Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 499 Enemies Meet
The second batch of fighter planes took off from Sami's side. They were 2 Thunderbolts and 2 J-7 aircraft with missiles. They were members of the original simulated confrontation force who had just entered the sequence of combat troops. Some of the old guys Sami still had You know, now the Air Force has to rely on them to fill up the bill.

Recently, the Chinese air force stationed in northern Pakistan has not increased, but has secretly decreased. The reason is not difficult to guess. It can be foreseen that the end of the Meneyam Group and New Delhi is coming soon, but the weak Pakistani air force is also likely to be there before that. Just use up.Aircraft such as the J-7 and Mirage III must go into battle to resist, and the assembly speed of Thunderbolt has reached a record of 4 per month, but compared with the consumption on the battlefield, it is completely a drop in the bucket; The small-scale strategy, even in such a counterattack against Fort ***, still lost a lot of aircraft and "medium-level" pilots with more than 100 hours of flying time, so that Lieutenant General Islam said not long ago, If PAF loses Muhammad then half of PAF is gone.

The voice of the lieutenant general himself rarely appears on the radio station of the command plane, although in more important battles, he will personally take command from the air.At this moment, Sami was communicating with his deputy, hoping that the AWACS could modify the route and keep the same latitude as Emb145I. He felt that the Indian AWACS entered the Kashmir mountainous area abnormally, and there must be a reason for it.The command plane was kind and agreed to the request.Beyond the monitoring range of the condescending radar networks of Pakistan and China, there is still a large mountainous corridor area that is difficult to monitor. If the enemy plane flies lower, it will be even more difficult.However, from the route of the early warning aircraft, it is still possible to guess.

Goya led a formation of 4 aircraft to fly quietly among the snow-capped mountains. He chose this place mainly because the terrain can avoid enemy radar.Of course, this is also the place where he made the first record and shot down the F16 of the Falcon Squadron afterwards, but he also clearly realized that fighting in mountainous areas is not conducive to heavy aircraft like the Su-30MkI. Of course, it is not a small thing to have one more pilot on the plane. Advantages, so that in mountainous encounters where radar has limited role, it is easier for the Su-1 to spot the opponent first. He reminded the other aircraft to stay away and not to use terrain tracking navigation. Keep an eye on the surroundings at all times.Today his task is to control the air, as long as the lion can lure out the enemy's broken air force, he will be responsible for launching a sudden attack from the side and rear, and annihilating them in one fell swoop.This tactic is commonly used by the enemy recently, and now it is just a counterattack.

"Eagle, this is the fort. The enemy's AWACS is moving north, probably within 100 kilometers northwest of Fort ***."

"Fortress. Can you detect the exact location?"

"No, if we get too close, our early warning aircraft will be determined by them, which is not in line with the command's operational principles."

The command immediately rejected Captain Eagle's idea. After losing the AWACS in the mountainous area one after another, the Air Force Staff had to formulate strict rules of engagement. It is very dangerous for the AWACS to be too close to the west side of Kashmir. It is very dangerous to use this terrain for concealment. In terms of sneak attacks, the enemy is actually more experienced.

"Eagle, the first batch of enemy planes are approaching the lion. It is ready to start outflanking operations at any time."

"Let the lion fight back now. We should not expose it too early. The enemy must have a second batch."

Goya was unwilling to attack from the east immediately. Judging from the battle situation sent back by the data link, the lions were not at a disadvantage at all. At this time, the two sides were approaching each other in a majestic formation.Although the Lion Squadron has the task of searching for ground tanks, judging from the intention of the headquarters to formulate the plan, their action is more like a feint, and the enemy's thunderbolt attempt to face the lion with a medium-range bomb is obviously a fake show Really, from the statistics of the staff department, the Raiden fighter is limited by the radar performance, and the chance of launching a medium-range bomb first in air combat is not great.

"I'm sure they must have had a second formation waiting to flank the lions, and they're close to the airport, so that's easy to do."

Goya said calmly, he has studied many recent battle cases, and the enemy has indeed done this.However, the battle report also occasionally mentioned that a lone Raiden often appeared at the last moment, and it was difficult to evaluate its effect.

"Captain Eagle, we have detected the enemy's second formation, consisting of 4 fighters. 2 Thunderbolts and 2 MiG-21s."

Sure enough, as he expected, the enemy dispatched a second sneak attack formation. Unfortunately, the lineup was a little chilled, and there were even J-2s mixed in. They probably thought that the Indian early warning aircraft could not recognize these old models.

"It's time, it's time for us to play."

The four Su-4MkIs waited for the right time, like sharks rising from the sea, leaping over the snow-capped mountains to pounce on the exposed enemy planes.

At the same time, the lonely No. 101 Thunderbolt flew up from the runway with a stream of steam. This aircraft was alone, without medium-range missiles or extra pods, only auxiliary fuel tanks and 4 combat missiles.

Sami is used to fighting without the cooperation of his wingmen. In fact, his recent role is like an inspector on the battlefield, or a second command plane besides the early warning plane (he directly provides advice to Major General Islam, and sometimes It can even determine the route of the early warning aircraft), during the melee, Sami will look for the enemy's flaws and respond to various emergencies, usually he will be the last to withdraw from the battlefield, and report the general location of the parachuting comrades or the crashed plane.

During the lift-off, the colonel learned that another formation of the enemy had appeared, that is to say, within a radius of 2 square kilometers, the enemy had concentrated 8 Su-30s, while our side currently had 5 Thunderbolts and 2 J-7s , no matter how you calculate it, it is a huge disadvantage, the only variable lies in yourself.

The enemy was obviously prepared this time, and the early warning aircraft quickly captured the ninth Su-9MkI, which was an electronic jamming aircraft of the Flying Snake Squadron coming from the direction of Punjab. Obviously, this aircraft came for field anti-aircraft fire.The battle has not yet started, and it seems that the superiority has been clearly determined. Not only are the enemies in numbers, but the two formations also occupy a better flanking position.

Everything was done step by step, and the Lion Squadron resolutely gave up the ground search. In the case of early warning aircraft, they responded calmly, and quickly took advantage of the climb to grab a higher position.Then the lion launched missiles within the hopeless theoretical range. Obviously, their understanding of the overall intention of this encirclement operation was wrong with Goya. The eagle rushed to pick up this bargain from behind.

The batch of three Thunder fighter jets piloted by a novice had no chance to fire, so they had to retreat under the command of the early warning aircraft, turning and accelerating in a hurry, and then performed high-altitude roller movements in the most clumsy way. This kind of action can lure the opponent The radar-guided missile followed by a similar flip action, so that the missile would quickly lose more than half of its range.This kind of long-distance response does not have much technical content, but it is of great benefit to honing the courage of new pilots to fight missiles. It is far better than fighting with one or two 20G overloaded missiles for the first time. It's much better to have a face-to-face meeting.

Sami observed the situation carefully, and at the same time carefully avoided the sight of the opponent's early warning aircraft behind the mountains. When he passed some mountain passes, he was extra careful so as not to expose himself to the opponent's radar beam prematurely.

His own command plane has suggested twice that he go south to intercept electronic warfare aircraft that are approaching, but he refuses to accept it (that's how arbitrary).He had been flying north along the enemy army column below, and after he smelled the eagle's scent, he was simply overwhelmed and rushed straight there.

Lion Squadron opened fire prematurely, disrupting the situation.The first batch of Pakistani fighters directly withdrew from the battle after getting rid of the missiles, while the four Eagle Su-4s immediately switched targets and launched an attack on the covering No. 30 formation at high speed.For a while the situation became 2 vs. 4, but the Pakistani side was obviously at a disadvantage because there were two J-4 fighter jets in charge.

On Goya's HUD, the target indicator frame is always moving, and the enemy is beyond the visual distance, but the radar is firmly pointed at the target.He knew that the enemy was trying to come head on, but suddenly turned to flee, which made him seize the opportunity to shorten the distance.

Only two Thunderbolts in the middle of the enemy aircraft group may have the ability to attack medium-range missiles, and they have no ability to counterattack on an equal basis.After Goya waited for the radar to scan all 2 targets, he grabbed one of the Thunderbolts in a one-on-one manner. Today's air combat can no longer expect to shoot down an F4C/D. The ability to shoot down the Thunderbolt is already available to Indian pilots. the greatest honor.

The distance gradually approached to 25 kilometers.He calmly launched two R2T missiles guided by the mid-course command.From the combat records collected by the Navy, the hit rate of R27T is higher than that of R27. Especially in formation combat, mixing and matching and launching several missiles that rely on infrared seekers for terminal guidance can cause the opponent's radar warning equipment to malfunction. Make an error prompt, and then make a wrong countermeasure.

The other party, Lei Dian, was really in a mess, turned the nose of the plane, and tried to escape to the north. The two J-2s responded calmly and disappeared due to the terrain.Seeing that the tigers have entered the flock, Goya ordered the four fighters in the eagle formation to disband the formation and chase their own targets.The Lion Squadron to the south, not getting involved in the chaos here, quickly broke away from the battle.

Sammy quickly rushed towards this side of the mountain. He saw several huge steam arcs in the air that were rising rapidly, and a Thunderbolt was competing with the following missiles to make a turn.The missiles were obviously faster and fiercer. They approached the plane from the outer circle, and after a dazzling flash, the Thunder Fighter fell headfirst.The colonel heard the pilot's final call on the radio before the 147, trailing black smoke, slammed down his side and crashed into the hill.

He has seen too many such stupid and unnecessary losses recently. Before he had time to match the names of many new pilots of the 26th Squadron and the call signs in the air, these people were recorded on the death list.On the contrary, the two J-2s without data link support calmly dealt with the completely invisible enemy at a lower altitude.

"Hound, continue to fly on the current route, lower the altitude, and draw the enemy planes behind," Sammy shouted on the radio. The J-7 does not have a data link, but the pilots are veterans and are very familiar with low-altitude pursuit skills.

"I'll do my best, don't let me down too much."

The J-7 pilot couldn't see the situation behind him at all, and could only occasionally perceive the scanning of the opponent's radar, but Sami's voice made him feel confident.

A Su-30 from Eagle Squadron hurriedly chased over, wanting to complete the hunt quickly.The target gave up speeding up and tried to escape at low altitude, but made a wrong calculation. This time it was not a lion without aggressiveness. The eagle has always had a tradition of killing everything.

The Su-30 chose radar downscanning, and successfully tracked the low-altitude and low-speed target with average performance. The target did not perform vulgar circling maneuvers, but flew straight forward. It may be that the radar warning device did not work, and the pilot did not know that his death was imminent.The Indian pilots were in a dilemma, and finally decided to be on the safe side and use R73 missiles to catch up with them.

When the fighter plane was engrossed in the pursuit, even the pilot in the back seat forgot the combat rule of searching all around, so that Sammy easily slipped to the extremely favorable 6 o'clock position.

Sammy called the hunting dog to give up the strategy of luring the enemy and take measures to avoid it, so the J-7 finally started to pull up, briefly destroying the opponent's radar down sight, but the duration was not long, and the opponent's phased array radar quickly locked it.When the Indian pilot was about to fire, the female siren sounded, reminding him that his plane was also locked.Only then did the AWACS see the situation clearly and warned them that a Thunderbolt was chasing after them.

The Indian pilot was a little puzzled. He clearly saw the squadron leader shoot down one Thunderbolt, and then chased another one, why suddenly a third one appeared.At this moment, the eagle formation has been disbanded, so he can only turn quickly and approach his teammates 30 kilometers away in order to fight.So far, the two pilots have not seen the location of the thunderbolt. They turned their heads and searched 360 degrees, but the thunderbolt disappeared in a flash, but the radar bit them tightly, obviously hiding in a tricky corner.Su 30 had to make a clumsy rolling motion to see below.

Sammy passed through the clouds and finally saw the enemy plane clearly with his naked eyes. The enemy plane seemed to be going to a weapons exhibition. It carried about ten missiles. There were two smaller ones on each side of the wing. R2, the rest are larger missiles that seem to have medium range and anti-radiation weapons.After the strengthening of ground air defense, the latest rules of engagement formulated by the Indian Air Force require air superiority fighters to carry many unnecessary self-defense weapons to attack, which makes the maneuverability of the already overweight two-seater heavy aircraft stretched.

The Eagle is pulling up and preparing to climb away. This is the most common method used by the Indian Su-30, but Sami's radar range readings are not strong. This aircraft cannot accumulate a climbing speed in a short period of time. It's too much burden.

The radar of No. 101 penetrated the chaff that was released by the opponent and locked the target in one fell swoop. The opponent was startled and immediately gave up climbing and swooped to increase the speed.The old-fashioned J-7 came from the side and blocked his way. Su 30 realized that his time had come, so he simply slammed into the mountains below, trying to get rid of the pursuit with his determination to die.However, Sami is much more flexible than his opponent. Before the enemy plane ventured into the mountain, he quickly launched two Thunderbolt 2 missiles at a very short distance. Interference destroyed it.

(End of this chapter)