Chapter 6: The Annihilation of the "String" Faction

  Watching the F-15 soar into the sky, Raz calmed down his inner excitement. At this moment, the bombing operation had entered its countdown.

  After the F-15 flew high, it was immediately detected by radar near Baghdad. However, the radar troops needed to report layer by layer and then pass down to the airport, and the airport took off fighter jets to intercept, which was a matter of several minutes later. With these few minutes, they could complete this last tens of kilometers bombing action.

  Those F-15s in the sky can ensure temporary air superiority is in our hands.

  Although this was an invasion of a sovereign state's airspace, Raz didn't feel guilty. Although the operation was fraught with danger, Raz wasn't afraid at all, because he was a Jewish warrior, and for the Jewish nation, this was his mission.

  Level off and fly forward, then you will arrive at a lake which is the guiding landmark. Make a turn there, climb up, fly over the last 20 kilometers of distance, and conduct bombing.

  Under the wing, you can already see the curved river. This is where one of the four great civilizations originated. This river gave birth to a great civilization.

  Laz withdrew his thoughts and focused on the navigation instrument. According to the navigation instrument, a lake would appear in front of him soon.

  "Prepare for battle." Zhang Feng gave the order calmly, and judging from the sound, the fighter jets might arrive in just one second.

  The gunners have their hands on the buttons, just waiting for the planes to appear in front of them, and they will heavily strike the invading enemy! Their hearts are already filled with admiration for Kusay. He is like a god, who accurately knows the route and time of the incoming enemy planes!

  Raz pushed the control stick to the right a bit, getting a better view of the island in the middle of the lake from that side as he prepared to climb.

  But his heart suddenly sank: Lake Heart Island was gone! How is this possible?

  Navigation indication has reached the location of the turn, but did not see the expected island in the middle of the lake.

  In a flash, Raz made the decision that his American-made fighter jet, equipped with the most advanced laser gyro inertial navigation system, would not make any mistakes. The island in the lake was likely an accident, such as the water level rising and flooding the island. (At this time, there was no GPS global positioning system, mainly relying on inertial navigation, which measured the acceleration of the aircraft and automatically performed integration calculations to obtain the instantaneous speed and position data of the aircraft.)

  He didn't hesitate to open the throttle, while pulling the control stick back, his right foot kicked the rudder pedal, and the fighter plane suddenly became a wild horse, roaring upwards at an angle, its belly flashing in the sunlight. The horizon outside the cockpit quickly disappeared from view, Raz was pressed into his seat by the massive G-force, struggling to pull the control stick.

  Behind Lutz, the remaining three planes of the "string" formation followed, starting to climb. They all had great faith in their aircraft and began preparations for bombing: pulling up into the bombing run.

  "Fire!" The soldier sitting at the anti-aircraft gun position, still being disturbed by the swirling vortex when the plane took off, couldn't even open his eyes. After hearing the order to fire, he immediately pressed the firing button without hesitation.

  "Hush, hush." Suddenly, the battlefield immediately erupted into a frenzy.

  Forty high-caliber guns, one hundred and sixty barrels, all poured out countless shells, forming a bulletproof screen above the island in the lake.

  Raz suddenly felt the plane shaking violently, was it because he had operated too fiercely just now, causing the engine to sputter? Impossible, he had done this action no less than a hundred times.

  He didn't know that this was the shockwave caused by the anti-aircraft shell exploding around him, affecting the operation of the plane. Due to the huge overload, he no longer had the energy to observe the sky around him, his attention focused on the instrument panel, and he needed to rush into the high altitude of one thousand meters.

  But Raz had no chance, and in the next second his plane was already exploding in mid-air.

  Although he had pulled up high, at this time the height from the ground was only three hundred meters. A shell accurately hit the wing fuel tank and exploded immediately.

  A huge fireball shone in the sky, even more dazzling than the sun!

  Seeing the huge fireball in front of them, the remaining three planes realized that something unexpected had happened. Underneath this seemingly calm lake, the enemy's anti-aircraft guns were actually lurking, and they had been ambushed!

  Four planes formed a diamond formation, with Raz at the top. The two planes behind Raz, the pilot on the left instinctively pushed the control stick to the left, and the pilot on the right pushed the control stick to the right, and the two planes flew away in opposite directions. The conditioned reflexes developed through multiple life-and-death situations allowed them to immediately choose the correct evasive maneuver.

  Flying is a high-risk profession, and flying a fighter jet is the riskiest of all. A delay of 0.1 seconds can be the difference between life and death. These Israeli Air Force flight elites have reacted randomly and done their best.

  But they were too close to Raz, and his plane had just opened fire. They hadn't even pulled the trigger for two seconds before they were hit.

  "It's flying pretty well, almost as good as the August 1st Aerobatic Team. The artificial smoke may look good, but it can't compare to how great it looks now." Zhang Feng watched the planes in the sky with great admiration.

  The three planes in front of them were blown to pieces in an instant. The last pilot of the "String" unit, Yadlin, made a wrong move.

  Yadlin looked at the trajectory of several planes in front, continued to pull up high, already a dead end, turning left and right was not feasible, Yadlin gritted his teeth, pulling the control stick back all the way.

  Since it can't go up, and can't turn left or right, then go back! Yaderin pulled the control stick, the plane followed his command, continuously lifting its head upwards, still without any signs of relaxation, then leaned back, preparing to make a 180-degree turn, flipping over.

  The instrument panel in front of him was spinning wildly, the steel giant, following Yadlin's instructions, obediently flew upwards and then backwards.

  According to usual training, this action is not difficult, even with a brief blackout, it can be completed absolutely.

  However, Yatelin forgot its usage conditions: it must be completed at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and the external hangar can only meet the standard of empty optimization: four medium-range shells and two short-range shells.

  Now, under his wings there are two big ones weighing nearly two tons. With such a big one, even the strongest engine is not enough!

  Yadlin felt the plane was like an old man with aching feet, turning his head for half a day, but not turning around. Just over half way, it seemed to lose momentum and fell down spinning!

  Wing stall, entering flat spin!

  If it were in high altitude, F-16 can easily get out of tailspin, but this is extremely low altitude, just a few dozen meters!

  Before Yadrin could make any evasive maneuvers, the plane had already crashed into the lake and disintegrated.

  What's even more frightening is that the intense impact caused one of the MK84 bombs to explode, a fireball erupted from under the lake, the water was blown up several meters high, and the splashing water even fell on the anti-aircraft artillery position, falling onto the scorching hot barrel, immediately turning into steam.

  The next moment, Zhang Feng's smiling face suddenly turned serious. The closest to him was Waleed, who heard that Kusay spoke in a strange language and spat out a word: "Kao!"

  It wasn't until five years later that Waleed was invited to visit the ancient civilized country in the East, where he heard this word again while strolling through the streets and finally understood the rich connotations hidden within it.