Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 626 High Value Target

Sami hesitated for a moment, and then tuned to Zhao Lin's channel. Zhao Lin just tried his best to get rid of the two medium-range bomb attacks. There was not much fuel left, and he was still blindly excited, trying to get rid of the unknown enemy. .

"Listen, Zhao. The enemy has turned around, and your position is good,"

"What... please repeat."

"I need you back on the battlefield."

"……Understood."

Zhao Lin said that he accepted the order gladly, and didn't need to ask about the backup plan, or how to deal with the fuel. Of course, there was no backup plan and fuel, and Sami was not ready to let him and his fighter return.He also knows that the effect of returning to the battlefield now is huge.

"The formation is disbanded, and each aircraft returns on its own." He gave supplementary orders to the rest of the fighters in the formation, and then resolutely turned around and returned along the same route. For him, the battle had just begun; In a positive sense, it means that the maneuverability of this fighter plane has now reached its peak state.

"Zhao, the enemy is in the 90° area directly in front of you. As expected, you are in an advantageous position. I suggest you not use radar, use irst."

"clear."

Zhao Lin understood the meaning of the old man in an instant, and it was going to be a sneak attack quickly; he had been secretly studying Sammy's single-handed tactics, even though it was forbidden by the regiment leader Song Ning, because he thought those were just crooked ways. It was found that Sammy was always very restrained in using the radar.

Zhao Lin resolutely gave up the idea of ​​using radar and started infrared scanning. Of course, the target is a stealth machine, and its own infrared characteristics will be processed, but at least this passive method will not trigger their vigilance.The U.S. Navy's early warning aircraft still stay at sea, and the distance is very far away, and the carrier-based early warning aircraft does not work well in mountainous areas.

On the display, only 6 Su-35s are blindly searching, which is the only thing that the air police early warning aircraft can see. They are outflanking and searching from the south. Radar scans will occasionally trigger the alarm of the J-10, but it seems that they have found nothing.Theoretically, the enemy formation is now somewhere between himself and Liu Zhaolin.

Zhao Lin's infrared search didn't yield any results at the first time. Just now, those enemy planes were still firing combat missiles at a very close position, but they disappeared in a blink of an eye?They are either fast, completely invisible, or both.

Roy Hammond was triumphantly in control of the situation, and within 40 seconds he would be close to the easternmost flank of the Su-35, roughly at the edge of its radar scan range, and Hammond was not just a part of the chaos In fact, they are the real operators.He could have commanded the battle plan made by him on the ground or on an aircraft carrier, but he wanted to participate in the battle in person.Sure enough, he hit the ground running and shot down one J-10 fighter, the wingman killed another, and the other wingman attacked the third with medium-range bombs, but turned around because the Su-35 was coming too fast, and it was too late to confirm the shooting.

The reaction of the Chinese exceeded his expectations, and there was a coordinated response among the various batches of targets. It can be seen that their commanders have roughly figured out some ways, but they still can't find themselves.He thought that the focus of the next battle should be to destroy the enemy's early warning aircraft and the commander above.

During the attack just now, he was spotted and tracked by the Su-35 radar for a period of time, but then he led the formation, slid sideways vigilantly to avoid it, and immediately lost the enemy's radar 220 kilometers away.At present, all six Su-6s are searching at an altitude of 35 meters, and the formation is becoming more and more scattered. They are completely within the vision of eagle eyes, but they cannot see themselves, so there is no chance of a comeback.

He can fully understand the enemy's situation. They must maintain a high altitude in order to maintain energy in possible mid-to-close combat. However, will the script proceed according to their ideas?The colonel wanted to laugh, as long as he adjusted his course a little, the enemy's radar would not be able to track him, and he would completely lose his target.But what he has to do is much easier, he only needs to watch the enemy's movements, make adjustments, and quietly go around to the best position.

His next plan is to avoid the frontal radar scan of the enemy plane and attack from the side.When he turned his head, the symbol showing the position of the enemy plane on the helmet would automatically change, keeping it in the correct position, and the enemy's information was never interrupted.What the colonel wants is not to sneak past the Su-35 quietly. He hasn't forgotten his bet, maybe he can reimburse 6 Su-35 at a time. If such a fighter can be produced, most countries in the world should reconsider retaining the air force meaning.

"Captain Raven, this is the sea python, taking over the command. There are suspicious targets in the sky above Sistan Balochistan, and we are still unable to distinguish them."

A newly arrived Navy E2 AWACS took over from another previous AWACS. These Navy AWACS are always the weakest link in the overall situation. They can't see too far and stay in the air for a relatively short time.

"Sea python, is it an Iranian MiG-21 or MiG-29 fighter jet?"

"Unclear, the speed exceeds 550 knots, and it is flying towards the border."

It seems that Iran has dispatched something, coming towards us from west to east. From the trend point of view, it is going to attack the Su-35 in the south, but the colonel believes that the radar power of those Iranian MiGs is not enough, so there is no trouble.

"Squad Raven, prepare to launch an attack. No. 4, you continue to stay behind and monitor."

"clear."

The tactic of these raptors is to form a V-shaped formation of three fighters in front, leaving one behind to supplement the attack, or to deal with various emergencies.

The colonel was going to sneak attack the Su-35 on the far side, and wait for them to get into chaos before destroying the rest. He turned on the radar to track, but the enemy still kept the original course and did not make any other moves. This is typical, and the radar warning does not work.

It is estimated that in a few tens of seconds, the colonel will fly completely to the enemy's 2 o'clock. After adjusting the course, he will launch an attack on the enemy's right side. He does not want to take the risk of attacking from the enemy's front, so as not to be attacked by the enemy plane at the same time when he opens the magazine. See, the stealth attack should be as graceful and sudden as a viper, and should not give the opponent an equal chance to fire.

The electronic threat alarm flashed. From my direction at 3 o'clock, it was about the direction where the Navy's early warning aircraft indicated to find the Iranian fighter plane. The altitude was about 3500 meters. 9-pulse Doppler radar, a former US military radar.

"Damn it, is it a tomcat?"

The colonel's brain froze for about a second.When he made the plan, he made preparations for all possible hostile units. As a non-friendly country, Iran’s armed forces cannot be ruled out, but the intelligence agency believes that Iran’s F14 fighter jets are no longer a threat. It can take off, but the radar cannot work because of lack of maintenance and parts; in fact, the electronic reconnaissance aircraft stationed in Afghanistan have not found these antiques to participate in exercises for many years.In the end, the colonel ruled out such long-range air radar interference in his plan.While Hammond was taunting his opponent with a chaotic shot, he didn't know that Sami had the power to mobilize the Iranian Air Force planes into the air.

Sami's command does give people a sense of chaos, but the effect he pursues, he knows that Pakistan's airspace is not wide, and no matter what kind of stealth aircraft it is, it is impossible to be comprehensive and invulnerable.Now he was watching the rippling web he had woven, closing in on it.His six Su-6s from the south, the Iranian Air Force from the west, and one J-35 from the north, narrowed the search range together. Those snitches who thought they were unimpeded must be within this range.

Hammond doesn't know the distance of these F14s, and he doesn't know whether they have crossed the border. E2 can't give more information. For the time being, he only knows that there are 3 of them.The enemy plane has stopped its periodic scanning, and its energy is becoming more and more concentrated; the alarm skips the two early warning levels of yellow and orange, and starts screaming directly. This is the most serious situation, indicating that it is locked.In front of the search formation of as many as six Su-6s, he had no room to continue to get rid of another large radar team from the sky.

Although the intelligence agency judged that the long-range missiles purchased by Iran and matched with this type of aircraft had completely failed, the colonel could no longer believe their hasty conclusions.

"It's just in time, let's deal with these junk."

"That's great, isn't it? I'm really looking forward to taking down a Navy plane."

The bold words have been spoken out, but he can't deal with all these radars from all directions, but he still has a card, which is the No. 4 machine that was dragged to the final response. Just now, the No. 4 machine fired two AIM2s. There are only 120 left.

Sami had a short conversation with the Iranian Air Force without data link support. He had to convey the information of the enemy's area to the enemy plane, which also did not have data link support, before the enemy plane flying 1 km per second slipped through his fingers. Luckily, Liu Zhaolin was well prepared for this situation.

"White Bird, the target is at position 80 to 85, and the distance is 160. There are 3 or 4 of them." While talking, he aimed at another monitor, where Song Ning was still tracking the enemy plane that dropped the bomb, but he still didn't find it.

"Viper, what plane?"

"I can't see it clearly, but judging from the speed, it's a bird of prey."

The Iranian warplanes saw the target from a valid angle at a distance of less than 100 kilometers. The old radars of these aircraft are indeed powerful enough, but they have not updated their software for too long, and it is impossible to identify the current target.

Liu Zhaolin turned the nose of the plane and flew towards the direction indicated by Sami. Sure enough, the radar captured intermittent targets again, and they almost missed him by 3 o'clock just now.

3 enemy planes approached.They are really good at hiding, but it is difficult to continue to adapt and hide under the two batches of opponents, the angle between them exceeds 2°, and different types of radar illumination. In fact, they were seen by Su 100 and F35 at the same time.

If F14 and Su 35 have anything in common, it is that their radars have a large effective line of sight. When fighting against stealth aircraft, increasing power is the direct solution to the problem.But before the enemy opened the magazine, Liu Zhaolin was still unable to track and fire continuously.

Now only one Raptor is still hiding outside the search range of the two fighter formations of Super Side and Tomcat, continuing to remain invisible and continue to move on standby.

Unit 4 of the Raven formation is judging the situation. He must control the rhythm and not be too slow.On the pilot's helmet, all six Su-6s outside the visual range are displayed in moving boxes, and their formation 35 kilometers away is very long.These super side positions are heading towards the captain, occupying double the numerical advantage.So he had to speed up to make sure he could fire with the captain, in the shadows, the chances were good.

The pilot quietly increased his speed, and with the help of the radar vision of the rest of the formation, he rushed through from the side outside the F14's radar scanning angle.

消灭这些老爷机不在作战许可范围内，他要袭击的是6架苏35。在与其他队员配合完成这轮袭击过后，它相信敌人的苏35至多还能剩下1、2架。

The flight route of this lone F22 is compact and neat, and it seems to have grabbed the position. The only problem is that the accelerated flight exposed too many infrared features of the rear hemisphere.

From the beginning to the end, no one noticed Zhao Lin.Another American E3 early warning aircraft hiding in Afghanistan saw three J-3s fleeing and returned to the sky above Peshawar, refueling.This figure shows that Raven Squadron's previous claim of destruction is correct.

Two sounds rang in Zhao Lin's ears, one was the urgent warning sound of insufficient fuel, and the other was a more intense reminder sound from the PL-2 missile locked on the target.He couldn't measure the distance to the target, but the IRST system on the HUD drew a jumping dotted line, and the enemy plane was moving ahead, very fast.Zhao Lin pushed the afterburner to increase the speed.

You can see 2 flares in the distance, this is an enemy plane with twin engines.It wasn't lightning, he didn't hesitate to back off the throttle valve to the end, and the speed jumped to Mach 1.55, even completely surpassing the presumptuous Raptor. This speed is enough to fully utilize the range potential of the fighting missile.

The enemy is concentrating on the sneak attack, so naturally they won't look back.Zhao Lin was panting, a huge opportunity was coming.His index finger lightly pressed the trigger. From the beginning to the end, he did not dare to use the radar or the coaxial laser beam to measure the distance, but his feeling told him that the time had come.

At the same time, the American pilot also quietly opened the magazine, revealing four staggered AIM4 missiles. When he was waiting for the command of the squadron leader, he still had some small feelings. Compared with the predecessors of the US Air Force, air combat has changed. It was so easy, and the enemy was too far behind.

The fighter plane suddenly sensed the threat in the rear hemisphere, and beeping screams resounded through the cabin. He quickly turned sideways and looked back. It was the infrared alarm that scanned the approaching heat source, but the huge speed and the open magazine The resulting turbulence limited the plane's horizontal maneuverability.

Zhao Lin saw from a distance that the enemy plane made a super-maneuvering turn. It was covered by a condensed mist formed by a vortex, like a fast-moving cloud. What kind of powerful power is this?Of course, under such circumstances, the pilot's line of sight is also blocked, so it is difficult for the pilot to see the incoming missile and respond accordingly.

The 2 infrared missiles arrived in a more compact turn with an overload of over 30G. The enemy launched the jamming bombs a little late. In this respect, he was worse than most Indian pilots who were ready to escape at any time. Zhao Lin even saw the missiles rushing The Indian pilot who parachuted before arriving.

The Raptor shuddered and fell from the explosion, and the fighter, missing a piece of its horizontal tail, was still struggling to stay alive, trying to maintain balance, and it appeared that the flight controls were still working.

It gradually slowed down while circling, and then at a suitable speed, the canopy was thrown upwards, and the pilot was ejected.

(End of this chapter)