Babylonian Empire

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Their main weapon this time is the 'Otto-Bleda' 127mm naval gun on the bow, which is a single-barreled naval gun developed by the famous Italian company Otto Melara, used for destroyers and frigates The high-level dual-purpose main gun is used to deal with aircraft, missiles, attack ships and bombard land targets.

During World War I, naval guns were the main weapons on warships. The power of all the naval guns on a battleship when fired together made countless people amazed. However, in World War II, the rise of aircraft carriers sent battleships to their graves.

After that, naval guns with a caliber of several hundred millimeters were almost extinct, and the calibers of naval guns became smaller and smaller. Then, the emergence of anti-ship missiles made naval guns seem to completely abdicate and have no effect.

However, although naval guns will no longer be useful in anti-ship warfare, they are still useful in other aspects. For example, when facing pirates and small boats driven by terrorists, using anti-ship missiles is definitely Inappropriate, at this time, only one shell is needed to finish them off.

The other purpose of naval guns, which has not changed, is to shoot at the shore and attack the targets on the shore.

The naval gun equipped on the Hedden-class frigate has a maximum range of 23680 meters, which is enough to destroy targets along the coast with saturated firepower. This is definitely a low-cost weapon.

For this landing operation, Iraq mobilized nearly [-] people from the armed forces of the sea, land and air forces. This time, we must use a beautiful battle to get off to a good start for the new year!

There is no wind and waves on the sea, only the sun shines on the sea, sparkling, and the flag of Iraq is flying on the mast of the leading Hedden.

In Baghdad, Qusay has already arrived at the command center of the Ministry of National Defense. Through the C3I system, he will intuitively see the situation on the scene.

"The Gulf Peace Operation has officially begun," Qusay said.

The code name of this operation is called Gulf Peace, which is an operation to maintain peace in the entire Gulf.

With Qusay's order, Iraq's powerful military operations have just begun.

The first to take off was the F-20 fighter jets of the Iraqi Air Force. They took off from Basra Air Force Base, formed formation over the Shatt al-Arab River, and then flew to the target from the Persian Gulf at ultra-low altitude.

At this time, both the freighter and the warship had sailed to a distance of about [-] nautical miles from the target.

All over the world, there is still peace.

Chapter 934 A Terrible Attack

Since it is the New Year, most of the defenders on Qeshm Island have returned to Hormzgan Province, and there are only more than 100 people left in the barracks.

There is no allegiance to zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ here, because these provinces are relatively far away, and the leaders of the provinces have various ideas, for example, if they can dúlì go out and rely on the oil along the coast, they will live more comfortably .

Some are still waiting and watching, and there is no movement in other provinces, nor themselves.

Self-income, self-expenditure, the life here is quite happy, but the people at the bottom don't think so.

What they care about is who can live a good life for themselves.

These islands are not taken seriously. The defenders on the islands have long since lost their daily training. They are just lazily looking at the sky and the tankers on the sea.

On a lookout post at the southern tip of Qeshm Island, a few unlucky soldiers who stayed behind to watch the calm sea smoked hookah.

Although restricted by the authorities, the tradition of smoking waterpipes has already taken root in their daily life. When they are bored, smoking waterpipes and chatting gossip is an activity that women love besides men.

"I heard that the north has already obeyed the Rajavi government. They have received a lot of capital investment, and agriculture has developed rapidly. This year's grain harvest has been bumper." A soldier said.

"Keep your voice down. If the officer hears, we may be executed secretly." Another soldier said.

"Hmph, even our chief is probably very envious of the north. One of his relatives is in Azerbaijan, and I heard that he lives very well."

Although there is still income here, most of the income has flowed into the pockets of certain people. Moreover, maintaining this army also requires money. The rulers here have no intention of spending money on the people.

Throwing out an eye circle, the worried soldier turned his eyes to the sea. His eyesight is very good. On sunny days, he can even see the oil tankers on the main channel in the distance.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide: What are those ships in the distance?How did you break away from the main channel and come to them?

He immediately stood up and adjusted the high-power military binoculars on the sentry post.

From the camera, he saw a ship sailing in the distance. It was a warship with the Iraqi flag flying high above it.

Iraqi navy, what are they doing here?

When he was still wondering, he saw the main gun on the front deck of the ship start to rotate, and the muzzle was aimed at this place.

"Iraqs! They are coming to attack us! Hurry up and send out the police!" He immediately shouted loudly. Unexpectedly, on the first day of 86, the Iraqis would attack them!

"Attention, for the front shore fortifications, five bursts are fired, and then the design effect is evaluated, and then the second round of shooting is carried out, with an interval of 1 minute." On the Hedden, Abdul ordered calmly, their warship has already taken the lead Came here: "Turn on the air defense radar, pay attention to the possible sea-skimming missiles, the air defense missiles are powered on, ready to launch at any time."

Although the shore-to-ship missiles have been killed by them long ago, they still have to prevent possible dangers.

After receiving Abdul's order, the NA-10II fire control system at the front began to prepare. The bomb lifter under the naval gun pushed the 127mm shells into the barrel. Under the operation of the personnel in the airtight turret, they began to adjust the angle and calculate the shooting elements. Finally, a loud sound came, and the 127mm shell flew out of the cannon in a dazzling fireball at the muzzle. mouth, and fly to the target 8000 meters away.

Then, another shell was automatically loaded and fired at the same time. The theoretical firing speed of this kind of naval gun was 45 rounds per minute, and the first three rounds could reach one round per second.

As the naval guns fired, a series of shells flew towards the fortifications on the shore.

Just after the police report was issued, the soldiers guarding the lookout post saw the smoke from the muzzles of the warship guns in the distance, and he was immediately taken aback: "Quickly enter the air-raid shelter!"

Leaving aside his companion who was still in a daze, he immediately ran to the air defense fortification more than ten meters away, hoping to escape the opponent's attack.

The 127mm naval gun has a muzzle velocity of more than 800 meters per second, and it takes more than ten seconds to fly here.

At this time, his companion reacted and immediately ran quickly after him.

Just when the person in front ran into the air-raid shelter, he heard the sound of an explosion at his post, and he couldn't bear to look back. He was afraid that the place he was just now had become a ruin.

If it was a battleship during World War II, one shot could lift all the fortifications into the sky, and the air-raid shelters could not withstand the attack of giant artillery fire, but now, they can only blow up the outer fortifications. Those reinforced air-raid shelters, 127mm ships The power of the guns is still insufficient, because these naval guns have to deal with targets on the sea, on the shore and in the air at the same time. The design of the artillery fire is the result of a compromise.

The soldier who escaped the naval bombardment by chance, after the sound of the explosion on the position, he suppressed the fear in his heart and looked outside, only to see that the post was in ruins, and his companion was blown to pieces. Flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and it was impossible to see what it looked like.

The warship in the distance had already shifted its target and started firing at other targets.

Fortunately, I escaped the attack.

However, his sense of survival didn't last long, when he heard a sharp sound from above his head, it was the sound of a fighter plane flying at low altitude and slicing through the air.The sound is dull.

After the Iraqi Navy's naval guns began to cover firepower, the Iraqi Air Force's fighter planes finally rushed to the scene.

Two Mirage 4000s turned on their radars, quickly climbed up, and monitored the direction of Holmzgan, while the rest of the fighters began to make final preparations before the attack.

Coastal artillery positions, barracks, outposts, and air defense positions are all the targets of their attacks.

This is Jalal's first combat mission. As a new pilot, he can directly fly a fighter like the F-20 instead of flying the old MiG-21 or MiG-23. He has to thank the Iraqi Air Force for his support. They are advancing by leaps and bounds, and their fighters are updated very quickly.

Jalal has been following the formation, entering from the sea at a low altitude, he can even feel the sea breeze blowing, the sea and the sky meet, it is very easy to have the illusion of flying, he insists on trusting the instrument in front of him, and flies according to the instrument.

The squadron leader's voice came from the earphones. They began to make the final preparations before the attack, opened the weapon safety, and prepared to turn on the laser pointer.

The ground threat this time is very small, so they didn't use the tactic that the ground personnel use lasers to illuminate the target, and the carrier aircraft can leave after dropping the bomb. They used the carrier aircraft's own laser designator, so can it hit the target? Target, that depends on the pilot's ability.

Thinking of the two heavy laser-guided bombs under the wing, that one is enough for my subsidy for a month, so I can't miss it.

The land in front of him appeared in front of him, and Jalal looked down at the photo strapped to his leg. It was an aerial photo taken by a MiG-25 reconnaissance plane, and it was the target he wanted to bomb.

The image was already displayed on the multi-function display on the right. He carefully turned the knob and pointed the laser pointer at the target to be attacked. Then, he pressed the switch, and the seeker of the laser-guided bomb began to activate. After the red light came on, he pressed the button on the operating lever.