Chapter 482: Raging Missiles
Bandar Abbas is a port in southeastern Iran and the capital of Hormozgan Province. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Hormuz, straddling the exit of the Persian Gulf, with Qeshm Island and Hormuz Island as barriers. Its geographical location is extremely important.
Historically, in 1623, King Abbas built this port as the main port of Iran. However, as time went by, mud gradually accumulated and the water depth became shallower. In the 18th century, it became a small port and was replaced by Bushehr Port in western Iran. Now, with the Iran-Iraq War, the ports along the Persian Gulf have been attacked by Iraq and paralyzed. Therefore, Iran began to build a new port in the west of Abbas City. In later generations, it also became an important port in Iran.
This place guards the important golden waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. Whoever occupies it can control the entire Middle East!
Moreover, since there are two islands outside as a barrier, this place is also suitable as a port for large warships such as aircraft carriers to prevent them from being attacked in the first place. It is more suitable than Chabahar Port!
Now, Bandar Abbas is like a piece of fat meat, waiting for the Soviet Union to swallow it!
The wider your vision, the broader your mind. How can a small passage to the south satisfy the Soviets' appetite!
The dual-carrier fleet quietly left the original waters last night and headed towards the Abbas port at the highest speed! When daybreak came, they had already entered the Strait of Hormozgan!
Take off, take off! Fifteen MiG-23K carrier-based aircraft were launched from each of the two aircraft carriers and rushed towards the port.
At this time, the Iranian navy was obviously unaware of the Soviet attack. This place was thousands of kilometers away from Iraq, and Iraqi planes rarely flew here. For them, this place was safe.
Radar station east of Bandar Abbas.
The radar antenna was rotating. Several radar soldiers sat vigilantly in front of the radar screen, watching the bright lines rotating on it. As soldiers of the Revolutionary Guard, their awareness was very high.
However, a night on duty had obviously made them all very tired. Now, as it was time to hand over the shift, everyone felt relaxed.
"Damn, what is that?" At this moment, a radar soldier suddenly discovered a flashing bright spot on the screen.
"Oh, damn, that's a plane, hurry up, sound the alarm!" A bright spot appeared on the sea, indicating that a fighter plane was flying over there! That direction was definitely not our plane!
Alarm! A radar soldier picked up the phone and wanted to report to his superiors quickly, but at this moment, a huge roar came from outside.
"Boom!" A KH-25MP anti-radiation missile fell from the belly of the MiG-23K carrier-based aircraft. The ramjet engine ignited and it soared at a speed of Mach 3 for more than ten seconds before it came into close contact with the radar station!
A 1-ton warhead is enough to turn everything here into ruins! At this time, the alarm has not been sounded!
The battle begins!
The explosion here stunned the warships anchored in the harbor. On a berth in the west, on the Iranian Babur-class destroyer with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, the sailors who had woken up early and were brushing their teeth on the deck looked up in surprise and looked at the explosion on the land over there.
"There is an air raid, hurry up and return to your positions!" At this moment, the captain's voice rang out throughout the ship.
There's an air raid! The sailors dropped their cups and ran to their positions.
Hurry, hurry!
The officers and soldiers in the engine room pressed the start button, but unfortunately, the old boiler only started to emit black smoke after the third ignition. It caught fire!
However, it will take some time to heat up the boiler, and during this time, their warships will be unable to move!
The backup generator is working, providing a certain amount of power to the warship.
The missile soldiers also rushed to their positions, and the four "standard" SM-1MR box-type ship-to-air missile launchers began to rotate and aim at the airspace outside, but at this time, their own radar had not found the target yet!
Thirty kilometers away, Joseph was flying his fighter plane from a very low altitude.
Flying close to the sea surface is the basic quality of almost every carrier-based aviator. After taking off from the aircraft carrier, there is no need to worry about any fuel consumption for a distance of only 200 kilometers.
Now that the distance was close enough, Joseph pulled up his fighter plane and at the same time, he pushed a button with his right hand, and the TV guidance head of a KH-29 missile under the wing was activated.
As the Soviet Union's most advanced air-to-ground missile that was put into service just last year, the KH-29 was the first to enter the naval aviation equipment sequence. Compared with previous models, this missile has a greatly reduced size and a much lighter weight, making it very suitable for carrier-based aircraft such as the MiG-23K. At the same time, this precision-guided weapon will greatly enhance the attack effect.
This missile has two types of guidance heads, TV guidance head and laser semi-active guidance head. Now that the weather conditions are so good, the TV guidance head can play a good role.
The display in the cockpit was synchronously updated with the images captured by the TV seeker, and the Iranian warships in the port were clearly visible.
What? The Iranian Babur-class warship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons is still in the port? Joseph was stunned. It should be said that this Iranian warship with the largest displacement has been destroyed by its own anti-ship missiles?
Joseph pointed the TV camera at the warship and just as he was about to press the launch button, he saw a magnificent picture.
Sixty kilometers away, a Sovremenny-class destroyer broke away from the formation and approached the port. 100 seconds ago, it launched a 3M80 anti-ship missile. Thick smoke covered the entire Sovremenny-class warship. Its mission was to destroy the largest warship of the Iranian Navy!
It did not rely on over-the-horizon radar. There were too many warships in the port and it had to find the target accurately. Therefore, a Ka-27 helicopter took on the responsibility of guiding the anti-ship missile. The Sunburn anti-ship missile, flying at a supersonic speed of Mach 2.2 with a blazing tail flame, had already arrived at the side of the Babur-class!
Black smoke was still rising, and the boiler of the Babur class was increasing the pressure. Two targets appeared on the radar screen, one in the middle and one at low altitude!
Anti-ship missile!
At this time, there was no need for radar. Right on the bridge, the captain had already seen the anti-ship missile rushing towards him!
The four-ton large missile was flexibly performing S-shaped maneuvers on the sea. This was a means of breaking through the terminal defense. The titanium alloy shell was shining in the sun. Almost at this moment, the Sunburn anti-ship missile had come into close contact with the Babur class!