Chapter 330: Bombing of Ahvaz Air Base (1)
After forming a formation over Abadan, the large group did not climb high, but at an altitude of 1000 meters, flying eastward.
Arslan looked out of the canopy at the Shatt al-Arab, the blood vessels of Iraq, the oases of the lower reaches of the two river basins, all irrigated by these rivers, and then flew to Abadan, where the refinery was now in operation and was generating a steady stream of profits for Iraq.
Iraq and Iran have countless hatreds, and now, Iraq's Southern Military Region, under the leadership of His Excellency Qusay, is winning one after another, all of which makes all Iraqis full of great admiration for His Excellency Qusay, and he boldly used troops, many people are thinking that if at the beginning of the war, His Excellency Qusay would have been in command, and now, maybe it has reached Tehran.
The whole military region did not have the slightest laziness in carrying out His Excellency Qusay's orders. Even if His Excellency Qusay allows himself to die, he is willing! Because, the sacrifice of oneself will kill at least ten times more enemies than oneself, don't you believe it? Suffice it to count the casualties on both sides.
Moreover, His Excellency Qusay is good at using surprise soldiers, attaches importance to the role of the air force, and is almost indispensable in battle, and can use tricks, such as this time.
Looking at the two MiG-23s with this big "bomb" hanging under their stomachs at the front of the formation, Arslan was a little excited, this time, it was simply to abuse the Iranians.
Although low-altitude flight will consume more fuel, but, because Ahvaz airbase is only a few hundred kilometers away from here, and it is not possible to confirm whether the Iranian Tomcat can still take off, if it flies at high altitude, it will definitely be discovered by the other party, and at that time, although the "bomb" in front will interfere with the signal of the Tomcat radar, but what the effect is, there is no exact certainty, if the immortal bird flies again, it will be a tragedy.
We are not afraid of sacrifice, but we must make it meaningful.
So, the formation entered a low altitude, and at this altitude, unless it was an Iranian Tomcat, looking down from a high altitude, it would not be detected by the Iranian radar at a long distance at all.
And when it comes to approaching the destination, the other party's radar will definitely not work properly.
"Attention, the formations remain in their current formation, and the radio is silent." Arslan said over the radio.
The fighters in the rear followed Arslan and marched together at a low altitude to the predetermined theater of operations.
"I don't know where our formation has arrived now." In the headquarters, Izzat said with some concern.
"Rest assured, our formation will definitely be able to succeed." Zhang Feng said that he had no worries about his own aerial bombardment.
After all, Izzat has not experienced the wars of later generations, and does not know what electronic suppression is all about, although at this time on the US aircraft carrier, there is already an EA-6 electronic jammer dedicated to electronic jamming, but Iraq has not experienced it, for them, what is electronic warfare, they do not have any impression, they do not know, there is no electromagnetic power, there is no air supremacy, and the war on land cannot be fought at all, and they are still intoxicated by the scene of the tank Armageddon of the Soviet model.
It's outdated! Zhang Feng thought, even if the Soviet Union's air defense missiles are advanced, so what, in the air battle in the Bekaa Valley, the Israeli Air Force relied on the advanced electronic technology to first use drones to induce the Sam-6 anti-aircraft missile to start, and then used the Mozu anti-radiation missile to kill the guidance radar of the Sam-6, ten anti-aircraft missile brigades, and a type of Soviet-style equipment, or all of them were broken into pieces?
The air battle in the Bekaa Valley is a very prominent example in modern warfare, and Zhang Feng was about to say that suddenly, sweat flowed down his back.
Where is Bekaa Valley? In Lebanon! Isn't that the time for the imminent Israeli invasion of Lebanon? And that war completely washed away the situation that the Israeli Air Force was wildly flattened by Sam 6 in the Fourth Middle East War, and the Israeli Air Force finally raised its eyebrows.
Do you want to help Syria? Although Syria's Hafez al-Assad (a clerical error, I apologize) and his father are not at odds, if the Sam-6 missile is allowed to beat the Israeli fighter again, then it will be of great help to Arafat.
Zhang Feng began to hesitate.
Thinking that Zhang Feng was worried about the formation, Fateh said: "Your Excellency Qusay, although our secret weapon is used for the first time, Allah willing, they will definitely return triumphantly." ”
"I'm not worried about formations." Zhang Feng said with some concern.
The Lord will be in a bad mood before the battle, which is a very negative aspect. They were all starting to worry a little about the formation, nothing would happen, right?
How did they know that their Excellency Qusay, the invincible God of War, was not worried about the battle in front of him at all, and in his heart, His Excellency Qusay had already begun to care about world affairs.
There is another piece, the old woman from the French aerospace company, who may be a little angry, and the latter batch of missiles has been delayed in delivery.
This also made Zhang Feng feel unhappy, the opportunity to make money, if he didn't come, he should miss it.
But at this time, the formation of the sky, their feeling is very good.
At the beginning of the war, the bombing operation of the Air Force, compared with the present, is simply a child, the commander of the Air Force at that time, actually put forward the stupid tactics of bombing the runway first, and then bombing the plane, when bombing the runway, all the ammunition has been wasted, as a result, when the plane was bombed, there were no bombs, and the MiG-21, which was originally responsible for covering at high altitude, dived down, used cannons, and air-to-air missiles to hit the Iranian planes on the ground, such an effect can be imagined, those planes that were very unfortunate enough to be hit, Those who have suffered minor injuries can be put into battle after a little rest. As a result, in the afternoon of the same day, the plane of the Iranians flew in retaliation.
And now, each squadron has its own bombing target, and the pictures taken by the aerial and the reconnaissance crews from a distance have been assigned.
Two months ago, the MiG-25 reconnaissance plane of the Northern Military Region was seconded several times by Zhang Feng to take pictures of the sky over Ahvaz.
The intelligence officers of the Messiah Bureau also conducted a close reconnaissance and had already identified the target to be bombed.
Hangars, towers, radar stations, and two Hawk anti-aircraft missile positions, all of which have been assigned, and the pilots have also conducted ground drills in advance.
The focus of the attack is on the planes in the hangar and on the tarmac, and the Su-20s of the two squadrons will be bombed repeatedly. The MiG-21, on the other hand, carries less bomb and is used to bomb predetermined towers, radar stations. One MiG-23 squadron, which was responsible for dealing with that Hawk anti-aircraft missile position, and the remaining MiG-23 squadron, which was used for reserve bombing.
The MiG-21 and MiG-23, which are responsible for air supremacy, will climb high and monitor the surrounding airspace.
The tasks of the entire formation, each aircraft have been clarified, and careful planning in advance is the basic prerequisite for the completion of the mission.
However, since the quality of the pilots of the Iraqi Air Force cannot be compared with that of the Israeli Air Force after all, especially the planes full of bombs, it is very difficult to penetrate the defense at ultra-low altitudes, so they chose a flight altitude of 1,000 meters.
To the north of Abadan, after the bombing formations entered the territory controlled by the Iranians, the altitude dropped to five hundred meters, gradually approaching the target.
At this time, Ahvaz was still as usual, in the air base, only a C-130 carrying fighter parts slowly landed on the runway, this is a new batch of fighter parts bought from international arms dealers at a high price for their urgently needed fighter parts, fighters are lying on their stomachs more and more, so, unless performing special combat missions, the air force has very little activity.
Even over the airport, there were no air force fighters cruising, only ground-based air defense radars, which were meticulously turning, vigilantly looking at the sky around them.
The C-130 transport plane slowly stopped on the runway, and several cars drove over, ready to unload the much-needed parts on the plane.
And next to the airport, on the truck near the radar, the radar crew is vigilantly looking at the screen, ready to let the Hawk anti-aircraft missile meet the incoming enemy.
On the other runway, there are also two best-maintained F-4 fighters, ready to take off.
Suddenly, the radar crew keenly noticed that several bright spots appeared on the screen, what was that?
Before he could react, the screen suddenly turned into a snowflake, and at the same time, a loud noise came from inside the headphones.
Due to the low altitude of 500 meters, the formation was finally discovered by the Iranians when it was close to 50 kilometers from Ahvaz.
At the same time, two MiG-23s, which had been carrying heavily for a long time, opened the "bomb" under the belly.
When the plane flies forward, a huge air flow will hit the propeller, and the propeller will drive the generator inside to rotate, and a steady stream of electricity will be provided to the jamming device.
Since the battery was warmed up from the beginning, the tube immediately entered normal operation, and the powerful electromagnetic interference filled the entire airspace.
The two formations, which were responsible for providing cover, began to climb high and look down on the battlefield. And the bombing formation, which began to change formation as planned, calibrated the direction for the last time.
Although the jammer interferes in all frequency bands, a frequency channel is set aside for formation command.
Why is this American-made radar broken at this time? At this time, the radar soldiers did not know that they were subjected to electromagnetic interference.
"Turn on the radar of the Hawk anti-aircraft missile. We're going to have to overhaul the damn equipment. A radar soldier said.
Since it was a wired phone, they were not interfered with, and the Hawk anti-aircraft missile position learned that the long-range radar was broken, and although its own radar detection range was close, it had to make a relay plan.
The MPQ-50 radar of the Hawk anti-aircraft missile was turned on, who knows, the screen was also snow-white, what happened today?
Suddenly, the Hawk anti-aircraft missile radar soldiers, who had been trained in the United States, suddenly remembered that it was not that the radar was broken at all, but that the other side had implemented powerful electromagnetic interference!
Air raid alert! The radar soldier wants to send a signal.
(To be continued)