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Chapter 330 The Combat Power of the Complete Eastern System

As they marveled, the roar continued in the sky as a heavy fighter jet flew over. It had twin engines and twin vertical tails, and its wings could change their sweep angle at any time. Just like now, its wings were fully extended, and the aircraft landed gracefully and easily.

The fighter jet taxied onto the tarmac, the cockpit canopy opened, and another pilot stepped out, his face full of excitement: "That's fantastic! This is a real variable-sweep wing fighter jet! I can't wait to rush up and fight right now!"

"Major Adil, how much better is this aircraft than the MiG-23 you flew before?" Fozaih asked, leaning closer.

"A world of difference. The old MiG-23 was like... a clumsy truck. The current twin-engine Q-6 is absolutely the most agile sports car, a Ferrari! You have no idea, I even flew the plane to Mach 2.5 mid-flight, that feeling of speeding through the sky..."

Before they could finish speaking, the roar started again. They looked up and saw a large plane with a mushroom-shaped roof...

This plane is their best weapon to defeat the enemy!
David was able to suppress the Syrian Air Force by relying on E-2s to patrol the sky and monitor the entire battlefield, right? Now, the Syrian Air Force is also upgrading its equipment. It has early warning aircraft, advanced fighter jets, and tactics.

The only thing lacking is the time to work things out!

Major Adil glanced at the back seat of his cockpit, which was empty. The radar officer assigned to him had not gone to the East with him, but had come directly from Xutuo to Langtuo, where he would train for three days at the air force base before being deployed to combat.

Three days is too short! But... they have no choice but to go all out. The skies over Beka Valley are now occupied by the Eagle of David!
"I heard that the Soviet Union's air defense missiles were rubbish, and we are very grateful for the air defense missiles provided by the East."

"Yes, they even shot down a ballistic missile recently, which is absolutely a world first!"

"With our Eastern weapons, we can definitely defeat the Davids!"

Dongfang, AVIC.

"Mr. Ariel, have you raised the funds?" Manager Liu asked.

"Rest assured, it is being raised, 10 billion US dollars, and you won't be shortchanged by a single cent."

"How much have you raised so far? Can you send it to us first? Xu Tuo has already started demanding compensation from us."

"Well... don't worry, give us three more days, and we will definitely transfer all the funds to you at once."

Seeing the other party's sincere appearance, Manager Liu was filled with emotion. Everyone said that Indians were unreliable in business and talked a big game, but now, the people of David were doing it too. This nation, which is the most business-savvy in the world, has actually started to engage in fraud!
As expected, Liangzi was right. We can't be friends with such a despicable people. If we're talking about magnanimity, Sha is the real hero…

"By the way, did your side also provide Syria with an anti-aircraft missile?"

The advanced anti-aircraft missiles that appeared in the Bekaa Valley caused the Davids great distress. After several days of intelligence work, they finally determined that the missiles did not belong to the Russians, but were 100% produced in the East. The advanced electronic technology was something the Russians could not handle.

"That's right, we provided it. It was delivered to Xutuo a month ago," Manager Liu said. "What's wrong? Are you also interested in purchasing from them?"

David's people certainly didn't want to buy it; they just wanted to understand the technical principles behind it and then find a way to interfere! However, it was definitely not an option to protest now, so they had to go along with what the other side said.

"That's right, we also want to purchase this advanced anti-aircraft missile. Please provide us with a copy of the missile information so we can evaluate it..."

Manager Liu shook his head: "Not now. We will only consider the next contract after your compensation is received. This is also our practice at CATIC. We will not rush into the next transaction before the previous one is completed. After all, there are great risks involved."

"This……"

"Please complete the fundraising as soon as possible after you return. If your funds have not arrived in three days, we will have no choice but to hand over the equipment to Xu Tuo."

"Yes, we will try our best."

For three days, the David's Eagles were constantly on the move. Over the Bekaa Valley, as long as they avoided the area covered by the Eastern air defense missiles, there was no threat. They had completely gained air superiority.

But... strangely enough, the Syrian air force hasn't been deployed for the past three days! It seems they've completely abandoned the Bekaa Valley, which piques the curiosity of the Davidians.

David, Air Force Command.

“We’ve already terrified the Syrians. With their current strength, they simply can’t wrest air superiority from us!” David Ifry said excitedly. “Unless they can buy MiG-29s, even if they do, they might not be able to master the operation of that aircraft. It would take a long time to convert a completely new aircraft!”

“Yes, the Syrian army is a coward. They’ve already missed their best opportunity!” the adjutant chimed in. “As long as we control the airspace over the Bekaa Valley, the Syrian army won’t dare to attack and will only be able to watch helplessly as we cripple the PLO…”

In the direction of the Bekaa Valley, the Davidians only deployed a brigade to confront them. If the main armored forces of the Syrian army in the Bekaa Valley were to rush out, the Davidians would not be able to stop them at all. In fact, it is even possible for the Syrian army to reclaim the Golan Heights.

Unfortunately, the Syrian army has been terrified and has backed down!

In the last Middle East war, the Arab countries almost drove the Davidians back into the sea, but in the end, the Davidians turned the tide and launched a brilliant counterattack. After that war, the various Arab countries were terrified.

During the Allied period, they couldn't defeat the Davidians. Now, only Syrta remains.

Because of its support for the Arab world, Syria has become isolated from the rest of the Arab world. Now, Syria is facing the Davidians alone! Therefore, Syria is hesitant, wanting to fight but not daring to.

If the Syrian armored troops from the Bekaa Valley had charged out on the first day of the war, the situation for the Davidians would have deteriorated significantly. Unfortunately, the Syrian troops remained inactive. This scenario can be illustrated by a familiar analogy: back then, 300,000 Northeast Army soldiers withdrew back to the interior of China without firing a single shot!

Besides their own indecisiveness, there's also the issue of the higher-ups. The higher-ups, terrified of being defeated, simply don't dare to start a war. After all, the armored forces in the Bekaa Valley are protecting Damascus's left flank. If something happens to this force, David's armored troops might be able to advance unimpeded and capture Damascus.

After several Middle East wars, those arrogant guys all became very docile, thinking that they could live in peace in one corner. In reality... this world is a dog-eat-dog world. If you don't expand your living space, you will be killed by others!
"Report! Early warning aircraft have detected a large number of fighter jets taking off from Syria!"

"Good, they're finally here!" David Ifri exclaimed excitedly. "Deploy the main force, take off and intercept, activate electromagnetic interference, and let those Soviet planes suffer another crushing defeat!"

After this air battle, we should be able to wipe out the main force of the Syrian air force!

At the air force base, stern alarms blared as pilots grabbed their helmets and ran toward their fighter jets.

Ilan boarded the plane nimbly, his heart filled with anticipation.

I'm going to fight again. This time, I must find the opponent who injured me last time and kill him!

He glanced at his plane; the damaged tail engine had been completely replaced with a brand new one, but the skin was still the original, with visible signs of repair.

This time, we absolutely cannot let the other side get another chance to fire!

With the roar of the engine, Ilan maneuvered his fighter jet, quickly taxied, and took off, with his wingman following closely behind.

With six medium-range and four short-range weapons, and all air superiority armaments, this is the formidable power of a twin-engine heavy fighter!

It was 9:00 AM, the sky was clear, perfect weather for flying!

Ilan quickly flew into the combat zone, while on the other side, enemy aircraft also happened to approach the airspace near the Beka Valley.

"The AWACS aircraft is calling Christmas Tree. The target coordinates have been sent. Your squadron is responsible for intercepting the four targets."

"Christmas tree delivered!" Ilan exclaimed excitedly. He glanced at his surroundings through the wide canopy and saw four F-15 fighter jets lined up in a row, their noses pointing towards the airspace ahead. This was the famous Eagle Wall tactic, where one fighter jet locks onto a target and launches a missile. The whole process was just like playing a video game.

The radar was turned on, and the target's echo appeared on the screen. He skillfully operated the weapon system and was about to lock onto the target when he discovered that the target had disappeared from the radar screen.

The wingman's voice came through the headset: "Doraemon calling Christmas tree, target disappeared, repeat, target disappeared!" "Damn it, they must be turning to the side to dodge, how did they know we were going to lock onto them?" At this moment, Elan realized that something was wrong.

Fortunately, they had early warning aircraft behind them. Even if their own radar lost the target, the early warning aircraft could reacquire the target and send its location via data link.

As you can see, the opposing aircraft, about 80 kilometers ahead, turned left in unison and flew towards their right flank. This...

This was absolutely intentional; they wanted to circle around to the right of the F-15 formation and launch a surprise attack!

It's like the other party has eyes!
"The Christmas tree is calling the crows, the Christmas tree is calling the crows, there's a problem with the electronic suppression, there's a problem with the electronic suppression!"

They not only have E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft, but also electronic warfare aircraft modified from Boeing 707s! These electronic jammers can completely suppress the radar signals of Soviet-made fighter jets, rendering them blind. They can also suppress the enemy's radio systems, making communication difficult.

It must be a problem with the jammer now!
"Crow received. Detected that the other side is using a new radar frequency band and is adjusting its jamming methods..."

The so-called full-band high-blocking electromagnetic interference sounds very powerful, but to achieve such an interference effect, you would need a nuclear power plant to supply the power!
The electronic jamming aircraft flying in the sky don't have that much power; they can only launch targeted attacks. But this time, the enemy must have launched a new type of aircraft. The radar parameters are different from before, and they are carefully adjusting them, hoping to suppress it completely as soon as possible.

"Damn it," Major Adil cursed, then shouted, "Attention, formation turn right!"

The four F-15 fighter jets began to turn right, and soon the echoes from before reappeared on the radar screen.

"Target found!"

"Prepare to lock on!"

"Damn it, the target has disappeared again. How did they know about our interception so clearly?"

On the Raven electronic jamming machine, the technical officers were sweating profusely as they constantly adjusted their equipment. Suddenly, a strong electromagnetic radiation source appeared on the screen.

"Oh God, what is this!"

"Only the E-3 early warning aircraft has an electromagnetic radiation source as strong as this!" someone nearby shouted.

The commander of the electronic jamming aircraft looked horrified: "Oh, damn it, they have an AWACS behind them! Attention, all David's Hawks, attention! There's an AWACS on the other side!"

Behind, the Air Force Command.

"An early warning aircraft? Where did Syria get an early warning aircraft?" David Ifry was also stunned.

David Hawk is the most powerful of the various branches of the military, and their technology is also the most advanced. While the enemy was still relying on ground command, David Hawk had already begun using AWACS aircraft. They were very skilled in using these aircraft and knew that having AWACS meant that the enemy was transparent.

Electronic jammers cannot interfere with the early warning aircraft's search capabilities, since the radar power of the early warning aircraft is much stronger than the jamming power of electronic jammers!

Previously, they relied on the advantage of early warning aircraft to completely suppress Syria. Unexpectedly, Syria also has early warning aircraft!

More importantly, the E-2 AWACS aircraft failed to detect the opposing AWACS aircraft. There are two possibilities: either the opposing AWACS aircraft had a longer search range than the E-2, allowing it to fly outside the E-2's detection range, or the opposing aircraft simply didn't intend to detect its own E-2 AWACS aircraft, as long as its radar waves covered the Bekaa Valley.

What kind of aircraft is it? A Soviet Tu-126, or an A-50? Or perhaps, from the East…?

No, no, impossible! The early warning aircraft for the East hasn't been delivered yet!
"Damn it, what are Mossad doing? How come they didn't even know there was an AWACS on the other side!" David Ifry continued to curse.

Accountability is a matter for later; right now, they need to figure out how to solve the problem!

"Reorganize our forces, break through the enemy's air defenses, and shoot down their early warning aircraft no matter the cost!"

Having an early warning aircraft isn't scary; just shoot it down!
David's Eagle still reigns supreme in this sky!
Over the Mediterranean Sea.

Just to be on the safe side, the E-2 early warning aircraft flew here. The Bekaa Valley is only 60 kilometers from the coastline, and the E-2 is 100 kilometers away from the coastline. It is safe and can monitor the entire battlefield. It can even detect Damascus as far as the coastline, but it cannot scan any further inland.

The enemy's early warning aircraft must be hiding east of Damascus. If we want to fly over and attack, it means we have to penetrate several layers of air defense interception. However, the Eagle of David has never been afraid of fighting!
On the early warning aircraft, air traffic controller Baker stared at the radar screen with a serious expression. Something strange was amiss with what had happened today!
The E-2 early warning aircraft is a carrier-based early warning aircraft of the United States Navy. It has a small fuselage and three people in the small rear cabin: a radar officer, a combat control officer, and an air traffic controller. The combat control officer is the overall mission commander when the mission is carried out.

Although the United States has the larger E-3 early warning aircraft, it is expensive, and the United States has a small territory and does not need such a powerful early warning aircraft. So far, it only has the E-2.

Later, the United States developed its own Phalcon early warning aircraft using phased array radar. However, this early warning aircraft had significant flaws, so the E-3 early warning aircraft was eventually introduced, but that was after the new millennium.

Currently, this small early warning aircraft still has many shortcomings. For example, the APS-120 radar on top has a theoretical search range of 450 kilometers for targets the size of fighter jets. However, in the current complex battlefield situation, the radar waves can only mainly cover the airspace over the Bekaa Valley, and the search range has been reduced to less than 300 kilometers. Therefore, it has failed to detect the enemy's early warning aircraft in advance.

The onboard computer has limited processing power, and sometimes targets are lost. Although it can theoretically search and track hundreds of targets simultaneously, it is still inadequate in practice. Moreover, because it uses a simple dual-delay line fixed target cancellation technology, it only has limited look-down capability over land. If enemy aircraft fly at very low altitude, it is really not easy to detect them.

Today, for some reason, he felt uneasy.

He rubbed his eyes, his eyelids kept twitching, and then... he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

On the radar screen, there seem to be a few faint bright spots? These bright spots are flying at high speed, almost skimming the ground. Is this a false alarm, or...?

Just as he was about to further operate the radar and radiate more electromagnetic waves in this direction, these bright spots suddenly brightened. This meant... they had left the ground and begun to ascend!

That rate of ascent, that speed...

"Attention! Attention! Three targets are flying in from the Lituo coastline. They are moving very fast! Quickly, organize an interception!"

Li Tuo.

Ground battles are still raging, and the city is almost reduced to ruins.

Suddenly, a rocket launcher sprang out from the corner and fired at the David's tank.

boom!
The next moment, the tank exploded, and the infantrymen following beside it were also blown away by the blast wave. The soldier who fired the rocket launcher had already quickly moved away from his original position.

Boom, boom boom!

The spot where he had just been standing was blasted into pieces, and he quickly lay down to avoid the blast wave and debris.

The roar of airplanes could be heard overhead.

He looked up and saw three variable-sweep wing fighters retracting their wings and soaring into the sky.

What kind of plane is this? The yellow markings of wheat ears and an eagle under the wings are so conspicuous.

Those are Syrian Air Force fighter jets!

After a week of resistance, they finally spotted the Syrian planes! But judging from their flight path… what were they doing? Hey buddy, did you fly to the wrong place? Come down and blast these damn squid!
As if he had heard his call, the two large objects in the wing box detached from the rack and wobbled as they fell down!

　PS: E-2 early warning aircraft.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)