Chapter 448 The battle begins
More than forty ships lined up in the Persian Gulf. They were sailing forward carefully, and the water surface of the bow broke through, ripples appeared.
Since the speed is not very fast, it was already dusk when they approached the Strait of Hormuz...
This time, the Arabs did not ask the United States for escort, but instead organized a fleet to escort these ships leaving the Persian Gulf. This formation immediately attracted the attention of other warships outside the Persian Gulf.
A Hawkeye Early Warning Plane was taken off on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, hovering over the Arabian Sea, monitoring the formation's every move and the Iranian land on one side of the strait.
This kind of escort mission is too easy for the US Navy. They dispatched several air defense destroyers to shoot down the missiles fired by the Iranians, which is very difficult for this formation.
The Hawkeye Early Warning Plane received the signal from Thomson CSS Sea Tiger radar, which is the signal of the long-range warning radar equipped on the newly entered Medina frigate of the Saudi Navy. Although this French cargo technology is still advanced, the US Navy is not optimistic about the quality of the Saudi Navy. How many of the guys who even need to install air conditioners in the barracks are the main players of the war?
The Iranians on the coast have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. This time they have confirmed that the Saudi Navy's warships are at the forefront of the entire formation.
The Iranian missile forces deployed on the Strait of Hormuz received a task assigned by their superiors: first kill the escort Iranian warships!
Last time they easily killed a Kuwaiti oil tanker, they were increasingly satisfied with the effectiveness of this missile. Unfortunately, they only had twenty missiles of this type. They had to choose valuable targets. Since these people thought they could go out of the strait, let them see who is the overlord here!
In addition to the missile forces, the newly formed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked by speedboats also began to drive speedboats and start sneak attacks on oil tankers.
There are not enough missiles, but there are enough of their small teams, with more than a dozen!
It was the pirates who attacked tankers with speedboats, but the current Islamic Revolutionary Guard soldiers, with their love for the great leader, devoted themselves to this action.
The sunset shines on the calm Persian Gulf, but in the brief calm, there is murderous intent every step.
"Note. Turn on the search radar and prepare before launch." Next to Silkworm Baby, a group of Iranian soldiers were busy.
Preparations have been started in the morning. They have already refueled the missile and completed all the tests, so it is very easy to launch now.
As the order was issued, the huge antenna on the radar car began to rotate. Suddenly, invisible electromagnetic waves shot into the sky.
This electromagnetic wave was immediately received by the electronic device waiting for it.
The e-2 Hawkeye Early Warning Plane in the sky immediately received the signal. It had detected that at least three places, Iranian radars were found. This radar is used to guide anti-ship missiles.
Perhaps. In the next moment, the Iranians should launch missiles.
Although the United States and Saudi Arabia have a good cooperative relationship. However, this time, Saudi Arabia did not seek help from the US government, but instead organized a group of guard formations that made people laugh out loud to protect the safety of the tanker formation. Therefore, the United States is just a bystander for the Iranian missile attack. Their early warning aircraft are constantly collecting parameters of this radar to provide data for its counterattack.
Saudis, when you have killed several ships by the Iranians this time, you have to turn around and ask the US Navy for help! Thinking that you have no reason to enter the Persian Gulf, the combat intelligence officers on the e-2 early warning aircraft are full of expectations to see how much losses they will suffer! Then ask them to see what level they are.
Since it is necessary to take off and land from the aircraft carrier, the e-2 early warning aircraft is just a little brother compared to the e-3. Due to the narrow body, the performance of the e-2 early warning aircraft is much worse than that of the e-3. It has only 5 crew members, and the front is the boss and co-pilot; the rear cabin is arranged in sequence, with radar, enemy-to-me recognition equipment and computer cabinets, and there are three crew members: radar operator, combat intelligence officer and air controller.
The radar operator stared at the large screen in front, waiting for several light belts to fly out from the strait, and then hit the vast formation, almost inevitable.
Suddenly, the radar operator found a snowflake on the big screen in front of him, terrible, electronic interference!
E-2 early warning aircraft has been constantly improving since its launch. Until it developed to the e-2c, it has been modified with a high-power engine and replaced with an
Although the aps-120 radar still works in the P band, it uses dual delay line fixed target cancellation technology, strengthens anti-interference ability, has a certain on-land vision capability, and increases the detection distance. Later, it was modified and an
The aps-125 radar system further improves the target detection and anti-interference capabilities, and the discovery distances for different targets reach: 741 kilometers of high-altitude bombers, 463 kilometers of low-altitude, 360 kilometers of ships, 408 kilometers of low-altitude fighters, and 269 kilometers of low-altitude cruise missiles.
After being disturbed, this e-2 early warning aircraft immediately took countermeasures and at the same time, it also determined the location of the source of interference.
Finally, they discovered that the source of interference came from the ship formation on the sea and the frigate at the forefront!
With its electronic advantages, the US military successfully eliminated the threat of interference sources and found the location of the interference sources. However, it was not so easy for the Iranians on the ground.
Iran's missile forces are nervously preparing for the launch process. After the radar is turned on, they have successfully identified many ships sailing on the sea, and have locked their targets on the frigate in the front. That is the pride of the Saudi Navy!
The newly-entered frigate of the Saudi Navy, the Aibuha, with a hull number of 706!
Almost all three missiles aimed at the same warship. Although there were advanced ship-to-air missiles on that warship, that kind of missile could only be launched one at a time, and the attack (--The fastest update of the house
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) If he scored a target, he would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of three missiles at the same time!
The Iranians learned without a teacher and actually thought of this kind of saturation attack method.
However, they did not expect that just before the missile was launched, there was a white mist on their radar screen, and then they lost the target.
Electronic interference!
The officers and soldiers operating radars in Iran were at a loss when they looked at the radar screen full of white mist, because during the introduction, they received training and were also told that the electronic equipment of this missile is advanced and has strong anti-interference performance!
What was the result? Before the missile was launched, the radar was already disturbed.
What's even more terrible is that they have no countermeasures and can only wait here stupidly.
"Why don't you transmit target data?" At this time, a stern voice came from the command car.
"Report, we have been disturbed and the radar has lost its target."
"I don't care about any interference or not, and I will transmit data to me immediately." Allah is here, how can I transmit data if it interferes! The radar soldier couldn't help but want to scold him. That person was transferred from Tehran and no one dared to offend him.
On the sea, the personnel on the Badel were busy nervously.
The interference equipment has been turned on, and what they need to do now is to maintain these equipment, and within two hours, there will be no malfunction, and the protection formation will completely pass through the most dangerous Strait of Hormuz.
At this time, the sky outside was about to get dark.
In front of the Badel is Iraq's tanker Tam, and they are also making final preparations.
In addition to the warships in front and rear, there are only two small missile boats with hundreds of tons quickly patrol on both sides of the formation, because this is an escort mission, and the missile boat does not carry heavy anti-ship missiles, which is relatively light.
However, the more than 40 ships in the entire formation also spread a distance of twenty nautical miles, and it is obviously not enough to rely on two missile boats to patrol.
Their attention was all focused on anti-ship missiles that might fly over the shore. The sky was already dark, and the flames of the anti-ship missiles would be very dazzling.
On the sea, more than a dozen small boats were driving quickly. In the dark, the armed personnel on the ship stared at the tanker in front like hungry wolves.
When the tanker formation approached, the maritime forces organized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards of Iran began to sail. They did not know that their anti-ship missiles were interfered with. They were just performing their own duties: to kill these tankers with their weapons!
When they arrived, they just chased behind the formation. Looking at the tall tanker, the armed personnel showed their hideous face: Let's start!
Iran lacks aircraft and missiles, but Iran does not lack people. If you block this strait, you may not have to use missiles all, and you can use people!
Since the Strait of Hormuz is an important waterway, there are countless lighthouses at the center line that guide the roads for navigation ships.
Marwan looked at the lighthouse in the distance and knew that the moment of his action had finally arrived.
"Prepare to put the boat on," said Marwan.
With the night, they need to take a boat to the Iranian coastline to complete their task that is very difficult but must be completed.
When he walked to the side of the ship and was fiddling with a night vision device, Hades suddenly discovered the unusual thing on the sea: several small boats were approaching quickly!
"Don't put the boat in the first place, there is a situation!" Hades said.
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Chapter completed!