When the news reached the Northern Military District, Air Force Commander Abid said that he would not believe anything, and the Iranian Air Force's Tomcat fighter plane was now hanging a sparrow missile and wandering around Tehran, and it was not capable of running to the Bakhtaran area to spread wild.

However, the facts are in front of us again, this time the four Tu-22 bombers that went to bomb Bakhtaran to open the way for the army to attack only one flew back, and all three were shot down, and after confronting the cunning Iranian planes for more than ten minutes, Reyer also chose to return.

Abid could only report the battle situation honestly, and he didn't know how he would be scolded by his superiors.

Adnan was also taken aback when he received the news, but after all, his vision was relatively long-term, and he immediately saw that this time he was afraid that he would be in big trouble.

If the Iranian Air Force can really be dispatched, then their first target is probably those two bridges!

"Immediately send out more warplanes to protect the bridge west of West Islamic Abad! Order the ground forces and guard against air strikes by the Iranians! Abid immediately ordered.

Thanks to the combat experience of the Southern Military District, the Tomcat fighters against the Iranians were not MiG-25s, which can fly three times the speed of sound, but Mirage F1s imported from France!

The H-3 airbase immediately took off two squadrons of Mirage F1s, carrying Matra-530 missiles, ready to compete with the Iranians for air supremacy again and take down the Iranians' Tomcat fighters.

However, the pilots of the Phantom F1 squadron are not sure of victory, although their fighters have advanced electronic equipment, but the range of missiles is far less than that of the undead birds, if the tomcats only carry sparrow air-to-air missiles, they will be easier, for the undead birds, they have no more methods.

There is only one fight!

In fact, as soon as the Iraqi pilots in history received the Tomcat's AWG-9 radar signal, they fled, because they did not have the means to fight the Tomcat, and no one wanted to wait for death.

However, with the Mirage F1, they were finally able to shoot down the Tomcat fighter without leaving it unlucky, and although the danger was still great, they were willing to give it a try!

It's just that it takes more than 20 minutes to take off from the H-3 base and rush to the battlefield at the earliest.

The two bridges are separated by a hill with a tunnel dug into the mountain, and a bridge several tens of meters long has been built on one side to cross this area.

The bridge was guarded by an infantry battalion of the 82nd Infantry Division, whose main task was to prevent damage to the bridge by scattered Iranians.

As for the air raids, now the Iranians in the sky are long gone, and they have no other means at all except for the placement of a few anti-aircraft artillery positions at the bridgehead.

The most proficient in field air defense is the Medina Division at the forefront, which is equipped with Soviet-made four-barreled self-propelled antiaircraft guns and a large number of shoulder-fired missiles, and its air defense capability is very strong.

However, the rest of the infantry divisions, not so well.

The battalion commander received information from his superiors that there might be an air raid, and it was too late.

The warplanes of the Iranians have already appeared overhead.

The F-4 fighters with bombs showed their hideous faces, and they dropped all the bombs on their stomachs on the bridge.

The anti-aircraft positions at the bridgehead were firing and firing fiercely into the air, but the backward antiaircraft guns, which did not have artillery sight radars, could only draw beautiful fluorescent lines in the sky in the face of the incoming enemy planes.

The support team sent by the commander of the attacking force, Lieutenant General Hazraj, was hurrying from the front, but by the time they arrived, the bridge had completely collapsed.

Just after the Iranians' bombing campaign was completed, the Mirage F1 fighter finally arrived over the bridge.

Looking at the fading points of light on the radar screen, the Mirage F1 fleet also returned in vain.

The important bridge was so easily destroyed in the hands of the Iranian Air Force.

Later generations commented on this example and criticized the poor command ability of Iraqi commanders.

Such two important bridges were actually only defended by infantry, you know, the threat from the sky is the most important threat!

In the Iran-Iraq war, armed with high-tech weapons and fighting a low-tech war, Iraqi commanders only focused on Iran's crowd tactics, fearing that the Iranian death squads would come to blow up the bridge.

The eyes only look at the battle in front of them, and do not pay attention to the rear, even if they leave some portable anti-aircraft missiles, they can also interfere with the bombing of the other side, you know, the Iranians do not have precision-guided weapons at all, and portable anti-aircraft missiles can make the Iranians have to change to high-altitude bombs, and the error is very large, and this kind of low-altitude dive bombs, the effect is much higher.

Even if the army defending the bridge held out for another twenty minutes, the outcome would be completely different when their own fighters arrived again.

After receiving the news from the front, President Saddam Hussein was furious.

"This defeat is mainly due to the fact that the Tomcat fighters of the Iranians suddenly appeared in the Bakhtaran area and engaged our MiG-25s patrolling there and shot down several bombers, however, the Iranians were very cunning and waited for the MiG-25s to return due to lack of fuel, and only then began to suddenly appear a large number of aircraft groups, at that time, it happened to be the gap in our air defense, and by the time the second batch of supporting Mirage F1 fighters arrived on the battlefield, their bombing had already ended, The lack of effective anti-aircraft fire for our ground personnel was unfortunately exploited by the Iranians. ”

"Allah willing, I don't need any excuses!" Saddam Hussein said: "I only know the result, and now, these two important bridges have been blown up, and the back roads of our army have been cut off!" ”

For Adnan, Saddam Hussein had a very good relationship with him, rarely blamed him for anything, and this time, he was finally angry.

The people next to him, no one dared to speak, they all knew the president very well, if the president was angry, he would kill people at any time.

After a long time, Rashid said: "Your Excellency, now that the bridge has been blown up, we have to think about what to do with the tens of thousands of troops in West Islamic Abad. ”

Saddam Hussein only came back to his senses, yes, now is not the time to hold him accountable, although he would like to immediately execute all the soldiers guarding the bridge, the most important thing now is the troops on the front line!

At present, the army that remains in West Islam Abad and is preparing for the final offensive has two armored divisions and five infantry divisions, with a total of 60,000 or 70,000 people, especially even the Medina division of the Republican Guard.

Saddam Hussein knew very well that in a country like the Middle East, if he wants to maintain his rule, it is very important to have a force that is absolutely loyal to him, such as the Medina Division, which is absolutely obedient to his orders.

Now, this army is in danger, which makes Saddam Hussein very sad. Be sure to get them out! He even regretted that he had sent this unit to the battlefield in the first place, and that they should have stayed in Baghdad.

"These two bridges have been blown up, and we are no longer able to resupply our troops for the time being, so the most important way at the moment is to take Bakhtaran while the Iranian army has not yet reinforced Bakhtalam, and our air force has cleared the obstacles to advance, and immediately let the troops go to take Bakhtaran before we run out of fuel and ammunition." Adnan said.

Although the battle ahead was lost, Adnan still had a relatively clear mind, and now that the bridge was bombed, it could not be repaired at all in a short time, and the only option was to take Bakhtaran before they went hungry, and when the cold winter came, they would go to a comfortable city.

West Islam Abad is relatively small and cannot accommodate their troops of so many men.

Who knows, after waiting for a long time, President Saddam, who had been looking at the map, said: "No, let the Medina division go north to Calland." ”

As soon as Adnan heard it, he knew what the president meant, alas, this man, who does not understand military affairs, is always committing suicide to his army like this!

The others also heard what the president meant, but none of them dared to say anything.

Under his rule, Iraq became strong, but when it came to military affairs, Saddam himself was not very clever, but this person always likes to dictate specific actions. The style of acting is very much like the mustache in Europe a few decades ago and the guy in the East who always scolds people.

When there is a risk, he always likes to pull his descendants aside.

Now, the tide of the war is beginning to be unfavorable, and Saddam Hussein did not think about how to get these armies together in the same boat, overcome difficulties, take Bakhtalam, and get a place to spend the winter, but wanted to retreat the most powerful Medina division!

What is Callander? In the north-west of West Islam Abad, along this route, further north-west, it is retreating to Iraq!

However, this route is not so easy to follow, and in many places, it is not even possible to pass through the 40-ton T-72 tanks equipped by Iraq, which is why this route was not chosen when the army was first entered.

As soon as the Medina division retreated, the morale of the other troops was scattered, and how could they attack the city?

"Your Excellency the President, this road is impassable for T-72 tanks, our troops can completely take Bakhtalam, and we can send infantry divisions to take this route." Adnan said.

"No, the Medina division undertakes this combat mission, and at the same time, the rest of the troops will immediately march east and take Bakhtaran!" Saddam Hussein said categorically.

Just a few hours after the bridge was bombed, Zhang Feng was in the Southern Military Region and also got the news of this air battle, and in the equipment of the Iranian Air Force, the immortal bird missile appeared again!

(To be continued)