Chapter Eighty-Four: Napalm!

The MiG-23, whose wings had been adjusted to the minimum sweep angle, spread its two wings, like an eagle, and entered the combat zone from a low altitude.

Although at this time the Iranian army has been exposed to the plains that can not be defended, for a plane flying at high speed in the sky, it is only a minute at most, and the shooting window is very short, so the pilots are prepared before entering the war zone.

All the bombs are unlocked, and the fire control system is switched to ground mode!

The white-gloved fingers skillfully flicked a few times in the large pile of switches on the right, and when he looked at the head-up display, an aura appeared.

The pilot was silently counting, "ten, nine, eight, seven...", and when he counted to zero, the Iranian armored unit appeared in his field of vision, and the push rod aimed the halo at the populated area, and pressed the launch button on the boom!

The pilots of the MiG-23 fighters are doing this ordinary and unusual maneuver, which is not an exercise.

Suddenly, the 12 bombs on the wings and belly fell one after another, as if the goddess was scattering flowers, but it was death that was spreading.

Two squadrons of MiG-23s, nearly 150 250kg bombs exploded, falling from the sky. The Iranian army below, instinctively began to panic.

They have the spirit of not being afraid of death, and they can use their flesh and blood to storm the fortifications on the outskirts of Abadan, which is the hope that they can see victory, but they have no means to deal with these planes above their heads.

Some soldiers picked up automatic rifles, screamed, and fired blindly into the sky.

The armored soldiers who rushed to the front also began to shoot the anti-aircraft machine guns on the top, desperately strafing in the direction where the planes were flying.

However, everything was in vain, and after the two squadrons of MiG-23s flew by, the ground was full of bomb explosions, and the planes in the sky, without the slightest damage, pulled up from low altitudes and prepared to assemble and return.

The protagonist in the rear, the Su-20, finally took to the stage.

Unlike the MiG-23, which continuously drops bombs and carpet-bombs, the Su-20 needs to go back to the theater of operations three times and drop different ammunition in turn.

In the cockpit, the pilot flipped several switches, and his men shifted the weapon switches to napalm on the inside of the wing.

Napalm is made by adding a thickener to gasoline. The basic charge of napalm bomb prepared with a mixture of naphthenic acid and fatty acid aluminum soap as a thickener. Bombs filled with napalm are called napalm bombs, and in order to attack targets in water, some also add active alkali metals and alkali metals such as potassium, calcium, and barium to napalm, and the hydrogen gas released by the combination of metal and water burns again, increasing the combustion power.

Napalm forms a layer of flame that sputters around after exploding, emitting a high temperature of about 1000°C, and can stick to other objects and burn for a long time. It is definitely a powerful weapon used against the army.

When formulating the battle plan, Zhang Feng inquired in detail about the types of bombs used by the Air Force for ground bombing, and Zhang Feng knew that the Iraqi Air Force lacked precision ground attack weapons, that is, all kinds of ground missiles and laser-guided bombs, but there was always no shortage of ordinary bombs, right?

When he asked, sure enough, especially when Zhang Feng knew that there was such a large amount of napalm stored in the Iraqi Air Force's arsenal, he immediately showed a smile on his face that made people look a little frightened: "Yes, just use this kind of bomb, it's time for the Persians to taste the power of our Air Force." ”

With these things, why not? Zhang Feng really couldn't figure it out, and in the later stage, Saddam Hussein even used chemical weapons.

Although the Iranian army was desperately resisting, when the planes flew overhead, the first wave of attacks by the other side did not cause much damage to itself, and more than 100 craters were distributed over a distance of several kilometers, which was not very dense. Especially the armored units at the front, as long as they are not directly hit, there is basically not much danger.

At this time, the order to retreat finally came from the command headquarters. Before the air force arrived, his own army, in the endless riverbank plains, as long as it was slaughtered, although Hassan was eager to completely annihilate the fleeing Iraqi army, but he did not want to consume all his troops here, and it was already a great achievement to relieve the siege of Abadan. The cautious Khomeini also agreed with his decision to withdraw his troops immediately, and even Khomeini, who did not understand military affairs, already knew that this was probably a trap for the Iraqi army.

It's just that they all thought that the Iraqi Air Force was only here to help the army retreat, and moreover, they cooperated with each other a little cleverly, and the timing was just right, while their own fighters were on their way to the skies over Tehran and could not come back to help, and none of them saw that the biggest move, the danger that was close at hand, was Abbataan.

After receiving the order, Taki did not hesitate, and immediately ordered his tank company to retreat, and his tank company rushed to the front line, but the shelling and aircraft bombing just now luckily did not suffer losses, and the only thing that disappointed him was to let go of the Iraqi army that was being pursued by himself.

Their air force is here to cover their retreat, this time they are lucky, just let them go, Taki is a little unwilling in his heart, and he can only comfort himself like this.

"Retreat." Taji shouted on the radio, the explosion just now has blown up many craters on the ground, and the driver in front of the turret must be careful, otherwise, it is very easy to overturn.

This old M48 tank, simply can not achieve the same steering, the driver while driving forward, while pulling the left side of the lever, the tank turns to the left, and then, brake, hang the reverse gear, pull the right lever, the tank retreats, while twisting the body, and then drive forward, repeating three times, before completing the preparation for steering.

And the Chieftain tank in the back was much easier, the driver made a tank and turned in place beautifully, the left track turned forward, the right track turned backwards, and the land on the ground was twisted into a large mound.

Due to the steering, the already chaotic formation was even more chaotic.

Medics also hurried in from behind to treat those injured in the explosion just now. They all thought that as long as they stopped chasing the fleeing army, everything would be over. When did the Iraqi Air Force organize continuous bombing? Just now eight planes bombed together, and that was already the limit.

None of them could have imagined that this was just the beginning.

At the moment of the most panic, another group of planes flew overhead.

As a professional attack aircraft, the Su-20 has a complex attack and navigation system, including the acП-17 (bc) sight, which is mainly used for visual aiming, the cvm-20-22 central computer, which is used for system control, navigation calculations and weapon delivery calculations, although simple, but absolutely sufficient, cЛИН (klen)-54 laser ranging / indicator, sps-p-72-32 atmospheric data center instrument, etc.

The pilots chose the simplest way of delivering bombs using sights, and they dropped bombs in a dive, which was also the strength of the Su-20, and their main target was the enemy's tank armor clusters.

Although there are countless guns on the ground firing into the sky, the Su-20 has armor protection in key parts, and if it is an anti-aircraft gun, it may also cause some harm to itself.

The pilot looked at the chaotic armored units below from the side glass, pushed the steering stick, dived down, aimed his sights at the dense area of armored vehicles, and pressed the launch button.

Two huge 500kg napalm left the wings of the Su-20, and the pilot felt that the plane suddenly became lighter, pulled up the nose, and prepared to make three turns to enter the bombing route again, everything skillfully and skillfully as the exercise.

Through the periscope, Taki saw that the bombs that fell from the wings of the opponent were a little different from the bombs just now, what was the difference? Bigger.

"Attention, careful!" As soon as Taki finished speaking, he heard an explosion.

In the periscope, a huge fire filled his vision, and then, a hot sensation came, and before Taki could make a sound, he felt that the blood in his body was steaming, and his tank, which had turned into a large oven, was turning him into a roast chicken.

Then he lost consciousness.

Taki was very unlucky, the first round of bombing, a napalm, smashed right on his tank, connected several tanks around him, together surrounded by fire, and then, due to the high temperature, the ammunition exploded, several M-48s, one after the other, turned into fire coffins.

"Report, the pylon of the No. 8 machine is malfunctioning, the right bomb has not been successfully disengaged, and the weapon safety has been opened." Suddenly, the formation received a slightly panicked word from the pilot of the eighth plane.

The failure of the pylons must be the negligence of the ground crew, Zhang Feng was at the headquarters of the military region, and when he heard the panicked voice of the pilot, he knew that this was the case, the Iraqi Air Force was procrastinating in training, and it was possible for this kind of thing to happen in wartime, and it was really a critical time to drop the chain.

"Immediately make a big overload maneuver and shake the bomb down, and if it doesn't work, parachute immediately." Arslan's calm voice came from the passage.

Can't fall? Then I'll dump you!

The pilot of the No. 8 plane was ruthless, pushed the throttle stick to his head, and pulled up the nose of the plane suddenly.

The Su-20 is an attack aircraft, and if the overload is pulled to 6, it can disintegrate in the air, not to mention, it is still fully loaded, and 4 overloads are dangerous.

However, the weapon insurance had been lifted, and the napalm, which was in danger of exploding at any moment, exploded him into a fireball.

Pull up, dive again, pull up again, pull up again, until the fourth time, the pilot heard a "bang" sound, looked out, and the napalm under the pylons was gone.

Only then did he put his mind at ease, and his whole body was already soaked with sweat.

"Aircraft Eight, cancel the bombing mission and follow the Axe Squadron back." The Axe Squadron is the MiG-23 Squadron that has completed the bombing mission.

Rome was not built in a day, and if you want to build a powerful air force and forge a fist in the Middle East, I am afraid there is a long way to go! Zhang Feng thought secretly.

ps: Today's mental tension is highly stressful, and it turned out to be a big mistake, but thanks to Fascist's big reminder, I found out that I made such a serious mistake, I didn't say it, make up for it immediately! I started writing after the invigilation in the afternoon, and I revised it just now, and I haven't eaten dinner yet, and tomorrow is still a torturous day.

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