Chapter 107: Infrared Headlights!

  Two kilometers away, a guerrilla fighter crouched on the ground with his legs half bent, beside him was a tripod, on which was mounted a cylindrical tube over one meter long, and on the side of the cylinder was a huge sighting device.

  He kept his eyes fixed tightly on the sighting device, and one by one, clear bright spots in front of him were his targets!

  That's the infrared headlight of the Soviet armored vehicle!

  At this time, the standard night combat equipment of the Soviet Union was still infrared headlights. Through the infrared headlights, everything in front is illuminated, and the reflected infrared rays are received through their own observation devices, allowing them to observe their surroundings. Although infrared rays cannot be seen with the naked eye, in an infrared imaging device, it's a clear target! It's just like someone shining a flashlight in the dark of night.

  The guerrilla fighter's expression was serious, he knew that the more complex the weapon, the more it needed to be used by people who were trained to the point, just like himself, who had a good grasp of all sorts of advanced weapons. He was Osama.

  Having a university degree is a precious wealth, and understanding and using these advanced weapons becomes easier.

  This is the second batch of TOW missiles brought by the Americans, compared to the first batch, these missiles have better performance, not only shorter in length but also longer in range. More importantly, they are equipped with AN/TAS-4 night sight devices, which are infrared imaging sights that are expensive and even the wealthy Americans only equipped five for the guerrillas. Moreover, this is the latest technology of the Americans, and its reliability is not very high, compared to the infrared imaging devices that were widely equipped in later generations, it is crude and cumbersome.

  Now is the time for this kind of weapon to play its role. At a distance of two kilometers, the Soviet night vision device can't see anything at all, and they can only see as far as one thousand meters away. Now, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the fog around us is quickly dispersing.

  Soviets, die! Osama took aim at a shiny point across the way. He locked onto his target and pressed the fire button.

  "Whoosh." A jet of flame shot out from the back. The intense heat made Osama feel like his beard was being singed, he stared intently at his sight, as long as he kept the red infrared light in his crosshairs, the missile would continuously adjust its flight path until it finally hit its target.

  Soon after, an explosion was heard from across the way.

  "The Soviet tank has been destroyed, charge!" A guerrilla leader who was pinned down by the tank's machine gun and couldn't lift his head suddenly shouted loudly.

  Hearing this shout, Muhammad couldn't help but curse loudly from behind, "Fool! Fool!"

  He was still late when he arrived here. The guerrilla's attack had already begun, and Muhammad had no choice but to help the guerrillas take out those tanks in order to cover their retreat.

  Who knows, these guys have already been driven mad, seeing Soviet tanks being destroyed without retreating, but instead advancing further.

  The fog had gradually cleared, except for the tanks. There were also a number of infantry fighting vehicles, which came forward rumbling loudly after discovering that the tanks had been knocked out. They did not retreat, but instead came forward with a loud rumble.

  That tank was probably destroyed by an RPG, that's the first thought of the Soviets, just as they were fixed shooting, now they all started moving, a moving armored vehicle is hard to be hit by uncontrolled RPGs.

  And once they got moving, apart from the machine guns on the turret, the shooting holes on both sides could also kill guerrilla fighters on both sides. Some Soviet soldiers even opened the top hatch of their heads and shot out half of their bodies.

  Several armored vehicles roared to life, rapidly reaping the lives of the guerrilla fighters. The guerrilla fighters, incited to kill, instantly fell in droves once again.

  Muhammad's heart is bleeding, damn Nikubdin, damn Masud, gather all the guerrillas in the north and then be slaughtered here, is this their purpose?

  At this time, Muhammad's anger was beyond measure.

  "Boom!" Another infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, the loading of TOW missiles is very slow, and to help the guerrilla forces attacking in various directions, there is only one Osma night vision-capable TOW missile launcher on this side.

  Before all the infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, the battlefield was filled with the bodies of guerrilla fighters! Muhammad gritted his teeth and picked up another weapon.

  Poison Dart Missile!

  In addition to the infrared imaging device of the Tomahawk missile, there is also a conspicuous infrared lamp, and besides this, there are also Harpoon missiles!

  The infrared and ultraviolet dual-mode guidance head is mainly aimed at the infrared rays emitted by the aircraft engine, but that big lamp is also a very good heat source!

  Using poison darts to attack armored vehicles is not worth it, ten armored vehicles are not as valuable as a single doe deer, but now, the harvest of guerrilla fighters' lives is the armored vehicle, Muhamed can only do this.

  Using a toxic dart to attack an armored vehicle, in history, the Afghan guerrillas really did this, but the effect is controversial, and it has caused a lot of opposition from military enthusiasts. The main criticism is that the combat head of the toxic dart is designed to shoot down aircraft, with a 3kg explosive fragmentation warhead, which is similar to an RPG rocket's warhead.

  Such fragments, hitting the tank, are like scratching an itch for the tank. The tank is not afraid of shrapnel attacks, even if a 155mm howitzer shell explodes on the tank's body, although the personnel inside may be shaken, but the tank will absolutely not be destroyed.

  What is useful against tanks are armor-piercing shells with tungsten carbide cores.

  Now, Muhammad also has no choice but to try, since the Afghan guerrillas in history have done so, Muhammad can only try.

  Shoulder the poisonous needle missile, wear headphones, just aim at that infrared light, and a familiar "drip" sound comes from the headphones.

  Compared to the plane, the armored vehicle's advance speed was too slow, and the infrared rays emitted by the red infrared lamp far exceeded the infrared radiation of the plane's tail nozzle. As soon as it locked onto the target, the missile intercepted it successfully.

  Fire! Muhammad pressed the firing button, and with the energy provided by the thermal battery, the rocket engine at the rear of the missile ignited, and in a hot stream, the Poison Dart missile flew out of the launch tube.

  The guide head is correctly following the target.

  A Soviet soldier stuck out half of his body from the hatch of an armored vehicle, firing a rifle at the scattered guerrilla fighters around him. A burst of flames flying in from afar caught his attention, and although the poisonous stinger had ignited the second-stage engine, it was still clearly visible in the dark night.

  At this time, the fog was rapidly dispersing and he could see very clearly.

  RPG? No, RPGs don't have such a long range, this is an anti-tank missile!

  "Anti-tank missile!" he shouted, firing his rifle's trigger towards the direction of the incoming missile, shooting wildly as if to use his own bullets to bring down the missile.

  It's impossible, the missile is still flying rapidly and almost instantly flew to the front of the vehicle.

  The fuze of the toxic dart has two modes, contact explosion and proximity explosion. Now the flying toxic dart missile is set to contact explosion.

  "Boom!" The Toxic Dart missile, traveling at 750 meters per second, slammed its several-kilogram warhead into the armor. Although the Toxic Dart's warhead wasn't hard, its speed was more than twice that of an anti-tank missile, and this tremendous speed brought tremendous kinetic energy. When the warhead hit the infantry fighting vehicle's armor, all this kinetic energy converted to internal energy.

  Then, the 3 kg warhead began to explode, with countless fragments flying everywhere. The energy of the explosion was released entirely on the armor in an extremely short period of time. Following that, there were still several kilograms of projectile body and fuel behind the warhead.

  When all of this turned into flames, a huge high temperature was generated. Under such temperatures, the strength of ordinary steel plates is not much better than that of paper. Now, the place where the collision occurred happened to be reinforced with aluminum armor, and suddenly, the entire front of the vehicle burst into a raging fire.

  The driver in the front was instantly engulfed in flames, and the infantrymen on board were shaken to pieces at the moment of explosion. They managed to open the rear tailgate, but only two infantrymen crawled out, while the rest fell into the sea of fire.

  Looking at the infantry fighting vehicle in the distance being hit and catching fire, Muhammad's face suddenly lit up with joy. It seems that the combat method created by the Afghan guerrillas is effective. Compared to those armchair strategists' analysis, practice is still the most important!

  Perhaps the T-62 tank can't be penetrated, but for thin-skinned armored vehicles that can only withstand rifle fire, the Stinger missile is still effective, especially when the infrared lamp provides a target for the Stinger.

  Inspired by Muhammad's success, several guerrilla fighters carrying Stinger missiles began to attack the armored vehicles with their own missiles.

  The fog has cleared, and the flames from several burning armored vehicles illuminate half of the sky, along with the faintly whitening horizon in the east, forming a magnificent scene. However, the bodies of the guerrilla fighters lying all over the ground make it impossible to be inspired by the victory of having destroyed several armored vehicles.

  "Charge forward! Charge into the city!" Muhammad gave the order.

  Upon hearing Muhammad's order, Osama stood up from beside the TOW anti-tank missile launcher with a look of confusion "Captain, aren't we supposed to be heading back to the mountains? Why are we attacking the city again?"

  Mohammad had never supported the offensive in the cities, otherwise there would not have been such a big split with Masood, which led to the division of the newly united team.

  If there was a chance, Muhammad would certainly not have done so, but Muhammad knew that they did not have the opportunity to return to the mountains again.

  As the fog clears, with the arrival of daytime, the Soviet air force will soon appear. If we return to the mountains now, before even entering the depths of the mountains, we would be completely annihilated under the Soviets' intense bombing.