Three days later, the U.S. military in Iraq received accurate information from the CIA and found Saddam's tracks.

However, this information did not indicate a detailed and precise location, but only pointed to the approximate area where Saddam was hiding.

For this intelligence, although the US military in Iraq is not completely convinced, but it is also with the idea of killing mistakes and letting go, and began to mobilize the surrounding garrison and surround the area.

This is a long mountain near the Iranian border, the mountains are gathered, the terrain is very steep.

Iraq, which lives here, is dominated by herders, and among the mountains are the pastures of these herdsmen.

There are highways leading to the belly of the mountain, but they are steep, and they can only let ordinary trucks pass through.

Heavy equipment, such as tanks and self-propelled guns, was difficult to reach these mountains.

But it is difficult to fail the U.S. military, a large number of American soldiers, riding on Humvees and armored vehicles, divided this huge mountain area, divided into a block of area surrounded by a block.

In the sky, there are many U.S. helicopters and fighter jets flying back and forth.

In just two days, the U.S. military completely blocked the mountain, for which the U.S. military used 70,000 ground troops and a large number of air force support.

The result of the blockade was very satisfactory to the Americans, because after two days of blockade, a large number of Iraqi resistance armed personnel were caught.

The arrest of a large number of Iraqi militants seems to further confirm that there is a very likely hidden Saddam's stronghold.

Therefore, the US military is more looking forward to the next comprehensive work of encirclement.

On the third day, the U.S. military began to search the surrounding mountains one by one.

In the words of the U.S. military in Iraq, if Saddam is really hidden in this mountainous area, then this time it is definitely impossible to escape.

Previously, among the U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, New York, became the main force of the raid.

This place is mountainous and steep, although it is not a tropical jungle full of lush trees, but there is no lush grass, but under the tall canopy, all kinds of steep stone forests.

Because of the damage of the local animal husbandry to the environment, the vegetation on the mountain has always been very scarce, some of which are tall trees that goats cannot eat, and then leave sand and stones.

This is also a very favorable place for the US military, because unlike the dense environment of tropical rainforest, it is very difficult to search.

The 10th Mountain Division will also be the main force of the operation, surrounded by the assistance of other forces, and the specific search work will fall on the 10th Mountain Division.

In the area marked as the 385 area of the U.S. military, there are seven or eight peaks crowded together, the terrain is very complex, with a total area of more than ten square kilometers, and the commanding height is a 385 meters high.

Search for a full-bine mountain battalion of the 10th Mountain Division, with four transport helicopters and two gunships, and a Marine Corps field howitzer battalion that can provide long-range fire support at any time.

Within the headquarters of the mountain battalion, after the operation began, one by one search team with the class as the combat unit, searched forward from all directions in the 385 area.

At the same time, on the commanding heights of 385, there are also two Chinook transport helicopters ready to launch a mountain special forces, controlling the commanding heights and ready to support the search operations of the mountain battalion.

Two Chinook transport aircraft taking off from the mountain camp site are approaching 385 Heights in batches to detect the situation near the commanding heights.

Several laps of investigation, to determine that there is no threat on the ground, the Chinook transport aircraft slowly lowered the height, controlled to a height of only seven or eight meters from the top of the mountain.

Because the mountaintop is steep and uneven, the helicopter can not land at all, can only take the way of landing, drop off the special forces down.

However, just as the Chinook transporter had opened the back door, behind a stone on the top of the mountain, suddenly appeared a man with his head covered in a white robe, and on his shoulder, holding a single rocket launcher, quickly aimed at the helicopter.

The co-pilot of the helicopter found the scene in the corner of his eye and hurriedly shouted: "Someone, it is a rocket launcher, leave quickly."

The captain of the control helicopter, without hesitation, controlled the helicopter for the first time and wanted to climb the height.

However, the rocket on the top of the mountain has sprayed fire, a long rocket, with a long tail flame from the launcher, rushed out and flew directly towards the Chinook helicopter in the sky.

Chinook helicopter is the use of front and rear dual power layout, with two propellers before and after, long fuselage length, is a very good vehicle for transporting troops.

However, Chinook has a more obvious feature, that is, the reaction ability is relatively slow, and this is also a common problem of large helicopters, more bulky.

When the driver found a threat from the ground, it was difficult to avoid it in time.

The rocket that dragged the tail flame hit the first time to try to climb and leave the Chinook, the moment the rocket hit the Chinook, the huge explosion directly destroyed the tail engine and rotor of the Chinook transport aircraft, the power system was damaged, the long Chinook transport helicopter suddenly rotated in the sky, and the fuselage trembled violently.

A thick black eye came out of the tail engine of the Chinook.

“Call for help, call for help, we are hit by rockets, we are losing control, we are falling, we are falling, we are falling, we are falling.”

Other helicopters in the air heard an urgent call for help from the slave, but they could not help, because the helicopter, which was constantly advertised in the sky, was falling towards the valley under 385 highlands.

And in the rotation, because the door has been opened, there are several aircraft of the mountain soldiers, directly out of the cabin, smashed into the ground of the rock, flesh and blood blurred.

At the same time, a cry for help was also heard in the mountain battalion, and the battalion commander of the mountain battalion immediately made a decision: “Alrightly order the nearest troops to the crash site to go to the rescue, and it is necessary to ensure that the wounded are brought out as much as possible.”

At this moment, the helicopter has fallen, fell in the valley, but the fuel in the helicopter has not been detonated, and the structure of the fuselage is relatively complete, several people died on the spot in the plane, but there are still some people who are seriously injured, if they can be treated in time, they can survive.

When the mountain camp began to rescue and fell, two U.S. Apache attack helicopters in the sky also covered the mountaintop, explosion and impact, so that many mountain stones fell from the top, and the mountaintop was suddenly in disrepair.