Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 500

Goya put down the target and turned back to save his comrades, but the Eagle No. 4 aircraft that was pulling behind still disappeared from the display.The originally planned massacre of weak opponents turned into a 1-1 in the blink of an eye. This is an ominous turn.Goya almost immediately guessed who was against him. He has been studying the sneak attack tactics that the opponent has repeatedly succeeded in the past few days. There are not many people in the Pakistan Air Force who can play this trick. It is almost certain who is doing the trick. .Fortunately, this time the early warning aircraft was waiting 95 kilometers to the east, and the enemy still missed its tracks more or less.The major vowed secretly that he would never miss this time, and must make a final decision.

Sammy had already guessed that this attack must have been led by the Eagle squadron leader himself. Other squadrons didn't have the patience to go around such a long distance at low altitude, and their leading style of play was not so aggressive. The Eagle squadron They always dare to disband the formation and allow their teammates to chase and kill them separately. This is obviously the result of their confidence in their skills.

Now that the Colonel's Thunder loadout is close to minimal, with no extra weapons or fuel, it's a fleetingly good fighter.The pilots of the two J-2 fighters that were temporarily combined are not ordinary people, they are members of the simulated confrontation force, and the cooperation with Sami is quite tacit; Lieutenant Colonel Moussa among them was once in the confrontation force and took on the difficult task of simulating Mirage 7 with Mirage III, so he has excellent deception skills.

After a brief communication, the two J-2s deliberately made a simple turn, and were quickly scanned by a Su-7 radar that counterattacked, and the other two Su-30s quickly turned around.According to Sami's request, a J-2P climbed up and left the battlefield. His task was to lure at least one eagle away so that the colonel could cooperate with the other one to deal with the rest of the enemy planes.Originally, there was a Thunderbolt in the sky, and it was quickly fleeing the battle situation. The command plane was calling him to return to the battlefield, but the pilot kept breathing heavily and did not respond. It seemed that there was no hope.The Indian fighters in other directions have no intention of approaching. Not close combat is the combat principle of the Flying Snake, and the Lion Squadron has already returned.

According to the movement of the data link, Sami confirmed that one Su-30 was lured away by the J-7, and the other two swooped in one after another. Relying on his high skills, he still tried to eat up all the opponents in one fell swoop, so he didn't intend to concentrate his forces to defeat them one by one.

The two sides planned and calculated each other's layout; the eagle's double-click formation did not seem to have the urge to eat the opponent in one bite. They adopted a strategy of approaching at high speed and then leaving, constantly testing Lieutenant Colonel Musa, obviously knowing that there were lurkers nearby.This is what Sami is worried about. He hopes to quickly launch a round of close-range sneak attacks over complex terrain. If the enemy does not approach, he will only look for opportunities to attack with medium-range bombs from a distance. The superiority in the field will gradually emerge, and in the end, the passive one is undoubtedly the lack of fuel.

Lieutenant Colonel Moussa saw this sign, and he was determined to take the initiative to reveal a flaw and lure the enemy deep.After a brief conversation with Sami, he drove the J-7P to climb quickly and make a gentle turn. This turn, which seemed to be full of maneuvers, allowed the opponent's radar to complete the tracking comfortably. This was a fatal gamble. He believed in himself. With a high degree of deception skills, Sami can be given a window period for sneak attacks. As for how to get rid of it, it is another problem.

Goya is staggering angles with his wingman, searching for the opponent. The wingman has been staring at the dangling J-7, which is refusing to escape. He is carefully using the radar to search the low altitude, in order to guard against the Thunderbolt that just succeeded. The pilot in the backseat looked around vigilantly.The early-warning aircraft of both sides occupy the remote end respectively and provide various information at any time. India’s Emb145 is somewhat at a disadvantage. This early-warning aircraft cannot maintain detection capabilities at any time on more complex routes, but in mountainous areas, the routes cannot be too simple. In addition, this early-warning aircraft His downward vision ability is not outstanding, so he only sees the opponent at the moment when Raiden fires, and then disappears in a blink of an eye.

Goya kept reminding his wingmen not to be too impatient. The J-7 flicked around and left without fighting. It seemed that there was an old hand in control, who could consume some fuel appropriately and see what tricks the enemy was playing.But the J-7 suddenly showed its flaws. Its smooth turn was locked on tightly, and it seemed that it had become a fighter.The wingman was eager to destroy the enemy. He fired two R35 missiles at the J-7 from 2 kilometers away, hoping to solve a target in one fell swoop.But the opponent really has the ability to perceive the battlefield, and quickly regained his flexibility, flashed a few times, and tried to escape; the Eagle's radar detected that the J-27 dropped a fuel tank in a sharp turn, and it seemed that there was no room for further tricks.

In order to guide the semi-active missiles to fly to the target, this eagle can only maintain a general posture of direct pursuit, which has virtually destroyed the original strategy of using static braking and consuming fuel. Goya's SB302 can only follow closely behind. , to support.

Sammy was waiting at low altitude for his old friend to come to his door. The warning that the fuel was about to run out had sounded for a while, but he had a short return journey, so he was not too worried.It is very difficult to attack the Su-30. This two-seater machine has two pairs of eyes to monitor the surroundings at any time. In theory, there are very few dead spots in the field of vision, so you must be careful.He stuck to the ground, on a helicopter landing pad of the Indian Mountain Force, made a big circle, and secretly caught up with the second enemy plane.At this moment, we can't pull up to fight immediately, lest the opponent's early warning aircraft find out, or the enemy plane sees our white steam trail.For the time being, he had to use the snow-capped mountains and low-altitude clouds as the background to hide the traces.The flight paths of the two enemy planes in the sky gradually widened and became straight strips of water vapor, extending all the way to the horizon.

Seeing the enemy plane slipping into the clouds, the colonel pulled up the fighter plane, hoping to seize the opportunity to fire before the enemy came out to recover his vision, or at least offset the disadvantage in height.

Major Goya once attacked the Pakistani Air Force in the snow mountain area, so that he also had a keen intuition to resist the sneak attack. Seeing that the wingman missed a blow, he realized that the enemy's intention had been achieved, so he quickly lowered the nose of the plane and penetrated the cover below. Looking at the clouds in my sight, I saw a black spot moving at high speed on the ridge of the snow-capped mountain at 5 o'clock, about 5 kilometers away.About half a year ago, he had seen the unique gray thunder and lightning hiding its tracks so close to the mountain. It seemed that this revisit was a scene of old friends meeting each other.But despite being different from the past, he has enough confidence to reverse the situation.

When the Su-30 turned and flew towards the target, Goya used his helmet to aim and stare at the target. At the same time, he began to cool down the missile seeker. He was determined to give the opponent a blow at the first encounter, so that he could continue to maintain his advantage.Thunderbolt gave up climbing and quickly turned into a circle, which is its trick against Su-30.

Goya's 7.5G turn, still can't bring the target into the radar range.The seeker of the R73 missile has been closely following the aiming position of the helmet, and will be able to stare at the target at the limit of the field of vision, but it has been unable to lock head-on.However, Goya is not very worried. As the circling of killing each other continues, the distance will inevitably get closer and closer.He knew that the opponent's missile had to be on the head-up display to intercept the target, and the range was smaller than his own.

Sami understood the opponent's intentions. Seeing that the enemy's swooping and circling momentum was stronger, and he had no height, he would only lose speed meaninglessly if he continued to entangle, so he decided to use terrain avoidance skills to play hide-and-seek around the snow-capped mountains.His categorical reversal made the fighter plane pass Goya at 3 o'clock and enter the 1 o'clock position.Goya was caught off guard and had no time to use the radar. He only heard the sound of the missile locking in the headset, so he seized the opportunity and quickly launched two R2s.But the opponent suddenly got into the clouds in the mountains and disappeared.

Fighting missiles have the ability to turn far beyond fighter jets, and in the dry and cold snow mountain background, they can penetrate the clouds more effectively and capture the infrared signal of the target, but this time they still lost their target, and one of them crashed into the snow mountain , another one smelled a weak heat source, twisted and turned all the way, and finally hit an Army Mi-21 helicopter that was passing by here, preparing to supply the 171st Mountain Division vertically.

The sharp-eyed pilot in the back seat of Sb302 saw the fireball rising in the ravine. He quickly reported to Goya and shot down the opponent.Goya readily lowered his altitude to check, and the early warning aircraft reminded him through the radio that a helicopter from the 21st Division could still be seen when it flew over the mountain pass, but now it disappeared.

Just when he was a little puzzled, the command plane suddenly reminded him to keep the altitude, and the enemy target was approaching from behind. He quickly pulled up the fighter plane, determined to pull it away and observe again, but the suspicious signal quickly disappeared from the early warning plane's field of vision, and the early warning plane tried to adjust the course See better, but this extra movement caused the sideways slope to be too large, and the target was lost for a while.The Su-30 circled in a big circle over the snow-capped mountains in a daze, and its radar downsight search also found nothing.Goya was in a dilemma. He wasn't sure whether the hasty strike just now had really resolved the long-term grievances between himself and the Thunderbolt? Emb145I's radar was unreliable, and it wasn't once or twice, but he saw the flames of the wreckage of the ground fighter with his own eyes.At this time, the early warning aircraft found a new target again, and the Thunderbolt that had withdrawn from the battlefield not long ago came back from the north.

He didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly adjusted his posture and flew towards the new target that was a hundred kilometers away.

Sammy was flying carefully among the mountains, keeping an eye on the white condensation trails in the sky. He noticed the opponent's hesitant turn trails, which suddenly became straight and extended to the northwest. At the same time, he noticed the characteristics of the beam direction of the opponent's early warning aircraft. is changing and estimates are turning.He plucked up the courage to pull up and tried to sneak attack again. After a little increase in height, the data link was restored immediately. At this moment, two J-2s were leading the rest of the enemy planes around the circle, and the battlefield here was also isolated.He chased after him, using the maximum climbing speed that Thunderbolt could display at the moment, to bite the target.

The call situation of Emb145I on the radio station is different. The Eagle leader sensed that something was wrong. Goya just locked on the distant thunder and lightning in one fell swoop. There was no room for further approach. He quickly shot two R2s, and the countdown of the active seeker was too late to return. Zero, the radar sirens screeched, and he locked himself in.It was simply a nightmare. The old guy always appeared at the worst possible time. Fortunately, Goya has always kept a contingency strategy. The purpose of his hastily launching the R77 missile is to expel the new opponent in front of him, lest it rush to disrupt the situation , The second is to reduce the load (77 out of 4 nearly 2 missiles have been launched) and increase maneuverability.

He still has an altitude advantage of about 4 meters to dive away from the enemy's edge, or make a strong turn to reverse the situation.The major chose the latter without hesitation. Although the Su-30 may not have any advantages in hovering, Goya knew the characteristics of the Thunderbolt 101—it likes to attack furtively and always avoids frontal engagements when encountering narrow roads.

The vector control of the Su-30MkI is right next to the left-hand throttle valve. He can choose to simply steer the nozzle vertically or horizontally. The worst possible consequence of using this ability is loss of speed. He chose to take a risk.

After the gigantic heavy fighter plane raised its head and pulled it up, it quickly deflected the nozzle in the vertical direction. This was not a simple somersault, but a super maneuver far away from the direction of the aircraft speed vector. The clumsy fighter plane flipped 180 degrees in a blink of an eye, gaining Trailing the opponent's equal shooting opportunities, this action cannot be completed when there are too many mounts, but it is okay now, Goya only has 2 R73 missiles left.

Sammy was about to keep up with this tight somersault, and then dived further to approach the enemy, using his skills in the scissors fight to succeed. The enemy's desperate action was beyond his expectations. In the previous confrontation with Captain Eagle , the opponent always avoids making such unconventional maneuvers (the only time, is to shoot the parachute).

Lei Dian hurriedly turned around, he was not used to firing P8 missiles head-on at high elevation angles, unless the missiles could lock on to the target on the pylon.He also observed that the enemy plane had only the last two missiles left. If he could induce the opponent to fire rashly, he would not hesitate to give up his advantageous attack position again (after the Su-2’s magical pendulum flipped, the colonel actually had no advantage position) .

Goya did not strike recklessly. He accumulated speed by diving all the way, and his colleagues stabilized the plane. After the vector movement, the flight control could not stabilize the attitude for a period of time after the vector movement. Launching missiles at this time may have unpredictable results, so he just When taking advantage of the height, perform vertical vector actions to help quickly recover the speed loss caused by weird actions, and at the same time quickly stabilize the fighter.He originally thought that he would face two oncoming missiles at the end of the pendulum movement, but the opponent was as cautious as himself and did not act reluctantly; With a rash attack, he was just like himself, thinking about shooting down the opponent 2%.

(End of this chapter)