Chapter 590: Ship Attack War Breaks Out (Seeking monthly tickets and subscriptions)
This move by the Iraqi Air Force undoubtedly angered the Persians.
The Persians took retaliatory action immediately.
Before, for some reasons, the Persians had not attacked the Iraqi navy and oil tankers.
But now that the Iraqis took the lead in attacking the Persian navy, the Persians naturally had to take retaliatory measures.
In terms of air force and navy, the Persians are stronger than the Iraqis.
The most intermediate force of the Iraqi Air Force is the more than 200 modern Soviet aircraft purchased, including MiG-23 and Su-22. The most advanced fighter is the Su-25 fighter, but the Su-25 fighter is not strong.
In recent years, the Iraqi Air Force has lost a lot of aircraft. Although a batch of J-6 and J-7 fighters have been added, and a batch of J-8s have been introduced recently, the number of aircraft is more than before the war, but the strength of the air force has not increased but decreased, and is worse than before the outbreak of Iran-Iraq.
The Iraqi navy is very weak and can be ignored. It has only 4,250 people. The main force is 4 Soviet Osa-II missile patrol boats. In addition, there are two medium-sized minesweepers, six coastal and river minesweepers, and four large landing ships. In addition, there are more than a dozen P-6 torpedo boats.
The aviation force belonging to the navy is a squadron composed of 11 French SA321 Super Freron helicopters.
Originally in January 1980, Iraq and Italy signed a contract to purchase 4 "Wolf" class frigates, ragh class missile frigates and 1 improved Stromboli class supply ship.
If these ordered warships can be equipped, the strength of the Iraqi navy can be greatly enhanced, even surpassing the Persian navy and becoming the strongest navy in the Gulf region.
But when the Iran-Iraq War broke out, the ugly face of the Italians was exposed. They simply wanted to eat up everything. Until now, no warships have been delivered.
In contrast, the Persian navy and air force are much stronger.
Now the Iraqis took the initiative to attack the Persian navy, causing the Persian navy to lose seven warships and even nineteen aircraft. The Persians naturally wanted to retaliate.
At the Persian rear air base, when the combat plan was drawn up and the combat mission was issued, this air base became busy.
The ground crew was busy checking the aircraft and mounting weapons on the aircraft.
The pilots were adjusting their status. Their combat goal this time was to destroy the Iraqi navy and retaliate against the Iraqis.
Among them, there were those who were going to attack the Iraqi naval warships, equipped with "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.
There were also aircraft responsible for air combat and intercepting Iraqi Air Force aircraft for air combat. These aircraft did not carry "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.
Finally, when everything was ready, the pilots were in the best condition and began to board the plane.
At this time, it was five o'clock in the morning.
One plane after another taxied on the runway and took off, climbing rapidly.
These aircraft included F-14 "Panda" fighters and F-4 "Phantom" fighters.
The aircraft formation did not fly directly into Iraqi airspace from the airspace over the land, but flew into the Persian Gulf and flew over the Persian Gulf, which was equivalent to turning a corner.
Then it headed straight for the Iraqi naval base - Basra!
At this time, the residents of Basra were in deep sleep and had never thought that the Persians would come to launch an air strike.
Even the radar was not turned on.
As a result, no one noticed the Persian plane approaching.
When the Persian plane arrived, the roar of the fighter's engine woke up a soldier, and the soldier sounded the air defense alarm.
The sharp air defense alarm sounded in Basra.
Only then did they know that there were planes coming to attack Basra.
Without thinking, the Iraqis knew that it must be the Persians.
But the naval base in Basra was too late at this moment.
Because the Persians had already launched an attack, anti-ship missiles were launched, and flew towards the warships docked at the naval base.
The Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles can sink even large surface warships such as large frigates and destroyers, not to mention the missile patrol boats and torpedo boats of the Iraqi Navy.
One missile patrol boat and torpedo boat after another were sunk by angry Persian pilots.
After launching the anti-ship missiles, the Persian air force formation returned.
At this time, the Iraqi naval base was in a mess. I don’t know how many warships were sunk. There were raging fires and thick smoke everywhere.
There were also missiles attacking the buildings of the naval base.
Just when the Iraqis thought the Persians had left, the second wave of Persian attacks began.
This time the Persians’ goal was very clear, which was to destroy the Iraqi navy.
These warships and this military port were all targets.
They wanted to sink any warship and destroy the buildings in the military port, so that the Iraqis would pay the price for their stupid behavior.
After four consecutive waves of attacks, the entire military port was burning with raging fire and thick smoke. Even at the edge of Basra, the billowing smoke could be clearly seen.
The Iraqi Air Force, which came to support, engaged in an air battle with the Persian Air Force, but the Persian Air Force was superior in terms of aircraft performance and pilot quality.
Although some Persian planes were shot down, more Iraqi Air Force planes were shot down.
When the news reached Baghdad, Saddam was furious and cursed, and his hatred for the Persians became even greater.
"Damn Persians, you will regret it!" Saddam gave the order to attack the Persian tankers.
The Persians responded tit for tat.
The Iran-Iraq war broke out!
There is no doubt that the changes in the Iran-Iraq battlefield quickly attracted the attention of the world.
Compared with the South China Sea, the Middle East is an energy center. Every move involves the world's energy supply. Its importance and influence are not comparable to Annan.
At this time, no one paid attention to Annan, but focused on the Middle East, Iran and the Persian Gulf.
The news of the Iran-Iraq war quickly spread around the world under the coverage of mainstream media, and the world's international oil prices rose sharply.
In the Persian Gulf, no one knows how many tankers are shipped from the Persian Gulf to the world every day.
Now that the Iran-Iraq war has broken out, it means that these tankers are no longer safe.
International oil prices naturally rose sharply, and the fierce rise in oil futures even surpassed the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war.
And as news of attacks on oil tankers continued to come out, this upward trend continued, and the price of sea freight to the Persian Gulf also rose sharply.
This is not just about oil tankers, but also other merchant ships.
After all, no one knows whether the Iraqis and Persians will only attack oil tankers or other merchant ships as well.
With such a big risk, shipping companies are not stupid, so they will naturally increase freight rates. Otherwise, if a ship is attacked, the loss of a ship will be a huge loss.
The shipping freight is relatively low, and everyone earns hard-earned money. If you buy a ship, you don’t know how many years of hard work it will take to make it back. Now taking such a big risk, running to the Persian Gulf, if it is sunk, it can even cause a shipping company to go bankrupt directly.
And the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq ship attack war made many people jump and curse.
For example, European and American countries have suffered from severe inflation in recent years due to high oil prices, high inflation rates, rising manufacturing costs, and declining competitiveness in the international market, forcing them to transfer low-end manufacturing.
Now if oil prices rise again, the mid-range manufacturing industry will not be able to be preserved.
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