Babylonian Empire

"Vulture, get ready to lock on the target," he said to another wingman.

The wingman Noroz also spotted the target, and he replied calmly: "Understood!"

At this time, the distance between the two sides is only the maximum range of the Phoenix missile. Therefore, although the missile can be launched now, the missile will be out of reach as long as the opponent makes a few maneuvers.

If you want to hit the opponent, you have to speed up!

The two fighters turned on the afterburner, and the wings swept back to the innermost position, like a sprinting eagle, charging towards the enemy in the dark!

At the same time, the Mirage F1 also picked up the unique radar signature of the Tomcat.

Tomcat!Phoebe knew that they were in big trouble. They didn't carry the Super Matra 530 missiles that could deal with the Tomcats. They only relied on short-range air-to-air missiles. In this dark night, the effect was almost zero.

I really didn't expect that the other party came out so quickly!According to the pre-plan, their actions would not attract the attention of the Iranian Air Force at all. How did they find themselves?

There is no time to think about these issues now. The only thing they are thankful for is that the distance between the two sides is relatively far.

"Turn on the afterburner and get out quickly!" Phoebe ordered over the radio.

run!Run back to Iraq!

However, compared to the twin-engine variable-sweep wing fighter, it is very easy to accelerate to Mach 1, while the single-engine Phantom F1 takes a certain amount of time. Moreover, the Phantom F[-] is at low altitude and has high air resistance.

As long as the distance between the two sides is close to [-] kilometers, Phoenix missiles can be launched!

Noroz accelerated along with the flames from the tail nozzle of the long plane. This kind of silent battle in the dark night was even more exciting.

Suddenly, the radar officer in the back cabin said: "Report, the radar found that there are eight suspicious targets at low altitude, flying towards Tehran!"

Oops, fooled!The lead pilot, Karat Barry, thought that the planes above were to lure him, and the real danger was the fighter planes below!

Due to the advanced radar, the AWG-9 radar can distinguish the low-altitude penetrating aircraft from the low-altitude ground clutter. Just now, when the radar officer was scanning the airspace ahead with the TWS (tracking while scanning) mode, he found that the aircraft in the low-altitude , There is actually the other party's plane!

"Vulture, at nine o'clock, let's deal with those Iraqi planes first!" Kalatbari said, and at the same time informed the two F-4 fighters that took off later to intercept them together

Chapter 3 Red Bird No. [-], fly to the target!

The annoying radar signal in the radar alarm receiver at the back finally disappeared, and Phoebe finally felt relieved. Next time he comes back, he must hang two Matra 530 missiles, so he doesn’t have to be chased so embarrassingly like tonight. up.

"Caution, heading 2-3-2, back to Basra," Phoebe called over the radio.

Why didn't the Iranians chase after them?Phoebe didn't think about it. Before the Phantom F1 was introduced, all the pilots had only one choice when they encountered the Iranian Tomcat fighter: escape!

He didn't know that it was the cruise missile launched just now that made them escape from the threat of the Tomcat.

The eight Red Bird II missiles, following the route already set, are ready to launch a thunderous strike under the command of the brain of the 80286 chip.

Although this kind of chip is still very primitive, compared with later generations, it is a thousand miles away, but at present, it is definitely a powerful CPU, which is constantly working, calculating, and comparing.

The height of the small hill in front of the right is exactly the same as the digital map on the bomb, which proves that there is no mistake in the flight!

However, its brain can only compare whether the route it is walking is correct, but it cannot judge the surrounding situation.

No matter how advanced drones are in later generations, they will never be able to replace humans, and this is also the case.

After flying fifty kilometers, the missile dropped to an altitude of 30 meters again.

"Report, on the radar screen, the other party suddenly disappeared." The radar officer in the back cabin said.

Because the other party flies at a very low altitude, the huge Phoenix missiles, which are mainly used to attack high-altitude bomber targets, cannot lock on to those targets in the complex echoes at all, and may be unlocked at any time. Kalatbari is admiring While the opponent's pilot was bold, he was also driving the plane slowly approaching the target.

In this kind of dark night, flying completely according to the instruments, at that altitude, is simply courting death. Even a pulse Doppler radar with terrain mapping capabilities can fully display the surrounding environment, and it will be difficult because of the reaction time. The problem caused it to collide with the ground.

And how did those planes do it?Karatbari has no time to think about how the opponent did it. What he needs most now is to shoot them all down, because they are flying towards Tehran!

Unexpectedly, when they approached twenty kilometers, the opponent suddenly disappeared from the radar screen!

Did the opponent perform a roll?Still, that couldn't be off the radar screen all the time, could it?

"STT mode, we must find out the other party!" Karat Barry said.

The STT mode is a single target tracking mode. It collects all the energy of the radar and uses continuous electromagnetic waves to illuminate only one target. The target information obtained is the most and complete. At the same time, it is not easy to lose the target, but the radar will lose track of other targets. This is like using a flashlight to shine on a place, but you can't see other places, but the focus of the light is the clearest.

Be sure to find the other party!That's a huge threat!Kalatbari went all out.

The radar officer in the back cabin immediately intervened manually to switch the radar to this mode, and then shot at the airspace where the target disappeared just now.

Finally, among the echoes, those bright spots were found. At this moment, a group of targets have been lost. It seems that the opponent has separated their direction, and the height has dropped to an unbelievable 30 meters!

30 meters!In this kind of dark night, it is not risking, but actually looking for death. Even in the daytime, flying at this altitude, it is definitely looking for death. This is not the sea level, but the uneven ground !This kind of thing, I am afraid that only the Japanese kamikaze squad during World War II could do it!

Iraqis, do we need to work so hard?

Until now, Karatbari didn't know that what he was chasing was not an airplane at all, but an unmanned missile, and, for this kind of missile, it didn't matter day or night at all.

"Let's go down, let's follow up," Karat Barry said.

Since the opponent can fly so low, they naturally have to lower their altitude, and then use Sidewinder missiles to deal with it from behind.

On the other side of the battlefield, the F-20 formation was also flying in the dark.

After the Phantom F1 formation took off, it crossed the Shatt al-Arab River, Ahvaz, and flew north, while the F-20 formation headed southeast and divided into three teams, targeting Isfahan, Yazd and Kerman.

The F-20 is a light fighter. There are five external hardpoints in the whole machine, which can hang about four tons of equipment. Now, on the pylons on the wing root side of the wings, each is mounted with a jewel imported from the United States. A laser-guided bomb, a large auxiliary fuel tank is hung on the hanging point under the belly of the aircraft, and two Sidewinder missiles are mounted on the wingtips. (A typo in the front, each F-20 carries two laser-guided bombs, and three fighter planes bomb one target, a total of six bombs).

The GBU-10B laser-guided bomb is the earliest type of laser-guided bomb that the United States began to equip in 1967. It can also be regarded as an old-fashioned bomb. Therefore, before use, it has been carefully checked by technicians to prevent the bomb from malfunctioning.

This kind of bomb is modified from ordinary MK80 series bombs. This is a 908 kg aerial bomb commonly used in the US military arsenal. It is made with a laser seeker. The bomb is more than four meters long and has a hit accuracy of three rice.

Accompanying them was the nanny in the back: the MiG-23 modified electronic jammer, after entering the airspace of the other party, it started a strong all-round electromagnetic interference in the airspace.

Iran's long-range early warning radar deployed in Shahr suddenly became blind.

At this time, the Iranian air defense force suddenly fell into a panic. Before that, there was almost no precedent for the Iraqi Air Force to attack at night. I am afraid that there are very few pilots who can fly at night. What is going on this time?

Isfahan, the nearest city, was the first to be attacked.

The fighter planes flew overhead and dropped the bombs, but they still didn't know that the catastrophe was coming. They didn't know that they were the target of the bombing until the precise bombs hit the warehouse and the workshop, and there were fires everywhere.

The first few bombs engulfed the entire factory in flames, while the last bomb was a catastrophe.

Because this is a laser-guided bomb with a napalm warhead changed from a high-explosive charge, and it exploded accurately in the very center of the factory.

The coagulated incendiary bomb is burning violently, forming a high temperature of more than [-] degrees. If there is really sarin gas here, it will immediately decompose at this high temperature and will not spread to the surroundings, causing greater damage.

However, the current situation of the factory is terrible. The fire did not end until noon the next day, and the entire factory has been turned into ruins.

The fighter planes that completed the bombing began to return, while the other two batches of fighter planes were still on their way to Yazd and Kerman, but the difference was only ten minutes.