Chapter 464: Sneak Attack on Chakhbahar
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The Iraqi Air Force group, which landed at Dhahran airbase, did not all return home after refueling, but left behind the 11th Fighter Squadron and the 115th Fighter Squadron to prepare for an upcoming exercise in the Gulf of Oman. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info≦≧
During the exercise, the use of Saudi air bases is very justified, because the fighters of the Iraqi Air Force, with their short legs, have some difficulty in flying to the Gulf of Oman outside.
At the same time, the 01 anti-ship missile and the Maverick missile were shipped from the country, which also began to be tested and mounted on the fighter.
This is because the goal of this exercise is to combine the air and the sea to protect the security of sea transportation lines, and at the same time, to strike at possible air and sea threats.
Among them, the air attack was handed over to the F15 fighters of the Saudi Air Force to complete, and the attack on the sea threat was carried out by the Mirage F1 and F20 fighters.
As the Mirage 4000 gradually equips the Iraqi Air Force, they finally have a heavy air superiority fighter, while the Mirage F1 and F20 will take on more ground-to-sea strikes.
The Gulf of Oman is outside the Persian Gulf, close to the Arabian Sea, and the exercise here is to tell the world: This is the world of the Arabs!
When Prince Sultan reported that a joint exercise would be conducted, King Fahd agreed without hesitation, and contacted Kuwait and Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman to conduct such an exercise together. ≦≧
The exercise was set up so that the escort formation was attacked by speedboats from the enemy's coastline while escorting the ships, and the escort formation immediately attacked the boats with shipboard weapons. At the same time, the air force immediately dispatched to attack these boats with Maverick missiles, at this time, the war escalated, and the enemy appeared large warships to participate in the battle, and the air force used 01 anti-ship missiles to attack, and the enemy dispatched fighters. Air Force warplanes also carried out volleys.
The ships involved were mainly the escort group of the Peninsula Defense Force, led by Saudi Arabia, and Iraqi special forces to board merchant ships, as well as Saudi and Iraqi air forces, and two Omani Air Force warplanes.
After the Iraqi Air Force successfully bombed Iran's anti-ship missile-firing positions and islands operating in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's activities weakened markedly, and the escort formations carried out several more successful escorts, and the fear of merchant ships began to diminish. -
At this time, it is very meaningful to hold another exercise. ≦≧
Meantime. This also shows the world a truth: the Arabs, as long as they are united, can handle the affairs of the Arabian Peninsula on their own, without the interference of foreign forces!
The commander-in-chief of the exercise. It was the commander-in-chief of the formation, Major General Talal.
The exercises began in earnest on May 25ri.
The Gulf of Oman is calm.
The Abuha, the air-to-sea search radar is constantly spinning, vigilantly searching everything around it.
The Abuha's Dolphin helicopter has also taken off, using its own on-board search radar for the sea. Searching for possible threat targets.
Next to the ship-by-ship. It was several 10,000-ton tankers and cargo ships, which were moving smoothly, as in normal navigation.
Suddenly, on the sea in the distance, several speedboats of several tens of tons appeared, which were coming quickly.
These speedboats were immediately spotted by the Dolphin helicopters that were monitoring the sea, and at the same time. The location of the ≦≧ speedboat was also transmitted back to the Abuha.
"Attention, suspicious targets appear on the right side. Stay vigilant at all times. "Major General Talal gave the order.
Two Siddik-class missile boats, quickly came out of formation. Head in the direction the speedboat came.
Seeing that the formation was on guard, the speedboats immediately dispersed and advanced on both sides.
The missile boat followed the two speedboats, and with the small-caliber naval guns in the bow, began to shè.
At the same time, several other speedboats were also continuing to approach the formation, and finally, two speedboats approached the slowest oil tanker.
At this time, from the tanker, the heads of several people suddenly appeared, and one of them, a stout man, carried something on his shoulder, and after firing it, the thing immediately ignited and flew over.
Suddenly, the remote-controlled speedboat turned into a fire.
Hades looked at the speedboat below, this kind of exercise, I don't know who came up with it, it's really boring!
Moreover, this kind of escort mission is also really boring, except for the first day of the operation with passion, the rest, nothing has changed. ≦≧
However, Hades had to accept this reality: the great Lord Qusay, who was said to want to set up a Marine Corps and make him the captain, was said to have to add a few hundred men to him at the beginning, so that he could take on the task of escorting merchant ships.
Hades was very dissatisfied, but he knew that it was best to accept the orders of His Excellency Qusay, because anything His Excellency did would have far-reaching significance.
It's really boring to think of the navy, which only has a few broken boats, and what kind of marines are still doing this kind of training here!
Hades envied the previous son of the Rattlesnake special forces.
At the same time, the sound of fighter planes was already whistling in the sky, it was the air force that had rushed to reinforce it.
The Maverick is an air-to-surface weapon, which is used to attack tanks, armored vehicles, missile firing fields, artillery positions, etc., but can also attack surface targets such as sea ships.
Due to the close range and weak power of the calf, it is a little laborious to hit the target of the frigate, but it is just right to hit a target such as a speedboat. ≦≧
The only drawback is that the Maverick missile is too expensive, and using this kind of guided weapon to hit the speedboat that is not very valuable at all is a bit like killing chickens with a knife.
However, if those speedboats sink an oil tanker, the price will be great.
Therefore, the biggest "advantage" of war is that it can quickly devour the wealth of mankind, and war is a war of attrition for wealth for both warring parties.
Hamad turned on the Maverick missile's television aiming head, aimed it at a speedboat that was about to flee, and then pressed the hair button.
A few seconds later, the multi-function display under the cockpit showed a picture of being hit and on fire.
Mission accomplished! Hamad's heart was relieved.
And the formation of Fibil's Mirage F1 in the back is not so easy, they are carrying 01 anti-ship missiles produced by Iraq itself!
Moreover, they also have a special task on this trip.
In the southeast of Iran, there is also a large port, the port of Chakhbahar, which is also an important naval base of Iran, which houses several Iranian ships, including two Babur-class and one Bayando-class, as well as a large supply ship.
When the ship attack was in full swing here, when Saudi Arabia and other countries had already sent their navies to escort them, these large Iranian warships did not dispatch.
I don't know if it's because those ships can't be started because of a lack of parts, or because the Iranian Navy knows that if they sail like this without air supremacy, they will be easily destroyed by Iraqi warplanes, and I don't know if it's because the Iranian Navy knows that this kind of attack on civilian ships is better to be more concealed, and in the narrow Strait of Hormuz, small boats are enough, and there is no need to use large warships.
In short, these warships are still parked in the port of Chakhbakhar, and since they are parked, then, Qusay will definitely not let them go!
Take out these Iranian warships!
Therefore, this vigorous exercise, although it is training the cooperative combat capability of both sides, can have a quick response when it encounters the Iranian attack again, it is also in the open plank road, the dark Chen Cang, and the attack on the Iranian port!
Because, in peacetime, if the fighter flies to such a long distance, it will definitely cause the Iranians to feel guilty, and those who do not know whether they can continue to sail the two Babur-class ships with standard 1R ship-to-air missiles, as long as the other side gets the pre-jing and the radar is turned on in advance, they can launch shè missiles and shoot down their own shè anti-ship missiles.
So, be sure to do it in secret.
Knowing the real mission of the anti-ship missiles mounted on the Mirage F1, the entire exercise force was only Major General Talal, and when he received this briefing, Talal admired His Excellency Qusay's strategy so much that he threw himself into the ground, and every incident will strive for the greatest benefits.
After crossing the air of the exercise formation, Phoebeer's 11th Fighter Squadron continued to fly eastward, getting closer and closer to the target of the attack.
Fibiel felt that the two anti-ship missiles under the wings seemed to have vitality, waiting for the final firing moment.
Although the 01 missile is advertised to the outside world, Fibier knows that in fact, this is not the 01 missile, but a modified anti-ship missile with the body of the Red Bird No. 2 projectile.
This missile, which has the same range as the Red Bird II, but not 200 kilometers, but 120 kilometers, uses a small turbojet engine imported from China, not from Europe.
Because, the radar of the Mirage F1 cannot guide this anti-ship missile at such a distance, if it is a cruise missile, it is guided by terrain matching, and the aircraft only needs to send shè, regardless of providing guidance data.
Air-to-ship missiles, on the other hand, require the aircraft's radar to provide all the data needed to launch the aircraft.
The Mirage F1 dropped altitude, and although there was no Iranian Jingring radar along the coast, they cautiously flew towards their target.
As long as you fly to a distance of a hundred kilometers, you can launch shè missiles! To be continued.