Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 169 MiG 29K
The chariot did start to emit smoke again, but the little tricolor flag waving on the whip antenna exposed it from the smoke and made an excellent target.The gunner fired the shell through the smoke and knocked it out. At this distance, this 120mm gun is sure to penetrate any tank in the world.Abad directed his tanks to continue to back up, looking for new targets.During this period, the Indian infantry fired several rockets from hundreds of meters away, but none of them hit.Abad knew very well that the collapse of the entire defense line was imminent, and the 4 shells he saved would not have much effect.

A small plane buzzed over the battlefield without firing any weapons, like a passerby insulting the battlefield. No one knew which side the small plane belonged to, or if it was just a reconnaissance drone.

At 5:10 in the morning, the runway lights at Peshawar Airport were turned on again, and fighter jets began to take off.The task of these planes is to use new weapons to attack the tank clusters on the banks of the Indus River. The latest intelligence shows that the Indian army has established several river crossing points in the Indus River Basin in Sindh Province, and several pontoon bridges have been built. There are a large number of tanks and military vehicles gathered on both sides of the east and west, which is a good time to strike.

It was the first time for Zhang Chengyan, the head of the regiment, to come to Pakistan. In fact, this was also the first time he had dropped such a bomb. Before that, he had only dropped simulated ammunition during the exercise.The horizontal bombing of this kind of bomb is easy to say, as long as you enter the bombing area at a height of 2000 to 3500 meters, and then drop the bomb into a rectangular ground of 100 meters by 350 meters, it is qualified, and the rest can be left to the The bomb does it by itself.The throwing procedure of this weapon is similar to that of a cluster bomb, requiring a reconnaissance pod to observe the cluster 15 kilometers away to select a throwing location. Of course, the greater the density of enemy vehicles on the ground, the better the effect will be.Each of its bullets can search for the heat source signal by itself, generally speaking, it is the engine part of the tank with weak armor, and then shoot a copper self-forging warhead to fly towards it.It is said that at least during the exercise, the efficiency is very high.So far, only similar munitions made in the United States have been combat-tested.

The Chinese-made ammunition under the wings of the Flying Leopard combat bomber cannot use a more accurate delivery method. It can only carry out horizontal bombing during the day, and the accuracy is completely controlled by the pilot and weapon operator.

Zhang Chengyan and his 7 top pilots came to XJ Frontier Airport from a bomber division in southern China just one day ago. The original planned simulated attack drill was suddenly ordered to go into actual combat. It is said that the Pakistani army is about to fail Living.

"Planes 01 and 02 request to take off," he said.In front of him, Sammy's J-10 fighter jet was taxiing and accelerating.

"01 and 02 can take off. After take off, turn to the 'red flag' channel." The tower also came in Chinese.

"clear."

He watched the veteran Pakistani pilot in front of him pilot the J-10B and pulled up lightly. He and another Flying Leopard followed closely behind and took off.The navigation part of this mission is relatively simple. In the first stage, we rely on the cover of the Suleiman Mountains to go north. Then, under the guidance of the early warning aircraft jointly commanded by China and Pakistan, we break through the central mountain range, cross the mountain range and fly at low altitude to avoid India's long-range early warning radar. However, the old-fashioned radars deployed by India in Punjab cannot see this area, and some of the frontier missile forces have insufficient search radars, do not form a network, and cannot effectively track the navigation route.Before the fleet reaches the target area, there will be some specific instructions on the ground and in the air, directing them to fly to those targets east of the pontoon.If at this stage there is still no response from the IAF, then the mission is largely a success.Once the enemy fighter planes take off from the front-line airports in western India to intercept, the situation will become complicated and Pakistani fighter jets will be required to provide cover.In addition to India's air supremacy, Zhang Chengyan is also more worried about ground anti-aircraft guns. Flying at ultra-low altitude can avoid radar, but in such a desert landscape, the enemy's anti-aircraft guns will have enough time to aim.

The fighter planes flew close to the mountain all the way, and the four Flying Leopards could exchange data with Sami's J-4B fighter jet and a ZDK10 early warning aircraft that took off earlier.However, he knew that it would be a trouble to find that ground tank groups often need ground guidance, but this trouble belongs to the early warning command aircraft.

"This is the red flag, and the Indian Air Force has not been spotted taking off yet." Someone in the early warning aircraft said in Chinese, apparently another Chinese liaison officer, and he was in charge of communication on the Pakistani early warning aircraft.Up to now, diplomatic secrecy is no longer important. Some people on the AWACS guide the pilots of different nationalities in different languages, and only when necessary, all people switch to English.

"I understand."

"Beware of the mountain on the left, you are 100 meters above it."

"Understood, I can see."

Zhang Chengyan glanced at the navigation map on the mission computer. The scheduled route has already passed halfway. If the Indian fighter jets are going to take off, now is the right time.On the screen, there are many triangles moving slowly. He knows that the fighter jets taking off from several airports are concentrating towards the south, hoping to distract the Indians. There are 2 fighting missiles on the Flying Leopard, but Commander Zhang Not going to use them.He saw the J-10 fighter jet in front of him swaying, brushing the mountain and crossing the mountain ridge. The data link information paused for a while, obviously it was rapidly lowering its altitude.

"Attention all over the team, prepare to cross the ridge. Watch out for enemy radar."

Four stout bombers carried bombs and reconnaissance pods and climbed over the Suleiman Mountains. On Zhang Chengyan's electronic threat analysis system, the warning lights flashed a few times. As his height dropped rapidly, the signal quickly disappeared. , it appears that the enemy's lack of long-range search radar is correct.

"Like a search radar for sky missiles. But it's gone," said the pilot in the back seat. "I can launch an anti-radiation missile."

"No, it seems that the distance is still very far." He said and entered the terrain avoidance mode, trying not to expose the aircraft prematurely.

"We will see the sunrise soon." In the formation channel, someone said in English, apparently the Pakistani pilot in front.

"I'm worried that their large early warning aircraft is in the air," Zhang Chengyan said.

"Their large early warning aircraft cannot always be in the air, because there are only two left, and some small balance beams. We just need to rely on a little luck, and we will not run into them." Sami said proudly, afraid Others do not know that he shot down an early warning aircraft.

"Power on the scout pod."

"understood."

The pilot in the back seat began to adjust the reconnaissance pod under the belly of the aircraft. After the sun appeared, he needed to use the wide-field optical system to find the target.

"Our drone has found the battlefield just now." Someone in the early warning aircraft said.Soon a data link appeared on the multi-purpose display, sending the location information of the Indian armored force assembly area obtained by the Pakistani reconnaissance unit. There are a total of 3 markers, but there is no other more information.Zhang Chengyan must quickly assign tasks.

"I hope that the second formation will fly to Sukkur," he said, "and the two areas in the south will be settled by me and Dongliang."

"Agree." The early warning aircraft replied.

"The attack was carried out according to the intention of the command plane, and the formation was disbanded," he said.His self-chosen target was 25 kilometers south of Sukkur, on the east bank of the river.

On the early warning plane, Major General Islam discovered that several formations of Indian planes from Punjab and Rajasthan were flying across the border. Was it just to perform their ground tactical mission or an interception mission?He was not sure.But he couldn't take risks with this mission, so he commanded the various formations that had already taken off to intercept them separately.

The Flying Leopard pilot could see from the monitor that Sami's fighter jet suddenly accelerated and flew towards 9 o'clock, and several Indian planes were approaching 300 kilometers away.

The sun finally jumped above the eastern horizon.Zhang Chengyan could clearly see the thick smoke rising into the sky in front of him.The Indus is just ahead.He began to climb, throwing this kind of bomb requires a height of 2000 meters to 3500 meters, which is different from ordinary aerial bombs.

"Commander, the enemy has a formation approaching from the southeast." The weapon operator in the rear seat reminded. The early warning aircraft appeared on the HDD and has identified 2 MiG-29 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force.They flew from 250 kilometers away from the south. Judging from the Goa Dabaolin base where they took off, they were likely to be MiG-29Ks of the Indian Navy.

"Leave them alone and get ready to drop the bombs."

At this time, Sami's J-10 fighter jet had crossed the river. He found that India's ground air defense was weaker than expected. Perhaps in the order of their march, the air defense brigade of the group army was ranked behind.He could see military vehicles snaking across the ground, but no anti-aircraft guns were firing at him.The radar scanning efficiency of this new type of aircraft is very high, and it can easily scan multiple targets and track them quickly. This makes it unnecessary for him to enter the traditional one-on-one tracking, and will soon intercept the Indian attack aircraft that is still flying straight on the opposite side. 2 Jaguar attack aircraft, which made him slightly disappointed.Soon he also saw through the data link that a pair of MiG-29 aircraft was approaching the No. 01 fighter-bomber head-on in the south, but the early warning aircraft did not give him specific instructions until the audio allowing the launch of missiles sounded.It is difficult for him to choose between prey and escort, because his nature is insatiable.In the end, Sami chose a compromise method and launched two medium-range missiles at a very long distance.He estimated that even if they only entered 90.00% of the envelope, it would not be easy for these old Indian attack aircraft to escape, because they are still moving forward recklessly. Obviously, the backward electronic warning equipment did not inform the pilot that they had been intercepted .When the missile radar turned on and intercepted the target on its own, he immediately turned and flew south.When he accelerated to Mach 1.2, the early warning aircraft sent good news.

"Black Spider, the leader, shot down a Jaguar, and the other turned around and escaped."

"Looks like we were lucky, their AWACS didn't show up today."

"There is another problem. There is an enemy MiG-29 formation to the south. It is threatening the bombers."

"I saw it, leave it to me."

"But Colonel, they have two."

"Let me try and scare them away."

(End of this chapter)