Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 362 Old Rival

When the second JH-7 flew over the road and dropped the dispenser, Yahini had already retreated a lot of distance. He knew that the plane in the sky should have distinguished the enemy from us, otherwise the second round of bombing should not have been so concentrated. Obviously, he would rather sacrifice his hit rate for the sake of accidental injury.

Seeing the second umbrella flower swaying and flying towards him, Major Rotab fell into despair. His superiors kept telling him that the air supremacy in this area had been completely controlled, and all he and his troops had to do was to bury their heads in the assault. Obviously, these promises were not fulfilled. .

In a blink of an eye, a large amount of ammunition fell like locusts, and a large part repeatedly hit the stopped tanks. It can be seen that the ability of its composite sensor to distinguish and optimize target selection obviously needs to be improved, but some of them hit the first wave As long as one of these ammunition hits the vehicle that slipped through the net in the attack, it is enough to make a 46-ton tank lie in place. To a certain extent, relying on these hard-to-move steel wreckage alone, Spanga's rapid attack has already Disintegrated; the highway to the sea was hardly functional until the sappers arrived.

When the two JH-2s succeeded, the four escorting Pakistani JF7s were still far away. According to the scheduled plan, they turned to the west and then ordered the two JH-4s to return. However, repeated identification of ground targets wasted too much Time, which left a huge hidden danger for them to be able to withdraw safely.

The radar warning device has not yet issued a warning, but the early warning aircraft has already seen several targets suddenly appearing from the Gilgit Mountains, just like a group of sharks floating from the sea.That was the direction Major General Islam was worried about.The entire western part of Pakistan is covered with mountains, and it is impossible for the air force with low-altitude flight capabilities to abandon these areas that can effectively avoid early warning aircraft. This kind of attack is equally fatal to both sides.

When the fighter planes of the Eagle formation pulled up from behind the mountains, the last two JH-2 formations were turning, and the distance was less than 7 kilometers, completely passive.Obviously, the timing was just right (if you don't count the loss of ground troops).

The leading fighter plane quickly guided the other five fighter planes to adjust their course to pursue. The side of the Su-5 with the number 30 under the nose was densely sprayed with more than ten shooting down marks. These shooting down marks were different. The most conspicuous one was An F302 fighter that has never appeared in this war, followed by 15 Thunder fighters and 2 F2 fighters, followed by J-16 and various Mirages, and of course a bunch of drones.

Captain Goya is adjusting his breathing and getting ready for the next battle.The radar of the Su-30MKI quickly saw the entire airspace clearly. The 4 JH-7s that turned around and fled were divided into 2 batches. There were still a few unseen targets in the direction of the coast. The data link could not provide various information about these enemy planes. , but someone on the radio told him that it was a Thunder fighter jet that took off from the same base, and it was still far away.No one has ever told him that there are J-10 fighters nearby. Although the ground radar saw two J-2s and fired missiles, after a lightning strike, someone lowered the altitude and disappeared from the screen. I forgot.Goya quickly analyzed the situation, and his intuition told him that he needed to be especially careful in the undulating mountains.

The Pakistan Air Force has undergone tremendous changes in the past few months. Most of the squadrons of the old era have been swept away. Although call signs such as "Black Spider" or "Fighting Falcon" are still often monitored by electronic reconnaissance departments, But the captain himself has not seen those F16C fighter jets that once terrified the Indian Air Force for a long time.

The Pakistani Air Force let inexperienced novices drive Raiden fighters to participate in the interception of attack aircraft, but these light fighters generally only take on the task of attacking Indian attack aircraft, and rarely dare to appear in the sight of Su-30. Goya himself is very concerned about these The novice is also quite contemptuous. He now pays more attention to the Chinese Air Force that is compressed in the last few bases. According to the intelligence department's judgment, it is a third-generation fighter jet with a total of no more than 30 and about 10 fighter jets. A capable air force composed of bombers, but these Chinese fighters generally only participate in the battle to protect the air transportation line and the early warning aircraft. There is only one chance to really fight the Eagles directly.

Seeing the huge advantage, Goya disbanded the formation. He asked 3 wingmen to form a new formation to pursue the last 2 JH-7s. He led 2 fighters to monitor the direction of the coast. Experience told him that ground command would definitely miss something. Voice command The efficiency cannot be compared with the data link, especially during the war, the communication between the Army's long-range radar and the Air Force was exposed, and there were many loopholes. Sometimes the Army missed information because they thought the Air Force should know, but in fact the Air Force did not. I don’t know, these serious problems eventually caused a lot of ammunition to be thrown on their own heads during the war. Of course, the Army occasionally shot down its own planes.

Three Su-3s quickly took advantage of the altitude and were ready to attack with medium-range bombs.The low-altitude flight speed of the JH-30 is relatively high, which makes it easy for the fire control radar of the Su-7 to track all 30 targets (4 near and 2 far away). Of course, the opponents are not without brains. On the contrary, their calculations are very precise ; For the eagle, looking down and shooting must cross the attack envelope of the red flag 2.Now these Su-9 fighters have also been continuously tracked by China's ground radar, just waiting for the Su-30 to break into the range.

The Hongqi-9 missile has always been a weapon that Indian aircraft fear. In the past month, this fear surpassed the Pakistan Air Force and rose to the first place.The Indian intelligence department will never know how many such systems China has deployed in Pakistan. With its excellent mobile deployment capabilities, the Indian Air Force always overestimates the number of weapons that often move positions.In actual combat, this kind of trajectory has the active radar guidance capability at the end. In mountainous areas, it is more difficult to deal with than the S300. The only weakness is that the range is slightly shorter, which makes the range of activities of the Indian Air Force, which needs to use the S300 umbrella to operate, larger. .

"Eagle 4 called Captain Eagle, that damn ground radar has been watching me, I suggest using an aircraft, make a low-altitude impact, and throw a few anti-radiation missiles at it."

The wingman yelled.

"Eagle 4, don't disperse the formation, you just need to attack their bombers."

Goya immediately vetoed the request of his subordinates. He knew that the air defense deployment on the front line of Shamsi was not a joke. The Chinese must have blind-filling radars at low altitudes waiting for those planes that tried to attack the radars, and every Red Flag 9 missile There must be some short-range anti-aircraft missiles around, and the intelligence department has always been ignorant of the situation of these short-range weapons.It was only after some blindly assaulted formations had their heads broken that the Air Force noticed that the Chinese army's air defense system in key areas was well-matched and impeccable.

"Squadron leader, we will soon enter the range of low-altitude missiles."

"Lower the height and continue the pursuit. Let them see our combat skills at low altitude."

"clear."

A J-10 suddenly appeared in the radar line of sight. When Goya raised his head, he could already see the opponent flying head-on.This made Goya's attention shift from the JH-7 to the present. The enemy plane did not plan to use the radar to aim at it head-on, but rushed towards the Eagle formation quickly.Take one against three?The captain wondered if he was crazy?

A wingman fired two R2 missiles first, apparently too hastily.The enemy plane accelerated past the front of the formation skillfully, and the huge relative speed made it impossible for the missile that had just left the pylon to turn towards it.

"Captain, he wants to seize our 9 o'clock."

"Eagle 2, follow it."

In fact, the entire formation began to turn. The Su-30 has the ability to attack at a large off-axis angle. It only needs to turn a few degrees to counter the enemy's movements.Dongfang's S300 radar has been tracking the Su-30. Goya immediately reminded the ground not to fire blindly. He was very worried that these novices would mess around. With the advantage of numbers, they don't need to intervene.

The three Su-3s turned sharply and chased after the enemy plane. Goya did not leave a single plane to continue to guard the original direction. This was a big mistake.The second J-30 appeared from the south in good time and easily occupied the position in the rear hemisphere of the entire eagle formation.It has been a long time since Goya has encountered an opponent in the air for air combat cooperation, although this cooperation is not complicated at all.He really underestimated the enemy this time.

Sami used his strategy of luring the enemy to create an excellent opportunity for Song Ning.The J-10's fire control radar successfully completed the tracking, and all three enemy planes fell within the error tolerance ring, which means that once they are launched, they can be confidently launched.He made a risky decision: use the only 2 medium-range bombs to attack 2 enemy planes. If he succeeds, the advantage in the number of enemy planes will be offset immediately.He chose the two enemy planes that had fallen behind as targets, and fired missiles.

A Su-30 made a wrong countermeasure in a panic. It tried to avoid radar tracking by diving at low altitude. However, the J-10 fighter jet has a strong downward-looking ability, and it is easy to deal with high-speed targets. The missile followed the instructions to catch up Seeing to succeed.

The missile that was targeting Goya did not have such good luck. Goya drove the fighter plane to quickly pull up vertically to destroy the radar tracking. The reason for this was that he roughly judged that the height of the opponent was not enough.At the last moment, Song Ning could only choose to still use the downward-looking mode to track the first target and give up the second one. In the pulse Doppler mode, he could not track the climbing target.

A missile successfully hit an enemy plane fleeing at low altitude, which quickly increased Song Ning's record to 7 aircraft, which was still 5 aircraft when he took off from the airport.

The Su-302 numbered SB30 was still being pulled up rapidly. Goya was not frightened at all. He guessed that the missile was launched by another J-10 fighter. Against this fighter, the Su-30 does not have the advantage of hovering. (He rarely uses the vector pointing capability at low altitudes because he doesn't trust this technology very much), but on the vertical plane, the powerful Su-30 can overwhelm most opponents, except of course the J-11 fighter jets at the Shamsi base.

Song Ning followed closely and pulled up the plane. He wanted to use his head-up ability to catch the target before the enemy completed a somersault, but the interference and series of rolls made by the enemy plane in the air always destroyed the radar range measurement. He could already see the enemy plane shining brightly in the sun, but he doubted that the target was still outside the optimal range of the PL-8 missile firing upwards. He only had 2 combat missiles, so he couldn't mess around.

The Indian fighter planes tracking the JH-7 were not disturbed by the attack of the lead plane. They pursued to an area 15 kilometers away from the target, and roughly entered the range of the Red Flag 9. The formation then slowed down and lowered its altitude, thus avoiding the ground radar.The JH-7 pilot realized that he had encountered the most dangerous opponent.

These Su-30s have just obtained a new type of Israeli navigation pod, which allows them to still have the ability to measure air targets and launch medium-range missiles when performing terrain avoidance flights.Eagle Squadron was the first to receive the new equipment, thus making up for weaknesses and gaining new tactics.

In the previous attack, the JH-7 wasted too much time to identify the ground target as friend or foe, which directly caused it to be firmly bitten by the Indian fighter plane and could not get rid of it.The early warning aircraft reminded the pilot that the trailing Indian fighter plane had launched missiles and emergency measures must be taken immediately.When the last two JH-2s that landed began to interfere in self-defense, the early warning aircraft reminded them again that if they were hit, they should try to fly a certain distance to the north before parachuting, so as not to fall into the hands of tribal armed forces.

(End of this chapter)