Chapter 466 Ground Support

If this were a full-scale war between the United States and the Soviet Union, he would shed his last drop of blood for America, but now, it is just a battle for colonies.

In this kind of war, the United States and the Soviet Union can come up with any conspiracies and tricks behind the scenes, but it will never escalate into an all-out war, or even a world war, because the United States cannot afford it. If a war breaks out, Europe will become a mess!

The Carter administration had never been able to anticipate the Soviet Union's actions, so the entire world situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the United States. This time, it did not expect the Soviets to suddenly move south under the pretext of counter-terrorism, nor did it expect that the Soviets' intention was to open a passage to the south. In order to stop the Soviets, the United States can only use a submarine to disrupt the Soviets. Using a submarine to challenge the entire aircraft carrier formation, the outcome is obvious.

Advanced technology did not become their advantage. Under the carpet bombing of rockets, in order to avoid being sunk, the Los Angeles-class submarine of the United States had no choice but to surface and rely entirely on surface ships. The Soviet aircraft carrier formation dealt with the submarine, not to mention the two Soviet nuclear submarines underwater that were ready to join the siege at any time after receiving the order.

The American submarine surfaced, they admitted defeat! Seeing the American flag raised on the submarine, the Americans were still maintaining their last bit of dignity. In the eyes of the Soviets, they were already their own prisoners!

The battle on the water was temporarily over, and at this time, eight MiG-23K carrier-based aircraft had already flown over the land.

"345th Airborne Regiment, 345th Airborne Regiment, please indicate the target, I have flown over the designated area." Joseph shouted on the radio as the wings straightened and the speed was reduced.

Soon, an anxious voice came from the headset: "Position e3, a6; 77, 43; the Iranians have two artillery positions and are constantly firing at us, please destroy it!"

The disadvantage of airborne troops is that they cannot carry heavy weapons. God knows how the Iranians even got field howitzers and kept bombarding our side. The shells of the low-pressure smoothbore guns of our paratrooper vehicles cannot reach there. The anti-tank missiles are direct fire and are blocked by the hilltops, so they cannot aim and shoot. As for sending out commandos? They have tried it once, but all the commandos were killed!

Just like that, they have been holding on until now, waiting for fire support from the rear! Now, air support has finally arrived!

Major Molenko immediately notified the air of the target's location. At this time, the artillery positions over there were still continuously firing at their side!

Hiding in the makeshift bulletproof trench, Major Morenko could finally relax.

"Got it." Joseph calibrated the navigation, input the direction signal, then pressed the engine head and began to fly towards the target direction. The artillery positions arranged there were indeed tricky!

However, no matter how tricky they are, our aviation weapons can easily kill them!

At this moment, the sound of a radar warning receiver suddenly came from the headset, and our side had been locked by the opponent's radar!

The Iranians are cunning enough to deploy anti-aircraft missile positions here! Haven’t the anti-aircraft missiles of those backward Iranians been destroyed by the Americans?

Without time to think, Joseph quickly switched the weapon switch, and a flash of fire appeared under the wing.

A KH-28 anti-radiation missile flew out!

This time when choosing the mount, because it was a large fleet attacking, in order to guard against certain accidents, Joseph, as the lead plane, mounted such an anti-radiation missile!

Anti-radiation missiles are specifically designed to attack the radars of ground or ship-borne air defense missiles. The Western Shrike anti-radiation missile has been proven effective in the battle of Baker Valley, and the Soviet Union also responded by developing this anti-radiation missile. Compared with the missile modified from the sparrow's body, the Soviet missile uses a liquid rocket engine, which makes the missile quite bulky. It is 6.03 meters long, 0.49 meters in diameter, has a flight speed of 0.8 Mach, and weighs 700 kilograms.

Moreover, this missile has three types of seekers, which can be easily replaced for different frequency bands. This is also the method that the Soviet Union had to adopt due to its backward electronic technology. However, now, with the rapid development of Soviet electronic technology, this missile no longer needs to replace the seeker, and can aim at various ground radars and fire!

Moreover, in history, this kind of anti-radiation missile could only be mounted on fighters such as the Su-22. However, after the MiG-23K came out, in order to enhance the combat capability of carrier-based fighters and achieve higher combat capability under the condition of limited models, Soviet technicians installed various weapons on this fighter, and anti-radiation missiles were also integrated into it. After all, for ground attack missions, ground-based air defense missiles are a serious threat!

The ground radar was still emitting electromagnetic waves, which was the best target guidance for anti-radiation missiles! The KH-28 was flying forward quickly, and at the same time, several flames rose on the ground.

****Anti-aircraft missiles!

Iran's various weapons were originally imported from the United States, and the main ground-based air defense force was this missile! In later generations, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the Phoenix missile, Iranian technicians were able to come up with a sudden idea and mount the missile on the Tomcat fighter to use it as a long-range air-to-air missile!

Now, the tasks of sniping Soviet fighter planes and protecting artillery positions are being carried out in an orderly manner. After discovering that the Soviet air force has arrived and has begun to enter the bombing route, the anti-aircraft missiles deployed in the valley here immediately began to counterattack!

Inside the radar vehicle, several operators were staring at the screen nervously. They had already launched missiles and would soon see results!

"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, a huge explosion sounded outside, and the entire radar vehicle was destroyed in an instant! The advantage of liquid rockets is that when the warhead explodes, the remaining fuel can also explode to increase the power!

As the radar vehicle was blown up, the missiles flying in the air also lost their target guidance and became uncontrolled rockets.

The bombing began! Having just escaped death, Joseph was not emotional at all. He was back on the bombing route and pressed the weapon release button.

Several free-fall bombs dropped from under the wing box and landed accurately on the artillery position.

Below, there was already a sea of ​​fire. In modern warfare, without air superiority, there is nothing!

Two MiG-23Ks equipped with air superiority capabilities were cruising at high altitudes while their own fighters were bombing, keeping an eye on the sky over Pakistan on the other side. If the Americans dared to jump out and cause trouble, they would be ruthlessly destroyed!