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The dual-mounted 40mm caliber artillery on the Aibuha is an Italian-made artillery that is mainly used for short-range defense. It is controlled by the Dado fire control system and has a certain degree of protection against sea-skimming missiles flying from the end. Destroy capability.

The last silkworm missile, after losing its target, finally failed to escape the blow of the 40mm artillery. It exploded at a distance of several hundred meters from the Aibuha, and the debris rubbed against the Aibuha The first part flew over, and inside the bridge, one could feel the terror of flying debris.

This interception by the Aibuha finally confirmed the Sea Rattlesnake's ability to counter sea-skimming missiles and the possibility of terminal artillery interception.This made Major General Talal very happy. With this battle achievement, it is not a problem for him to be promoted to lieutenant general after he returns. In the Saudi defense system, there are probably not many people who have actually fought.

"Prepare the missiles to reload," Talal said.

The Sea Rattlesnake has eight missiles, four on the left and right sides of the guidance radar. The interception just now has used up six missiles. When it comes down, the spare missiles must be lifted out from the bomb storage device below the deck. , installed in place.

Unexpectedly, before the action started, the radar operator's nervous voice was heard: "Three more missiles were found, the distance is [-] kilometers!"

Talal suddenly felt his eyes go dark, the Iranians really wanted their own lives!

On the current Aibuha, there are only two missiles that can be launched, and the decoy bombs have also been used up, and they have not yet started loading. The Iranians actually launched missiles again!

After launching the first missile, the Iranians did not move immediately, and they began rapid preparations for the second missile launch.When they were preparing during the day, they had already refueled the second missile and completed all the tests. Therefore, after the first missile was launched, they arranged the launch rack and hoisted the second missile. Entered the launch again accurately.

This is actually very dangerous. The liquid missile can only be refueled before launching, otherwise, the fuel will corrode the fuel tank, and there will be a crisis during hoisting.

But the bold Iranians did it anyway.

Reload first or prepare to intercept first?Reload first, then it will be too late to fire again, but if you intercept first, then you can only intercept one bomb at most!

Intercepting with short-range artillery is only a last resort, and there is no 80.00% certainty, let alone using artillery to kill two flying missiles at the same time.

How to do?

At this moment, good news finally came from the Badr in the rear: those electronic devices were finally repaired!

Iraqi technicians, with their fearless spirit, finally repaired the antenna of the jamming equipment, allowing the jamming equipment to start working again.

The E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft in the sky has been cruising for several hours and needs to return to the aircraft carrier.

They monitored the whole process, and after the interference source of the escort formation disappeared, Iran immediately launched missiles, which was also expected by them. At first, the Iranians did not launch missiles because of the interference, but later, the three The missiles flew in at the same time, making them feel that this would be the moment of the formation's tragic arrival. Who knew that the Saudi navy, which had never been very famous, and the frigate that had just entered service for less than a few months, successfully intercepted it. Three missiles!It seems that although French products are more expensive, they are still available.

However, they also knew that what was intercepted this time was only an old-fashioned silkworm missile. This first-generation liquid anti-ship missile is large in size and powerful, and it is also accompanied by the disadvantages of poor maneuverability and outdated electronic equipment. .

If it is a new type of missile, the legal-made flying fish, or the American-made harpoon, they will all perform S maneuvers in the final stage. With the double-barreled artillery at the end, the possibility of interception is almost zero.

Therefore, when the interference signal appeared again, the E-2 early warning machine knew that it was nothing to watch. Their small body and low fuel capacity could only provide a few hours of early warning Time, so, it must return to the aircraft carrier.

"Ready to intercept missiles at any time," Talal said.

Now that the jamming equipment has been repaired, their mission is over, so there is no need to worry about reloading. The last two missiles are for emergency use.

At this time, the silkworm missile was still flying, and it didn't know that it was already in a strong source of electromagnetic interference.

When the silkworm missile arrived at the scheduled time, the on-board radar was turned on. At this moment, it immediately realized that it knew nothing. There was an electromagnetic signal in front of it, and its radar beam disappeared without a trace.

The silkworm missile, knowing that it was being disturbed, chose to climb, and when it reached an altitude of 300 meters, it did not see anything, and continued to climb, and when it reached an altitude of 500 meters, it still did not see anything!

The silkworm missile was completely distressed. It didn't know that it had already flown over the target.

After continuing to fly for more than ten seconds, the silkworm missile finally chose to commit suicide and started the self-destruct procedure.

In future wars, without electromagnetic power, it is a very tragic thing, and people will become deaf and blind.

On the surface of the sea, the action of besieging the oil tanker by small boats in the dark has also been shattered. Because three small boats surrounded the Tamm, they gnawed on the stone and were hit head-on by the fighters of the Rattlesnake Special Forces on the oil tanker. .

The small boats that besieged the warship Badr over their own strength were also sunk after two ships were sunk, and fled in embarrassment.

The rest of them fought on their own, and only one had better luck. The fired rocket hit an oil tanker. Unfortunately, what he hit was the upper deck of the tanker, and did not affect the structure of the lower layer. The fire was extinguished .

The formation suffered this attack, and their vigilance was even higher. The Aibuha had loaded the new Sea Sidewinder missiles, and had been searching the sea surface, but no Iranians were found to launch missiles again.And several missile boats have been patrolling the left and right of the formation to prevent Iranian speedboats from attacking again.

When they sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz with trepidation and reached the Arabian Sea, it was almost dawn.

This time the thrilling escort mission is over, but this is only the beginning.

Hearing the report from the escort formation, Prince Sultan, who was in charge of the escort mission, immediately ordered the temporary suspension of the escort operation, waiting for the next step.

Although it was thrilling this time, no oil tanker was attacked, but it might not be the case next time.

There must be a more appropriate escort plan!

Prince Sultan hurried back to Riyadh, hoping to discuss countermeasures with the king.

When the morning sun just rose, Prince Sultan rushed back to the palace. When he entered the palace, he saw a person who surprised him.

"Your Excellency Qusay, why did you come to Saudi Arabia?"

"Why, Your Royal Highness, don't you welcome me?"

"No, very welcome, you are the hero of our entire Arab world, standing on the front line against Iran's Khomeini." Prince Sultan said.

Chapter 452 Destroy the Iranian anti-ship missiles!

Qusai was the first to receive the news of the night battle at sea. He still underestimated the power of the Iranian anti-ship missiles, and also underestimated the wisdom of the Iranians, who actually used small boats as an attack method.

At the same time, he also knew that in history, Kuwait was the first to send an invitation to the U.S. Navy because of repeated attacks, hoping that the U.S. Navy would escort their ships. Since then, a big foot of the U.S. Navy has stepped into the Persian Gulf .

The United States even dispatched a "Ticonderoga"-class Aegis guided-missile cruiser to station at Dammam Port in Saudi Arabia, preparing to escort oil tankers for itself and other countries that request it.

Never let what happened in history repeat itself!Qusay is the most vigilant against the United States, so he also knows that the threat of the Iranians to the Strait of Hormuz must be completely eliminated, so that the gate of the Persian Gulf can be completely closed and the American forces cannot come in.

Now, on the outside, the Americans, the Soviets, and even the British have all kinds of forces. They all covet the oil resources in the Persian Gulf and want to exert pressure on it.

They are all waiting for help from the countries along the Persian Gulf that need to rely on sea transportation due to the Iranian attack.

Among all countries, Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly the leader. Saudi Arabia is definitely the main force for this escort mission. The performance of their frigates is even more enviable. You must know that in this era, they can successfully intercept Three sea-skimming anti-ship missiles require a lot of skill and luck.

Therefore, after Qusay got in touch with the Saudi side, he decided to meet with King Fahd in person to discuss ways to solve the problem together.

Just as Qusay entered the palace in Riyadh, Prince Sultan also arrived.

Today's Qusay can be regarded as the most eye-catching person in the entire Middle East. Everyone knows that under Qusay's wise command, the current Iraq has gained an absolute advantage in the struggle against Iran.

"Your Majesty, our escort formation successfully escorted the ship out of the Strait of Hormuz this time, but the Iranians blatantly used missiles to attack our escort formation and used a dozen small boats." Sur Prince Tan said: "We must come up with countermeasures, otherwise, our escort operation cannot continue."

"Yes, so His Excellency Qusay came here in person to provide us with a solution." King Fahd said.

Qusay has a solution?Prince Sultan felt like his head was going to explode, did Qusay have a solution?Still, Qusay is a genius at war, and maybe there really is a solution.

"Your Highness, what do you think is the biggest threat to us from the Iranians?" Qusay asked.

"Of course it's an anti-ship missile! If it wasn't for the last minute, and the jamming equipment provided by your country resumed use, I'm afraid our Aibuha would have been sunk." Sultan knew the whole naval battle. During the process, the jamming equipment provided by Iraq was attacked by a rocket and stopped working. Then, Iranian missiles flew in. After the jamming equipment resumed working, all Iranian missiles failed. Those jamming equipment, Provided great help.

But, who knows if the Iranians will focus on destroying those jamming devices again?For the next escort, Prince Sultan is not so confident.