Chapter 133, offense is the best defense

As the two anti-ship missiles launched by Canglong hit the Salam one after another, the corvette of the Iranian Navy, after two blows, sank in the open sea of the Persian Gulf, while other formation aircraft also hit four missile boats, which sank one after another.

After doing all this, the people of the Air Force finally let out a bad breath and have been blockaded by the coastline of the Iranian Navy for a long time, and this kind of grievance can be imagined.

But at this moment, the radar of the formation in front suddenly spotted a fighter plane from Iran, and at the same time the Basra missile brigade also found that Iranian fighter planes were flying towards them.

In the end, the only way to judge what kind of fighter is based on the speed and performance of the opponent's aircraft is to send the results to the Air Force.

"Ten enemy planes were found on the radar screen, and it was determined that they might be Mirage fighters." Xiami directly connected to the command of the Air Force.

Aziz, who was in command, quickly sent this information to the planes that were fighting, but the combat planes that got the news did not care, most of the fighters of the Iranian Air Force were American-made products, which were bought by the Shah of Iran from the Americans before the revolution in Iran.

At that time, Iran and the United States were in their honeymoon period, so the US military even sold the best F-14 Tomcat fighter to Iran, and Iran was the only fighter in the world other than the United States to have an F-14, which was considered the most advanced at that time.

But since the revolution in Iran, because the main fighters are from the United States, so many aircraft are in disrepair and low combat effectiveness, which is also a helpless thing, after all, the aircraft needs regular maintenance, and some parts will inevitably be replaced during maintenance.

It is very difficult for Iran to make these parts by itself, and only the United States itself has this kind of technology in the world, and after the Iran-Iraq war, the overall strength of the Iranian Air Force has declined.

There are more than 400 fighters in total, 300 of which are made in the United States, and most of them are early aircraft of the US military, such as the F-5F-6F-7, the most advanced is the F-14, and the US military has long retired this kind of fighter and used the more mature F15 and F16, the two main fighters with high and low single matches.

The Iranian Air Force is their old adversary, and during the Iran-Iraq war, they never took advantage of them, so the Basra Air Force knows their long-cherished enemy very well, even if the latest intelligence tells them that the most advanced fighter in Iran's hands is still the MiG-29.

It is still an export type, you must know that the export MiG-29 is very different from these original ultimate MiG-29s in the hands of the Basra Air Force, and it is definitely much stronger than the export version in terms of performance.

The most important thing is that the radar screen shows that there are only ten, and they have thirty, or MiG-29 with Su-30, this kind of Russian-made advanced fighters, as long as they do not fly under the nose of the Iranian Air Defense Force, they can shoot down the ten Iranian fighters that took off without losing one.

This self-confidence stems from the judgment of one's own flying skills and the advantages of the aircraft.

However, the radar screen showed that these Iranian fighters had just entered their range and began to return home, obviously they would not fight this air battle with a huge disparity in strength, to the disappointment of the pilots in Basra, although this time the results were achieved, but there was always a little bit of unhappiness in the bottom of their hearts.

"Attention formations, start to return." At this moment, Bai Wuchang suddenly gave an order.

The pilots didn't need to be urged, they all knew what to do, but at this moment, a voice came from the Asuka No. 1: "Asuka formation, Exocet formation listen to the order, half of them will return home, and half will pursue the enemy plane with me." ”

As soon as this order was finished, Asuka 1 turned on supersonic cruise and chased after the Iranian plane disappeared, and all the pilots were stunned, who are you listening to?

But soon they reacted, of course they listened to the prophet, even if Bai Wuchang was their supreme commander, the prophet in their hearts was the greatest, and such an exciting thing, how could they return without participating? But soon they were faced with another problem, which half of them would return?

From Canglong's order, they knew very well that the prophet did not know how to command from the air, and was completely foolish, and if such an order was under the threat of enemy aircraft, it would only reduce their execution rate, which would lead to possible dangers.

But at this moment, Bai Wuchang spoke: "The first to sixth teams follow the prophet, and the rest of the teams return to the base. ”

Everyone heard that their supreme commander was a little annoyed, because the prophet did not care about anything at all, and pursued the enemy planes, in fact this is a very risky thing, once they enter the coastal waters of Iran, they will enter the range of the Iranian air defense forces, and then they will face great risks.

However, at this time, they had already been made enthusiastic by the prophet, and even if this battle order was so unwise, they were willing to follow it.

The 7th and 8th squads, which received the order to return home, could only return to the air base, and although they were unwilling, they still carried out the order.

After turning on the supersonic cruise, Bai Wuchang immediately transmitted this information to the missile brigade and the general headquarters, at this time they all pinched a cold sweat, after all, they were fighting on the high seas before, and they were still far away from Iran's territory, but now Canglong is deep into Iran's territory, which is completely different.

But in addition to helplessness, they could only make a countermeasure to contain Iran's ground forces, and Badr ordered the field division to cross the Shatt al-Arab and attack Iran.

At the same time, six of the 12 battalions under the jurisdiction of the Missile Brigade Association followed the field division into Iran to increase the coverage of the missile brigade and escort Canglong's upcoming adventure.

But they all know very well that although the ground forces are ready for combat, they will definitely not be able to catch up with the speed of the air force, after all, Canglong is flying an airplane.

"Head, what the hell do you want to do?" After catching up with Canglong, Bai Wuchang started a separate radio conversation.

"Pursue enemy planes, air strikes against Iran." Canglong replied to him with eight words.

"With our planes and no bombers, how can we attack Iran? You are a personal hero, once we launch an air war with Iranian fighters in Iran, we will directly become the target of the Iranian air defense forces, not to mention the air strikes, whether we can escape back is a question. Bai Wuchang tried to persuade Canglong with the actual situation.

It's a pity that Canglong has made up his mind: "I don't think I'm a personal hero idea, after getting on the fighter, I made this decision, and I think this is the best chance to attack Iran, if even you think that air strikes on Iran is a dangerous thing, then of course the Iranian Air Force and Air Defense Force will think so, which gives us the best opportunity to take advantage of its slack and attack it unprepared." ”

"I said it wrong, you are not just individual heroism, you are excessive personal heroism, and now we are alone, without the cooperation of the army, what can we do with the air raid on their military port? We did not have bombers, and the damage caused was negligible for Iran. Bai Wuchang said, "I think we should go back, and in the long run, we must at least inform the army so that they can know our intentions, so as to cooperate with us to achieve the best results." ”

"Think long-term?" Canglong sneered, "Don't you think your words are funny?" Since we took control of Basra until now, the enemies around us have not given us time to think about it in the long run, now is the time to test the army, if they can't adapt to the situation, what's the use of raising them? Do we really need the enemy to invade our territory again and slaughter our people before we can fight back? ”

Bai Wuchang stopped talking.

"We should take the initiative, when someone invades our territory, we must not only repel them, but also burn the war on the heads of the aggressors, so that they can also taste the pain of war, Basra cannot just be beaten, we have no strategic depth, once Iran invades us, the whole of Basra will be destroyed." Canglong carefully calculated an account, "We have no way to retreat, so we can only attack, and attack is the best defense, and there is no plan for the war, seize the fighter and fight until they are served." ”

After hearing this, Bai Wuchang was silent for a few seconds, and finally gave up persuasion and asked, "You have to tell me your strategic intentions and real goals, right?" ”

"Eliminate Iranian warplanes, air strikes on the military port of Khomeini, and sink as many warships as possible in the port." Canglong said.

Hearing this, Bai Wuchang nodded, Khomeini Port is the closest military port to Basra for the Iranian Navy, once all the warships in Khomeini Port are destroyed, it will be a major blow to the Iranian Navy, after all, Iran has only five military ports, each of which has a different sea area.

Destroying one of their military ports, the Iranian Navy will inevitably transfer warships from other military ports, which will weaken the Iranian Navy's control over the Persian Gulf, and in a sense, Basra will be much easier, at least not in the face of repeated harassment by the Iranian Navy, and even if the Iranian Navy wants to urgently transfer warships from other military ports to fill the vacancy, it will be difficult, because the Persian Gulf still has the US Fifth Fleet stationed, and Iran will not be stupid enough to transfer warships to deal with several other military ports of the Fifth Fleet.

In the face of the powerful Fifth Fleet of the US Navy, the entire Iranian Navy is not an opponent combined, let alone weakening the strength of major military ports to fill the gaps, and the urgent purchase or domestic manufacture of warships is not something that can be combat-effective at once, and it also needs long-term training, otherwise it is a target.

After figuring it out, Bai Wuchang turned on the radio communication of the formation, and quickly notified the units of the intention, and also sent their strategic goals to the General Headquarters, as for how the General Headquarters dealt with it, Bai Wuchang didn't care, whether they entered Iran or not to respond to their attack, it didn't matter, because their speed was definitely not able to catch up with their planes.

The important thing is that they should think about how to get back after the air strike.

But he didn't have much time to think, because they had penetrated deep into Iranian territorial waters, and the radar had already spotted the retreating Iranian warplanes.

Bai Wuchang immediately ordered: "The first squad, the second squad bite the enemy planes, be sure to annihilate them all, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth squads, follow the prophet, advance at full speed, air raid Khomeini Port, and sink all the warships in the port as much as possible." ”