Chapter 860: Impact (I)
"I'm locked ........."
"Missile....... It's the Iraqis .......... missiles"
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..........."
“oh,no~~~~”
"Boom~~~Boom~~~"
From the beginning of the attack by the Third Tactical Strike Group on the Iraqi anti-aircraft missile positions in Nahab, the operational command room of the "Blue Ridge," the flagship of the US Navy task force, cruising in the Persian Gulf, did not hear the excited cheers of the pilots after the successful attack, but the screams of horror became louder and louder.
However, before everyone could come back to their senses, the successive explosions brought these screams to an abrupt end, and this and so on and on .........and on
At this moment, the hearts of the elites of the US Navy in this command center were also as if they had been hit by enemy missiles, and they were so shocked that the entire command room became surprisingly silent at this moment, and only the sound of a few winds cooling electronic equipment was whirring;
I don't know how long it took, everyone present couldn't help but shiver in unison, as if the refrigeration breeze blew into the heating parts of the electronic equipment not in the electronics, but in everyone's neck........
No, it is very strong, so powerful that this tactical strike group alone can act recklessly in the airspace of some medium-sized powers; you must know that it is not an ordinary tactical strike group, but a multi-aircraft joint strike group that includes early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, combat attack aircraft, and escort fighters;
Whether it is in terms of the technical state of the fighters, the composition of the system, or the tactical application, it can be called world-class, but it is such a top aviation attack group, which could not even hold two faces in the face of Iraq's surface-to-air missiles, and finally ended up in a complete annihilation, so how strong the Iraqi surface-to-air missiles attacking the US military should be, these naval elites dare not think, and it is difficult to think..........
"Puff~~~"
Just when everyone was in a trance because of the sudden ending, a dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground woke everyone up, and then several officers with higher ranks suddenly looked in an uproar, quickly got up and rushed to an old man who fell to the ground, and shouted almost silently:
"General~~General~~~Medic, Medic ........."
I don't know how long it took, Admiral Larson, the commander of the U.S. task force, finally opened his eyes faintly, and at this moment the place where he was was no longer a depressing combat command room, but a neat and new medical ward, yes, the old man who fainted just now was Larson;
The impact of the collapse of the third tactical strike group on him was so great that it exceeded the bottom line of his heart, although he tried his best to restrain his emotions at that time, but how could he say that the grief and anger that spread from the inside out could be controlled and controlled? In the end, Larson still did not resist the force of the blood attack, his eyes darkened, and he fell from his seat.........
"Commander, your body ........."
Rear Admiral Ford, the chief of staff of the fleet, who woke up Larson and waited on the side, hurriedly stepped forward, and helped him sit up while speaking, Larson glanced at Ford, and saw that the other party looked worried, knowing that the other party was the chief of staff of the fleet, and it was not as simple as simply visiting him at this time, so he waved his hand to him and said slowly:
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Ford hesitated for a moment, looked at Larson's blazing eyes, and couldn't help sighing, and then reported sadly:
"After preliminary confirmation, all 11 combat planes belonging to the Third Tactical Strike Group were destroyed, and all 20 pilots were killed in battle, except for one F-18 and three EA-6B pilots who parachuted out in time to escape.........
After Larson heard this, Rao is he had already made sufficient psychological preparations, his chest still churned involuntarily, and then the cough that cracked his lungs shook the empty hospital room to a buzzing sound, until a mouthful of old blood that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time gushed out of his throat, and Ford saw the thick black blood in the towel, and the melancholy on his face was even more than a few points:
"Commander, you ......."
Larson stretched out his hand to stop Ford from continuing, and then slowly closed his eyes: "I really regret it, why fight with the Air Force like this, I shouldn't be so impulsive, I shouldn't be ........."
What Larsson said was true, if he had been able to tolerate Christ at that time and withdraw the 3rd Tactical Strike Group from the Nahab route, the elite 3rd Tactical Strike Group would not have suffered this fate, and the 20 valuable carrier-based aircraft pilots would not have died because of this.
If he could turn back time at this moment, he would even dare to assure God with his own life that he would never give the order to the Third Tactical Strike Group to storm Nahab, but how could there be such a way to turn back time in this world? Even if he regretted it, he could only grit his teeth and silently bear the bitter fruit that was difficult to swallow...........
The navy is shrouded in the haze of defeat, and the coalition command in Saudi Arabia is no better, the previous "Normandy" helicopter fleet has lost most of the US troops in the command, and now the navy's elite tactical strike group has been wiped out, which has shocked the generals who feel good.
For this reason, as the direct person in charge of the attack on the mysterious Iraqi surface-to-air missile force with extremely strong combat effectiveness, Air Force Colonel Krist immediately ordered his troops to rush to Nahab and be sure to eliminate them all in Nahab, but to his disappointment,
When the huge US air attack group, which included the E-3A "Watchtower" early warning plane, the EC-130H "Compass Call" electronic warfare plane, and two "wild weasel" electronic warfare aircraft formations, arrived in the airspace over Nahab, apart from a few half-dead naval pilots and the wreckage of debris scattered all over the ground, not a single Iraqi hair could be found.
Obviously, the Iraqi surface-to-air missile units quickly withdrew from the Nahab area after completing the strike on the Navy's Third Tactical Strike Group, and as for their whereabouts, it is not known for the time being.
However, anger is anger, but what should be faced is still to be faced, since the target has fled, then we can only continue to use powerful reconnaissance equipment to continue to search, to determine its accurate location, and then launch a thunderous blow is not too late, not to mention that there are still several naval pilots waiting for rescue,
So Colonel Crist ordered the main force of the group to return home, leaving only a small part of the escort fighters, responsible for covering the surviving naval pilots of the rescue helicopter team, but what all the US troops did not expect was that just when the US rescue helicopter team was about to complete the rescue operation, the Iraqi surface-to-air missile unit that had disappeared for a long time was killed and suddenly appeared in the northwest of the US rescue team, and the target that appeared on their crosshairs this time was no longer a high-altitude fighter, but a rescue helicopter that had just flown off on the ground..........
"One 'Pave Claw', two 'Black Hawks', and two 'Apaches', three crew members and six special operators were killed, and four surviving naval pilots and three other crew members and eighteen special operators were trapped in Nahab ........."
"Enough!"
Before Colonel Crist finished speaking, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Admiral Schwarzkopf, slapped a big hand on the desk in front of him with a big "bang~~", and immediately roared like a bear's roar, and exploded in this commander's office:
"I don't want these meaningless casualty figures, if I am the result, the result of the complete destruction of the damned Iraqi surface-to-air missile forces.........."
Colonel Christ has never been so reprimanded, let alone Admiral Schwarzkopf, who is still favored by himself, but he did not complain at all, and he was also very depressed, before the rescue, he did not reconnoiter the surroundings of Nahab, for this reason several advanced reconnaissance planes repeatedly went through the sieve of dozens of square kilometers in a radius of dozens of square kilometers, and did not find any suspicious targets, and then began the rescue operation;
Unexpectedly, Iraq's surface-to-air missile units not only evaded intensive reconnaissance by the US military combing their hair, but also unknowingly arrived near the US rescue helicopter team, and immediately launched a surprise attack with lightning speed, directly destroying the rescue planes.
When the US fighters above the altitude reacted, the Iraqi surface-to-air missile unit had already fled, leaving only more than 30 frightened US officers and soldiers, shouting for help in the depths of the desert.
Because it was very likely that the Iraqi surface-to-air missile unit was lurking nearby at that time, which meant that even if the reconnaissance and vigilance of the US military were very intensive, they still did not do it in place, and this responsibility could not escape from him, the leader, because of this, Colonel Crist did not have the slightest excuse, but only respectfully stood upright, which can be regarded as admitting Schwarzkopf's reprimand......... (To be continued.) )