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Chapter 165 Futile Air Attack

At the same time, Colonel Ali Fahad sat in the cockpit of a Su-40 fighter-bomber at the Dumayr Air Force Base, about 22 kilometers northeast of Damascus, checking various instruments.The Kingdom of David launched an air strike on this air force base yesterday. Although it did not cause any damage to the aircraft, it did damage the runway. In addition, there are wars everywhere now, and the maintenance efficiency of the airport is much slower than in the past. As for the day that has passed, it still hasn't been fully repaired.

As time passed by, the rising sun in the east began to scorch the cockpit of the Su-22 fighter jet. The environmental control system of this Soviet aircraft produced in the 70s and [-]s was very backward, which made the colonel gradually become a little Restless.

"Control tower, I saw the construction vehicles in front withdraw." Fahd asked on the radio in a hurry.

Since yesterday afternoon, the Dumayr Air Force Base has been receiving information that the enemy is about to launch a new round of offensive in the western part of Homs Province. By this morning, the local defenders have even reported that they have exchanged fire with the enemy. , the colonel felt that he could not wait any longer.

"Yes, about a third of the runway has been repaired..."

Before the tower finished speaking, Fahd directly interrupted: "Let the power truck next to it be withdrawn, I am ready to take off."

"However, the current runway length is still relatively limited for the Su-22." An embarrassing voice came from the control tower. According to regulations, as long as the pilot sits in the cockpit, he should listen to the command of the control tower, but with the rank and seniority of a colonel, It's really hard for a lieutenant on the radio station to influence him...

"Are you thinking that my flying skills are not good enough?" The colonel has already started the engine with the help of the power supply vehicle, and adjusted the wing sweep angle to the minimum of 30°: "This takeoff does not require an auxiliary fuel tank, and the load is very large. Light, this runway is enough."

Hearing the colonel's insistence, the control tower did not continue to say anything. A few minutes later, the power supply truck and air source truck next to them put away the pipelines connected to the plane and evacuated the runway one by one.

As Fahd gradually pushed the throttle valve, the speed of the AL21F3 engine gradually increased, and a looming orange-red high-temperature airflow appeared at the tail nozzle. After confirming that the speed reached 70%, the colonel put down the brakes, and the plane taxied quickly on the runway stand up.

As a Soviet-designed aircraft, the Su-22 did not fully consider the problem of operating in hot conditions. According to Fahad's experience, the aircraft's take-off in the summer on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, compared with the manual The numbers were about to increase by half, so he took full advantage of the length of the runway that was still intact, and finally pulled the joystick narrowly in front of a crater, and the plane almost brushed the top of a running concrete mixer truck to successfully take off.

The colonel made a tight right turn over the airport and began to fly north. At the same time, he adjusted the wing-sweep angle to a central 45°. The situation is even worse in Mus, where the front line is only about 80 kilometers from Dumair air base.

Only a few minutes later, Fahd saw a black smoke column rising into the air in the distance. It looked like some kind of vehicle was burning. Obviously, the fighting intensity on the front line was very high.

He lowered the flying altitude to 150 meters. Since the Su-22 does not have a radar installed, he can only rely on a pair of eyes to search for targets.

Fortunately, the attacking enemy was blocked by an anti-tank trench, which made Fahad feel a little relieved. The clear distinction between the enemy and the enemy made him not need to worry about the damage of friendly troops. If the two sides have already entered the city and started a scuffle, then Air support is difficult to play a role.

Just as Fahd was thinking about how to maximize the effect of the 128 S5 rockets he carried, a voice from the base suddenly came from the radio.

"Chickadee 01, the base received a report from the front line. They found a suspected Nusra Front headquarters in the southwest of Katayain City and provided coordinate data. You can search around there."

There is a Garmin GPS terminal hanging in the cockpit of the colonel's aircraft, which can perform simple positioning and route planning, but this early model Su-22 has limited ability to use precision-guided bombs, and there are almost no such devices in the Syrian Air Force's arsenal. What a high-end weapon.

"receive."

The colonel turned the plane to the right and gradually left the battlefield. This scene made Hatar, who was directing the artillery to aim on the ground, a little anxious. In his opinion, it would be good if the plane could drop a few bombs on the attacking tank. of.

"Isn't he here to support us?" Hatar raised his binoculars and looked at the fighter jets in the distance. Although the Syrian government's war is not optimistic, at least David's air force rarely directly enters this airspace. Therefore, the aircraft that can appear over the battlefield at this time are undoubtedly friendly forces.

"If the air force can count on it, we won't be fighting north of Damascus." Gunner Ali was concentrating on the approaching tanks in the distance through the scope. Their artillery position has been carefully concealed, and since just He didn't fire at the beginning: "Let me say, this kind of thing depends on our armored soldiers in the end."

Hatar shook his head helplessly, and turned his attention to the battlefield not far away. The anti-tank missile destroyed a T72 and a T55 in the battle just now, but at the cost of another five anti-tank missile launching teams. Without the coverage of artillery fire, Hatar didn't see any of them running out, and compared to the personnel, the losses of those anti-tank missiles were even more fatal.

"A T55 has entered within 2000 meters of us, do you want to fire?" Another anti-tank gun next to it was operated by a serious artillery squad, but the squad leader's rank was only sergeant, so he was temporarily assigned to Hatar command.

"Wait, wait, I always feel that these tanks are not the real killing moves of the enemy." Hatar's sweat dripped down his forehead. How the opponent wants to break through there, two narrow passages are left in the middle of the trench, but if 8 tanks are crowded in these two places, it will definitely become a living target. From the tactical literacy shown by the enemy commander just now From the looks of it, it doesn't look like someone who would take this approach.

Sure enough, after the enemy tanks failed to continue to attract firepower, they gradually stopped advancing and instead maneuvered laterally on the battlefield. At the same time, some large things appeared farther away.

"Fuck me, what are those big guys in the back?" The squad leader of the artillery squad next to him looked into the distance in shock with his binoculars. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Hatar's decision not to fire just now, it seems that the latter is Yes, the al-Nusra Front does still have back tricks.

"The modified engineering vehicle is equipped with steel plates, cement slabs and stones. I have seen such things along the coast of Latakia." Although Hatar has been working in the police unit, he has filled the whole The Syrian civil war, so it is well-informed: "Bazooka and even anti-tank missiles are very poor against this kind of thing. Their bulldozing blades or buckets can play the role of interstitial armor."

"They want to use these things to flatten the anti-tank trench?" The squad leader next to him looked at Hatar dumbfounded.

"Yes, let's switch targets and aim at those construction machinery." Hatar patted Ali on the shoulder. MT12 can launch fin-stabilized demolition armor-piercing projectiles. After all, there is no ammunition, and the size of the cab is small, the aftereffect of armor-piercing bullets may be a problem.

Others in the urban defense line obviously also found these strange vehicles with malicious intentions. Several mortars that had been suppressed just now fired a few salvos, but due to the lack of geodesy and a large loss of experienced artillery, the shooting The accuracy of the head is very poor.

If the mortar shells cannot hit directly, it is difficult to cause any damage to the protected engineering vehicles.

Just when others were almost helpless in the face of this situation, Hattar commanded the anti-tank gun to fire for the first time.

An armor-piercing projectile hit a bulldozer 2500 meters away at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and easily penetrated the bulldozer blade and the sandbags piled behind it, completely destroying the engine compartment behind it and causing a fire. The driver jumped out of the cab unharmed, but the bulldozer itself must have been rendered useless.

Almost at the same time, another gun also fired and hit a forklift. Although it missed the vital position, it seemed to damage one front wheel. After the car drove crookedly for a while Finally stopped.

Soon, the front-line commander of the Nusra Front found that half of the construction machinery he had sent out to deal with the trenches had been destroyed. He hurriedly asked the tank unit over the radio if they had seen anything firing, but he quickly got a negative answer. Answer.

At the same time, Fahd in the cockpit of the Su-22 finally found the location reported by the reconnaissance unit. It was a hidden semi-underground command post. The colonel first passed the target at high subsonic speed, but the ground did not There was no sign of any anti-aircraft fire.

"Huh——" Fahd let out a long breath, and operated the plane to circle to prepare to enter the attack route. The reaction of the enemy on the ground either indicated that they had no anti-aircraft weapons at all, or that the commander was a wily guy. He hoped not to would be the second.

The colonel switched the fire control mode to CCIP mode, and then waited for the target to enter the range. The caliber of the S5 rocket is too small, and the trajectory is very drifting at long distances.

As a veteran pilot with 20 years of experience, Fahd did not focus all his attention on shooting at the ground, but looked around almost instinctively.

Then he happened to spot two fleeting flashes of light on the ground on the side of the plane, and then two faint plumes of smoke flying towards his plane.

"Oops……"

The colonel quickly pushed the throttle valve to the bottom, and at the same time switched the sweep angle to the maximum 63°.

The Su-22 quickly avoided two underpowered portable anti-aircraft missiles during acceleration, but traces of anti-aircraft gun tracers appeared around the aircraft.

Apparently, the enemy is also very experienced and knows when the pilot's attention is most distracted. If a young rookie is performing the mission today, he may fall into the opponent's way.

Fahd circled again for half a circle. This time he did not enter the opponent's anti-aircraft fire range, but tried to launch 64 rockets in the two rocket pods under the belly of the aircraft at the edge of the range, but due to the erratic crosswind As well as the influence of the old propellant, almost all the rockets deviated far from the target, and only two hit a truck next to the command post by chance.

(End of this chapter)