Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 743 Strength gap
The number of Chinese Air Force fighter jets suddenly increased by 30%, completely ignoring the opponent.The enemy fighter jets that lost their early warning aircraft were gradually expelled to areas further south, where they could only rely on Patriot missiles to slightly deter their opponents.

For the time being, Frings couldn't solve the problem of insufficient air force and the lack of an AWACS, although that was not his only AWACS.He quickly contacted Biafrata, chief of staff of the Indian Air Force, and asked the Indian Air Force to dispatch fighter jets for support.

The remaining Indian fighter jets have undergone a new reorganization during the time away from the fighting. The Indian Air Force has concentrated the main forces that are still capable of combat in several new squadrons that can be dispatched at any time. However, in order to prevent accidental injury and data link mismatch And other issues, has not really participated in the war.The United States and India can only think of one way to increase the number of fighter sorties while avoiding their own accidental damage, which is to let the US and Indian fighters dispatch at staggered times. This was originally an established plan, but he has not adopted it because of coordination difficulties.

The Indian aircraft staying at the second-tier airport finally got an order to take off, and the two EMB2 early warning aircraft cooperated in the operation.These pilots who survived the brutal war inevitably had mixed feelings when they received orders. On the one hand, they were afraid of overwhelming opponents, and on the other hand, many of them also longed for a revenge.Lieutenant Colonel Rolle received the combat order in the duty room of Bareilly Airport. According to the order, the Indian aircraft will rush to the mission area in several batches. There is no ground mission for the time being, and only air combat will be carried out. After an hour of persistence, the U.S. military will The plane was retaken.

When the lieutenant colonel stepped into the cabin, he looked back at the other MiG-29s on the runway.His Trident Squadron has been restored, supplemented with a batch of MiG-29s of different models from other squadrons (old-fashioned MiG-29B and more advanced models), after a short run-in (lift-off formation flight 3 times), he and these unfamiliar guys will go out together to face powerful opponents. In fact, it is precisely because of the record of the Trident Squadron that the squadron has not been withdrawn when there are only a few fighters left No., but disbanded the rest of the MiG-29 troops, and supplemented them with personnel and weapons.

They first circled south of the Haraya gang, waiting for the withdrawal of the U.S. military planes, and at the same time reunited with the Su-30MKI and Su-30MKM formations that arrived; the French Mirage 2000 and a small amount of Rafale will arrive later.The chief of staff of the air force dispatched all the planes he could mobilize, and he himself will directly command the battle related to the final honor on the ground.

The Indian Air Force has not been idle during the period of disappearance. They have been repairing damaged aircraft, but there are still less than 30 aircraft that can be dispatched today.Given that the rapid momentum of the Chinese Air Force just now has passed, Admiral Biafrata believes that the dispatch at this moment may not suffer too much loss in terms of numbers. The main problem is that the detection range of the early warning aircraft is insufficient.

Rolle's fighter jets will soon be able to receive information from the EMB145. This type of aircraft is far inferior to the A50I early warning aircraft. The main scanning area can only be concentrated on the sides. The 60° range in front is compensated by the nose radar, but it is relatively weak.He began a routine call to Lion Squadron about 10 kilometers away on the right flank, whose presence he had already seen on the monitors.

The general on the ground warned the pilots not to use the radar in advance, and can only obtain the enemy's situation and the location of the US aircraft through the early warning aircraft, so as not to turn on the radar to alert the US military and cause unnecessary trouble.

"Lion, this is Captain Trident, you have to get out of the way, don't get too close to the friendly channel."

"clear."

Rolle could see on the vertical monitor that the Lion Squadron was turning awkwardly. The Lion Squadron is currently the best-preserved combat unit of the Indian Air Force, and their performance has always been unsatisfactory.

"Boys, it's our turn," said the general's voice on the radio, "Remember the strategy and hide in New Delhi's missile air defense network if necessary."

The AWACS began to fly northeast, so that it could maintain a certain observation capability on the route approaching the battlefield. Of course, Rolle knew very well that it was impossible to collect enough information with this AWACS alone, and it was impossible to win an air battle with information asymmetry. , Simply Bifrata knows the severity, and the strategy is relatively conservative.

Soon 6 enemy fighter jets appeared near the corridor. They should have seen the Indian plane, but they did not rush to approach, but retreated one after another, perhaps because they were afraid of the ground missiles of the coalition forces.At this point, the Indian Air Force instructor has a slight advantage. The Chinese army south of New Delhi does not seem to have long-range anti-aircraft missiles. Of course, another possibility for the enemy plane to turn to avoid it is to give way to the rest of the fighter planes.

The 6 fighters of the Lion Squadron saw the opponent turn and immediately followed up. This is their style. In any case, they must shoot the medium-range bomb first, whether it hits or not... At least they can go back to sleep.

Luo Er knew that on this battlefield, too simple tactics are unlikely to succeed. The enemies are all seasoned veterans, and their early warning aircraft can see farther.

He watched the monitor carefully, always feeling that something was wrong.Although India and the U.S. military do not have a common data link, if the U.S. military’s ground radar sees something that the air radar misses or cannot see at all, it will at least issue an alarm.Intelligence shows that the Chinese Air Force has also invested in stealth aircraft, but like the US military, it uses them very carefully.When these aircraft are dispatched, they generally avoid the ground radar of the US military. However, the S300 radar that they are more familiar with has had an example of breaking through from the side 120 kilometers away. That time it was an early warning aircraft that suffered.At that time, the S300 radar captured continuous signals when the enemy fired, but before the S300 was ready to fire, it was suppressed by jammers outside the area. The electronic jamming lasted only 30 seconds. When the jamming disappeared, the mysterious planes also disappeared.Obviously, China's stealth aircraft already has a set of complex tactics, and it is not fighting alone.

The Lions followed the enemy's unhurried formation. All the Lion pilots were eager to grab the shooting position and did not disperse as necessary. If the formation was dispersed, the fire control radar could be fully used to guard a wider area. In a weak situation, it seems very reckless to pursue such a monkey eagerly.

Emb145 continued to turn to the northwest. The Indian fleet, which already had insufficient vision, had a long gap in information. When it completed the turn, it saw a continuous signal reflection in the distance, but could not identify what it was.

At about the same time, the U.S. military radar on the ground also saw air targets that suddenly appeared, a total of 4. When the rare and strange Indian commander was still identifying the nature of the target, the U.S. military had already realized that it was some kind of stealth aircraft missile pod Continuous reflected signal caused by door opening.

But it was too late. When Biafrata called the lion to transfer, the enemy plane had already launched missiles.In an instant, those reflection sources disappeared, and what remained on the radar screen were the constantly flashing and jumping missile tracks.At this moment, only the targeted Lion Squadron can still perceive the approximate position of the opponent's radar through the latest radar warning with upgraded software.The opponent's radar lock was carried out almost at the same time as the magazine was opened. Before that, their radars were either not used, or they were scanning secretly in low detectable mode. In short, they did not trigger the radar alarm.

In the few seconds before the missile arrived, the Lion Squadron made a bad evasion, and all the fighters turned in different directions according to the pilot's intuitive reaction.They did not consider that the formation was too dense before.Although at night, you can see the tail flames of the neighboring aircraft, but it is difficult to judge the distance. Such a dense formation should be cautious.

The two planes collided in an out-of-step turn, and the timing of the dodge of the other two fighters was wrong, so that they did not get out of the missile seeker's field of vision after performing violent maneuvers, and the missiles in the distance could be pursued with a small overload Come over while they've lost the energy to maneuver again.The two fighters were hit almost simultaneously.

The only luck is that 2 missiles hit the falling wreckage, so that the lion's 6-machine formation would not be wiped out within 10 seconds.The last remaining two fighters, one ran towards New Delhi, and the other ran towards Uttar Pradesh in the east.

Rolle immediately realized that the Su-30 far away from New Delhi had made a fatal mistake. He tried to save the plane and drove the MiG-29 to turn there.

The early warning aircraft in the rear saw nothing, but the HUD on the MiG-29 formed a signal that could not continue to track.The enemy plane seemed to be in a state of invisibility and semi-invisibility. It was chasing the unlucky Su-30MKI at high speed, and perhaps it would no longer open its belly magazine to fire medium-range bombs.

After the radar alarm found that he was also being tracked by an unknown radiation source in the direction of 11 o'clock, Rolle and his formation had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​rescuing their comrades, and instead flew to Agra, approaching the Patriots' position, which is undoubtedly It's the best way to get rid of it.

Luo Er found that during the period when he was out of combat, the Chinese Air Force seemed to suddenly become stronger by several levels, and he felt that he had entered a completely unfamiliar realm.Although the previous enemies had the upper hand, the technical gap can always be made up through various tactics. Now, apart from fleeing and being beaten, there is no third way to go.

In the night, a black stealth fighter closely followed the fleeing enemy plane. His three teammates did not follow closely, but stopped in the distance to monitor as many as 15 enemy planes in front, and the enemy could only run away. .

The panicked Su-30 could have gone in any direction of Agra or New Delhi, but it must not stay away from the battlefield.

This Su-30 has as many as 8 missiles hanging on it, no matter what, it can't outrun this sharp-looking stealth fighter. Except for the two combat bombs that just extended out of the magazine, this fighter has no extra external weapons.It can close the front magazine after extending the fighting ammunition. This magical ability is not possessed by the Raptor.

The Indian pilot who was being chased could not obtain the situation behind him through the data link. He was far away from the second weakness of the combat zone. If he was closer to the formation, even the weak EMB145 radar could give him a partial warning, while the trailing one Chinese warplanes don't even use radar, and its main tactics are focused on sneak attacks.

When you're up against an enemy aircraft with all the sensors that don't work, it's only a matter of time until it goes wrong.Thinking he was out of danger, the Lion pilot reduced the throttle and prepared to turn south.The huge heat accumulated during the afterburner made it locked by infrared missiles at a distance of 10 kilometers, but he was still at a loss.He heard Trident's squadron leader shout over the formation channel, warning of some kind of threat, but he mistook it for another of his comrades.He has fled the capital circle and flew to the territory of Uttar Pradesh, so he should be safe anyway.

The quietly pursued killer continued to approach, relying on a speed close to Mach 1.5 and an absolute altitude of 1000 meters, he had already included his opponent in the no-escape zone.The pilot watched the target make a careless turn.

The 2 missiles flew off the pylon, turned with an overload of about 3G, and hit the target without accident.The several squadron leaders of the Lion Squadron have been carefully avoiding battles in order to preserve their own strength, but today they were unlucky and encountered an opponent that they could not avoid.

Rolle and other Indian pilots who were quite frightened took the initiative to retreat, which made the air suddenly deserted.The Chinese Air Force's air offensive that hit the troops was not without cost. Most of the heavy aircraft did not carry bombs. Once the enemy took the initiative to retreat, they had nothing to do.The bombed Xiaolong fighter jets that scrambled off from Chandigarh are still on the way, but even if these small planes arrive, they will have no effect.

On the ground, He Fanlong's tank army was approaching the strongest enemy in front in three directions, trying to surround the opponent. He learned that the enemy had mobilized a battalion-sized force to rescue the rear, and now his strength was very large. advantage, you can do a big job.

Regardless of the outcome of the battle, He Fan's tank would soon stop in place due to lack of fuel, and the opponent was in a dangerous situation of being attacked from all sides. Generally speaking, he felt that he had a better chance of winning, so he was determined not to delay any longer.

Yelinsky defended the front with a battalion, while maintaining several mobile forces to prevent the enemy from outflanking from both sides.The two sides were 3 kilometers away, each saw the target and started shooting at each other while keeping moving.On this treacherous battlefield, any group of tanks that do not move may be hit by the terminal bombs floating overhead.This kind of confrontation will test which of the two sides is better at maintaining formation in motion and waiting for opportunities to find the opponent's loopholes.

Several Type 99 tanks that broke through too quickly were hit by the opponent's armor-piercing projectiles, and one of them was penetrated and caught fire.He Fan hurriedly instructed the troops to increase the distance by 2.5 meters from the original lower limit of 300 kilometers. Obviously, within 3 kilometers, the enemy's depleted uranium armor-piercing bombs had a certain chance.He is slightly weak in ammunition when he is head-on.But his real plan lies in the outflanking on the left and right.With more troops and a wider front, he can attack from the sides and can lure the enemy in the center to turn the turrets to the sides.Considering that the turret of the M1A2 is extremely large, as long as it turns slightly larger, it is possible to hit its rear bomb bay from a certain point on the front.

Sure enough, the left-wing tank feinted, which caused the opponent's nervousness. The flanking tank reported that the countermeasure system sensed a large number of ranging laser beams.This is consistent with what was observed with the frontal tanks, some enemy tanks started to turn their turrets, they seemed to be afraid of being cut off from the rear.

He Fan's wide frontal formation using the number of tanks is very conducive to attacking, and the enemy will be exposed if he is not careful.

The left-wing tank group began to release smoke, making it more difficult for the enemy to aim. He Fan's right-wing tank group began to advance, and the commanders searched for those M1A2s with excessively large turret rotation angles within their respective search ranges.

After the tank stopped, the gunners began to aim at the target.No tank is solid in all directions, but the wrong angle can sometimes thicken an otherwise weak armor.

(End of this chapter)