Chapter 424 Iraqi Air Force is dispatched

Isfahan Air Force Base.

This place was originally just an ordinary base and not very large in scale. However, after the Iraqis occupied the Port of Khomeini, it suddenly became important. It is in the mountains, geographically safer, and closer to the front line. It takes off from here and attacks Abadan or southern Iraq. It is a very suitable place.

Therefore, in this battle, this base was very useful. A large number of F-4, F-5 and J-7 entered the base. This base, which originally had only more than 20 hangars, was not enough, and some fighter jets had to be parked open-air.

As the battle progressed, ground crews worked tirelessly to maintain the normal combat of fighter jets. However, every time they attacked, some fighter jets would never come back, and they had begun to despair about the future.

Especially, on the front line, the attack of its own armored troops has failed and all were annihilated by the Iraqi army. That force is all their hope for this battle. The Air Force lost so many fighter jets and so many pilots in the first day of attack, just to make this force able to conquer Abadan and wash away the shame of the Iranian army.

But now, they are the ones who are ashamed of.

Although they were discouraged, they were still working hard. They needed to maintain the normal operation of the Air Force. Just last night, the order came again to allow them to continue bombing Abadan and Basra.

However, they all knew that the bombing now had no meaning, and the Iraqis would no longer be so easy to be raided. Their defenses must be more perfect, and attacks mean that they have greater casualties.

The warrior is glorious to die on the battlefield, but it also depends on whether such death is meaningful.

While the pilots of the Iranian Air Force were making final preparations before departure, the ground crew also began to mount the ammunition needed for the attack on their fighter planes.

Now, only one and a half squadrons of F-4 fighters, two squadrons of J-7 fighters, plus two F-5 fighters, the total number is only sixteen. If the combat losses and mechanical failures cannot take off, half of their lineup was lost.

Iranian purchasing personnel are now urging factories to work overtime, hoping to transport more fighter jets.

On one side of the airport, a radar antenna is rotating, monitoring the situation around the airport to prevent attacks from the opponent.

Suddenly, the radar operator discovered two strange signals, approaching quickly.

Judging from the altitude, it is already at an altitude of more than 20,000 meters. Only the MiG 25 in Iraq can reach this height, but the speed exceeds the limit speed of the MiG 25, and now it has more than Mach three!

It was flying quickly towards the air force base!

Suddenly, the signal on the radar screen disappeared.

The radar operator was shocked. He knew that the disappearance of this signal did not mean that the opponent had disappeared, but because the opponent flew to the top of his own obliquely, exceeding the maximum elevation angle of the radar, the radar beam could not reach it, so during this period, the radar could not capture the target.

However, generally speaking, such a fast target will appear on the radar screen again in a few seconds. As long as the opponent flies directly above the radar, it can be captured by the radar again.

However, unexpectedly, after a few seconds, the target was not discovered.

Then, there is only one possibility!

The other party did not fly away from the sky above his head, but fell from the top of his head!

There is only one thing that can carry out such an attack, ballistic missiles!

The Iranian radar operator immediately reported to the airport commander that the airport was attacked by Iraqi missiles!

However, before he could report it, bad luck had already arrived.

The Scud missile completed its own range and began its final attack. At this time, because it was reducing the altitude, the speed also increased sharply, reaching a maximum speed of 1,500 meters per second.

Intercepting ballistic missiles is a very complex project. The difficulty is that the speed of ballistic missiles is too fast! It is almost impossible to intercept accurately.

The two Scud missiles all flew over the destination, and the warheads rubbed violently with the air, making a sound that made people feel the end of the world.

The ground crew at the airport raised their heads and saw the god of death attacking in the sky.

Then, as if it was raining, the thing in the sky had exploded in advance, and countless tiny bombs flew out.

For everyone at the airport, this day is the end of the world.

Due to the accuracy of ballistic missiles, many bullets use cluster bombs. They explode over the target area and release many small bombs, which can cover all areas of the target.

Bombs falling from the sky bloomed everywhere on the airport. The bombs falling on the runway brought countless craters to the runway. Although they were not big, they were definitely fatal to fighter jets.

Some bombs fell around the fighter plane. Although the explosion did not completely destroy the fighter plane, it brought greater damage: the debris after the bomb exploded hit some parts of the fighter plane, and they were not very injured. They were all small holes, but they were very harmful, which brought greater challenges to the repair of the fighter plane.

The two Scud missiles completely made the air base lose its combat effectiveness, and the remaining small unexploded bombs will continue to cause new damage to the Iranians in the next period of time.

Iraq's angry revenge finally began, and this was just the beginning.

On the border between Iran, Iraq launched a total of twenty Scud missiles, attacking important military targets in Iran within 300 kilometers of the border, mainly military targets and transportation hubs near Bakhtaran in the north.

After the launch of the Scud missile was completed, the Iraqi air force began a large-scale air strike against Iran.

From the rear air bases such as Basra, H-3, Kirkuk, Mosul, Rashid and Shuaibai, the Iraqi Air Force took off four Su-22 attack aircraft squadrons, four MiG-21 squadrons, six MiG-23 squadrons, four F-20 squadrons, three Phantom F1 squadrons, and one Tu-22 squadron, a total of more than eighty fighter jets. This bombing can be said to have concentrated most of the strength of the Iraqi Air Force.

In every war, the Air Force is the first to be dispatched and should play the leading role! The Air Force’s mission is to seize air supremacy, protect ground forces, and attack enemy targets!

This was a huge air strike. When the Iranians attacked the Southern Military Region of Iraq, the northern fighter jets did not have time to support it in time, which led to the Southern Air Force fighting alone and being exhausted from dealing with the crazy attacks of Iranian fighter jets, and almost failed to protect the key areas.

The Iraqi Air Force's dispatch was definitely not as good as Israel. After two days of maintenance by ground crew members, all the fighter jets finally returned to their best condition.

Now, the air forces from the north and the south have finally joined hands to carry out this attack.

For this attack, the General Staff of Baghdad did not sleep for several days and after several modifications, they finally determined the final plan.

The key targets of this bombing are Tehran, Kum, Kurdistan, Ahmadi and Isfahan.

Tehran is the capital of Iran, Qom is the self-conceived holy city of Iran, Kurdistan and Ahmadi are areas where Iraqi troops are about to attack, and Isfahan has an important air base in southern Iran.

Tehran and Qom are the key points. If Iraq does not counterattack and shows its strength, the international community will not know how to comment on the combat effectiveness of the Iraqi army!

Destroy Iran's strength, completely strike Iran's war potential, and strike their will to war. Among them, strike the enemy's capital is a very important way.

In later generations in 1988, Saddam launched nearly 200 improved Scud missiles at Iran, which completely hit Iran's will and brought them back to the negotiating table.

Kusai made a personal decision in Baghdad, and the first focus of the attack was Tehran and Kum!

Here, the first attack was launched to two F-20 fighter attack squadrons, each carrying two Red Bird 2 cruise missiles, which were launched 200 kilometers away, destroying the opponent's key radar stations, air force bases and other targets, creating conditions for subsequent troops to enter. This is the same as the first batch of stealth aircraft to kill the opponent's long-range radar bases every time the United States attacked the opponent every time it was air-raided.

The other two squadrons' F-20s are air-optimized. After the cruise missile attack is completed, it will deter Iran's fighter jets. Although the first wave of strikes will kill the opponent's airport and other important targets, if the opponent still has fighter jets to cruise, then shoot down the opponent without hesitation! This air strike will completely destroy Iran's air force strength!

Then, the Tu-22 bomber squadron and two Su-22 squadrons repeatedly bombed over the twenty-two target areas that had been designated and completely destroyed!

The MiG23 modified electronic jammer in the Southern Military Region is accompanied by this formation. In case of danger, they can be protected by this kind of soft protection.

In the direction of Isfahan, after the first wave of ballistic missile attacks ended, two Su-22 attack aircraft squadrons and two MiG-23 squadrons and one Phantom F1 squadron were deployed. The Phantom F1 provided air cover, and the Su-22 and MiG-23 completely bombed the place.

In the direction of Kurdistan, two MiG-23 squadrons and two MiG-21 squadrons were invested. The air defense force here was not very strong, and they wanted to bomb the garrison in the capital Sanamdrazi.

The direction of Ahmadi is the main offensive direction in the south. Seizing the highland there is a very important strategic measure for the Iraqi Southern Military Region. Here, two Phantom F1 squadrons and two MiG-23 squadrons were invested to create conditions for future army attacks.

With so many aircraft attacking at the same time, coordination between them is a very important aspect, especially the F-20 fleet, which took off from Basra to attack Tehran, could only meet over Hamadan, and put forward strict requirements on the flight of both sides.

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