50 F4U "Corsair" carrier-based fighters, and 100 F9F Black Panther carrier-based fighters, escorting more than 200 Il-28 bombers, took off one by one.

The F9F Panther carrier-based fighter is one of the first jet carrier-based fighter-bombers produced by the American company Grumman to successfully take off and operate on a US Navy aircraft carrier.

The Yak-9 fighter jet, which shot down the Soviet Army in the Korean War, was armed with four 20mm cannons and could also carry an additional 2,000 pounds of air-to-surface rockets and bombs.

The aircraft is a bubble-shaped cockpit cover; The arresting hook, the engine was changed to Pratt & Whitney J48-P-2, and the fuel tank was a permanent wingtip fuel tank.

The Il-28 bomber is armed with four Makarov AM-23 cannons, which can reach 2,300 rounds a minute when two guns are fired at the same time, and the total ammunition reserve is 650 rounds; There are also eight pylons under the wings, which can carry small tactical nuclear weapons, as well as an additional 2,000 pounds of air-to-surface rockets and bombs, and the wing tips can also be used to carry auxiliary fuel tanks, and the engine is a BK-1A turbojet engine.

The total amount of ammunition carried in the bomb bay was 4 500 kg, or 12 250 kg bombs.

It was the first time that the German Navy had tried to dispatch such a large lineup of carrier-based aircraft groups in the first wave, and all the German navies were very envious and jealous of Guderian.

Of course, the premise is that Field Marshal Dönitz is still ignorant of this, and only Field Marshal Richthofen, who arrived on the Caspian Sea with Guderian, knows.

For Chen Yanlong's great love, Marshal Richthofen and Guderian were shocked and surprised.

In particular, the JV44 fighter squadron formed by Adolf Garland of "General Mustache" was the German ace pilots Gerd, Buckhorn and Walter, who had been awarded the Knight's Iron Cross. Krupinski, Heinz; Barr, Erich, Hohagen, Günt; and Lu Zuo, William, and Hegt and other ace pilots, are also very excited and excited.

Although they already have a dedicated anti-tank AH-1 Cobra helicopter, they are happy to have access to some new aircraft of other types to fly in battle.

For them, the more good things the merrier, and those who come do not refuse.

Because for pilots, the more advanced the aircraft can be used to conduct operations, or to carry out combat missions, then the safety of their lives will be more secure, and they will not easily die on the battlefield and spill blood in the sky.

This time for the sneak attack on Iran, Chen Yanlong originally planned to let Guderian and them conduct the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's Donn Brown. General A. Staley proposed the method of air-ground integrated warfare in 1981.

That is, as it was said on the Zhihu network in later generations, the strikes against the enemy's first-line troops and second-line troops were organically combined, namely:

1. Mobilize the main combat forces against the enemy's first-echelon troops.

2. Mobilize combat support forces (tactical air force, artillery, special forces) to block, strike, and annihilate the enemy's second-echelon troops, and prevent them from effectively reinforcing the enemy's first-echelon troops.

This is because the essence of air-ground integrated warfare is not close-range air support operations, but battlefield air interdiction and offensive air support.

It's just that Chen Yanlong's time is too short, so there is no way to reorganize the troops into the "86 Army" like the US military in the 80s.

One additional combat aviation brigade has been established, including two attack helicopter battalions, one combat support aviation battalion and one cavalry battalion.

The purpose of this was to improve the anti-large-depth attack capability of the US Army units in view of the large-depth strategy of NATO, especially the Soviet Army, at that time.

The Gulf Theater is the best example of a war in which the US military conducts an "air-ground integrated war," but Chen Yanlong now does not have the same deep weapons and equipment, pilots, and fighters as the US military and the multinational joint forces to carry out the battle.

Therefore, for this reason, he can only use the blitzkrieg used in Poland and France to carry out sneak attack operations and quickly advance landing operations.

Because the Polish blitzkrieg at that time, and the French battle were also regarded as the prototype of the "air-ground integrated war".

During the Polish Campaign, the German army concentrated a large number of infantry divisions, tanks, and aircraft to closely cooperate with the air force and ground armored forces, breaking through and destroying all the defensive lines of the Polish army in one fell swoop, so that the German army completely occupied Poland in a short period of time as if it were no one.

In the subsequent French campaign, the German offensive also used the air force and mechanized forces to closely coordinate operations, so as to quickly control the air supremacy of French territory, and cooperate with the German mechanized ground forces blitzkrieg to divide, encircle and destroy all French defensive lines, of course, another major reason for the German army's victory was also because they quickly bypassed the Maginot Line, which the French army was most proud of......

When Guderian and Marshal Richthofen watched one carrier-based aircraft after another take off, the entire Arabian Sea immediately became turbulent.

In particular, the port city of Abadan, which is about to face the lightning bombardment of the German army, is Iran's fifth-largest city, the largest port, and one of the world's largest oil refining centers.

Of course, in addition to bombing the port of Abadan, the Germans will also bomb the Strait of Hormuz in Iran.

Because the Strait of Hormuz is a narrow strait connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, an important oil producing area in the Middle East, and it is also the only waterway from the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf.

It is also the only sea route for oil from the Gulf region to the rest of the world, so its strategic position is important.

It was here that the British fleet invaded Iran at that time.

"We must win this battle!"

As Guderian gazed at the new carrier-based aircraft group, all of which had been lifted into the air, he muttered sharply in his eyes.

"We will achieve the final victory, and I will immediately prepare your troops for the amphibious landing operation!"

Field Marshal Richthofen said confidently.

"Thank you!"

Guderian thanked.

He was then the first to inspect the airborne troops that were ready to go, all of whom were riding in the new, eye-catching AH-1 "Cobra" helicopter gunships, as well as the amphibious landing forces and transport fleets that followed behind the carrier fleet.

However, before that, Field Marshal Richthofen was preparing to use the huge naval artillery group of the aircraft carrier fleet and the newly equipped Tomahawk cruise missiles to bombard the port of Abadan, so that Guderian's landing force could land more safely and quickly.

"All fleets are approaching the port of Abadan at once, ready for naval artillery bombardment, and Tomahawk missile attacks!"

Field Marshal Richthofen's order to attack was therefore quickly sent to the fleets, and all the carrier fleets were to speed up to the port of Abadan and immediately enter a state of war.