Chapter 561: Three-to-One Exchange Ratio
The first day of air battle came to an end, but this result made everyone unhappy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At the beginning, when they were flanking Iran with the United States, the Americans had a nose of ashes, but Iraq was in one go, and almost hit Tehran, which made everyone despise the American army incomparably, thinking that the American army is not good, and the American army has not won any battles in recent years.
However, it seems that these views are very superficial, and once the US-led air force breaks out, its combat effectiveness will be incomparably amazing.
On this day, the United States used hundreds of warplanes to fly into Iraq's airspace from Saudi airspace, and at the same time, Iraq also took off hundreds of warplanes to fight in a narrow airspace, and the result of the battle was that the Iraqi Air Force shot down more than 30 fighters, while the US Air Force lost less than 10 planes!
Moreover, many places in Iraq were bombed on the ground, the most serious of which was the H-3 air base, which was bombed by British Tornado fighter-bombers, and the entire runway was blown up, and there was no ability to make sorties for at least half a month, and the anti-aircraft missiles deployed near this air base were not the recently imported Sam-11, but the old Sam-6 missiles, and as soon as the war began, the radar was destroyed by the Mozu missiles, and the entire missile position turned into a sea of fire.
The only thing to be thankful for is that this base is full of old-fashioned MiG-21 fighters, and even so, it makes Saddam feel distressed.
The best of his side is the Falcon Reyer, this pilot with high hopes, shot down a total of two enemy planes in the air battle, including an F-16 and an F-15, the results are the most of all, however, Reyer's good luck also ended here, after he shot down an F-15, he was also shot down by another F-15, ejection escaped Reyer, but his body was not injured.
"Damn Americans, how dare you launch a surprise attack on us!" Saddam Hussein was furious: "Moreover, on the first day of the war, we lost more than thirty planes!" ”
Air Force Commander Abid, without saying a word, the Air Force, which is the army with the most money invested by the country, originally wanted to win a battle, but the result was unacceptable, even Abid couldn't understand how it could have been like this today, it was originally evenly matched today!
"Everyone, don't be impatient." At this moment, the Soviet general on the side spoke: "The United States is a superpower in the world, and the United States has quite a strong air force. ”
It was Andrei, who, after the sudden start of the war, remained in Iraq and did not leave immediately.
The reason is very simple, when the air battle begins, Andrei's plane is absolutely unsafe, even if there are four Su-27 escorts, not to mention the Americans, even the Iraqi surface-to-air missiles along the way are fired indiscriminately, and it is not good to be injured by mistake.
Therefore, Andrei can only stay for the time being, unless he wants to leave in a bumpy car, return to the Turkestan Military District from Iraq, and walk through the mountains of Iran, in case there are still remnants of HMN, it will be troublesome.
And, most importantly, Andrei is really not at ease, in this big war, Iraq can't lose, if Iraq loses, how can the Soviet Union play? Therefore, under the pretext that he could not return, he stayed, and happened to attend a high-level meeting in Iraq, and his status was qualified.
This first day of fighting was unsatisfactory, which was also expected by Andrey, but Iraq had not yet lost, and they still had a chance to turn the tables around!
Hearing Andrei's words, the others calmed down, and Saddam, whose eyes were a little red, asked Andrei: "General Andrei, what do you suggest?" ”
"The main fighter force of the Americans facing us head-on is the 3rd Wing, which is a veteran fighter wing of the United States, and almost all of their pilots are veteran birds who have flown more than 2,000 hours, and they also fly the most advanced F-15 fighters, and all technical indicators are very prominent, so it is not surprising that our current air combat exchange ratio is three to one." "However, the Americans are not invincible, they have shortcomings, for example, they rely heavily on the command of their AWACS aircraft," Andrei said. Therefore, as long as we study countermeasures, in tomorrow's battle, we will knock out the Americans' early warning planes and the Americans' air attack, and there will be temporary chaos, and at this time, we can act quickly, leaving aside the Americans' F-15 fleet, and specifically hitting their bomb-carrying and ground-attacking planes, and those planes are all our live targets. ”
In the eyes of the Americans, they rely on the command of early warning aircraft, such as the current Americans' 3rd Wing, which has three fighter squadrons under its jurisdiction, all F-15 fighters, and at the same time, it also has an air command squadron and four E-3 early warning planes.
The F-15 was very difficult to deal with, and experienced Soviet pilots could not yet achieve a one-to-one exchange ratio, let alone Iraqi pilots! Therefore, it is the most suitable choice to knock out AWACS aircraft and bully those planes that are full of bombs.
"Yes, knock out their AWACS! It's just that the American AWACS aircraft flew over Saudi Arabia, and there were also Saudi fighter escorts, so it was difficult for us to start. Abid said.
Throughout the battle, it was NATO's fleet attacking, the main force was American fighters, and the United States' loyal lackey Britain, and the air forces of other countries had not yet arrived.
However, Saudi Arabia's own air power did not participate in the attack, but escorted the air within its own borders, guarded their airspace, and at the same time, escorted the early warning aircraft that took off.
With such a distribution, Andrei can also guess why, because the combat effectiveness of the Saudi Air Force is poor, and advanced equipment can be piled up by relying on dollars, but it cannot be stacked up with the blood of soldiers, and the pilots of the Saudi Air Force are actually afraid of death, and in battle, they will not be able to exert their power.
"The Saudi Air Force is not worth mentioning, what we need to think about is how to hit the AWACS aircraft of the Americans." "I have applied to Moscow to send over a modification of the R-33, which is specially designed for American electronic warfare aircraft and has a maximum range of more than 300 kilometers," Andrei said. It is a tailor-made nemesis for American AWACS aircraft. (To be continued.) )