A layman, here to give advice, Beckwith was very upset: "Major Nathan, you are very good at the Air Force, but you should be considered a layman in special operations."
"Colonel Beckwith, I am naval aviation, not the air force." Nathan said.
"It's all the same, it's all flying anyway."
"No, it's very different." Nathan looked at this guy. He had been a colonel in the U.S. Army. In his eyes, the Navy and the Air Force were actually the same? There is such a naive person
"For example, our navy and the air force have different communication channels and communication codes. It is impossible for our navy pilots to directly communicate with the air force pilots. Do you know this?"
When Nathan said so, Beckwith frowned. What's the matter
They plan to carry naval helicopters, but the air force transport planes are used to replenish their helicopters. If the air force and the navy cannot communicate with each other, can they complete the mission happily
It is obvious that the navy and the air force are dirty. Everyone is doing their own things. Moreover, they are not compatible with each other, and even deliberately incompatible. This is all too clear. The colonel in this plan is actually Don't even know this
Nathan admired him a little.
(This kind of nasty thing can be seen everywhere. Take the example of Huadong Zhixiong. Before leaving his job, Huadong Zhixiong was a high school physics teacher. After the physics textbook was revised, three books were optional. The local one, the optional 3- 3 and 3-4, and the second middle school where the East China Hero is located, it has to choose 3-5, which is different from them, why? Once a student fails the college entrance examination, the candidates of the second middle school can only go back to the second middle school to repeat because The one in the first middle school is different from the second middle school, not just physics, mathematics and so on. As long as there are electives, you must choose a different one.)
Now, just a communication problem is very difficult to solve. This kind of thing will be the same in later generations. During the Gulf War, the data links of the US Air Force and the Navy were still incompatible. Therefore, the entire Gulf War, the Air Force and The navy also fights on its own, each fighting on its own. Want to fight together? Data can't be communicated, and it's a fart.
I am not familiar with special operations, but I know the nastyness between the navy and the air force.
Nathan continued: "For another example, you plan to use our navy’s sea stallion helicopter. This helicopter has excellent performance and is the main tool of our navy from sea to land. A helicopter can carry more than 30 people and carry weapons. , Going to the capital of the BS country seems to be well planned, but you certainly don’t know that this helicopter has done a good job of preventing salt at sea. However, it lacks the ability to effectively prevent sand and dust storms. Our flight this time, To traverse the long desert, can you ensure that the helicopter will always work normally? If a helicopter strikes, can this mission be successfully completed? If one is to crash, can you afford it?"
In later generations, the Delta Force continued to expand. It was not the combat force but the logistics force that expanded. After many failures, they realized that only their logistics can be reliable.
Later generations of the Delta Force consisted of three main departments, D, E, and F. Department D was the command and control department, that is, the headquarters. The E department is a large department including communications, intelligence, and logistics support.
The logistics department provides support activities including finance, materials, medical treatment, research, and professional technology. For example, they have their own medical units. In addition to being stationed in Fort Bragg, there are specialized doctors in secret bases across the United States to provide medical assistance for special operations. .
The intelligence department is called (TheFunnyPlatoon) to provide intelligence support for the combat operations of the Delta Force. Although the air support of the Delta Force mainly relies on the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, it also has its own aviation squadron equipped with 12 helicopters.
This is only known after many losses.
Now, they have only been established for two years, and everything is dependent on the assistance of other units, and the chance of success is even lower.
Nathan is even more aware that the failure of historical eagle catching operations lies in these sea stallion helicopters, which are simply not suitable for combat in desert areas.
The eight RH-53 heavy helicopters that took off from the aircraft carrier "Nimitz" cruising in the Persian Gulf took off on time. Soon, they also encountered a powerful sandstorm that was rare in the past.
Originally, the satellite was able to detect sandstorms, but because they had negotiated to keep the radio silent before the operation, no one notified them, so these helicopters plunged into the overwhelming yellow sand array.
In the dim sky, the engine of one helicopter was malfunctioning in the wind and sand. The two helicopters could no longer see their companions, and lost their way in the dark night. In desperation had to fall.
Then, one of the two lost helicopters suffered a mechanical failure and returned. Now, there are only six helicopters that can work normally.
It was easy to meet at the Desertone assembly point. The pilot of a helicopter that had been parked at the assembly area discovered that there was a problem with the hydraulic system of his aircraft. If he could barely move on, he could not guarantee the normal operation of the aircraft.
Six are the lowest equipped, and one less one will be impossible to complete.
After weighing the pros and cons, the rescue operation commander reluctantly made a decision: to abandon the rescue attempt, and all personnel to evacuate.
During the evacuation, there was another major accident. Here, God cannot bless them.
A helicopter was about to fly away from the transport plane. The pilot had just increased its horsepower, and the plane drifted laterally after it leaped slightly into the air. The pilot did not control the plane, but slanted into a C-130.
Sparks from the metal cutting of the propeller splashed and the two aircraft collided. The helicopter hit the head of the C-130 completely, and both the helicopter and the C-130 transport aircraft were plunged into a sea of flames. The fire spread quickly, turning the two planes into wreckage. The soldiers of the eight Delta Forces were all cremated.
This was a tragic and complete failure.
Among them, the sea stallion helicopter is not suitable for flying in desert areas, which is already obvious, even if it is used by the air force, it is better than the navy.
However, helicopters are not suitable at all. If there is a later generation of V-22, it is almost the same. Although the Americans have experienced many failures, they are still engaged in the V-22, and this is the need for combat.
Nathan has already sentenced to death for this operation. Yes, Beckwith did not even consider the impact of the sandstorm when formulating the action plan. (End of this chapter)