Babylonian Empire

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Chapter 429 A Complete Counterattack

While the battle was raging in the air, the cruise missiles launched earlier had already begun their final journey.

Qum was relatively close to the launch of the Red Bird II missile, and was bombed first. A few minutes later, the other cruise missiles also rushed to their targets.

The air force base, the radar station, the Ministry of National Defense building... Tehran's important military targets were all attacked, especially the Ministry of Defense building was bombed, and the lower level lost contact with the upper level. In this tree-like command link, the upper level If there is a problem with the node, the command will be lost below.

A radar deployed near Tehran is vigilantly searching the surrounding sky, and they are also constantly watching the battle between their own fighter jets and enemy planes on the radar screen.

The situation is not optimistic, the opponent firmly holds the advantage, and the second batch of fighter planes that go up are in danger.

The remaining fighter jets must be let off quickly!

At this time, the Tehran Air Force Base was also busy, dragging the carts carrying the missiles, and the ground crews were running. Due to lack of maintenance, after some missiles were hung up, they were found to have problems after testing and had to be replaced, which delayed a lot. time.Finally, they completed the task of hanging the bomb.

"Falcon request for takeoff," an Iranian pilot called over the radio.

"Can take off."

The pilot turned on the afterburner, prepared to roll on the runway, and took off to meet the enemy.

Suddenly, there was a red light in front of his eyes, and then, there were rubbles from the collapse of the runway everywhere.

A precisely hit Red Bird II missile blew up in the middle of the runway, and the runway was completely abandoned. Not only could it not take off, but even fighter planes that had already taken off could not land.

If he had taken off one second earlier, he would probably be within the explosion radius. During takeoff and landing, even a sparrow would be quite dangerous, not to mention the rubble that was kicked up on the runway.

He braked the plane, with despair in his eyes.If they can't take off, they won't be able to crush the Iraqi airstrikes!

Fortunately, the fighters that took off earlier did not need to land. They were all shot down. There was only one Tomcat fighter. advantage, it has already been killed by the opponent's missiles at the medium range.

This is completely asymmetrical combat!Using medium-range bombs to bully J-[-] fighters without medium-range bombs is like the old Tomcat bullying Iraqi fighters nearly [-] kilometers away with phoenixes, but now the two sides have changed hands.

Akbari's radar operator saw those light spots disappear, and knew that all the MiGs had been shot down. At the same time, he also received news from the rear that the base had been bombed, and the three F-4 fighters in the rear were unable to take off. up.

At this time, Akbari knew that he was facing a fighter several times his own, and the opponent was also equipped with advanced medium-range bombs. If he fought again, he might be shot down by the opponent before he entered the line of sight.

Therefore, he chose to retreat to Golestan in the rear. One of his fighter planes was already powerless. Iraq's air force resisted.

At this time, Tehran has become a completely undefended city, opening its sky to Iraqi air strike fighters.

The Tu-22 bomber flew across the low sky at high speed, and dropped bombs one after another towards the target it needed to bomb. After flying over, the ground was already ablaze.

The zhèngfǔ building in Tehran and the Ministry of National Defense building were all destroyed during the bombing, and the power plants on the outskirts of Tehran were also bombed, and the entire Tehran completely lost power supply.

Bombing the capital of a country is the strongest combat action. There are two results. One is to deter the country and make them submit, and the other is to arouse the country's strong resistance. The situation got out of control, everyone, became militants.

MiG-23 fighter jets also carried out bombing. They had participated in the bombing operations at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War. However, they were confronted by Iranian ground air defense and fighter jets at that time, and the effect of their bombing was very poor.

But now, there are only a few small-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the ground, which have been killed by the first round of bombing. Occasionally, they will see Iranians shooting at the sky with rifles on the roof, but for them To say the least, it's useless.

Tehran, whose air defense command system has been torn apart, has become a lamb to be slaughtered.

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"Iraq is a country that can create miracles. During the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq's attacks on Iran became more and more modern. This time, Iraq's military operations against Iran started with clean air strikes. Their air strikes have achieved all their goals. The Iranian air force has been completely paralyzed in this air strike. The sky in Iran already belongs to Iraq. We are very much looking forward to what kind of surprises the Iraqi ground forces can bring us. In addition, according to unreliable information, Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Khomeini, was killed in this air strike."

Jane's Defense Weekly is a defense magazine with the largest circulation in the world. They published such a comment in a special issue devoted to the analysis of the Iran-Iraq War.

To be praised by Jane's Defense Weekly, it must be a very wonderful battle example, and now, the air strike of the Iraqi Air Force can be said to be wonderful.

The first round of air strikes was the missiles that the opponent could not intercept at all. The massive use of surface-to-surface missiles and cruise missiles destroyed the main Iranian air defense force in the first time, especially the Scud surprise attack on Isfahan. The air force base even killed all the fighters in Isfahan, destroying 80.00% of Iran's current strength. The air battle in the north completely knocked down Iran's already very weak air force.

This air strike is very modern. It can use long-range guided weapons to launch enough missiles outside the opponent's air defense firepower circle to destroy the opponent's radar and missile positions. Moreover, the attack accuracy of the missiles is quite high, greatly Contrary to the expectations of other countries, especially the United States.

If Iraq has an airborne early warning aircraft, then this air strike can be even more exciting.

In the ensuing air battle, the Iraqi Air Force almost killed the few fighters of the Iranian Air Force out of sight, and then the remaining Iranian fighters had no desire to fight and fled.

The air threat has been lifted, so what comes down is the torrent of the Iraqi armored group.

"Your Excellency Qusay, our air strike this time has fully achieved its intended purpose." Abid said: "We have blown up all key targets in Tehran, the zhèngfǔ building and the Ministry of National Defense building have been completely destroyed, various radar stations, military bases , Kurdistan, Ahmadi and other places have also completed the task of bombing key targets."

Qu Sai nodded. After careful confirmation by the air force's reconnaissance plane, the bombing was indeed very successful.

Seeing the excitement on Abed's face, Qusay said: "The Air Force has done a very good job this time! Now we should see the performance of our army."

In the original plan, after the air force completed its air strikes, the army would follow up quickly and completely occupy those strategic areas with lightning speed.

"Our army will do a better job," said Minister of Defense Adnan. This time, I hope to launch an attack sooner.”

Qusay knew that the southern military region had always had a strong sense of war. It was even more shameful to be killed by the Iranians under Abadan last time. They wanted to fight to Tehran immediately.

"Our army immediately launched an offensive according to the original plan. Our northern military region needs to completely take down Kurdistan. The southern military region needs to completely take down the plains in southwestern Iran, occupy the mountains in the northeast, and establish a new line of defense. ’” Qusay said.

Cut the flesh from Iran, and bring Iran's most economically beneficial provinces into its own territory!This is a necessary step for the revival of Iraq's great power.

Following Qusay's order, the huge war machine of the Iraqi ground forces started at full speed.

"His Excellency Qusay, His Royal Highness Prince Fahd of Kuwait, requests an unofficial visit to our country." At this time, a secretary of His Excellency the President came to the Ministry of National Defense and reported to Qusay.

This secretary, of course, was a member of the Qusay sect. He helped Mekhail work by his side, and he was actually supervising him.

Fahd wanted to visit, so he first reported to Mekhail. Mekhail could not make the decision and could not delay, so he had to ask the secretary to meet with Qusay to report.

Prince Fahd coming?Qusay was very happy and said: "We are very welcome."

"His special plane will arrive at Baghdad Airport at one o'clock in the afternoon," the secretary said.

Fahd came really fast!Qusay felt that Fahd's visit this time must be something urgent.

Ever since Qusay took power in Iraq, he knew that if Iraq wants to develop, it must continue to promote the relationship with the surrounding countries. It is a pity that the war is tense, otherwise, he should visit the surrounding countries, Saudi Arabia And Kuwait are the primary targets.

We are all Arab brothers to each other, and we should unite together to deal with the Persians and Jews. Throughout the Iran-Iraq War, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait's assistance to Iraq was very large.Qusay paid more attention to the relationship with these two countries. Now that the other party came to visit him, he was overjoyed.

Chapter 4 Thirty Iraqi Arms Exports

In a formal visit, a large set of procedures is required, and it cannot be confirmed within a few days. However, it is different for an informal visit, not to mention that in Middle Eastern countries, each other The relationship is already very close, like Prince Fahd and Qusay, they already have a relatively good relationship with each other, and it is very common to come over just to say hello.

It's just that Qu Sai didn't go to the airport to greet him. This is an informal occasion, so there's no need to make it so grand. Also, even though he doesn't need to personally command the battle on the front line, it is important for him to master the entire battle process. , is very important.

It was not until the convoy welcoming Fahd entered the Ministry of Defense building that Qusay went downstairs to greet him.

Prince Fahd was still in his prime at this time, and he was full of vigor. He looked at the actual ruler of Iraq. Although he was young, he already had a kind of maturity and stability. The future of Iraq will be in this young age. Created by human hands!

Qusay was also looking at Prince Fahd who had just got off the car. He was dressed in the most traditional Arab attire, but still exuded an air of aristocrat intentionally or unintentionally, which was cultivated by the royal family for many years.

"Welcome Your Royal Highness, my most sincere friend, I am extremely sorry that I did not greet you at the airport this time," Qusay said.