Chapter 1629 Air Raid on Najaf (II)
In the U.S. military, almost all U.S. soldiers are believers in God, which can be seen from the lofty status of the military chaplain in the U.S. military sequence, how important the influence of religious belief in the U.S. military is, in the boring barracks, the military chaplain is the soldiers' spiritual sustenance, but also their psychological therapist, at some point, the role of the military chaplain is even better than a good commander.
At some point, it is naturally easier for an army with a deep religious belief to regard something unexpected as God's will, and even when necessary, a sudden fog, a heavy rain, or even a sudden blinding of one's own gun, such as natural or unnatural phenomena that are beneficial or unfavorable to oneself, may be interpreted as God's will.
Naturally, such an army is more likely to fool the past with absurd and unruly excuses such as "God's will" and "God's mercy" for something that happened suddenly. But these soldiers still believe in this thing.
Luck is a very strange factor, even in the army that pays attention to absolute strength, the "luck" thing is also very important, but more often, luck in the army, is interpreted as morale, momentum and the like, when these things come up, even if a team is not very advanced in equipment, it can also play extraordinary combat effectiveness under the appropriate incentives, but on the contrary, if there is a problem with morale, an army with advanced equipment and strong combat effectiveness, may not be able to play half of his usual ability.
But for some very obvious and peculiar phenomena, such as sudden changes in the weather, it can be interpreted as God's favor for believers. So at this time, under the pre-war mobilization of the commanders and chaplains, these soldiers, who had become a little depressed because of the defeat in the previous war, were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood!
Yes, since God is already on our side, what do we have to fear?
When they knew that the passive radar that had given them a headache in the past had been interfered with in this strong sandstorm weather and could not work properly, and the communications of the Iraqi army were disturbed to the point of almost being interrupted, the soldiers of this army naturally interpreted all this as God's will: If it were not for God, who would have the ability to suddenly make such a strange sandstorm at this time?
Thank God! GodblessAmericaοΌ At this moment, countless American soldiers who were about to go out were doing the same thing: thank their God - I wonder what kind of expression they would have on their faces when they knew that all this was just the work of a little villain from hell?
It would be even better if there was such a sandstorm in the direction of Basra. There are greedy and inadequate US commanders who think.
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In the dark night sky, the US-British coalition air force group flying in the direction of Najaf from the southwest, southwest, and northwest directions, like a large group of locusts, with an indomitable momentum and a bloodthirsty momentum, like half of a hungry wolf that had not been touched by shredded meat for half a month, flew towards Najaf with a cruel smile.
On the passive radar screen of the Iraqi military stationed in Najaf, with patches of snowflakes and sneering screeching, at this time, compared with the active radar, the shortcomings of passive radar are completely revealed:
Because passive radar does not actively emit radar waves, it mainly relies on interpreting the fluctuations of radio waves in the air to find the enemy's aircraft, which is naturally no problem in good weather and normal solar activity, and is the nemesis of all aircraft in the air. β¦,
But when there is such a strong interference with the electromagnetic environment of a certain area, the passive radar begins to blind: the chaotic radio waves in the air make it impossible to distinguish the targets in the air! It is impossible to determine whether there are even flying objects in the air!
In such weather, active radars can also counter jamming by enhancing the transmitting power of the radar antenna, but passive radar? Only endure it! However, after realizing a series of advantages of passive radar against US aircraft, the Iraqi military has temporarily abandoned the Doppler radars they are using.
"Will the plane be able to take off?". Tilfach asked his lieutenant worriedly.
At this time, the radar does not work, but if the fighter is allowed to rise into the air and the radar on the fighter is used to scan this airspace, it can also play a certain early warning role.
But the adjutant's words ruthlessly shattered Tilfah's thoughts, "Sorry, General, no plane can take off in such weather. β
"What the hell!" Tilfach cursed in a low voice: If those air forces of the Americans took off from the base, wouldn't they know anything about it?
Unfortunately, Tilfah's guess was hit! Even though this girl herself is quite reluctant!
Early in the morning, well, or not yet, at four o'clock in the morning, accompanied by the terrible howl of the devil in the air, a violent sound appeared in the famous city of Iraq, which is also the most important military town in the southwest of Iraq: Najaf!
This strong explosion seemed to be a signal of the beginning, and with this explosion, a continuous explosion sounded like a dense burst of beans, even in the miserable sand and dust weather that made countless people unable to sleep, this dense explosion was still so obvious - nonsense, can it not be obvious!
The sound of bombs, the collapse of buildings, and the terrible howls of people being injured were all mixed together, and even the ghostly howls of a sandstorm could not hide them all.
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Five hours! In just five hours, the US military poured a full 5,000 tons of high-energy explosives on the city of Najaf! The launch of Tomahawk cruise missiles alone is as high as 200! The whole of Najaf has become a carnival place for the US military's high-precision and advanced weapons, and after five hours, the whole of Najaf has been reduced to ruins! Even two days later, the whole of Najaf could still see the smoke rising everywhere and the severed limbs and stumps everywhere!
According to official Iraqi statistics, the bombing of this night caused as many as 38,000 Iraqi civilian casualties! It was in this name that Saddam Hussein planted a series of honorable titles, such as "executioner," "inhumane butcher," and "devil with the blood of the Iraqi people on his hands."
Iraqis do not know whether to rejoice or to grieve:
Because of the extremely low visibility in sandstorm weather, the US military's precision-guided weapons, which originally had extremely high accuracy, were greatly affected tonight, and some of the Tomahawk cruise missiles, which were originally within 1 meter of error, were so outrageously out of the same target that they were set at the beginning of the target to be 100 meters apart! Thanks to this, the Iraqi military has suffered very little damage in the most important targets of Najaf, such as the communications center, command center, barracks, and other places that the US military focuses on "caring";
However, as the saying goes, success is not good, and defeat is also bad, and what the Iraqi military should have been thankful about has instead become a deadly chain for the civilians of Najaf, Iraq: those US precision-guided weapons that have made great mistakes in hitting their targets have caused huge casualties to innocent Iraqi civilians. β¦,
In the post-war period, in the history of Iraq, this night also had a sad name: the night of the devil's wreak. Yes, for the Iraqis living in Najaf, that night was a night of the devil, a night when the surviving Mrs. Najaf, even decades later, would be furious when she talked about it.
For Mrs. Najay, this night is naturally a pain that they can never forget, but all this, for the US government, is nothing more than an objective misfortune. When the U.S. government triumphant. He couldn't wait to announce his victory, but when asked about the casualties on the Iraqi side, he only explained lightly: "We believe that in such weather, even the most accurate weapons cannot guarantee the accuracy of hits, so it is normal for accidental bombing to occur in the process of bombing, but here, the US government still apologizes for the innocent Iraqi people who were affected by the bombing." β
In the following speech, the government spokesman was very considerate of the Iraqi people, saying: "In order to avoid a similar situation in the future, the US Government hopes that the Iraqi people will actively cooperate with the just actions of the US army, overthrow the evil rule of the Saddam Hussein government, and prevent this unfortunate situation from happening again!" β
Bombed by mistake! Goodbye by mistake!
It's not enough to blow up people, but also ask people to cooperate with themselves, hooligans and murderers? At this moment, the scoundrels and hooligans of the Americans, who are hidden under the slogans of "democracy" and "freedom", are completely revealed!
How many times has this been the first time that the Americans have raised the banner of "accidental bombing"? And compared with before, this time the Americans actually intensified their "accidental bombing" against unarmed ordinary civilians? Even if you don't count the filthy "accidental bombings" with China, in the world, the Americans have "bombed" more than a dozen times, right? Not a lot of words
But for all this, the Americans, who have always flaunted freedom and democracy, have selectively ignored all this, only hyped up the achievements of the US military, but did not mention the civilian casualties caused to Iraq: the previous series of failures have caused a strong mental imbalance in the hearts of the United States from the top of the government to ordinary civilians......