Chapter 1022 Habaniya Air Force Base

Nouri did not stay in the solid basement, but went outside, his bodyguard, at this time against the army outside.

"Nuri is the scum of our Iraq, a careerist!" Outside, people from the first division shouted: "He conspired to assassinate our King Ghazi, and even sold our Iraqi interests to the British! It's a choice. To be buried with Nouri, or to stand up, it's up to you!"

Nuri assassinated King Ghazi, this rumor is circulating in the whole country, and, looking at the army outside, the guards have no confidence, and some of them have begun to waver.

It's definitely not beatable, it's really better to surrender, it's not bad to stay out of the way.

Only some of Nouri's diehards are still holding on. They stare at their side. If anyone dares to escape, they will shoot immediately!

"Don't listen to outsiders!" At this moment, Nouri came out, and he said to his guards: "King Ghazi died in a car accident, I am also very sad about his death, and I tried my best. How could the son who assists King Ghazi assassinate the king!"

At this time, Nuri stood behind the guards. Anyway, there was no need to worry about being sniped by the opponent.

"Now, there are insurgents outside. If you leave now, then I can ask the king to forgive you for this treason." Nouri said: "Whoever dares to shoot at the Prime Minister's Office is Iraq. The sinner, his whole family, will be punished as it should!"

Nuri has already begun to threaten people outside. Although he will not scare the other party and let the other party leave, at least he can delay the time and wait for reinforcements!

Unfortunately, he still underestimated his opponent.

"Quick, get out of the way, get out of the way, howitzer, get ready!"

When he heard the noise outside, Nuri's face changed greatly, he spread his legs, and ran towards the basement.

"Boom, boom!" There was a huge explosion sound outside. In this terrible sound, the wall was blown open, and even the building of the Prime Minister's Office was shattered!

The opponent was just surrounded, and they didn't attack immediately. They were just waiting for the wild artillery behind to pull over. They would not hesitate to use the wild artillery to fight a prime minister's office!

The wall was torn down, and the injured guards screamed. Outside, the infantrymen of the 1st Division couldn't wait to start charging in!

Camille brought, of course, the most determined personnel. They would not be bewitched by Nuri's few words. They had long believed that Nuri was the murderer of King Ghazi!

Inside Baghdad, gunfire rumbled and there was chaos.

Outside Baghdad, 97 kilometers away, is the small town of Habania.

This is the base of the Royal Air Force. Historically, it was just a flight training school. The aircraft in the base were also old. There were 9 Glasgow "Gladiator" biplanes, 1 Bliss. Thor "Burlingham" Mk.I bombers, 26 speed "Oxford" trainers, 8 Ferry "Gordon" trainers and 30 Hawker "Odex" trainers.

However, it is different now. With the continuous defeat of the United Kingdom in the Middle East, this is the main base of the British Air Force. There are more than 5,000 soldiers and more than 100 modern fighters in the base, most of which are from the United States. The output, most of them, were P-40s.

This fighter, which was improved on the basis of the P-36, has good performance, especially the fast delivery, so it won the contract of the US Army Air Force and exported it in large quantities.

The British Air Force calls this kind of aircraft "Mohawk". They are quite satisfied with the performance of this kind of aircraft. In air battles, at least they will not fall behind in an all-round way. They can fight with the German BF109 and deal with the FW190. It's a little bit worse, but an experienced pilot can also win.

Now, the entire air force base is sounding emergency horns.

Rashid's coup took courage, and there is almost no possibility of failure, just the icing on the cake, but facts have proved that Iraqis do not have the talent to fight, and even a coup is not fully prepared.

For example, now, the attack on the British base has been temporarily increased, but their coup d'etat has not been launched at the same time. When the chaotic infantry divisions went to surround the Prime Minister's Office, the British Air Force Base here has already received the news asking for help.

Although it was in the dark, they also started preparations. The lights of the entire base were shining brightly, and on the tarmac, P-40 fighter jets were preparing to set off.

After a few more hours, the sky will be bright, and before it is bright, they will be able to take off the plane to drive out the rebels outside the Prime Minister's Office!

And some of these pilots with night flying ability can't wait to take off immediately.

Pilot D-F-Hartage, carrying his flying helmet, came to the side of the plane and watched the ground crew prepare for takeoff.

As a fighter, the main weapon of this aircraft is two Browning M2 heavy machine guns in the nose, with a caliber of 12.7 mm, plus two Browning M1919 machine guns on the left and right wings, with a caliber of 7.62 mm.

Although the most commonly used caliber in the UK is 7.7mm, it is too late for these aircraft to be replaced. Anyway, the UK's backup is now the United States, and it is enough to directly deliver 7.62mm bullets to them.

At the same time, when necessary, a 1,000-pound bomb can be mounted under the fuselage of the aircraft, and two triple-mounted rockets can be added to the wings.

Now, their task is to support Baghdad and disperse the rebels. In this case, their aircraft must be equipped with ground weapons.

Originally, the plane was full of fuel, and the machine guns were full of bullets, so now it's hanging bombs! On the trolley, the ground crew loaded more than 400 kilograms of bombs onto the belly of the aircraft, and then added rockets.

Just as the ground crew was installing, Hatage couldn't wait to get on the plane and prepare for takeoff.

When his cockpit was closed, Hatage had already started the engine, and the fighter plane slid to the runway with its head held high. Then, stepping up the throttle, the liquid-cooled engine burst out with 1,150 horsepower, and the P-40 slid on the runway. Running, getting faster and faster, he gently pulled the lever, and the P-40 pulled up easily.

With the moonlight, there can be a few hundred meters of vague visibility, which is enough. When Baghdad, the two sides exchange fire, it will definitely be brighter. Hataki pushes the joystick and wants to fly in the direction of Baghdad. Right here Suddenly, he heard an anxious voice in the earphones.

"Kingfisher, kingfisher, quick, northeast of the base, find that the rebels are coming to us!"

Almost at the same time, Hatage saw a fire coming from the distance on the ground, it was artillery fire!

"Boom!" The mechanized brigade arrived first, and the leading Renault FT17 tanks launched the first round of shelling towards the airport.