Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 174 Information Blank
The rocket launcher chassis was getting bigger and bigger, and the nearby soldiers could be seen not fleeing, maybe they thought it was a drone.At the last moment of hitting the target, the image disappeared.It must have hit.

"Captain, hit." No. 2 aircraft reported, obviously he could see the result from the video sent back from the seeker of the second missile.

Immediately afterwards a second missile also hit the target.But the remaining 4 rocket launchers have nothing to do for the time being.

"Fortress, two targets were hit, but they still have 4 vehicles left. Unit 03 still has a missile, so it is temporarily unable to participate in the attack."

"The Army has launched several cruise missiles in hopes of hitting them."

Goya looked down, just in time to see a large BrahMos cruise missile pass below, then began to turn south, heading for its target.It actually arrived faster than Dagger Squad's plane.

Goya doesn't care about it. What he needs to care about now is the enemy's approaching fighter jets. If they can't repel them, those bombers may come back after a circle. It seems that the urgent situation of the ground battle forces them to fight anyway. The net is broken.

"Eagle 3, it's too late to wait for the dagger, first seize the favorable altitude and prepare to launch the missile."

"Eagle 3 understands, but they outnumber us." Eagle 3 said, and Goya can also see from the data link that 120 kilometers away, the enemy has 4 planes more than the Eagle team.

"Don't worry too much, those are light aircraft. Our medium-range firepower is still dominant," he said.The captain's self-confidence was not unfounded. His three planes carried 3 R18 missiles.If it is just long-distance shooting, he is sure to overwhelm the enemy's about 77 missiles in number.If the enemy recklessly wants to get close to the dogfight, the flexible Jafar team can be used to deal with it, and the Eagle team can carry out the second round of mid-range strikes at a longer distance, so that the enemy has absolutely no chance.

The two sides climbed to an altitude of 5500 meters almost at the same time, and then the radars began to scan each other. This is a typical long-distance air combat mode, simple and direct.The Russian-made radar of Su-30MKI is larger in power and size, but the size of the aircraft is also larger.

"Get closer. Lure them to launch missiles and turn around, understand?" Goya said, "They won't be able to confront us at a long distance later. They can either flee back or risk approaching. No matter what we choose, we will Absolute advantage," he said.He knew that his advantage was based on the powerful air superiority of the Su-30MKI, and he could completely dominate those light aircraft.

"Understood Captain."

Goya's formation is quite organized, with an aircraft protruding 12 kilometers away to attract the attention of the enemy. He and another aircraft are sitting behind. The formation seems to be better than the wall formation where the opponent's four machines push flatly.

There was a frightening flicker in the clouds to the south, like a violent thunderstorm.Goya glanced distractedly, and the flickering did not stop within ten seconds.He knew it was an enemy rocket launcher, which meant the Army's cruise missiles missed the remaining targets.He could have guessed this just now.Since he took off, the navigation system has been having problems, and it seems that the claims about the Americans' manipulation of the GPS are true.Of course, this is just the Americans hiding behind the scenes and taking the opportunity to evaluate the various effects that their global positioning system may have on the battlefield. This has its own advantages and disadvantages for both warring parties, and it is impossible to talk about favoring one side. The fire command system of these rockets in Pakistan also needs GPS positioning.

"Don't worry about that, just focus on our attack."

The Su-30MKI phased array radar is temporarily unable to distinguish the model from the reflected signal, but all the enemy planes on the opposite side use an X-band phased array radar to scan their own side. It can be seen that it is the J-10B type identified by the intelligence department. Just talking about radar In terms of performance, these aircraft are superior to the F16C of the Falcon Squadron.If it is close combat, the performance may not be weaker than F16C, but today the Eagles are not ready for close combat.

Fighter 03 launched the missile first, and the enemy formation waited for a while and launched a wave of medium-range missiles at the same time as Goya, and then both sides turned to avoid it, just like what was written in the textbook. The 45-kilometer attack will not hit the opponent, but in the unknowingly attrition war, the enemy is already at a disadvantage because they probably have no medium-range bombs. Thinking of this makes him quite complacent.

"Captain Dagger, I suggest that you approach the enemy plane from the direction of 300, they have no medium-range bombs."

"That's exactly what I mean." Jaafar who hurried over replied.

Tens of kilometers away, the J-10 formation is also speeding up to escape from the missile pursuit. It may take a minute to get rid of those distant missiles. It is obviously not a wise move to use the J-1B and Su-10MKI to conduct such an attack. The opponent is short of fuel and ammunition. have great advantages.However, the escort plan jointly researched by Song Ning and Zhang Chengyan had predicted that the Indian Air Force would deploy these difficult heavy fighters, so their strategy was not exactly what Captain Goya expected.

"Major, the enemy obviously doesn't want us to get too close. As I said, avoiding close combat is the consistent strategy of most of their squadrons." Sammy said.

"I see. Fortunately, we still have a backup." Song Ning said.From the vertical display, he could see another group of planes coming from afar were breaking into the rear. The AWACS judged that it was an Indian "Glorious" fighter jet. He freed his right hand and pressed a button on a row of communication channels, "Zhang Commander, you will undertake the next round of attack and intercept the second batch of enemy planes."

"clear."

The four erratic bombers on the edge of the battlefield turned their heads and joined the battle. Zhang Chengyan was sure that the enemy's early warning aircraft could not see his formation now.Because his RWS did not detect the specific band signal of AWACS.

Sure enough, the early warning aircraft in the hinterland of Rajasthan failed to see the bombers that escaped invisible 10 minutes ago in time.And Indian intelligence agencies have never really confirmed that this bomber can launch medium-range bombs.Their combat power was not calculated in Captain Goya's addition and subtraction.

For Major Zhang Chengyan and his pilots, this is a rare opportunity.For actual combat considerations, his plane also carried medium-range bombs instead of aerial bombs, but the three LCA light planes that the enemy rushed over to pick up the leak did not carry such weapons.

Four Flying Leopards entered from the blind spot of the AWACS aircraft in the south, and two of them immediately began to scan the three Tejas fighters flying northwest.The other two are monitoring the Indian Su-4 formation in the eastward direction. These Su-3s are far away, and the semi-active Thunderbolt 30 missiles may not be effective. The Brilliant fighter jets flying over 30 kilometers away immediately sensed the radar wave irradiation. Jaafar was a little dazed. The data update of the Flying Leopard formation by the AWACS ended 11 minutes ago. Now he only knows that a pair 50 kilometers away is heading towards Balochistan. The bombers fleeing from the hinterland did not know that there were other fighters.Are they back?

"Bastion, I see their bombers are back and scanning my formation," Jaafar said.He originally wanted to take turns with Goya and fight a beautiful battle, but he didn't expect the enemy plane to come up in turn, and it turned out to be a bomber.

"Captain Dagger, please rest assured, this aircraft does not have long-range weapons." The guide said.On the huge screen in front of him, there are detailed notes on the available weapons for each enemy aircraft, and there is no medium-range bomb part under the JH-7.

"Without ranged weapons, why did he come back?" Jaafar asked.

"I don't know, but I can assure you that he won't fire medium-range bombs." Someone in the AWACS assured lightly.

Jaafar became a little suspicious, but quickly put his doubts behind him, since the enemy came to his door, there was no reason not to fight.

"Fortress, the dagger squad requests to modify the target, we must launch an attack on the enemy bomber." He said, the words did not fall.The radar siren began to scream non-stop, and the enemy plane actually started tracking his plane.This appears to be a prelude to firing.

"My God. Pay attention to the dagger, turn right and do the unlocking action." The captain shouted, he didn't want himself and his subordinates to become victims of the negligence of the verification intelligence department.

One Tejas fighter turned sharply to one side to escape the radar lock, but the other two were still unable to escape the tracking.It seems that the enemy's plane's nose has been aimed here, and it's not good.Could it be that they really don't have the ability to fire medium-range projectiles, and these planes are turned back to the battlefield just for fun?The question lingered in Goya's mind. LCA's legal radar warning equipment can detect missiles and activate the active radar.But there was no trace of the enemy's active radar pulses on the sirens.

Zhang Chengyan's radar was closely aimed at the opponent. He could see from the vertical display that the enemy seemed to want to turn around, or to continue to escape along the tangent, but he hesitated. .Zhang Chengyan immediately switched to alternate interlaced scanning of radars with different pulse repetition rates. This compromise method can offset the enemy's efforts to get rid of tracking to the greatest extent.He and his wingman have coordinated the target allocation through data, and the target aiming frame on the HUD has caught an enemy plane outside the visual range displayed by light spots, and various pre-launch data are being continuously measured; the weapon launch permit Then appeared.

Flying Leopard was carrying a not-so-advanced semi-active medium-range ammunition. It might be risky to attack, but the opportunity was rare, and Zhang Chengyan didn't want to give up.

"Dongyao, Dongyao request to fire."

"Fire is allowed." The Chinese voice on the AWACS responded.

"clear."

He pulled the trigger and fired two missiles towards the vast front. At the same time, the wingman also fired two missiles.These missiles will use the launch altitude and speed to fly down a certain distance, which is conducive to maximizing the development range.

The two LCA aircraft disbanded the formation, and each used their best skills to dodge. They only knew that the opponent's radar was pointing at them, but they didn't know whether the opponent had launched missiles, because the early warning aircraft could not see clearly, and the electronic tactical threat display could not detect it in time. Semi-active missiles.

When the missile suddenly drilled out of the dense clouds, the distance was already very close. The LCA wingman was at the end of a deceleration turn, and the pilot was completely unable to continue the second large overload turn with the weak fighter. The first missile exploded on the wing, blowing the aircraft in two, followed by the second A missile hit the front half of the wreckage.

(End of this chapter)