Chapter 9 Missile Pitcher(1/2)
The Euphrates River Delta, after 1 pm local time.
Before leaping over Basra, Hassan controlled the "Super Military Flag" attack aircraft, lowered the flight altitude to 150 meters, and avoided the carrier-based early warning aircraft in the east.
The Iraqi Air Force witnessed the great value of early warning aircraft a few years ago.
In fact, it is "being" used to prove the value of early warning aircraft.
At that time, the war with Bo Yi State was in its second year. After receiving full support from the Torai Empire and the tacit approval of the Liangxia Empire, the Iraqi army launched a counterattack and achieved a series of victories. In the last counterattack operation, the Iraqi Air Force deployed nearly 300 combat aircraft to try to capture the lowland province of Bo Yi State through a large-scale attack and force the Bo Yi authorities to admit defeat.
In this battle that decided the final outcome of the Iran-Iraq War, Hassan flew fighter jets to charge on the front line.
Unfortunately, the dream has only existed for 3 days.
On the fourth day of the battle, to be precise, the third night, the Boy Air Force launched a Jedi counterattack, and it took only a few hours to turn the situation around.
The next morning, when Hassan arrived in a fighter plane, the winner had already been decided.
In fact, in the first four hours, the Boy Air Force destroyed the air defense positions deployed by the Iraqi Air Force outside Basra through assault operations.
All 32 air defense missile systems of 8 battalions were destroyed!
Since then, the Boy Air Force has shot down more than 50 Iraqi fighters in air combat and claimed that it has not lost a single fighter in air combat.
Of course, this is definitely bragging.
Hassan's squadron shot down a Boy fighter during the battle that day, and it is likely that it was an F-14A imported from the Republic of Newland.
However, no one can deny that the Iraqi Air Force suffered a crushing defeat on the same day.
Losing this air battle directly led to the Iraqi Air Force losing its battlefield air supremacy and being unable to continue to provide air support to ground forces.
After several months of fierce battle and hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, the Iraqi army had to give up its campaign to capture the lowland provinces.
After six years of fighting, the Iraqi army failed to attack the lowland provinces.
The two sides did not sit down to negotiate until they were exhausted.
Hassan had known for a long time that during the "Black 12 Hours", the three early warning aircraft that helped the Boy Air Force win the emergency aid of the Republic of Newland.
All are carrier-based early warning aircraft.
It is not that the carrier-based early warning aircraft is more advanced, but the opposite is, the technical threshold is lower, the export restrictions are much smaller, and it is easier to master and operate.
During the entire air battle, the Boy Air Force relied on early warning aircraft to master the every move of the Iraqi Air Force.
To put it bluntly, the Iraqi fighter jet was discovered by early warning aircraft shortly after it was launched, and its subsequent movements were even more obvious.
The Iraqi Air Force, which relies on ground radar, has never taken the initiative in the battlefield.
If the enemy is dark and I am bright, can we still be invincible?
That's why before the end of the Iraq-Iraq War, the Iraqi Communist Army sought early warning aircraft around the world.
Although after some effort, I finally bought a large early warning aircraft jointly developed by several member states of the Western Land Group through the Tau Man Empire last year, this early warning aircraft with billions of marks and very advanced performance indicators has not yet developed combat effectiveness after one year of delivery.
According to consultant Thuman, it is because it is too advanced that it is not reliable.
In love, that early warning aircraft is not a weapon for war, but a high-tech thing that can be used as a storefront.
The performance of Liang Xia’s Navy Early Warning Aircraft will definitely not be much worse.
The world's first carrier-based early warning aircraft was born in Liang Xia Navy. In the following decades, Liang Xia Navy has always had the most advanced carrier-based aircraft.
The carrier-based early warning aircraft sold by the Republic of Newland to Bo Yi are actually all counterfeit goods of Liang Xia's carrier-based early warning aircraft.
Of course, under the guidance of consultant Tsuman, Iraqi pilots such as Hassan had long known that the best way to avoid early warning aircraft at this stage is to fly at ultra-low altitudes.
Before entering the sky above Posa Bay, Hassan once again lowered the flight altitude and also checked the status of the main equipment.
Previously, in order to avoid premature exposure of attack intentions, Hassan followed a team of "Phantom" F1 fighters flying to Kuwait City for bombing missions. He turned to leave the fighter formation when the flight altitude was reduced for the first time.
However, according to the tactics provided by Torman Consultant, the altitude must be controlled below 50 meters over the sea.
Liang Xia Navy's carrier-based early warning aircraft has optimized the mirror interference generated by the sea surface and has strong detection capabilities for sea-grabbing flight targets.
Of course, this is the only thing that needs pilots to pay attention to.
Just east of Basra, to be precise, 10,000 meters above the "super military flag" driven by Hassan, there is a patrol aircraft affiliated to the Central Theater Command, which is using sea search radar to monitor the Liangxia frigate that has been wandering in the high seas.
After that, the patrol aircraft will use data links to send battlefield information to the attack aircraft driven by Hassan.
That's true, there is no need to climb to a height of 500 meters before launching an attack and search for the battleship with a fire control radar.
In this way, there is no possibility of exposure.
In fact, the attack process has also been greatly simplified.
Without patrol aircraft support and assistance, two "super military flags" are usually operated in concert, one of which is responsible for navigation and searching for targets.
If there is a patrol plane, that's different.
That's exactly what happened, Hassan was doing the mission alone this time.
If you want to say it, his mission is to fly the "super military flag" to the sea area where the attack was launched, and after receiving the target information provided by the patrol aircraft, he will shoot out the mounted anti-ship missile.
The key is that missile!
The "Flying Fish" anti-ship missile introduced from Rock State together with the "Super Military Flag"!
The Iraqi Air Force most wants the "Flying Fish" missile, and the "Mage" F1 fighter jets imported from Rocket Country can also use this missile. However, Rocket Country insists on bundled sales and is unwilling to sell missiles separately, so the Iraqi Air Force had to purchase a batch of "Super Military Flag" attack aircraft.
Of course, the "super military flag" is not useless.
The "Phantom" F1 is a fighter aircraft, which adopts a low-wing carrier aerodynamic layout, and cannot fly at a high subsonic speed of Mach 0.95 at an altitude close to the sea. The "Super Military Flag" itself is an attack aircraft, and the wing carrier is much higher than that of the fighter aircraft, so the stability of low-altitude flight is much better.
However, the focus is still on the "Flying Fish" missile.
This is the world's first high-sonic anti-ship missile with seaflight capability.
In addition, it is also the anti-ship missile with the most results so far.
In the Iraqi-Iraq War, the "flying fish" of the Iraqi Air Force can be said to have shown great power and achieved a large number of results that shocked the world.
But most of them are not worth showing off.
In addition to sinking several small ships from Boyi, the most shocking result was that it accidentally injured a frigate of Liang Xia Navy.
Of course, the Liangxia Empire was furious and blew up several Iraqi oil fields.
In addition, all the unarmed tankers hit by the "Flying Fish".
Based on the previous results, the single shot hit rate of "Flying Fish" on large ships is as high as 80%.
Now, that Liang Xia frigate is a large target!
There are enough reasons to believe that as long as you are locked by the "flying fish", even the warships will be doomed!
At the beginning, the Liang Xia frigate was locked by the "Flying Fish", and released a jamming bomb, but was eventually hit by the missile.
As for letting missiles lock in the frigate, Hassan is also full of confidence.
The advanced point of the "Flying Fish" missile is its attack method.
After launch, the missile first flies according to the planned line, and activates radar search targets in the predetermined sea area, and then actively launches attacks.
For large targets such as frigates, the radar detection and locking distance is between 20 and 30 kilometers.
This distance is not much closer than the detection distance of air defense radar on ultra-low-altitude targets.
The key is that the "Flying Fish" missile is not large, with a launch mass of only 670 kilograms, and the reflected radar signal strength is much lower than that of fighter jets.
In theory, the detection distance of air defense radar for "flying fish" is between 20 and 30 kilometers.
That's true. Unless it is detected by an early warning aircraft, the warship will definitely not be able to detect the approaching "Flying Fish" missile in time, relying on its own radar.
However, "Flying Fish" is not flawless.
In addition to the fact that the warhead is not large enough, resulting in poor damage ability, the biggest problem is that the range is slightly shorter, which usually can only reach 40 kilometers.
In the face of modern air defense systems, the range of 40 meters is too close.
Liang Xia Navy's regional air defense missile has a range of 120 kilometers!
This is why the experienced Hassan is needed to carry out this attack mission.
While Hassan was thinking about this, the signal light lit up and he had already received a message from the patrol plane, and the Liangxia frigate did not leave.
The "Super Military Flag" is less than 50 kilometers away from the Liangxia frigate.
Hassan didn't think much about it and immediately entered the received target information into the fire control system, which automatically wrote the relevant information into the missile's control system.
The key is to look at the last work!
Hassan kept staring at the reading on the navigation screen. When the distance reading became "40", Hassan suddenly pulled up the joystick and pushed down the accelerator at the same time.
Actually, this distance is a little closer.
If it were in the past, Hassan would pull up attack aircraft 50 to 45 kilometers away from the target, thereby launching missiles 40 kilometers away from the target.
Hassan shortened the distance to launch missiles by 5 to 10 kilometers, mainly because the target situation is unknown.
The location information of the target warship provided by the patrol aircraft is about 10 minutes away, and the Liangxia frigate will definitely not break down on its original position.
If you sail southeastward, you can sail several thousand meters in 10 minutes.
To be continued...