145: Chapter 145 This air raid was a complete success.

Major General Hunter and Lieutenant Colonel David led the pilots and ground crew of the air squadron to arrive at the Hera Joint Military Base one after another. Half of the F-15 Eagle fighter jets and F-22 Raptor fighter jets had already been deployed to the military base, with the remaining aircraft expected to arrive within a month.

Seeing that his subordinate aircraft and pilots had been significantly reinforced and that the number of available aircraft was now double what it had been, Lieutenant General Gran naturally wanted to launch airstrike operations against Syria as soon as possible.

During this period, Lieutenant General Gran had also arranged for small-scale airstrikes, but the results were not significant. The main reason was that they did not dare to attack the Glass House military base, and the military bases in Zarzur and its surroundings were all deployed with anti-aircraft missiles, making them impossible to destroy.

Therefore, they could only bomb military facilities in other parts of Syria, but they encountered some tough nuts to crack. Some military facilities were also equipped with anti-aircraft missiles, and on several occasions, they were not detected, nearly resulting in the loss of aircraft.

Lieutenant General Gran reviewed the reports of the recent airstrike operations. The Hera Joint Military Base had lost one Reaper Drone, four F-16 Fighter Jets had sustained minor damage, three Reaper Drones had sustained moderate damage, and one Reaper Drone had been heavily damaged.

Lieutenant General Gran felt that such losses were acceptable, but the results achieved were not substantial. They had only destroyed three small Syrian military bases and 15 military facilities, while bombing government buildings in some Syrian cities and quite a few civilian residences.

This fell far short of Lieutenant General Gran's expectations. After replenishing the air squadron's pilots and aircraft, he felt that a larger-scale airstrike should be launched, specifically to destroy the anti-aircraft missile positions in Zarzur and tear open Syria's defense system in the north.

Soon, a new airstrike plan was placed before Lieutenant General Gran. This time, he intended to carry out multi-target airstrikes simultaneously to completely tear open the defensive positions of Syria and the Glass House in northern Syria.

Major General Hunter personally commanded this airstrike operation. Lieutenant Colonel David participated in the airstrike, piloting an F-22 Raptor fighter jet, and the supporting air squadron also deployed most of its aircraft to participate in the operation.

As several Reaper Drones took off first, heading towards their respective airstrike targets, the F-15 Eagle fighter jets, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and F-22 Raptor fighter jets followed one after another, taking off from the Hera Joint Military Base and several other military bases, rushing toward their respective targets.

Suddenly, USA aircraft were detected in places like the Seychelles Military Base, Gaeta, Sebha, and Sola in northern Syria, and various alarms rang out through the Syrian command center in Zarzur.

Major General Zaha, seeing the USA deploying a large number of fighter jets, knew that the USA would not easily admit defeat. After their airstrikes on the military bases under his jurisdiction had been thwarted, they were now here to get even.

He hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers stationed at various military bases and important military facilities to immediately deploy the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile and prepare for air defense operations. As long as the USA fighter jets entered range, they could directly fire anti-aircraft missiles to shoot them down.

As more and more Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles entered operational status, the entire air war in northern Syria was on the verge of breaking out. It was just that one side had a significant number of fighter jets launching attacks, while the other side only had anti-aircraft missiles to respond passively.

Based on the reconnaissance information from the Reaper Drones, Major General Hunter quickly gave up on military bases and important military facilities with dense anti-aircraft missile positions, only launching bombings against military bases and facilities with insufficient air defense capabilities.

As the bombing orders were transmitted to every fighter jet, the pilots quickly received their specific bombing targets. Guided by the target locations, they all dove straight toward the bombing sites.

Major General Zaha suddenly discovered that the military bases and military facilities he was prioritizing for defense had not been visited by any USA fighter jets, and he was momentarily stunned.

If the USA wasn't bombing his military bases, what targets were they bombing? Soon, news came back from the front-line officers and soldiers that most of the targets the USA was bombing this time were unimportant military facilities.

While Major General Zaha breathed a sigh of relief, he was also puzzled by such an airstrike operation by the USA. Bombing unimportant military facilities could not cause significant losses to the Syrian military. Was it worth it for the USA to do this?

At a military training ground in the Seychelles Military Base, the stationed officers and soldiers were only equipped with one set of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile and three sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile. Facing the bombing by the USA F-15 Eagle fighter jet, they timely fired two Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missiles, but they were unable to hit the F-15 Eagle fighter jet at all.

After the Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile fired one missile, the F-15 Eagle fighter jet had already completed its bombing and withdrawn, ultimately failing to achieve any results. Meanwhile, under the bombing of the F-15 Eagle fighter jet, most of this military training ground was destroyed and could not be used for a short time.

Quite a few military facilities like this were bombed during this USA airstrike operation, causing the destruction of more than 30 military facilities and resulting in over 80 casualties among Syrian officers and soldiers, still causing significant losses to Syria.

After receiving the news from various military bases, Major General Zaha had to worry about the fact that the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile he possessed was still insufficient. If they had been equipped with more Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles, the targets the USA would have been able to bomb would have been fewer.

Lieutenant General Gran was quite satisfied with the results achieved by this airstrike operation. Having only lost one Reaper Drone and one Reaper Drone, they had reaped better results than the total results of the past period, indicating that this airstrike operation was a complete success.

General Faraj soon received the battle report from northern Syria. The situation regarding losses was still under control; important military bases and military facilities had not been attacked, but less important military facilities had suffered significant losses.

He saw that all the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles had already been dispersed and deployed to various military bases and units. If he wanted to continue strengthening their air defense capabilities, he could only have the arms dealer provide the next batch of weapons and equipment.

However, the second batch of oil and natural gas leased from Iran and Russia had not yet been delivered, so there was no way to urge the arms dealer to deliver the weapons and equipment as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, General Faraj directly contacted Major General Zaha and ordered, "Major General Zaha, you have also seen the results of this USA airstrike; our number of anti-aircraft missiles is still insufficient. You must immediately urge Iran and Russia, have them pay us the second batch of leased oil and natural gas as soon as possible, and at the same time, communicate with the arms dealer to have the arms dealer deliver the weapons and equipment we purchased as soon as possible."

"Yes, General. I will urge Iran and Russia immediately." Major General Zaha had already intended to do so, and seeing General Faraj make such arrangements, he naturally wanted to act actively.