Dominate South Asia

North of Baghdad, there is a small village called Szeged.

The village was quiet. The air raids in recent days have made many people know how to defend themselves from the air. When an airplane comes, it is best to get into the air raid shelter dug in the village.

At this time, in the small woods outside the village, among the sparse trees, there were already more vehicles covered with camouflage nets.

They are all four-axle large off-road heavy truck MA3-543M chassis, typical of Lao Maozi's rough style, somewhat similar to the Scud missile launcher, except that it is not carrying one cylindrical missile on the back, but four Thick pipe.

At this time, under the action of the hydraulic cylinder, the four thick pipes slowly turned to the back and stood up, facing the sky, revealing their ferocious faces.

Another vehicle with the same chassis slowly erected a large flat plate. When it was erected, the flat plate began to rotate.

At this time, the people in these vehicles were preparing very nervously. Many of them did not have Middle Eastern faces, with tall figures, tall noses, and typical Caucasian appearance.

"Attention, search for targets immediately and prepare to launch missiles!" Even when they spoke, they used Russian.

They were hired by Iraq at a high price to operate these advanced anti-aircraft missiles! Only the Soviet Homeland Defense Force can operate these missiles, because this is an advanced field air defense system that the Soviet Union has never exported, the S-300!

In 1968, the Soviet Homeland Air Defense Command proposed the development of a new anti-aircraft multi-channel anti-aircraft missile system common to all three services, called the S-500U, which was originally only used for anti-aircraft. Later, at the insistence of the Army Rocket Artillery Headquarters, the leaders of the Soviet National Military Industrial Complex System made a compromise plan to develop an air defense missile system common to all three services based on the principle of universality. Named S-300 system. The one used by the Homeland Defense Air Force is called S-300P, the one used by the Army is called S-300V, and the one used by the Navy is called S-300F. However, the same design bureau was not responsible for each other, so in the end the goal of commonality between the three services was not achieved. Only the search radar and other equipment of the command station achieved about 50% commonality.

After more than ten years of development, the system initially developed only used a small-range 9M83 missile and other corresponding supporting equipment. It was equipped with the Army Air Defense Force in 1983. The types of targets it intercepted were mainly aircraft, cruise missiles and other related equipment. Short-range tactical ballistic missiles such as "Scud" and "Lance". And now. These missiles secretly smuggled into Iraq were the original and advanced models. Of course the Soviets wanted to keep them for their own use.

However, even this initial model is completely guided by phased array radars, including 3Shield early warning radar, 64N6 Big Bird target designation radar and 5N63 Flap Lid-A target tracking and guidance phased array radar. It has advanced performance and uses command guidance. With semi-active radar homing, it can track 24 targets simultaneously. Guide 4 missiles to attack 4 targets. The later improved version can guide twelve missiles to attack six targets at the same time.

At this time, the 36D6 early warning radar only rotated once. The target had been scanned and displayed on the screen of the command vehicle. The 5N63 radar turned and countless phase-changed radar waves filled the sky ahead.

"Lock the target and launch!" the commander's voice was very short. At this time, the target was still 40 kilometers away from the air defense radar position.

emission! Operators in the launch vehicle. After hearing the order, he immediately pressed the button in front of him.

"Bang." With the sound of high-pressure air, the 9M83 missile was ejected from the launch tube by the high-pressure air from the gas generator. The tail wings opened, and the huge missile had turned into a ferocious killer.

When it popped up to a height of twenty meters, a blazing flame suddenly appeared at the tail. The missile's main engine began to ignite, heat flowed, and the missile accelerated violently.

Western missiles have always used thermal launch, which means they are ignited from the launch tube and launched into the air. This requires the design of complex wake guidance devices, and the Soviet missiles. They all use cold launch technology. They wait until the missile comes out before starting to ignite. The disadvantage is that if the missile fails to ignite successfully in the air, it will fall and hit its launch position.

One missile after another, four missiles flew out of the four launch tubes one after another. The flames at the tail drew a beautiful curve in the dark night.

"Didi, didi." Almost at the same time, the sound of the radar warning receiver sounded in the earphones of the four F-16 fighters in the air. As the sound became more rapid, our own side had been locked!

Damn it, the Iraqi anti-aircraft missiles! The F-16 pilots were immediately shocked. At this time, they were performing a ground attack mission, not an air defense suppression mission. They did not carry Hamm anti-radiation missiles.

Therefore, when they were locked by the ground air defense system, they immediately felt nervous.

"Get rid of it now!" the lead pilot shouted, his hand quickly pressed the button, and the cumbersome Maverick air-to-surface missiles mounted under the wings and the auxiliary fuel tank under the belly of the aircraft were instantly abandoned.

The Maverick missile has a range of only a dozen kilometers and cannot be launched outside the defense zone. Now, facing Iraq's surface-to-air missiles, they must perform large-scale maneuvers to escape.

With only two Sidewinder missiles left, the fighter plane suddenly became relaxed. The F100 engine afterburner was turned on, and the pilot's brain was spinning at high speed. What missile was flying? If it was a SAM-6 with a ramjet engine, it would be difficult to dodge it if it was caught off guard. This missile was a ramjet engine, fast, and it flew in a few seconds. If it was an old SAM-3, there would be a few chances.

The sound in the headset became shorter, and the missile was about to arrive! The pilot gritted his teeth, pulled the joystick, pedaled the rudder, and made a large overload maneuver.

The 9M83 missile below was flying at high speed. This missile weighed one and a half tons, and the warhead reached 100 kilograms. The maximum flight speed was Mach 5. The distance of 40 kilometers was only more than 20 seconds. The semi-active radar seeker at the front had begun to work, and with the help of the 64N6 Big Bird target indication radar, it firmly locked its target.

"Boom!" When the target was still a few meters away, the warhead began to explode, and countless fragments filled the airspace with a radius of more than ten meters nearby. The pilot of the F-16 leader was recovering from the black vision caused by the large overload, and all he saw were the countless flying fragments.

Damn, what kind of surface-to-air missile is this? The power of the warhead is too abnormal, isn't it?

Four F-16s, three were directly hit and caught fire in the air, and one was injured.

It's a pity that the Soviets were unwilling to export the most advanced missiles to Iraq. If they had missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, or even improved missiles with a range of 150 kilometers, this air defense weapon could completely become an out-and-out offensive weapon.

The battle has just begun!

After killing the four-plane formation here, the 36D6 radar found several suspicious targets again, and the 5N63 guidance radar turned and began to attack the next batch of targets.

The sudden attack by the S-300 surface-to-air missiles caused certain casualties to the US Air Force. In Baghdad, Basra, and even in the desert, Iraqi surface-to-air missile units were fighting.

The Americans who dominate the sky, taste the counterattack of the angry Iraqis!

However, the attacks of several scattered missile battalions will not affect the attack of the huge army of hundreds of thousands. After the order for the general attack was issued, the 101st Air Assault Division also began their battle.

For the US military, relying on its powerful air transport capabilities, directly deploying troops to the enemy's rear, opening up new battlefields, and constantly forming leapfrog tactics are the US's best tactics.

The 101st Air Assault Division was created under the guidance of this idea. It is an air assault force of the US Army. It was first established as an airborne force, and later, it had outstanding military achievements. For example, it participated in large-scale wars such as the Normandy Landing on the battlefield of World War II. Later, it was reorganized into an air mobile division in the Vietnam War, and then established as an air assault division, using helicopters for air assault and rapid advancement. However, the 101st Division is still called an airborne division in name, which is of course fundamentally different from ordinary airborne divisions.

The main force of the 101st Division is helicopters!

At this time, AH-64 Apache helicopters and UH-60 transport planes flew in the sky like black crows.

The engine roared, the rotor stirred the airflow, and made a whirring sound. There were no navigation lights, and the entire formation flew completely in the dark with night vision goggles.

The 101st Airborne Division was equipped with 88 Apache helicopters and 128 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. At this time, the helicopter dispatch rate exceeded 90%. In front was an Apache helicopter full of missiles and rocket launchers for ground support, and in the back was a Black Hawk helicopter full of soldiers.

Their mission was to fly directly to Kuwait City and plant the American Stars and Stripes in the sky over Kuwait. Before dawn, they had to recover Kuwait City!

Look, this is the strength of the powerful American army. In just the middle of the night, they recovered Kuwait City!

American soldier, Corporal Robert, sat at the open door of the Black Hawk, his feet dangling, holding his M16 rifle in his hand, feeling a little nervous. This was his first battle after serving for a year. (To be continued ~^~)