Babylonian Empire

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Chapter 571 The No Fly Zone Mission Begins

Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan is the main focus of the Soviet Union's Central Asian military region. Now, due to the need for the war in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan has become an important logistics base for the Soviet army. The armed helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft fighting Afghanistan, Almost all take off from air bases in Turkmenistan.

Now, in the south of Turkmenistan and the west of Afghanistan, the two mechanized divisions of the Soviet Union are making their final preparations.

The mechanized divisions stationed in Afghanistan have already experienced several years of fighting in Afghanistan and have rich combat experience. The armored divisions in Turkmenistan were newly transferred from Kazakhstan. Although they have not yet experienced combat, their awareness of seeking war is already very high. Because, they were taught, now that Iran has split, as a great Soviet, they are obliged to help Iran maintain the stability of their region, especially to help them maintain the security of the eastern region, and their upper echelons have already obtained Iran aspects of the request.

The soldiers of the Soviet Union are full of great ideals in their hearts, and they are going to help Iran!

However, at the top, this is not the case.

Because the Soviet army had just finished assembling, and the huge logistical materials needed for the mechanized army's attack were being continuously delivered, when they received a piece of news that made them very dissatisfied.

The current government of Iran is going to draw up a no-fly zone in the east of Iran!

This no-fly zone, mainly in Khorasan province, is almost on their expected attack route.The Iranian zhèngfǔ issued a severely worded statement. The military power of the old zhèngfǔ remains in this region, which seriously hinders the unification process of Iran. In particular, there is an Iranian air force in Khorasan Province. I hope they can correct their evil ways and obey the new one. The leadership of the zhèngfǔ, otherwise, the Iranian zhèngfǔ has the ability to attack them!

On the surface, this statement seems to have nothing to do with the Soviet Union at all. It is just a struggle of the Tehran government to encircle and suppress the country. However, judging from the region they chose, it is almost aimed at the Soviet Union.

Tehran zhèngfǔ, still so shameless?

You must know that if the Soviet army goes south, it is indispensable and needs air protection. When the armored forces are advancing, there must be fighter jets in the air to seize the air supremacy for them in advance. Now, the no-fly zone mentioned by the Tehran zhèngfǔ, but All aircraft flights are prohibited, and even Khorasan's civil aviation is closed. If the Soviet Air Force enters Iran's airspace, will it encounter Iraqi fighter planes?Will the other party strictly enforce the no-fly zone regulations and shoot down any aircraft flying in the sky?

Is the Soviet Air Force going to conduct an air battle with the Iraqi Air Force?The Soviet Air Force is absolutely not afraid, but, politically speaking, they will be isolated in this way.

You must know that when they were discussing, they responded to the "request" of the Tehran government. Their army helped the Iranian government to maintain law and order in the eastern region. They planned to inform the Tehran government and exert pressure. When they crossed the border, they were caught off guard. Before the Tehran zhèngfǔ responded, they had already occupied these areas. After the facts were formed, they would bargain slowly and methodically.

Who knew that the Tehran government seemed to know about this, and it actually wanted to block the airspace there in advance!

All this annoyed Minister of Defense Ustinov very much. He urged the logistics to be put in place as soon as possible so that the offensive at any cost could start at any time.

However, he did not expect that the logistics department would actually be delaying such a major event related to the development of the Soviet Union in the next few decades!The reason they gave was ridiculous. They had no money, and some urgently needed supplies were still trying to raise money.

In a huge Soviet Union, with a powerful army, the logistics department actually said that there was no money, which made the Minister of Defense very angry. This is holding back!Absolutely can not let such a thing develop!

However, the current general secretary of the country, Comrade Andropov, has already begun to be hospitalized, and it is already difficult for him to seek coordination with the general secretary.And those guys below always spread their hands to him with a sad face, have they tried their best?

The ongoing war in Afghanistan has already involved the main energy of the Soviet Union. The treasury of the Soviet Union has long been empty. Comrade Andropov has been carrying out reforms, and reforms also require investment. The Soviet Union has begun to borrow from Western Europe.

In Iraq, after the northern military region received the notification, the main force of the two Mirage 4000 fighter squadrons, two Mirage F1 squadrons, and the hunting fan pre-alert planes have already arrived at the Tehran Air Force Base and started to enforce the no-fly zone in eastern Iran. Task.

"Report to Sky Eye, the Falcon Squadron has flown over Semnan." The F-20 fighter squadron, with four Maverick air-to-surface missiles mounted under the wings, is flying towards the Iranian armored company. This time, they are acting for The Soviets saw it.

Under the protection of two Mirage 4000s, the Jazzer early warning plane that took off from the Tehran Air Force Base was also flying to the east, because Khorasan was too far to the east, and the Jazzer early warning plane’s warning distance could not reach so far. Therefore, it is necessary to continue to the east and cruise over the Kavier Salt Desert in order to be able to cover all of the eastern Khorasan. The Kavier Salt Desert is a salty desert in the northern part of the Iranian Plateau, with a width of more than 450 kilometers from east to west.The terrain is lower than the surrounding area, the surface layer is mixed with clay or silt, and there are many salt crusts.There are many "Saudi" (that is, swampy depressions) between the salt crusts, making it difficult for people and animals to pass through.

Therefore, flying over this salt desert, although the area below is not occupied by Iraq, there is no need to worry that the Iranians who have not yet obeyed the Tehran regime will deploy Hawker air defense missiles here. Even if they want to come, they will not be able to enter.

Therefore, the sky above is safe. Iraq still uses two Mirage 4000s to protect the safety of the early warning aircraft. Magic short-range air-to-air missiles are always ready to attack flying objects that do not obey the no-fly zone proposed by the Tehran government.

"Continue to fly, the surrounding airspace is normal." The staff of the pre-warning plane said.

Suddenly, two bright spots appeared on the radar screen of the early warning plane, which were the two planes that had just taken off from Mashhad.

"Skyfalcon, direction 3-3-1, distance [-], two Iranian planes." The staff of the pre-warning plane notified Reyel who was cruising.

"Sky Falcon received it." Reyel took his wingman and turned to the northeast, where there were actually Iranian planes!Since the Iranians dare to take off, kill them!

At the same time, two F-20 squadrons had already flown near the target, which was an armored company in Kashmar.

Although Iran purchased a large amount of weapons from the West during the Pahlavi Dynasty, during the three-year Iran-Iraq War, Iran has consumed its elite armored forces on the western defense line. , This armored company only has old-fashioned M48 tanks.

Now, this tank unit is lazily basking in the sun. As a second-line force, as the easternmost part of Iran away from the western front, they have no sense of defense, although Tehran zhèngfǔ has said that it will draw a no-fly above their heads area, it has nothing to do with their ground troops, unless the Iraqis are dizzy and have another airdrop on their heads.

The gun barrels of several tanks stood tall, and the clothes just washed by the Iranian armored soldiers were covered with colorful clothes. Among them, some underwear were hung on the radio antenna and fluttered in the wind, like their battle flags.

A tanker was driving a tank towards the barracks. Behind the tank was towing a car that could not be started due to a malfunction. On top of the car, they were pulling their supplies. Due to the fall of the old Iranian government, they suddenly passed The child raised by the stepmother has become a completely motherless child. This time, the supplies were sent from Yazd.

The tankers drove the tank lazily, thinking about whether there was any fresh beef for this ration. They really wanted to bring some cows from the nearby villages to slaughter and eat them, but they never dared to do so.

The tanker looked around, and suddenly, his eyes fixed on something in the sky. What is that flying flame?

He lacks sufficient awareness. If it is the frontline troops, he already knows at this moment that it is a missile that is flying to attack them. the better.

He just stared at that thing, that thing was flying so fast, after a few seconds, he felt the hot flames coming, and then, a big thing had ruthlessly pierced to the top of the tank's turret.

The huge impact made the tanker feel that his internal organs were about to be shattered. He realized in his heart that something might have happened this time. He tried his best to wake himself up. When he opened his eyes, he saw the top of the turret. At that time, there was already a big guy, much thicker than his own tank barrel and infrared headlights, with four triangular wings on the bottom and four small rectangular wings on the tail.

At this time, the tanker knew that his tank was hit by this big guy, that is, the legendary missile, and the entire turret was penetrated. However, this big guy didn't explode for some reason. I feel lucky and unlucky at the same time. I am lucky because this thing did not explode, otherwise he would have flown into the sky. Looking at this guy, I am afraid that the whole tank will be burned to ashes. What is depressing is that the car behind it will have to I changed to another tank, but his tank is already the best tank in the entire armored company. I don’t know if the other tanks can be started immediately, and they may have to be roasted under the engine for a long time.

Chapter 572 Ustinov's Probe

The first Maverick missile accurately hit the walking tank, but, unfortunately, the missile did not explode.

The unlucky and lucky tanker got off the tank with a lot of emotion in his heart, but later, he found that his ideas were all wrong, and he didn't need anything.

Those tanks have been hit by this big guy one by one, but not everyone is as lucky as him. With the sound of explosions, those tanks have all caught fire.

The Maverick missiles carried by the two F-20 squadrons all killed the tank company. Except for the Maverick missile that did not explode, the rest hit the target one after another.

Those freshly washed clothes and those colorful underwear were all buried in the sea of ​​fire.

The Iranian tank company, they didn't expect that they were just a backup tank company with no combat effectiveness at all. There were only two training rounds in the tank. In this way, they also attracted the attention of the Iraqi Air Force and used missiles to attack them!

At the same time, Reyel's two Mirage 4000s also approached the targets of the two Iranian Air Force takeoffs, which were a backup F-5 fighter jet deployed here by the former zhèngfǔ, and they only mounted two short-range The Sidewinder missile took off resolutely, and they want to defend their airspace!

It's a pity that they didn't have the power to fight back at all. They had just risen to an altitude of 7000 meters and turned to the west. Before their radar was turned on, they were hit by incoming missiles. With the way of unison, these two fighters who tried to challenge their authority were killed.

Moreover, according to the location of their takeoff provided by the pre-warning plane, there will be follow-up planes that will completely bomb the base into ruins, although in fact there are still fighter planes that cannot take off.

On the same day, Iranian TV and Iraqi TV all broadcast the news. At the request of Tehran zhèngfǔ, the Iraqi Air Force began to help the friendly Iranian people maintain stability and unity in the eastern region. They attacked a base of terrorists and blew up Dozens of terrorist tanks, and then, as soon as the screen changed, it appeared that the F-20 fighter plane was using Maverick air-to-ground missiles, the ground tank was attacked, and then turned into a scene of flames.

The news personnel introduced in detail the Maverick air-to-ground missile used by the Iraqi F-20 fighter plane. This is a tactical air-to-ground missile imported from the United States. It is specially used to attack ground targets such as tanks. It can easily destroy the third-generation main battle tank. Moreover, it uses a dual-thrust single-stage solid rocket motor with a range of up to [-] kilometers, which is completely capable of launching beyond the accompanying anti-aircraft firepower of the enemy's armored forces.

These words were all for the Soviet Union. In fact, the Maverick air-to-surface missile imported by Iraq has a maximum range of only 24 kilometers. In order to accurately hit the target, it is rarely launched beyond [-] kilometers. However, the Soviet Union did not know that during the Cold War, the weapons data of both sides were strictly kept secret.

It can be fired 11 kilometers away. In this way, even the Sam [-] air defense missiles accompanying the Soviet armored forces will face threats. Qusay hopes to let the Soviet Union know that Iraq has the ability to Preventing the entry of Soviet troops, and, will make the Soviet Union's powerful ground forces pay a heavy price in casualties.

The Soviet Union has been paying close attention to the situation in eastern Iran. Now, Iraq's actions over the no-fly zone were immediately detected by satellites in the sky, and, after that, it received news from Iraq and Iran.

When Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov learned about the operation carried out by the Iraqis, he just smiled coldly. No matter how strong an ant is, it is just an ant!Do they think that they have trained their army to be extremely powerful in the war with Iran?Iran has already lost its source of weapons, and Iraq is continuously receiving arms sales from the West and its own side. It is normal for Iran to lose. However, their little air force is ashamed to show it. They have space What happened to the missile?You know, if you want those planes to be able to fly over the heads of your own tank troops, then they must first have air supremacy there, no-fly zone?It's just a ban on Iran's local aircraft. Can he block the fighters of the Soviet Air Force?

Since there is no strong air force in Central Asia, the Soviet Union only has second-line MiG-23 fighters here to seize air supremacy. Ustinov urgently mobilized two squadrons of MiG-29s from Ukraine, and sent them from the Far East. Two squadrons of MiG-25 fighters were mobilized to cooperate with the original MiG-23 squadrons to break the no-fly zone in Iraq and take away the air supremacy in northeastern Iran when necessary.

At this time, the MiG-29 has been equipped with troops for nearly two years, and it is still only equipped with the most needed troops on the front line. Originally, the MiG-23 was enough to deal with the Iraqi Air Force. However, Ustinov knew that the Iraqi Air Force equipped He bought the Mirage 4000 aircraft, which is the latest heavy-duty air superiority fighter developed by the French Dassault company. Cope with situations that may arise.

However, if this is the case, there will be a direct conflict with the Iraqi air force. Ustinov is not afraid of fighting, but if a war really starts, it needs the approval of the general secretary. While in hospital, Ustinov went there twice, and did not reach an agreement with the general secretary on this matter.