Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 104 Weaknesses
Captain Jaafar moved the joystick to control the aircraft's course. Seeing that most of the fuel in the auxiliary fuel tank was consumed, the agility of the fighter plane had not improved, which was obviously due to the fact that it was loaded with too many ammunition.There were hundreds of liters of fuel in the fuel tank, and the captain decisively threw the fuel tank away.This action caused the plane to look up a bit. He lowered the nose and glanced at the integrated display. The altitude was 500 meters.

The radar warning device flashed a few times suddenly, then began to flash rapidly, and there was a target at 11 o'clock indicating that the radar was on and the scan interval was short.

"Damn it." Jaafar cursed. Seeing that the mission was about to be completed, such a serious situation appeared again. The enemy situation was more serious than he imagined.

"Flying sword team, continue to lower the altitude and prepare to launch chaff."

The nine LCAs continued to lower their altitude to less than 9 meters, but the opponent's beam was still firmly pointed at them. This radar was either arranged very cleverly among the mountains, or its position was very close.This made the captain a little anxious. Should he give up the attack and evade immediately, or should he make a bet with his opponent that they are not ready yet?This decision must be made within 300 seconds.

Dozens of kilometers away, inside the missile command vehicle.The Indian fighter fleet shown as Batch 2 is being updated continuously.

"Target 02, slant distance 17500, height 375, speed 339. Launch time 15..."

In the table column of the enemy situation, some intense data are displayed in sequence, the launch time and missile ignition time are ranked behind the basic data, followed by the ever-changing predicted hit point data.

"Completion of the launcher action?"

"The leveling of the launch vehicle is completed, the launch frame is locked, and the support arm is locked."

"Is charging complete?"

"The missile is charging, and the flight preset command is being input, and it will take about 10 seconds."

The new data shows that the incoming enemy planes were not 8 but 9. Obviously, the intelligence personnel squatting on the hill outside Pathankot Airport made a mistake, and the search radar that was turned on for the first time failed within about 20 seconds. This small mistake was promptly corrected.Of course, this doesn't matter too much, because this radar cannot guide missiles to attack more than 4 targets at the same time, it can only automatically select the more threatening target.Its mission is not to protect the dam, but to attack the Indian Air Force.

Although the group of young people in the command car came to Pakistan as consultants to teach skills, in fact, they have never had actual combat experience.The sudden enemy situation did make them a little impatient, especially for this battle, the requirements for the radar start-up time are extremely strict, and the launch positions are arranged far away, so the time for the enemy plane to fly out of the ideal attack envelope can be described as fleeting. What is more tormenting is that there is still a slow waiting process during this period, but the preparations before the launch can only be carried out in accordance with the rhythm of the machine, and are not transferred by human will.

"Launcher ready. Ready to launch."

The yellow "ready" button on the launch console in front of the operator dims and the red "ready" light illuminates, meaning it's ready to fire.

Jaafar's fleet rushed towards the Jhelum Dam in disarray, and most of the pilots wanted to drop the bombs quickly and then turn on the afterburner and escape.The enemy radar in front has been steadily irradiating the aircraft group. There are still some ways for fighter jets to get rid of tracking. Under normal circumstances, the chaff will be released and then violently moved a few times, but it is difficult to do so when it is full of bombs. These.

"Squad of flying swords, each release radar jamming." Captain Jafar ordered.

Chaff is currently the only way to counter radar. None of the fighters in the squad have mounted jamming pods or anti-radiation missiles. Although these devices appeared in the weapon list of the glorious fighter ten years ago, they have not actually Really put it to use.

The captain didn't know how far the radar was from him, so naturally he had no way of knowing whether his formation was within the burn-through range of the radar. He just believed based on his intuition that the time for the enemy to find himself had passed. Even if the radar could lock on, the missiles were unlikely. In time to fire.So he did not give up the mission, but continued to fly to the target.

When the mission was still planned by the staff, an electronic reconnaissance plane should have appeared 80 kilometers away to suppress all possible surface-to-air missile positions, but because of the new modification work, the plane could not take off.The escort fleet composed of heavy fighters did not appear due to coordination and command problems (the large formations in the previous attacks made the Indian Air Force suffer, and some fighters even ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in the rice fields, so the Air Force Staff decided not to do it again. aggressively commit many squadrons.)
The dam is far ahead, and it can be seen that the top of her is no longer flat, and the middle position is obviously shorter. In fact, she has been crushed by her own weight, but she is still blocking the rising river. .

"There is no need to slow down, we drop the bomb directly." Jaafar said, he knew that it would be difficult to hit the "bottom" designated by the staff when flying over the dam at high speed, but now who would slow down to study level flight bombing?Fortunately, the target is very big, even if a rookie flies over at high speed and presses the button, it is difficult to return empty-handed.

In the valley in the distance, orange flames rose into the sky, 1 missile was thrown into the air from the vertical launcher, ignited and turned when the muzzle velocity was exhausted, and then another 7 missiles were launched in the same way within a few seconds, They headed straight for the group of enemy planes to the east.

Jaafar isn't the first on the squad to see the missile blazing in the distance, and it's actually hard to see the missile coming towards you when it's not turning.

On the radio, the pilots at the back of the formation began to scream in panic.Jaafar turned his head and saw 2 fires turning towards him.Several planes in the table have dropped their bombs ahead of time, trying to avoid the attack by releasing chaff and vertical climbing in the tangential direction of the missile flight. Running away from it is not the wisest choice.One of the Brilliance flew too fast after throwing bombs rashly, and suddenly fell into an unpredictable tail spin, which could not be recovered. This was a reckless action beyond the manual. It happened at a low altitude of 300 meters and was completely unsolvable, so this plane was straight Falling to the riverbed, Jaafar watched the 45th Squadron lose its first battle-damaged aircraft (non-battle damage is not the first).

"Continue to lower the altitude!" He shouted on the radio, but it was of no avail. Most pilots still wanted to escape the approaching missiles intuitively. Of course they knew that these missiles found themselves completely according to the radio pulses of the fire control radar, and relied on instructions to correct errors. , the best way to dodge it is to avoid/jam the radar rather than race with it.But there doesn't seem to be an area here that is safe from radar.

Jaafar's plane descended very close to the river bed. This plane does not yet have the ability to follow the terrain. The low-altitude flight completely depends on the pilot's skills. The captain's approach is wise. He successfully covered the river with the huge dam Partial exposure radar.The fleeing Brilliant Battlegroup was not so lucky.The idea of ​​counting on a turning race with these missiles is very dangerous, not only because it can turn with an overload of more than 20G, but also because its warhead is much larger than that of ordinary air-to-air missiles, even if the brilliant fighter's instant hovering station is cheap for a while However, the proximity fuze of the LY80 can still ensure the destruction of this flimsy little fighter at a long distance.

In the first round of attack, the opponent fired 8 missiles and attacked 4 targets. Except for Jaafar's low-altitude dodge, the two missiles lost their targets and detonated on their own. , The flying sword team lost a small half of their combat power in an instant.

Now the remaining fighter jets except Jaafar have dropped their bombs and fled the battlefield. All this happened only 45 seconds after the radar was turned on, and a little more than 2 minutes after the first search radar was turned on.After a successful strike, the radar immediately shut down, maybe it doesn't care about the remaining enemy aircraft, and it's business to maneuver quickly.

All that remained of the entire battlefield was a puny Tejas piloted by Jaafar and a lone Dam.The captain didn't have time to think about other things. He knew that the duel between himself and the giant standing today would begin in a blink of an eye. If he could destroy the dam in one fell swoop, the game could still be reversed in one fell swoop, not just four LCAs Su-4 and some other MiG fighters lost in previous attacks can also be calculated on the bet.And the trick of this blow is not how many bombs you have, but just a correct position.When he rushed to the dam head-on, the whole world suddenly became clear. Jaafar suddenly saw a weakness in the dam that blocked tens of billions of cubic meters of rushing water, and right in front of him, everything was like a revelation from the gods.The captain was confident he could drop the bomb there, and he had to take a little risk for that.

"Hold on, you can't run away like some idiots. The trick to horizontal bombing is how smooth you can fly, don't forget." Jaafar said to himself, his voice was transmitted to the command post through the radio, the ground The personnel thought he was crazy, not because of his words, but because he was the only one still buried in the attack.

"Here, it's just you and him, don't be distracted." The captain continued to mutter to himself, his team had already dispersed, and most of the pilots chose to throw bombs on both sides of the river, and then left the lead plane and fled. In my opinion, the battle is not over yet, and he wants to let other people in the squadron take a good look at it. Those who can get the Warrior Wheel Medal in the People's House are destined not to be ordinary people who fled the battlefield in a panic.

The captain aimed the aiming circle roughly at the bottom of the dam, just above the shadow, which he knew was the weak point, because a large piece had collapsed at the top of the dam, vertically above the shadow.Water is constantly oozing from huge cracks and gathering here.He has 3 500kg bombs, which is more than enough.

(End of this chapter)