Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 173 Key Objectives
"Captain Eagle, this is the fortress. Don't worry about Lahore's enemy planes. We see their main group, heading for Sukkor."

Goya lowered his head and could see the enemy aircraft information from the ballistic data link on the monitor. He did not see their escort aircraft group near the central mountain range for the time being. It seemed that low-key was the biggest reliance of this group of enemies.He led the other two Su-30MKIs to cut into the Pakistani territory from Bijenord, and then calculated the opponent's course. Now he occupies a small azimuth on the left, about 170 kilometers behind those planes, but the position is good. Maybe stealthily speed up to catch up to them.

"Fortress, this is the Eagle, these are the Chinese Flying Leopard fighter-bombers?"

"It can't be judged yet, it's a little far away." The early warning aircraft staying in the hinterland of Rajasthan replied.

"Fortress, can you get closer. I turn on the radar to expose it. It's over." The captain said.

"Sorry, we can't get too close to the border, this is a death order from the staff."

Goya shook his head. He knew very well that the AWACS unit had its own difficulties. Since that old Pakistani lunatic shot down a valuable AWACS, the Air Force Staff began to bear tremendous pressure. They made certain decisions about the use of AWACS. Restrictions, dare not get too close to the battlefield, the direct consequence is that the detection distance is greatly shortened, which is probably one of the reasons why the early warning aircraft did nothing when the army was attacked in the morning.

"Bastion, how about their route characteristics?"

"The route is exactly the same as in the morning, and it is expected that they will fly to different crossing points of our army soon."

"I see. It seems that they are missing a lesson." Goya said that not long ago, he confronted the Chinese Air Force at the Chinese border, and neither side opened fire for political reasons, but this time is different, and he hopes to gain something .

"Eagle 2, you turn on the radar. See if you can track them."

After Goya finished speaking, he pressed the magnification of the multi-function display to check the surrounding situation.It is too late for the fighter planes at Quetta Airport to take off, but it cannot be ruled out that the enemy hiding behind Mount Suleiman will come to rescue.In addition, he saw some of his own LCA fighter jets in the distance also coming towards the formation of enemy planes.

The wingman turned on the radar and began scanning.Doing so may alert the enemy aircraft prematurely, but the AWACS is too far away to track these targets well, so it can only be carried out by his formation.The captain knows very well that the war has reached the most critical moment, and now is not the time to care about personal achievements.

Zhang Chengyan suddenly found that the enemy plane scanning from the side seemed to be far away. At this time, a Saab early warning plane in the sky had not yet reached the designated position, so he wanted to wait.

"Hongqi, I discovered the X-band phased array radar, it seems that the mission is going to fail." Zhang Chengyan said to the radio.He knew what those radar signatures meant, but had to wait for the AWACS to verify.

"Please wait for a while." The early warning aircraft replied in Chinese.

Zhang Chengyan waited patiently, carefully watching the enemy's movements, and if the enemy tried to intercept his formation one-on-one, he would immediately take some measures to throw off the radar.The attack in the afternoon was a matter of chance, and he didn't expect to fly over the enemy's head again, so the plane carried guided weapons for long-range attack on the pontoon instead of terminal sensitive bombs thrown horizontally.But before reaching the range, they were targeted by enemy planes.

"Move, you can abandon the mission. Please turn to the direction of 270 as planned and stay in the airspace. The 37th Squadron will take action to see if we can expel them." Soon the AWACS responded.

"Understood. I hope it will be useful."

"Don't worry, we also have plans on the ground." The early warning aircraft replied. The A50 insisted on refusing to appear on the border, which made Major General Islam take advantage of the balance beam he was sitting on. He and the Su-30 flew parallel across the Suleiman Mountains, so they could see each other clearly.Of course, the risk of the major general at this time is also very high. If the Indian Air Force has half the courage of Sami, it will carefully consider the feasibility of shooting down the plane with an assault.And the major general's only response plan is to cross the border and flee to Iran.

The sudden appearance of the Pakistani AWACS and the turning of the bomber made Goya very annoyed.Although he has been accelerating his pursuit, the current distance (about 90 kilometers) is not enough for him to launch a medium-range missile.

"Bastion, I see them heading west, and request pursuit."

"Eagle, the request is not allowed. It may be a trap. Ensuring the army is the key point."

"Understood, I suggest that we stay in Sindhu for a while, lest they turn back."

"Captain Eagle, your plane is carrying KH29T missiles?"

"Yes."

"There is good news, our drones have just spotted enemy A100 rocket artillery units over Jacob Abad, which is a higher priority target than enemy bombers."

"Priority target?" Goya came to the spirit again.

"Yes, the Army redefined the threat classification 4 hours ago, and the A100 is second only to the mobile-deployed Shaheen Tactical Missile."

"Very well, so I don't have to come here in vain," said Goya, who knew that the exposed rockets were not as easy to escape as the planes.

"However, it is difficult for us to hit the mobile launcher."

"It can be determined that the enemy has not maneuvered for 20 minutes and should be preparing for launch. Destroy them."

"Understood. Make sure the Viper (electronic jammer) is far away. It's going to cause some trouble nearby," said Goya, who knew the Israeli equipment on the out-of-combat jammer could communicate with the A-50's datalink. All is well, but occasionally it interferes with the communication of the Su-30 and the data link of Russian-made missiles.

"I can assure you, Captain, that plane will not show up this afternoon."

Targets of enemy ground forces on the datalink are displayed.The enemy's rocket launchers hid in the hinterland, obviously trying to take advantage of the range.This is a problem for the captain, whose range of Russian-made surface-to-surface missiles is somewhat disadvantaged.

"Eagle 3, you leave the formation and monitor the formation of enemy aircraft in the direction of 270, and at the same time turn on the radar to monitor the enemy aircraft in Quetta. Don't let the enemy approach."

"Eagle 3 understands."

"Number 2, you follow me closely."

"Larry, get ready to fire your missiles."

"understood."

The pilot in the back seat turns on the power switch of the missile and sets the route on the multi-function display.This kind of missile is mainly guided by TV, so it is necessary to find a route that can avoid high mountains, so as to avoid unnecessary waste of voyage and communication shielding problems.

"Captain, request a radar search of the ground."

"Ok."

The pilot in the back seat takes over the authority of the radar to scan the ground. The ground mode of this phased array radar can easily find moving ground targets and automatically distinguish them. Scanning, but it is not difficult for experienced operators to see some clues from the scanning images. The army's vehicle clusters always appear in a row, which is different from the ground buildings, especially the approximate location given by the early warning aircraft is already clear.

Goya tried his best to maintain a level flight, and left all the work to the weapon operator in the back seat. This guy was new, and his hands and feet were a little clumsier than Jafar, but he was not as active as his old partner Jafar. As far as the operator is concerned, it is not a good thing to be too involved in distractions other than attacks.

"Captain, I think I've spotted the target. Behind the hills, we might be able to circle east a bit."

"Ok."

The two Su-2s circled towards the calibrated target. There are some hills that are best avoided. Geographical barriers will somewhat affect the vision of this TV-guided missile during the final descent.Once the target is found late, it is very difficult to make major adjustments to the high-speed missile.

The plane crossed the Indus River from an altitude of 4000 meters, and did not find any ground-to-air search radar nearby. Only some single-pulse centimeter-wave anti-aircraft gun radars appeared occasionally. The captain is not worried about those anti-aircraft guns at the current altitude.The enemy early warning plane has been tracking from a distance, but it should be too late to mobilize the plane.

The missile is warmed up and the range is almost reached.The weapon controller pressed the launch button, and the missile flew off the pylon and flew towards the target along the preset route.On the weapon operating platform, the weapon channel began to transmit back a flickering picture.The missile can be seen descending in altitude.After tens of seconds, Plane 02 also launched a missile of the same type.

"Captain Eagle, there are enemy planes approaching from Quetta. Eagle 3 may not be able to deal with it."

Goya looked down and saw several fighter jets flying over. He didn't know whether they were protecting the bombers or wanting to fight against him.The countdown to ground missiles still has about 10 seconds left, so he must hold his breath now.

"Fortress, ask the dagger team to move closer."

"Eagle, we are approaching." The person in the formation channel replied over the AWACS, and Goya found that it was the voice of his old partner Jaafar.

"Great to hear your voice. Together we could take a few of them."

Goya immediately turned and faced the west, while the weapon controller in the back seat continued to guide the missile with his head buried.Roughly, there are 4 fleeing attack aircraft and several fighter jets of unknown type, but logically they should all be fighter jets provided by China.Photos taken from intelligence channels and reconnaissance satellites show that the Quetta base has been secretly receiving Chinese aircraft.

From the vibrating screen of the rear seat of the Su 30MKI, rows of vehicles parked neatly in the distance can already be seen.Larry adjusted the wide field mode to 4X large magnification.

It can be seen that the launch pads of those vehicles have been erected high. I don't know why they didn't fire for so long, maybe they were waiting for the contact from the observation post ahead.

"Eagle, be sure to pay attention to the order of attack."

"clear."

The picture began to twist slightly, maybe the enemy also has some measures of electronic interference.The slant distance displayed at this time is 3 kilometers, and it is difficult for the weapon controller to find the command vehicle with the 6X6 chassis according to the principle of priority, although in principle, destroying that vehicle is more effective than destroying the rocket itself.

"Fortress, there are 6 vehicles in total, we can't destroy all of them." He said, aiming the crosshair at the first rocket launcher with a single shot of his right hand.This is not a white light reconnaissance pod, he can't use the fleeting opportunity to find the firing command vehicle, and the command vehicle does not necessarily need to appear near the firing position.

The line of sight with the huge characters swayed slightly, but the rudder effect was quite obvious.He tried to correct the missile's tendency to veer in all directions, and aimed the reticle at the vehicle.For this kind of target without cover, as long as it hits within a radius of 20 meters, there is no problem, but there is nothing wrong with striving for perfection.

(End of this chapter)