Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 360 A Fatal Mistake

The ground was divided into several battlefields, unable to support each other, and the battle situation gradually slipped into a confusing situation.In military command, distributing forces does not mean mistakes, but needs to rely on higher skills; experienced commanders will always disperse the forces in their hands, and in this regard, they are not much different from self-righteous commanders. The difference, the only difference lies in who can take the initiative in the chaos.

Like most Chinese soldiers, not long ago, Lin Huaisheng was still a staff officer with no actual combat command experience, and even lacked the theoretical study of commanding units above the battalion level.At this moment, he is growing rapidly in hand-to-hand combat; he does not lack brains, what he lacks may only be a few setbacks.

In the air, Song Ning was following Sami's suggestion, quickly outflanking the enemy's flanks.However, the update of the enemy plane's position on the data link suddenly stopped. Obviously, Sami turned off the radar and switched to using the photoelectric radar for tracking; in this way of not being able to measure distance, fighting alone became Song Ning's only option. .Sometimes Sami's undisciplined back-and-forth in the air made Song Ning very disgusted. He could clearly feel your hidden selfish thoughts in the colonel's heart.Sometimes he even felt that the old man cared more about his own achievements than the fate of his own country.

Now Song Ning can only search the mountains by himself with the naked eye, which requires a great risk. If the opponent is a two-seater machine, the probability of finding himself first will be much higher. He knows that Sami is very good at turning the pursuit into a cat fight. It was a mouse-catching trick. Turning off the radar must be because he felt it was necessary to do so. The negative consequence would be that the wingman who relied on the data link to observe the battlefield would lose the necessary information at the same time. Of course, the colonel would not consider this point, he is that He is a professional soldier whose primary purpose is to pursue personal honor; he can cross the border to kill the early warning aircraft and complete the task of narrowly dying, and if necessary, he can sacrifice his comrades without hesitation.

The enemy's ground radar at the far end of the battlefield is always another big taboo in Song Ning's heart. That radar has been trying to track the plane, which makes Song Ning unable to increase the altitude, because he will be caught by it.Song Ning carefully searched the wide area from 1 o'clock to 5 o'clock on his right side, he estimated that the target would appear in this area.He knew that the Indian naval version of the MiG-29s was always painted light blue so that they were more exposed in the mountains than the gray J-10s.He lowered his head to observe the last location where the MiG-29 disappeared from the monitor, and judged where they might have emerged from. If they were eager to return to the sea, they should change their course to Mumbai. When he raised his head, he saw an arc below. The trail of the shape is winding towards itself.

"Damn it!" he groaned secretly.

This time neither the AWACS nor his own radar warning device worked. Obviously this was an R73 missile aimed at and fired from a helmet from a low altitude.Before he had time to search for the location of the second bomb, he immediately pulled it up vertically and fired tracer rounds at the same time.It's an effective trick to get rid of this type of fire-then-aim weapon. The field of view of the R73 missile itself is only a few degrees. Before it turns around with the 40G overload, it should try to stay away from the original route; the climbing ability of fighting missiles is generally not as good as their turning ability, and it is more appropriate to choose to climb than to choose to turn.Although the enemy will most likely launch two missiles at the same time to complement each other, their routes and search areas will not be much different.

Without any suspense, he saw the trail of the second missile, which was also circling upwards. Compared with Thunderbolt 8, the vapor trails of these missiles are slightly more concealed, but Song Ning's eyes are very good at searching for objects shining in the mountains, except The MiG-29, which is still unknown, should be in the 3 o'clock area, right?

The two missiles were hidden in the white smoke of the tracer shells fired by the J-2, and they were invisible.The S10 missiles in the east immediately caught the J-300 fighter that suddenly pulled up from the mountains.At this moment, the distance of the J-10 is 10 kilometers away, which is a bit far, but the altitude and speed are ideal.The Indian commander did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the launch of missiles, and then two huge missiles rose from the vertical launch tubes, piercing the sky, using high-throwing ballistics, which is the only option when shooting long-distance targets, which makes the missiles During the climbing phase, it was seen by the Zdk_70 early warning aircraft in the distance.After Song Ning screamed at the radar warning for a while, he received a clear voice warning from the early warning aircraft: the enemy has launched a missile.

He opted for a roll change at the end of the loop. The artificial horizon on the HUD quickly rolled 180 degrees with the mountains and rivers outside the cabin. He immediately identified the position and looked for two R2 missiles that might follow in the circle. S73 is not a serious worry at the moment. It is easier to deal with semi-active radar-guided weapons in the mountains than on the plains, especially since the enemy's launch positions are so far away, leaving her plenty of time to respond.Crashing into a hill in a panic was not his style.

Song Ning didn't see the R73 missiles flying towards him. If they "saw" him flying towards him, there would be no solution. However, he has fired R73 missiles many times, so he knows that the attack method of helmet targeting is not so mature.In his focused search, he saw a gray shadow sneaking past below him at 9 o'clock, trying to quietly occupy his rear.He suddenly realized how wishful he was thinking that the enemy would always be in a paint color that was not conducive to their concealment.He pushed the nose down and made a strong turn to disrupt the enemy's attempt.

But the enemy plane is moving from the side to the rear at a very high circling speed, and the trend is getting worse; Song Ning is still carrying 6 missiles at the moment, while the enemy plane may only have 2 R73 missiles, which leads to its mobility reaching Of course, this advantage also limits the impulse of Indian pilots to fire.In fact, he had already entered the firing range of the helmet aiming, but he dared not use this unreliable method again. ,

The two sides were separated by 1.5 kilometers, and they had already entered the sight of each other, and a round of desperate fighting was inevitable.According to their own experience, the two aircraft each exchanged altitude and speed in order to gain an advantage in turn rate.

Song Ning's disadvantage seemed irreversible. He was always struggling on the edge of the enemy plane's fire control radar scan, and at the same time he had to pay attention to the nearby mountains.He knew very well that he was not far from the no-escape zone of the R73 missile.

The MiG-29, which gradually gained the upper hand, was not in a hurry to point to the target, but began to accumulate an advantage in altitude, which allowed him to calmly deal with various changes of the opponent in the next round of scissors. The Indian pilot was also faced with a difficult choice. He only has the last two R2 missiles in his hands, so he must not be hasty. What he needs is a real aim and a foolproof attack.

In the clouds, an S300 missile that lost its target and flew towards the sea, suddenly received a new radio correction command, and it used the huge speed of the slide to turn to the new target.

When the Indian pilot saw the missile falling headlong, it was too late to activate the IFF transponder, and it was too late to make other effective evasion actions.At the last moment, he felt desperate and angry. In fact, he knew of the existence of this Army missile position when he flew from the coast to the battlefield. When the formation flew from the sea to the theater, he had received the identification signal from this radar interrogator.During the subsequent flight, the IFF antenna of the position no longer sent pulse codes. According to general experience, the missile position has already recorded the route of the formation of friendly aircraft.The two planes temporarily turned off their transponders after entering the mountainous area, so as not to be detected by the local positions on the ground.But when the MiG-29 rose again from the valley, it apparently forgot to turn on the transponder.On the other hand, due to the confusion of coordination between the various services, the naval pilot did not know that the nearby S300 had launched missiles, otherwise he would never have dared to raise the altitude rashly and be exposed to the missile attack range.

Song Ning had been venturing in the mountains and looking back to check the enemy's position. He had already forgotten about the S300 missiles until he saw the scene where the MiG-29 was hit.

"It's too careless." He couldn't help but secretly rejoiced.

20 kilometers away, Sami was doing his best to pursue another MiG-29. He also saw the explosion in the distance, and he was unavoidably worried. Then he lowered his head and found Song Ning's location from the data link information. He temporarily Some couldn't figure it out, and didn't know who hit whom, but whatever, he had to quickly kill the enemy plane in front of him.

Same as Song Ning's problem, he was facing a highly sensitive fighter that only carried combat ammunition. He was reluctant to shoot two expensive medium-range ammunition rashly, which made the battle quite difficult.This is not the first time he has encountered this new type of MiG-2. It is more difficult to deal with than the Su-29MKI in dogfights. Compared with the J-30, it also has an advantage in climbing.The enemy plane was always escaping around the IRST search aperture during the chase, apparently seeing himself, which forced him to abandon the unrealistic sneak attack tactics and use the radar vertical scan again so that he could change the attitude of the aircraft to Adapt to the opponent's flexibility in all directions.This trick really worked, and the radar quickly caught the target.The enemy pilot once again showed his inexperience, and began to pull up the fighter plane to dodge, and this fell into Sami's favor. He leveled the plane to adapt to the enemy's movement, and the target was always unable to escape within a few degrees wide search range. The SD-10 missile was quickly selected to prepare for the attack.Judging from the previous maneuvers, this should be a wingman who fell behind in the formation, and its adaptability is lower than that of the other lead plane that escaped in time, so the old man didn't intend to raise his head and rush after him. Put it farther away, so that the active radar of the medium-range bomb will not be turned on in time.

The radar warning equipment of the enemy plane had obviously been working all the time, so he knew that he had not escaped the radar's tracking. Like most panicked novices, he quickly overturned his previous thoughts and turned to dive. The time lost was enough to kill 10's fire control radar completed interception.The colonel opened fire at a distance of 6 kilometers, and the two missiles were steadily chasing the enemy plane one after the other. The mountainous terrain limited the left and right maneuvering range of the enemy plane, and a large number of chaff could not stop the J-2 high-power radar at such a short distance. on the irradiation.

Sammy once again saw the Indian pilot give up the last resistance and eject the parachute in advance.When the missile blew the plane into pieces, the Indian pilot’s parachute had just opened, and the blue sea in the south could already be seen here. If he fell in the sea, he might be rescued by the submarine of the Indian Navy, but if he fell in the mountains, his fate It's hard to say.Sami quickly notified the early warning aircraft of the location where the enemy landed, hoping that the coastal defense forces could catch the Indian pilots before the rebels.

In general, the quality of pilots in the Indian Air Force is uneven, and the average level is much lower than that of the Navy, but the best Indian pilots that Sammy has seen are all from the Air Force.

(End of this chapter)