The night is dense and everything is silent. The wind and sand that has been raging for several days has finally stopped, allowing the stars in the sky to shine again, and look particularly deep and bright against the endless desert. It has to be said that tonight is a rare good weather. Even Ibrahim, who was born in the desert and grew up in the desert, was attracted by this quiet and distant night;

Opening his eyes as bright as the night, looking at the translucent night sky, he was very focused. The corners of his mouth with fluffy beards occasionally smirked, but more of them were helpless and sadness that could not be concealed. It seemed that he saw the tragic comedy that made him feel turbulent from the night of Rumo. Yes, he did see it, but it was not presented in front of him, but in his mind - those were scenes that were unforgettable the night before.........

The war has reached its third day. Iraq's Falcon surface-to-air missile force has achieved extremely brilliant results, so that the powerful American aviation force has to walk around the vast edge of the southwest desert and dare not take any further steps, making nearly 10,000 square kilometers of the southwest desert a safe haven in the storm;

There are many talented people among the top Iraqi leaders, and they quickly saw the strategic value. So in the shortest time, a large number of troops were placed in this "safe harbor" to form a powerful strategic cluster of heavy troops that could support Kuwait in the south at any time and threaten the coalition forces in eastern Saudi Arabia. At the least, they could also retreat and carry out defense and prevent the coalition ground forces from carrying out assaults on the depths of Iraq's inland.

It can be said that occupying this "safe harbor" is equivalent to holding the throat of the coalition forces, letting it bite or swallow it, and it can only drag time down. What Iraq has the least lacks is time, but in this way, the relevant strategies and tactics of air defense operations in the southwest desert need to be thoroughly adjusted.

Under the gathering of heavy troops, protecting one's own live forces and important facilities has become the top priority. Therefore, the mobile air defense operations previously carried out by the Iraqi "Falcon" surface-to-air missile battalion, which aims to strike the enemy's live forces as its main goal, are obviously not in line with the current mission requirements.

After all, the previous air defense operations were close to the field air defense category, highlighting maneuverability, but now it is a typical key air defense, which emphasizes the protection of one's own safety. Therefore, both the difficulty and the intensity of the confrontation are much greater than the previous air defense operations. Because of this, military forces from all over the world have listed key air defense as a key development direction and become weapons and equipment with certain strategic value.

Therefore, air defense missile systems with the ability to defend the key area are all high-tech groups with advanced performance and strong combat effectiveness. They involve no less than hundreds of disciplines and nearly a thousand materials, and countless related advanced manufacturing processes. Because of this, there are no more than three countries in the world that can independently develop high-performance air defense missile systems for key areas;

There are many countries that have not even manufactured nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and even combat aircraft. The reason is that the technical difficulty of the ground air defense system is too high. Except for superpowers with top comprehensive technical strength like the United States and the Soviet Union, other countries have no ability to get involved in this equipment.

China, which has a huge technological gap with the United States and the Soviet Union, naturally does not have this strength. Therefore, over the years, it can only improve the old "Red Flag" 2 and act as its important air defense equipment. Even the "Falcon" air defense missile system that is now shining, its design and positioning is nothing more than a medium-range air defense missile system. The mission is to conduct medium- and short-range air defense operations in army mobile combat, thereby covering the rapid advance of the Army mechanized corps.

From this positioning, the Falcon air defense missile system is a typical field air defense system used in the army. At best, it is only at the same level as the Soviet "Beech". However, Lu Jiadong, the core promoter of the "Falcon" air defense missile system, did not regard field air defense as the end of the entire system with his open and compatible weapon development idea, but instead used it as the starting point, a starting point for a comprehensive air defense weapon that gradually advances from land to sea, from field air defense to important air defense, and eventually develops to air defense and anti-missile, and a comprehensive air defense weapon that integrates air and space......

Based on this, Lu Jiadong incorporated many technologies in the field of air defense and even air defense and anti-missiles in this "Falcon" air defense system. His purpose is to accumulate technology and prepare for the next step of development. It is under the guidance of this idea that the "Falcon" air defense missile system can perform field air defense tasks while also having the functions of air defense in key areas.

But in this way, the weaknesses of the "Falcon" air defense missile system are exposed. After all, the need for ground air defense is only a part-time task of this army field air defense system. It is not very professional. First of all, the range is too short, and the farthest firing boundary of 50 kilometers cannot stop the release of weapons outside the defense zone in the coalition's hands. It can only passively intercept incoming missiles, which makes the Iraqi "Falcon" surface-to-air missile battalion both exhausted and consumes very seriously;

Secondly, after the maneuverability is limited, it is impossible to implement flexible and changeable air defense strike tactics. It can only grit the bullet and compete with the coalition aviation forces with obvious advantages to compete for technology, ability and consumption. Over time, its own technical characteristics will inevitably be mastered and cracked by the coalition forces, and ultimately give the "Falcon" air defense missile system a fatal blow;

Last but not least, it is the strategy of Iraq's top leaders. Holding this "safe harbor" can certainly prevent the US military from further development and mastering the first move, but if you think about it, this approach is actually no different from being trapped in a cocoon. To put it bluntly, it is still a problem of Iraq's own strength.

He is not an industrial country, and his weapons and equipment cannot be self-sufficient. Now all the sources of weapons and equipment have been completely blocked by the coalition forces. Whether it is artillery shells or missiles, they can be said to have one less round. Even the "Falcon" surface-to-air missile battalion can support a "safe harbor" of nearly 10,000 square kilometers.

However, with such a powerful combat force, Iraq only had only one battalion. In just three days of war, half of the ammunition was consumed, and nearly one-third of the vehicles and equipment had malfunctioned. If this situation continued, the Iraqi "Falcon" surface-to-air missile battalion would have only one way to be the end, and the Iraqi heavy army group under its wings would be like becoming a fish on the coalition cutting board.

"It seems that Instructor Lu is right, he has to fight a few tough battles!"

Looking at the starry sky in the sky, Ibrahim couldn't help but murmur. This was the conclusion that Instructor Lu had drawn after carefully analyzing the current situation yesterday evening. Although this head-on and desperate struggle could not fundamentally reverse the entire situation, it could stop the enemy with a fearless aura;

For this reason, starting from the afternoon of the previous day, the battalion commander of the Falcon surface-to-air missile battalion and the air defense commander of the entire southwestern desert area. Mohammed, who had just been promoted to the rank of major general, began to prepare for tough battles in accordance with Lu Jiadong's suggestion. The radars that escaped deaths under the US air force, the useable Soviet air defense missiles, and even the dilapidated scattered scattered tragedy were collected.

Either it is set up at the border as a vanguard, or it is used as a firepower supplement to provide a deep configuration, or it is used to provide early warnings from waste heat, or it is simply used as a fake target to attract firepower. It has completed the air defense combat configuration in the entire southwest desert area for 24 hours under the cover of the Falcon surface-to-air missile battalion.

So yesterday evening, Major General Mohammed made the final pre-war mobilization, and then Ibrahim, who was promoted to major, led a frontier strike team composed of yjl-10 long-range search radar and two "Falcon" air defense missile launchers, heading towards the western border where the US military might carry out a raid.

As for the long and easy-to-understand analysis of the situation, it was told by his old boss, Major General Mohammed, before he set out. Ibrahim knew that it was the old commander who made him clear about his current situation and laid a decision-making basis for his upcoming independent operations.

After all, his responsibility this time is very serious. Not only should he integrate the air defense combat forces in the entire western region to deal with the main attack direction of the coalition air force for several days, but he also needs to use existing equipment to form a relatively independent radar network to provide practical and feasible early warnings for the main forces of the "Falcon" surface-to-air missile battalion in depth.

In short, Ibrahim is the eyes, ears and barriers of the entire battalion. It is precisely because its role is related to the overall situation that Mohammed, as the commander-in-chief of the air defense, would lift his hardcore confidant who once served as his personal adjutant, so as to be able to calmly deal with the next desperate battle......

Ibrahim never felt that the burden on his shoulders was so heavy that he could not breathe, so that he, who likes to talk and laugh, no longer has the bright sunshine on his usual days. Even he himself felt that he had grown up several decades overnight and entered the old-fashioned uncle team ahead of time. His actual age was only 19 years old, only 19 years old......

"Sir, everything is normal on our radar!"

Just as Ibrahim looked up at the night sky with a hint of melancholy and enjoyed the rare tranquility, the radio telephone placed beside him rang out inappropriately, instantly interrupting his thoughts, and Ibrahim, who returned to reality, shook his head, put aside the indescribable illusions, and his eyes turned cold, and he turned into a young officer who was thunderous and decisive, and then grabbed the telephone and said echoing:

"Why didn't the p-18 radar report?"

"Report to the chief, the P-18 circuit is in trouble, and it is under emergency repair!"

"Damn it, let them hurry up!"

Ibrahim was a little helpless. The P-18 radar is a Soviet-made old-fashioned meter-wave radar. Although its performance is already overwhelming, Instructor Lu attaches great importance to it and specifically explains to Major General Mohammed to make good use of this radar. However, he did not expect that the P-18 radar with old arms and legs had a problem.

This made Ibrahim very helpless and could only order emergency repairs quickly. Then he was preparing to issue several remedial measures. But before he could open his mouth, a whistling sound broke through the air came from his ears. Ibrahim's dark eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted with all his might:

“Air strike………Air……”

Ibrahim's first air strike was just out, and the second air strike was stuck in his throat. A huge gbu-24 laser guided bomb suddenly fell from the sky with the sound of death.........
Chapter completed!