Chapter 633: Intercepting Tu-22M
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"The target, in four batches of four, is flying north along the border, and the 135th Squadron is keeping a close eye on it, accompanying it in the vicinity of our airspace, ready to fight whenever the opponent crosses the border. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ Infoβ¦β§ "AWACS gave an order to one of its own squadrons of F-15 fighters.
"Understood." The squadron leader received the command on the radio, and the entire squadron quickly moved closer to the border, ready for battle. Missiles under the wings, shining brightly in the sun.
"Attention," over the Mediterranean, another AWACS aircraft was also sounding the alarm: "Two suspicious targets flew to the northwest, three hundred kilometers away from us, the 128th squadron, go close to observe, while exercising restraint." β
Those two planes are most likely the two Soviet Tu-22Ms that flew from the Black Sea, and the Israeli Air Force has to lean on them to observe, and at the same time, it cannot rashly attack, because now it is on the high seas, and anyone can fly it.
The F-15 fighters of the 128 squadron immediately accelerated and flew towards the target in the distance, the missiles carried by the other party have a maximum range of 500 kilometers, and they need to be close to their key targets 500 kilometers away, carry out accompanying interception, and observe the opponent's actions at any time, if the other party launches missiles, then, they will definitely not let go of those two planes!
At the same time, they carefully bypassed the Soviet naval formations in the Mediterranean, preventing too much friction with them. β¦β§
Many wars have forged a powerful Israeli air force, no matter what kind of predicament they face, they will never be afraid, they will not lose their fighting spirit, they are the invincible eagle of David!
Under the watchful eyes of observers from various countries, the ground forces in the Arab armies also began their own sorties.
This long-range raid on the ground, there are two directions. Iraqi armoured divisions and Saudi Arabian armoured divisions were the main forces of the assault. Tanks, as the king of land warfare, this large-scale attack of armored forces, the scene was very spectacular, in the observer's telescope, they saw a shocking scene, countless steel behemoths, roaring forward on the ground, smoke coming out of the tail exhaust pipe, and the gun barrel in front was high. They began to assault forward!
At the forefront of Iraq's armored divisions are their new T-72 tanks, which have been replaced with new high-horsepower engines. It shows its fierce side, with excellent acceleration performance and high off-road speed.
It was followed by the Type 69 tank, which Iraq imported from the eastern powers and then refitted, with tracks running over the land. β¦β§ had cut the ground to pieces, and on the round turret, the barrels imported from Germany were pointed forward.
Behind the tank assault cluster, the Type 63 armored vehicles followed, the infantry accompanied the tanks, and the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns accompanied the sides of the cluster. Carrying the anti-aircraft alert, walking in the rear, are Iraqi 122-mm self-propelled howitzers.
From the uninitiated. This is very imposing, however, these are not favored by observers in Western countries, as long as there are a few brigades of helicopter gunships, they can beat them to the scum.
At a time when these observers despise it. There was a rumbling sound overhead.
When they looked up, they saw the huge helicopters. That's the Soviet Mi-24 helicopter!
With the increase in the number of helicopters imported by Iraq, Qusay has begun to equip armored divisions with helicopter gunships to give the ground troops iron wings to fly.
The Mi-24 helicopter has been painted in the image of a desert goshawk, and the mouth below is the multi-barreled machine gun, and under the short wings on both sides, there are multiple rocket launchers and anti-tank missiles, which are quickly swept through the sky and disappear into the binoculars of the observers on the ground. β¦β§
On the other hand, there is the Saudi Arabian armored division, they are equipped with all M60A3 tanks, this kind of tank was ordered by Saudi Arabia from the United States last year, and now, all of them are equipped with their ace armored division, and in the future, the main force of the Saudi army will be the same T-72 tank as Iraq.
"Fellow observers, welcome to take the helicopter we provide to observe our exercise in the air." Prince Sultan said.
Now, the tank units are already advancing, and the only way they want to see the troops is through helicopters.
At such times, it is very dangerous to take a helicopter. It was not a mistake during the exercise, the current air confrontation has ended, and it is a ground attack, but the area of their exercise is at the border with Israel, and the Israeli Air Force is on standby, and there is a possibility of an exchange of fire at any time.
In case the two sides really fight at that time, the Israeli plane will not be long-sighted, and it will not be fun to shoot down the helicopter in which it is sitting.
"It's the most intuitive thing to see from the air, don't you want to see it live?" Prince Sultan said, "I'm about to leave at once. β¦β§β
Hearing that such a Saudi defense minister, His Royal Highness the Prince was going up, everyone felt that if they didn't go, they would not have enough courage.
Although they have long passed the age of heroes, now, with personnel from various countries, they must not lose the majesty of a soldier and lose the ambition of their own country.
The members of the observation group of the eastern powers first said: "We ask to follow His Royal Highness the Prince to watch on the same plane. β
Then, the French also took a stand, and the British followed suit.
Only Americans are left, William feels that there is a bit of a mistake, the identities of those personnel are not as important as himself, he is the deputy secretary of defense of the United States, but now, he must follow, otherwise, he will be ridiculed by Britain and France, especially the French.
The group got on the two large helicopters that stayed outside. William chose to fly in the same helicopter as Sultan.
Israel's AWACS planes have been monitoring the exercises of the Arab countries, and now their ground forces have also been dispatched, and their pressure has reached the maximum. β¦β§
In the west, over the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli AWACS planes have flown more than 100 kilometers away from the coastline, and their F-15 squadron is approaching the two unidentified planes.
"Israeli planes are coming." At this time, the on-board radar on the Tu-22M aircraft also detected the other party flying, the radar operator said.
"Get ready to do what we do best!" The Soviet pilot said something that had been held back for a long time, passengers, sit tight, we are going to drag race!
The variable swept wing of the Tu-22M aircraft began to reduce the angle, and at the same time, the engine flame in the tail became more intense, bursting out with a thrust of more than 200 kN, the aircraft began to accelerate, and then, the pilot pushed the lever forward, and the aircraft began to dive downward.
As a bomber with a maximum take-off weight of more than 100 tons, the Tu-22M operates in a similar way to a large passenger aircraft, with the operating stick holding the vertical handle with both hands, and the aircraft will bow its head when pushed forward.
On the narrow glass in front of you, an azure sea appeared.
Tu-22M is a key bomber of the Soviet Union, and one of its very important capabilities is to penetrate the defense at low altitude and high speed!
In the face of the increasingly serious threat of ground anti-aircraft firepower, it is a very important performance to quickly sweep over the target and quickly drop bombs; although the missile mounted under the Tu-22M has a range of 500 kilometers, it can still minimize the probability of the carrier aircraft being detected by penetrating the defense at low altitude and high speed.
In the rectangular air intakes on both sides, a large flow of air was sucked into the engine, and the oncoming air became denser and denser, but the speed of the Tu-22M was still increasing!
"Note that the other party has entered a low altitude, turned on the radar, and searched for the target." The commander inside the AWACS shouted.
The other party has entered the low altitude, and the speed is very fast! They knew that this was a low-altitude and high-speed flight of the other side, what did the Soviets want to do?
The pilot of the F-15 quickly turned on the radar, and on the radar screen, he finally saw the bright spot, and at this time, the other party was only thirty kilometers away from him!
"Attention, prepare to turn." said the F-15 captain. Now, the two sides are flying head-on, and at such a fast speed, a distance of tens of kilometers, they will roar by.
That bright spot is still accelerating, still reducing altitude!
The pilot of the long plane pressed the control stick, and the plane flew sideways, and he saw the figure of the plane flickering by outside the glass of the bubble cockpit.
Tu-22M, already flying under his wing!
"Turn, pursue." The pilot of the long plane slowed down, pressed the slope, pulled the rod and pedaled the rudder, and made a quick turn, and the huge overload pressed him to the seat and couldn't move, and even the muscles on his face were torn painfully.
As a heavy air superior, the F-15's performance is outstanding, with the combined action of the two vertical rudders, combined with the centripetal force provided by the tilt of the wings, the fighter makes a turn in almost a minimal radius and then returns to the path it has just taken.
Turn on the afterburner and catch up! What the hell did the Soviets want to do! The pilot of the F-15 was very angry, if it was a plane from any other country, then, I am afraid, he would have not hesitated to lock on to the other side with radar and launch missiles, but it was a Soviet plane, at this most tense moment, he had to be careful, a frontal military conflict with the Soviet Union was definitely not in the interests of Israel, if the Soviet Union was personally involved, coupled with the attack of the armies of the Arab countries, Israel, maybe it really came to a critical juncture.
During the Cold War, there were many confrontations between the fighter planes of the United States and the Soviet Union, but both sides were very restrained in the danger of provoking a conflict of this level and breaking out into a world war.
What's more, the airspace where they are now is still over the high seas.
The F-15 fighters returned in a four-plane formation quickly, and finally, catching up with the ultra-low-flying bomber, the Israeli pilots began to admire the Soviets, piloting such a large aircraft, the other party actually flew to a height of 100 meters above sea level, and now it has reached Mach 0.9!
You can fly even lower yourself! The pilot of the F-15 fighter pressed the control stick and flew to an ultra-low altitude of 80 meters, and then, he saw the big guy mounted on the belly of the opponent's plane, which was a missile!