Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 461

The three-aircraft formation attacked and quickly entered the target search area after crossing Kangedo Mountain.Radar doesn't work very well in this area, but the command plane can guide the fighter to the approximate location all the way, and then the guy in the back seat can only find it by himself.If you can't find it, just blow up the iron bridge that gets in the way, and save the Indians below from fighting for it.

As the weather report said, there were low-altitude cumulonimbus clouds piled up over the target, so we could only descend to reconnaissance. During this period, we found the reconnaissance of anti-aircraft guns aiming at the radar from time to time. The three pilots of Zheng Hui's formation had to keep their eyes on the movement below. The weapon directors of each fighter plane were immersed in the monitors under the hood, trying to search for the target that the command plane wanted through the narrow field of view screen with a large magnification. When I was in the division, there were too many setbacks, and in the end the bombs could only be poured on the heads of mules and horses.

However, today's situation is a bit special. The Artillery Brigade directly under the 4th Army seems to have retained some heavy equipment.

"Move the crutches, get out of formation, you will be the high-altitude cover. I will be in charge of the search/attack."

Commander Zheng disbanded the formation on his own without the consent of the command plane.He needed someone to monitor the direction of Bhutan, in case the gust suddenly appeared.

"Yangtze River, if you find a target, please confirm with the headquarters through the data link."

"Kunlun, why is there a bridge here that hasn't been blown up? Did you miss it?" Zheng Hui asked.

"..."

The command plane was unable to answer such a weird question, so it remained silent.

"Or because of some conspiracy?"

"Yangtze River, let the opponent's artillery be exposed during the maneuver." A superior with a rank much higher than Zheng Hui's on the command plane replied on the channel.

"I'll have to fly around again, there are some queue pods out of sight behind the hills."

"Be sure to maintain speed and watch out for the commanding heights. The enemy may deploy needle missiles on the mountain, so don't be too careless."

"I will be careful."

Zheng Hui thought to himself: Just kidding, I am an old guy who has even taken down a gust of wind, how could I be beaten down by a mere shoulder-mounted missile?At present, the information on various fronts is chaotic, and Zheng Hui has no way of confirming whether his record is still in the first position, but psychologically, he already believes that his trump card is undoubtedly. With the Indian Air Force abandoning the Assam region, the troops are very He will soon be transferred to the Western Front and participate in the offensive there. This is what he has been looking forward to recently. It is impossible for the Indian Air Force to continue to avoid battles in the core area, and he will have the opportunity to meet with the masters of other troops for a while.

The pilots in the back seat slowly searched the entire queue winding forward in the mountains. The enemy's convoy is mainly composed of trucks and towed artillery, as well as some self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but they are all in the state of marching backward with the barrels and cannot threaten themselves; India's heavy firepower in this area is far behind the Chinese artillery in terms of maneuverability and firepower, so these are only secondary goals. The key is to find the snakehead.

The queue below began to panic, apparently hearing an approaching plane and knowing that they were going to be bombed.

"Find the target, look at those folded short-wave communication antennas?"

The video shot by the fighter plane was sent to the command plane for an unnecessary verification. During this period, two J-2s patiently circled the target and found more artillery command vehicles. It seems that their command Departments are not dispersed. The two fighters began to use their laser irradiation equipment to aim at the target.

After obtaining permission to attack, laser-guided bombs fell one after another, blowing up the queue.The part of the 56th Division swimming in the upper reaches of the Bichom River, because of the scattered formation, was not noticed by the planes and was not hit by bombs. They saw that the artillery brigade directly under them who had just forced themselves to grab the right of way of the bridge was killed. After frying indiscriminately, I feel mixed feelings, indescribable taste.

The last J-16, which was responsible for the security mission, dropped bombs on the iron bridge before returning to the voyage, completely dividing the enemies on both sides of the strait and cutting off the passage.During this period, only a few individual anti-aircraft missiles were launched on the ground, and the fighter plane immediately sensed the danger and launched a countermeasure vertically according to the previous drill.The small SAM missile flinched, lost energy nearly a kilometer below the plane, and slid far away.If the Indian air defense forces occupied some commanding heights in advance, the threat would obviously be greater, but they did not do so.

When returning to the voyage, you can see that the road from Bangdila to Derangzong is crowded with Indian troops fleeing south, and the luggage and personnel behind are completely crowded together and refuse to give in to each other.At the intersection of roads, it was even more chaotic. The scene more than 50 years ago seems to be repeated again, but there was no reconnaissance pod to take pictures of this scene.

It was not until the road near Bundila that the number of people gradually became scarce, but Chinese army shells could be seen falling on the side of the dirt road from time to time, closely following the pace of the Indian rearguard.India's roads in this area are very badly built. After several days of being crushed and trampled by vehicles and people, they are already bumpy. Fortunately, it is not the rainy season.

"Kunlun, our infantry seems to be overwhelmed, and the enemy is about to run away." Zheng Hui was unavoidably anxious. He saw the enemy column marching in waist-deep water. Obviously, in this season, the army can retreat without relying on bridges .

"Yangtze River, don't worry about these things."

"If I were in charge, I wouldn't choose this month to attack. As long as there is enough water in the rainy season, it can completely prevent the enemy from escaping."

Zheng Hui Yi Laomai Lao said, he has been scouting in this area all year round, and he knows a lot about the situation below.

When the plane flew over Tawang, the thick smoke rising into the sky that I saw in the morning had been extinguished. On the Tawang River, a group of infantrymen was advancing neatly, and there was even a bridge specially for passing trucks; Crowds of helicopters were transporting supplies back and forth, and they seemed to be in order. He reckoned that many people had already passed by in the morning.He thought to himself, what is the point of this song? It is not an option to drive the enemy away like this. If you don't surround them, they will slow down sooner or later where the logistics are superior.

"Kunlun, the two enemy armies are about to join forces north of Tespur. Could it be that the battlefield is chosen there?"

"Move twice, pay attention to discipline, don't talk about this kind of thing on the radio."

Someone in the command plane said impatiently.

This afternoon.At Atak Airport in northern Pakistan, a lone Raiden fighter taxied and took off. After the plane took off, it did not pull up enough altitude, but went straight north and hid in the mountains.

Due to flying too low, the plane soon lost contact with the zdk-03 command plane that Major General Islam was in charge of.But Colonel Sami's purpose is just that. He must constantly change the altitude to test the actual capabilities of the Indian air defense force.

Raiden is not an excellent reconnaissance plane, but taking pictures is only a secondary part. The real purpose is to test the opponent's reaction ability and weapon configuration. If you can lure the Indian Air Force across the mountains of Kashmir to dispatch, you can also collect their latest Airlines and communication methods, the battle to regain the Fort will start soon, but the colonel knows very well that the Chinese are more interested in the seven states in eastern India, and to regain the capital, more depends on Pakistan itself.

India has always maintained a ground force of nearly 50 in the Kashmir region, and there are also a large number of front-line aviation forces. These forces were originally on the defensive and were always monitoring China in the north.The Ministry of National Defense's insistence on seizing Fort *** has become a failure that is not easy to detect.

The capture of Fort Fort is a serious drag on India's distribution of supplies and troops; India already has no mobile forces and has set out from Fort Fort to take Peshawar. I don't see any military significance either.However, since Prime Minister Kahan strictly prohibited any discussion of withdrawing from the occupied areas, the battle existed only as a huge political victory.

Sami turned over Saiman Hera and deliberately raised the altitude. During this period, the communication was restored for a while. Major General Islam informed that the enemy did not seem to be moving.Since the Chinese army has deployed radar on some hills above 4500 meters above the control line, the Indian Air Force is easily exposed when it takes off from the hinterland. Recently, they really want to have new measures to avoid surveillance. It is necessary to test what they have. route.

"Venomous Snake, I'm Black Spider. I suggest continuing to increase the altitude and see the reaction of their radar."

"Colonel, it's up to you, but be careful. I just got word that the runway at the front airfield in Srinagar may be repaired."

"Understood, let them come anyway."

The old man took a few deep breaths, then dropped the fuel tank, pulled up quickly, and crossed the hill.The radar warning of the fighter plane immediately began to issue warnings. First, the enemy’s long-range warning radar. After 30 seconds, the fire control radar tried to track. The Indians still have a large number of anti-aircraft missiles in this area. It's not too fast.

He did not get rid of it through vertical maneuvering, but lowered his altitude appropriately to avoid the illumination radar, thus testing out the approximate altitude where the enemy's illumination radar was deployed.

"Captain Black Spider, there seems to be movement in Srinagar. Several Mi-17 helicopters have taken off."

"Helicopter?"

"Maybe it's some kind of cover-up to cover movements in other directions. The call sign of the Eagle Squadron has been monitored for the past two days."

"Venomous snake, keep an eye on the back for me. I have a hunch that they will have some tricks."

The Thunder fighter plane passed through Abbottabad all the way, swaggering through the city at a height slightly higher than the ridge, the enemy never took any action, and in a blink of an eye the Fort was right in front of us.The available information shows that the Benazir Bhutto Airport has deployed army helicopters, but no fixed-wing aircraft.

"Captain Black Spider. 2 minutes ago, the Chinese radar saw a target moving over Chandigarh. It was flying very low and very fast. It was obvious that there was some intention. It was heading north, but it was not coming towards you for the time being. Besides, Song Ning had already Take off, and he'll cover you in the northwest."

Sami lowered his head, and could already see the movement of Song Ning's formation on the monitor. Song Ning always took off with two planes every time. His tactics were rigid, and he obviously needed a wingman to cooperate to fight.The colonel turned on the formation channel, neither side spoke, there was no need to talk between them, there was always some tacit understanding.

The colonel lowered his head to check the main radio threat defense lines around him every ten seconds, and he also checked the rear at about the same period. Semi-active radar-guided missiles are always a scourge. Once a sneak attack is not careful, he is especially careful about the X-band irradiation radar.

I can see the Malgra Hills from a distance, and the capital is within easy reach.The colonel switched the radar from the air scan to the ground search, and soon found two low-altitude Indian helicopters in the southwest direction, and they were returning to Beibuto Airport from the heading.He easily intercepted the one that fell behind and was faster at a long distance, hesitated, and finally opened fire; sure enough, after launching the missile, his own thunderbolt was intercepted by the opponent's fire control radar.

Two Su-2MKI quietly crossed the mountains and appeared beside him.

The data link suddenly showed the specific location of the enemy, and Major General Islam's shout also arrived via VHF communication at the same time.The old man turned a deaf ear to the major general's loud reminder. He had to stabilize the plane for at least a few seconds to ensure that the missile found the target. Without instructions from the plane's fire control radar, he relied solely on the active radar of the medium-range bomb itself to catch the helicopter flying close to the complex terrain. , some risks, if the enemy slows down, or releases interference, it may be confused from the missile's field of vision.

The Zdk-03 early warning aircraft has a certain ability to collect radio intelligence, and quickly confirmed that this is the Su-30MKI of the Eagle Squadron. Maybe it was the wave that sneaked through the sky over Chandigarh just now. They also used a sneak attack with a feint. The tactics are exactly the same, but the Chinese-Pakistan coalition forces need an extra layer of insurance.

Song Ning double-clicked and immediately took an outflanking route, sneaking around to the rear of the attacker.After confirming that the missile hit the helicopter, Sami didn't follow the command plane's order to move closer to Song Ning. He chose to cross the fort at low altitude to get rid of the pursuit.This move scared the major general on the command plane in the distance into a cold sweat.

Sami has studied the data of the Eagles attacking the Fighting Falcons on the Siachen Glacier half a year ago, and knows that the Eagles always avoid flying at low altitudes. It seems that the Su-30MKI fighters or the training of the pilots have some flaws.Except for the No. 2 Squadron encountered in the Suleiman Mountains, no Su-30 troops were found to be good at flying low.

After the fort changed hands, it encountered an invasion from the air for the first time.The air defense siren sounded throughout the empty urban area, and an armored S1 anti-aircraft combat vehicle quickly drove out of the street, quickly pushed down the wooden railing of Jinnah Park, and stopped in an open place.Its radar keeps searching, and it has a certain independent combat capability, but there is no command vehicle to provide target information, and there are still big loopholes in air search.Soldiers could already hear the high-pitched whistling of jets, but radar still couldn't pick it up.

(End of this chapter)