Babylonian Empire

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Reyer did not order his own plane to follow into the low altitude, but circled at high altitude.

At this time, an embarrassing scene appeared in the air.

MiG-25: Come up if you have the guts, let's compete, what kind of hero is always hiding below!

F-14: Come down if you have the guts: Is it great to be tall?

MiG-25: I just grow taller, but you come up!

F-14: I just won't go up, you come down!

The MiG-25 did not want to rush into low altitudes, and the F-14 did not have full confidence in completely defeating the MiG-25. Any loss was not something they could bear, not to mention that the Phoenix missile was caught in the first wave of attacks. It's exhausted, they're waiting for their chance.

Reyel looked at his fuel consumption, and the remaining fuel was not optimistic, so he had to let the MiG-25 form up and prepare to return.

This time, they were more useless. They shot down the three bombers escorting them, but they didn't even find the Iranians.

"Climb to an altitude of [-] and return at high altitude." Reyer said.

The F-14 was waiting for the opportunity for the opponent to return, and when the opponent returned, the two Tomcats came out from the low altitude again.

It's a pity, seeing those fighter planes flying to an altitude of more than [-] meters, the weapon operator in the back cabin, looking at the radar screen, there is nothing to do.

Without the phoenix, the sparrow would not beat the opponent down.

Although the battle was intense, in reality, it only took place for 10 minutes.

Then, the F-14 climbed into the air, turned on the radar, and patrolled the airspace around Bakhtaran.

In the rear, their flight formations are also constantly coming.

bombing!

The Iraqis have shown their prestige in the sky for so many days. Now, it is finally the turn of the Iranian Air Force!

Two F-14s are just a prelude, followed by other Iranian fighters!

After intense repairs by the ground crew, a total of ten Tomcats were able to return to normal flight, and the rest were still undergoing intense repairs. However, the frontline battle was tense and could no longer withstand it.

The Iraqis will move eastward at any time, and if they take Bakhtaran, they will gain a stable eastward stronghold. These are all things that Khomeini cannot tolerate.

Therefore, the Iranian Air Force finally dispatched.

The first two planes successfully expelled the Iraqi planes over Bakhtaran, and then the F-4 and F-5 fighter planes, which were full of bombs, flew over.

Although there are ten F-14s, there are at least four left to guard the sky over Tehran, two for backup, and two to deal with the situation in the south at any time. Therefore, depending on the situation here, more fighters can be flown at any time.

Today, the strength of the Iraqi Air Force is not very high. Two F-14s used the first round of fierce attacks to kill the Iraqi bombers, which can temporarily deter them. Then, the bombing planes caught up. Their goal is Two bridges on the west side of Siis-Ran Abad!

The Iraqi army set foot on the land of Bakhtaran. The important combat goal is to control the traffic route leading to Bakhtaran and finally to Tehran. However, because it is in a mountainous area, this road is not like in The highways in Iraq in the desert are so wide that in many places, only one car can pass.And the most dangerous place is the bridge.

In Siis-Ran Abad, there are two such bridges with the most critical relationship.

The mountains are steep. Although other roads have been found, the traffic conditions are poor. The army already in West Islamabad mainly relies on this road already in their hands for supplies. Bakhtaran for many days.

These two bridges are very important to them, and they are also the targets of the bombing by the Iranian Air Force. If these two bridges are blown up, those Iraqis who have already set foot on Iranian land will lose their supplies and become shackles.

Since the F-14 served in the Iranian Air Force, the F-4 has been withdrawn from the position of the main air fighter. This heavy fighter is often loaded with bombs and performs ground bombing missions. Moreover, it carries two more sparrows to empty the air Missiles, after the bombing is over, can also take on the task of air control.

Chapter 3: Retreat or Attack?

Iranian Tomcat fighter jets appeared in the Bahtaran area, and the other side also launched several Phoenix missiles. When the news reached the Northern Military Region, Air Force Commander Abed did not believe anything. Tomcat fighter jets are now wandering around Tehran with sparrow missiles, and they have no ability to run wild in the Bakhtaran area.

However, the facts are in front of us again. This time, the four Tu-22 bombers that went to bomb Bakhtaran to open the way for the army to attack only flew back one, and all three were shot down. After ten minutes of confrontation, Reyel also chose to return.

Abed could only honestly report the situation of the battle, not knowing how he would be scolded by his superiors.

After Adnan received the news, he was also taken aback. However, after all, his vision was relatively long-term, and he immediately saw that this time the trouble might be serious.

If the Iranian Air Force can really be dispatched, then their primary target may be those two bridges!

"Immediately dispatch more fighter planes to protect the bridge to the west of West Islamic Abad! Order the ground troops to strictly guard against Iranian air strikes!" Abed immediately ordered.

Thanks to the combat experience of the Southern Military Region, it is not the MiG-25 that can fly three times the speed of sound against the Iranian Tomcat fighter, but the Mirage F1 imported from France!

The H-3 air force base immediately took off two squadrons of Mirage F1, carrying Matra 530 missiles, preparing to compete with the Iranians for air supremacy again and shoot down the Iranian Tomcat fighters.

However, the pilots of the Phantom F1 Squadron are not sure of victory. Although their fighters have advanced electronic equipment, the range of the missiles is far inferior to that of the Phoenix. If the Tomcats only carry the Sparrow air-to-air missiles, they will be more relaxed. Phoenix, they have no more ways.

There is only one fight!

In fact, the Iraqi pilots in history fled as soon as they received the AWG-9 radar signal from the Tomcat. That was because they had no means to fight the Tomcat.

However, with the Phantom F1, they can finally shoot down the Tomcat fighter without chance. Although the danger is still great, they are willing to give it a try!

However, it takes more than 3 minutes at the fastest to take off from the H-20 base and rush to the battlefield.

The two bridges are separated by a hill, and a tunnel was dug on the hill, and a bridge tens of meters long was built on the other side, just to cross this area.

Guarding the bridge is an infantry battalion of the 82nd Infantry Division. Their main task is to prevent scattered Iranians from harming the bridge.

As for air defense, the Iranians in the sky have long since disappeared. Apart from arranging a few anti-aircraft artillery positions at the bridgehead, they have no other means at all.

For field air defense, the Medina division at the front is the best. They are equipped with Soviet-made four-tube self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and a large number of shoulder-fired missiles, and their air defense capabilities are very strong.

However, other infantry divisions are not so good.

The battalion commander received information from his superiors that there might be an air strike, but it was already too late.

The Iranian fighter planes have already appeared overhead.

Those F-4 fighters with bombs on them showed hideous faces, and they threw all the bombs on their stomachs onto the bridge.

The air defense position at the bridge head was firing, fiercely sweeping the air, but the outdated anti-aircraft guns without the aiming radar could only draw beautiful fluorescent streaks in the sky in the face of the incoming enemy planes.

The commander of the attacking force, Lieutenant General Hazraj, sent a support team to rush over from the front. Unfortunately, when they arrived, the bridge had completely collapsed.

Just after the Iranian bombing operation was completed, the Mirage F1 fighter finally rushed over the bridge.

Looking at the light spots gradually disappearing on the radar screen, the Phantom F1 fleet also returned without success.

The important bridge was destroyed so easily in the hands of the Iranian Air Force.

Later generations commented on this battle case and criticized the poor command ability of the Iraqi commander.

Such important two bridges are actually only sent infantry to defend. You must know that the threat from the sky is the most important threat!

During the Iran-Iraq War, holding high-tech weapons and fighting low-tech wars, the Iraqi commanders only focused on Iran's crowd tactics, fearing that the Iranian death squads would blow up the bridge. It's the 80s, this method of blowing up bridges by burying explosives, where will it happen again!