The fierce fighting in the sky is invisible on the ground. The exercise observers sent by various countries only feel the tension in the sky from the reports they keep receiving.

William Taft, the US Deputy Secretary of Defense, although he was very dissatisfied with Iraq's behavior, he was somewhat impressed by the performance of the Iraqi Air Force for this air confrontation. He was bold in tactics and skillful in combat. This is an air force that is gradually becoming stronger!

Observers from other countries, especially the air force sent, have also opened their horizons about this air battle between the two sides.

Especially the great powers in the East have long been implementing national air defense strategies, using interceptors to intercept opponents' aircraft, focusing only on high altitude and high speed. They are all blank for air combat outside the visual range and fighting with excellent performance, especially early warning aircraft, which is considered an eye-opener.

After the air confrontation was completed, the second phase of the exercise began: air-to-ground attacks and ground forces raids.

Air attacks are mainly carried out by the Iraqi Air Force F-20 fleet and the Kuwait Air Force A-4 attack aircraft.

At this time, Prince Sultan, the general in charge of planning and commanding the exercise, suddenly announced that he would change the exercise plan and set the target in the Galandaile area in Jordan!

As soon as Prince Sultan finished speaking, all the military officers who were observing the exercise changed their faces.

This is not just about expanding the area of ​​the exercise into Jordan. That area is the area close to Jordan and Israel. What does the Arabs want to do this time?

"Prince, how can you change the exercise area privately? This will lead to chaos in the participating troops!" said the Deputy Minister of Defense from the United States first.

"There is no plan on the battlefield. We are just changing our goals now and testing their adaptability. I hope our troops can show their actual level to complete the tasks given by the command. I believe in our Arab army!" Prince Sultan said calmly.

"Prince, I mean, this will lead to friction with Israel and intensify the situation in the Middle East. It is very inappropriate for the stability of this region. I hope you cancel this exercise." William's attitude began to be a little tough.

"When we practice on our own land, how could we have friction with Israel? How could the situation here worsen? We did not do anything to hinder Israel! We are practicing now! Of course, if we find that other countries have invaded our airspace, we will shoot them down without mercy!" Prince Sultan never spoke to the Deputy Minister of Defense of the United States in this tone. He pushed William back so coldly, which was very satisfying!

Observers from other countries began to turn pale. They were already asking in their hearts that this time, did the Arab countries really want to go to war with Israel? It was because of Israel's nuclear plan? Thinking of the Soviet navy in the Mediterranean, did these Arab countries all have contact with the Soviet Union? This was their joint operation.

Some people even saddened that it was not the fuse of World War III? The Arabs took the initiative to attack Israel, the Soviet Union disturbed it again, and the Americans were also rushing to the world, and the world was in chaos!

There was a roar of planes above their heads. They picked up the telescope in their hands and looked into the sky. It was an Iraqi F-20 fighter jet that took off from an air force base near Saudi Arabia. There was a bomb hanging under each wing. Although it looked very similar to an ordinary low-resistance aviation bomb from the outside, they knew that it was a Gem Road laser guided bomb with an attack accuracy of one order of magnitude higher.

"Our Air Force is going to be dispatched. What you see now are the Iraqi Air Force's F-20 fighter jets and the Kuwait Air Force's A-4 attack aircraft. They will first launch an attack towards the predetermined target, hoping that they can arrive over the new exercise area on time and complete the precise bombing mission at the same time." said the person in charge of explaining to these observers.

William's face turned pale. Their new target was far away from here and could not be seen at all. Who knows where they were going to bomb? Whether they crossed Israel's borders and whether they would fly to Dimona? Who can guarantee this?

"Report," at this time, William's secretary in charge of domestic contact came over and whispered to him: "Just an hour ago, the Soviet Navy took off four Tu-22m bombers and was passing through the Black Sea and preparing to enter the Mediterranean."

Tu-22m, Soviet supersonic bomber!

The Tu-22m is a variable swept-wing supersonic bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau of the Soviet Union, and is code-named "Counterfire".

Although the name of Picture-22 is also unavailable, as if it was improved from Picture-22, in fact, it is completely different from Picture-22.

Tu-22, also equipped in Iraq. As the first supersonic bomber of the Soviet Union, this type of aircraft has not very reliable performance and poor range. In theory, although it can perform supersonic penetration, it is impossible to perform supersonic flight after the aircraft is filled with fuel and missiles. Even if it reaches Mach 1.5 when it reaches the target, it cannot effectively avoid the interception of NATO fighter jets and air defense missiles.

Therefore, the Soviet Union carried out the development of a new bomber plan. After the competition between Tupolev and Sukhoi, the current version finally appeared.

The biggest feature of the 22m appearance is undoubtedly a variable sweep wing design similar to the f-111. The sweep angle of the low single wing outer section can vary within 20 to 55 degrees, and there is a long ridge in front of the vertical tail. Two HK-25 turbofan engines are used, and the single after-force thrust is 245.15 kN, which is greater than the thrust-to-weight ratio of the f-111. A 12 tons of conventional bombs can be hung in the belly bomb bay or a semi-buried type can carry an As-4 "kitchen" air-to-ground missile, or 2 As-4 or As-6 "Wangyu" air-to-ground missiles are installed under the wings.

The picture-22m "Counterfire" only has the front landing gear and the bullet hatch door and the tu-22 "eye mask", and the rest are brand new designs.

Tu-22m is powerful and can not only carry out strategic nuclear bombing, but also tactical bombing, especially carrying large-power anti-ship missiles, rushing quickly from a long distance to attack the US aircraft carrier formation. Its low-altitude supersonic penetration capabilities are NATO's always nightmare! As-4 anti-ship missiles can even use nuclear warheads!

Now, this kind of plane has flew into the Mediterranean. What are they doing?

"Our Turkish Air Force Base has urgently taken off four F-15 fighter jets to be tracked, but the situation between the two sides is now unknown."

William's face was very bad, and this series of emergencies was definitely not accidental!

Kusai felt very lucky. He planned to modify the exercise plan by himself, with the purpose of attracting Israel's attention and laying the foundation for his final blow. He didn't know that even the Soviets gave face like this.

After the Black Sea Fleet's warships entered the Mediterranean, the US Navy's aircraft carrier formation also entered the Mediterranean, which made the formation command of the Black Sea Fleet's exercise. Major General Barkin, aboard the USS Moscow aircraft carrier, was very uncomfortable. He ordered the naval aviation troops in the rear to take off four Tu-22m and conduct an additional exercise: two simulated attacks on the US aircraft carrier formations and two simulated attacks on land. As for the target of the attack, the Dimona region of Israel was naturally selected.

The upper part is gray and the lower part is white. The sharp front end cuts through the sky. The two huge air intakes are constantly inhaling a large amount of air. The engine at the tail spews out flames, pushing the fuselage to soar in the sky. The wings with variable sweep wings support dozens of tons of bodies. The four crew members at the front end of the aircraft were operating the aircraft calmly. Under their belly, a large As-4 missile was mounted.

As-4 Kitchen, the code name of the Soviet Union was KH-22 Storm, which is a large air-opposite missile with a maximum Mach number of 2.5, a range of more than 400 kilometers and weighs six tons. Just the loading of the warhead is one ton! No matter how big the United States' ship is, even an aircraft carrier, it cannot stand a missile!

The Soviet Union will not take the initiative to attack the US aircraft carrier, this time it is just an exercise.

Because the Black Sea Fleet, although it has several large warships, cannot compete with the US aircraft carrier formation. Their takeoff of this kind of bomber is a signal to the US Navy, hoping that they will not be too close to them, otherwise, there will be danger!

The Soviet Union did not know that the exercises of Arab countries had changed their targets and were almost on the border of Israel. At this time, the bomber they took off was as if they were giving the Arab army captain the prestige.

The Israeli air force urgently took off a large number of aircraft, and all of the air-controlled F-15 fighters were launched, ready to deal with aircraft from Arab countries that might fly over airspace at any time. Even if the other party mistakenly entered airspace during the exercise, they would still shoot down! The Israeli air force has always taken the initiative to attack others, and has not been as hot as it is now. They are carrying Sparrow Air-to-air missiles and Rattlesnake missiles under their wings, ready to launch a strike at any time.

In addition to the exercises conducted by Arabs in the south, what they were more important was to guard against the attack of northern Soviet bombers. They flew out of the coastline about 100 kilometers to effectively intercept before the opponent's aircraft launched missiles.

Israel's three E-2C early warning aircraft, two of which were launched, one surveillance in the south, one surveillance in the east, and the other was under maintenance.

The war may begin in the next moment, but Israel has never been afraid!

At this time, I'm afraid no one will notice the fleet of vehicles moving on the simple road away from the battlefield. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)

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