Chapter 258: Project Air Hawk

Baker woke up in a field hospital at the rear. He sat up confusedly and looked around at the medical staff coming and going, as if he were in a dream and it all seemed very unreal.

Suddenly a doctor came over and asked him a question, but Beck could hardly hear it at all. He could only feel a buzzing in his ears, a feeling like two loudspeakers were screaming directly into his ears, so that he could hear nothing else but the buzzing. It wasn't until a while later that he could distinguish other sounds from the buzzing. So he said to the doctor, 'I feel pretty good now, except that I still can't hear very well. Thanks for the treatment!'

The doctor then examined Baker, but a few military officers walked in from the outside and went straight to Baker's bedside, asking him questions.

However, because the doctor had informed them of the symptoms, the officers did not ask directly, but wrote what they wanted to say on a piece of paper and showed it to him. At first, Baker looked at the words written on the paper words, and then he came to his senses and said very excitedly, 'I know, the attack on the radar station is an incredible thing. I will definitely tell the President everything, whether he can really hear it or not!'

The officer faithfully recorded Baker's words and sent them back to Badina as first-hand information.

In fact, Baker's information was not the first. The next day, before Salm woke up, the news of the attack on the Kuwaiti radar station was immediately sent back to Salm. Not only Kuwait, but also the border radar stations at Qulaydhaban and Saymāl had been attacked to varying degrees.

In the dining room of the presidential palace, Majid reported to Salm, standing at his table: 'In this round of attacks, a total of 26 radar stations have been attacked. According to according to preliminary statistics, as of 6am this morning, a total of 130 people were killed in the attacks, and 600 people were injured to varying degrees. Most of these people were observers at the radar stations, so the attacks have had a very significant impact on our radar network.'

'What a dastardly sneak attack!' Salm gritted his teeth and cursed. He then asked, 'So how long will it take to repair these radar stations?'

'It is estimated that it will take at least a week,' Majid replied, 'and more importantly, the enemy will not give us time to repair these radar stations. They will definitely continue to attack, and it will be difficult for our army to defend.'

Majid thought for a moment and added: 'According to the memories of the injured, they did not detect any US aircraft, so it can be guessed that the enemy must have used some kind of stealth bomber that can perfectly avoid radar. Therefore, I am afraid that more radar stations will be destroyed by the enemy.'

Salm slammed his hand down on the table. 'And what about our planes? Don't we have 700 of them too? Why should we continue to let the enemy planes flaunt themselves over our heads? Pull out all our fighter jets, and the air defence troops, and send them to the front line. It's time for these proud warriors to use their strength to defend our territory!'

Faced with this order, Majid, as Minister of Defence, instinctively sensed a problem. He wanted to say something, but Salm pointed at him and said, 'Go and carry out my order, my cousin. I trust you won't act against me like those other bureaucrats, will you?'

Since Salm had put it that way, Majid could only bow his head and say, 'Please be assured, my President, that I will execute your order perfectly.'

After accepting the order, Majid was supposed to withdraw and carry it out, but Salm waved him over and sat him down. He then instructed the servant to serve him breakfast too. Salm took the initiative to share his and gave him a piece of his own. Majid carefully accepted it, and Salim smiled contentedly, clearly pleased with Majid's trepidation.

'My brother, do you resent my attitude?' Salim said to Majid. 'But you must understand, this family is too big, and no one else is willing to truly contribute to this country. But you are different. You are my cousin, just like this pie. We share it together, and as long as I have my share, it will never be less than your share. So you must help me, and together we brothers will maintain this country.'

Majid was very moved and said, 'Cousin Salm, don't worry, I will always be your family and most loyal servant!'

After accompanying Salm to finish breakfast, Majid left the dining room to carry out Salm's orders. As the orders were issued like snowflakes, the entire Iraq's twenty military airports were immediately mobilised . With the exception of the 40 fighters required to guard Badina, all the other fighters were concentrated at the front, where several temporary airfields were built.

These fighters flew proudly to the front line like eagles, and were deployed on three to five defensive lines. In addition to the fighters, Majid also deployed 100 bombers to be able to counterattack US positions.

In addition the air defence units of the presidential guard were also deployed from Badina. These units, pulling their missiles and anti-aircraft guns, marched to the front in an imposing manner.

Standing the map, Majid watched as his troops were deployed to the front line, one after the other. The three lines of defence were like magnificent strokes of the brush on the map, outlining graceful arcs, but the worry in Majid's heart grew heavier and heavier.

The movement of The movements of the Iraqi presidential guard could not be hidden from the American reconnaissance aircraft and spy satellites. Both the Iraqi air force and the ground troops had been under the watchful eye of the American general staff from the moment they left the base.

With the data taken by reconnaissance aircraft and spy satellites, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, called President Harry S. Truman and informed him of a series of troop movements by the Iraqi army.

'My General, what do you think the purpose of this series of movements is?' asked Walsh.

'I think it is the Iraqi army's response to our previous attack on the radar station. They want to protect their radar station with their air power,' said Normandy continued, 'But I think their actions will be very helpful for us to seize air supremacy.'

'Helpful? General Normandy, are you planning to continue attacking the enemy's airfields? their planes in the airport and hangars?' Walsh asked curiously.

But Normandy very domineeringly denied, 'No, I plan to destroy all of Iraq's planes at once!'

Walsh thought for a moment before asking, 'Is that really necessary?'

'I think it's very necessary. Once, when I was a military advisor in South Vietnam, a general there kept a wild tiger. Every day, the general would throw a rabbit to the tiger. Even though the tiger was kept in a large cage and the rabbit was injured, every time the tiger would cautiously approach and then pounce with all its strength. continued, 'The tiger does this to ensure that it kills its prey. We are now in a situation very similar to that of the tiger. Although the prey is already on the plate, we must still fight to the bitter end. Any mishap would be a disgrace. I am a federal soldier, and my duty is to achieve the greatest victory with the least cost! made his decision: 'Then I approve your plan for the Luftwaffe.'

'Thank you very much for your trust, Mr President. I will repay you with a perfect campaign!' said Normandy with the elegance of a true gentleman.

After hanging up . Normandy took out a top-secret war plan from his drawer, stroked it as if it were his child, opened the file and took out a few documents. He called in his assistant and gave the first step of the war plan.

That night the Middle East Expeditionary Force's 1st Fighter Wing dispatched ten F5s and twenty F6s to attack Iraq's large radar observation station in Samarra. However, the well-prepared Iraqi Air Force took off in response, with twenty-five MiG-25s and fifteen MiG-29s scrambling into the sky to meet the challenge. At the same time at the same time, the anti-aircraft regiments deployed around the perimeter all removed their camouflage, revealing the black muzzles of the anti-aircraft guns.

Facing a prepared opponent, the 1st Fighter Wing clearly had no intention of a head-on confrontation. After a while of entanglement with the Iraqi air force, the 1st Fighter Wing chose to return home without even firing a single missile.

However the First Flying Brigade's setback was redeemed by the Fifth Flying Brigade, which was tasked with attacking the Abyad Station, a medium-sized radar station built near the Saudi desert medium-sized radar station, which is very prominent in Iraq, so the only ones responsible for guarding Abye are the 62nd Squadron of the Iraqi Presidential Guard Air Force and the squadron's fifteen MiG-25s and five Su-27s.

Through detected the enemy air force by radar, the 5th Flying Brigade promptly chose to engage in combat. After losing the wreckage of four aircraft, the Iraqi air force chose to retreat, while the US 5th Flying Brigade braved the obstruction of ground anti-aircraft fire and destroyed the Abyei radar station.

The results of the first day's fighting quickly reached Badr Al-Jam, but this time before he could go to Salm, the President's phone rang first.

'Maj Majid, my brother, I understand that there will be losses in war, but we are not the United States and we do not have such a strong financial base. Therefore, I do not want you to keep any more cards. We must stop the Americans We must block the American attack and deploy all our air force. Starting today, we must not lose any more radar stations, otherwise the Americans can bomb Badina directly without being detected by radar!'

Obviously, Salm did not directly scold Majid in the face, but was dissatisfied that he had not deployed the entire air force on the front line as requested.

Majid rubbed his eyes in some distress. He couldn't help but worry: was it really time to press all the buttons? Judging by the results of last night's battle, the Americans' air power didn't seem to be as formidable as expected. At least with the support of his own anti-aircraft fire, his air force didn't seem to be at a disadvantage.

And it was indeed, as Salm said, with the US military's air strikes in recent days, his own radar stations along the border have become fewer and fewer. If they lose a few more, the Americans can bomb Baghdad directly without any obstacles at all, and that is something Saddam will never allow to happen.

'Okay, let's try it first and see if we can really take advantage of the US Air Force.'

Majid thought to himself thought to herself. Suddenly, both she and Salm forgot that f7, who was on her first attack mission, did not appear, and they also failed to notice that the US Combined Fleet had captured Mina' al-'Ud in Kuwait.