Khalida Military City, Joint Force Command.

It was not until 10 o'clock in the evening that Ding Zhennan distributed the last combat plan and took time to go to the restaurant to fill his already empty belly.

Isn’t it the “union” cause to make such trouble?

When formulating a combat plan, the first thing to be determined is that after launching the second phase of combat operation, you must do your best as soon as possible.

There is no saying that modern warfare is gradually escalating.

As long as you take action, you must strive to knock the enemy down as soon as possible!

According to the plan, the Imperial Air Force will dispatch about 300 combat aircraft, the Navy will dispatch another 300, and there will be 200 coalition forces.

There are as many as 800 tactical combat aircraft invested in the first time.

In addition, more than 60 bombers deployed at the Digo Base and the Empire will participate in the assault and launch attacks with cruise missiles.

However, according to the adjusted combat plan, the bomber's assault operation was postponed for several hours, and naval cruise missiles were instead used to participate in the first round of assault.

The reason is also very simple. The battlefield is so big that it cannot accommodate too many assault forces.

In fact, it is not easy to arrange so many combat aircraft.

What's more, several allies were involved.

If the Imperial Air Force and Navy only undertake the first round of assault missions, the problem is not very big. After all, several joint military exercises are carried out every year.

If allies are involved, trouble will come.

If Ding Zhennan was the leader, he would arrange the Allied combat troops in the second wave.

Unfortunately, he couldn't decide this.

In Shi Suliang's words, only by acting with the Allies and arranging tasks for the Allies can we prove that the joint forces are not worthy of being a false reputation.

In short, the Allies must participate in the battle as soon as possible.

The Gaoju Air Force will invest more than 40 attack aircraft in the first round of assault, of which 12 are responsible for raiding the Saleh Air Force Base outside Baghdad.

To be said, this is also the most valuable part of the Allies.

Although the Imperial Air Force also has many special attack aircraft, none of them are suitable for ultra-low altitude penetration, or to be precise, suitable for assault air force bases. The Imperial Air Force's high-winged attack aircraft suitable for ultra-low altitude flight were successively withdrawn from active service after the Boei War.

Since then, the Imperial Air Force has changed its thinking and no longer emphasizes ultra-low altitude penetration, but focuses on ammunition outside the defense zone.

Unfortunately, so far, none of the several off-zone ammunitions invested and developed by the Imperial Air Force have reached the level of use!

The key is that the air-to-ground missiles equipped by the Imperial Air Force are mainly used to deal with point targets and are not suitable for countering surface targets such as airports.

In the Air Force's tactical system, the mission of bombing the airport was previously undertaken by bombers!

On the contrary, allies like the Gaoji Kingdom have retained many attack aircraft suitable for ultra-low altitude penetration.

It is precisely because Ding Zhennan handed over the task of assaulting Iraqi Air Force to Gaoju Air Force and arranged to participate in the first round of assault operations.

The Daiman Air Force also dispatched more than 20 combat aircraft, including 16 attack aircraft, which will bomb the military camps outside Baghdad in the first round of assault.

Arranging this mission to the Daiman Air Force does not mean that the Imperial Air Force does not have a suitable attack aircraft to perform the mission, but that the risk of assault is too great.

In addition, among several coalition forces, only the Daiman Air Force is equipped with long-range air-to-ground missiles.

In this way, the attack aircraft of the Daiman Air Force can project ammunition outside the range of the air defense missiles, avoiding adventures over Baghdad.

The Pakistan Railway Air Force will also dispatch more than 30 combat aircraft to focus on bombing Iraqi military camps near Basra.

This arrangement is mainly because Pakistani combat aircraft are deployed in the UAE and Oman, which is far away from Iraq and cannot penetrate deep into Iraq.

In fact, this is also a problem for most Allied forces.

The troops participating in the war in the South Zhi Kingdom, Malay and Nanzhu Kingdom were all deployed in Qatar and the UAE, and the combat radius of the fighter jets was short, so they were sent to the southern part of Iraq or bombarded the Iraqi army in Kuwait, so as to avoid adding burdens to logistics support as much as possible.

To put it bluntly, it is not to cause trouble for the Imperial Air Force tanker.

Although the Imperial Air Force has arranged more than 40 large tankers and the Navy has also prepared dozens of partner tankers, compared with the dispatching power of up to 800 and the combat intensity that must be completed within more than two hours, these tankers may not be enough!

As for the forces participating in the oil-producing countries, all of them were sent to bomb the Iraqi army in Kuwait.

This is also the only requirement of the member states of the group of oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia.

In addition to air combat, in terms of ground strikes, they only target the Iraqi army invading Kuwait, not the Iraqi mainland.

According to the Saudi-local explanation, I just don’t want to point the gun at the innocent Iraqi people.

Arrangement of the first round of assault missions is actually not a problem, and many tactical-level tasks do not require Ding Zhennan to be personally responsible.

In previous years, we conducted joint exercises on "Eastward" and repeatedly practiced similar situations.

Even if this time, non-alliance friendly countries such as Saudi Arabia are added, it will not be too difficult to arrange combat operations.

The real trouble is actually "kicking the door".

During the annual "Forward to the West" exercise, this issue is mentioned and has become a hot topic of discussion. There has never been an ideal solution.

To put it bluntly, in the face of modern air defense systems, the risk of air assault is very huge.

Iraq has the most stringent air defense system in the Posa Bay region!

After eight years of Iraq-Iraq War and with the full support of the Tyrannosaurus Empire, Iraq used hundreds of radars and thousands of air defense missiles to build the most stringent and dense air defense system in the entire Posa Bay area, claiming to be able to cope with any level of foreign invasions.

In addition, the Iraqi army also retained tens of thousands of anti-aircraft guns.

To be fair, Iraq's air defense system is not bad. The air defense radar and air defense missiles that act as the main force both come from the Goman Empire or other member states of the Western Land Group.

During the Iraq-Iraq War, the Iraqi army relied on these air defense systems to shoot down hundreds of Boei fighter jets!

According to the deduction, using traditional penetration tactics, we must be mentally prepared to lose 80 to 100 fighter jets.

The key is that after suffering such huge losses, the assault mission may not be able to be completed.

For the past decade, the Imperial Air Force has been studying tactics to break through the air defense network, and it is simply spending no effort.

To this day, the tactics ended by the Imperial Air Force are no longer as simple as breaking through the air defense network.

In a modern military system, air defense is actually only a part, so breaking through the enemy's air defense network is only a condition that must be met to achieve the goal, not the goal to achieve.

That's why when planning the plan was drawn up, Ding Zhennan repeatedly emphasized that breaking through the air defense network was only one of the keys was to destroy or paralyze Iraq's communication and command system as soon as possible, delay the response speed of the Iraqi command system, and thus gain the initiative in combat.

It can be seen that the key is the communication command system, not the air defense system.

Or both have equal importance.

That's right, first of all, it is confirmed that it is necessary to make its first appearance in the fight against the rebellion in Sri Lanka. In recent years, the "Occurrence-11" that has been the focus of the outside world.

If you want to say, the eight "Ocamp-11" that entered Saudi Arabia after dark was the only trump card in Ding Zhennan.

The reason is also very simple. Only this stealth attack aircraft can break through Iraq's air defense network without the support of external forces.

However, only 4 of the eight "Occurrence-11" can be deployed tonight.

The main reason is that the stealth paint used in "October-11" is too delicate and difficult to maintain, so its actual combat readiness rate is very low.

According to Ding Zhennan's arrangement, two "October 11" will rush to Baghdad and use laser-guided bombs to destroy four targets, the Presidential Palace, the headquarters of the Republican Guard, the Baghdad Air Defense Command Center, and the State Telecommunications and Communications Building. At the same time, two "October 11" will be dispatched to stand by in the rear to ensure that the main bombing mission can be completed when necessary. If the four main targets have been destroyed, these two "October 11" will bomb Baghdad's state television station, power transmission and transformation center, or other strategic goals depending on the situation.

With the performance of "Occurrence-11" in previous years, unless there is a fault or an accident, the bombing mission will definitely be completed.

In theory, the probability of destruction is as high as 96%.

Just destroying a few strategic goals is not enough to open up the situation.

In order to keep it confidential, because the dispatch rate is not high enough, there are not many "Ocamp-11" deployed to Saudi Arabia, and it is impossible to dispatch them all.

Even if the Air Force has made a promise to send all the "Occurrence-11" over, it will take 10 days to wait as early as 10 days.

The reason is that in Khalida Military City, there is no constant temperature hangar necessary to provide maintenance for "Occurrence-11".

The Air Force is deploying temporary maintenance centers, but it takes enough time.

To combat strategic goals near Baghdad, other forces are needed.

However, the difficulty and risk are very huge.

That's why Ding Zhennan chose a cruise missile that doesn't have to worry about casualties.

Here, Ding Zhennan made a compromise, that is, he handed over the first round of missile assault mission to the Navy, and the naval ships launched cruise missiles.

It can also be said to give face to the Navy.

After all, the Navy dispatched 6 aircraft carrier battle groups and sent hundreds of large warships. You can't watch the fun.

According to Ding Zhennan's arrangement, the Navy will launch more than 150 cruise missiles, focusing on attacking Iraqi air defense positions near Baghdad and Basra.

Simply put, it is to destroy the Iraqi army's air defense capabilities and open the way for the attack aircraft group that will be killed later.

This includes "attack-11".

Although it is a stealth attack aircraft, the "Attack-11" is not not not detected by the radar, but it only relies on the stealth design to significantly shorten the radar's detection distance. To put it bluntly, as long as it is close enough, the radar can still detect it and even lock in the "Attack-11".

When performing attack missions, "Attack-11" needs to avoid the enemy's air defense radar as much as possible.

In fact, this is also the number one problem.

There are so many air defense radars in Iraq!

According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, let alone the "Ocamp-11", even cruise missiles that fly ultra-low altitude throughout the entire journey may not be able to successfully break through the Iraqi prevention and control network. Because of the slow flight speed and flying along the set lines, cruise missiles are easily shot down by air defense fire after being discovered. There is no need to use air defense missiles, but only small-caliber anti-aircraft guns can shoot down the cruise missiles.
To be continued...