Chapter 872: "Falcon" VS "Scud" (Part I)
Listening to Luo Zhenjiang's words, Zhou Rui couldn't help but smile: "This time there is such a big certainty?"
"The operation manual says that it has a 40% hit rate against ballistic missiles, but ........" said Luo Zhenjiang, patting the console in front of him, and a meaningful smile tugged at the corner of his mouth:
"Didn't we collect enough technical parameters before, you must know that our spectators are professional!"
"So you're 100% sure?"
"100% can't talk about it, but 60% does!"
"Definitely?"
"Definitely!"
When Luo Zhenjiang said these two words, the palm on the armrest involuntarily clenched into a fist, and a resolute momentum burst out from the firm gaze, and at this moment, the hatch opened again, Shen Jiwei walked in quickly, and without waiting for him to speak, Luo Zhenjiang, who had already sat up straight, was the first to ask:
"Done?"
"Report to the captain, all equipment has been adjusted!"
Shen Jiwei stood up at Luo Zhenjiang, with indescribable confidence in his words, Luo Zhenjiang nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then turned his head to Zhou Rui and said with a smile:
"I've used all my unique skills, and now I'm really ready for everything, and I only owe missiles.........
"A unique stunt?"
Without waiting for Luo Zhenjiang to finish speaking, Zhou Rui interrupted the other party's words curiously, he knew that Shen Jiwei was going to test the "Falcon" air defense missile, but he couldn't imagine what this had to do with the so-called unique stunt.
"You'd better keep your eyes peeled and take a good look and see if you can see the doorway......... Well, I hope those reporters in the United States can continue to do live broadcasts as always, so that you will have video materials to study repeatedly........."
Luo Zhenjiang didn't answer Zhou Rui's question, and began to sell Guan Zi with a bad smile, which made Zhou Rui angry and funny, and was about to ask again, but Luo Zhenjiang put on the command headset and ordered the entire "Riyadh" air defense missile battalion to enter the first level of combat readiness without hesitation.........
Of course, in the huge Dhahran area, Zhou Rui is not the only one who acts as an audience, many soldiers of the coalition ground forces are all spectators of this battle in the sky, but compared with the fanatical excitement half an hour ago, the coalition soldiers at this moment are like frosty eggplants, wilting and lifeless;
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and I thought that the deployment of the US "Patriot" air defense missile system in Dalan would be able to prop up an impermeable protective umbrella on their heads.
The appearance is high-end and atmospheric, but the inside is a pile of forage, which is colorful when it can be hit, but the result is still that the Iraqi "Scuds" kicked it to pieces, and almost none of the 120 companies of 120 people were spared, or killed or wounded, so that other coalition soldiers could not help but feel sad about the death of rabbits and foxes;
Because no one knows whether there will be a "Scud" missile on the top of his head at the next moment that will pierce through the defensive cover blown out of cowhide and fall on his head, it is under the effect of this thought that the morale of the coalition soldiers suddenly fell to the freezing point, and one by one they could only curl up in the air defense bunker and shiver, and some of the timid ones were even more snot and tears, crying and shouting to find their mother........
The ground commander of the coalition forces saw all this in his eyes, and he was even more anxious, because the troops under his command were the main ground forces on the eastern front, and they were shouldering the important mission of "left hooks", but now the Iraqis only used a few "Scud" missiles to beat the originally high-spirited army to the ground, so how can he not be in a hurry?
Therefore, one ill-worded telephone call after another was made to the coalition command, demanding that it deal with the threat of "Scud" missiles as soon as possible, and for this reason, the coalition command was also under tremendous pressure, so it could only appease the ground troops in Dhahran on the one hand, and on the other hand send aviation units to form a "Scud" missile hunting formation, and with the cooperation of the special forces, carry out a high-intensity hunting operation against Iraq's "Scud" missile launchers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, after fully absorbing the successful experience of the "Falcon" ground-to-air missile battalion, Iraq's "Scud" missile unit launched a so-called ballistic missile guerrilla warfare, that is, immediately after the missiles were fired, they quickly moved to high-mobility vehicles, and after the US hunting aviation had passed through, they quickly loaded their bombs and launched them there.
In addition, the Iraqi "Falcon" ground-to-air missile battalion, which was cruising in the depths of the desert at several "Scud" missile launching positions, also quickly seized the fighters at this moment, and fought several beautiful air defense counterattacks by means of ambushes, head-on confrontations, and the release of false targets, and smashed two US "Scud" missile hunting formations, a total of six F-4 "Phant" fighters, two F-15 "Hawk" fighters, and two British "Tornado" F3 fighters, into ashes..........
It was precisely under the dual effect of the flexible and changeable counterattack tactics of the Iraqi "Falcon" ground-to-air missile battalion and the active concealment of the "Scud" missile unit that the coalition command finally realized what it meant to steal chickens and rice.
However, the "Patriots", who had experienced a painful defeat, were obviously unable to undertake this arduous task, so some people proposed to withdraw the ground troops stationed in Dhalan, although this proposal was an effective measure to ensure the safety of the troops;
But the problem is that the withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops will not happen overnight, and even if the coalition forces have been mechanized and the speed has increased dramatically, who can guarantee that Iraq will not take the opportunity to launch "Scud" missiles within a few hours during the withdrawal?
In this way, the coalition forces can only be used as a dead horse as a dead horse and continue to let the "patriots" take on the big responsibility, and there is no way for anyone to let the coalition forces have such a capability in their hands, even if it is only on paper, it is the only one that has such a treatment.
Of course, the coalition forces could not be completely relieved of the "Patriot's" previous poor performance, so they issued an order and dispatched three "Patriot" air defense missile battalions to the Dalan area, hoping to use this method of increasing the density of air defense to resist the offensive of Iraq's "Scud" missiles, so as to safely withdraw the ground troops.
Even if the "Patriot" air defense missile system can use C-130 "Hercules" transport planes to carry out the transfer, it will take an hour at the earliest to deploy all three battalions of the "Patriot" missile battalion in place, and during this one-hour window period, the entire Dhahran area can only rely on the "Patriot" air defense missile battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bolson, which has suffered a huge defeat and humiliation.........
At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Bolson finally regained his strength after a period of painful suffering, and the whole person once again regained his previous wisdom, it should be said that Bolson still has two brushes, especially in many technical and tactical aspects of air defense missiles, and can be called an expert in the US military;
Therefore, after summing up the lessons and lessons of the previous interception failure, Bolson soon found that the root knot lies in the fact that the warhead of the "Patriot" air defense missile is not suitable for the interception task of ballistic missiles at all, and it is precisely on the basis of this judgment that he timely adjusted the relevant tactics of air defense and anti-missile, that is, using high-density air defense missile launches to continuously hit the incoming ballistic missile, hoping to use this high-intensity explosion to change the trajectory of the incoming missile, or even directly destroy it.
Of course, as for the tactical adjustment, Lieutenant Colonel Bolson also had a trace of luck in his heart, after all, there was only a window period of one hour, and perhaps during this period, Iraq's "Scud" missile units could really raise their noble feet, and if they did not make trouble, all the nightmare would disappear as long as they passed the hour peacefully...........
Holding the same fantasy is not only Bolson, but also the famous war correspondent Clarke, who is broadcasting live, and he also hopes that in the future, the Iraqi "Scud" will not come again, so that he can complete this final live broadcast mission smoothly.
Just half an hour ago, Clark received an order from the United States, asking him to return to the United States immediately after completing the live broadcast in Dhahlan.
But fortunately, Clark is not as unbearable as Bolson, since it can't be avoided, then leave the best moment completely, so Clark quickly cleaned up his mood and devoted himself to this last live broadcast with unprecedented persistence.
It's just that the God he believes in is destined to fight with him today, and when he finished interviewing several soldiers and was about to end this live broadcast, the poignant air raid sirens once again sounded throughout the night sky of Darlan, like a requiem from hell, which made people shudder and shudder when they heard it.......... (To be continued.) )