Chapter 658: Mistaken Attack
"Enemy plane spotted!" At the same time, the armored forces on the ground also spotted a formation of air force fighters flying from the back of the valley! The unique shape of the downward-inverted wings, like a seagull, made them recognize it as an F-4 fighter at a glance.
Originally, they thought these planes belonged to their own air force, but they did not expect that these planes were actually launching missiles at them!
"Boom!" A Maverick missile easily passed through the top of the M60 tank, causing a huge explosion inside. With the explosion, the turret of the M60 tank was instantly blown away, and the scene was horrific.
Until then, they finally confirmed that the Kurds not only had tanks, but also planes! The development of the Kurds was really too fast! I didn't expect that they even had fighter planes! But how did the Kurds get these fighter planes? If the fighter planes were Soviet-made, it would be understandable, but these were real American-made fighter planes!
Oh, and they must have gotten it from Iran! The Iranians also have a large fleet of F-4s, that's it!
The commander of the armored force figured out the situation in an instant. Faced with the planes dropping bombs on them overhead, they did not hesitate to fight back immediately!
When facing enemy air strikes, the armored units do not just take the beating without fighting back, they still have the ability to defend themselves!
The M163 20mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system that accompanied the armored forces was immediately deployed on the position. Under the guidance of the gun-aiming radar, the six-barrel anti-aircraft gun launched a swift counterattack at the low-flying fighter planes!
The caliber of 20mm is not very large, but this 6-barrel rotary anti-aircraft gun is enough to make up for the lack of lethality with dense barrage! With a firing rate of 2,000 rounds per minute, in an instant, 20mm shells flew towards the enemy plane like a heavy rain!
An F-4 fighter plane was caught off guard and was instantly torn open by a 20mm shell. The entire fighter plane was blown up in the air!
The remaining fighter planes discovered that the enemy's tank troops on the ground had such powerful anti-aircraft guns, so they immediately pulled up. Then, the radar officer in the rear cabin locked the target on the anti-aircraft guns on the ground and launched another attack!
The firepower of anti-aircraft guns is powerful, but the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns can never make up for the defect of range. The effective range of this kind of anti-aircraft gun does not exceed two thousand meters, so as long as the enemy planes fly higher, the anti-aircraft guns will have no way to fight back!
The Maverick missiles launched a swift attack on the anti-aircraft guns! As a result, the anti-aircraft guns' counterattack targets instantly changed from fighter planes to flying missiles. The dense barrage blocked the direction of the Maverick missiles. In an instant, the Maverick missiles were hit and exploded in the air!
However, not all anti-aircraft guns were so lucky. Two self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were destroyed by Maverick missiles. This type of anti-aircraft gun had an open turret, and the operators inside were blown into pieces.
Those fighter planes finally flew away, and the tank troops on the ground lost more than a dozen tanks. The commander of the tank troops looked up at the sky and could only raise his fist. Damn it!
"Report to your superiors, we were attacked by enemy planes. After our heroic battle, we shot down an enemy plane!" said the commander.
Almost at the same time, in the sky, Turan, who had completed the bombing mission and was returning to the air, also reported to the headquarters on the radio: "We destroyed more than a dozen Kurdish tanks, and one plane was hit by the Kurdish anti-aircraft guns!"
At this time, both troops were very happy. They fought bravely and tenaciously, and they both showed the style of Turkish soldiers until ten minutes later.
On the distant hillside, the wreckage of the fighter plane was still burning. The commander of the tank unit looked at the wreckage with a gloomy face. The tail part of the plane fell intact to the side, and the logo of the Turkish Air Force painted on the tail could be seen.
Damn it! The Air Force is a bunch of bastards! The commander's eyes were filled with anger. He had lost more than a dozen tanks and dozens of people, and all these casualties were caused by the Air Force! These guys deserved to be chopped by him! When they were bombing, didn't they distinguish between the enemy and us? This revenge must be taken from the Air Force!
Ten minutes later, the F-4 fighter formation returned to the base safely. Turan landed on the runway and then slid towards the hangar. At the end of the runway, the commander of the base was looking at them with a gloomy face.
"I'm sorry, we lost a fighter plane. The enemy's anti-aircraft artillery fire was too fierce. The TV-guided Maverick missile can only be launched at a distance of 200 meters from the ground. We were caught off guard." Turan said to the commander outside in the cockpit. At this time, his mind was still confused. Could it be that the commander was unhappy because of the loss of the fighter plane?
"You idiots, are you bombing the Kurdish tanks or our own?" The commander said, "Turn on your direct-storage kinescope footage and show it to me!"
In addition to real-time display during an attack, the weapon system is also able to store the images, which also serves as evidence of the combat.
Standing on the gangway, the commander watched the radar officer in the rear cabin turn on the monitor. The image inside was magnified. The commander was finally furious: "What's wrong with you? Can't you see it so clearly? This is not a Soviet-made T-55 tank at all. This is clearly our M60 tank! How do you usually train? Can't you even tell the difference between these two types of tanks?"
The Army has already complained to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces! Originally, the Air Force did not believe it, but now, after seeing this image, it is clear that they made a mistake!
"You are a bunch of idiots!" the commander cursed.
"The army's idiots, knowing it was us, launched a counterattack and destroyed one of our fighter planes with anti-aircraft guns. We lost two pilots!" Hearing the commander's words, Turan also cursed: "The lives of our pilots are much more precious than theirs!"
Turan's reaction was also very strong. These army idiots dared to fire at the air force and shot down a fighter plane, killing both pilots! He didn't want to cause any harm to the army. In his eyes, the lives of those army guys were not as good as their pilots!
No, I have to write a report and complain to the Chief of General Staff! The Army is a bunch of troublemakers!
There was an accidental attack between the Turkish Air Force and the Army. Both sides held different opinions and quarreled in Ankara. The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Elkin, was extremely troubled.