Babylonian Empire

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In the southern military region, this habit has already been formed, and junior officers can freely express their opinions, which is impossible in the northern military region, which is why His Excellency Qusay is so loved by the soldiers.However, no matter what they say, as long as Your Excellency Qusay has made up his mind, they will definitely carry it out without hesitation, even if they pay the price of their own lives!

"This base is very well-defended. It is very difficult for us to sneak attack them from the sky, but it does not mean it is impossible." Arslan said: "If we also go to the Iranian Plateau and fly at low altitude, we can avoid them." The Iranians' long-range early warning radar monitoring and planned routes can completely play a surprise attack effect."

"In that case, we will not have enough fuel," Adnan said.

It is quite a waste of fuel to mount bombs and fly at ultra-low altitude.

"We can land at the airfield in the north," said Arslan.

This guy is indeed a genius. Zhang Feng listened to the discussion below, and the entire attack plan had surfaced.

Instead of heading north directly from Basra to Tehran as usual, they first flew north in their own country, and then flew at low altitude in the direction of Tehran after reaching the Iranian plateau. Even if the Iranians take off the Tomcat fighter, the target is Bakhtaran, and they have no time to take into account the situation on the entire Iranian plateau. When they are [-] kilometers away from the Tehran Air Force Base, they can launch the Red Bird II cruise missile they carry. After killing the Iranian early warning radar, a large number of fighter planes also rushed to the battlefield, using Pavement laser-guided bombs and Maverick air-to-ground missiles to blow up every hangar!

The intelligence personnel of the Messiah Bureau have repeatedly observed in the distance these days, and have almost confirmed the Tomcat fighters in those hangars. The Iranians currently have more than a dozen Tomcat fighters, and they are still repairing more airplane.

This time, let these fighters that pose a threat to them go to hell!

"Now, I assign combat tasks." Zhang Feng said.

Hearing this, all the people were right.

"Hamad's No. 115 Fighter Squadron, carrying Red Bird II air-launch missiles, entered for the first time, and returned immediately after launching the cruise missiles," Zhang Feng said.

At this time, the Red Bird II already had a range of about 20 kilometers. However, the team led by Joseph has not yet solved the problem of matching the cruise missile with the F-1's fire control. Although the weapon interface has been opened, it still requires Iraqi Thanks to the hard work of the technicians, it is still mounted on the Mirage F20 fighter jet for the time being. The range of this fighter jet is not as long as that of the F-1, so let them return immediately after launching the cruise missile. After the huge cruise missile, the Mirage F530 has no ability to mount the Matra [-] missile, nor can it play the role of air defense.

"Yes!" Hamad accepted the task.

"Arslan's 122 and 123 fighter squadrons are equipped with imported Maverick surface-to-air missiles and Sparrow air-to-air missiles. You are responsible for using Maverick surface-to-air missiles to strike ground targets, including aircraft on the runway, at a distance of [-] kilometers. , The anti-aircraft missile and anti-aircraft artillery positions that have not been destroyed provide fire cover for the aircraft entering behind, and, after the strike is completed, climb up to provide cover for the follow-up formation."

The Maverick surface-to-air missile, numbered AGM-65, also known as the "Little Animal" missile, is an air-to-ground missile weapon launched outside the defense zone developed by the Hughes Company and Raytheon Company of the United States. It can accurately strike point-shaped missiles. Target.The body of the bomb is cylindrical, with four triangular wings and rudders in an X-shaped configuration. The power device is a double-thrust single-stage solid rocket motor. The bomb is 4 meters long and has a range of 2.64 kilometers.

The missile has three guidance methods: electronic guidance, laser guidance and infrared thermal imaging guidance. Among them, infrared imaging guidance is the most advanced, but the model exported to Iraq is the B-type TV guidance model, which uses a field of view of 5 degrees and 25 degrees. High-speed TV guidance system, due to the enlarged field of view, the pilot can control the seeker to lock the target at a relatively long distance, reducing the exposure time of the aircraft in the target area; the warhead adopts a shaped charge blasting type, instantaneous Send the fuze.This kind of missile has a long range, an advanced guidance method, and a high hit rate, but it can only be used on sunny days during the day, and is easily affected by factors such as rain, clouds, fog, and smoke.

However, the import of this kind of missile also allowed Iraq to have more advanced air-to-surface weapons, which is a multiplier for the Iraqi air force. Unfortunately, only [-] pieces were exported, and in this attack, six of these missiles carried this kind of missile. If you hang four on the rack, almost half of them will be consumed.

However, it is more important to kill the opponent's airport and plane.

The remaining two, carrying sparrow medium-range bombs, provided cover for the attacking fleet.

After all, the F-20 is a light fighter, with only five pylons, and one needs to be freed up to hang the auxiliary fuel tank. This situation will only change after the arrival of heavy fighters.

"Yes." Arslan replied, hearing this mission, he liked it very much.

"Your squadron has just changed to fly F-20, and you have to perform combat missions, so you must be prepared to avoid problems!" Zhang Feng said.

"Yes." Arslan replied.

If in peacetime, they would not have had about a year of refit training and hundreds of hours of flying experience, they would not have been allowed to participate in this kind of operation, but now, they have only conducted more than ten hours of trainer training, They dared to fly solo, but they have hundreds of hours of flight simulation on the simulator, and they are all experienced pilots. I'm completely familiar with it.

"Adnan's 117th and 118th fighter squadrons are all equipped with the new pavement bombs introduced. After the previous bombing is completed, they will enter last. All hangars must be destroyed. We will break the wings of the Iranian Air Force!"

These two squadrons are all F-20 fighters. The Pavement bombs are relatively heavy. Each plane can only carry two, 16 bombs, which is enough to blow up those large hangars.

"Yes." Adnan replied.

All the fighters dispatched this time were the most advanced fighter planes from the Southern Military Region, and they also used the most advanced precision-guided weapons. Although there were only twenty fighter planes, the bombing effect was definitely better than that of a large fleet bombing Bakhtaran.

Carpet bombing has long been behind, and the future is the era of precision guidance!

Chapter 357 Bombing Formation, Let's Go!

With the issuance of the combat order of the military region, an air raid operation that has made countless military strategists sigh has finally begun.

The focus of this air strike was on the Mirage and F-20 fleets of the Iraqi Air Force. None of the Soviet fighters participated in the battle.

All the pilots know that their boss, Your Excellency Qusay, is a person who attaches great importance to technology, and in future wars, the performance of the aircraft will directly determine the life and death of the pilots. Serve, let them change to fly this advanced fighter.

At Basra Air Force Base, technicians are making final preparations. Even Northrop technicians are also maintaining F-20 fighters. They are also looking forward to the bombing operation of the Southern Military Region. Success, in this way, their fighters will also become famous because of this battle.

Come together for the same goal!

However, they are all maintained in the hangar. The F-20 hangar and the Mirage F1 hangar are far apart, so the American technicians did not notice that in Iraq, a group of Chinese technicians were maintaining Their planes, they also did not find out that a new type of cruise missile had appeared in Iraq.

Red Bird Two!

Although the appearance is similar to the original Red Bird II, its heart has been replaced with a small engine imported from Europe. The thrust has been slightly increased, but the fuel consumption has dropped, and it has a range of [-] kilometers.

Now, this kind of missile is being mounted under the wing of Mirage F1, one on each side, and the technicians have started to inject the launch data into the computer of Red Bird II.

Air-launched cruise missiles also have all the data installed on the ground. After take-off, the inertial navigation system starts working with the take-off point as the initial position.

The last time it bombed Tehran, this cruise missile had already shown its strong combat effectiveness. Moreover, the Iranians didn't even know that there was such a weapon in Iraq's arsenal, but this time, this extended-range type will It further shows its huge combat effectiveness.

The eight cruise missiles had already assigned their own targets before they were launched. Some were long-range radar stations near Tehran, some were ammunition and fuel storage centers at the Tehran Air Force Base, and two carried anti-runway warheads. Cluster bombs will completely destroy the runway, and the Iranian planes left on the ground can only be the targets of their ravages.

Thanks to the Americans, the information on the key points of the Iranians has been sent to Iraq, and after verification by the Messiah Bureau, the most threatening targets have been selected.

The technicians work carefully, and even the grey-haired Mr. Liang is on-site to direct.

On the other side, the atmosphere is different. The Americans are more relaxed even when they are working. They whistle and check the various missiles that have just been shipped from the United States.

The personnel in Iraq are also learning humbly from the sidelines. This kind of opportunity is very rare. If the Americans did not teach them so cooperatively, it would take longer to really master these maintenance tasks.

The models are all new, Sparrow, Maverick, and Paveway, these weapons are considered very advanced even in the Israeli air force. The United States has spent a lot of money on Iraq this time.

At this time, in another part of Iran, several jeeps were moving forward.

The people in the car were all members of the aggressive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They held guns in their hands and looked around vigilantly.

"Captain, what is the mission of our operation?" A soldier asked.

Hades turned around from the co-pilot with a vicious expression on his face, and said, "As long as you talk too much nonsense, if you say one more thing, I'll leave you in this damn place."

Looking at the cliff below, the soldier shut his mouth knowingly.

"This mission is top-secret. We have to wait until we reach the destination and join the intelligence personnel before we can make specific combat arrangements," Hades said.

The other soldiers are actually already guessing what the mission is, to go deep into the enemy's rear in Iran, and keep it strictly confidential, so it's not to capture Khomeini, right?

The captain is also true, this kind of task, everyone is eager to do it sooner, but they still refuse to talk about it.

Hades didn't tell everyone about the mission, because he didn't know what to say, what kind of mission is this time?Rescue hostages held by Iran?Or, to take those hostages?Is my identity another armed force in Iran, or some other force in the Middle East that hates Americans?

However, he knew that this mission was of great importance. It could even be said that the tens of thousands of soldiers trapped in the Northern Military Region were waiting for them to rescue them!As long as it is His Excellency Qusay's order, no matter how difficult it is, he must complete it satisfactorily.

The Rattlesnake Special Forces is His Excellency Qusay's most powerful fist!

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Basra Air Force Base of the Southern Military Region finally started to dispatch.