Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 108 Taking Off Secretly
"Major, the radar has started to work, and everything is normal. Please keep turning with a small slope." The duty officer at the rear of the plane said through the intercom, and he affirmed Daniel's smooth lift-off.

"Understood the lieutenant colonel, shall we fly higher?"

"No need, too many clouds will cause unnecessary reflections. So please maintain the current altitude and fly according to the scheduled route."

"As ordered."

Lieutenant Colonel Xinhania paced back and forth in the upper cabin, constantly pointing to a dozen operators to guide several batches of aircraft to attack.Even though this plane has just taken off, because of its amazing detection capabilities, the entire northern airspace of Pakistan is under its surveillance. If a plane takes off from the airport at this time, as long as it is flying normally, this early warning aircraft can also know immediately.

For the Indian Air Force, being able to get the A50I can be said to be some kind of coincidence, and it can also be said to be an unexpected joy in the international diplomatic struggle.This kind of aircraft is fully capable of commanding a large fleet. From the perspective of reconnaissance and commanding, the capability of this early warning aircraft can be equal to several Saab 2000s.The only problem now is that there are too few such aircraft, and the entire Indian Air Force has only three for the time being.Because of insufficient numbers, the 50th (Brave God of War) Squadron was even split into 2 parts, 2 of which (including the one commanded by the lieutenant colonel) were put into combat against Pakistan a few weeks ago, and reversed the command situation in one fell swoop. The remaining one will stay at the Agra Air Force Base and continue to monitor the deployment of China's air force in the western region. However, this deployment is purely a last resort. Due to the greatly reduced time in the air, the monitoring of the airports in western China has been missed. The dilemma of the Air Force staff has been fully revealed, and the delivery of the fourth aircraft may be completed in a few months, and the new balance beam system may also be delivered at the end of the year, when the situation will probably ease.Major General Biafrata said not long ago that every A4I is the pillar of the country, and any loss is unacceptable.

"Lieutenant Colonel, there are enemy planes taking off from the west of Brevala." A radar operator said that the matter did not sound urgent.

"Can you recognize it?"

"An Il-78 transport plane is heading west. I don't think it will be close to the combat zone."

The lieutenant colonel walked away resentfully, and now there is a Su-30MKI of the Lion Squadron in the air. If the enemy can fly a certain distance to the east, he can guide the Su-30 to intercept and kill them with medium-range missiles. Unfortunately, the recent Pakistani Air Force evacuation War strategy makes it difficult for him to gain.

"How is the situation in the direction of Fort ***?"

"There are several F16Cs staying in the air at any time, but there is a ZDK03 commanding on the Afghan side. In the morning, Ares 2 guided several MiG-29s to launch R27 missiles, but none of them hit. However, the long-range missiles launched by the Su-30 The weapon appears to have struck the airfield at Fort ***."

"We should find a way to kill some of their early warning aircraft. Their numerical advantage is indeed a problem." Lieutenant Colonel Xinhania said.What he said is indeed the truth. The small Pakistan has surpassed India in the number of early warning aircraft, which allows them to take turns to monitor the air 24 hours a day. For the Indian Air Force, it is indeed a big trouble.

"Has Joule Bout's 'Scorpion' taken off?"

"It's still on time. It has already taken off, but it is still within the border. The lead plane was still asking about the situation over the Suleiman Mountains just now. It seems that it is afraid of enemy planes appearing from there."

"Tell them not to dawdle, there is no enemy in the air, and they can go straight to Multan." The lieutenant colonel said.The reason why his team members have increased a lot is because there are a large number of aircraft without data links like the MiG 27 of the Scorpion Squadron. These old fighters must be guided by radio voice, which consumes a lot of manpower. Older model fighters don't like it.

"Halwala has ground radar active, high repetition rate, high powered transmitter."

"Warning radar?"

"Yes, a pulse-compression 2-coordinate radar, but no side-height radars were found nearby."

"Is this the first time you've found it in this position?"

"That's right, Lieutenant Colonel, a commanding height, which has not been recorded before. It should be the first discovery. It may be a mobile platform."

"Damn it, why hasn't the Rhino Squadron taken off yet? They should have been in this area long ago?" the lieutenant colonel complained, sometimes the slow performance of those fighter jets with data links would also make him lose his patience.If the rhinos carrying the anti-radiation missiles weren't so dawdling, they could have fired a few missiles to destroy this position right now.

"They took off late, and they still need ... 20 minutes to get there."

"Two or 10 minutes is enough for the radar to shut down and escape." The lieutenant colonel said, he can transmit the recorded position to those rhinos who are late, but he can guarantee that if a missile is launched, it will hit nothing more than a It's just mud, because lately Pakistan's mobile radar unit has been acting more wretched than their air force.

The lieutenant colonel has always been worried that today's liftoff will return empty-handed. Recently, the Pakistan Air Force has shown very timidity and no longer so heroic. Appearance is related, but if there is no record, how can the significance of early warning aircraft be reflected?How can the door of promotion be opened to oneself?

"God of War" moved slowly to the northwest all the way. Everything was under her control but she did little. Throughout the afternoon, the Pakistani military planes rarely took off, and even if they did, they all moved westward, so he has been unsuccessful. Guided combat aircraft and shot down enemy planes. All the gains came from the attack on ground positions, mainly guiding the Scorpion MiG 27 to destroy several anti-aircraft artillery positions. In addition, I also guided the Mirage 1 of the 2000st Squadron to use laser guidance Bomb another railway bridge, but having said that, these ground attacks can be done well without the guidance of early warning aircraft.

"There seems to be movement at the airport in Peshawar." Another radar operator pressed the cue button and shouted.As if it was a question he was not sure about, Lieutenant Colonel Xinhania quickly walked up behind him. He could see the same picture on his console, but he hoped that by walking back and forth, he could give his subordinates Bring a certain amount of pressure.

"A low-speed object with a very low altitude appeared near the airport. Is there a plane taking off?" the operator asked.

"It doesn't look like an airplane," said the lieutenant colonel. "If it was an airplane, why didn't the target gain altitude all the time. No elevation angle was detected? So I don't think it's an airplane. I need to check the map."

The map showed that the moving low-speed target happened to be on a highway from Peshawar to Asadabad.

"Maybe a big truck speeding."

"However, its speed seems to exceed 200 kilometers per hour?"

"Maybe it's caused by the digital integration error of the computer system? If it's an airplane, it shouldn't be flying north. There's nothing in the north." The colonel continued. He made this judgment arbitrarily based on experience. When moving, there are often errors in the speed measurement of low-altitude and low-speed targets.Now that he said that, the operator couldn't say anything.

Colonel Sammy was flying a Thunder Burke 2 fighter jet close to a road.He hoped that low-altitude clutter launches would cover his actions.Of course, as a backup strategy, the Pakistani side has been monitoring the movements of the Indian Air Force through the short-term start-up of the mobile radar. If the Indians find this plane, they may take corresponding actions, so that Major General Islam, who is in the command post, can Emergency stop.

Flying close to the ground is nothing to Sami. Once he enters the mountainous area, he can rely on the guidance of a ZDK03 to fly in the general direction along the border mountainous area bordering the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan. However, the radar detection range of this early warning aircraft is still It is impossible to do the final guidance, so the final blow has to be hit and miss. It is known that there is a difference of more than ten minutes when the Indian early warning aircraft appears south of the Siachen Pass every day. For the limited radar search capabilities of fighter jets, It is difficult to find it accurately after it is turned on, and the Indian Air Force is not very confused. When that plane approaches the northern border, Srinagar will have several MiG-21s to take off to escort it for a while.If everything goes well, the colonel can find the AWACS within 2 minutes of breaking through the mountain pass and fire two medium-range bombs. If things don’t go well, for example, the mobile radar station deployed by India on the Siachen Glacier will detect it during the flight. The mission also failed. Since the glacier was completely controlled by the Indian Army half a month ago, this situation is very likely to happen.

"Black spider. This is a poisonous snake." The AWACS pilot called the colonel.The data link connection between the ZDK03 early warning aircraft with the call sign Viper and Thunderbolt has been completed, and now the colonel can see the battle going on over Fort ***. No shot down recorded.

"Snake, I hear you."

"Didn't see any bandit moving north, it shouldn't have seen your takeoff."

"Very well, that means we are halfway there."

"Indian radars have not been found on the snow-capped mountains for the time being. The fighter jets of No. 5 Squadron carry anti-radiation missiles. If necessary, they can destroy enemy radars on the glacier." The early warning aircraft said.

"It's a pity to lose this commanding height," said the colonel, "but the good thing is that it makes their early warning aircraft dare to go deep into the north. If they are as timid as before, we won't have a chance. Let them eat this time." Bitter," Sammy said.Infected by his optimism, Major General Islam in the ground command post wanted to cry.He is well aware of how risky this crazy attack will be, and the colonel is the most precious asset for the Pakistan Air Force.

(End of this chapter)