Afshar looked out through the glass window of the bridge, and in the dark night sky, he found nothing.

Suddenly, a small bright light, like a firefly in the dark, was small but clearly present.

The light gradually increased, and Afschar's pupils dilated suddenly, and the firelight was the missile flying!

At this point, it has been lowered to a height of only two meters above the surface of the sea and is flying at a speed of Mach 0.8.

"Left full rudder, dodge!" Afshar let out a frantic roar.

At the same time, a frigate in the rear of the side has also spotted the incoming missile and is working at full speed to meet it, hoping to use its hull to block the missile for the largest warship of the Iranian Navy.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

The terminal guidance system of the Exocet missile, Gao Neng's active radar, has firmly locked on this behemoth, and the 165kg semi-armor-piercing delayed blasting warhead has been aimed at the target.

At this time, the Babur class was still making its last efforts, on the surface of the sea, an arc was drawn, the turn of the maximum overload was underway, the hull was already tilted, and at the same time, several 23-mm rapid-fire guns had begun to fire aimlessly on the sea surface.

All in vain.

If it was a battleship with heavy armor protection in World War II, this missile would not be a threat at all, but now this is an ordinary destroyer, just an ordinary alloy steel hull, which has been pierced by the armor-piercing warhead of the Exocet missile.

Because of the turn, the Exocet missile hit the rear of the hull, which happened to be the location of the steam boiler.

After the missile penetrated the hull, the time-delayed blasting warhead exploded violently one second later, and the 42kg of high-explosive charge inside was burning violently.

If it hits a non-critical part, if the ship built in the 40s has a better ability to control damage, if the boiler does not explode ... In the end, when Afshar was scooped up by the frigate, so many ifs were all in vain.

The air-to-sea search warning radar did not find a target, the standard anti-aircraft missile did not play a role, and the Babur-class with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons was hit by a Exocet missile, drilled into the power compartment, and an explosion occurred, which then led to an explosion in one of the main boilers that produced steam, and the hull was blown into two ends, except for the soldiers on the upper cabin and deck who escaped, none of the officers and men in the power compartment survived.

The Babur class was so badly wounded that within half an hour, before dawn, it had sunk into the sea, and at this time, it was less than a hundred nautical miles from the Fao Peninsula.

This assault formation of the Iranian Navy has fallen into despair.

In the vast sea, in the dark night sky, Iraq's attack was as if it had grown a pair of bright eyes, and it so easily sent the largest destroyer in the formation, the Babur-class destroyer, which was tasked with stopping the enemy's air raid during the daytime the next day, to the sea.

Is it still landing as planned? Obviously, Iraq's Fawu Peninsula is no longer empty of troops, they have already discovered their own purpose, so they sacrificed a killer weapon, one missile, the largest air defense ship into the sea, the other two frigates, can they withstand it? And those landing ships, those soldiers who are ready to go, will all be buried in the sea with the warships?

Afshar consulted the rear, and Hashemian, who had received the news, sat down with a blank gaze, this time not only a military defeat, but also a political one, in which he would be isolated.

Why did Ayatollah Khomeini believe him? Isn't it because he is an outstanding military commander? Now, it's not good militarily, so can the guys around those leaders who are not used to him in the first place let him go?

However, Hashmian did not let the formation launch a desperate attack because of this, he knew that this operation was actually detected by the Iraqis, so it would be in vain to launch another attack.

If Hashmian knew that the Iraqi Air Force only had this Exocet missile, and that it was still for testing, and that the rest would not arrive until a few months later, I wonder if he would regret his caution.

When Hamad returned in flight, the crowd on the ground, especially the engineers from France, was even more happy.

Although the Exocet missile has been in service for several years, there has been no maritime conflict in France, and although it has exerted great power many times in the exercise, it still has not had much repercussions.

And this time, a missile, which took out Iran's largest destroyer, did not even respond to the standard American-made anti-aircraft missile, which has proven to the whole world: France can create the best weapons in the world.

The engineers, who hadn't closed their eyes for dozens of hours, were full of excitement.

At the same time, they have sent this news back to China for the first time, and this record must be widely publicized.

Due to Zhang Feng's crossing, history has once again deviated, and the French-made Exocet missile, which could only be famous in the Falklands War, has appeared in the eyes of various experts in advance of the Falklands.

Iraq, Southern Military District Command.

"This time, a single Exocet missile killed Iran's largest warship, this missile, the surname Neng is really good, we should equip more."

"Your Excellency Qusay is really like a god, he has inspected from Europe, bought back this missile, and established a miraculous feat, otherwise, our air force will have to drop many bombs to blow up such a large destroyer."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the most important thing for us now is to fight a beautiful counterattack while guarding our current territory!" Zhang Feng interrupted these sycophants and said heavily.

In fact, as far as this time is concerned, the commander of the other party is definitely also a command wizard, first launched a joint air-ground operation, and then prepared a surprise attack on the Fau Peninsula, the bold and feasible ideas were all shattered by him one by one, and there was also a sense of heroic sympathy.

Of course, if it were Zhang Feng himself, he would definitely choose to attack the Fau Peninsula in this kind of battle, however, he would not choose to use those warships, it was too conspicuous, and the unrestricted warfare theory of later generations told him that disguised as a civilian one was more concealed.

Choose a few oil tankers, approach the Fawu Peninsula in a big way, first use capable special forces to control various strategic points, and then add a large force to occupy the Fau Peninsula, which can play a more role in surprise attacks.

Even during the Iran-Iraq war, there were a lot of oil tankers from various countries that docked on the Fau Peninsula.

However, reality would not give Hashmian a second chance, and this time the surprise attack that could have turned the tide of the battle was completely shattered by the blow of a flying fish.

PS: Thanks to my old friend Billyboy for the tip!

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