With the sound of air raid sirens, the air base near Tehran, Iran, immediately became nervous.

Although it was late at night, they did not relax their combat readiness in the slightest, because what they were guarding was the sky of the capital of Iran!

As the sirens sounded, Carat Barry and Noroz ran out of the preparation room, followed by the two of them, and ran to the two tomcats at the end of the runway.

The huge tomcat, quietly parked there, spread its wings, like an eagle, ready to fly at any moment.

The runway lights at the airport have been turned on, and the T-shaped runway is a little dazzling.

The four of them were running as they pulled on the zipper of their flight suits, and their hands holding their helmets kept jolting.

This time it was an emergency take-off, and there were Iraqi planes coming to bomb at night!

Where did the planes in Iraq come from? Why didn't the other radars find it? None of this matters, as long as the tomcat can take to the air and scan it with its powerful radar, it will be able to see the surrounding airspace clearly.

Several people stepped into the cockpit, although they were still a little panting, and they were already sitting in their seats, putting on their helmets, and preparing for an emergency departure.

The power cart didn't come over, and they used the plane's precious power supply to start the engine.

Left engine, right engine, when the ground crew moved the escalator, the two engines had all been successfully started.

"Report, Eagle asks to take off."

"Report, vultures ask to take off."

"You can take off."

The two fighters turned on the afterburner at the rear, and suddenly, in the dark night, the lilac flames were very dazzling, and their tenacious style was vividly displayed at this time, and in this kind of night, they actually took off in a two-plane formation!

The two planes, with four flames, began to run faster and faster under the lights on both sides of the runway, and finally, they got off the runway and climbed quickly.

Two Tomcats, each carrying two precious Immortal Bird long-range missiles, two Sparrow medium-range air-to-air missiles and two Sidewinder short-range missiles.

After they took off, two F-4 fighters also took off urgently.

At present, there are only a dozen Tomcat fighters that can take off in the Iranian Air Force, and the two that are on combat readiness duty are the two in the best condition, and the rest are still maintained in the hangar, because they can't get accessories, many have to be donated as organs to supply other fighters, if there are enough spare parts, Iran's Tomcats can at least maintain the scale of more than forty aircraft!

Now, the Air Force, once the most powerful in the Middle East, is already at its weakest moment.

However, despite the small number of fighters, they will never allow their airspace to be invaded by the Iraqi Air Force, especially in such an important place as Tehran!

Phoebe had no idea that the operation they had carefully prepared was actually discovered by the old man on the ground, which was simply an insult to modern technology.

Designing unique routes, sailing at low altitudes, or at night, dodging the other party's radar, they have done their best.

However, it was precisely because of the low-altitude flight, precisely because of the evasion of the other party's radar, that as a result, they flew over the vicinity of Qom.

Originally, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and it was the time when ordinary people were asleep, but yes, the supreme spiritual leader of Iran, a god-like figure, actually had insomnia, did not sleep late at night, had to go outside to look at the stars, stared at the sky in a daze, and thought in a beautiful name.

As a result, it was discovered by others.

The plane flying at night was flying at low altitude again, and the speed was fast, the sound of crossing the air, and the tail flame behind it were still obvious if someone deliberately observed them.

Since there is no AWACS support, they don't know, the other side has already found out, urgently took off fighters, came to intercept, you know, they are now not with 530 missiles on the air superiority mount, but on the ground, moreover, there is no heavy fighter escort.

However, the danger did not happen, because the two missiles under their wings were enough for them to launch outside the defense zone!

At this time, there are still one hundred and twenty kilometers from the target.

"Attention squadron pilots, we are in range, final checks, ready for launch!" Phoebe shouted over the radio.

In fact, this bombing is very easy, to put it bluntly, they seem to be truck drivers, and they only need to transport the missiles over, because the range of the missiles is not enough, and the preparations before the launch are all for the sake of insurance, because the launch of cruise missiles, where exactly they shoot, has nothing to do with them at all.

Before the launch, technicians had already input all the information into the on-board computer of the Mirage F1, and in the brain of the Redbird 2 cruise missile, the target geographic information during the flight was also stored in advance for use by the terrain matching system.

After the Mirage F1 takes off, through the data bus, the customary platform of each Redbird-2 missile is automatically aligned with the carrier aircraft's inertial navigation system to jointly determine the data in flight. After entering the launch area, the on-board computer injects the pre-launch data into the missile, calculates the flight trajectory, and then launches.

One of the most difficult to obtain is the data map of the terrain matching system, in later generations, most of the practice is to scan the earth in all directions through remote sensing satellites in space to obtain all the information, but at this time, Iraq certainly did not have this strength.

Zhang Feng had no choice but to buy back remote sensing images around Tehran from China at a high price in the name of experimenting with cruise missiles through connections, especially Liang Lao, who was still in Iraq.

Because of the relationship between Liang Lao and the images of Tehran, they will not pose any threat to China, so it didn't take too many twists and turns to get these images.

In 1966, China's FSW series of returnable satellites began to develop, the first FSW-1 satellite was successfully launched in 1975 and successfully recovered, and the subsequent launches obtained the highest resolution satellite photos in China at that time, and obtained a large number of target area image data, although not as advanced as Europe and the United States, but also enough to provide Red Bird 2 use.

The on-board computer completed a series of tasks, and the pilots pressed the launch button in turn.

Due to the excessive weight of the missile, it did not ignite directly on the wing, and the missile detached from the pylon, and after falling a few meters downward, the engine would start firing.

In the dark night sky, it seemed to be a sudden fireworks, bright flames, which made the pilot a little uncomfortable.

Eight Redbird II, lit fire in turn, and began its significant attack!

Redbird II, launch!

Now, the Redbird II, which is 100 kilometers away from the target and has a range of 120 kilometers, is definitely enough despite its short legs!

Eight missiles, divided into two directions, in two batches, flew to a predetermined target in the distance.

After the engine ignited, the missile accelerated to Mach 0.8, lowered its altitude to 80 meters, and entered the first stage of flight.

Immediately after firing the missiles, the formation returned.

At this time, the two F-14 fighters had already left the airport and burrowed into the vast night.

Where is the enemy? Even though there is darkness everywhere, I will pull you out!

The long-term plane, Karathbari, quickly climbed to an altitude of 5,000 meters, and the radar officer in the rear compartment turned on the radar and began to search the surrounding airspace, the west is the closest place to Iraq, and they first searched the western airspace and found no situation.

Then Karathbari drove the plane to turn left and turn south, and heard the radar officer in the back seat shouting: "Target, four planes, six o'clock direction, one hundred at a distance, two thousand at a height, they have returned!" ”

The powerful AWG-9 radar on the Tomcat fighter can find a target the size of a fighter at a distance of 160 kilometers, and finally found the opponent's fighter, although I don't understand why the opponent has not bombed and returned, however, Karatbari does not intend to let the other party go.

"Vulture, prepare to lock on." He said to the other wingman.

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

At this time, the distance between the two sides is only the maximum range of the Immortal Bird missile, so although the missile can be launched now, the missile will not be able to reach it as long as the other side 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, rushing towards the enemy in the dark!

At the same time, the Mirage F1 fighter also received the unique radar signature of the Tomcat fighter.

Tomcat! Fibir knew that the trouble was big, they did not carry Super Matra 530 missiles that could deal with Tomcats, and only relied on short-range air-to-air missiles, which in this kind of dark night had almost zero effect.

I really didn't expect the other party to come out so quickly! Their actions, according to the pre-planned plan, would not have attracted the attention of the Iranian Air Force at all, how did they find themselves?

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

"Turn on the afterburner and quickly disengage!" Phoebe commanded over the radio.

Run! Run back to Iraq!

However, it is very easy to accelerate to Mach 2 compared to a twin-engine variable sweep wing fighter, while a single-engine Mirage F1 takes a certain amount of time, and moreover, the Mirage F1 is at low altitude and has high air resistance.

As long as the distance between the two sides is close to eighty kilometers, the immortal bird missile can be launched!

Noroz accelerated with the flames of the long tail nozzle, and this silent battle in the dark night was even more exciting.

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

Oops, fooled! The pilot of the long plane, Karathbari, thought that the planes above were luring him, and the real danger was the fighters below!

Due to the advanced radar, the AWG-9 radar can distinguish the aircraft at low altitude from the ground clutter at low altitude.

"Vultures, at nine o'clock, let's deal with those Iraqi planes first!" At the same time, the two F-4 fighters that took off after the flight were notified, and intercepted together

(To be continued)