The scramble came both suddenly and swiftly......

Although the war still began with bombing, compared with the last large-scale regional war, the US military's combat methods and tactical thinking have undergone revolutionary changes.

When major television stations reported on this, they all compared it with the Iraq War at the beginning of the 21st century.

Strictly speaking, the Iraq war was a "local conflict," not a "regional war." After more than 0 years of embargoes and sanctions, the combat effectiveness of the Iraqi army during Saddam's administration was not even comparable to that before the outbreak of the Gulf War in the early 9s of the 20th century, and it was weak to deal with the Kurdish workers' armed forces at home, and it was impossible to confront the US military at all. After the Iraq War began, the US ground forces drove straight in, not only overthrowing Saddam's regime devastatingly, but also capturing Saddam Hussein alive and winning the victory at a very slight cost.

In fact, both the Kosovo war before Iraq and the Afghanistan war after that were "conflicts".

In the three wars, the U.S. military either did not engage its opponents on the ground battlefield, or dealt with a group of rabble, and the disparity in strength between the two warring sides was too great, which was equivalent to smashing eggs with stones, not only did there be no suspense at all, but also did not pose any challenge to the U.S. military.

The U.S.-Iraq war, which broke out in 20177, was very different.

Iran is the most political, economic, and military country in the Gulf region, with a land area of 1,645,000 square kilometers (three times that of Iraq), a population of 65 million (twice that of Iraq), and a total strength of 1.27 million troops of the navy, army, air force, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (177 times that of Iraq before the Gulf War). These three data show that Iran is not only a regional power, but also has the strength to compete with the US military.

If we really want to compare, we should compare it with the Gulf War in the early 90s of the 20th century.

Before the outbreak of the Gulf War, the international community unanimously condemned Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, and even the Soviet Union (the Soviet Union had not yet announced its dissolution) and China did not support Iraq. Taking advantage of international public opinion, the United States quickly rallied dozens of Western countries and dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to help Kuwait "recover." It can be said that the United States first won a "moral" victory before sending troops to attack Iraq.

The. The United States is not "reasonable".

Although US President Frederick later announced that Iran secretly supported the "Islamic Jihadis Liberation Group" in attacking the US ** team. Attempts to overthrow the legitimate government of Iraq. Only then was the United States "forced" to send troops to clear up the "Islamic Jihadis Liberation Organization" training camp in Iran. But the United States is fighting first and then making a statement. Whether the attack in Basra is linked to the Islamic Jihad Liberation Organization (SLO) needs to be verified.

In the absence of sufficient justification and sufficient evidence. The U.S. military's brazen bombing of Iran is an act of "aggression" in the first place.

The war began. The United States loses "morality" first.

Tactically. The US military's ground combat operations are not only "full of tricks." Also "impeccable".

Arguably. The US military not only invested a large number of weapons and equipment in the field of actual combat for the first time. It also extensively examines the new tactics of the birthplace after the Iraq war.

The first to "debut" was the US military's "Aerospace Expeditionary Force."

The idea of the "Aerospace Expeditionary Force" was born during George W. Bush's presidency, and the core strength was the B-body bomber and the F-22A stealth fighter. According to the concept put forward by the US Secretary of Defense at that time, the main striking force of the "Aerospace Expeditionary Force" was composed of B-2 and 12F-22, and was assisted and supported by tankers, early warning aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, military reconnaissance satellite networks, military communications satellite networks, and global positioning satellite systems. The main task is to destroy the enemy's military command center and air defense positions as quickly as possible in the initial stage of the war, paralyze the enemy's military command capability, and crush the enemy's territorial air defense capability, so as to lay the foundation for subsequent large-scale air raids.

In actual use, the "Aerospace Expeditionary Force" will be specifically allocated according to the actual situation.

This time, the U.S. military dispatched 12B-2 and 20F-22. The main reason is that the first batch of targets are all underground command centers, and JDAM and "small-diameter bombs" cannot achieve the purpose of destruction, so heavy ground-penetrating weapons such as MDB must be used. In this case, 1 B can carry 2 bombs, and its attack capability is limited.

There is no doubt about the effectiveness of the first blow.

With only 2 MBDDs, known as the "mother of bombs", the Iranian Territorial Defense Command was completely destroyed. The other 1c important military targets were all blown up, and none of them were spared.

The 12B-2 on the bombing mission and the 20F-22 on the escort mission all returned safely to Diego Garcia Air Base.

Until this time, the Iranian army had not reacted.

It's not that they don't know that the war has broken out, but that after the destruction of the command hub, the Iranian army is unable to react.

Although a large number of Iranian Air Force fighters took off urgently to avoid the upcoming second round of bombing, Iran simply did not have time to organize resistance when the second round of bombing by the US military arrived.

At 4:17, the first batch of US tactical attack aircraft entered the skies over Iran.

The vanguard of the second round of bombing was the U.S. Air Force attack aircraft unit with the F-35 as the main force and the U.S. Naval Aviation attack force with the F-35C as the main force. Tactical bombardment focuses on Iran's regional air defense commands, anti-aircraft missile positions, and front-line airfields.

According to the information released by the US military later, this round of bombing has achieved remarkable results.

The F-35 Air Force was divided into 8 groups and bombed the air command center, the long-range anti-aircraft missile position and the 2 military airfield, dropping only 96 bombs in total, with a hit rate of more than 95%, and all 8 targets were destroyed.

The three air wings of the US Navy dispatched a total of 36 F-36Cs to bomb the air defense command center, six long-range anti-aircraft missile positions, military airfields, and long-range shore-to-ship missile launching positions on the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, dropping one "small-diameter bomb," with a hit rate of 92 percent, and all 18 targets were destroyed.

The reality is not so ideal.

According to information collected by the Military Intelligence Agency, the US Air Force had a success rate of only 80 percent in ground bombing and less than 75 percent in naval aviation, and then the US Air Force dispatched 12F-35s and naval aviation dispatched 16 F-35Cs to carry out supplementary bombing of targets that were not destroyed.

During this period, the Iranian Navy's coastal defense forces also fired nine anti-ship missiles at the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier battle group in the interior of the Persian Gulf, but they did not pose any threat to US warships.

The second round of bombardment kicked off the tactical bombardment of the ground.

At 4:30 a.m., 8B-52H bombers taking off from the continental United States launched 96 AGM-86G air-launched cruise missiles over the Mediterranean.

According to the US military plan, the B-52H bombers will be retired before 20211, and the AGM-86 series of air-launched cruise missiles will also be withdrawn at this time. Presumably, the U.S. military wants to use up all the AGM-86G in the storage area before the B-52H is decommissioned.

The escort warships of the six aircraft carrier battle groups participating in the combat operation were also put into battle at this time.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the USS Nimitz and USS Stennis aircraft carrier battle groups, and the DDG1000 Zumwalt, part of the USS Bush aircraft carrier battle group, respectively fired several AGMM-11C9D cruise missiles at military targets in Iran. For the first time, the Zumwalt struck a ground-based anti-missile launch position east of Bandar Abbas with naval guns of a caliber of 155 mm.

The shelling, which lasted only 3 minutes and consumed 27 long-range shells, opened a new era for the Navy.

By this time, the third round of bombing by the US air force had already begun.

The F-15E, F-166, and F/A-18E/F flots, which are part of the Air Force, have been put into battle, using "stand-off munitions" to bomb Iranian military targets.

On the surface, the U.S. bombing campaign was not much different from what it had done before.

The most advanced fighters were dispatched to destroy the enemy's command center, the first round of tactical bombing destroyed the enemy's ground long-range air defense forces, and cruise missiles were used to carry out supplementary bombing, and then tactical planes with relatively poor performance were dispatched to bombard the enemy's military targets with "stand-off munitions."

As a matter of fact, the combat capability demonstrated by the US military in just half an hour far exceeded outside expectations.

First of all, the networked combat capability has been fully embodied. In the Gulf War in the 90s of the 20th century, it took the US military days to destroy Iraq's air defense capability and lay the foundation for a ground offensive. This time, the US military completed more than 80 percent of its combat missions in just half an hour, rendering Iran's air defense forces useless. In combat operations, the US military has always adhered to the principle of "whoever is convenient should fight, and whoever is important should hit whom" has maximized the effectiveness of air strikes on the ground.

The second is the massive use of unmanned combat aircraft, which gives the US military more options. Although the United States did not disclose the role played by unmanned combat aircraft in the bombing, according to information gathered by the Military Intelligence Agency and Russian intelligence services, US unmanned reconnaissance aircraft penetrated deep into Iranian airspace and locked on a large number of military targets a few hours before the start of the war. After the war began, UAVs also took on the task of guiding the judgment of attack and bombing effects, replacing ground special forces.

Finally, there is the extensive use of new weapons and equipment. For the first time, the huge cannon of the "Zumwalt" convinced the world that naval guns were not only not outdated, but were one of the most effective means of attack. The wide application of "small-diameter bombs" has allowed everyone to see the prospect of miniaturization of ammunition in the era of precision guidance. "Stand-off munitions" allow US fighters to accurately bomb ground targets without entering the strike range of medium- and short-range air defense systems. The F-22A and F-35 showed combat efficiency, and the world knew the strength of the fourth-generation fighter.

The battle for the first half hour, without any suspense.

In addition to blindly firing a large number of anti-aircraft missiles and consuming a lot of anti-aircraft artillery shells, the only counterattack Iran made was to fire nine anti-ship missiles at the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier.

When the reporters accompanying the army sent back the first report, declaring that the U.S. military had won a "first-of-its-kind" victory, the situation on the battlefield quietly changed.

Before 150, the US military lost only 1 F/A-1E fighter.

By 15:C5, the US military had lost 1 fighter jet, including 35 F-7, and all 7 fighters were shot down by Iranian anti-aircraft missiles.

The tide of the war changed dramatically, and the U.S. military could no longer laugh. (To be continued)

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