Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 195 Vulture
Before the bombing, the colonel had been paying attention to the movement of the Mirage 2000 in the south. The last data left by ZDK03 after the turn showed that there were at least 4 enemy planes in the group, and there was a radiation source 2000 kilometers behind the Mirage 300 group. It was suspected to be a large early warning aircraft.This shows one thing, it will be very difficult to sneak past them rashly, especially where are they now?AWACS cannot be updated.And the other party must know his position well.

After thinking for a moment, the audio that allowed the horizontal bombing sounded, and the colonel decisively pressed the bombing button.Then push the throttle stick to the afterburner position.The fighter quickly pulled up with a deft climb.This kind of acceleration was an experience he had never experienced when driving Thunderbolt, and the vertical climb was even better than that of the F16A/B type.With this huge thrust alone, he can easily throw off the Phantom at a height of more than 5000 meters, but if the Phantom 2000 is supported by an early warning aircraft, the situation will be different.

2 bombs exploded on the ground, and their positions were exactly the same.Several communication command vehicles, relay vehicles, and power supply vehicles were all engulfed in flames.Sammy turned his head and took a look. He was sure that the attack was not muddled. If the division commander stayed there, he would definitely be finished.He didn't doubt that this was a division-level headquarters, but it was unexpected that he didn't encounter anti-aircraft fire.

"Vipers. Vipers," the colonel called, pressing the right-hand radio button.But there was no answer from the radio.Is the Indian jammer dispatched again?Or maybe ZDK03 hid behind the mountain again, he didn't know.

He can now choose to follow the early warning aircraft along the last air control corridor in the northwest to escape to the lonely Peshawar in the north, but doing so will disrupt the next step plan.

In the new plan formulated by the Air Force Staff one day ago, he and the J-10B will be dispatched from the Karachi Naval Airport in the south tonight to carry out a long-range strike on the Indian aircraft carrier staying on the Cochin berth.The specific plan is that his J-10B will take the lead in dispatching, pretending to attack the Indian destroyer fleet in the port of Mumbai, luring the Indian Navy to stay in the MiG 29UBK in Goa or the Sea Harrier MK51 fighter jets that can still take off near Cochin, so that these short-legged The fighter on duty ran out of fuel during the round trip, and then Major Arthur Hamid led two J-2BSH fighters that had just arrived in Quetta, secretly flew to the Cochin slipway 11 kilometers away, and launched it about 1700 kilometers away from the port. Several new long-range anti-ship missiles.The colonel never felt that such a hasty plan with a narrow range could be successful. He knew that the 150 Chinese JH-12 bombers assembled at the Shamsi base were more suitable for such an operation, but the Chinese Air Force would definitely not participate in such an operation for political reasons. Active strike operations, and China is unwilling to provide anti-ship cruise missiles with longer ranges that are more suitable for this strike.Out of its own considerations, China has maintained a delicate balance with India in the Indian Ocean. Obviously, both sides are afraid of the lifeline of oil in the Indian Ocean.But Rear Admiral Islam insisted that this was a rare opportunity for Pakistan to annihilate the Virant alone.The reconnaissance of various parties found that the aircraft carrier is still on the maintenance slipway to repair its No. 7 elevator, and the maintenance project is coming to an end, so the opportunity cannot be missed.At least the enemy ships fixed on the berth can reduce the dependence of long-range anti-ship missiles on relay guidance (approaching the target with inertial navigation).New information shows that in just a day or two, this 3-ton aircraft carrier will return to the vast Arabian Sea with a squadron of Sea Harrier fighter jets, and it will be even more difficult to destroy it by then.

Of course, no matter how great the chances are, Colonel Sami can't keep himself away from such an action, so now he must hurry back to Quetta instead of hiding in Peshawar.Of course, this road has been blocked, but this is not a bad thing for the colonel. This morning, when he knew that his old opponent, Major Hassan, had been shot down after breaking into the south of the Kebor Pass, he secretly made up his mind. To provoke the "Vulture" squadron of NATO in Afghanistan.It's not hard to imagine that the government is now struggling to mediate the wreckage of Hassan's fighter jet that fell on the Afghan side, but the Colonel doesn't care.Hassan is his best student, so he has to fight back, that's his character.He doesn't pay attention to those F16Cblock40, of course the only exception is the AIM9X combat missile.

The radar pulses of the Mirage 2000 began to appear on the MPCD visible from the head down.The electronic system of this J-10B has extremely high sensitivity, roughly 2000 years ahead of the trailing Phantom, and can accurately capture the opponent's position.Now it seems that the Indian fleet is not eager to approach, but is pressing from the south step by step. They are obviously willing to drive themselves towards Afghanistan, and then test the power of their quasi-allies again.Sami knew that the fighters of these tiger squadrons were not weak in technology and had a numerical advantage, so he couldn't fight recklessly.He quickly lowered the altitude and then made a roll, which caused the Mirage 2000's radar to quickly lose the trace of the J-10B below.Sammy could see radio pulses sweeping across the fuselage from above, but did not continue scanning for a long time.It seems that the opponent's Doppler radar has lost track, and the surveillance of the long-range phased array radar that has been accompanying him has also disappeared at the same time.This area is far away from the area where the A50I that stays over Punjab can accurately guide. The downward vision ability of these A50I has been experienced by Sammy not long ago. Even in the plains, it is difficult to find low-altitude and low-speed aircraft at extreme distances. , not to mention mountainous areas.Now what he had to wait for was electronic surveillance from other directions, which he knew would come.

As expected, a new radar beam scan emerged from the southwest.The radiation source stays in the distant direction of Kandahar.The electronic tactical threat system immediately identified it as a watchtower early warning aircraft.Perhaps, the colonel thought, it was the one from yesterday.The planes have been in Afghanistan for a decade, monitoring Iranian and Pakistani air forces.

"These ungrateful fellows," said the old man.He glanced at the two combat missiles under one wing.

"Black spider leader, where are you? I can't see you." Someone on the radio asked anxiously, it seemed to be Major General Islam.

"I'm on the mountain pass near Millam Shah."

"Listen, don't go near the border. It's a troublesome situation, and NATO is finding fault all the time."

"I'm not going to cross the border."

"Don't be too impulsive. It's very dangerous to approach the border. They are not very reasonable people."

"I know this, and I think I can do the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a favor." The colonel said.Some of his words didn't convey the meaning, so that the major general didn't understand what Sami meant for a moment. He thought that Sami probably wouldn't be so confused that he wanted to fight on two fronts.

"Listen, Kandahar already has an F16C up, they're probably going to fire across the border. You can turn to Peshawar immediately. Don't risk going back to Quetta base, ground radar can't see those phantoms now, maybe east of the Suleiman range .”

"Don't worry, I already knew about this." Sami replied nonchalantly.His answer somewhat reassured Major General Islam guarding Peshawar.He couldn't watch his two aces planted in the same place one after another.

"Only one came?" The colonel was secretly proud.This is good news for him, instead of fighting against 4 Mirages, it is better to challenge this NATO aircraft.Americans always overestimate their abilities, even if they are facing an old guy like themselves.His colonel turned on the air call channel of 1234.5 MHz, waiting for the other party's warning.At this time, his plane had already inserted near the border. According to the GPS data, it was still on the east side of the border. However, due to the confusion of GPS signals in recent days, he was not sure whether he had crossed the border.

"Attention Pakistani aircraft, you cannot cross the border." A voice appeared in the headset.

Judging from his slowly panting voice, this is not the director on the E3 early warning aircraft, but a fighter pilot should be speaking.Sammy looked into the distance and saw a black dot approaching.He did not turn on the radar so as not to irritate the opponent.

"Pakistan fighter, you can't cross the border." The other party repeated.

"How's the weather in Kandahar?" Sammy asked.The other party did not respond, obviously a little surprised by this question.

The old man made a sharp turn to the south, and now he was flying south along the border.When I turned the corner, I could already see the dividing line of the ridge below, and I was sure that I had not crossed the boundary.The opponent's fighter also made a turn and flew in a general direction. The two planes were flying parallel to each other roughly 2 kilometers apart. The opponent had a slight advantage in altitude. It could be seen that it was indeed an American F16C fighter.

Sammy kept an eye on the radio. If the Indian pilots not far to the east wanted to say hello to the Americans, they might be able to hear them.However, they have not communicated.

The F16C on the right began to slow down secretly and pulled behind.The colonel could guess that this was the cheap trick he had used yesterday.He remained calm, waiting for the opponent to occupy his right side at 4 o'clock, waiting for the azimuth angle to decrease and then attacking.Sure enough, the opponent began to accelerate and turn to try to occupy the attack position, which was a precursor to the use of radar by the enemy plane.The colonel immediately circled to the east, which caused his plane to escape outside the narrow vertical scan area of ​​the opponent.This J-10B is not a hunchbacked F16D, not to mention that there is a vigilant old guy sitting in it, so it is so easy to give in.However, the opponent's strength is not weak, and he presses on step by step, keeps up with the rhythm, and forcibly points the nose of the aircraft at the J-10B.But facing the sun in the east makes him have some disadvantages.

The colonel's J-10B fighter plane pulled up at an extremely fast speed, and moved rapidly on the left side of the opponent's dazzling cockpit cover.The veteran of the Vulture Squadron failed to follow up with this action in time, and his plane pulled up a little slowly.When he saw the gray J-10B clearly, the opponent had already occupied some height.Fortunately, he still maintains a small right azimuth, and the advantage is still there from the perspective of attack.

Sammy sat in the cockpit and adjusted his breathing, looking back at the enemy from time to time.He watched the ferocious F16C cross the bend of the Mahal River, a watershed between Pakistan and Afghanistan.The opponent's radar can occasionally scan him, but he can't track him, which is within his expectation.

The Pakistan Air Force has had many internal performances, a large part of which is to hone the F5CD of the 16th Squadron. The colonel always participates in it as a specially invited blue army to drive various other fighters, so he is familiar with the attack methods of the F16C , Coupled with his early experience in flying F16A, he knows best that the fighting ability of this fighter is almost impeccable, no matter in terms of climbing speed, circling radius, or sensitivity, it is stronger than India's Su-30MKI.However, when the F16C faces a fighter with a canard aerodynamic layout, its instantaneous sensitivity on the vertical plane is a weakness.In simulated air combat, the F16C could not keep up with the J-10 pulling up.Of course, if you simply compare the vertical climbing ability, the F16C still has the upper hand with its powerful engine.

(End of this chapter)