Chapter 459: It's a Complete Misunderstanding

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≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧ John looked up and saw that the tail rotor on the tail of the helicopter indicated that it was not a Black Hawk search and rescue helicopter of the US Navy, and suddenly, he felt a little nervous.

However, a minute more in the sea is more dangerous, although he is now comfortable in the dinghy, but if in a few hours, his own search and rescue helicopter has not arrived, he will have to be in a hurry, if he is not rescued before dark today, then he will be in big trouble Watching the helicopter hovering over him, and then, releasing a crane and a lifeguard, John knew it was time for him to get out of here

In particular, he finally saw clearly that the helicopter belonged to the Saudi Navy, and the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States was very good, and he did not have any doubts about coming to his rescue this time

Sitting on a crane, with the help of rescuers, he was hoisted onto a helicopter

John knew that he had made a mistake this time, but he didn't know how big a disaster it was

What happened in the Navy at the front, was immediately transmitted back to Washington

"Your Excellency, one of our Navy's warplanes was accidentally shot down by Iraq," Secretary of Defense Weinberg said, pushing open the door to President Reagan's office

Mistakenly hit? President Reagan felt the seriousness of the problem, because his own fighter plane was hit by an Iraqi plane, and if it is not handled well, it will affect the reputation of the US Navy secondarily, and if it affects the US strategy in the Middle East, it will be complicated

"Tell me more," Reagan said

"This morning, the Iraqi Air Force carried out a large-scale bombing of the Iranian coastline in the Strait of Hormuz, and two F14 Tomcat fighters took off from our aircraft carrier and flew nearby for surveillance, but the Iraqi Air Force, which did not know whether it was friend or foe, thought that our fighters were Iranians, and as a result, they fired missiles at us, and one of the fighters was unfortunately shot down and the other returned safely" Weinberg said: "We very much suspect that the Iraqis did this on purpose, Your Excellency, although we are engaged in a military confrontation with the Soviet Union, we must seek justice for such a deliberate act from the small country of Iraq."

Weinberg said very strongly, if the president is willing to give the order, he would like to order the aircraft carrier formation to immediately approach the Gulf of Oman and use carrier-based aircraft to deter the whole of Iraq

Moreover, when their own search and rescue personnel arrived, they only searched and rescued George, the radar operator who fell into the water, and John, the pilot in the front cabin, who was missing

At the time of ejection, because the rear cabin ejected first and the front cabin was ejected later, when the two people fell into the water, the distance between them was very far

"Your Excellency," at this time, Secretary of State George also walked in and said: "The Iraqi side has just summoned our ambassador to Iraq, and asked the ambassador to convey to our government to express a strong apology to us, and the fighters of the Iraqi Air Force received the radar signal of the Tomcat fighter during the air raid this morning, and they were locked by the radar of the Tomcat fighter, and the pilots of the Iraqi Air Force believed that the two fighters were Iranian, and in order to protect the air raid group, they launched missiles at the Tomcat fighter, One of them was shot down, but then the Saudi Navy rescued a pilot, only to find out that it was not the Tomcat of the Iranian Air Force that was shot down, but the US Navy's, so Iraq is very sorry for the accidental attack and claims that a similar incident will never happen in the future."

"Weinberg, was it our fighter that locked on to the opponent's plane first? Isn't it just a task for surveillance? Reagan asked

It's all the damn pilot Weinberg is very unhappy, who knows why the pilot locked on the other party's fighter plane in the surveillance mission If the missile was really launched, the United States can also say that it was a mistake, thinking that the other party was an Iranian plane, but the key is, now that he was shot down and how could the pilot be rescued by Saudi Arabia?

"Yes, we were on a surveillance mission, but the fact that the Iraqis had the audacity to launch missiles at us was clearly a deliberate attack," Weinberg said

However, Reagan had already understood in his heart that at that time, the Iraqi Air Force was conducting air raids, and their fighters found two Tomcat fighters approaching, so they naturally thought that they were from the Iranian Air Force, and they were locked by Tomcat fighters, so it was strange that they didn't fight back

Is this going to be the end of it?

There was a voice ringing in Reagan's ears all the time, and it was an absolute opportunity

Iraq's air raids were very successful, because they did not expect that the Iraqi Air Force would launch a large-scale air raid at such a long distance, the Iranians were very little prepared, due to the tension on the western front, the ground-to-air missile units were deployed to the western front, and on the long defensive line in the east, only an air force airfield far away in the northern province of Kerman took off a few old F5 Tiger fighters, and by the time they arrived at the battlefield airspace, the Iraqi aircraft group had already flown away

With the exception of the long-range Tu-22 and MiG-23, the F20 and Mirage F1, both turned west and flew to Saudi air bases

In Baghdad, Prince Sultan met with the US ambassador to Iraq with Qusay after observing the entire process of the air strike

After the meeting, Prince Sultan thought about the expression of the US ambassador just now, and still felt a little funny, this Qusay so patiently expressed the apology of the Iraqi side to the US ambassador, saying that this time it was purely a mistake, who made the US Navy fighter plane, and the Iranians are exactly the same? The Iraqi Air Force, for the radar signal of the AWG9, has formed an instinctive reaction, not to mention being locked by the Tomcat fighter? If anyone were to participate in that kind of mission, I am afraid that the instinct would be to shoot down the other party without hesitation

The US ambassador very much wanted to express his extreme protest, but he still held back, and it was up to the US government to decide how to deal with this kind of thing

Prince Sultan originally thought that the American ambassador would be very angry, but he didn't expect that things would be fooled like this, but would the Americans just forget it?

Seeing that Qusai was so confident, and thinking of the domineering attitude of Kusai at the moment when he gave the order, Sultan added another impression to the person in front of him, this Lord Kusai, although he was still very young, was already a very experienced rogue

In political circles, hooligans can take advantage of the most, and Sultan has a high rating for Qusay

"Your Excellency Qusay, our Mirage 4000 fighter jets are about to arrive at Basra Air Base," said Air Force Commander Abid at this time

Is the Mirage 4000 finally back? Qusay was overjoyed, but he also heard Abid's complaints, complaining about how this heavy air supremacy fighter was not equipped in the air force of the Northern Military District

Mirage 4000, this is the first time Prince Sultan has heard of it

"Your Royal Highness, I invite you to watch our Mirage 4000 fighter jets return home," Qusay said

Now that the Mirage 4000 has returned home, and at the right time, with this Prince Sultan here, Qusai suddenly had an idea to sell this fighter to the Saudis by the way

Because Saudi Arabia is very wealthy, Saudi Arabia is not eye-catching with the F20 fighters produced in Iraq and the seven fighters jointly developed with China, and only this expensive Mirage 4000 can make the Saudi Air Force pleasing to the eye At the same time, it can also consolidate the strong alliance between the two countries by producing this kind of fighter in Iraq and selling it to Saudi Arabia

And using this kind of fighter to engage in a confrontation with Saudi Arabia's F15 and Tornado fighters is also very beneficial to the Iraqi Air Force

Hearing what Qusayi said, Prince Sultan was also very happy, and Prince Sultan was still very interested in these equipment

Soon, several helicopters took off from Baghdad and flew to Basra

The Mirage 4000 is a powerful twin-engine heavy air superiority fighter with a large range that will give the Iraqi Air Force a long space, for example, to take off from Basra airfield and reach the Strait of Hormuz, and also have an hour of airtime

Moreover, in a future conflict, this heavy air superiority fighter has enough capabilities to compete with the air forces of other countries such as the F15, F14, etc

Qusay sat in a helicopter and was eager to rush to Basra to witness that moment

Although it will take several hours to fly, however, Reyer is not tired at all, and in the wide cockpit, he can even move his arms

Finally, the blue sea below turned into land, and he had flown out of the Mediterranean Sea and over the territory of the Middle East

If you pass through Syria, you will enter Iraq's airspace

At this time, the fuel in the three large auxiliary fuel tanks under the wing had been exhausted, and the amount of fuel in the aircraft was enough to support the flight into Basrah Air Base

"Attention, we are about to enter the skies over Iraq," said the French pilot, who led the group

Iraq, I'm back Reyes said in his heart

Although most of the fighters went to bomb the Strait of Hormuz, the H3 air base of the Northern Military District still took off two MiG-25 fighters to escort the four Mirage 4000s that flew into the country

After the two sides made contact, two MiG-25s flew with the Mirage 4000

Looking at the MiG-25 on the side of the fuselage, Reyer thought of the feeling of looking down on the earth from the edge of the earth, but he found that he liked the feeling that the plane would react as long as he moved the slightly, allowing him to experience that he and the fighter were one