Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 144

"Scorpion, agree to change the plan, these rockets will always be the highest priority target. Good luck."

Pandit deliberately concealed some information on the radio, that is, there are only 4 rocket launchers here, and he hopes to throw away all the ammunition at once later, lest the headquarters think that he still has extra ammunition to carry out the air strike plan on civilians, The captain knew that the 'Teus' project would have been done without him, and would have done well.So avoid it if you can.

"Scorpion 2, adjust the position to 275, maintain the altitude, and prepare to attack."

"clear."

Two MiG-27s adjusted their positions with radio compasses and began to approach the target.

"Captain, shall we lower the altitude a bit?"

"No, those 8X8 chassis are hard to hide in the desert and not hard to find. My concern is that there are some anti-air systems here so we don't have to get below the dagger, I hope you get my point."

"I see."

Pandit's thoughts couldn't be more obvious. If there is an anti-aircraft gun or anti-aircraft firepower here, it will definitely fire at a lower target. He hopes that at least the target is not the Scorpion Squadron. If the squadron leader loses the aircraft, he will not be able to bear it.In addition, since the start of the war, none of his wingmen were spared, and the captain didn't want such a disgraceful record to be broken by himself, so he had to be very careful.

"You come to guard, and I will search."

Pandit stabilized the plane and looked down on the CRT for the woods.His left hand is constantly manipulating the throttle to slow down while adjusting the wide-angle video.Under white light conditions, such a large target should not escape his eyes.Since Jaafar could see with the naked eye, it was easier for him to search optically.While he was searching, the two Brilliant fighters had been flying around at low altitude, looking very relaxed and happy, not worried about any attack at all.

"I found it, I will perform laser irradiation, and you will throw the bomb on Scorpion [-]."

In the 8X mode, the captain saw the rocket launcher vehicles hiding in a piece of oak trees. Obviously, these vehicles are well concealed and have a complete camouflage net, but they did not hide the big wheels below. You can see that except for the rocket launcher chassis, and some ammunition loading vehicles on the side.If those ammo carts weren't empty, the enemy made a huge mistake and maybe a single attack could destroy all of the targets.

Pandit aimed the [ ] marker at the enemy vehicle and fired a laser pulse while his wingman climbed to a higher position to drop the laser-guided bomb.The whole process is as simple as acting.Pandit had expected to face an enemy in motion, and that would be a real challenge.

As the wingman passed over these vehicles, the bombs he dropped had hit the target accurately.Immediately afterwards, Pandit also dropped two ordinary aerial bombs while passing at a low speed, and he didn't care if he missed them.The captain turned slowly to check the situation below. The entire forest had turned into a sea of ​​flames. Apparently the bomb had hit the ammunition supply truck, and the A2s should have all been destroyed.Now that it was time to scramble out the remaining 100mm rockets, he turned the corner and began to lower the nose.At this moment, the radar alarm sounded suddenly. He looked down and found that it was the emission source from the west, and it was higher than himself. It was obviously not the fixed radar on Mount Suleiman, but a fighter jet.This surprised the captain, because his wing sources had been telling him that the enemy air force had abandoned the area.

"Captain Dagger, your prayers seem to be working," said the captain sharply.

"I also found that the radar has been scanned. You leave the battlefield and leave it to us." A confident voice came from the radio, as if wishing for the enemy plane in the distance.

Captain Pandit suddenly felt that he hated the deputy squadron leader of the 45th Squadron no matter what, and now he should remind this belligerent guy that these enemies are never easy to mess with, lest he be overconfident and make a big mistake.

"Captain Dagger, if I'm not mistaken, it's probably a fighter jet that took off from Quetta. We should at least retreat first to attract him to the sky above the desert. This way we won't escape the surveillance of the ground radar."

"I don't have the fuel to play such tricks. If he takes off from Quetta, it means that he is just an inexperienced rookie pilot. We can kill him with medium-range bombs at 30 kilometers away."

"How do you know he's alone? I hope you always pay attention to your surroundings. Maybe it's just an illusion. You focus on him and his teammates will suddenly appear from Mount Suleiman, just like last time."

"Captain Scorpion, you must have been scared out of your wits by them. I know that their decent pilots have been lost, and there will be no more ambushes like that."

Pandit couldn't say anything more, he immediately called his wingman to fly back and leave this dangerous area quickly.Now there are only two Brilliant planes left to face an enemy plane of unknown distance and model, and Jaafar believes that he can use the absolute advantage of 2 to 1 to launch an attack.

Soon Jaafar found that his radar could not accurately see the enemy plane on the source, let alone perform ranging work, but the enemy's beam kept sweeping over his plane, and that plane seemed to be able to scan both of them at the same time. It seems to be a phased array radar with good performance, at least the distance exceeds that of Guanghui's radar.

"Turn around and get off his radar," Jaafar ordered.

The 2 Glory fighters immediately turned 90 degrees and climbed with afterburner. This trick really worked and successfully got rid of the radar scan, but when they turned back, the opponent's radar also disappeared. Now they don't know each other's whereabouts. There is no ground radar guidance here, so it seems difficult to find this opponent.Jaafar suddenly realized that it would be reckless to go too deep into the enemy's territory. The radar effect of fighter jets is really limited, or it would be better to lead the enemy planes into the sky over the Thar Desert.

"Our radar doesn't work on it?"

"Maybe the distance is too far, maybe he has fled the battlefield."

Jaafar decided not to turn back any further. On the one hand, he wanted to change the situation, and on the other hand, he was running out of fuel.Maybe it was because the low-altitude search consumed too much fuel before. In short, this small aircraft is far from reaching the theoretical combat radius.

Song Ning, who was 70 kilometers away, saw the enemy turning around through the data link. He regretted that he turned on the radar too early and scared the two brilliant fighters (actually, the opponent was out of fuel, and Jaafar was not scared at all.), So far, he can only choose to speed up and sprint for a certain distance, and then see if he can catch up with the enemy to fire before the boundary set by his superiors.Wingman Zhao Lin had already fallen too far because of the ambush mission, and it seemed that it was too late to participate in this battle.

Song Ning took advantage of the altitude to quickly dive and accelerate. On the multi-function display, it can be seen that the enemy is flying back with certainty (data link information, the source is the three-coordinate radar in the Suleiman Mountains), and the afterburner has not been turned on. He felt he still had some chances. Within 1 minute, the J-10B approached within 40 kilometers of concealment. He turned on the radar to scan according to the regulations. An enemy plane not only could not get rid of the radar beam, but also lost the time to accelerate and escape in vain (Indian fighter jets do not have the support of early warning aircraft and cannot know the distance of Song Ning, which is prone to misjudgment). It is difficult to catch the opportunity to fire.

The distance reading of the enemy plane on the HUD in front of Song Ning has been decreasing, and the radar has carried out stable tracking of the enemy plane that has been trying to get rid of it by turbulence, and the position of the other enemy plane is also changing at any time in the data link. updating.

"Moving, I can't keep up with you. It seems that I can only watch you fire." Zhao Lin complained on the radio. He didn't know why he was so melancholy. The shrapnel hit the foot and lay in the hospital for a few days. Finally, I got an opportunity to outflank the enemy plane from the side. I saw that I succeeded, but the unexamined enemy plane suddenly opened up and ran back. Now I can only watch The lead plane had another chance, but he was pulled 80 kilometers away.

"Move two, leave this to me. You can respond at any time when you climb to 5000 meters."

"Understood." Zhao Lin replied helplessly. He still had to continue to climb with 4 missiles. Now the speed was a little over 900 kilometers per hour, and he couldn't keep up anyway.

On the HUD in front of Song Ning, the logo of the enemy plane is a thin line. From its swing, you can see the movement of the enemy plane captured by the radar. Of course, all of this is still far away from sight.The enemy's situation determines his passiveness. Now he can only roughly know that the trailing fighter is at 6 o'clock, but he does not know the distance, speed and type. In this case, if there is no reminder from the ground radar or early warning aircraft, the pilot will appear naturally. Mistakes, unfortunately, the backward PSM33 radar deployed by the Indian Air Force in Rajasthan has not been able to capture the distant Songning plane.If the other Brilliance in the formation did not dare to make an effective counterattack, Song Ning would continue to pursue it patiently, until the one reached the most suitable firing distance.

Another Brilliant fighter jet started to turn, and he finally realized that the best way to save his companion was to fight back. Song Ning saw from the monitor that the triangle symbol representing the enemy plane was turning.He knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he pulled the trigger and fired two SD2 missiles to attack the target, while he kept monitoring the movement of the other one.

As expected, the enemy plane that turned around began to scan the radar. Since Song Ning was tracking steadily, he could not use large maneuvers to get rid of it. He could only destroy his tracking by interference. However, the side of the J-10B The reflection area is large, and it is only a matter of time before being tracked.On the HUD in front of him, there is not much countdown left for the active radar of the SD10 missile to start up. Song Ning is very clear that he must persist now, and he will have about 10 to 20 seconds to leave later.

35 kilometers away, after completing the turn, Jaafar has found the following enemy plane. This enemy plane is conducting electronic deception and chaff jamming, which makes the LCA radar only measure the approximate distance and cannot analyze other data. With effective tracking, he knew that as long as the distance was closer, he could burn through these interferences.

(End of this chapter)