210 F-14 Tomcat Fall (3)
"We're here for the enemy's planes, how can we leave at this time?" Harry Moissan, too, was a little excited.
The time has come to test the real performance of the Chinese missiles.
If it is effective, it will be a miracle, and it will rise step by step in the future, and it will be delicious and spicy; if you can't fight the other, the consequences will be very serious.
"Lieutenant Colonel, we have a batch of ammunition here, and once it is blown up by the enemy's bombs......," the lieutenant said eagerly, "and our air defense forces do not have enough ammunition, it will be difficult to force them to evacuate." ”
"Go about your business, we'll take care of what happens!" Ibrahim said.
Most of the people he brought with him had frightened expressions on their faces.
Once this place is bombed, they are completely finished.
"They don't necessarily find it here. We go to the radar station, get ready, and as soon as they really come, let them try anti-aircraft missiles from China. Ibrahim cheered his men up.
They are not front-line personnel.
The Iran-Iraq war has been fought for so long, and they have never been so close to the battlefield for a day.
Iran's Air Force threatens Baghdad?
That's a joke, throughout the eighties there was no city in the whole world that was more powerful than the Iraqi air defense system.
Saddam Hussein spent a lot of money to envelop the whole of Baghdad in the most advanced air defense system of the Soviet Union, and established the most complete air defense system in the world. The most advanced large radar systems of the USSR, various types of anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine gun positions, that will definitely not be something that the Iranians can gnaw.
Therefore, these officers, who belong to the logistics system, do not feel that the war is very close.
Now on the front line, the fighters are shuddering, and they are closer by more than ten kilometers.
Victory is the country's and the president's, and their lives are their own.
"Bring our anti-aircraft missiles! It's useless to be afraid, you know the consequences. "Harry Moisan does not despise his colleagues.
Ibrahim was already walking to the front, with an avant-garde MANPADS on his shoulder.
Harry Mosan's words did not relax the frightened colleagues, but became more frightened, and no one moved for a while.
"Major, where are the Iranian fighters?" The radar station of the transit station consisted of a radar vehicle of the SA-3 anti-aircraft missile system, which had an effective detection range of 48 km.
When Ibrahim came, the barrels of the anti-aircraft artillery positions were already raised high, and the small number of anti-aircraft shells were already placed next to the anti-aircraft guns.
As soon as the Iranian planes came, the shells flew towards the fighters in the sky.
"We're still more than 10 kilometres away, and hopefully they won't know where we are. "Otherwise, we will be in trouble on our side." ”
The war has been going on for more than four years.
Neither of the warring sides had too much ammunition in stock.
At an altitude of 8,000 meters above the two battle lines, the pilots of the Iranian Air Force, who were scurrying around, watched from time to time the flames rising from the ground.
"Major Zairy, what is our mission?" The entire fighter formation, all the pilots have been looking for the Iraqi fighters, the role of the fighters is to fight the opposing fighters, but they have bombs to bomb ground targets.
Major Zairy, who led the team in front, was an ace pilot of the Iranian Air Force, and he was already there during the Pahlavi dynasty.
He was one of the first Iranian pilots to come into contact with F-14 fighters.
But these days, he is extremely aggrieved.
"The Iraqi fighters will not appear, there is no trace of them within a radius of 200 kilometers, according to their respective task assignments, go to complete the mission, and return as soon as possible!" Zaire glanced at the radar again. "Horel, Kaza, you go blow up their supply depot!"
On the radar display of the F-14, not a single red dot appeared.
Even if the Iraqis came, they were not so fast.
"Received, we called it a day very quickly. After replying, the two F-14 pilots who followed Major Zairy broke away from the formation and rushed towards Ibrahim's supply depot.
"Let's hope they have enough ammunition in stock, otherwise our bombs will be wasted again. "Although it is only a little more than ten kilometers away, with the cruising speed of the F-14, it is only a matter of a minute or two.
"It's better if their warplanes show up. ”
The two fighters broke away from the formation and flew over, and the air defense intelligence of the entire supply depot instantly let out a terrible scream.
The barrels of the anti-aircraft artillery units began to prepare in the direction in which the planes were flying.
"Separate, attract their anti-aircraft fire!" The two F-14 pilots scattered one left and one right as they were about to reach the supply depot, and the ground anti-aircraft fire did not open fire all the time.
"They're coming! Why haven't they opened fire?" Ibrahim looked at the data on the radar display, the Iranian fighter planes had been at an altitude of 6,000 meters, and even if they stopped there, the missiles in their hands could not reach them.
"Lower the altitude, otherwise they won't fire!" Horrell and others know about the Iraqi air defense forces, and the air defense forces on the ground know them equally.
In recent years, such a game has never been played less, and in the end, not a single F-14 was shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire.
The two fighters are constantly circling to reduce the altitude, 5500 meters, 5000 meters, 4500 meters, 4000 meters......
Ground-based anti-aircraft artillery did not fire at all.
"Isn't there an air defense force here?" until the F-14 was lowered to an altitude of 3,000 meters, and the ground anti-aircraft artillery still did not fire.
"It's impossible! They are standard, knowing that we will blow them up at any time......"
The two discussed and lowered another 200 meters.
Until the altitude was reduced to 2700 meters, the captain of the air defense company roared and gave the order: "Fire!"
"Knock! knock......"
The anti-aircraft artillery, which had been prepared for a long time, opened fire violently, and the hot shells fired from the barrel dragged the dark red light towards the fighters in the sky.
"Pull up!" The two F-14 pilots had already prepared, and as soon as they saw the ground anti-aircraft guns firing, they suddenly pulled the control stick and climbed higher into the sky.
"Ceasefire!" did not work, there were not many shells, and the captain, seeing on the radar display, the enemy fighters were constantly climbing, decisively gave the order.
"Sure enough, their anti-aircraft artillery is here!Kaza, do you come first or do I go first?" asked Kaza over the radio.
"Be careful, don't be beaten down by them!" said Major Zairy's relaxed voice in the distant sky.
Kaza didn't speak, and pushed the lever forward, and the fighter swooped down.
"Fire!"
The anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, which had ceased fire, roared again.
The F-14, which was swooping down, pulled up again and flew towards the air with a large elevation angle.
As soon as there was a ceasefire on the ground, another F-14 dived again, repeating it over and over again.
In a few minutes, the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground could no longer roar, no matter what.
"The Iraqis are playing tricks again, Kaza, to find their radar station and supply depot...... "Since the sky is not yet fully lit and the ground is not bright, the ground cannot be seen clearly from the air."
The Iraqis ceasefire is designed to allow Iranian warplanes to lower their altitude, whether it is to drop bombs or ground anti-aircraft fire range, the altitude is lower, and naturally more accurate.
"Captain, why did it stop? Their warplanes were still roaring in the sky. Ibrahim was also very troubled, the two red dots on the radar were constantly scurrying, and the trajectory of the fighter in the sky could not be seen clearly on the ground, and he could not initially lock on to the target before launch.
"We don't have any more shells!" said the captain bitterly, "we must evacuate immediately! ”
"What's the lowest altitude they keep?" asked Harry Moissan.
It would be even better if the radar target could be transmitted into their MANPADS.
If you really have to continue to order such anti-aircraft missiles from the Chinese, you must bring them up.
"They don't have any more shells! Lower the altitude!" Horel tried several times, and the flight altitude became lower and lower, even to a position of 800 meters, and there was no light from the anti-aircraft guns on the ground, which made him excited. "Kaza, come down, they don't have shells!"
"Boom!" the first bomb fell from the belly of the F-14, and a burst of fire erupted. "See, it's right next to it, blow it up there!"
The first bomb was missed, but the light of the fire allowed the fighters, who were not high above the ground, to see the situation around the bomb landing site.
Originally a heavy fighter used in aerial combat and air defense, the Americans transformed it into a fighter with ground attack capability and provided it to Iran, and the Iranians transformed the F-14 into a fighter-bomber that could drop heavy aerial bombs when they had severed ties with the United States and could not obtain sufficient air-to-surface missiles......
"Here, ready to launch!" At this time, the F-14 fighter in the sky was less than six hundred meters above the ground.
Ibrahim and Harry Moissan, each carrying an avant-garde missile, were half-kneeling on the ground, and they were less than 100 meters away from the explosion site.
The fighter planes in the sky have already faintly revealed.
"Prepare to drop bombs!" Horrell and Kaza have always been very careful, and if the situation is not right, they can get out of this area in an instant.
The Iraqis are really out of shells.
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the location where the bomb was dropped, Horrell and Kaza turned on the safety on the joystick almost at the same time and prepared to drop the bomb.
Just press the drop button and their task is complete.
"Dididi......" At the moment when the two were about to press the bomb, the radar system of the F-14 indicated that it was locked.
"Anti-aircraft missiles! climb, climb!" Carter was behind, and first saw a bright light streak across the night sky, rushing towards Horrell not far from him, and the speed was far faster than the anti-aircraft missiles he had encountered before.
"Boom!" Before Horrell could react, the missile exploded in the tail......
The F-14 shook for a while, and then Horrell lost control of the fighter......
"No!" Cha, cried out in horror, his own radar alerting him that he was locked, kicking the gas pedal and pulling the joystick to escape, only to feel a shock from the fuselage, and his eyes became bright......