Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 129 Opening the Record
In the cabin of the MiG-27, the Indian pilots who kept looking back began to lose patience.

"Squadron leader, I'm in some trouble. There's an enemy plane that's always at 6 o'clock and I can't get rid of it."

Panting heavily, Rajesh asked for help from the missing lead plane. He knew that the only one who could save him was the omnipotent squadron leader in the sky above this no-man's land.

"Rajesh, do you remember the col when we pulled up, where to fly. I'm there." The long-lost voice on the radio reappeared.

"clear."

The enemy plane in front of Zheng Hui began to buckle to the left, and quickly passed the outside of the infrared aiming ring. He was still using his low-altitude performance to dodge, and the J-8II was temporarily unable to catch the opportunity to fire.Zheng Hui guessed that he probably got some kind of instructions from the radio, so he changed his previous routine and started flying towards the south.Seeing that the MiG 27 fled from the mountain pass on the south side back to the south side of the McMahon Line.Zheng Hui followed closely behind, waiting for further opportunities.

The MiG-27 lead plane suddenly appeared from behind Zheng Hui without warning. Sure enough, he never left the battlefield, but just hid in the low altitude.Now that the two sides are at the 9 o'clock position of the other side, such a situation will inevitably force Zheng Hui to give up tracking and deal with them.

"Move three crutches, leave it to me, and you continue to chase." Wingman Liu Zecheng appeared in time and followed the enemy's lead plane.

"Just force him away, don't do it recklessly." Zheng Hui continued to keep a steady track, and at the same time reminded his wingman not to underestimate his opponent.

The MiG lead plane was unmoved, and turned with an unbelievably small radius to bite Zheng Hui's rear at 5 o'clock, but his height was slightly lower and he could not fire (the MiG 27 has no fire control radar and cannot conduct vertical scanning , so nothing can be done about targets above the HUD).

Perhaps the lead plane was over-eager to save the wingman, and did not see that another J-8II behind it was covering.He was too focused on attacking Zheng Hui's fighter, and no one reminded him that he was in a battle where the mantis made up for the oriole.And Zheng Hui always knew that he was behind him.

In a hurry, the MiG 27UPG lead plane launched an R60 missile when the altitude was not dominant.The missile flew towards the J-8II above with a very reluctant initial velocity.

Liu Zecheng immediately reminded Zheng Hui that the opponent had already opened fire, and Zheng Hui was forced to give up the pursuit and turn sharply to one side (he could also choose to dive and accelerate, so that the missile with insufficient kinetic energy missed him, but the rear view of the J-8II is not ideal, which is not very good. safe).Zheng Hui turned his head and saw the missile flying in a huge arc towards the clouds above without hesitation. It seemed that the purpose of the lead plane was only to destroy his aiming, otherwise he would not have fired one.

So Zheng Hui continued to buckle back and turn on the radar again for aperture aiming.He believed that although his aircraft was not dominant, the performance of heat-seeking missiles must be superior. On the battlefield, combat missiles were far more reliable than those semi-actively guided PL11s.At the same time his RWS began to flicker.Evidence of radar scans detected at distant locations on the southern outer circle, defined as a minor threat by the radar warning unit, clearly remain incapable of meaningful follow-up.It can now be guessed that this is either an Indian early warning aircraft or a Su-30MKI that uses a phased array radar.

"Yangtze River, we found a group of enemy planes in the south, the altitude and distance are unknown, maybe it is Su-30MKI."

"The twin planes of the 98th regiment are coming, and the other twin plane formation of the regiment is also coming."

"Damn it, this breakthrough is really difficult."

Zheng Hui cursed suddenly, and the deputy division commander could totally hear that, besides complaining that the enemy would not give in easily, he was also worried that the record-breaking result would fall into the hands of others.

Fighter pilots always have some deep selfishness in their hearts. If a civil airliner pilot draws a safe landing mark on a Boeing 747, it will definitely become a joke.But for fighter pilots only, a kill mark would be the crowning honour, something they would never get in a drill.

Zheng Hui's radar aperture finally caught the enemy plane. He pressed the intercept button and looked back at the same time.The following enemy plane was struggling to climb up, and there was no time to launch the final attack (Lieutenant Colonel Dabrini only had the last R60 left), and now Zheng Hui had a time window in his hand.

The enemy plane in front was still rolling to get rid of it, but it was not what it used to be. He no longer had enough height and speed to make decent movements on the vertical plane to escape radar tracking. On the HUD, launch permission finally lights up.

Zheng Hui fired the remaining 2 PL8 missiles in salvo again at intervals of one and a half seconds.He didn't take a second look to see if his missile was flying towards the target, but immediately turned to avoid the aim of the MiG leader who had just occupied the position.The lead plane was making a final effort, like a wasp that couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

"Captain, I see you hit."

Liu Zecheng, who was still at an altitude of 4000 meters, cheered.

Zheng Hui didn't feel extra excitement, because it was difficult for him to get rid of the enemy's pursuit.

"Dongyao, don't use the radar, this guy hasn't spotted you yet. It's up to you to kill him now."

Zheng Hui reversed the joystick and used afterburner again at the same time.Instead of directly trying to speed up his escape, he wanted to lure his opponent into a scissors chase with him so that his wingmen could shorten the distance to aim.But he can't guarantee that the Su-30MKI in the distance will not warn their comrades-in-arms by radio (it is known that the Indian MiG 27UPG does not have a data link system). In theory, the high-power active phased array radar of the Su-30MKI far outside the battlefield should It is possible to see the battlefield clearly.

On the far edge of the battlefield, the two Su-2MKIs of 102 Squadron had indeed seen the battlefield clearly, but Dabrini's fighter jets could not use the data link to grasp the complete situation around them in time (the Su-30 pilot thought that Lieutenant Colonel Dabrini knew that there was a follow-up fighter jets, not alerted by VHF communication, and in fact since Liu Zecheng did not use radar, Dabrini did not know he was in danger at this time.)
The distraction of the Su-30 pilots was understandable, thinking that they did have more things to worry about. On the radar screen, they saw Chinese fighter jets approaching, several times larger than themselves.

Liu Zecheng was overly worried about the safety of the head of the regiment, and the timing of firing was a little too hasty. He rushed to launch the first missile 3 kilometers away.He hoped in his heart that the enemy would not react.

The missile slowly approached the last MiG-27UPG on the battlefield.He watched as the orange plume of the missile almost merged with the blue flame of the aircraft's afterburner.But a moment later, the MiG-27 began to release a large number of tracer bombs, and then turned sharply, and the PL8 was detonated by the tracer bombs in the air.Liu Zecheng lost his patience again, and stepped up the accelerator to chase after him, but the lead plane gave up the attack, got into the mountain, and disappeared after a few strokes.

"Dong Yaoliang, don't worry about it, we have to continue to protect the radar station."

Zheng Hui returned to an altitude of 4000 meters with a huge circle. He knew that it would be very dangerous to go deep into the enemy's territory to pursue the lead MiG plane. Although letting such an opponent escape would indeed leave trouble behind.

"With three crutches, I only have one missile left. It is difficult to deal with the enemy Su-30."

"Head Zheng, you can retreat, this place is reserved for the 98th regiment." The ground command post said.

"Yangtze River, without snow mountain radar guidance, the 98th regiment is also very difficult to fight. It's better for us to stick to it for a while."

When Zheng Hui was speaking, he found that there was a new display on the radar warning device, and an early warning aircraft of his own side suddenly appeared in the north.Then on its own multi-function display, the data link began to upload a large amount of information.He thought this was probably the reason why he hadn't noticed the 98 J-4s of the 11th Regiment, because they were guided by an early warning aircraft, so they didn't turn on the radar, and the radar pulse of the early warning aircraft had been blocked by the snow mountain.

He adjusted the magnification of the display. In addition to the 4 J-11s, there were also J-10A fighter jets coming from the east. It seemed that the mere 2 Su-30MKIs would never dare to attack the Snow Mountain radar station again.

"Yangtze River, I suggest that we go deep into the hinterland of southern Tibet and warn them."

"The air police have taken over the command. I can't command the brother troops. Don't disobey orders. Go back to the airport, you are running out of fuel."

Zheng Hui took his first victory and flew back to the airport where he took off.

At this moment, Dabrini was flying back out of breath, he didn't know where such a strict plan went wrong.Of course, he was unwilling to admit that he failed in this confrontation. First, he saw his teammate Rajesh ejected out of the cabin, and the parachute floated towards the Indian position.Second, he and his teammates successively fired long-range precision-guided weapons.So far, there is no sign of the radar continuing to work (the radar warning device has no response), and it is hard to say that the missiles launched may have hit the radar.

"I'm a shark, please speak." He flew into the clouds and tried to restore communication with the ground.

"Shark, this is the Jabwa base."

"How about the second attack?"

"The plane has turned back, and several enemy planes with us have been found in the airspace. We can't fight hard."

"Please remind the ground forces to always search for our pilots around the line of control."

"Okay, the shark told me the exact location."

"For the record, latitude 29 degrees 10 north, longitude 94 degrees 46 east, that's where I last saw him, near a river that skirts a mountain that's still covered in snow. That's all."

"This location is very close to the Chinese base on the mountain. Are you sure he won't float to that side?"

"I'm not sure, I've been watching the crosswinds today, it's a possibility, but someone has to get my men back, I don't want them to pull my brother on TV for a promotion, I know they do come up with something like this."

As the squadron leader, Dabrini had to prepare for the worst. A month ago, when several Su-30s were shot down by surface-to-air missiles in the northern provinces of Pakistan, the Pakistani side did not hesitate to violate the Geneva Convention and send prisoners The footage was released to the world along with the wreckage of the plane.

"Okay, I'll notify Border Patrol right away."

"In addition, have you found any sign that their radar on the snow line is turned on?"

"I haven't found it. I haven't found such a situation in several years, but now they have sent an early warning aircraft to patrol 7000 meters above the snow mountain. It seems to want to make up for the gap in that radar."

(End of this chapter)