Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 274
Goya was chasing a J-11 fighter, a single-seat fighter that lags behind the Su-30MKI in electronics but does not suffer in climb speed;The vector nozzle technology can help Goya to force the nose of the aircraft to point at the enemy aircraft in the fight, but he knows that the speed and attitude of the aircraft are related to the successful launch of the missile.His experience told him that under most of the vector movements, it is very difficult to launch the missile. Even if it is barely launched, the energy of the missile will be insufficient, and in many cases, the missile will not fly off the pylon at all.During several rounds of chasing, the two sides kept staring at each other, trying to aim their helmets at their opponents; however, neither broke through the 3/9 o'clock position, nor did they attack rashly.The same stalemate also occurred in the close-range air combat of other teammates. The two-seat Su-30MKI carried more fuel than the opponent, which made it unable to surpass the J-10 in hovering, and unable to surpass the J-11 in climbing. It gradually showed this. The more mediocre side of an advanced fighter jet.

Goya saw a fire in the mountains in the distance and knew that it was a plane that had been shot down. He had a premonition that the situation was not good, but he had no time to look down. Soon the AWACS told him that the Eagle Squadron had lost a plane.

After the sky completely darkened, the air combat became more difficult. Although the flames from the nozzles at the tail of the aircraft could still be seen in the air, the probability of accidental injury also increased greatly. This made the eagle Zhao, who was gradually embarrassed by the inferior numbers, close the gap .The two sides began to widen the distance, and both were preparing to shoot a round of medium-range ammunition, but the three Su-3MKIs carried more medium-range ammunition than their opponents.

"When will the lion arrive?"

"The lion is fighting enemy planes in the north, and it is temporarily unable to pass."

"Battle?"

Goya looked down at the vertical monitor.Sure enough, the lion was entangled by a group of F16 and J-7 fighter jets coming from Peshawar. They chased and aimed at dozens of kilometers away, as if they had no other intentions.

"Get them out of those secondary targets, the Suleiman Mountains are the point."

The AWACS paused for a while and did not give a clear answer.

"Captain Eagle, another enemy transport plane is approaching the airport."

The early warning machine reminded.This is obviously the most important target that suddenly appeared. Since the afternoon, the enemy has strengthened its air defenses, and the frequency of take-off and landing of transport planes has gradually increased.

With Quetta just 120 kilometers away, this is indeed an opportunity.

"Eagle 2, you adjust the route to the west and prepare to attack the enemy's transport plane." Goya said.

"but?"

"We will cover here. Wait for the opponent's AWACS to turn before making a move. The action should be clean."

"clear."

Letting a wingman attack under the nose of the enemy's early warning aircraft is of course very risky, but Goya must not let go of this opportunity, and he also knows that China's balance beam early warning aircraft has its own weaknesses.

Shallowly, the radar detection of the Chinese early warning aircraft began to weaken, which indicated that she was turning.Although this early warning aircraft can maintain a deeper detection capability than the A120 in a bearing of about 50 degrees on both sides, it cannot maintain such a long detection distance in all directions, and there must be some loopholes when it turns horizontally; Now is a good time to sneak into the defensive circle.

"Eagle 2, do it immediately, Eagle 4 will follow me to attract the enemy's attention."

One Su-30 secretly lowered its height and turned to the west. At the same time, Goya led the other Su-30 to accelerate and climb, distracting Song Ning's attention.The formation change following the Chinese formation made their radar lose the chance to capture the Eagle 2. Although Song Ning quickly discovered that there was one less aircraft in the local formation, but the next round of confrontation was imminent, he He didn't dare to be careless; he could only wait for the turn of the early warning aircraft to complete, and find out the truth from the updated information of the data link.

The hovering of the Air Police 200 must be kept stable, and this nearly horizontal and long turn consumes a critical few tens of seconds.When it turned its head around, it found that an enemy plane was rapidly pulling up, and it had already threatened the transport plane that was about to enter the field. Now the enemy plane was increasing its altitude and speed for long-range attacks, and at this time Song Ning's formation had just completed a round Shooting, avoiding the medium-range bullets fired by the enemy, it is too late to turn around.

At the same time, the Quetta airport was brightly lit. Although the shells fired by the enemy tanks fell around the runway from time to time, because there were no infantrymen who could disembark and fight, they were unable to damage the underground backup power generation facilities of the airport.

This is simply the most miraculous moment in the history of war. Under the threat of a powerful mobile force a few kilometers away, Quetta Airport is still constantly strengthening its defense capabilities through compact takeoffs and landings.This is something that all the Indian generals involved in the planning did not expect.In the original plan, Spanga once thought about letting a battalion of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles participate in the operation, but Azarid insisted on not letting the mechanized infantry battalion follow him. He believed that once the weak infantry fighting vehicles Being hit by the RPG of the garrison in the mountains will only become a burden to block the narrow road. It is not as effective as airborne in the final stage; It is a chore for infantry fighting vehicles to go on the road at night. They must constantly communicate with their poor performance and unencrypted radio stations, otherwise it will be like the last battle in the southwest of Multan. The chariot battalion could not be found in the end; Azarid even always suspected that a Pakistani armored force could follow in that battle because of unnecessary communication with the infantry fighting vehicles.But now, Azarid regretted his original decision. If there were several companies of infantry, he would be able to play a lot more cards, at least he would not be stumped by a landmine.

Approaching Quetta and waiting to land was the ninth transport aircraft, carrying anti-tank missile vehicles and infantry companies with enhanced night combat capabilities.Escorting this aircraft are also two J-9B fighter jets. Relying on their superior range compared to the J-2 fighter jets, these aircraft can still guard around the airport for a period of time after the transport plane lands.When the transport planes returned, these planes did not return with them, but flew to the Shamsi Air Force Base 11 kilometers away to gather. Now in the whole of southern Pakistan, the fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force have accumulated considerable strength. The close proximity to the battlefield makes these aircraft dispatchable enough to offset the numerical advantage of the Indian Air Force.

Throughout the afternoon, the air defense over Quetta was blank, and the air command was in chaos. However, the Indian Air Force did not concentrate its forces in time to destroy the airport. However, as time went by, the Chinese Air Force's defense of this area gradually became more stable. Two early warning aircraft that took off from Peshawar were on duty in the air without interruption, becoming an increasingly difficult force for the Indian Air Force to shake.Now, the AWACS on duty has seen a Su-2MKI break through the line of defense and rush towards the transport plane waiting to land. According to computer analysis, the Il-30 has entered the attack range of the R76.

The Escort Fighter 11B was located slightly behind, which gave the Eagle 2 another loophole. When the two fighters arrived and formed a 6-on-3 situation in the air, the Indian fighters had already launched all 4 fighters without hesitation. R77 missiles.The J-11B lead plane immediately launched a counterattack, forcing the Indian fighter plane to turn around and flee, abandoning the mid-course radio correction of these missiles, but the missiles still approached the transport plane rapidly according to inertial navigation. These missiles have active radar guidance capabilities at the end, and can still be easily tracked once the radar is turned on. to the giant transport plane.While coordinating with the transport plane that had put down its landing gear, the early warning aircraft turned to the west to leave, and at the same time asked the J-11B to pounce on the enemy's missile course and lure it away.

While the lead plane continued to track the fleeing Indian fighter plane, the wingman followed the guidance and flew straight to the flight path of the enemy missile. The four Indian R4 missiles were turned on at about the same time, and three of them followed the fighter plane. With the sound of the warning, they quickly turned to the south. Since these missiles were fired from positions with limited range, they were destined to be unable to catch up with the supersonic fighter, but there was still one missile that flew towards the Il-77 transport plane.The timing of the missile radar turning on was the latest, which caused it to be able to keep up with the real target by luck. It was a slow-moving target, and it seemed to be easy to catch up with.

The pilot of the transport plane calmly turned to the west. The warning equipment on the plane did not work. It seems that these Russian-made equipment could not warn the active radar of the Russian-made missile. Perhaps it was because the radio pulse power emitted by the R77 active radar was too small, maybe For some other reason; the device had been responding to radar exposures from NATO aircraft heading to the west.However, the pilot can grasp the distance of the missile through constant communication with the early warning aircraft.He still had several sets of chaff on hand, and these things had to wait until the last moment before they could be launched.There is still a reinforced company of soldiers in the rear cabin who are turbulent, waiting for the final outcome; therefore, the pilot told himself that all actions must be accurate.In the worst case, the pilot intends to give up one side of the plane to the missile. He knows how tough this kind of plane is. Even if one engine stops on one side, he is still sure that it can be forced to land somewhere. From the navigation It can be seen from the map that the terrain in the border area is treacherous, and it is really difficult to find a place for an emergency landing.

"It's coming, at 8 o'clock." The co-pilot reminded.

The pilot turned his head slightly, and a dazzling light was trailing behind him. He told the co-pilot to control the throttle, not to be too impatient, and everything was subject to his password.

After about a few seconds, the missile slowly entered the blind spot of his vision.The AWACS reminded him that it, too, had lost sight of the missile.The pilot couldn't get the timing right, so he took a deep breath, switched all the chaff launches on the panel under the board, and then slammed down on the joystick to dive down. He didn't have time to inform the infantry behind what happened, and here he is in control everything.

(End of this chapter)