1518 178 battle axes attack Baghdad
The target of these missiles is also Baghdad.
Here, about a thousand kilometers away from Baghdad.
The last one was launched was an aircraft carrier fleet in the Persian Gulf.
The four aircraft carriers are arranged neatly under the protection of more than a dozen frigates of various types.
From time to time, fighter jets take off or land from the aircraft carrier deck.
The entire fleet is always busy.
Missile frigates, cruisers, etc. in the fleet have entered the coordinate parameters of the target, and all missiles are ready to be launched.
The Joint Command of the War Zone ordered that the missiles launched by three fleets of the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Bend must reach Baghdad at the same time and strike important targets in Baghdad.
At the same time, it is to make it difficult for Baghdad to defend against these missiles.
Otherwise, if the Tomahawk missile continues to be launched, it will be too slow and will easily be intercepted by Baghdad's strict air defense system.
"emission!"
The commander gave the order decisively without any hesitation.
The fleet stayed at Baghdad, less than 650 kilometers.
The small Iraqi warships are not considered to be the Shanghai army at all.
Faced with such a huge fleet, I didn't have the courage to take the initiative to attack.
Such a huge fleet would have burned high incense if they didn't take the initiative to attack them.
The fighter jets on the aircraft carrier are also preparing. All fighter jets will carry out strikes on Iraqi troops and some military targets in Kuwait within an hour.
The huge aircraft carrier fleet, protected by the huge frigate, is not worried about attacks from Iraq at all.
In the sea water below the aircraft carrier fleet, at a depth of tens of meters, two black fish also opened the missile launch hatch at this moment.
Submarine-launched missiles once again emerged from the sea water.
Large swaths of missiles flew towards Baghdad in intensive manner.
Soon, the air defense alarm over Baghdad sounded again.
"What's going on? Damn it, he actually attacked during the day?"
For Air Defense Commander Onimoka, the days are undoubtedly the most difficult to bear.
He has hardly had a rest since the war started.
His eyes were covered with blood, his hair was so oily, and he was exhausted.
The Baghdad power system was paralyzed by bombing in the early morning and it was difficult to recover in the short term.
Now the other party's large-scale air strike is coming...
Each air defense position and air defense unit has independent power supply power vehicles, so there is no big problem.
But the entire command system requires power supply.
Otherwise, it will not be able to effectively command the huge and dense air defense firepower around Baghdad to intercept the air strikes.
"Commander, according to the detection radar, the Americans fired 178 missiles..."
"What?!"
Onimoka was shocked.
It's totally hard to believe something like this.
Americans fire so many missiles at a time, don’t their missiles cost money?
"Commander, you must order all troops to be prepared...These missiles are not fast..."
Onimoka looked at the Chief of Staff, "Is it impossible that it is a large-scale air strike by the coalition air force? If they dispatch fighter jets, we should dispatch fighter jets to intercept..."
The Chief of Staff looked at Onimoka and once again gained a deeper understanding of his incompetence.
When it is determined that it is a missile rather than a fighter, the General Staff naturally has criteria for judgment.
At this moment, as the commander of the Air Defense Force, Onimoka is not in a hurry to order all troops to enter combat readiness and take the initiative to defend, and is here to worry about whether it is a fighter jet or a missile.
Whether it is a missile or a fighter, it is an air strike.
To defend, all air defense positions must be prepared.
Besides, will the president agree to sending fighter jets to intercept?
"Commander, we must order all air defense units to prepare. There is now a lack of unified and effective command, and once the air defense positions are not prepared..."
The consequences will be very serious.
At present, lacking a unified and effective command system, the Air Defense Command cannot quickly send orders to each position. The previous bombing has paralyzed the command center of Bafaluja.
The command center in Baghdad was also destroyed on the first day...
All air defense positions must be prepared, so that the officers and soldiers of the air defense positions can exert their subjective initiative and intercept targets that can be intercepted by themselves.
Although this will cause many problems, such as several air defense positions intercepting a certain target at the same time, or other positions think that the target has been locked by other positions, but do not intercept...
But what else can be done in the current situation besides this?
Not intercepted?
Let these missiles fall into an unmanned land and attack important Iraqi targets at will?
"Let the communications consultant notify them..."
With the order from the Air Defense Command, dozens of already busy air defense positions around Baghdad became even busier.
The air strike in the early morning did not give everyone a rest.
It was dawn and I thought the air strike would not happen again.
However, unexpectedly, as soon as I fell asleep, Baghdad heard an air defense alarm again.
Countless people were hazy and exhausted, and many officers and soldiers' eyes were covered with bloodshot.
“Woo~”
The air defense alarm sounded even more shrill.
But the unified command of the superiors did not arrive at all.
"Capture the target and prepare to intercept!"
Some bold commanders could not wait for orders from their superiors and issued an interception order privately.
"emission!"
"Boom~Boom~Boom..."
At the Tomahawk missile group, about 30 kilometers away from Baghdad, on the Sam-2 and Sam-3 air defense missile positions, these medium and long-range air defense missiles, dragged white smoke and rushed towards the intercepting target under the command of the commander.
The cruise missiles in the sky have been very slow and have not even reached the speed of sound.
For the commanders of air defense positions, it is easy to lock through radar.
Aiming, easier.
But what I didn't expect was that after the air defense missile was launched, the dense cruise missiles in the sky actually began to change their trajectory and reduce their flight altitude.
Finally disappeared on the radar screen.
"Anti-air gun preparation!"
No one is sure whether the remote interception is effective.
The missiles launched by the Americans could not have disappeared like this.
Sam-2 and Sam-3 are both technology from decades ago and were originally used to intercept fighter jets in medium and long range.
Because of the performance lag, the Soviet Union has been eliminated.
No one knows whether it can successfully intercept American missiles.
presidential palace.
Saddam woke up sleepyly, his eyes full of blood.
At this moment, he was not as angry as before.
After knowing that the power system was paralyzed by the Americans, he was mentally prepared.
Near the Presidential Palace, 12 flying shields-359 were arranged.
The president has great trust in Feidun-359.
In particular, I have seen the interception of the missile by Feidun-359.
"Your Majesty, go to the basement to avoid it. Damn Americans have fired too many missiles..."
Aziz persuaded the president.
The president shook his head.
At this time, it is probably useless to hide in the basement.
Chapter completed!