Chapter 454 Air Support

This tragedy, of course, refers to the Iranians. If we only look at the equipment, the Iranians' advantage is quite obvious. The TD paratrooper vehicle can easily defeat them.

However, the mountainous environment restricted the deployment of the T-62 tanks. The elevation and depression angles of the artillery were too small, which often left the tank soldiers helpless. The most important thing was that the quality of the tank soldiers was quite poor!

The technical requirements for artillery firing are far greater than those for shooting. Various shooting parameters must be in place before one can fire and hit the target. Although these Iranians are elite Islamic guards, their eliteness refers to their loyalty, not their technology.

It was already quite difficult to start these tanks. It was not that easy for them to fire and hit the target! Tank soldiers, without a year of training, can never master the operation of tanks!

"Boom!" Another SAG anti-tank missile. With the attack of this missile, another T-62 tank was hit and caught fire, followed by an explosion.

At the same time, the road was also blocked. Although the paratrooper vehicle was also a tracked vehicle, it was impossible to cross the steep ridge next to it. The Iranians on the opposite side were obviously more courageous. The tanks behind pushed away the scrapped tanks in front and continued to move forward!

"Boom!" It seemed that the Iranians also found that they could not shoot accurately, so they did not continue to use armor-piercing shells, but began to use grenades to greet! A 115mm grenade, if hit at close range, can also tear open the armor of the BMD paratrooper vehicle! After all, the armor of the paratrooper vehicle is only at the level of defending against machine guns.

Captain Molenko was very anxious. Now, time was of the utmost importance. If the Americans reacted and crossed the border, it would be difficult for their side to deal with it!

Where's the air support? Why hasn't it come yet? Just as Captain Morenko was thinking about it, a roar came from the sky in the distance!

Joseph was flying the fighter plane over the rolling mountains. At this time, the wings of the MiG-23 were fully opened again, which gave the MiG-23 good low-altitude and low-speed performance. At the same time, the onboard radar performed the synthetic aperture function and displayed the scanned terrain in front on the screen, helping the pilot's flight to the maximum extent. It can be said that even if he flew a little lower, he would not have to worry about crashing into the mountain.

"We are about to approach the target, keep an eye out." As the lead plane, Joseph gave orders to his wingman behind him. Thanks to the military's information construction, the coordinates of their own ground forces can be displayed on the aircraft, and they were flying according to this information terminal just now.

Now, they were approaching the firefight area! Joseph opened the weapon safety and prepared to throw the bombs he had mounted.

In fact, although the MiG-23 later developed into the MiG-27 fighter-bomber, it is not suitable for close ground support missions. The Su-25 is suitable for this mission. Moreover, the Su-25 is also trying to be modified into a carrier-based fighter. However, for the Kiev-class, which has a small displacement and a certain amount of space occupied by various anti-ship and air defense weapons, increasing the types of carrier-based aircraft will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of maintenance. Therefore, the Kiev-class only has one carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft, the MiG-23, and it can only be transformed into an all-round aircraft.

However, the inherent defects cannot be overcome. For example, the cockpit field of view has not been significantly improved. It is OK for air combat, but it always feels lacking when attacking the ground. Fortunately, synthetic aperture radar can map the ground, and information equipment can better help pilots determine the location of their own personnel to prevent accidental attacks.

After flying over the canyon over there, we can already see the area of ​​the firefight!

"Attention, destroy the tanks on the ground and relieve the pressure on our paratroopers!" Joseph shouted.

As a pilot of a converted Yak-36M, Joseph had performed most ground attack missions in the past, and he was very familiar with this type of mission.

After aligning the heading and stabilizing the fighter's state, the MiG-23 flew through the field at a low speed. At the same time, the weapons had entered the final stage of delivery.

"Watch out for our heads!" At this time, Muhsin had obviously also spotted the fighter planes flying over. Damn! What kind of planes were those? Were they Soviet? How could it be possible! Where did they come from?

At this time, there was no time to think about these questions. They raised their guns and fired fiercely at the sky, trying to shoot down the planes overhead in this way.

Unfortunately, even the anti-aircraft machine guns of the tanks would have a very difficult time shooting down the plane, let alone now! The weapons in their hands spewed out flames, but they saw the plane above their heads constantly dropping bombs!

16 100-kilogram bombs exploded on the Iranian positions. In an instant, explosions were heard everywhere and there was a sea of ​​fire everywhere!

The Iranian tanks were arranged very densely. They were very eager to fight and wanted to rush up to fight the Soviets. However, the objective terrain limited their combat performance. Now, this just provided an opportunity for the planes overhead!

The T-62 tank has more than 200 millimeters of armor on the front, but the armor on the top is very weak, only 15 to 30 millimeters thick. Such armor cannot withstand bombing from overhead!

The bomb that hit the top directly ignited the entire tank instantly, causing a violent ammunition explosion. Red flames appeared on the entire turret seat, and then the turret was blown away. The violent explosion echoed throughout the valley.

Even if there is no direct hit, the bombs exploding around the tank will shock the members inside the tank and make them unconscious!

When Joseph's first plane flew over, the scene was already horrific. Then, the second MiG-23 dropped all the bombs it was carrying. These two rounds of bombing were too much for the Iranians to bear!

After the two planes passed, the Iranian tanks that could move began to retreat. They needed to avoid the fierce air strikes, but the god of death continued to approach!

The UB-16-57 rocket launcher nest means that there are 16 57mm rockets inside! Rockets of this caliber can easily tear open the top armor of the T-62!

The pilots of the two planes behind used aiming devices to push down the nose of the plane, and the rocket launcher under the wing box emitted the flames of death!

Rockets exploded one after another on the Iranian positions, and those T-62 tanks that were still retreating turned into burning scrap metal!