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Chapter 2504 Becca's Aerial Combat (First Update, Please Subscribe)
In the early hours of the morning, the drone pilot spotted the SAM missile launcher under the camouflage netting on the screen using a thermal imaging reconnaissance device and immediately launched the missile.

Seconds later, a violent explosion echoed across the missile site. The power supply vehicle was the first to be destroyed.

The power supply to the vehicle was instantly cut off, and the screen went dark.

"Activate the radar immediately!"

Mahmoud gave the order decisively, but it was too late. A missile slammed into the radar vehicle with a sharp whistling sound.

The massive explosion shattered the radar vehicle into pieces, but an even more violent explosion occurred on the missile launcher, with the secondary detonation of several missiles producing an even more intense blast!

A scorching wave of air, carrying debris, swept over the nearby soldiers, engulfing them in smoke and fire.

In just a few moments, this meticulously constructed air defense missile site was a scene of utter devastation, with SAM missile launchers billowing black smoke and wounded soldiers lying on the ground groaning.

Death and destruction descended in that instant.

In the end what happened?
How did we lose signal?

No one knows!

After the command center in Damascus was destroyed, these air defense positions were completely disoriented. They had no idea what was happening, how to respond, or even how to search for targets. They could only passively take the hits.

They were successively destroyed by missiles and guided rockets launched from drones.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Air Force aircraft that had already flown over Lebanon were also thrown into a state of panic—they had lost ground guidance.

Originally, their tactics were very simple: guided by ground radar, they would approach the target and then launch missiles.

This is a typical Soviet air defense tactic—because Soviet fighter jets had outdated radar performance, for many years the Soviet air defense tactical system consisted of ground-guided fighter jets approaching the target and then directing fighter pilots to intercept it.

They were accustomed to and adapted to this tactic. However, during the strikes against Iraq and Indonesia, in an environment of electronic jamming, their pilots became deaf and blind because they lacked ground guidance.

The reason why the Soviet Union has not made corresponding adjustments until now is ultimately because a large number of their aircraft are outdated and they lack sufficiently advanced radar.

After all, fighter jets like the MiG-21 are still the mainstream of its air force.

But now, their calls went unanswered—because the command center had been destroyed, and the radar station had been destroyed as well.

Moreover, the electronic interference in the air suddenly became much stronger, to the point that the fighter jet's radar was filled with static, and no targets could be seen at all.

"Damn it, where are they?"

Now they finally understand what it means to be blind and deaf.

This instilled in all the Syrian pilots an unprecedented fear—a fear of the unknown.

At an altitude of 8000 meters over the Bekaa Valley, a group of SEA Air Force F-3s were silently patrolling under the cover of electronic jamming.

Du Zhong stared at the radar screen. The Syrian Air Force's MiG-23s looked like a group of exposed targets, drawing clear trajectories in the clutter. The data stream from the early warning aircraft was being transmitted to his cockpit in real time, and the strong interference waves released by the electronic warfare aircraft had already blinded the Syrian warplanes' radars.

It was nothing more than a one-sided massacre.

"Vulture formation, target locked, distance 50 kilometers, launch Sparrow missiles."

Du Zhong's voice was as calm as if he were reporting the weather. His thumb adjusted the weapon selection using the buttons on the joystick.

This hands-on control technology is the most distinctive feature of the SEA fighter jet, and it already had its prototype in the F1 fighter jet era.

Back then, it was only possible to switch between machine guns and missiles or bombs. Now, with technological advancements, not only can weapons be switched at any time, but the content displayed on the multi-function display can also be changed instantly to obtain the latest data.

After selecting the weapon, he immediately pressed the fire button.

Two Sky Sword mid-level air-to-air missiles detached from their racks one after another, trailing faint white plumes of smoke, and silently swooped down along the radar-guided trajectory.

Although the SEA's medium-range air-to-air missiles have been developed over the years based on the introduction of Sparrow missile technology from the United States.

However, in the past decade or so, apart from the outer shell, everything from the warhead to the guidance radar and the rocket engine has become completely different.

The Tianjian medium-range air-to-air missile is the final development of the Sparrow. Its aerodynamic shape and size are basically the same as the Sparrow, but it incorporates more advanced technologies. For example, the Tianjian uses a new active radar seeker, and while being equipped with a new rocket engine, its length has increased to 4.6 meters. With a maximum range of nearly 70 kilometers, it can be considered the world's longest-range medium-range air-to-air missile, and also the most technologically advanced.

Unlike the semi-active Sparrow missile, it can operate on a "fire-and-forget" basis, meaning it does not require continued target illumination by onboard radar after launch. The initial phase relies on inertial homing, while the terminal phase uses its onboard radar to accurately track the target.

This is an extremely advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, and for this reason, its name directly breaks away from the Sparrow and is named Sky Sword.

This marks the first time the Tianjian medium-range air-to-air missile has been used in actual combat.

When they launched their medium-range air-to-air missiles from 50 km away, the Syrian pilots were completely unaware of the impending danger.

Hassan, piloting his MiG-23 through the clouds, found his radar screen filled with static, unable to display even the most basic search information.

"Radar malfunction! Requesting ground guidance!" He roared into the communicator, but all he could hear in his earpiece was the grating static—electronic interference had not only paralyzed the radar but also completely blocked the communication channels.

The pilot in the wingman's plane next to him also lost contact with him; they could see each other, but they were unable to communicate.

Now, the once massive cluster has become a swarm of headless flies.

Hassan instinctively pulled the nose up, attempting to visually search for the target. But as soon as he broke through the clouds, he saw several silver streaks appear on the distant horizon.

"That is?"

It all happened in an instant. Before he could even react or identify what it was, the wingman's fuselage suddenly exploded in a burst of fire.

The wreckage of the MiG-23 crashed with black smoke, and the pilot didn't even have a chance to eject.

"A missile! It's a missile!"

Hassan's heart clenched suddenly, and he jerked the lever to make an evasive maneuver, the overload of the seat pressing him firmly against the back of the chair.

Although he didn't know where the enemy was or what kind of missile they were launching, he, having received rigorous training in Moscow, immediately began to maneuver to evade the missile.

The second Tianjian missile caught up, its tail flames particularly dazzling in the sunlight.

Hassan continuously released infrared flares while maneuvering his fighter jet in a serpentine pattern—this was the SkySword, guided by active radar, and the infrared flares were completely unable to confuse it.

The missile flew unaffected to the vicinity of the aircraft and then suddenly exploded.

As the explosion rang in his ears, Hassan felt the fuselage shake violently. The tail of the plane was instantly torn apart, and he immediately felt the plane turn into a leaden block, suddenly beginning to fall downwards.

"I've been hit, I've been hit."

While weakly sending out a distress signal, Hassan suddenly pulled the ejection handle with all his might, and with the help of the ejection seat rocket, he was ejected from the cockpit.

As Hassan deployed his parachute in mid-air, he looked down and saw his fleet descending into chaos.

Missiles shot out from behind the clouds, and Syrian warplanes crashed one after another as if they were being shot at.

Now, as an observer, he just looked at the sky and, apart from seeing his own fighter jets being shot down, trailing black smoke, he didn't see any SEA fighters at all.

"Damn it, where are they?"

This time, Hassan, like the other pilots, had despair in his eyes.

"They launched sparrows."

All Syrian fighter pilots, including Hassan, had been trained by Soviet instructors and even received air combat training in Moscow.

Although they had some understanding of medium-range missiles, those things weren't very accurate—in Vietnam, it would take at least 10 Sparrows to shoot down a fighter jet.

But what about now?
Hassan didn't know exactly how many sparrows the enemy had launched, but in the air... there were bursts of fire from explosions.

One fighter jet after another was shot down.

And so, without warning, those latest MiG-23 models, on which they had placed such high hopes, became a flock of lambs to the slaughter.

"Oh my God!"

Although the fighter jet had already been shot down, even while he was parachuting, Hassan's eyes were still fixed on the sky, watching the fighter jets plummeting down, trailing black smoke.

Faced with this reality, the aircraft that had been flying in formation suddenly broke apart, as no one was willing to die.

For the Syrian pilots in the air, there is only one thought: to escape.

But how can a fighter jet outrun a missile?

As they attempted to escape, Sky Sword missiles launched from tens of kilometers away struck down fighter jets one after another in the blue sky like flying swords.

All of this actually happened within a few dozen seconds. Yes, in those few dozen seconds, at least more than 20 MiG-23 fighter jets were shot down.

Fighter jets streaked with black smoke as they crashed to the ground, scattering like petals in the air, while more planes scattered in all directions.

Can they escape?

But all of this was no longer relevant to Hassan. The moment his legs touched the ground, after being dragged around several times by the parachute, Hassan, lying on the ground, finally saw a group of fighter jets flying in from another direction in the sky.

They rushed into the battlefield like bolts of lightning.

(End of this chapter)