175: Operation Dragon Roar strikes back: Demilitarization!

At the Iranian border airbase, a dozen fighter jets were lined up and ready for takeoff in the night.

F-14 "Tomcats" were loaded with "Phoenix" missiles under their wings, while the silver fuselages of MiG-25s reflected the moonlight, their engines roaring across the runway.

Ground crew shuttled between the aircraft, loading anti-radiation missiles onto Su-25 attack planes.

Il-76 electronic warfare aircraft activated their "Khibiny" jamming systems, with red and green signal lights flashing in the darkness.

Commanders, holding tactical boards, issued final orders in Persian, and pilots gripped their joysticks, awaiting the signal to launch "Operation Iron Wing Storm."

At 2:15 AM, 18 fighter jets successively took off under electromagnetic silence, with the Il-76 electronic warfare aircraft's "Khibiny" system being the first to release jamming waves, immediately causing static noise to appear on radar screens along the Persian Gulf coast.

Two MiG-25 interceptors pierced through the clouds at Mach 3.2, their silver fuselages reflecting the moonlight, intentionally amplifying their radar reflection signals threefold.

This was the "Steel Decoy" designed by the Mammoth Bear Empire Air Force expert team!

At 2:47 AM, at the Iraqi border.

Alarms blared at the Baghdad Air Defense Command Center, and a stumbling major staff officer rushed into the operations room:

"Radar has detected supersonic targets, suspected to be a two-plane formation of MiG-25s!"

On the screen, two red dots were approaching the airspace at an incredible speed.

War, after months of brewing, finally seemed to have broken out!

But at this moment, Saddam happened to be in the underground command center of the Ministry of Defense.

"Dispatch MiG-23s to intercept according to the plan! Maintain communication confusion!"

Saddam smiled faintly and personally gave the order.

He and the Dragon Country military had meticulously planned this for so long; the fish were finally taking the bait!

At the same time, at the Iraqi airbase, four old MiG-23s immediately taxied out of their shelters.

During takeoff, the fighter formation even deliberately had a wingman deviate from the runway, kicking up dust.

At 3:02 AM, over the Shatt al-Arab at the border.

When Iran's feinting MiG-25 formation swept 20 kilometers past the border, three radar sites of the Iraqi air defense missile positions suddenly activated, but their beams swayed erratically like a drunkard.

The F-4 fighter formation immediately locked onto these exposed radar sources, and six "Maverick" air-to-ground missiles traced arcs of death.

In the explosion's flash, two Iraqi Air Force MiG-23s "coincidentally" performed tactical evasive maneuvers, only to be shot down mid-air by "Phoenix" missiles from F-14s that had anticipated their flight path, with the pilots ejecting to safety.

At 3:12 AM, on the outskirts of the Rumaila oil field.

The Su-25 attack aircraft formation penetrated by flying low over the river, and anti-radiation missiles blew up the Iraqi disguised radar vehicles into fireballs.

Hassan, an Iraqi MiG-23 pilot tasked with engaging, shouted in a trembling voice over the radio:

"We are experiencing electronic suppression! Repeat, we cannot see the enemy aircraft at all!"

And the radio he was yelling into happened to be on a frequency that the Mammoth Bear Empire's monitoring channel could clearly receive.

When cluster bombs covered the air defense positions, five carefully positioned fake anti-aircraft guns twisted and deformed in the flames, and thick smoke obscured the Iranian pilots' vision.

At 3:25 AM, the probing air raid operation codenamed "Iron Wing Storm" concluded.

Tehran Air Force Command Center.

The Mammoth Bear Empire advisory group closely watched the data transmitted from the front: Iraq lost four MiG-23s, three radar stations, and two air defense positions!

Then, after a brief silence, the entire Air Force Command Center erupted in enthusiastic cheers!

According to satellite photos transmitted from Moscow by the Mammoth Bear Empire, the images showed the Iraqi border radar station turned into charred wreckage, and the remains of four MiG-23s burning in the desert.

Iranian officers laughed wildly as they passed around electronic warfare records, showing that the Iraqi Air Force, under jamming, had actually fired missiles at friendly positions!

"The Iraqis' air defense tactical arrangements and pilot skills are really too poor..."

Kovalyov, head of the Mammoth Bear Empire Air Force expert group, shook his head and said.

If the Iraqi Air Force was only at this level, he felt that his meticulously planned "Iron Wing Storm" probing operation had been superfluous!

...At the Iranian border airbase.

Iranian Air Force fighter jets that participated in "Operation Iron Wing Storm" swept across the night sky, returning victorious!

Not a single one of their aircraft was damaged!

And all the hardpoints under their wings were completely empty; they had precisely unleashed all their ammunition on the Iraqi National Defense Force's positions!

To avenge their army's previous disastrous defeat!

At the same time, under the leadership of the Mammoth Bear Empire Air Force expert group, the Iranian Air Force high command quickly formulated a large-scale air strike operation across Iraq, targeting the weaknesses and loopholes exposed by Iraq in this probing action!

Their strategic plan this time was to strive to destroy all radar stations, airfields, and military facilities across Iraq!

To carry out a "demilitarization operation" against Iraq!

...April 1st.

On the morning of the same day as "Operation Iron Wing Storm," a piece of news shocked the entire international community!

International Breaking News: "Iran's 'Iron Wing Storm' Air Raid a Great Victory! Iraqi Air Defense System Collapses, Demilitarization Operation Inevitable!"

"(Tehran Dispatch) In the early hours of today, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force launched a precision strike operation codenamed 'Iron Wing Storm,' overwhelmingly destroying Iraq's border air defense system, marking a complete shift in the strategic balance of the Middle East!"

"This battle confirmed the truth of modern warfare: air superiority is survival. In the face of the 'Iron Wing Storm' jointly created by two superpowers, any army lacking systemic support will ultimately become a sacrifice in a steel graveyard!"

This international breaking news left many countries around the globe deeply shaken!

How brave had the Iraqi and Saddam's Republican Guard and National Vanguard armies been before?

With only seven combined brigades, they had even routed Iran's nearly two hundred thousand armored troops in one fell swoop!

But what all countries never expected was that such a formidable Iraqi army would be so vulnerable in a military operation by a world superpower?

Moreover, this was even when the superpower did not directly engage its own troops, but merely acted through a proxy war!

So, to what extent was the true military capability of the world superpower powerful?

And at the same time, the White House and the Kremlin issued rare synchronized statements, announcing their support for Iran to implement a "thorough demilitarization operation" against Iraq to restore peace in the Middle East!

The Wall Street Journal commented even more sharply: "Without superpower backing, Saddam's 'combined brigade myth' is nothing but paper armor!"

For a time, the entire international community was once again shocked by the terrifying military pressure exerted by the two superpowers!

..."Thoroughly demilitarize Iraq?"

In the meeting room on the fifth floor of the Dragon Country Ministry of Defense, Peng Lin couldn't help but laugh upon learning of the White House and Kremlin's strategic intentions.

It's a real shame Saddam and his national defense forces aren't making movies!

In "Operation Iron Wing Storm," except for a few nearly scrapped MiG-23 fighter jets that were real, everything else was a "fake position" meticulously constructed by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense!

"According to satellite reconnaissance intelligence analysis, Iran is likely to launch its largest-scale air strike operation!"

Air Force Commander Liu Yufei said.

After Iran's "Iron Wing Storm" plan began, senior generals from the Dragon Country Ministry of Defense, Air Force, and Army all gathered in this meeting room.

Although it was inconvenient for Dragon Country to directly send military expert teams and advisors to Iraq, it could leverage its Beidou and reconnaissance satellites to understand the movements of the Iraqi army in detail and provide remote military guidance!

"It's almost time to launch 'Operation Dragon Roar'!"

"I don't think the Iraqi Air Force would mind 'demilitarizing' the Iranian Air Force first!"

Peng Lin looked at everyone and suggested.