Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 206 Sea and Sky Chase

The MiG 29 finally slowed down and lost its cumbersome auxiliary fuel tank.Captain Rolle ordered the trailing wingman to use the radar search immediately.Because he deliberately hid behind the clouds, the IRST search effect was not very good, so now he needs to determine the enemy's location through the data link.For the captain, the data link is a new gadget. He has never used it before, but he has long known several tactics related to the data link; in previous confrontations, Pakistan's Falcon Squadron used With this kind of technology, one light and one dark are adopted, and the method of attacking from both sides is adopted. When you think that there is only one radar, they actually have many fighters, which will accurately kill them from all unexpected directions.Now he will do the same.

The wingman's beetle radar quickly searched for the formation of enemy planes. As the captain expected, it was 45 kilometers to the west in front of the wingman. It was still difficult for the wingman to launch the R77, but the captain happened to be hiding in the enemy's 8 The o'clock position, this is a direction that they are not easy to pay attention to.Judging from the evasive actions of the two enemy planes, they are slowly entering a position where they can attack, and the distance is about 2 kilometers.

Rolle did not quickly gain a favorable altitude, and he still needed a distance covered by clouds.He hopes to be able to launch combat missiles more effectively at visual distance.

The escape speed of the enemy planes has never been greatly improved, which proves the captain's guess—they dare not use afterburner.He could imagine what he would do if he was in that situation?The pilots participating in this ultra-long-distance raid mission will not be idiots. They must be the last elite of the Pakistan Air Force. Therefore, Rolle told himself: Don’t be too impatient.

Hamid has been paying attention to the radar tracking from the rear. Judging from the pulse characteristics, it is obvious that it is a MiG-29 fighter.The major and the wingman deliberately opened up some distance and altitude, which made the beetle radar only use the method of scanning and tracking to monitor 2 targets.Obviously the enemy is not willing to give up any J-11BS. Generally speaking, one-on-one radar tracking and shooting is always the most effective for air combat.Of course, it can also be seen from the side that the enemy plane behind here is still far away. If he is not far behind, it is obvious that a target must be abandoned.

"Major, have you come up with a solution?" the wingman asked.

"We can't turn back and fight him. Keep him close and I think we can take him out with an easy combo. We're outnumbered after all," said Hamid, who was delusional in his assumptions.In modern air combat, not every fighter in the air will turn on the radar, of course he knows this.

"You continue on the original course, I'm heading west. Force him to give up a goal, and then..."

"I see the major, who is he targeting, and the other counterattacks?"

"That's right, now our plane is smart enough to kill him in the simplest way, but not too much fighting. Do you understand what I mean?"

"of course."

The two J-2BS began to part ways as planned, the wingman still flew straight to Karachi, while Major Hamid turned westward at the risk of excessive fuel consumption.He turned almost in front of Roll's muzzle.

The trailing MiG-29 could not continue to use radar to track 2 targets that were drifting away at the same time.The enemy is posing a problem to him, trying to escape from his grasp.

"Captain, their formation broke up and they flew in different directions. I can't shoot 2 targets at the same time."

"You continue to track target No. 2, and leave No. 1 to me. You can shoot with medium-range bullets, and then speed up to pursue, but don't get too close."

"understood."

As the wingman's head turned, Captain Roll's HDD display also lost the update of another enemy's track.But the enemy must be moving from 2 o'clock to 1 o'clock - a very ideal azimuth.The captain still didn't want to expose himself, and always used the IRST channel. He had completely guessed the enemy's mind, so all he had to do now was to slightly adjust the course and prepare for the attack.

Finally, the infrared tracking and search system responded. Behind the thin floating clouds, a series of dotted lines composed of light spots appeared on the head-up display.He can estimate that the enemy should be slowing down, and the distance is about 12 to 15 kilometers, so there is no need to rush to measure the distance.In a typical 2v1 tactic, one wingman pretends to escape in front, while the other stealthily slows down and drags behind the trailing fighter out of sight.According to their wishful thinking, the counterattack will hardly waste the voyage.If such tricks can succeed by luck, then today must be a big day for Pakistan that can be recorded in history.

At the other end of the battlefield, the MiG wingman intercepted the target with one-on-one tracking, and then fired an R77 medium-range bomb.Rolle predicted that in a few tens of seconds, the enemy's radar warning device would detect something and begin to dodge it.And that would also be the counterattack signal for the lead plane hiding on one side.The captain quietly followed the target, kept within a small azimuth to the left, and lowered the altitude. He did the opposite, just to hide in a blind spot where the enemy's sight was not easy to see.

The IRST lock box has lassoed the target.I can't see the plane yet, but I guess I can see it through the sea of ​​clouds. After all, it is a big plane.The computer's default attack method is the R73 missile, which is a missile that can be guided by IRST.The enemy plane began to move slowly, and he began to slowly turn to the MiG-29 wingman to the east, also without using radar.Luo Er had already seen through his opponent's tricks, so he was not surprised.These pakistan pilots are always greedy, let them suffer today.

When the last cloud and mist disappeared, Rohr saw a black dot on the HUD.It was indeed a heavy fighter with twin vertical tails. It was rumored that China had provided Pakistan with a few single-seater aircraft, but this one was obviously a two-seater aircraft, and these aircraft apparently appeared on the battlefield for the first time.He estimated that the distance was less than 10 kilometers, the MiG-29 was in an excellent trailing lag, and the enemy plane hadn't noticed it yet.The captain aimed the aperture at the black dot, a melee mode.He keeps his movements as slow as the target, and even if the enemy's backseat pilot turns around, it is easy to be blocked by the horizontal tail on one side.

The two wingmen were still chasing fiercely at this time, and the MiG-2 seemed to have difficulty taking advantage of it. The medium-range missiles he launched at a distance of 29 kilometers were easily thrown off.Now he had to rush up and fight.

Hamid's infrared search system also caught the target.The enemy was flashing past him anxiously, on a hungry wolf pounced on the bait.The search ring was tightly looped around the MiG.The blinding flames from its afterburner allowed the MiG's infrared radiation to be intercepted at a distance of 10 kilometers.

But the Major suddenly found it all too easy.Few pilots can still sprint so bravely after a target disappears from the radar, especially Indian pilots have not been very brave.

"It's too suspicious, we have to check our back." As he spoke, the major made a rolling motion.The moment the plane turned upside down, he and the weapons operator saw a white spot on the blue sea at the same time, and the two couldn't help but gasp.

This is a brand-new MiG-29, completely different from those old-fashioned MiG-29s whose paint is peeling off badly and glistens in the sun.The Indian pilot in the cockpit was looking up at his opponent above.The major knew that if he could see such details, it meant the distance was only a few kilometers.

The weapon operator in the back seat had quick hands and eyes, and quickly pressed the button on the jamming bomb panel, releasing 3 sets of infrared jamming bombs.In the white eyes all over the sky, the major immediately turned at a huge angle of attack. The enemy was at a tricky angle, but the distance and height were not ideal.

But the enemy plane did not give the major a chance to get rid of it quickly. On the contrary, he moved just as fast, biting the rear of the J-11BS tightly, and quickly changed the tracking mode to radar mode.The radar warning began to scream. The short warm-up time of the beetle radar did not exceed Hamid's expectation. To get rid of the enemy, he hopes to use the excellent maneuverability of the J-11BS under light loads to turn the situation around with a somersault and bring the enemies who cannot climb into the attack range of the front hemisphere.However, the enemy plane did not show any weakness, pursued with all its power regardless of fuel, and would always bite Hamid. The major could not even get rid of the enemy's radar. It was indeed difficult to use chaff to interfere with the enemy's radar at such a distance.

The J-11BS is always moving above Roll's canopy, trying to reverse its passiveness in one fell swoop with one or two movements at a large angle of attack.Rolle knew exactly what the other party was afraid of. He was only 250 kilometers away from the airport in Gujarat, and they had 750 kilometers left.So as long as the air battle is delayed for 2 minutes, they will definitely not be able to go back.

The vertical scan barely intercepted the enemy plane above. Roll immediately launched two R2 missiles. He didn't expect to hit them. In the manual of the R77 missiles, the angle of attack and the In the state of pitch angle, it is meaningless to forcefully fire; but the captain can use this shot to frighten the enemy and reduce some weight at the same time. The heavy machine has great maneuverability and must be handled with care.The current plan is to slowly entangle with the anxious enemy. Normally, the range is a disadvantage of the MiG-77, but today's situation is just the opposite.

As expected, the missile flew to nowhere with two strange trails.But Roll's climb rate has also increased a bit, and his fuel has already exceeded half, and his maneuverability has not been compromised in the slightest.The enemy planes had completed somersaults and entered a dive, and Roll followed closely behind, not daring to relax at all. These enemy planes could probably launch missiles anywhere in the forward hemisphere with the help of the helmet sight, so they had to guard against them.

(End of this chapter)