Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 171 Cooperation
The J-10B fighter jet kept rolling upwards in the Indian pilot's field of vision. In the vertical scanning mode of the mechanical scanning radar, it was difficult to intercept this plane, but the opponent's sudden pull-up, at least he could let the Indian pilot get rid of the glare of the sun. .From more than 100 kilometers away, the Pakistani plane intercepted the MiG-29 many times, but it never fired. This made the Indian pilot start to wonder if the opponent was out of his mind.

"Pay attention below you, there is a missile." Someone on the radio suddenly reminded him.The pilot turned his head left and right, and saw a light trail flying towards him from one side.

"Damn!" he yelled, and suddenly realized that the enemy's delay in opening fire was not because they were stupid, but because they didn't have radar-guided weapons.The pilot hastily pressed the lever to dive down, freed his left hand to press the switch, and released several groups of chaff and tracer bullets.

Sammy saw the opponent start to evade, and now it was time for him to fight hard.He pushed the throttle valve to afterburner, the power of this plane was better than that of Thunderbolt, and he was sure to bite the rear of the enemy plane after circling along the trend.

"Black spider leader, be careful there is another enemy plane on the battlefield." Islam reminded, obviously the early warning plane just saw another enemy plane, the colonel looked down at the multi-function display, and sure enough another enemy plane I don't know when the plane came out, and it was flying from the south, roughly in the direction of its own 9 o'clock, and the distance was about 4 kilometers.The height of the enemy plane was only 300 meters. Perhaps it was he who flew at low altitude close to the central mountain range of Gujarat all the way to escape the eyes of the early warning plane.

The Thunderbolt 8 missile launched by the colonel failed to hit the rapidly circling MiG-29. The missile lost its target after passing through a white smoke from the tracer bomb and flew out of the battlefield.This was originally expected, but the only unexpected thing was the timely appearance of the enemy's second plane, which messed up his plan. With the support of early warning aircraft, it is really unbelievable for the enemy to pick up such a bargain. ,
"Hongqi, where is the support plane?"

"It's still 90 kilometers away. In addition, the bomber has already returned, so I suggest you withdraw from the battle." Major General Islam in the early warning aircraft said.

"Ok."

Sami was forced to give up his advantage. He crossed the first Indian fighter jet and glanced at the Indian pilot a kilometer away. He could see that the MiG 29K did not have medium-range bombs, but How about the other one, I don't know.Speeding away was no problem for Sammy.After a few seconds, the radar of the newly appeared enemy plane began to scan from below. The electronic warning system of the J-10B is quite complete, with few dead spots. The colonel immediately knew the enemy's radar movements and guessed the opponent's plan .

"Listen, you lure the bandit toward me." A new voice appeared on the VHF formation channel, speaking in English.The colonel recognized that it was Song Ning's voice.

"Are you Major Song?" Sami lowered his head and saw on the monitor that the support plane coming from the west was also a J-10 fighter jet.Apparently Song Ning was in charge of covering the south today.

"That's right Colonel, we can work together to kill the one that's biting you."

"What do you want?" Sammy asked.At this time, the scream of the alarm in his cabin was loud, and the second MiG-29 that was approaching secretly had already occupied his 6 o'clock position, and began to try to track him with radar. I believe another one will soon keep up.Now he is not in a hurry, because the height and speed of the second MiG-29 are very low, and it is difficult to hit the missiles.Still, he had to keep looking back to see where the enemy was and whether they were firing.

"Don't be too fast, pass in front of me, do you understand?"

"Understood. Let me remind you that the MiG-29 behind does not seem to have medium-range bombs, but I can't guarantee it."

After the colonel answered, he immediately pushed the throttle to the top and accelerated the flight.He fully understood Song Ning's intention, it was a simple trick, what Song Ning wanted was to use himself to lure the enemy to the front of his plane, and then use the information advantage of the AWACS to suddenly turn on and lock the opponent.However, Sami didn't want him to fire comfortably. No matter in training or actual combat, few people instructed him what to do. Even the early warning aircraft sometimes made him a little bit.

The MiG-29 that followed hastily launched an R77 missile without taking advantage of the altitude. The early warning aircraft 160 kilometers away quickly reminded the colonel of this situation. He immediately used a group of dives and rolls to trick the head of the missile with insufficient muzzle velocity into turning around. Finally, the missile lost control and flew to the ground. The low-speed R77 is a kind of aircraft that is easy to lose control missiles.During the chase, Sami's speed increased to Mach 1.2, still occupying an altitude advantage.The enemy plane behind was not idle either, and quickly climbed to an altitude of 3000 meters, leveled off and launched the second R77.The AWACS reminded the old man in time again that before the missile radar was turned on, he used a clean large overload turn and a set of chaff to get rid of the enemy radar tracking. When the missile radar was turned on, the dedicated data link could no longer provide its target data information.

The Indian pilot was eager to find the target again from the vast chaff, but the time was fleeting. When he locked the cunning Pakistani plane again, he had no medium-range bombs.

"Colonel, you flew too fast. You almost threw him off." Song Ning shouted.He found that if Sammy didn't slow down, it would be difficult for him to reach the optimal distance for launching the missile.

"You're so easy to say," Sammy gasped.Then he quickly increased the blood pressure in his head through several sets of coughs that compressed the airflow in his throat. He was old, and although he had become a master of war, the continuous high-gauge evasive flight really made him overwhelmed. Just now, when he turned sharply When I dodged the second missile, my eyes went dark for a brief moment, perhaps for a few seconds.Fortunately, when he recovered quickly, he saw that the enemy's missile had already flown alone from the sky.This brief fainting seemed to be the first time in his flying career.

"Old man, are you all right?" Major General Islam asked, noticing that the Colonel's breathing was too rapid.

"It's okay, maybe I'm really a little fat." He replied.

Song Ning's J-10B has always kept the radar off. The J-10B's active phased array radar does not need to warm up for more than 1 minute, which is very suitable for such a sudden ambush.What Song Ning is best at is this kind of bunting method from starting up to firing in one go.

Now the Chinese major can fully grasp the situation of the entire air combat battlefield through the data link. Soon, the enemy will pass in front of him at a speed of about Mach 1, while he is in his radar blind spot.He was surprised that Indian pilots could go so far into the enemy's territory without the support of AWACS and knowing that the opponent had AWACS?It seemed to him not courage but stupidity.Of course, he can also understand that for many pilots, the looming target on the radar is a huge temptation that is enough to dazzle the mind.

Sammy reduced the throttle and deliberately slowed down the speed to give the enemy 7 kilometers away a little chance. He was worried that if the enemy could not catch up, he would turn around and turn back. He hadn’t seen another plane with an auxiliary fuel tank before, and this one was approaching at a low altitude. Fuel consumption should be higher.

"Major, I did what I had to do, and it's up to you."

"Very well, you and I will not default on each other." Song Ning replied.This answer surprised Sami, Song Ning was still remembering the old grudge.

"You're welcome, I'm just worried that you won't be able to shoot down this enemy plane."

Song Ning ignored the colonel's weird words. The enemy plane was passing by his 12 o'clock direction. He turned slightly, then leveled off the plane and turned on the radar.The tracking of the side and rear fire control radar made the Indian pilot panic, he suddenly slowed down, and then began to turn on the slope.

On Song Ning's HUD, the thin line of light spots is constantly changing. The opponent ten kilometers away is doing a series of actions to get rid of the radar beam. It is obviously frightening. The Indian pilot should know. The strategy of approaching the enemy at low altitude is just a trick of praying mantis to catch cicadas.

Song Ning can understand that any sudden radar pulse scan will make the pilot feel stressed.He knows very well that in the modern air, only by relying on the AWACS can he have a good chance of winning, so it is also difficult for him to understand how much courage and skill it takes for Sami to go deep into the enemy's mirror and chase an AWACS.

The powerful beam is firmly pointed at the Indian MiG 29. One minute ago, he was a hunter, and now he is completely passive.At this distance, conventional maneuvers to get rid of this radar are futile, and the effect of chaff is very limited, because the energy gathered by the phased array radar can burn through these interferences.

Just like an exercise, after one-on-one tracking, the enemy plane was intercepted immediately.The major launched 2 SD10 missiles as usual, and the enemy could only continue to lower the altitude to increase the speed.Song Ning's timing of firing is much more sophisticated than when the Indian pilot fired the R77 before.Recently, through air combat and post practice on the Pakistani early warning aircraft, he has learned deeply that most of the shots that are forced out of impulse are meaningless.And once you grasp the absolute advantage, you can't begrudge the medium-range bullets, you must shoot them all at once.The enemy cannot be given any chance to come back.

He stabilized the plane and followed the enemy plane closely so that the panicked enemy plane could not escape the radar beam.Now the enemy must be put under pressure. For the escaping pilot, any impulsive wrong decision will cause a serious loss of energy.Sure enough, the Indian pilot started making mistakes. His plane kept rolling, trying to get away from the missile. This standard textbook evasive maneuver was very effective when the missile was on the edge of the attack envelope or when the energy was low, but it didn't work now.

The two missile radars were turned on one after another, and the enemy plane was caught immediately.The information from the data link indicated that another enemy plane was approaching in an attempt to rescue.But Song Ning ignored it, he knew that the enemy did not have medium-range ammunition.Sami is also coming, and if he concentrates on killing the enemy plane in front of him, it may form a two-on-one situation.

The bandit entered a 9G turn prematurely, and the trailing missile had enough space to see the change, immediately pursued with greater G, and exploded nearby.The Indian pilot then parachuted.Song Ning pointed the nose at another MiG-29 that was coming, but the Indian pilot who had trembled with Sami before lost the courage to continue fighting, turned around and fled, and Song Ning decided not to chase.

(End of this chapter)