Babylonian Empire

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The IFF device did not respond, it is definitely an Iranian plane!

Eighty kilometers is only a short distance for the plane in the sky.

At this time, the C3I system showed its advantages. After being identified as an enemy aircraft, the heading, speed, altitude and other information of each aircraft have been continuously transmitted back to the rear through the data link.

In normal times, they need to use voice to report layer by layer, and after confirmation by the headquarters, fighter jets take off from the rear airport to intercept, which will waste precious time.Maybe, just as they were preparing to report, their radar station had already been bombed.

It's the same now, just after the enemy plane was found on the radar screen, they heard the rumble of a large fleet of Iranians flying at ultra-low altitude, and then, a sharp whistle, and a bomb was dropped down.

Oops, the Iranians came so fast!

The Iranian fleet in the sky visually spotted the radar station on the ground, which was not in the plan. However, the commander of the attack formation was also very adaptable, and immediately ordered an F-5 fighter plane to drop a bomb .

Fortunately, however, the control room was tens of meters away from the radar antenna. After the radar antenna was blown up, several of them were not injured.Moreover, they found that the various data of the attack by the Iranian National People's Congress fleet had been displayed in the general control room of the military region headquarters.

Since the start of the Iranian ground offensive, Izzat has hardly been out of the headquarters. When he was tired, he would sleep on the bed in the office for a while, keeping alert all the time.

After receiving the news, he immediately entered the main control room, and was taken aback when he saw the data displayed on the screen, but then he recovered: This is a large-scale attack by the Iranian Air Force, and they must be Block them all!

Basra Air Force Base, at this time, the sharp air defense police sirens sounded, and the data was transmitted to the air force base synchronously, and they immediately got busy.

Later, the order from the superior came down, to intercept all Iranian planes at all costs!

At the same time, the field anti-aircraft missiles deployed in Basra and Abadan, and the Soviet-made Sam-[-] missiles, were also ready for battle. The radars were turned on and scanned the surrounding sky.

Arslan stepped into the cockpit. He was on combat readiness duty today. His fighter plane No. 68001 was equipped with air superiority: two Sparrow missiles and two Sidewinder missiles.

He and his wingman, in two formations, took off quickly from the runway.

In the rear, each F-20 and Phantom F1 are urgently mounting medium-range air-to-air bombs. These fighters usually carry two combat bombs, and when it comes to specific combat missions, they mount various bombs. corresponding missiles.

Now, Sparrow, Matra 530, these missiles have been hastily mounted on these aircraft, and the good quality of the ground crew has been well exercised in this emergency situation.

One by one, the formations began to take off and went straight to the battle zone.

Intercept the Iranian fighter planes and beat the Iranians down!

In Zubayer, the air-raid positions arranged on the periphery were also on standby. Hearing the sharp air-raid police sirens, the workers working in various workshops began to walk towards the air-raid shelters.

Next to a Super Seven fighter jet, Pakistani pilot Saif Arnam was a little bit reluctant. He participated in the modification of the Super Seven in Iraq with the Pakistani delegation. So far, all the avionics of the Super Seven They have all been refitted. Just yesterday, he flew the plane and conducted a test flight. Moreover, in order to match the fire control system, this fighter plane was also equipped with a Sparrow missile and two Sidewinder missiles. It is completely equipped with American equipment.

As a representative of the Pakistani Air Force, Saif has a very good relationship with the Middle East countries. In the 67 years of war, Saif once participated in the air battle with the Israelis as a volunteer, and achieved very good results. record.Pakistan has always been at war, and their pilots are of very high quality.

But in the face of such an excellent fighter, it is a pity that it did not launch into the air to fight when it learned that there was an air attack from the enemy outside, but stayed on the ground!

The accompanying Chinese personnel are all strictly disciplined people, especially when they are abroad. After hearing the air raid police report, they immediately follow the instructions of the security personnel and enter the air-raid shelter. The Americans are afraid of death. They are the fastest runners.

But Saif is not like this. Although the Pakistani Air Force is not as large as the Indian Air Force, the Pakistani Air Force has not suffered in every India-Pakistan war, because their pilots have a tenacious and courageous style. They are the best at fighting. Sky Warriors!

Although the radar positions at the front were destroyed, the radar stations arranged at the rear took over the pre-warning mission at the first time, monitoring the large Iranian fleet flying from the northeast.

At the same time, the fleet of the Basra Air Force Base is also taking off, preparing for the battle.

After Arslan took off, he crossed the Karun River with his wingman. As the first batch of F-20 fighters, as fighters that have joined the C3I system, their two fighters received the ground analysis data and assigned them The two closest targets were detected: the two fighter planes at the front of the enemy formation.

Arslan looked at the data on the multi-function display below, and turned on his own fire control radar.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was ninety kilometers.

At this distance, the Sparrow air-to-air missiles can be prepared first. The aircraft will soon enter the range during the rapid approach, especially, what they are currently carrying is the latest AIM-7F missile imported from the United States. Compared with Iran's Sparrow missile, it has a longer range and a higher hit rate.

While Arslan was preparing to launch the Sparrow air-to-air missile in an orderly manner, his on-board electronic equipment suddenly received a signal from the opponent's fleet, which was the unique signal of the AWG-9 radar of the Tomcat fighter jet!

After the war started, Iraq purchased electronic equipment from France and refitted it on fighter planes to specifically detect the signals emitted by the fighter plane's radar.

Now, having received that signal, it proves that the most powerful Tomcat fighter of the Iranians is coming!

In the past, as long as such a signal was detected, the Iraqi Air Force's best choice would be to turn around immediately and speed up to flee. Their fighter performance could not compete with Iran's most powerful Tomcat fighter until the Mirage F1 arrived. After that, they had the ability to volley the Tomcat at mid-range.

And now, with the F-1, which has better avionics performance than the Phantom F20, Arslan has long been looking forward to a fight with the Iranian Tomcat.

The Iranian Air Force was self-defeating. It originally planned to use this radar signal to suppress the Iraqi Air Force, so that they would not dare to fight, but now, they all hope that the credit for shooting down the Tomcat fighter jet will fall on themselves.

Arslan resisted the order again. Instead of attacking the two front fighters according to the data transmitted by the C3I system, he modified the target and attacked the rear one that emitted the AWG-9 radar signal. Fighter.

This is not the first time for Arslan. When he drove the backward MiG 23, he dared to take off to fight the Tomcat, not to mention that he has now replaced it with the most powerful F-20 in Iraq so far. As a fighter, he is eager to make contributions and kill the most powerful enemy.

Arslan manually modified the target in the fire control computer. At this time, the distance was close to [-] kilometers. He used the radar to lock the opponent's plane.

At this time, the shortcomings of the J-[-]'s backward electronic equipment were revealed again. The locked-on J-[-] with a pod capable of emitting radar signals did not realize that it was locked by the opponent's radar at all, because the J-[-] did not Omni-directional radar warning receiver.

When the radar has a search target and changes to a locked target, the electromagnetic beam will change. The radar warning receiver is made according to this principle. However, the J-[-] only has a warning receiver installed at the tail, which is most likely to be detected by the enemy. The one who sneaks up on the plane is the rear.On the side and front, the J-[-] does not have such electronic equipment.

Therefore, the locked J-[-] did not respond, and they were still flying level.

Arslan felt a little strange. At this distance, even if the Tomcat didn't launch the Phoenix missile, then the Sparrow air-to-air missile should also be launched, right?However, the opponent's fleet did not respond, and they were still flying smoothly.

At this time, the F-4 and F-5 bomber fleets were making the final route confirmation and were ready to enter the attack state. However, because the J-[-] fighters lacked a powerful air-to-air radar, they did not expect it at all. Besides, there are two planes that have fired missiles at them!

Chapter 4 Twelve Large Fleet Melee

There was a flash of fire under Arslan's wing, and a Sparrow air-to-air missile had already flown out of the guide rail under the wing and flew forward.

At this time, the opponent cannot be seen in the sky at all, this is the power of beyond visual range combat!

Following behind, Arslan's wingman also fired missiles.

Behind their two fighter planes, other flying squadrons are also rushing towards them. The distance from Busra to Abadan is not far away. With the afterburner running quickly, they will soon reach the combat zone.

The advantages of the C3I system were brought into full play at this time. The few small computers imported from the Soviet Union were rapidly calculating data and assigning combat targets for the subsequent batches of F-20 and Mirage F1.

However, because they used the information transmitted by the radar station on the ground, they did not find the few aircraft flying at ultra-low altitude.

The J-[-] fighter plane was still flying, and suddenly, in the field of vision, two things flying fast appeared, they were missiles fired by the Iraqis!

"Prepare to maneuver and evade." The leader of the fighter formation said, he turned on the afterburner, preparing to conduct a large overload maneuver before the arrival of the missile.

To deal with a missile flying head-on, when you start maneuvering from a distance, you will only waste precious energy. The most correct way is to accelerate, and then, before contacting the opponent, perform a large overload maneuver.

However, after seeing the missile within visual range, only a few seconds are left for them, so no one will wait so calmly for the arrival of the last moment.

"Boom!" A J-[-] that was maneuvering was unfortunately hit by that missile. It was the J-[-] with the pod hanging on it!

The pilot didn't have time to parachute, and followed the fighter plane, spilling blood into the sky together.

No one mourned for this unlucky guy. They knew that the most intense moment would come soon.

After being hit by a medium-range missile once, they will enter the visual range and engage in close-range combat. The advantage of the enemy's medium-range missiles will disappear, and the J-[-], which has excellent maneuverability, can completely fight the Iraqis !