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In the Iraqi port of Abadan, several oil tankers have also set sail, Iran's anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz, so that the oil tankers in the port of Abadan also do not dare to set sail easily, the captains waited for a few days, and finally received a notice that there will be a fleet to escort them, they need to reach the sea area of Dhahran in western Saudi Arabia, and join the formation waiting there, out of the Persian Gulf together, and when sailing, try to sail as close to the Saudi coastline as possible, and try not to get close to the Iranian coastline within 100 kilometers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info≦≧

One of the oil tankers, the Tamm, also slowly sailed out of the harbor, but unlike several other tankers, his ship, in addition to a full load of 10,000 tons of refined oil, also carried a group of special guests: more than two dozen Iraqi armed men.

They are none other than the Sidewinder special forces who made a name for themselves in the war!

Although it was very dangerous to send special forces directly into the southeast of Iran, Qusay, after careful consideration, agreed

Because, they have already received accurate information, the Iranians imported anti-ship missiles, only twenty, four sets of launch equipment, so they only need to kill these four sets of launch equipment, and the threat of the Iranians will disappear. ≦≧

Instead of risking your way through the strait, you should take the initiative and take out the opponent's missile launchers! After careful study and identification of possible launch positions for Iran, Qusay finally agreed to this operation of the special forces: to destroy the missile launch equipment of the Iranians!

It's just that the only pity is that because at such a distance, it is not possible to get the support of the Air Force, and the laser irradiation that the special forces used to be very easy turned into a need for them to blow up themselves with the equipment they carry, therefore. They carried anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers and other equipment.

And this distance has exceeded the range of the helicopters that the special forces often take, so they also had to use the second way, take a tanker, and when approaching the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, take the rubber boat they carried and quietly pedal up to the province of Holmzgan.

Meantime. In due course, the Iraqi Air Force will also fly Tu-22 bombers to support them, if necessary, but since such bombers cannot carry precision-guided weapons, they will not be very effective against the ground.

The Saudi government is reluctant to enter into a direct conflict with Iran, otherwise, with the help of Saudi air bases, then Iraq's air force. ≦≧ had every chance of carrying out precision bombing under the guidance of ground personnel, so Qusay did not borrow an air base and a Saudi opening for this and waited until it was really needed. His air force took off from an Iraqi airfield, and after the bombing was completed, he ran out of fuel, and when the time came, he urgently borrowed a Saudi air base to land, which is always okay, right?

Qusay had already made a calculation in his own mind. At the same time, he also hoped that the escort formation would be able to complete its tasks. Own set of jamming equipment. It can play a role, otherwise, now outside the Gulf, the forces of various powers are watching here, the United States, the Soviet Union, and even the British Navy, which just finished the war last year!

The captain of this tanker has a close relationship with the Iraqi government. So, after the government made this request. The captain readily agreed.

This kind of thing done by Iran has aroused the disgust of all countries. Especially these crew members who live on the sea for food.

Looking at the white clouds in the sky and the endless sea in the distance, the special combat team members knew that their task this time was very arduous. ≦≧

Since the last missile launch, the missile units were transferred to new launch positions, however, for the next few days, they fell into a state of having nothing to do.

Although the final report showed that they had attacked the wrong target, not Iraqi tankers, but Kuwaiti ones, their superiors did not criticize them harshly, but only told them to continue the attack.

Who knows, since that missile, the Persian Gulf has immediately become quiet, there is nothing on the sea, and no one dares to appear on the oil tankers of the Gulf countries.

This made them feel complacent, and with only one missile fired, this important route was completely blocked, and their victory was too easy compared to the successive defeats on the Western Front.

The great spiritual leader also personally praised them, praised them for their great contribution to the Islamic ** cause in Iran, boosted the morale of the entire front, and hoped that they would continue to attack more ships.

In addition to their missile units, because the number of imported missiles is not very large, in order to achieve better results, the Islamic Guard Corps has become many small detachments, and they are training to take speedboats and use rocket launchers to attack those cargo ships closely. ≦≧

After several days of waiting, the news finally came from above: the Gulf countries have formed an escort fleet, and their tankers will arrive in a day!

Remembering those steamers laden with oil, the fighters of the missile forces were enthusiastic, and they began to prepare for the launch.

Allah is coming

Although the first batch of ships identified for the first time was only thirty oil tankers, when the formation was finally assembled in Dhaheran, the ships in the formation became forty-five, and escorting such a huge fleet was a very big test for the hastily established defense force of the peninsula that undertook the escort mission for the first time.

On the Abuha, the commander of the escort formation, Rear Admiral Talal al-Mufudi of the Saudi Navy is full of ambition, as a senior officer of the Saudi Navy who was trained back from the US Navy, he is very eager to have the opportunity to make contributions, but, there has been no opportunity, Saudi Arabia has a very good relationship with the surrounding Arab countries, although Saudi Arabia and Iran do not agree, however, the territory of the two sides is not directly bordered, so, the war against Iran's export, Saudi Arabia is just out of some funds, Saudi soldiers, Very few were able to go to war. ≦≧

We want to prove to the people of the world that the Saudi army is definitely not an army that has lost its combat effectiveness by indulging in petrodollars, and that we are capable of defending our country and completing any task given by the king!

Iran has anti-ship missiles, but they all already know that that kind of missiles were developed from imitation of the Soviet-made Styx missiles imported from China in the fifties, and the electronic equipment still uses electronic tubes, which are very backward, although the size is huge, and they successfully sank an oil tanker in the last attack, but for the Abuha, which has the Sea Sidewinder anti-aircraft missile, the kind of anti-ship missile that is still at an altitude of about 100 meters at the end of the sea-skimming flight is not a threat at all.

The Sea Sidewinder missile is an improved land-based surface-to-air missile, which is small in size, advanced in performance, and has a high development potential. In the early 70s of the century, the French Navy began to develop a number of new types of surface combat ships, most of which do not need to undertake regional air defense tasks, but need to be equipped with advanced short-range air defense missiles for self-defense and air defense.

In this demand, they chose this anti-aircraft missile.

The "Sea Sidewinder" meets the requirements of the French Navy in terms of size, weight, performance and technical maturity, and can also meet the requirements of shipborne air defense in terms of system composition and guidance methods, because they have already mass-produced the "Sidewinder", so they also have advantages in production costs.

As a result, in 1973, the French Navy decided to improve the mature land-based Sidewinder 2000 into a carrier-based version, maintaining the basic structure and guidance method of the land-based "Sidewinder", making comprehensive use of the ship's detection device and increasing the reserve ammunition magazine with an automatic loading mechanism.

A well-known weapon, the Sea Rattlesnake, was born.

In 1974, Thomson Company was selected as the general contractor, and the first contract was signed to start engineering development. At the end of 1977, the first launcher was delivered and put on board for testing. The performance appraisal was completed in 1979 and officially entered service in 1980, known as Type 8B.

At the same time, France signed a contract with Saudi Arabia for these frigates, hoping to upgrade to the 8S type, which is to increase the anti-missile capability on the basis of the 8b type.

In later generations, this missile was installed on the Abuha until 84 years, but in the Falklands War in 82, the huge power of anti-ship missiles made the French who developed Exocet missiles themselves feel a real threat, so that this missile accelerated its development, and finally completed the development at the end of 82, and was installed on the Abuha at the beginning of 83 years, and joined the sequence of the Saudi Navy, but the Saudi Navy operated this warship for less than three months, and this missile was only tested once. Hit a target aircraft.

Standing on the bridge of the ship, looking at the old Badr in front of him, especially the antennas that appeared after the remodeling, Rear Admiral Zolale felt very funny, he had learned the example of Israel when he was studying in the United States, and they successfully threw off the Styx missiles by relying on electronic interference, hoping that this new thing from Iraq would not disappoint them.

"According to the report, all forty-five ships have been assembled, but two of them have only fourteen knots of speed." A first mate said.

"Order the formation, the Siddiq-class missile boats in front, the Abuha following, and then let the steamer formation follow, the Badr and Sambuuk-class at the end, and the Ahmad-class and Balzan-class patrolling to the left and right of the formation, each ship at a distance of 0.5 nautical miles between them, and a speed of fourteen knots." Major General Talal said.

If it was safer, it would be more appropriate to be separated by one nautical mile, but more than forty ships, that is, more than forty nautical miles, the formation was too long, so he had to let the formation come closer to some distance, because the Persian Gulf was calm, as long as the course and speed were strictly followed, there would be no collision.

On board the Badr, Iraqi technicians in Saudi Navy uniforms also began to be nervously busy.

Since then, the jamming equipment has made greater progress than the last time, which can target the interference of the designated area, and can also reserve multiple channels to prevent interference with one's own equipment, and it is no longer indistinguishable between friend and foe.