Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 386 Changes in the Battlefield

After Zheng Hui threw off the anti-aircraft guns, the escorting J-10 fighter jets turned to the south, ready to try their luck against the Sam-6. The range of this kind of domestic anti-radiation missile is slightly longer than that of the Sam-6 missile, which is just right for restraint.At the same time, the J-16 turned to the ground with a somersault, and counterattacked the anti-aircraft gun just now. Obviously, the enemy still has a tight air defense deployment in this area, which must be removed to prevent it from posing a threat to the approaching formation.

The controller couldn't see the target on the cathode ray tube, there was obviously camouflage netting, but that didn't matter, he fired a laser at the area of ​​smoke that was still lingering on the hill, and dropped the bomb.

Two 2-kilogram bombs flew down obliquely and hit the mountain, almost flattening the mountain. When the plane pulled up, it was not attacked by ground fire.

Zheng Hui heard the call between the J-10 and the early warning aircraft on the radio, and knew that the J-10's attack was not effective. Before it launched an attack, the enemy's radar disappeared. The early warning aircraft reminded it not to go too far, and carefully guard the direction of Siguri. .But it's good, at least forcing the nearest air defense position to shut down will be of great benefit to subsequent attacks.

The following two Su-2MKK fighter jets came and used laser-guided bombs to attack the targets on the enemy's tornado troops. Inside the fortification, the gate of the fortification faces due north, and once it is opened, it can be fired immediately.At this moment, a UAV responsible for observation began to laser point the target.The first round of 30-kilogram laser-guided bombs penetrated the top of the fortifications, triggering a series of explosions, apparently hitting the ammunition.

The J-11B fighter jet in the distance fired a joint attack munition for a second strike.

This attack was the most complicated ground-to-ground mission in the history of the Chinese Air Force. A total of more than ten batches of fighter planes and drones attacked the same tactical target with an area of ​​no more than 0.5 square kilometers at the same time. For intelligence collection, more than 10 tons of precision ammunition were dropped, and at the same time, air defense must be taken into account.As far as the difficulty of coordination among the various units is concerned, it is unprecedented. This attack was jointly commanded by an early warning aircraft and the ground UAV control station. There are still some shortcomings, especially in order to prevent unnecessary confusion. In the final stage, the long-range fire coverage and cruise missile attacks of other services were cancelled.

Another drone flew slowly around the ridge around the battlefield. It had to fly very low to capture the target situation at a suitable angle for the rear to assess the battlefield.The precise strike on the surface positions had the expected effect, but the enemy headquarters is still there, and its exit has withstood several 500kg bomb attacks without collapsing, and Indian soldiers can be seen escaping from it.The last few laser-guided bomb attacks, due to the unsatisfactory effect of irradiating the target from high altitude, hit a place about 20 meters above the cave, and the TV-guided missile that flew directly into the cave entrance did not seem to have the expected effect. However, a warhead of [-] kilograms seems too small.

The ground shelter commanded the UAV to make a second turn and enter the front of the cave, ready to conduct laser pointers again. A Su-30MKK carrying bombs was still on standby 15 kilometers away.The laser beam of the drone pointed at the rock about one meter above the cave, but the transmitted video was suddenly interrupted, which may have been eliminated by some firepower. The second drone was still turning at this moment, and the early warning aircraft reminded Su-30MKK to continue to stand by. Don't blindly use your own pointing device to launch meaningless attacks.

Zheng Hui also received an order from the command plane to prepare to launch the second TV-guided bomb.The headquarters seems to have nothing to do with this hole, and the condescending attack is not very effective. Of course, there is still a backup plan, which is to launch a few cruise missiles to attack in the horizontal direction.

"This is the Yangtze River, move twice, give up the guard mission, and enter the attack area."

"Move twice to understand."

After Zheng Hui made a turn, the weapon guide launched the last second missile. This aircraft is not the same as the J-8II that Zheng Hui used to fly. This time it was dispatched with 2 types of air-to-air missiles and 2 types of air-to-ground missiles. Weapons, if the task of countering ground radar is not given to the J-10, it can also carry an extra anti-radiation missile.

When he was maintaining level flight, the radar alarm suddenly screamed. It turned out that it was caught by a radar in the air due to the west. .

"Yangtze River, we found an enemy plane appearing from the sky over Bhutan."

"Move twice, dodge immediately, it's a gust of wind!"

A thought flashed in Zheng Hui's mind, how could the enemy plane appear from there?Shouldn't be at all?
The Indian Rafale did cross Bhutan's airspace and occupied a favorable position. Taking advantage of the J-16's low-speed level flight, it decisively launched a medium-range missile.Zheng Hui's speed was too low, so he had to dive into the mountains. While getting rid of the down-looking aiming, the command pod also lost control of the TV-guided missile, and the missile lost control and fell into the nearby river.

At this moment, the early warning aircraft just saw clearly that 4 fighters appeared at the same time from the northerly direction of the expected passage. They did not attack along the predicted route, but chose to cross the airspace of Bhutan to achieve suddenness. In view of the enemy's deployment in Tespur The three-coordinate search radar has been working, which is obviously their quick and powerful response after fully assessing the battlefield.

India's 222nd Tiger Shark Squadron has been moving back and forth between the east and west battlefields, and its combat capabilities are also growing rapidly.They secretly formulated a plan to regain air supremacy over West Kamen. It was originally aimed at the recent unscrupulous satellite-guided bomb attacks by Chinese aircraft on the area south of Tawang. Now they have broken into a larger battlefield.If you don’t consider politics, crossing Bhutan is the best way; in this way, you can use the mountains to avoid the early warning of China’s direction, and at the same time avoid the shortcomings of gusts of long-distance attacks. The Mika missile used to be a good medium-to-near distance weapons, but in this war, the range is relatively insufficient.

The situation changed suddenly, and the two vigilant J-2 fighters suddenly found themselves at a numerical disadvantage. Although all the air control tactics were specially formulated for the Rafale, the Rafale has never dispatched more than 10 aircraft in this area. Record.

The Rafale formation obviously came prepared, and one of them carried an electronic warfare pod, which took on the task of accompanying the team's electronic interference. The search radar on the high ground in LZ County was immediately strongly interfered and temporarily lost its ability to counterattack.

When the J-10 fighter turned its nose and locked on to the enemy plane, all four enemy planes lined up had appeared within the line of sight; two were within the radar scanning range, and the other two were passing quickly from both sides.

The Chinese pilots reluctantly launched two SD2 missiles and launched an attack on the frontal enemy plane 10 kilometers away. The enemy plane did not panic. They chose to fly head-on at high speed, and seemed to be well versed in the way of restraint against medium-range attacks.

It was really difficult to launch an attack with the envelope of a medium-range bomb. Before the radar was turned on, the enemy plane used a dive and chaff to counter the attack.At the same time, the gusts that outflanked the two wings easily occupied a favorable position, and the two planes that flew straight over turned to stay above the target area, and were caught off guard by a Soviet 2MKK.

Colonel Dabrini carried out tight desk work for the attack, which was originally intended to ambush J-10 fighter jets that frequently broke into West Kamen and dropped satellite-guided bombs on Assam's jumping areas.His plan was simple and powerful. After taking off from Sihamara, avoiding the sight of the early warning aircraft, passing directly through the territory of Bhutan, cutting off the enemy's retreat from a direction that was unexpected by the enemy, and occupying a favorable position, and then taking advantage of the numerical superiority to completely attack the enemy. Annihilate the enemy.

He himself is in the formation at the moment, and he just had a face-to-face encounter with two J-2s, and the enemy's reaction was within his expectations; instead of slowing down and outflanking the J-10s, he went straight to the Su-10MKK. He is providing voice instructions, so he has almost mastered the situation on the battlefield.There are 30 J-2s and 10 to 1 Su-2/27s or Chinese imitations in the theater, and two other heavy fighters are far away; the electronic tactical threat display shows that there is an invisible early warning aircraft in the Himalayas, Linzhi After the Chinese radar was killed by him, the Chinese relied on the early warning aircraft to gain an intelligence advantage.

The wingman had locked on to a heavy aircraft before, but after firing, the opponent disengaged and disappeared. It is not known whether it was shot down by an active radar-guided missile or escaped.The Tiger Shark Squadron has almost become the unit with the highest dispatch rate in the entire Indian Air Force. Several main Su-30MKI troops have gradually shown a lack of follow-up fatigue. The 222nd Squadron began to show its strength.

The lieutenant colonel was 10 kilometers away and firmly grasped the Su-30MKK fighter that he could not evade. Through the data link, he could grasp the limited situation around him. The rest of his teammates were chasing with the escorting J-10, which gave him enough time. open fire.

The situation of the battle really changed rapidly. The Indian Air Force seemed to turn the tables in an instant, relying on a common joy. The air force fighter planes of both sides disbanded their formations in the air, and the teams fought against Chari. disadvantage; but there is still a variable, Zheng Hui in the low altitude is not in the enemy's sight.

Zheng Hui heard chaotic calls from the radio, and it seemed that the enemy plane was heading for a complete victory. He reminded himself to keep calm, and the correct decision can play a role in changing the situation and reversing the situation.He looked up and saw an enemy plane passing by the glare of the sun, chasing a J-10. Both sides had weaknesses in turning ability, but the position of the enemy plane was more dominant.

Zheng Hui raised the nose of the plane and went straight to catch up.The enemy is caught in a frantic scissors chase, not far enough behind, it is shaking at the edge of Zheng Hui's radar scanning area.Zheng Hui ordered the pilot in the back seat to keep an eye on the other side of the battlefield, made a strong turn by himself, and secretly called the photoelectric radar. He was not in a hurry to enter the chase—that is not the specialty of heavy aircraft, he has to be on the path of the enemy's up and down Wait for it to throw itself into the trap.

The J-10 pilot in front is his old partner, and he has cooperated several times in Aksai Chin, and they have a tacit understanding.Now it's time for some teamwork.

He called his comrades through the radio to quickly reverse, and let the stunned enemy follow his HUD. At the same time, he kept his hands on the pole, activated 2 PL8 missiles, and carried out power-on cooling in advance.

The J-10 pilot glanced at the display and immediately understood Zheng Hui's intentions.This is a situation where praying mantis catches cicadas. The horizontal hovering ability of the J-16 fighter is lower than that of the J-10 and the Rafale, so it cannot plunge in and make a turn. The disadvantage of the Indian Air Force is that it lacks complete battlefield information support, so the trailing Rafale He only paid attention to the pursuit, completely unaware of the changes in the battlefield situation.

When the J-10 pulls up, turn to the other side. This is an extremely dangerous action, and the enemy can easily target it.

The enemy pilot raised his head and watched as the J-10 moved backwards above the canopy and fired chaff like a nondescript snake dodge.The phased array radar easily penetrated the chaff, and completed the scanning to one-to-one tracking within a few seconds, and the missile launch conditions were formed; he did not know that a few kilometers behind him, Zheng Hui had completed the seeker cooling ahead of time, And the launch preparations were completed one step earlier than him. Infrared combat bombs had an advantage. Compared with conventional radar-guided weapons, the launch conditions were simpler. In fact, they didn't even need distance measurement.

Two missiles flew towards the enemy plane silently, and at the same time, the pilot in the back seat used his helmet sight to stare at the enemy plane passing by at 2 o'clock.Zheng Hui knew that this blow must have been made, so he dropped the enemy plane and turned to the second target. He was the only job on the battlefield that could come back, and there was no chance of a mistake.

(End of this chapter)