Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 564

This technique used to exist only in theory, and it required extremely strong combat adaptability to implement it.Most pilots are prone to turn around with their eyes closed during the panting of large overload maneuvers, but this Indian pilot has always grasped the situation in all directions.

The 4 Thunderbolts coming from the north are approaching, but there are 2 more enemy planes coming from the east with a rising sun on their backs, and the radar recognizes them as Su-30; the colonel is inevitably surprised, he finally noticed today's encounter, The enemy comes prepared.But in a blink of an eye, all the target data disappeared.

The ZDK03 command plane was either shot down, or it was maneuvering and evasive, and it exceeded the limited depression angle level. Such actions would render the radar useless.Sami soon discovered that the voice communication with the command plane had also been cut off, and he could not confirm whether the lieutenant general was safe or not.

The colonel chased after him all the way, forcing the Indian pilot to lose altitude, and at the same time blocked his way to retreat eastward. He kept calling the command plane, but there was no answer.

Zdk03 was in a rapid dive, and fell all the way from 7000 to 3000 meters. This was an extremely wrong decision.Because the missile that has also lost its power can also gain range during the maneuver of reducing altitude, and the lightweight missile can obtain greater speed and glide distance than the clumsy command plane by exchanging altitude.

The two R2ETs were flying at a loss on the edge of the theoretical range, which was almost impossible to hit, and the autopilot struggled to control the missiles, flying weakly according to the established navigation route.The missile has no power to do a standard S-type search flight. Instead, the seeker looks at the infrared field of view and rotates continuously to search the airspace ahead; after losing engine thrust, any turn will waste precious speed.

One missile failed and fell, but the seeker of the other missile finally saw the target that was becoming clearer below.It lowered its height and pierced straight through.At this time, the command plane, which is the core of the reconnaissance, could no longer see the danger behind itself due to attitude problems, while the passively guided R27Et missile did not trigger any alarms on the command plane.

Lieutenant General Islam has been sitting at the front and prominently in the position of the commander, with his eyes closed and muttering, he is praying for the apparition of the true God, and at the same time he is estimating the time.

Before the command plane lost its radar reconnaissance capability, he saw the launch of enemy missiles, and then the enemy’s MiG-29’s radar illumination disappeared. He could deduce the weapons that the enemy might use, and silently counted the enemy’s R77 missiles to start up, and approached Within a distance of 10 to 20 kilometers, I scanned for the time I needed, but nothing happened in the end.He thought that if the enemy missiles followed him, at least the RWS would respond.

The lieutenant general opened his eyes, looking extremely calm.

"What are you all panicking about?" He yelled violently, calming down the subordinates who were in chaos, "Allah will help us defeat the powerful enemy. Turn back immediately in the cockpit and raise it to 7500 meters. I need to see the battlefield clearly and support our warrior."

He rallied his old gods, stood up vigorously, and tried to stabilize his morale. Now he needs to find a way to re-lead the battlefield information, and even if he takes risks, he must save his fighters and his old friends.

From the porthole on one side of the engine room, someone saw a light object flying straight over, and then disappeared into the blind spot of vision.Immediately, a huge explosion and airflow shook the plane violently.

The power of a mere missile is not enough to shoot down this 4-shot early warning aircraft. In fact, it really has no chance even with one engine and the radar on the fuselage, but it just hit the rudder. This makes the pilot of ZDK03 find that the aircraft He leveled off from the falling momentum, but he couldn't adjust his course, and spun around the edge of the battlefield by himself.

Sami didn't know what happened to the command plane. He took over the entire command in the air, and ordered the rest of the fighter planes not to approach him, but to move directly to the Sargoda area. I hope they can hide in the protective circle of surface-to-air missiles and land safely.At the same time, he himself continued to pursue the MiG-29 that was trying to slip away from the ground. He can still learn some information through the local communication network between the fighter jets.According to the information obtained from the radars of the remaining Thunderbolts, at least one Su-30 broke into this airspace.The number of enemies is probably close to 8, but they are still scattered for the time being.

What he can do now is to try to keep the enemy aircraft group away from the direction of the command aircraft, and at the same time, if possible, lure them into Sargoda's FD-2000 position.If the enemy does not take the bait, he can also take the rest of the fighters to escape the blow of the superior opponent.Of course he knew that the squadron leader of the Trident Squadron was right in front of him, a formidable enemy that had to be eliminated quickly.

Rolle had only the last 700 meters left, and it was a complete nightmare to fly so deep into the enemy's territory. The aircraft was constantly being tracked by the anti-aircraft gun radar at an ominous distance on the mountain.

At the same time, he must get rid of the thunderbolt above as soon as possible, so as to return to a higher airspace.His fuel has been consumed by more than half, and he can't last long in the low-altitude area.The two MiG-2s under him were trying to pinch the lone wolf, one on the left and one on the right, but they were afraid that the missiles would fly randomly and hit the squadron leader, so they did not open fire for a long time.

The MiG 29 originally had a clear advantage in climbing. After all, it used more than twice the power of the Thunderbolt, but the height advantage has been given up. If Rolle pulls up rashly, he will inevitably enter the opponent's shooting window for a long time.Now he has to use his numerical advantage to solve this problem.Although the opponent had only one plane, he was able to securely seal off the passage to the east and force him to fly south. It was obvious that the lunatic had always been in control of the overall situation.

On VSD, the three-on-one pattern has not changed.The Goya troops are rushing to join the battle with the rest of the Raiden. The enemy's early warning plane was not shot down, but it came back after a big circle (actually, the rudder was damaged and it was unable to freely choose its route).

"Captain Eagle... don't pester me here, first... kill the enemy command plane." He said intermittently while controlling his breathing.

"Eagle understands."

Goya quickly passed through the battlefield. He didn't intend to save Luo Er. He knew that a guy of Luo Er's level would not care about being rescued by other squadrons, and he was the same in this regard.

When the eagle arrived, it almost happened to collide with the thunderbolt group returning from the north, and they broke into each other's radar vision. Increased from 6 to 12.This is an unexpected situation. Before taking off, the mission assigned by the command plane was to attack the enemy from a long distance, and then return to the voyage without close contact. Now the situation has changed drastically; in fact, for a long time, the airspace over Pakistan The scale of the air battle in China has been greatly attenuated, and the Pakistan Air Force has been unable to invest in a huge fleet of melee. She thought that the Indian Air Force was as exhausted as herself.

The pilots mechanically dropped the drop tanks and were forced into combat.They haven't even completed the air combat course. For them, launching into the air is generally just firing medium-range bombs and then turning away.

Sammy looked up and saw a series of steam trails passing overhead. He knew that this was the first round of mid-range bullets between the two sides. It was inevitable that these fledgling boys would be shot down today.But he is alone and can only temporarily rely on them to attract the enemy and save Lieutenant General Islam.

"Colonel. How should we fight?" A panicked voice came from the radio.

"Boys, don't entangle with them, lead them in the direction of Sargoda."

The vertical scanning field of view of the radar on the HUD in front of him tilted as the fighter plane slid, and the MiG-29 tried its best to get rid of the radar, and he kept making moves to avoid locking, but these actions were just wasted Speed, now the distance between the two aircraft has been shortened to 2.5 kilometers, and it is almost within the range that the PL8 is sure of.At the same time, the colonel must always pay attention to the VSD. The communication of the command plane where Islam is still not restored, but in a blink of an eye, the two thunderbolts on the display disappeared. Obviously, today will be the darkest day after the Pakistani air force has been secretly rebuilt. one day.

Closely following the two MiG-2s seemed to be passively following them, and the colonel could not see them for the time being.

Dozens of ground radars around them are closely following the Trident fighter planes. Although Sami knows that they have not entered the range of the surface-to-air missiles, the Indian pilots lack this information, and their passive warning system cannot measure the distance. They can only simply The identifiable fire control radar among them is defined as a high-level threat, so their actions are always fearful.

Most of the weapons that MiG 29 may use, from R27ET and R73, are the choices that are easy to accidentally injure humans in close combat;

The colonel can tell from the radar warning that the enemy has been scanning instead of locking, that they don't intend to use R77; their phased array radar can complete the locking, if they just try to use the general mode, it should be an attempt to use R27ET Make a sneak attack.The trail of this missile is not as conspicuous as the black smoke from pl8, so it is really suitable for this kind of trick.

Using R27ET to attack 5 to 10 kilometers in the rear hemisphere is a vicious method that the Chinese and Indian air forces have recently figured out almost at the same time. However, if they are not worried about knocking down the squadron leader, they can give it a try.

Of course, in order to beware of attacks that the alarms cannot warn of, the colonel must look up every 2 seconds.Fortunately, the top of their heads is azure blue, as long as they move their hands, they can see it.

He continued to follow Roll closely at the 7 o'clock position, and the enemy plane missed a few openings, allowing him to occupy a more favorable position, but he did not easily reduce the azimuth angle and enter the 6 o'clock area; instead, he continued to block The space he turned to the east forced him into his own anti-aircraft firepower network. The colonel had calculated that one against three was the only way.

Luo Er knew that the enemy could see through all his thoughts, so now he could only quickly pull up and fight.He began to circle to the right, trying to get rid of the enemy by circling, and at the same time he let the fighters behind him seize the opportunity to fight through the radio, don't worry about him.

Relying on the excellent hovering performance of JF17, Sami quickly went from the outer circle to the inner circle.As soon as he looked up, he saw two streaks of white smoke rapidly extending towards him in the blue sky.He had been prepared for a long time, and immediately pressed down on the stick to dive, followed the enemy plane closely, staggered one by one, and ran under Rolle, and now Rolle became a more conspicuous target.When the colonel pulled up again, he obtained a much higher speed compensation than the opponent; and the enemy had given up the radar irradiation while panicking, and the two missiles lost their instructions and flew to the ground.During the dive and jump, he narrowed the distance to 2 kilometers.

The MiG-29 was still doing a dive to the right tenaciously, and Rolle had no choice but to avoid the continuous tracking of the ground radar. If the commander of the missile force in Sargoda had a little bit of brains, he would not be like an idiot. At a distance of 300 kilometers from the target, the fire control radar is always pointed at the target, and it is not enough to deal with the old and cunning top pilots.

However, there was still a MiG-29 that fell into the shooting range when it made a big roundabout and intercepted Sami.

Sammy got the news of the ground firing through the voice channel, and the radar on the ground tower saw 2 missiles lift off, followed by 2 more.

He knew that the enemy might be confused for a while, so he quickly switched the radar cannon mode, put the funnel-shaped front sight on the wide MiG-29, and then fired a few short bursts.Radar scans in the clouds above suddenly disappeared, and it was clear that the enemy aircraft there were overwhelmed.

Sammy didn't notice the explosion in the clouds until the disintegrated enemy plane fell in front of him.He slowed down to avoid it.But the 29 in front completed an intersection with another wingman, and the captain continued to escape, while the other flew straight.For Sami, who lacks an early warning aircraft, it is difficult to grasp the overall situation even if he looks at six directions.He also didn't know how a MiG-29 suddenly appeared at this position, passing by the target. Obviously, the enemy's command through the data link has been orderly.

Sami was forced to give up the chase and rushed towards the newly emerging enemy plane. This was almost a subconscious action. He had to get outside the enemy's envelope (minimum launch distance) before the enemy fired his weapon. The R73 fired head-on did not Too much advantage; Sami knows that if this Russian-made infrared missile is launched at a lower speed (the carrier aircraft is not supersonic), it can only fly on a fixed route within the first 1 kilometer, that is, when they can display Before the large off-axis attack of 40 G, there is a process of acceleration with a stupefaction. At this time, it is almost harmless.

There was a flash of light under the enemy's wing, and it really fired two missiles head-on.The missile flew straight along a tight and rigid arc, like two frozen snakes.

Sami sank down, avoiding the intersection with the arc of the missile at the same height. With just one move, he easily avoided the threat. The flight control of the missile really couldn't cope with such a situation, so he could only miss the target.

Of course, the colonel also lost the chance to hunt down the leader of the Trident Squadron. The MiG 29 with the huge iron fork painted on the vertical tail flew towards the dazzling sun in the east.The colonel hated it so much, he knew that as long as he lingered at low altitude for a while, even if he couldn't hit, the fuel of the enemy plane would not be enough to go back.

At this time, the data link of ZDK03 was restored, apparently its posture was roughly flattened.The colonel was surprised to find that it was approaching the battlefield awkwardly.This was obviously beyond the expectations of everyone on the battlefield, a serious event that flashed back and forth.

(End of this chapter)