I only lost one f-117 in the early morning yesterday, which is within the affordable range.

Now he told him that the commander-in-chief had lost the cross f-117s in the two cities of Fallujah and Baghdad!

Add to the one that was reimbursed yesterday, almost a squadron's F-117 is gone...

There are only more than fifty f-117s in the entire United States.

Some of them are used for training.

Before this, four had crashed for various reasons.

There are only three squadrons, one of which is still a backup, and only one squadron is left. How can the Iraqis continue to carry out the mission now when these fighter jets can be discovered?

"This is a serious intelligence error and must be dealt with seriously!" The commander-in-chief gritted his teeth and squeezed out his words.

This has seriously affected the combat plan.

"I didn't know that Iraq had an air defense radar that could detect Nighthawks... At the same time, based on the technical officers of the 37th Wing's resident inspection of the F-117's carrying data and detection equipment, we have made preliminary inferences that these fighter jets were subject to electromagnetic attacks..."

As the chief of staff, Mike Deer can't stand it.

It is impossible to shirk responsibility now, because the intelligence work is not done meticulously enough.

If I knew it at the beginning, I would never have made such a combat plan.

At present, war has begun, and in the short term, the combat plan cannot be changed.

Thousands of fighter jets have been arranged properly.

Just waiting to destroy Iraq's command system and long-range early warning radar, and then these Iraqi targets were not at all powerful.

Now they are told that the Iraqis actually have electromagnetic bombs in their hands.

In addition, the electromagnetic bomb is also installed on air defense missiles.

Don’t you know that the more advanced the equipment, the more electronic systems there will be, and naturally the more afraid of electromagnetic attacks...

"Electromagnetic attack? How could they have electromagnetic bombs! What's more, electromagnetic bombs are dropped from the air to the ground, how do they use air defense missiles..."

Speaking of this, Swatzkopf was completely shocked by the news and could put an egg in his mouth.

Electromagnetic bomb, that is the latest bomb developed by the United States!

Although the principle is simple, it can have too high technical requirements.

It is impossible for countries like Iraq to develop them that do not even have an industrial foundation.

Even with Iraq's military construction ideas, I would never have imagined that there would be such weapons that do not fight with destruction.

Electronic systems that only kill weapons and equipment have high technical level and high cost...

On the Soviet side, there was no news that the Soviet Union had successfully developed it.

The principle of electromagnetic bombs is simple. It is not easy to make substantial progress, expand the range of electromagnetic attacks, and generate strong currents in an instant to short-circuit the circuit in the electronic system in the area.

How much money and time has the American scientific research institutions invested in this?

Now he actually told him that the Iraqis loaded electromagnetic missiles into air defense missiles and fired them from the ground into the air, which eventually caused the US Air Force to lose a squadron of F-117!

Electromagnetic attack causes damage to the internal electronic components of the F-117, thus paralyzing the electronic system and causing the fall...

Who can accept such a result?

"Although the General Staff is unwilling to believe this result, the technical sergeant of the 37th Regiment is sure that this was caused by an electromagnetic attack... The F-117 that fled back from the Iraqi THAAD-25 factory, many of the electronic components inside were destroyed by strong currents... It cannot be repaired in a short period of time..."

Mike Deere sighed.

Under the fact, they can't believe it.

Iraqis have such things as electromagnetic bombs in their hands.

If they are equipped with more air defense missiles with such warheads, how can they attack air strikes?

As the commander-in-chief of the CSKA, Lieutenant General Yoxer became happy.

When the Air Force is in trouble, it's time for their Army to perform.

The previous headquarters' combat plan was almost nothing about the Army.

How can this work?

In war, the army is the main force!

"Since Iraq has such weapons in its hands, it poses a serious threat to the air force's combat opportunities, directly dispatch ground troops... the ground troops will not worry about the attack of their weapons and equipment..."

Yoxer believes that the headquarters will not reject his proposal.

All countries mobilized here mainly by the army.

No matter how the air force fights or how the warships launch missiles, in the end, the army will have to resolve the battle.

Since World War II, the torrent of steel in the Soviet Union made the whole world tremble. Even the US military does not think that the Air Force can solve the problem.

What's more, even if ground equipment is attacked by electromagnetic forces, it will be paralyzed at most.

Compared with Air Force fighter jets, they will not crash from the air, causing planes to be destroyed and people to die.

It is impossible for the opponent's electromagnetic bomb to scrap too many tanks at once.

Iraqis will definitely not have too many electromagnetic bombs in their hands.

"No, we must follow the original plan! If the army is dispatched, it will be in line with the Iraqis' wishes, and casualties will be very large... Although the Iraqi army has poor strength and weak combat effectiveness, this will cause greater casualties to the coalition forces..."

Mike Deere shook his head and rejected the CSKA Commander's proposal.

"It's too early to send ground troops now! Iraq must lose its support capacity..."

Commander-in-chief Swatzkopf was also unwilling to send an army.

"But we can't sit still like this!"

Lieutenant General Yoxer was very dissatisfied.

Since the war started, many army officers have asked him for war.

I want to push it to Iraq as quickly as possible and capture the fool and big wood alive.

The U.S. Army has never won several wars after World War II.

The U.S. Army, equipped with the world's most advanced weapons, needs a joyful victory to wash away their decades of shame.

In the Korean War, the volunteer army without any heavy weapons was beaten so hard that it could only huddle on the 38th line. In the end, I saw the rabbit's attack fiercely and couldn't stand it. For the sake of face, I took the initiative to seek peace...

In the Vietnam War, the rabbits just couldn't say that they could cross the 17° line, otherwise they would beat them up, and then the US Army would be honest in the south...

Now the Army finally encountered such a large-scale war and did not allow them to show their combat effectiveness.

Where can I have such a good opportunity in the future?

Iraq is known as the third military power in the world!

But the Joint Command of the War Zone does not agree to the Army not going to fight!

Not only did the U.S. Army not go to war, but even the coalition army was not allowed to fight.

Let the Air Force bomb Iraq's military facilities and targets first...

And the bombing lasted for more than a month...

General Swatzkopf shook his head firmly and told Yoxer that the army would not be able to go out.

"No, the army will continue to wait! We will not just sit and wait for death. Order the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Navy to launch Tomahawk missiles on all large military targets in Baghdad and Fallujah... At the same time, order all air forces of the coalition forces to prepare for the launch of large-scale air strikes on various Iraqi military targets starting at 9:00 tomorrow morning..."

Swatskopf is very hot.

Since they can discover the F-117 fighter jet and also have electromagnetic bombs, then use the battle axe to chop it first.

Anyway, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries will pay for the war funds.

"Commander, this is probably not good, right? According to the previous plan, cruise missiles are used to clean up targets that are difficult to destroy by fighter jets... Once a large-scale missile strike is carried out, the cost is..." McDill was also shocked.

This requires hundreds of Tomahawk missiles to be launched.

Each one is millions of dollars.

But counting it, it doesn't seem expensive, only a few hundred million US dollars...

"These targets are the targets we focus on. F-117 cannot effectively remove these targets, and subsequent attacks cannot... We are just focusing the subsequent missile attacks and using them in advance..."

The commander-in-chief has such rights.

"What's more, as long as their radar stations, command centers, important air defense positions, airports, etc. are destroyed, and the Air Force will be less threatened from the ground... If their command centers are not blown up immediately, long-range radars will be severely threatened tomorrow..."

Swatzkopf is no joke.

Only by launching missiles and performing precise strikes on targets can the air force troops carrying out air strike missions tomorrow suffer less losses.

"In addition, Baghdad's power system has been destroyed. Once they are repaired, the air defense system can even intercept our cruise missiles..."

No matter what, large-scale missiles must be launched immediately to accurately strike important targets.

"That's all."

McDill had no good idea either.
To be continued...