Chapter 581 Seizing Air Supremacy
The battle between the Su-25 and the AH-1 attack helicopters did not last long. After flying over, several Su-25 helicopters launched R-60 air-to-air missiles and hit two helicopters. After that, the remaining helicopters took advantage of this opportunity to fly far away. The helicopters flew very low, and some even flew close to the sand dunes, which made it impossible for the Su-25 attack aircraft to perform.
However, their focus is not these armed helicopters, but the American M1 main battle tank in front of them!
Compared with armed helicopters, attack aircraft are more suitable for dealing with main battle tanks because they have strong armor and attack power and can be called flying tanks!
When the Su-25 attack aircraft flew towards the American tank formation, the American tank troops instantly fell into panic. Their anti-aircraft machine guns fired into the sky, but could not stop the flying anti-tank missiles!
"Boom!" An M1 tank was hit on the top by an anti-tank missile. The thin top armor was instantly blown to pieces, and the entire tank caught fire.
"Boom!" With explosions one after another, M1 tanks were destroyed one after another, and the Americans were completely chilled to death!
Suddenly, a flame jumped out of the ground, and the mechanized infantry behind came out of the armored vehicle, picked up portable anti-aircraft missiles, and shot into the sky.
"Boom!" The Stinger air defense missile successfully hit a Su-25 flying in the sky. The engine on one side of the Su-25 attack aircraft instantly emitted thick smoke, but soon the smoke disappeared.
Relying on the engine on the other side, the Su-25 was still flying tenaciously, leaving the battlefield to the north and returning.
Attack aircraft are like flying tanks! They are also very resistant to attacks!
When the Su-25 attack aircraft had dropped their ammunition and flew away from the battlefield, the only thing left for the Ali armored forces was to clean up the battlefield! Most of the American tanks were destroyed, and the rest were fleeing in panic!
At this time, it was almost noon, the scorching sun was burning the earth, and the desert was filled with heat waves.
The powerful Iraqi armored forces defeated the US Army and continued to advance towards Riyadh!
The fact that attack aircraft can reach the battlefield to provide support proves one thing: air supremacy in northern Saudi Arabia has been mastered by the Iraqi Air Force!
Almost like the battle on the ground, the Saudi Air Force is not strong enough to fight! In the last air battle, Rayer's MiG-25 fought with the American F-15, and was shot down mercilessly. Today, Rayer's MiG-25 continued to fight with the F-15, but it was replaced by the Saudis. The result was a one-sided victory! Rayer rushed forward and attacked head-on, shooting down one with a medium-range missile, and then, in close combat, he injured another F-15!
After Reyer's squadron returned, fighting continued on other fronts. Iraqi fighter planes took off from Iraqi and Kuwaiti airports and penetrated deep into northern Saudi Arabia, engaging in battle with the Saudi Air Force that came to intercept them.
They used to be brothers, but now they have become mortal enemies! All of this is a conspiracy by the Americans! Soldiers in the front-line air combat don't have to worry about why they are fighting, they just need to kill the enemy planes in front of them.
Although the Saudi Air Force had the support of early warning aircraft, the result was still one-sided.
On this day, the Iraqi Air Force won a great victory. However, the one who shot down the most enemy planes was not Rayer, who was about to reach the ace level, but another young pilot in the Iraqi Air Force, Arslan.
Arslan Edward Ibn Zayd is only 18 years old this year, but he is already a veteran with 300 hours of jet flying experience. At the age of 14, he changed his age and joined the Iraqi Air Force. As a son of the Zayd family, a prominent Iraqi family, Arslan's experiences are comparable to those of Rayer.
Originally, Arslan flew the MiG-23. However, last year, as Saddam signed an agreement with the Soviet Union to introduce the latest MiG-29 fighter jets, Arslan also changed his identity and went to the Soviet Union to fly the latest fighter jets!
Just ten days before the outbreak of this war, Arslan completed all training subjects and became a qualified pilot of the MiG-29. He almost directly flew back from the Soviet Union in his fighter plane and took part in the current battle!
As for the first batch of MiG-29 fighter jets ordered by Iraq, there are only five qualified pilots so far. The rest are flown by Soviet instructors. Almost half of the ground crew are Soviets, who maintain the aircraft well.
Relying on its excellent performance, Arsalan launched two R-27 missiles at a long distance, one of which was infrared-guided and the other was radar-guided. When they were halfway there, the radar-guided model suddenly failed, while the infrared-guided missile hit a Saudi aircraft.
Afterwards, the MiG-29s entered the Saudi fleet, using helmet sights and off-axis combat missiles to hunt down Saudi fighters. The Saudi pilots shouted in panic on the radio that the training they had received in the United States over the years was of no use at all. In this way, Arslan shot down two of them and injured one with four close-range combat R-73 missiles! The result of this single attack made Arslan a dazzling new star in the Iraqi Air Force!
At the same time, the Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jet also became famous because of this battle. You know, in the eyes of the Western world, the MiG-29 should be a low-end aircraft corresponding to the F-16! And now, this low-end aircraft actually beat the main American F-15 fighter jet to the ground!
If they knew that the Iraqi pilot in the opposite plane was less than 20 years old, they would definitely be so depressed that they would vomit blood. In addition, except for this outstanding MiG-29, the other MiG-29s' shooting down results were actually the result of the Soviet instructors flying inside. The dog-rich air force lost without any injustice.
After the Saudi Air Force was beaten and fled in a panic, the Iraqi Air Force gained air superiority over the area from northern Riyadh to Kuwait. Then, Su-25 attack aircraft began to take off to deal with the American ground forces.
Everything went smoothly. On the other side of the ocean, it was still dark, but the top American officials in the White House had not slept all night.
"We must use nuclear weapons. Only in this way can we save the current situation." A voice said coldly: "Our Prince Sultan Air Force Base has been destroyed. The losses are beyond our expectations. The Iraqis have completely challenged our bottom line!"