Chapter Eighty-Five: The Second Mass Killer: Cluster Bombs!

The napalm of the Su-20 caused a big loss to the Iranian army on the ground.

The place where the bomb exploded, immediately was a fire of death, not to mention the human body, even tanks, armored vehicles, can not withstand such high temperatures, especially the American-made M113 armored car, the use of aluminum armor, once it is stained, the aluminum armor can not withstand the high temperature, immediately is the result of melting, the Iranian soldiers installed inside, all surrounded by fire.

However, their suffering has only just begun.

After flying the first lap, facing the sea of fire on the ground, the pilot of the Su-20 looked proudly at the ground, pulled the pole, kicked the rudder, and prepared to enter the bombing route again.

This time, it was a cluster bomb dropped.

Unlike napalm incendiary bombs, cluster bombs are equivalent to a kind of submunitions, when the bomb lands at a predetermined height or reaches a set time, the bomb automatically opens, releasing dozens or even hundreds of small bombs, which explode when they hit ground targets, causing great damage to personnel in a large area.

According to this principle of cluster bombs, the airfield runway is more effective when used to attack people on the ground.

So, flying again, this time the target, was the Iranian infantry scattered throughout the battlefield.

The Su-20 aircraft, at this time, seems to be a demon from another world.

The napalm just now was mainly used against armored targets, and this time, the Iranian GIs in the back began a nightmarish experience.

Without warning, countless bombs fell from the sky, and in mid-air, they suddenly turned into countless small bombs like scattered flowers of the heavenly maidens, and then scattered everywhere, covering almost the entire battlefield.

Everywhere there were dead bodies, blown limbs, severed limbs, scattered everywhere.

The people who survived the explosion finally couldn't suppress the fear in their hearts and ran back like crazy, and in the face of this kind of attack, the only way to avoid this kind of bombing was to hide back in Abadan.

Many of those who were not killed once again stepped on the cluster bombs that had not exploded just now. Some armored vehicles, while driving, suddenly exploded and were overturned.

Cluster bombs are a very cruel weapon, and this weapon lies in its countless small bomblets.

For a number of reasons, such as improper handling, storage and dispersion prior to combat, as well as due to placement on softer ground, cluster munitions cannot detonate properly, and many submunitions may fail and not explode immediately. Submunitions need to be impacted and the detonating device is triggered before they can explode and the variety of ground conditions results in about 10% of submunitions not exploding immediately, but only when they are touched again, and their lethality is similar to that of an anti-infantry mine. Unexploded cluster bombs can have serious consequences.

Now, around the Iranian army, nearly a hundred small bombs that did not explode have laid a minefield.

Today, it is definitely a disaster for the Iranian army, which was bombed by the air force of the opposing side in an area where there was no danger to defend, and, unlike usual, the air force of the other side did not fly away after throwing a few bombs in a hurry, but actually bombed repeatedly and endlessly!

Dragging mud and water, never being neat, failing to complete the scheduled task, and fleeing in fear of war, these are all the understanding of the Iraqi Air Force by the senior officers of both sides, and today, they were shocked, and the Iraqi Air Force taught them a vivid and bloody lesson!

When the Su-20 flew again for the third time, all the bombs were thrown, only the rocket launch nest under the wings and belly began to shoot one last time into the dragonfly water, and every time you lowered your head, countless rockets flew down, shooting at the tanks that narrowly escaped below.

Rockets falling from the sky are absolutely deadly, especially huge 240 mm rockets, which are more powerful than shell-piercing shells, as long as they hit, even if they weigh more than 50 tons and have the most complete protection, they will turn into a ball of fire, and then, the ammunition is detonated, and the turret flies into the sky.

After launching the weapons they carried, the MiG-23 and the medium-altitude MiG-21, which were responsible for surveillance at high altitude, embarked on the road back with the Su-20 formation.

The information sent back from the front completely made the Southern Military District Command rejoice, and they did not expect that a bombing formation composed of 6 squadrons and 24 planes would actually achieve such great results and wipe out tens of thousands of Iranian troops.

Air Force, when has it ever achieved such a big victory? Air Force, when did it have such a strong combat effectiveness? This was unthinkable before.

If you want to annihilate the Iranian army, even if it is in the plains, the two sides will fight, and you will have to pay thousands of casualties, if these troops are in the city of Badan, the casualties will be astronomical, and now, except for the 10th Armored Division, which is tasked with luring the enemy, has suffered large losses, the other armies, up to now, the other armies, the casualties are zero.

And the Iranian army, at least, has already caused thousands of casualties.

This is only the beginning, the second wave of fighters will soon carry out the next round of bombing, and the helicopter formation will also arrive at the war zone in half an hour, and when the attack from the sky is completed, I am afraid that several divisions and brigades of the army will only have to clean up the battlefield.

Zhang Feng secretly laughed in his heart, let you see, what is modern warfare and what is the correct way to use the Air Force!

The Iran-Iraq war, a low-tech war fought with high-tech equipment, although there were modern weapons, there were still positional warfare and trench warfare, which was the way of fighting in the two world wars, in which one army dug trenches, repaired fortifications, and laid minefields, and the other army used human lives to go through minefields and break through the line of fire with flesh and blood, which made countless military experts fall through the eyeballs, and the war between the world's fourth military power, which was called the fourth military power, made people criticize.

In modern warfare, the Air Force bears the brunt of the attack, and it is the first force to be used, first using the Air Force, sweeping away the opponent's forces, what trenches, what fortifications, in front of the bombs of the Air Force, all of them are scum, and then, with the Army, the armored group quickly charges, sweeping away all the resistance of the other side.

In case you encounter a hard bone that is difficult to gnaw, you can immediately call in air support, and no matter how secret the fortifications are built, you can directly use air-dropped bombs to kill.

Of course, if we want the army to be able to call for air support at any time, it seems a bit fantastical at present, and we have to wait until the C3I of the military region is built before there will be this kind of combat mode, and modern warfare is an information-based war. Zhang Feng's operation only taught all Iraqi officers a vivid lesson, that only by working together in the air and ground can we destroy the most enemies at the lowest cost.

Change the concept of backwardness, and give full play to all the weapons in your hands!

When the news reached the Bahamshar River, General Hassan, who was full of ambition, suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and Khomeini next to him turned pale.

These troops are all the elite he has gathered! Now, on the banks of the Karon River, slaughtered by the Iraqi Air Force, where is its own powerful Air Force?

"Immediately take off fighter jets from Meraba Air Base to urgently support the Karon River." Khomeini said.

The Panda and the Goblin are all in the air defense, and they can only be supported by F-5 fighters deployed in the second line.

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