Babylonian Empire

Moreover, due to the loss of some skilled non-commissioned officers, the operation time may be extended.

After Hamad returned to the low altitude, he descended to a height of only 20 meters above the sea again. In the dark night, making such an action is tantamount to dancing with death. However, the electronic equipment of Mirage F1 is very powerful and can correctly Keep the Mirage F1 at this altitude, and the wind and waves are not too strong tonight, otherwise, if a wave rises, the plane will be smashed to pieces in the turbulence of the airflow.

Relying on the inertial navigation system, Hamad flew level again for 2 minutes. This time, he was fully confident that he entered the effective range of the flying fish, but was out of the range of the opponent's ship-to-air missile.

In this era, there is no concept of stand-off weapons, but it is definitely a cool thing to be able to use weapons with a longer range to launch effective attacks on the enemy where the opponent cannot reach.

Hamad knew that the most important moment had finally come.

The Phantom F1, which is close to the sea, reveals its fierce and domineering side in the dark night, like a dragon coming out of the water, leaps up again suddenly, and in the hot airflow discharged from the tail nozzle, it is printed on the belly. The missile has a fierce murderous look.

Phantom F1 once again raised its noble head from a low altitude and rushed to a height of 1000 meters.

The "Cyrano" IV fire control radar was turned on for a short time, and it had already firmly locked on the target. Naturally, it was the warship with the largest echo. If you want to do it, you have to be a big fish.

A series of light green enemy ship movement parameters popped up on the radar display, and the onboard computer began to quickly calculate, based on the opponent's speed, course, own ship's speed, course and other data, to set the appropriate parameters for the Exocet missile, when to proceed Inertial flight, when to climb and then dive, when to make the final attack, all the routes, in the tense calculation, lost to the Exocet missile at the same time.

At this moment, Flying Fish, like a soldier being trained for the last time before departure, is receiving all the data.

Although it is already the most advanced technology in France, it takes dozens of seconds to complete all this.

Hamad held his breath. He knew that now was the most dangerous time for him. As long as the sound of the radar warning receiver sounded, it meant that he had also been targeted by the opponent.

During this time, Hamad's plane had clearly appeared on the Babur-class early warning radar screen.

This time it was really wolf.The radar soldiers knew that this dot of light meant that Iraqi fighter jets were approaching.How the other party flew here is not important anymore. The most important thing is to shoot down the Iraqi plane to protect the safety of our own fleet.

When Afshar learned that Iraqi fighter jets had been spotted, he immediately sounded the air defense siren on the entire ship.At the same time, order the ship-to-air missiles to quickly lock the target and shoot down this target that is a threat to our own fleet!

The standard **-1MR box-type ship-to-air missile launcher began to turn half a circle, aiming at the airspace where the threat is located. The fire control radar guiding the standard missile has been turned on and is ready to lock the target.

The soldiers on the destroyer completed all preparations for air defense in the shortest possible time.However, the opponent is still [-] kilometers away from our own side. This distance is a little far for standard air defense missiles. You have to wait a few seconds until the opponent approaches [-] kilometers before launching the missile.

Suddenly, that shining spot of light disappeared.

Hamad finally passed the most dangerous tens of seconds. All the launch data had been transmitted to the Exocet missile under the belly of the aircraft. Then, he pressed the launch button on the joystick.

The huge fuselage swayed, and under the belly, the four-meter-long missile had already been ignited. With a long flame, it left the pylon under the belly and rushed into the dark night sky.

Hamad did not look at the missile. In this kind of night, he was suddenly exposed to strong light, and he was in danger of being temporarily blinded.

He didn't look at the effect of the missile either, he pulled the lever to board the rudder and started the return flight.

Flying Fish separated from the carrier aircraft and lowered the altitude to 15 meters according to the pre-set course.

At this time, the atmosphere on the Babur-class destroyer was extremely tense. The radar soldiers were surprised to find that the opponent's plane had already returned when it was 35 kilometers away from its own side.

What a cunning guy, he knows that this is the furthest distance of his own anti-aircraft missiles.

The radar soldier just wanted to relax, but found that there was a small bright spot on the radar screen, and then the small bright spot disappeared.He suddenly remembered what he had learned in his training.

"Report to the captain, the opponent has launched a missile!" The radar soldier said in a panicked voice.

"Standard missiles, prepare to intercept the incoming missiles of the opponent, 23mm artillery, prepare for the final interception, all crew members, prepare to be attacked." Afshar said calmly.

Iraqis fired missiles?It must be the Styx missiles imported from the Soviet Union by Iraq. Afshar knows very well that during the third Middle East war, Egypt launched six "Styx" missiles, which sank the Israeli destroyer "Eilat" and a merchant ship. It kicked off the prelude to anti-ship missile strikes against warships.

However, the cruising altitude of the Styx missile is about 100 meters, and it can be shot down with standard air defense missiles.

So, Afshar was not worried.

But then, the voice of the radar soldier completely sent him into the ice cellar.

"Report to the captain, the radar has lost the echo of that missile."

The flying fish was launched at an altitude of 1000 meters. After launch, the altitude has been lowered to 15 meters, which is far lower than the 100-meter altitude of the Styx River. The radar detects flying objects at this altitude at a distance of no more than five kilometers. At that time, the flying fish had already descended to a sea-skimming altitude of three meters.

"It may be that the missile launched by the Iraqis fell into the sea." The deputy captain said.

"The radar focused on scanning the airspace just now, and the fire control radar paid attention. After finding it, immediately launch the missile to destroy that anti-ship missile." Afshar is not so confident. It would be fine if it really fell into the sea, but if it is a new type missiles, then the standard missiles carried on our own warships are simply not capable of intercepting them.

The flying fish missile flew rapidly in the darkness, only the flame at the tail proved its existence.

There is no trace left on the sea, but I have flown over!

PS: Thank you "Fatty My Day" for the reward!

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Chapter 195 Flying Fish Attack ([-])

Chapter 195 Flying Fish Attack ([-])——

Afshar looked out through the glass window of the bridge, and found nothing in the dark night sky.

Suddenly, a tiny light, like a firefly in the darkness, exists clearly despite being small.

The bright light gradually became bigger, and Afshar's pupils suddenly enlarged. That fire light was precisely the missile flying!

At this time, it has dropped to a height of only two meters above the sea, and is flying at a speed of Mach 0.8.

"Full left rudder, dodge!" Afshar roared crazily.

At the same time, a frigate on the side and rear has also discovered the incoming missile, and is running towards it at full speed, hoping to use its own hull to block the missile for the largest warship of the Iranian Navy.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The terminal guidance system of the Exocet missile, the high-performance active radar, has firmly locked on to this behemoth, and the 165kg semi-armor-piercing delayed blasting warhead has been locked on the target.

At this time, the Babur class is still making its final effort. It has drawn an arc on the sea surface and is turning with the maximum overload. The hull has already tilted. Launched aimlessly.

All in vain.

If it was a battleship with heavy armor protection in the World War II era, this missile would not be a threat at all, but now this is an ordinary destroyer with an ordinary alloy steel hull, which was penetrated by the armor-piercing warhead of the Exocet missile a big hole.

Because it was turning, the Exocet missile hit the rear of the ship, which happened to be where the steam boiler was.

After the missile penetrated the hull, the delayed blasting warhead exploded violently one second later, and the 42kg high explosive inside was burning violently.

If it hits a non-critical part, if the damage control capability of this warship built in the 40s is stronger, if the boiler does not explode... Finally, when Afshar was picked up by the frigate, so many ifs, all Disappeared.

The air-to-sea search warning radar did not find the target, and the standard air defense missile did not work. The Babur class with a displacement of more than 3000 tons was hit by an Exocet missile, got into the power compartment, and exploded. Subsequently, a main boiler that produced steam exploded, and the hull was blown to two ends. Except for the soldiers on the upper cabin and deck who escaped, none of the officers and soldiers in the power cabin survived.

The Babur class suffered such serious injuries that within half an hour, before dawn, it sank into the sea water. At this time, it was less than a hundred nautical miles away from the Fao Peninsula.

This assault formation of the Iranian Navy has fallen into despair.

On the vast sea, in the dark night sky, Iraq's attack operations seemed to have bright eyes, so easily the largest destroyer in the formation was responsible for preventing the opponent's air attack during the daytime of the next day. The destroyer was sent to the sea. It was a well-planned and thought-safe operation, but now it died halfway.