Tehran airbase.

With a loud roar, the last F-4 fighter landed on the runway, the parachute opened, the high nose lowered, and by the time the parachute was thrown away, the speed of the plane had already decreased.

Several paratroopers quickly ran over and put away the parachute that had fallen next to the runway, and in this cold and windy weather, this usually easy task to complete has now become very difficult.

The parachute flies backwards under the action of the wind.

Several soldiers suddenly became anxious, if this parachute was blown away again, there would be no spare parachute, and every time the plane took off and landed, this kind of consumable would become a new problem.

Fortunately, two soldiers grabbed the rope of the parachute and pulled it back.

The F-4 slid into the hangar, and another attack was completed, with pilots dropping several bombs and bombing a convoy in Iraq.

Even if the day's mission is successfully completed, the maintenance crew will overhaul the fighter overnight to prepare for the next sortie.

At this time, on the runway, there are only two Tomcat fighters carrying two immortal bird missiles, which are on combat readiness duty, and if the Iraqi Air Force dares to sneak attack, he will take off quickly and give the sneak attackers a head-on attack!

This situation is not common, because the long-range early warning radar, which is 20 kilometers away from the base, can detect incoming Iraqi warplanes early, and they have enough time to calmly deal with various crises.

And now, it is already five o'clock in the afternoon, and in another hour and a half, it will be dark, and it is even more unlikely that the Iraqi Air Force will appear.

Although there will be no shortage of spare parts for fighters for the time being, and the next batch of spare parts will arrive soon, these things are very valuable after all, so the aircraft on combat duty will not fly into the sky for cruise, but wait on the ground.

If it appears when it is not possible, it is a surprise attack!

Unbeknownst to them, danger was looming.

Hamad compared the navigation system with the ground images strapped to his lap and has confirmed that it has arrived at the intended launch site.

"Attention, prepare to launch missiles." Hamad shouted over the radio.

Flying at low altitude and high speed in complex terrain for a long time is a severe test for pilots, and every minute and second must be vigilant.

Hearing this order, the pilots relaxed a little, and they calmly flicked a few buttons in front of them to start the launch procedure of the cruise missile.

The customary navigation equipment inside the cruise missile interacted with the onboard equipment for the last time, corrected the cumulative error, and after seeing that the missile was ready for launch, they pressed the launch button.

On the pylon, the huge Redbird 2 missile broke away from the launcher.

After falling one meter downward, the missile's turbojet engine ignited, and the air coming from the front air intake was squeezed into the engine, and after fuel combustion, it turned into high-temperature and high-pressure air, which was sprayed out of the rear nozzle.

The missile suddenly seemed to be stimulated, and it accelerated forward.

At this time, the altitude above the ground, about fifty meters, as it flew, it turned on the small radar in front of its head, and began to look at everything around it, comparing it with its own stored digital map to correct the error.

After launching the cruise missile, the Mirage F1, which had already thrown away the auxiliary fuel tank, suddenly became lighter, except for the two short-range air-to-air missiles for self-defense on the wingtips, it no longer had any external attachments.

Pull the rod and pedal the rudder, from the scheduled course, turn, return!

In order not to expose the target, they had to fly back for fifteen minutes before they could climb to a high altitude that was conducive to reducing fuel consumption, at which time, the other attack squadrons would also start attacking, and then, returning to the air base of the Northern Military District, which was closest to them, and refueling up before returning to the Southern Military District.

The target of a cruise missile is smaller than that of a fighter, moreover, it flies at a lower altitude, and it has long known in advance the change of terrain, when to pull up, when to dive, not to mention it.

Eight cruise missiles, according to a pre-planned plan, flew freely over the Iranian plateau, followed by all F-20 fighters.

Although flying at low altitudes is exhausting, Arslan is still full of energy.

The Phantom F1 in front has already thrown away the Redbird Two and left, it's time for them to play!

From now on, the countdown to the attack begins!

The Iranian pilots stayed in the fighter planes, bored looking at the white clouds in the sky, although the weather was very cold, but the sky on the Iranian plateau was very beautiful, pure and refreshing.

Suddenly, a frightening air raid siren sounded over the airfield.

Enemy attack! Enemy planes are coming!

Where are the enemy aircraft? At this time, no one knew yet, but just a dozen seconds ago, the radar station deployed twenty kilometers away from the base was suddenly bombed!

Without any warning, when the radar soldiers of that radar station were vigilantly watching the radar screen from their posts, suddenly, several bright spots appeared on the screen, but they were already very close, and the distance was no more than a thousand meters!

Redbird 2 accurately found its target, it suddenly pulled up from low altitude and then dived down, this attack mode is very effective.

Carrying unused fuel, plus explosives in the warhead, the entire radar stood paralyzed under the blow of this cruise missile.

Subsequently, the emergency situation of the attack on the radar station was immediately reported to the air base, which reacted very quickly, however, it was too late.

"Quick, emergency take-off!" In the Tomcat fighter, the pilot, who had been on combat readiness duty, suddenly became nervous.

Close the canopy, start the engine, this kind of twin-engine fighter has to start separately, first right, then left, and then, align the runway centerline, open afterburner!

The tomcat in front of him has already started to slide on the track, and at this time, everyone feels like the end of the world is coming.

The two Red Bird 2 missiles flying from low altitude followed the pre-planned route, made a half circle, dodged the southwest direction where the ground air defense fire was dense, and entered from the northeast, and the two Red Bird 2 missiles did not directly hit the ground, but exploded over the runway.

As the warhead exploded, countless small warheads, flying out of it, fell around the runway as if it were raining.

Then, there were countless small explosions, and everywhere on the runway, there was already a dazzling light.

These two Red Bird No. 2 missiles, which are specially designed to hit the opponent's runway, carry cluster warheads specially used for anti-runway, and there are countless small bomblets inside the warheads, which are scattered, and the entire runway is completely scrapped.

Not only the runway, but the Tomcat fighter that turned on the afterburner and was about to take off, unfortunately under the center of a missile explosion, the densest small bombs covered the Tomcat fighter, and suddenly, the entire fighter turned into a fire. Aircraft smashed.

The Tomcat pilot behind saw the tragic situation in front of him, but fortunately he did not turn on the afterburner, he adjusted the throttle stick to the minimum with his left hand, and urgently stepped on the two rudders with both feet.

In the sky, the rudder can only be stepped on one side to control the vertical tail, while on land, the rudder is pressed at the same time to brake the wheels.

The pilot's face turned pale, but he was definitely not afraid!

He slid into the plane and slowly slid to the alternate runway on the other side, taking off from the alternate runway to meet the enemy!

The first wave of blows was completely unexpected by the Iranians, and until the explosions sounded, they still did not find the incoming enemy.

Where is the enemy? I don't know!

They did not know that this was an Iraqi cruise missile, and after the launch of the carrier aircraft, it had already returned.

Several anti-aircraft artillery positions that had not been bombed immediately began to shoot aimlessly into the sky, and the radars of the Hawk anti-aircraft missiles were turned on, ready to shoot down the incoming enemy planes at any time.

The entire base, although temporarily in a panic, is still preparing to fight back!

Flowers bloomed on the ground in the distance, and Arslan knew it was time to take matters into his own hands.

He switched the multi-function display on the right side to the mode of guiding the Maverick missile, and suddenly, the flight data that was originally displayed disappeared, and on the display, a picture appeared.

Under the wings, in the order of pre-mounting, the seeker of a Maverick missile is activated, and inside the glass cover at the front of the Maverick missile, a sophisticated television camera lens begins to turn, deflect downward, and begin to focus on the ground.

Everything is the same with training with simulators! Arslan adjusted the button in front, and the Maverick missile seeker looked at the runway in the distance, and soon, it was aimed at a fighter plane that was taxiing on the backup runway, judging from the screen, it was a Tomcat preparing to take off!

Okay, let's be the first target! Arslan adjusted the button, pressed the reticle on the monitor, pressed the middle of the fighter, and then pressed the launch button on the boom stick.

A Maverick missile on the right, the dual-thrust single-stage solid rocket engine is ignited, a tongue of fire emerges from the tail, and the Maverick leaves the launch rail.

The Iranian plane on the ground was aiming at the center line on the spare runway, and the pilot mustered up courage and turned on the afterburner, and it only took a dozen seconds for him to be able to rise into the air, and when he reached the sky, it was his stage!

The plane began to glide on the runway, he looked at the instruments in front of him, and as soon as the speed was reached, he would pull up the nose of the plane as quickly as possible and get out of the most dangerous take-off process.

The weapon officer in the back suddenly noticed a thing dragging smoke flying on the left, and his pupils dilated, as if he had seen that the TV camera at the front end of the flying missile had been aimed at them.

Then, there was a huge explosion sound, the Maverick missile plunged straight down from the sky, and at the last second, it swooped straight down, and smashed on the target that had already been recognized, and the 60-kilogram high-explosive shaped energy warhead was smashed on the fuel tank in the middle of the plane, which suddenly caused a terrible fire.

Hopes for a final counterattack were dashed.

Arslan was so pleased with the light of the fire on the monitor that everything was exactly as it had been trained on the simulator, and he began to look for his next target.

(To be continued)