military Base had no anti-aircraft weapons, so there would be no aerial threats. As for ground troops, they likely had no heavy weapons; using only light weapons would not pose a threat to the joint forces.

Black Hawk Helicopter and Apache Helicopter immediately flew in front to provide cover, provided route guidance for the joint forces' advance, and prepared to strike Iran's defensive forces.

The whistling sound of rotating helicopter blades soon echoed over Raqqa Military Base.

The four rocket launchers mounted on each helicopter were ready to fire at any moment, and the muzzles of the chain guns were aimed straight at the ground; as soon as they discovered any resistance personnel from Iran, they would open fire immediately.

Seeing the Black Hawk Helicopter and Apache Attack Helicopter that had appeared over Raqqa Military Base, Major Jafari did not hesitate and immediately ordered the various launch units to freely select targets and fire anti-aircraft missiles.

Upon receiving the order, the various launch units quickly removed their camouflage, the operators immediately locked onto targets with monitoring radar, and upon seeing the circled red dots, they immediately pressed the launch buttons.

With five short sounds, five Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missiles detached from the launchers and soared straight into the sky, heading straight toward the Black Hawk Helicopter or Apache Helicopter; the gates of hell slowly opened.

After discovering abnormal movement on the ground, a Black Hawk Helicopter pilot knew something was wrong without thinking, quickly alerted the other helicopter pilots, and began operating the rocket launcher to prepare to fire rockets.

However, before the helicopters could react, five anti-aircraft missiles swooped in. The pilots soon heard the system alarm ringing in their ears.

"Alarm! Alarm! Helicopter locked by anti-aircraft missile, perform evasive maneuvers immediately!"

The pilots hurriedly operated the helicopter control sticks and released chaff to interfere.

As for attacking the anti-aircraft missile positions, it was temporarily put to the back of their minds; saving their lives was the priority.

Some went directly into a climb, some dived downwards, some sped up to escape, and some made large detours to change direction, trying to evade the anti-aircraft missile attacks.

However, these operations in such an emergency state did not work immediately, and the locked-on helicopters still did not shake off the anti-aircraft missiles.

With two Black Hawk Helicopter and one Apache Attack Helicopter exploding in mid-air, it was announced that the Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile had achieved new combat results.

There were also two Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missiles that did not hit their targets, not knowing if it was because the target lock was inaccurate or if they escaped due to the helicopters' evasive maneuvers.

However, five anti-aircraft missiles from two supplementary Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile launch units appeared over Raqqa Military Base, turning the two Apache Helicopter that had just escaped the Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missiles into fireballs.

As the five helicopters were hit and crashed, the remaining helicopters had long lost any thought of showing off and quickly sped up to escape.

Two Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile launch units reloaded their missiles and immediately fired.

However, by this time, the USA's Black Hawk Helicopter and Apache Helicopter had already escaped the combat range of the Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile, and after failing to find targets, they could only self-destruct.

Seeing that there were no more USA fighter jets over Raqqa Military Base, the remaining Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile launch units could only reload their missiles and maintain vigilance and defense to avoid the USA fighter jets making a sudden return.