Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 748 The encirclement is closed.

When the Chinese tank group was making the final charge, Sami quietly completed the turn. He was good at using all conditions to fight back, and he did not hesitate to put himself in danger. Most shot down.The J-10 hid near the uninterrupted explosion of sub-munitions, and experienced a terrible time, like flashes in hell, but he had to rely on these flashes to judge the area where the ammunition was roughly scattered, and then decided to avoid it, several times, Those terrifying flashes were near him, which meant that after the self-forging fragments launched downwards disappeared, those small parachute fragments that fell lightly should still be nearby, and they were very easy to be sucked into the air intake.Of course, this somewhat requires luck.

The timing of the rockets' submunitions is different, and the height is different. This is deliberately set to cover a large enough area. However, it is impossible for the artillery to notify the air force before the attack, so the old man must rely on his own judgment to avoid it. these things.

If he bumps into a floating submunition, the only thing he can do is jump out immediately. Of course, he is not sure whether it is his side or the opponent below, but in such a dark night, it is very dangerous to fall on either side.

Before that, he had been pretending to fly straight to lure his opponent to pursue him.Then the AWACS lost the position information of both sides. The radars of the AWACS at an altitude of 8000 meters will automatically filter out low-speed objects, as well as the turning fighter jets next to the low-speed objects. If the Indian aircraft maintains high speed, it may be seen from time to time, but Sami Keep an eye on the datalink, it's gone too.He estimated that when the enemy finally disappeared, he was still about 20 kilometers away from him. If he didn't chase him all the way at high speed, he would indeed be missed by the early warning aircraft. This was his judgment.This unexpected attack was enough to wipe out the opponent's superior position, and now it's time for whoever discovers it first will succeed first.

He pulled up quickly, and after getting out of the distribution area, he searched for the Rafale immediately.He predicted that if the Rafale hadn't fled immediately, it should be in an uncertain area nearby at this moment, and the pilot should be quite frightened at this moment.We must make full use of this opportunity, he cannot continue to hover at high G, and his advantage in close combat is to predict the situation.

He scanned the front hemisphere with the fastest speed. If the opponent flew by from the front, he should be able to see the tail flame, so that he could shoot down the opponent before he could react.But he didn't see it, and before he could turn around to look behind him, he quickly low-passed the multi-function display, hoping it would work.

Just as he lowered his head, he suddenly felt a violent vibration, which was a sign of a fighter jet hitting a strong airflow. He quickly stabilized the plane and got out to prevent the engine from surging and stopping.

Experience told him that there was a very fast plane very close, probably down there.

He quickly made a roll and saw a huge silhouette of the plane and the flashing instruments inside the glass canopy. The Indian pilot was also looking back at him. Just less than 150 meters below him, the two planes that lost their target just now The planes almost collided.

This misfire nearly sent Sammy into its spoiler, and he had little height to dispose of if the engine stalled.Fortunately, however, such a thing did not happen, and his current position is very favorable.

Sammy followed his opponent's turn quickly, but carefully controlled the throttle.The opponent almost subconsciously dived, trying to use the earth's gravity to accelerate. Of course, the additional purpose is self-evident. At such a small distance, if the impatient pursuer only cares about obtaining the shooting position without controlling the speed, it is easy to fall. to the front.But Sammy wasn't that impatient. Even at night, when he could only see the flames from the opponent's engine, he still had enough experience to judge the distance.

To some extent, the old man was even prolonging the air battle on purpose, as the war was not expected to last for too long, just like a cat with a certain chance of winning is not in a hurry to kill its prey.He hopes to see the opponent's dying struggle instead of giving up on himself, that would be interesting.

He slowed down, deliberately let the enemy plane run about 600 meters, but kept it firmly behind the opponent at 6 o'clock, the opponent pulled up, he pulled up with him, and then calmly cut to the inner circle of the turn.Radar picked up the target, and he funneled his sights around the turning enemy's flanks and fired.A string of dense tracer bombs flew towards the target, blocking its way forward.

The Indian pilot found himself surrounded by a fire net and quickly reversed to get rid of it. He suddenly realized that the opponent probably had no missiles, so he changed his strategy and tried to use the acceleration ability of the gust to destroy the enemy's machine gun aiming in a series of dives and pull-ups. Put distance.Once out of range of the cannon, he can choose to turn around and fight back.

Of course, this is the natural judgment of experienced pilots. He has obviously fallen into the best attack range of the rear target, but the opponent has not fired missiles?The only explanation is that the guy in the back has no missiles.

Unfortunately, however, he ran into the unreasonable Sammy.Sami still has 2 combat ammunition, but Sami was hesitant to shoot with the missile just now, because after the enemy plane made a strong turn, the distance narrowed to near the small action range of the combat ammunition, and there was a certain probability that it would not be able to hit.Of course, another reason is that at this moment, the fuel consumption of the J-10 fighter jet is more than half, and the maneuverability remains the best. He doesn't seem to be in a hurry.He didn't believe that any enemy plane caught by him at 6 o'clock could escape.

The opponent gave up circling and switched to scissor flight again, trying to use the process of diving and pulling up to open the distance within a few rounds. The Indians gradually achieved their goal and entered the no-escape zone of the PL8 missile.

The warning in Sammy's ears that some kind of new anti-aircraft gun radar had appeared nearby, more than one, forced him to rescind his interest in continuing to pester.The radar has locked on the target firmly, guiding the field of view of the two combat bombs on the pylons to keep up with the enemy aircraft. The seeker can see the enemy aircraft in afterburner without sufficient cooling.When he pulled the trigger, the enemy plane was already destined to be shot down.

The pilot of the Rafale is planning to get rid of it, and immediately turn around to fight back. He hopes to save some face for the Indian Air Force after the heavy loss of the Lion Squadron. The chances of the weapons being shot down are all high.

When the Indian pilot looked back, he saw two ghostly points of light flying towards him.He knew he was going to be screwed, and as he made his final strong turn, he was a little angry because his opponent was obviously playing him.

The missile quickly caught up with the fighter, and while paralleling the turning aircraft, the radio proximity fuze detonated the munition.All of a sudden, one wing of the gust was blown up.When the pilot ejected, he saw the explosion of the second missile, and the fragments cut him on one side of the cheek. Before he passed out, he saw the plane trailing the flames and falling to the ground.

The ground was covered with dots of fire, and he couldn't tell whether it was the brilliant starry sky or the mess left by the attack of the terminal bomb.

After the Rafale disappeared from EMB145's radar, Admiral Biafrata immediately called off all attacks, and within 60 minutes, he lost 6 advanced fighters.This means that the size of the existing combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been reduced by about six to one seventh, which is simply a nightmare.

For the general, no matter what form the war ends in, the starting point for the rebirth of the Indian Air Force must focus on the present.If excellent pilots die in a hopeless war, the Indian Air Force will not be able to rise again in the next 10 years or even longer.And continuing to work hard for the crumbling Kahan regime is obviously a path of no return to despair.After the early warning aircraft turned, he lost part of the air enemy situation. He estimated that in the area east of New Delhi, the enemy could concentrate more than 30 fighters at any time, and the Indian Air Force could not even compete for air supremacy in a secondary direction.He called the US military commander and informed the Indian Air Force that it would withdraw from the battle early.

At the moment when the gust of wind fell, a 502G infantry fighting vehicle unit of He Fan quietly approached the unknown battlefield.These tanks had to risk a reconnaissance campaign for the fuel-starved tank units.This kind of tank has good night vision capabilities, and its infrared characteristics are weaker than tanks, so it can barely take on such a task.When UAVs have less than a few minutes to survive in enemy airspace, they must also have a mission.

A platoon leader was driving at the forefront of the troops, carefully using the terrain to advance.A large number of burning tanks on the battlefield plowed by terminal bombs in front and the high humidity in the subcontinent made his thermal imaging camera almost lose its effectiveness in detecting deep areas.He couldn't see at all the targets that might be hiding behind the flames.

Like all armored soldiers, he has mixed feelings about the terminal bombs, knowing that they are the nemesis, and only hopes that these things will only fall on the enemy's head.However, the similar weapons carried by the M270 may explode on its own head at any time. Once the smart ammunition of the composite sensor that works simultaneously with infrared and millimeter waves falls on the head, there is almost no remedy.

He communicated with the rear every 2 minutes to report the enemy's movements.But he hadn't seen a moving enemy tank or any other vehicle so far, only a scorching silence before his eyes.

"I repeat, I saw no moving enemy vehicles. Most of the destroyed ones seen so far are tanks, and some are Bradley fighting vehicles."

"Is there a Bradley Chariot?" He Fan responded, obviously he didn't like this result very much.

"Yes, there are some."

"Go ahead and put down the infantry at an appropriate distance, but don't pull the infantry too far." He Fan continued to guide the reconnaissance from a few kilometers away, and he was eager to learn about new enemy situations.

"clear."

"If you encounter remnants of the enemy, annihilate them immediately. For those damaged enemy tanks, if necessary, shoot again."

The tank keeps moving forward, if the enemy tanks rush out of this sea of ​​fire, the platoon leader is sure that there is no weapon against them, the artillery fired missiles fired by the 100mm gun can drill a hole in the enemy's side, but the jets will not work on the front of those tanks .As for the 100mm anti-explosive bomb, it can only penetrate behind the M1A2 tank.He gave the order to stop and let the infantry go.

6 tanks put down about half a company of infantry carrying anti-tank weapons, and then the tanks maintained their speed and continued to approach the sea of ​​flames.These tanks must now rely on the cover of infantry. The infantry company carries 6 top-attack anti-tank missiles, which are more suitable for dealing with enemy tanks than these heavy tanks armed to the teeth.

The platoon leader approached an enemy tank from the side, and could see all its hatches open, its gun barrel tilted to one side, apparently the crew had abandoned the vehicle and fled.He made a low-speed detour to the side 200 meters away and fired a shot at the target. The shell exploded on the side and failed to penetrate.

A Bradley Fighting Vehicle suddenly rushed out of the flames and fired an anti-tank missile.But the distance was too close, and the missile failed to adjust its trajectory effectively and missed the target.The two sides launched an artillery battle at extremely close range.Bradley's 25mm machine gun first turned to the target, and then fired at the frontal armor of the Chinese infantry. The 502G has withstood the terrible test. The frontal armor was penetrated twice, but it did not hurt the vitals.Immediately, the turret of the Chinese infantry battle was rotated into place, and the 2mm cannon quickly responded.At a distance of less than 30 meters, the two sides launched a clumsy and monotonous exchange of fire until a 150mm artillery shell ended the battle.

Obviously the enemy has not completely withdrawn from the battlefield.The reconnaissance mission of the Chinese infantry was completed, the smoke prevention began, and the retreat was reversed.An M1A2 tank then appears.It fired a shot into the smoke, hitting the IFV in reverse, but the vehicle's fire extinguishing gear kicked in quickly, allowing the crew to flee.

The U.S. tank continued to advance, and within about 10 seconds, it was hit by the rest of the Chinese infantry fighting vehicles with various weapons no less than a hundred times, but none of them could penetrate the front.However, the loader of this tank was seriously injured in the attack of the terminal bomb just now, so he did not complete the second round of loading for a long time.The remaining three members did not retreat with Yelinsky's brigade, nor did they abandon the tank. Under the protection of a Bradley, they carried out an in-situ repair. After the tank restarted, it hit Chinese scouts.

One of the missiles lifted off and folded downwards, completely destroying the tank.

This encounter prompted He Fan to judge that the main force of the enemy was still in front of him. He did not put his final maneuvering ability into the action of cutting off the enemy's retreat into New Delhi in time. Instead, he adopted a more secure plan and quickly moved closer to the northern Pakistani army. , to restore the supply line.

This made Yelinsky leave the battlefield in embarrassment, but this multinational coalition army must face a new choice. Should it jump to the outside line before the encirclement is closed, or retreat into New Delhi with the Indian troops?

Frings, commanding Agra, realized that the fighting was hopeless, and he had an hour to save his troops before dawn.If the main force can be withdrawn, it can always pose a threat to the outside line of the Chinese army while waiting for support, forcing them to disperse their forces when attacking New Delhi. This is the best way to retreat.

At the same time, Yahini's tanks separated from the slow infantry in the rear, and the infantry transport vehicles continued south to complete the mission of rendezvous with the Chinese army and open up a line of communication.

And he outflanked the rear of the enemy's frontal defense line, expecting to use a swift and violent offensive to dominate the Japanese army in front of Amir. If the enemy was sensible, they might have given up their defense at this moment and retreated backwards. Destroy the enemy while they are weakened from their evacuated position.

It all depends on whether he can block those Japanese as quickly as possible. If they retreat into New Delhi, it will be a huge disaster. Weapons are still unable to penetrate its defenses), so the opponent must also be well suited to fighting in the rubble of the city.

(End of this chapter)