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Chapter 455 The Heavenly Sword

Marseille, France.

This is the second largest city in France, with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate. However, Reyel is not in the mood to appreciate those attractive scenery, nor to experience the romantic country. All his energy is concentrated on On that advanced fighter.

Sky Falcon Reyel, he always thought that he was born for the sky!

Assigned to the combat unit, Reyer first flew the MiG-21. This fighter is small and flexible, and has excellent maneuverability. In 80, he shot down an Iranian fighter and became his first fighter. record.

After that, he changed to fly the MiG-25, and became attached to this fighter. He liked the feeling of three times the speed of sound, and the feeling of looking at the earth from the edge of the atmosphere.

He has a feeling of overlooking the earth, as if he is the master of all things, but in fact, he is also the master of the sky!

Before he changed to fly the Mirage 4000, he actually had a little psychological resistance to the order to send him to France. Is this French Mirage 4000 fighter really so magical?

However, he is still studying hard and has mastered all kinds of knowledge needed to operate the Phantom 4000. This is an advanced fighter that uses telex operation, which is fundamentally different from the previous MiG-25 and other fighters, and , The instruments in the cockpit are no longer the bulky mechanical instruments of the Soviet fighter jets, but the same as the F-20, which consists of two display screens to form the main data display.

Moreover, even on the simulator, Reyel felt the spaciousness of the cockpit. Unlike the MiG-25, the seats in this cockpit were much higher than the sides, as if he was riding on a fighter plane. It is very open, if driving a MiG-25 is like driving a tank inside a periscope, then driving a Mirage 4000 is like driving an open sports car!

This feeling became even stronger when he was actually sitting in the cockpit of the Phantom 4000. At the same time, he immediately fell in love with this fighter!

Since it is a twin-engine heavy fighter, which is an enlarged version of the Mirage 2000, the cockpit of the Mirage 4000 has also become larger, and the rear of the cockpit has also become glass. The scenery is unobstructed.

With the end of the Mirage 4000 development process, the initial production Mirage 4000 has been produced at a low speed and delivered simultaneously with the Mirage 2000.

The Mirage 2000 was delivered to the French Air Force, and the Mirage 4000 was delivered to the Iraqi Air Force!

The four Mirage 4000s produced at a low rate in the early days finally ushered in the day when they returned to Iraq.

This Mirage 4000 adopts the delta wing layout that Dassault is good at, while the front full-motion canard was implemented under the proposal of Mr. Qusay, which constitutes the basic aerodynamic layout of the Mirage 4000.

Since the radar with an enlarged antenna developed for the Mirage 4000 is still under development by Thomson, the radars of these fighter jets use the same type of radar as the French Air Force, and there is no shrinkage.

In the later stage, since the Mirage 4000 has a larger nose, it can be replaced with a larger radar antenna. Therefore, the performance of the radar even exceeds that of the Mirage 2000 used by the French Air Force.

The Mirage 4000 is mainly equipped with Matra 530 medium-range missiles and Magic short-range air-to-air missiles. Moreover, French technicians can integrate other missiles into the fire control system for Iraq, including the Sparrow and Sidewinder currently used by Iraq. , or medium-range bombs developed by other European countries.

The only thing that makes Dassault feel a little sorry is the engine used by the Phantom 4000. This single-rotor M53 engine cannot match the powerful maneuverability. In order to avoid another surge, Dassault technicians adopted a simple Method: By changing the control law of the fly-by-wire system, the aircraft can avoid working in that state, which is equivalent to limiting the maneuverability of the aircraft in a disguised form. However, this measure can only be taken before the new engine is successfully developed.

The Mirage 4000's internal fuel capacity is three times that of the Mirage 2000. Moreover, the Mirage 4000 can mount three large auxiliary fuel tanks when performing this transition task, one on each side of the wing and one under the belly. The voyage has reached nearly [-] kilometers, and it can fly directly from Marseille to Iraq. (Because this type of fighter jet has not been in service in history, there is no specific data on the transition range, but the combat radius of this type of fighter is only [-] kilometers, so the transition range of [-] kilometers should be about the same. )

This is also the charm of heavy fighters!The Su-27 fighter jet of the Sukhoi Design Bureau never even needs to add auxiliary fuel tanks, nor does it need aerial refueling, and it has a large enough combat radius.

Therefore, the four Mirage 4000s chose the route directly from Marseille to Baghdad.

Reyel walked up to his plane. These four fighters were all painted in the livery of the Iraqi Air Force. Looking at this large fighter, although it was not as impressive as the huge rectangular air intake of the MiG-25 Imposing, the shock cone also has a fierce performance.

It's time for this powerful fighter to fly back to the country it wants to defend!

Reyer stepped on the gangway, and at the same time, the Iraqi crew who went abroad to study maintenance followed up, checked whether Reyer's seat belt was fastened, and whether the lowered canopy was locked, and then moved the ladder away.

Reyel looked at the two rectangular display screens in front of him, flipped the switches he was just familiar with, and started the two engines at the rear.

If it was a Su-type fighter jet, the huge roar from the tail would have already been heard. However, the sound insulation effect of the Mirage 4000's cockpit was very good. He only knew that all the engines had started successfully when he stared at the display screen.

Release the brakes, and the Phantom 4000 is slowly sliding towards the runway.

At this time, the two Mirage 4000s in front had already taken off in a two-aircraft formation.

Although a total of six pilots came to train during the same period, led by Reyer, only two Iraqi pilots participated in this long transition flight, and the pilots of the two fighter planes in front were French.

Reyer looked to the side, and one of his Arab brothers had already slid to the designated position. He said to the control tower in half-baked French: "012 requests takeoff."

"You can take off." A voice came from the tower, and then added: "I wish you a pleasant journey."

Reyel released the brake, did not turn on the afterburner, but just adjusted the accelerator on the right side to the maximum, and felt a strong push back feeling. On the front display screen, the speed display was beating rapidly.

At a distance of 600 meters, Reyer felt that the plane wanted to flap its wings to fly. He pulled the control lever back a little, and the nose of the plane lifted up lightly. Then, The entire fuselage was lightened and lifted off the ground.

When flying the MiG-25, the MiG-25 is also a heavy fighter, and it also has this kind of push back feeling. However, the MiG-25 must slide at least 1000 meters before it can fly. Moreover, the operating hydraulic system, There is a certain resistance, unlike this, the operating lever is very soft.The MiG-25 looks like a irascible man, while the Mirage 4000 is cold and restrained.

Behind him, another Iraqi pilot, Captain Omar, had followed him into the sky.

At this time, the blue sky was clear, and the two Mirage 4000s that took off later followed the fighter jets in front. They formed together and flew southeast into the sky over the Mediterranean Sea.

Four Mirage 4000s finally set foot on the route back to China. The return of these four fighters represents the birth of a powerful Iraqi Air Force!

There was a smile on Reyer's face wearing goggles. He was used to the integral helmet of the MiG-25, so that he could adapt to the supercharging at an altitude of 21 meters. The helmet, since leaving the MiG-[-], has not been used.

However, the field of view of this helmet is much better, coupled with the bubble-style cockpit, almost everything around it can be seen.

From the control stick, there is a soft force feedback. Because of the fly-by-wire control, the driving of this fighter is the same in any airspace. It will not be like the original fighter, with a small amount of high-altitude sticks and a large low-altitude stick.Moreover, at any moment, as long as the control lever is released, the fighter will return to the state of level flight.

Mirage 4000, to Reyel's feeling, the first is to operate quickly, and the second is to operate quickly!The fly-by-wire operation and the full-motion canard endow this fighter with greater maneuverability. Reyel can fly the high-altitude and high-speed MiG-25 out of the MiG-21, and can even fly the Mirage 4000. Come out in a better state than the F-14!

The Phantom 4000 fighter is the Yitian sword of Iraq!

This Mirage 4000 fighter jet was introduced to fight against the Iranian F-14. However, when it was actually equipped with the Iraqi Air Force, the Iranians' powerful F-14 fleet was almost grounded due to lack of spare parts. However, its opponents have increased instead: the F-15 and F-16 listed above, the F-14 and F-18 of the US Navy, this kind of fighter jet will be in the limelight in the next few years.

While the Phantom 4000 was on its way to Iraq, Reyel's pilot brothers were busy and engaged in a long-distance attack.

This is another moment when the air forces of the Southern Military Region and the Northern Military Region act together. Two squadrons of F-20 fighters, two squadrons of Mirage F-1 fighters, three squadrons of MiG-23s, two squadrons of MiG The Ge-25, a squadron of Tu-22 bombers, participated in this air strike, and they were preparing to take off from various air force bases in Iraq.

Chapter 456 Surveillance of the US Navy

The gentle sea breeze is blowing over the Arabian Sea, and the heat of the coming summer is everywhere here.

A huge warship, the side bridge above the hull and the flat deck indicate that this is a giant at sea: an aircraft carrier.

On the wide deck, a plane with a mushroom plate-like back has been placed on the steam bomber, and the propeller is turning, ready to go.

A navy deck officer made a skillful gesture, and the pilot immediately pushed the accelerator to the maximum, and at the same time, released the brakes.

A large amount of steam came out from the tail of the plane, and at the same time, the plane was accelerating forward rapidly, and after a few seconds, it was ejected off the deck.

Another aerial surveillance of the E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft started again.

In addition to monitoring the situation in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz, it is also monitoring the Soviet navy not far from its own formation.

Under the banner of escort, in addition to the U.S. Navy, the Soviet Navy also came here, not only a few warships on the surface, but probably underwater, as well as Soviet nuclear submarines.

However, the two sides did not make much action. They were all waiting to escort ships from their own country or the country that invited them to escort them into the Persian Gulf.

E-2 rose to the cruising altitude and entered the airspace of the pre-warning. After turning on the radar on the back, the radar operator's eyes widened: At this time, at the farthest detection distance of the pre-warning plane, there was a huge The fleet is flying!

From the point of view of the targets, most of them are fighter jets, but there are also a few with relatively large echoes, which should be bombers.

Such a huge fleet, about [-] fighter jets in size, from the perspective of the flight direction, it should have flown from Iraq!