Arslan. Edward. Ibn . Zeid is not yet 18 years old this year, but he already has 300 hours of jet flying experience, because, at the age of 14, he changed his age and entered the Iraqi Air Force, all because he is the son of a famous Iraqi family: the son of the Zeid family, their family has always supported the Baath regime of Saddam Hussein, and has a good relationship with the political axe.

Although Arslan is young, he has the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, he admires heroes, and his favorite motto is: Attack is the life of the Air Force!

This time, the Iranian plane actually flew into Iraq's airspace during the day in a big way, and also wanted to bomb the capital Baghdad, which made Arslan, who was on combat readiness duty, feel that the opportunity had come, and he immediately ran to his car: MiG-23bn, codename: Whipper.

Iraq, the second foreign user of the MiG-23MS and BNs, received the first batch of 48 in 1974. Before the start of the Iran-Iraq war, there were a total of 80 MiG-23Bs, but like any country with MiG-23s, the Iraqi Air Force was not satisfied with such fighters. In the early stages of the Iran-Iraq war, the MiG-23BN suffered enormous losses, with more than 40 aircraft of this type being shot down by Iranian F-14s, F-4s and surface-to-air missiles from September 1980 to May 1981.

All this is the embarrassment of the MiG-23.

The MiG-23 is the first variable-swept wing fighter of the Soviet Union, although it adopts this new technology like the Panda, but due to the backwardness of design and technology, the variable-swept wing technology does not bring about an increase in maneuverability, but instead leads to an increase in the weight of the structure, making it inferior to the MiG-21.

However, the MiG-23 still has advantages, the outstanding surname can be the level flight speed, up to 2.35 times the speed of sound at high altitude, the low-altitude speed of 1350 km / h, and the horizontal acceleration surname is good, which is conducive to low-altitude penetration, high-speed interception and disengagement after attack. However, its ground attack type can be regarded as a fighter with strong ground attack capability due to its large weapon load, long range, high low-altitude penetration speed, and better armor protection.

So, Arslan was familiar with all the advantages and disadvantages of the MiG-23, so he was more confident and used his newly invented tactic: whip attack.

One of the ways to shoot down enemy aircraft, especially those escorted by Pandas, is to enter the position behind the Iranian aircraft from a low altitude of 500 meters under the command of the GCI (Ground Command Volley, the standard combat method of the Soviet Army), and use the outstanding acceleration ability of the MiG-23 to carry out an accelerated climb before the weapon is launched, and launch an air-to-air missile at the target at the longest range of the missile. After that, it will be quickly returned.

Arslan's disobedience was not the first time, every time, the base commander would be furious, but every time the slap was raised high and gently lowered, he believed that as soon as he entered the war zone, the base would immediately give him radar guidance.

When Arslan rushed from the situation room to the plane, his wingman Captain Omar Goben knew that the situation was not good, but he did not choose to follow the bold pilot to disobey the order, whether he climbed up step by step by his own efforts, or obediently obeyed orders.

However, against a single aircraft group, Arslan's situation is not so optimistic, and Omar can only wait quietly except to pray for Arslan.

Fearlessly, Arslan stepped into the familiar cockpit, and the ground crew, who had taken off in disobedience, came up to check the oxygen mask for him, and whether the cockpit canopy was in place, and then removed the ladder to get into the plane.

Arslan methodically turned on various switches at once, and the familiar roar finally came.

The ground crew gave Arslan a thumbs up after seeing that the engine flame was normal.

At this time, no anomalies have been found in the base's tower.

Arslan released the brakes, and the MiG-23 began to slowly slide towards the runway.

Allah, what does he want to do? The staff on duty in the tower immediately noticed the abnormality on the tarmac.

"Flying Tiger, Flying Tiger, shutdown standby, shutdown standby." The tower immediately called. Flying Tiger is Arslan's code name.

"Blue sky, blue sky, Flying Tiger asks to take off." Arslan shouted over the radio.

Suddenly, there was a sigh in the tower, and Colonel Tasker, who was on duty, immediately grabbed the radio and said: "Arslan, stop Lao Tzu, if you dare to take off, Lao Tzu will shoot you." ”

Then, Tasker saw that the tail flame of the hairy boy's plane on the runway had turned pale blue, and he turned on the afterburner!

"Yes, take off at once, Colonel." Arslan said solemnly.

"Bastard!"

Arslan had already aimed at the runway, he looked at the missiles mounted on the two wings, it was two P-60 (AA-8) short-range air-to-air missiles, in addition to those two, below the air intake, there were two P-23T (AA-7) medium-range air-to-air missiles, using radio command guidance and passive infrared terminal guidance, although it is called a medium-range air-to-air missile, the range is only 15 kilometers, and the guidance accuracy is not high, but it is enough for a sneak attack from the rear.

Due to the relationship between the variable sweep wing, no more pylons can be set under the wing, otherwise the missile will rub into the fuselage when sprinting at a large sweep angle.

It's time to let these missiles unleash their power! Arslan pushed the throttle stick to the maximum, turning on the afterburner.

Suddenly, a violent push on the back came, and Arslan leaned against the seat, watching the scenery on both sides get faster and faster.

In order to get maximum lift, the wing was fixed by him at the minimum, 18 degrees.

Glancing at the airspeed counter, which had reached 300, he pulled up the longitudinal rod.

The Whiplasher lifted his head high and pierced the sky.

"The Flying Tiger has taken off and is ready to sail south at a low altitude, please blue sky guide me to the correct volley point." Arslan said.

"You kid hurry up and come back to me, otherwise, I won't be able to protect you, and I have to report to my superiors." Tasker said eagerly, it's really unlucky, he was on duty today, and it turned out to be such a mess, who arranged for this kid to be on duty today? In a hurry, he didn't have time to say anything about the codename, and he really wanted to scold him!

"The Flying Tiger has set its course 2-1-1 and is ready to volley at a low altitude and high speed." Arslan said leisurely over the radio.

At this time, an excited voice was heard: "Allah is above, this is a fighter!" ”

The light point on the radar suddenly became faster.

This guy actually wants to turn on afterburner and fly at supersonic speeds? Tasker felt a wave of vertigo.

"Supersonic flight is not allowed at low altitude, I will immediately guide you, adjust the course to 2-1-2 according to the Mach 0.8 cruising speed, and in twenty minutes, you will encounter the panda." In order to prevent this guy from harming the people of the earth, Tasker finally gave in.

"Heading 2-1-1 yes, I'm not a head-on volley, I'm going around behind the panda's ass, so expect three more minutes, twenty-three minutes, and there will be contact." Arslan had already calculated the time.

You know everything, what else do you want me to guide? Tasker said: "Pick up the Air Force Command and report on Second Lieutenant Arslan's disobedience.

PS: Thanks to "Night Wyvern" for the tip!

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