Chapter 648 Iraq's Counterattack
The night sky in Baghdad is silent. After learning about the United States' speech, Saddam disappeared from a certain residence. He has been operating in Iraq for many years. Saddam has long been in three holes and has countless places to hide.
If the first bombing of F117 can kill Saddam, then Iraq will be in chaos and the army will take the opportunity to recover Kuwait. Such a smooth situation will probably be something that Lieutenant General Charles, the commander of the Air Force, never even dreamed of.
The main task of F117 is to bomb strategic goals such as the Iraqi Command and Control Center with heavy troops, as well as key communication centers, research and development facilities for nuclear and chemical weapons, and reinforcement of aircraft bunkers at Iraqi airports. For example, now, Williams is flying, his mission is to drop the 908 kg laser-guided Gbu27 "Path Road IIII" bomb in the bomb bay on the roof of the Telecommunications Building in the center of Baghdad, and it must not hurt the hospital that is almost separated by a wall. Otherwise, tomorrow, the Iraqis will definitely tell the world about the atrocities of the United States.
At this time, the ground below is still quiet. Although the United States has announced the start of the attack, Iraq's air defense forces are also on guard. Unfortunately, the F117 attack aircraft with outstanding stealth capabilities will definitely not be discovered by Iraq's simple air defense radar.
Only the dashboard in the cabin was lit with dim light. Major Williams looked at the target data tied to his knees, compared it with the data on the navigation screen for the last time, and determined the attack route.
There is no light control in Baghdad, and it seems that they don’t realize that the first bomb will be played over Baghdad, even if the Iranian-Iran war has been fought for ten years. Iran’s bombers hardly flew over Baghdad.
This ancient city with a history of more than 2,000 years is about to usher in a tragic night!
Entering the bombing route accurately, Williams operated the guidance equipment, and under the belly of the aircraft, a laser beam that was invisible to the naked eye was emitted. This sunny night, it was just the most accurate guidance signal for the laser-guided bomb!
The laser beam hit the top of the target, and on the monitor in the cockpit, the crosshairs pressed the top of the building, and Williams pressed the button.
With a thud under the fuselage, the bomb bay door opened. At this moment, it would destroy the stealth ability of the f117, but it was just a short second.
A laser-guided bomb weighing nearly one ton was thrown from the belly of the aircraft. The seeker in front closely tracked the laser beam and advanced towards the target.
Laser-guided bombs have very high accuracy. If the laser indicator is a person on the ground holding a target, the fighter can leave as long as he drops the bomb.
Now, the laser beam is also emitted by fighter jets, so you have to wait until the bomb hits the target before you can leave.
These few seconds are very short and long.
The gbu27 bomb fell down from the sky and accurately hit the top of the target. The huge kinetic energy made it smash the roof without any effort and fell to the floor of the top floor. It smashed the floor of the top floor again, and the huge impact made the entire building shaking.
Just below the top floor, the bomb exploded violently, and one side of the building collapsed in an instant during the explosion.
This kind of bomb is specially used to deal with reinforcement targets, such as the reinforcement hangar at an airport, which can be destroyed in one piece. Now it is quite easy to deal with a building.
The violent explosion woke up the Baghdads, and the air strikes of multiple national forces finally began!
Countless anti-aircraft guns began to shoot aimlessly into the air, and searchlights kept shooting out light columns, wanting to find the planes in the sky, but unfortunately, this is no longer the era of World War II!
From the sky, below are straight lines drawn by tracer bombs, surrounded by black smoke generated by high-explosive bomb explosions, which seems terrible. However, f117 continues to walk through these bright lines and finds the next target to bomb.
Each F117 can carry two Gbu27 bombs to attack two targets.
Almost at the same time, a large number of fighter jets that followed up have entered the target area.
In this first night of air strike, the United States used thousands of aircraft, including two electronic jammers, F4g "Wild Weasel" and EA6b "Prowler" to interfere with Iraq's military radar and communications; F117a, F15e, A6 attack aircraft, F111, B52 bombers, etc., all came on the field. At the same time, the navy's warships also launched a large number of Tomahawk cruise missiles, and the battleships also launched artillery attacks.
If you don’t move, you will be shocking!
The air defense fire networks, airports, "Scud" missiles, nuclear factories and chemical weapons production plants, military command agencies and control centers in Iraq are the main targets of this bombing.
In addition to the United States, other countries of many countries also participated in the operation. Among them, Britain was the most active, dispatching storm attack aircraft to participate in the attack, while another major participating country, Pakistan, provided a wing f14 fighter jet, responsible for air cover.
Participating in ground attacks? Such an action is too dangerous. Although Pakistan nominally obeyed the deployment of the United States, especially accepted the orders of General Norman Schwartzkopf, the commander-in-chief of the US Army in the Gulf, Pakistan ignored the attack plan proposed by the command on the grounds that its side did not have precise guidance weapons, so General Schwartzkopf had to accept Pakistan's mission of air cover.
The air strikes went smoothly. At night, the White House made a press speech, and Bush, Sr., spoke with a red face, claiming that Iraq had been hit hard.
In response, Saddam also spoke in a secret place.
"The hypocritical and sinful Bush, together with the rebellion of the Holy Land, carried out an inhumane massacre, owing blood debt to the Iraqi people! We, Iraq, will never compromise. This is the new colonial war between the West on us! Now, the great jihad has begun! We must fight back against the enemy twice and make brave sacrifices to defend the motherland and our revolutionary cause! We in Iraq will use all kinds of means to strike our enemies!"
While Saddam delivered his speech, Iraq's Scud missile forces were maneuvering rapidly in the desert area of southern Iraq.
Strike the enemy! Saddam's ace is the Scud missile!
Iraq launched a large number of Scud missiles during the Iraq-Iraq War. Now, Iraq's missile forces are once again demonstrating their force!
With the range of Iraq's Scud missiles, even if the Hussein missile is improved, it will not be able to hit Pakistan, so Iraq can only retaliate against the countries it is close to.
The first enemy is Saudi Arabia! As Arab brothers, Saudi Arabia actually allowed American troops to board Saudi territory! This is a betrayal of the entire Arab world! Therefore, the first one Iraq wants to retaliate against is Saudi Arabia!
The second is Israel. Iraq's territory is closer to Israel and it is easy to launch missiles onto Israel's territory. At this time, Saddam will never be stingy with pulling Israel into the war.
The four-axle 9p117 Scud launch vehicle was moving in the desert and before dawn, it arrived at a predetermined launch position.
They have seen the battle breaking out in the air. So many fighter planes have attacked Iraq! The Americans tried to use air strikes to force Iraq to surrender, and Iraq would use the sword in their hands to defend their territory!
Several soldiers jumped out of the car, dressed neatly, and covered their heads with gas masks, looking a little scary.
These liquid missiles must be refueled first before they are launched.
Dragging the thick pipes, the soldiers quickly ran to the filling port and operated it skillfully. As the motor roared, dimethylhydrazine and red smoke nitric acid were poured into the missile.
It took more than ten minutes to raise the bet, and then the missile began to slowly rise up. In the launch vehicle, Iraqi soldiers were still nervously preparing various launch data for the missile.
Target, the US-level base in Saudi Arabia!
After a few minutes, everything was ready and Dongfang was gradually turning white.
"Start!" With the commander of the missile company, a stream of white smoke came out of the engine at the tail of the missile, and then a red light flashed out.
Dragging the flames, the missile began to fly upwards, and white smoke enveloped the entire launching position.
"Transfer the position!" Amidst the flames, the Scud missile completed a wave of launches. As soon as the missile was launched, the company commander of the missile company immediately ordered the transfer.
The missiles dragging the flames rushed to the sky one by one, and Iraq's counterattack began!
The Scud missile continued to fly, and before it could break out of the atmosphere, it was discovered by the DSP missile early warning satellite in space.
Originally, as part of Star Wars, the United States developed a large number of early warning satellites. Now, although the Star Wars plan has been abandoned, many of the achievements have been transformed into realistic equipment, and the United States' high investment in the Star Wars plan has also paid off.
Iraq launches missiles!
Chapter completed!