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brother?Zhang Feng is very clear about how this brother ran rampant on the land of Iraq in later generations. Now, the two sides are just using each other.

Khomeini helped himself this time, making Americans realize the importance of supporting themselves?Zhang Feng was still a little puzzled.

Afterwards, Zhang Feng went to the anti-ship missile production line on the other side of Zubayer, where it was also a busy scene.

The technicians sent by China, headed by Mr. Liang, are trying to install the small turbojet engine imported from Iraq on the improved Red Bird No. 200 projectile. The range has reached more than [-] kilometers, which is still a little short of what is needed.

If you really want to make a big leap, you have to install a turbofan engine, which will further reduce fuel consumption. Unfortunately, even Iraq has no way to get this kind of thing for the time being.

Even so, compared with Chinese engines, great progress has been made, the thrust has increased, but the fuel consumption has dropped a lot.

Zhang Feng knows that this kind of thing takes time, and technological progress is not so easy. It is already very good to have the current development.

When Zhang Feng was still visiting, he received a letter from Yourid from the Messiah Bureau. He had an emergency and needed to report to Zhang Feng.

Emergency situations?Could it be a matter of the northern war situation?Zhang Feng didn't continue to visit, and rushed back to the military area immediately.

"Your Excellency Qusay, we have received intelligence that the Iranian Air Force has signs of a large-scale dispatch." Yurid said.

Isn't the Iranian Air Force no longer fighting?Zhang Feng who hurried back was still a little puzzled.

"Our people can't get close to the Iranian air force base, but they found that the Iranian tankers have been delivering fuel to the base recently, which confirms that the other side will definitely have a large-scale air operation." Urid said.

Although it was impossible to infiltrate the interior, recently the opponent's refueling trucks were driving too frequently, and the ground crew suddenly became more diligent, entering and exiting the hangar very frequently. After the intelligence personnel reported this abnormal situation, Yurid From the analysis, the conclusion drawn is: the Iranians are probably planning a large-scale air attack!

Chapter 348 Figure 22B Blindfold

"Warhawk Squadron, pay attention to maintaining speed and heading. We are still escorting this time, not intercepting." Reyel said on the radio, the No. [-] aircraft behind the formation was flying a little fast.

"Yes, I understand."

Now, there are bombing missions almost every day. In the past few days, the air force of the Northern Military Region has been dispatched frequently, flying along the line from Baghdad to Bakhtaran to cover the bombing squadron.

Because of the weakness of Iran's air defense force, not only the MiG-23 and Su-20 have been put into bombing operations, but even the backward Il-28 and Tu-22 bombers, which have no self-defense capabilities, are also bombing Iran indiscriminately. .

This time, the MiG-25 squadron brought by Reyel escorted the four Tu-22 bombers behind.

When it comes to the Tu-22 bomber, many people may think of the backfire bomber that frightens the West. It has a large rectangular air intake, dual engines and variable swept wings. It has nuclear strike, conventional strike and anti-ship capabilities. Penetration.In particular, it can carry powerful anti-ship missiles, run quickly over long distances, and attack the US aircraft carrier formation. When China developed the J-[-], it was mainly to defend against this bomber.

This bomber, numbered Tu-22M, is a big killer of the Soviet Union, but it is almost a different concept from the Tu-22b blindfold bomber equipped by Iraq.

The Tu-22b eye mask adopts a slightly smaller fuselage than the Tu-16, and the sweep angle of the wings is 55 degrees. The two engines are placed at the root of the vertical tail of the aircraft. Due to the reduced drag, it can sweep at a speed of Mach 1.52. Over the target area, low-altitude supersonic penetration bombing, this is the design concept of this era.

Iraq imported a total of 22 aircraft, becoming one of the only two export countries for Tu-[-], the other being Syria.

After the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, the Tu-22 conducted several bombings of Tehran and lost several aircraft. Moreover, under the crazy retaliation of the Iranian Air Force that came later, the H-3 Air Force Base suffered losses. The Tu-22 Almost lost the ability to fight.

Until later, the combat effectiveness of the Iranian Air Force weakened sharply, the H-3 base was repaired, and these bombers regained their vitality.

Now, they are going to carry out the mission of bombing Bakhtaran again. These missions are very easy, because the Iranian Air Force almost does not exist, and the only thing they need to guard against is the occasional surface-to-air missiles on the ground.

The Eagle Squadron and the bombing formation met over Baquba and began to form into Bakhtaran Province.

After crossing Naft Shahr, the ground began to undulate obviously, and it has entered the Iranian plateau. However, the fighter planes in the air did not feel any change. Their current altitude is about 5000 meters.

Although the sky was clear, Reyel turned on the powerful "Echo A" radar of his fighter and began to search the surrounding airspace, which was their mission.

There is nothing in the sky. At this altitude, the airflow on the complex Iranian plateau has little impact on them, especially the MiG-25. Since it can fly to an altitude of [-] meters, the cold is not for them. Say, nothing at all.

Radar only searches the surrounding airspace, but it is powerless for low altitudes. The complex terrain on the ground makes it impossible for simple radars to analyze the useful signals in those cluttered echoes.

Reyer knew that if the Iranians had fighter planes coming, they would never be able to find the Iranian planes flying close to the ground. However, this possibility was very small, as most of the Iranian fighter planes were lying Damn, as long as they don't hang around Tehran, the Iranians rarely even take off their fighter planes.

Even, Reyel came up with a trick, if they kept harassing around Tehran without bombing, but just lured the opponent's fighter planes to take off in an emergency, and then used the outstanding acceleration of the MiG-25 to escape, then, The Iranians' planes will soon all be grounded for lack of spare parts.

Unfortunately, the superiors did not agree with his idea.

He didn't know that the Iranian Tomcat fighter jets that had taken off from the Tehran Air Force Base were already flying towards them in a complex low altitude.

Two Tomcat fighters of the Iranian Air Force, numbered 3870 and 3875, finally flew into the blue sky again after being lonely on the ground for several months.

Akbari and Jarad, two captain pilots, were each driving their own eagles, and the weapon operator behind them was also busy, ready to use radar to guide the Phoenix missile under the belly of the aircraft at any time.

With these weapons, the Iranians became generous again. This time, two Phoenix missiles were mounted on the belly of each Tomcat.

We must let the Iraqis have a taste, the sky here belongs to Iran!

After the long-range early warning radar deployed in Hamadan discovered the aircraft flying high in the sky, the Tomcat of the Iranian Air Force in the rear began its first active attack after several months of silence.

This time, let's use the battle of blood and fire to prove the strength of the Iranian Air Force!

Akbari skillfully piloted a huge Tomcat fighter plane and flew over the mountains skillfully. Their height from the ground was only about [-] meters. In the complex terrain, this height was very challenging.

However, they are not afraid.

With its powerful flying style, the Tomcat flew over the Iranian plateau and gradually approached the war zone.

They did this because they wanted to give the opponent a surprise attack. You must know that as soon as their AWG-9 radar signal appeared, most of the Iraqi aircraft would choose to fly away.

After leaping over Hamadan, Akbari finally completed the process of concealed contact with the enemy. At this time, the distance from Bakhtaran was already within the shooting range of the phoenix.

"Climb up and get ready to fight." Akbari said in the radio. At the same time, he turned on the afterburner and pulled the control lever. The huge Tomcat fighter jet spewed out hot flames from the tail, held its head high, and began to climb into the sky .

The huge phoenix missile cannot be launched directly from low altitude when it is in use. The most suitable is high altitude. Therefore, Akbari chose to climb. At this time, those Iraqi planes that are still bombing Bakhtaran will be His prey!

As the Tomcat fighter climbed, two bright spots immediately appeared on Reyel's radar screen, which was on patrol.

"At nine o'clock, there are two enemy planes." Reyel shouted over the radio, and at the same time, he began to operate his fighter planes to accelerate and prepare to meet the enemy.

Although he doesn't know where the enemy plane came out of, he can be sure that the Iranians' precious Tomcat fighter plane will never come here to compete with them for air supremacy, and the Iranians can't afford it.

As for the Iranian F-4 or F-5 fighters, they can be solved with the R-40 air-to-air missiles mounted under his wings.

The Tu-22 bombers in the rear are about to enter the theater and carry out bombing missions. They want to blow up some positions arranged by Iran at the front to open the way for the army's offensive.

From his radar screen, Reyel suddenly noticed something abnormal. The two planes on the opposite side were climbing too fast!

Akbari drove the plane to an altitude of 5000 meters. At the same time, the speed also accelerated to Mach 1.7. He said to the radar officer in the rear cabin: "Two missiles attack two targets at the same time."

This time he was willing to go all out. He has been holding back on the ground for such a long time. Now that he has Phoenix missiles again, he will not cherish it at all.

Missiles are meant to be launched to shoot down enemy planes!

He chose to launch two together to prevent the enemy from escaping.

The radar officer turned on the radar, and immediately, a row of targets appeared on the screen.

"Two formations, one formation is approaching us quickly, the other formation is very slow in the rear, it should be bombers."