Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 542
The command plane didn't have time to give Zheng Hui too many instructions, but he had already adjusted his course to avoid the enemy's radar.There are many high mountains in this area. It is absolutely impossible to avoid the radar. For the time being, he can't reveal his intentions. If he gets too close to Srinagar, the enemy leader may not dare to board the plane.

Lieutenant General Meneyam's convoy rushed to the mountainous area 15 kilometers south of Srinagar Airport. Of course, he did not take that plane to die, but took a Mi-171 helicopter and headed towards Chandigarh. When he arrived there, He will be switching to another small jet, a trip that has not yet been reported, nor is New Delhi actually known.

The reason why the planes of the Special Service Squadron were taken into the air at great risk was out of the Lieutenant General's original intention to attract the Chinese Air Force's attack, so that senior officials in New Delhi would realize how dangerous the situation in Srinagar is.The military meeting tomorrow morning will be the highlight. He will fully explain the serious situation of the war, which will scare New Delhi.

"General, one of our missile sites was just attacked and the enemy launched a ballistic missile?"

The adjutant sitting next to Meneam was surprised to convey the news he had just received from the radio. He couldn't believe that the enemy's counterattack was so timely.

"They have done this more than once in Assam. You should all see how powerful the enemy is," the lieutenant general said with a straight face. "In the past few months, their progress has been so fast, while we, It’s because they didn’t even understand the integration of the common data link of the three armed forces. Singer, a fool, only wants to go to war, to go to war, and in the end, we soldiers have to bear the result.”

"General, isn't it dangerous for the planes of the Special Service Squadron to take off now?"

"Of course, the Chinese kept the runway in Srinagar from bombing, and their sinister intentions are not obvious? We are already within their range, and their air force can even break through to deeper areas."

There was silence in the car for a while.The adjutant really couldn't figure out what the general meant by sacrificing that plane.

"Don't worry too much, maybe there will be no danger. Their air force may not come in time." The general comforted.

There was a slight roar from the head, and the lieutenant general stuck his head out of the car, but couldn't see anything.Listening to the movement, it may be a MiG-29 fighter jet coming from Chandigarh.He snorted and drew his head back again.

He knows that the Chinese will do everything to hunt him down, but he has calculated very clearly that it is safe to operate on the ground, the surrounding air defense system is enough to expel the Chinese drones, and his convoy is huge , Even if one or two drones that escaped the net approached, they would not be able to identify their position in the convoy.

55 kilometers away, the Akash missile position in India was just attacked by a Dongfeng missile. The explosion destroyed most of the densely arranged launch companies, but the separation of command and launch allowed the rest of the vehicles to be preserved.The terrified retreat was slowly underway.The second round of strikes from the Chinese side has yet to arrive.The commander, who had just regained his sanity, asked the convoy to keep a distance as much as possible, so as not to be caught by the second missile.

A gray-white drone sneaked around behind the snow mountain. Although it was silent, it was still witnessed by sharp-eyed soldiers.For a while, the team once again fell into chaos for a short time.

The drone did not carry any weapons, it just transmitted all the signals from the enemy convoy to the headquarters, and the long-range rocket launcher was already ready, but because the enemy chose to travel on the southern slope of the snow-capped mountain, and there were several high mountains in the north, it was still outside the coverage of the firepower.In high-altitude and mountainous areas, similar situations occur from time to time, and only the angle of incidence of ballistic missiles can deal with most of the problems.

However, the headquarters is still waiting for an opportunity. The enemy obviously has not calmly analyzed the situation, and the canyon east of Gilgit is a huge gap. As long as the enemy continues to move eastward, sooner or later they will leave the shelter of the mountain.

The command personnel patiently waited for the enemy's actions. The most critical thing for him now is that the drone's reconnaissance can last for too long. This area has a large number of short-range air defense systems and must be followed carefully.

The two MiG-29s of the Trident Squadron were ordered to cover senior officials in Srinagar. The squadron leader Rolle was not in the formation. He was ordered to return to New Delhi to participate in the publicity of the Ministry of Defense. Recently, the situation in India has become turbulent.In New Delhi, there were several mass protests against the Chinese invasion, which eventually turned into riots of burning garbage, looting shops and attacking the military and police.Some people believe that the all-pervasive Pakistani intelligence agencies are doing bad things, and some people think that the people's anger, which has nowhere to vent, is the root of all the chaos. Therefore, the precarious Kahan government must quickly strengthen public opinion propaganda.And Dr. Lani's program is considered the best stage to clean up people's hearts and unify the outside world.

After these MiG fighters arrived, they did not find any signs of enemy aircraft. A hillock not far from the Srinagar airport was still smoking, probably caused by the satellite-guided bomb attack dropped by the enemy just now.It's strange, since 2 months ago, the Chinese army attacked the runway for the first time, but then stopped bombing the runway.

Now, that Boeing plane is taxiing down the runway, preparing to take off.

The Chinese early warning aircraft, 220 kilometers away, began to notice various signs. First, the escort formation arrived, and then saw objects taking off on the runway. As the target speed increased, the early warning aircraft roughly determined that this was the target they were waiting for.At this moment, Zheng Hui had already turned at a low altitude and rushed towards the target.If the enemy's lieutenant general is above, then the value of this blow must be very huge.He must climb up quickly without letting the opponent find out ahead of time, although these two intentions are tactically contradictory.Of course, the bright side is that the enemy plane has already taken off, and there is no way to turn back.

"Sparrow, the target is moving, and it will take about 20 seconds for final confirmation. You can judge at your own discretion."

"I think it's him, yes."

The two J-2s rushed over quickly, and there was no discretion to judge. Although there are large C16J transport planes taking off at Srinagar Airport every day, those planes will not be escorted by MiG-130s.

"Pay attention to Bohanier Pass, there may be a new S300 position."

"Got it. I hope the jammer can distract them."

In the confrontation with the Indian S300, it was found that they were more afraid of the electronic warfare aircraft converted from the Flying Leopard bomber. Since these aircraft never hide their heads and show their tails, they can always be seen on their radar screens. For the insufficiently trained Indian air defense commanders As far as he is concerned, he is under tremendous pressure all the time.As long as these jammers break through a small distance, they may launch anti-radiation missiles at the edge of the S300's envelope.What Zheng Hui needs now is exactly this kind of deterrent effect.

Sure enough, judging from the results of the reconnaissance, the enemy's guidance radar did not dare to turn on for a long time, which is the effect of psychological suppression.

"Confirmed as the target aircraft. Watch out for the Trident MiG-29."

"clear."

Two MiG-2s have decisively cut to the rear of the passenger plane. Although they don't know whether the threat exists, they quickly intercept the possible threat direction based on their experience.However, in the era of medium-range bombs, the so-called escort may not have much practical significance, and Trident pilots are well aware of this.

Zheng Hui continued to attack from the east. He calculated that it would take about 29 seconds from when he climbed up and was discovered to when his opponent MiG-30 turned around. He could fire from 50 kilometers away. The altitude difference was 2500 meters. Reluctant, but you can try.

On the vertical display, the Boeing airliner began to turn around slowly. Now is the best and the last time.The good news is that the enemy's surface-to-air missile position in the Bohanier Valley was exhausted by two electronic warfare aircraft, and finally even the warning radar was turned off.Zheng Hui continued to climb as if no one was around, accumulating heights for long-range attacks.The wingmen flew further east at a distance of 2 kilometers to distract Leh's surface-to-air fire.During Zheng Hui's climb, the MiG-10 never responded, and the enemy's radar in the frontier area was suppressed and completely lost his temper.

It wasn't until he climbed to about the same height as Nanga Peak that he was spotted by part of India's long-range radar network.Only then did the two MiG-29s begin to turn.Zheng Hui quickly captured three targets using radar.He chose to launch all 3 missiles at the passenger plane. At this time, the distance was 4 kilometers, which was slightly closer than expected.He can put the MiG within 45 to 29 kilometers, and of course he has to beware of anti-aircraft missiles that suddenly appear from somewhere.

The radar sirens started to sound, in addition to the airborne ones, and the S300 radars on the ground. He fired chaff and fired all the missiles at the same time. On the HUD, several missile seeker countdown numbers were jumping, but he was still silently counting another number, which was the time when the ground missile troops might fire.

Without waiting for the missile seeker to turn on, he quickly turned the nose of the aircraft and circled downward. He knew that he could not continue to take risks, because the danger was within a hair's breadth.The Thunderbolt missiles may not be able to hit all the main targets, but there is nothing he can do about it.

The enemy's ground radar continued to shine on him without being disturbed by the chaff, but the threat of the MiG-29 disappeared. Obviously, his action of launching the missile first scared them. Like the previous attack on the enemy tanker, the enemy fighter jets did not do this. Of course, they did not dare Xu Huang to deflect the missile with a shot. The Indian army does not seem to have the tradition of standing up to cover others.

The dignitaries of the Special Service Squadron never received any warning when they picked up and dropped off the plane. In fact, the plane had never undergone necessary modifications in communication.Due to institutional problems, although the squadron belongs to the Air Force, it is not actually under the management of the Air Force. It is at the Safford Jong Airport in New Delhi all the year round, and is dispatched by the Ministry of Defense.

Now the captain and co-pilot don't know the danger at all, and are complaining angrily. What makes them angry is that they didn't pick up anyone after such a flight, and now they have to go back empty.
Two missiles suddenly hit the tail of the aircraft directly from behind (the other two followed the MiG-2), which did not cause the aircraft to crash directly, but all four engines were still working.The pilot stabilized the plane amidst the violent vibrations, and the plane flew southward with a huge black smoke.

Meneam had just arrived at the helicopter takeoff and landing site surrounded by mountains, and the helicopter that picked him up had already started and was ready to take off at any time.Seeing a streak of black smoke in the sky, flying lower and lower, making it difficult to make it to the south, he already had a rough idea of ​​what was going on, so he couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

"Look, this is how powerful our enemy is." He loudly shouted over the sound of the rotor.

"Commander, are they devils?" The adjutant who saw this scene screamed at the same time.

"Calm down, didn't I just say that the Chinese are omnipotent? This is the proof."

"Then shall we cancel the trip?"

"Don't be afraid, as long as the flight path is right, the helicopter will be safe."

"It's simply... a rare atrocity in the history of human warfare. How could they... assassinate officers?"

"Don't be too naive. If given the chance, Singh would also make a plan to assassinate their commanders. Unfortunately, we don't have such a means. Modern warfare has long since had no front and rear in the strict sense. Even New Delhi is already behind the enemy's It's within range."

After saying these words, he walked quickly to the helicopter.He has personally reviewed the flight plan, and modified several sections of the route, so that the radar of the Chinese people is not easy to see the whereabouts of the helicopter. In addition, just in case, there will be two helicopters taking off together later, so that It is difficult for the enemy to identify the target.At tomorrow's meeting, he is determined to propose a plan to move the headquarters to the rear, so that the problem can be solved once and for all.Meneam believes that on the enemy's beheading list, he is undoubtedly the number one. Spanga may be ranked second, but it is impossible to surpass him. As for Singh, maybe the Chinese will let him go. A fool who has to intervene, big or small, can accomplish a lot of sabotage work against the Indian army that the Chinese cannot do.

The Chinese early warning aircraft has been paying attention to the route of the passenger plane that was hit, and the other J-16 missed the opportunity and did not fire, so the damage to the enemy seems to be limited.The target slowed down all the way past Amritsar, and then disappeared. Now we can only wait for the intelligence from the enemy.

At the same time, the drones tracking the transfer of the enemy's air defense position also sent news that the enemy convoy has hurriedly entered the rocket coverage area.

In the command vehicle of the rocket launch site, no one spoke, only the slight, monotonous sound from the air conditioner; the shooting preparations had been made a long time ago, because the enemy was advancing along a known path and was destined to fall into a trap, so the two commanders except Sit in front of the monitor and watch the target in action with absolutely nothing to do.They can see the enemy convoy slowly moving in the image, slowly entering the valley area.At the foot of the snow-capped mountain, the geometric figure connected by red irregular closed lines is the preset coverage area. Due to the enemy's interference with the Beidou satellite, the area is slightly larger, but the superior also decided to invest twice as much ammunition in order to Make up for the error.

"Ready, how are you?" A weak voice broke the silence.

"Okay, you can shoot." Another thin voice replied.

The commander realized that the battle was coming, straightened up a little, pressed the launch button, and then continued to be in a daze.

(End of this chapter)