Babylonian Empire

Zhang Feng did expect that there was a discrepancy with history. In history, after Iran won the victory in Abadan, it was unable to launch an offensive, so the large-scale war stopped for several months.

Because at that time, the initiative of the war had already entered the hands of the Iranians. Iran accumulated strength, and finally made a sudden effort to drive the Iraqi army out of the country.

But now, the situation has reversed. The Iraqi army has not only captured Khorramshahr, but also the important city of Abadan. Threatened by Iraqi forces coming out of Abadan, and, most importantly, the eastern port of Khomeini, Iran's largest port, is also constantly threatened by Iraq.

Under such circumstances, Khomeini was already having trouble sleeping and eating, so how could he ignore it and slowly and methodically re-mobilize the army?

At this time, he finally accepted Lieutenant General Hashemian Said's suggestion to release a large number of soldiers who were imprisoned during the Islamic Revolution and were not motivated enough to be revolutionary.

The reason why these few battles failed so miserably, Hashmian believes that the lack of a large number of experienced and trained middle and low-level commanders in the army has something to do with it.

Because of the purge of the army during the Islamic Revolution, a large number of commanders were arrested. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the army dropped very quickly. Moreover, mullahs who did not understand anything were replaced by mullahs who interfered with the command of the army without authorization. He even sharply expressed his opposition to the behavior of stepping on a minefield. What is the future of the country?It's these boys!Sending them to a dead end in this way is simply consuming the foundation of Iran!

Fanatical religious beliefs will definitely not be able to resist the rain of bullets that cover the sky. War requires professional soldiers!

These words made Khomeini very disgusted, but he also knew that the failures in these few battles were related to the lack of grass-roots command of the troops, and he still trusted Hashmian, so Hashmian was ordered in the face of danger, hoping to turn the tide .

The 45-year-old Lieutenant General Hashemian is a senior military officer of the former government.He had studied at West Point and other Western higher military academies at public expense during the government of the Bavillie Kingdom, and had profound attainments in strategic command.When it comes to the ability to command operations, I'm afraid he ranks second, and no one dares to call it the first.At the same time, he has an extremely strong sense of national egoism. The army is the people's army, not someone's.No matter how the regime changes, the people will always need the protection of the army, and the guns of the army must never be directed inward.

Therefore, during the Islamic Revolution that broke out the year before last, he refused to follow the kingdom government's suggestion to mobilize his troops to suppress the demonstrators. For this reason, Khomeini considered it a manifestation of current affairs, and the emerging government retained his military rank and treatment. , however, deprived him of the power to command the battle.

Until now, after losing several battles in a row, especially the capture of Abadan Port, Khomeini finally remembered this general and activated him again.

After Hashmian accepted the mission, he also made a request to the great religious leader, and released a large number of grassroots command forces to enrich the team.

The task ahead of him was still very difficult. Khomeini assembled for him a Chieftain tank armored brigade and an M60 armored brigade. There were only more than 60 Chieftains and more than 60 M50s in total, and more than 113 vehicles. M[-] armored vehicles, with these assault forces, it is an impossible task to assault Abadan.

In addition to the armored units, there are two infantry divisions, both of which are not fully equipped, with less than 2 people.

At the beginning, twice as many people were gathered as these people, and they were defeated by Iraq. Now, only half of them can achieve the planned strategic goals?

But Hashemian knew he had no choice.However, he also has a killer weapon: the Air Force.

Ashmian, who had studied at West Point Military Academy, was very dissatisfied with the original style of play of the Iranian army, but he admired the style of play of the Iraqi army.

The fighting in Iraq was uncharacteristically, and the air force began to play the leading role, especially on the banks of the Karun River. Although the armored forces were surrounded by the opponent, if the excellent Chieftain tanks were to fight with the Iraqis, although they were eventually wiped out, they could still be defeated. Greatly hit the strength of the Iraqis.

However, this scene did not appear at all.

The Iraqi air force, with repeated bombings, wiped out the armor, and the army was basically mopping up.

Hashmian knew that the opponent's commander was a person who was well versed in modern military tactics. If he wanted to command the troops to succeed, he must be better than the opponent at using all his forces to wage a modern war.

The most important factor is the air force. The last failure was due to the weakness of the air force, which led to the loss of air supremacy, which eventually led to the disastrous defeat of the army brothers.

But this time, we must gain an advantage in the air!

Hashmian is confident, because with the hard work of the past few months, the most powerful F-14 fighter jet of the Iranian Air Force has finally received accessories.

Although there were 79 Tomcats at the beginning, with the embargo in the United States, the number that can take off has become less and less, and many aircraft have to sigh because of the lack of a few parts.In the last time, it even dropped to the lowest point, and only a dozen aircraft could fight.

The Iranian military is also working hard, especially some time ago, it established a relationship with an international arms dealer, and after a lot of hard work, it finally got a batch of accessories.

Now the Iranian Air Force, the number of Tomcats that can take off and fight normally has increased to more than 20.

In addition to the fighters left behind to defend important cities such as Tehran in the north, for combat in the south, the Air Force can invest in two squadrons of F-14s.

With the F-14s of these two squadrons, the Iranian Air Force can fully compete for air supremacy.

As long as the powerful F-14 fighter jets are put into cruise, even if there are no Phoenix missiles, just using sparrows and sidewinders can completely resist Iraqi fighter jets.

In addition to the F-14, Hashmian also obtained several squadrons of F-4 and F-5 fighter jets. These planes can carry bombs and undertake the task of bombing local targets.

As for the ground, the armored units will lead the way, and the infantry divisions will advance towards Abadan. Take it back.

Especially after adding a large number of mid-level officers and soldiers to the command, Hashmian believes that this battle will be more beautiful than ever before.

However, during the mobilization of the army, the 35th Armored Division, which had been guarding Abadan, keenly detected the enemy's movements. The division commander Mohammed immediately reported to the military region, and the military region reported to Zhang Feng.

The fog of war once again filled the front line of Abadan.

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Chapter 176 The Air Raid Begins

Chapter 176 The Air Raid Begins——

Chapter 176 The Air Raid Begins

Basra Airport.

Four Mirage F1s, divided into two formations, are taking off one after another.

The sun is shining over the airport, the canopy is shining under the sunlight, there is a huge auxiliary fuel tank under the fuselage, and four Matra 530 missiles and two short-range magic air-to-air missiles are mounted under the wings.

I saw the Phantom F4019 numbered 1 at the front. The front wheels had been raised, and then the rear wheels had left the ground. The aircraft had left the ground. The two-wheel landing gear began to retract slowly into the belly of the aircraft. Only the side The air intake with air intake adjustment cone, the sharp shock cone, reveals a fierce face.

Hamad, wearing an oxygen mask, was methodically steering the plane for takeoff, ready for another skilled cruise over Abadan.

Due to the recent special circumstances, the cruise has also changed from a two-aircraft formation to a four-aircraft formation. Their task is to ensure the safety of Abadan and prevent the Persians from attacking.

Due to the credit for shooting down enemy planes twice, Hamad was promoted to lieutenant and became the leader of the four-aircraft formation.

With the start of the Abadan oil refinery, President Saddam also began to care about the safety here. Now in Basra, there are already three squadrons of Mirage F1 fighters. With the end of the modification training, they can already afford combat mission.

However, in the recent period, they have never encountered the powerful Tomcat of the Iranians. This kind of domination of the Middle East sky once made Iraqi pilots have to slip away immediately after the opponent appeared, and it never happened again.

Now, they also have a way to restrain the Tomcat: the "Cyrano" IV fire control radar and the Matera 1 missile equipped by the Misun-CSF company equipped with the Phantom F530 are here to teach the invincible Tomcat a lesson!

After completing the formation of four aircraft, the fighter planes flew over the Shatt al-Arab River and soon came over Abadan.

The lead plane, Hamad, turned on the fire control radar, and the three Mirage F1s at the back synchronously received the data from the lead plane's radar through the data link.

Over Abadan, there was silence, nothing.

The huge chimney of the oil refinery below is emitting thick black smoke, and it can no longer be concealed. The Abadan oil refinery is continuously producing crude oil.

The Iranians must also know about this, so if this place is regarded as a thorn in their side, then they will definitely bomb it.

But up to now, the other party still has not responded, which makes the cruising Iraqi pilots always feel a little uneasy.

Suddenly, several bright spots appeared on Hamad's fire control radar screen, and the electronic equipment has detected that it was the signal emitted by the powerful AWG-9 radar of the Iranian Tomcat fighter jet.

There are enemy planes!

Hamad came to his spirits immediately. After waiting for so many days, he finally got the Iranian Tomcat.

"Attention the formation, put in the auxiliary fuel tank, and prepare for the battle." Hamad said.