Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 234 Head-on attack
When the colonel turned his head, he felt a flash of light that disappeared for a moment, and he knew it must be the reflection of the plane's canopy or the paint-peeling tail.He immediately gave up the strafing plan, and instead focused on observing the rear.Sure enough, he saw two black spots moving under the clouds, and he wanted to go around behind him depending on the situation.Sami has been able to spot the enemy early warning aircraft staying in the Arabian Sea before, but he did not detect the radar of the enemy fighter jets, which shows that these enemy planes were dispatched by the air command early warning aircraft, but these Indian pilots were a little impatient and did not use the clouds to carry out effective operations. Concealment, maybe they think that two-on-one is an unstable business.

Sammy pretended not to know and continued to complete his circle. It took him ten seconds to look around to make sure there was no third enemy aircraft outside the formation.

The Indian pilots began to stealthily climb, hoping to open fire on the rear of the Pakistani fighter.This is a bombing formation of two Tejas fighters belonging to the 45th Air Dagger Squadron.Since the squadron leader Jaafar was shot down and listed as missing, the squadron was merged into the attack aircraft wing that was responsible for front-line support, and the commander of the first squadron was also responsible for the command of the troops. Since then, these short-legged The Brilliant Fighter has been reduced to a miscellaneous role, taking off to attack some irrelevant ground targets whose results are difficult to confirm.Today their task was also to bomb the outskirts of Karachi, but it seems that some timing has changed. The Pakistani Air Force, which has not shown up for a long time, suddenly appeared in the sky, and only one early warning aircraft saw it; the early warning aircraft immediately assigned this formation closest to the theater to intercept.The two LCAs quickly dropped their bombs and rushed to the target. Everyone knew that the war was coming to an end, and how precious it is to grab a victory now.

After flying for a period of time according to the data link instructions, they searched for the enemy plane 7 kilometers away with the naked eye, and then the lead plane made a plan: quietly go around to the rear to launch a surprise attack.

The "Glorious" fighter jet has a good view. The pilot watched the enemy plane at 10 o'clock getting closer and closer. From the appearance, this is a suspected Chinese-made J-10B fighter jet, but at this distance, it is still very difficult. Final confirmation.

Sammy kept turning his head to observe the enemy plane, pretending not to know, and luring the enemy to chase it.There are two enemy planes, and they have already occupied a favorable position. From the principle of air combat, it is impossible for him to win.In air combat without medium-range missiles, pilots must rely on a slight advantage in hovering or climbing to engage in dogfighting. Fighters flying in formation have a huge advantage over a single enemy. It is also difficult for guys to challenge this advantage.However, Sami will not just flee the battlefield. He deliberately keeps the distance between the two sides so that the enemy always falls on the edge of the envelope of the R73 missile.He knew very well that it was difficult for a fighter pilot to resist the temptation, and he would definitely take the risk of turning on the afterburner and striving to catch up.He also knew that behind the col ahead, there was a ground anti-aircraft emplacement with a slower reaction time, and its guns were aimed roughly due east.It wasn't the first time he played this move, but after all, there were some risks, because it was very dangerous for him to judge the enemy's distance with his naked eyes.

The battle on the ground was in full swing, and Sammy took the time to look down. The Indian tanks were charging, and his plane flew across the battlefield again, obviously disrupting the formation of T72 again, and the tanks made dodge movements.This made Sammy a little proud. Even without bombs, the air force can deter the enemy, and such deterrence will make it longer for the enemy to rush across the front of the battlefield.

The trailing Indian lead plane made a desperate decision. He put aside the non-stop flashing fuel warning and devoted himself to the pursuit. He didn't know the distance of the erratic enemy plane. Visually, it should be within 3 kilometers. This distance For R73, too reluctantly.He lowered his head to switch the fuel into the aircraft, then dumped the remaining [-] liters of fuel in the tank and mailbox.

Seeing the enemy drop the fuel tank, Sammy knew he was being fooled. He drove the J-10B over the ridge at a very low altitude, and immediately made a roll and released the chaff, which made it difficult for the centimeter-wave fire control radar on the ground to track it. he.

At the same time, the commander of the 37mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on the ground became excited, and the plane dared to fly back again, and played a trick to prevent him from hitting it.The observer on the hill told him by radio: 105 position, the second plane came again.This made the commander temporarily calm down his anger. He thought, these Indian planes are simply deceiving people, and they want to test their own fire nets along the same route.He said in his heart: Come on, this time I want to show you a little color.

The leader of the "Glorious" plane rushed over the col with high throttle, all his attention was focused on the prey that was about to be caught in front of him, and he did not notice the threat below at all, and for some reason, the legal electronic warning equipment on this plane did not kick in.

Four light-tube artillery fired at the Indian aircraft overhead, which was only a few hundred meters high. The barrage immediately blocked the aircraft's forward route. When the pilot found himself in the fire net, it was already too late.After he was hit by a lot of bombs in the plane, he barely ejected out of the cabin, but the fragments from the shells cut the parachute into rags, and the pilot fell heavily to the ground...

The Brilliant wingman dragged back 2 meters, which allowed him to use an almost out-of-control turn to avoid ground artillery fire.He hoarsely reported the alarming news that the lead plane had been shot down to the AWACS. The other end of the AWACS listened to him quietly, and then reminded him in a calm tone: that Pakistani plane seemed to be turning around.

Sammy turned his head around and prepared to fight back, but he didn't dare to cross the anti-aircraft artillery position commanded by the idiot, so he could only walk a certain distance.He was very happy that he was able to play such a trick with the support of early warning aircraft in the local area, but he was also a little regretful, because it was unlikely that this record would be credited to his name.So no matter what, he couldn't let that wingman escape back today.While all the people in Pakistan were thinking about how the war would end, these things were on the colonel's mind.

The wingman had been dangling from his 10 o'clock position, gaining some altitude advantage.He estimated that the 37mm anti-aircraft gun should not be able to reach him, so he turned the nose of the aircraft and used radar tracking.The afterburner of the enemy plane was shining brightly, and it was obvious that the pilot could no longer care about calculating the fuel for the return trip.If it is purely about speed, Sami has great confidence in this J-10B. The Brilliant Fighter has no speed advantage at any altitude.The active phased array radar quickly intercepted the enemy plane that was not maneuvering much in front; through the observation of the battlefield during this period, he found that the LCA rarely made large maneuvers when it was close to Mach 1. This is probably the flight manual regulations.

In the cockpit of the LCA wingman, the warning sound of radar tracking made the Indian pilot's scalp tingle.The cunning J-10B hid in the blind spot below 6 o'clock and the situation was unknown. He could only see it with a barrel roll, but doing that would obviously affect the speed.The data sent by the data link of the early warning aircraft showed that the enemy plane was approaching continuously at a distance of 4 kilometers.Obviously running away with speed won't work at all, we must find another way
Sami watched the enemy's afterburner stop, and then the Brilliance began to slow down and turn. Obviously, the enemy wanted to turn around. There are 10 Thunderbolt 4 missiles on the J-9B, so that Sami can try to attack head-on. His air combat In his career, he has a record of shooting and shooting down at a large off-axis angle, but he has never shot down an enemy plane in a head-on attack. According to Song Ning, this new type of missile has a higher head-on hit rate.

The distance between the two aircraft began to shrink rapidly, entering a one-on-one head-on mode.Before the Brilliant Fighter completed the turn, it began to release chaff interference in a hurry, but within such a short distance, these interferences were completely burned through by the J-10B's active phased array radar, and he could not get rid of the radar's tracking.

Ten seconds later, the two aircraft fired missiles almost simultaneously.Sammy saw the flash of light under the enemy's wing. He hadn't noticed the enemy's lightning pulse sweeping past him before, that is to say, the enemy plane had not completed the interception.Or the Tejas was locked using the aperture of the IRST sensor, he didn't recall Tejas fighters being equipped with such a device.Maybe the Indians just wanted to try their luck with the R73's own seeker.However, the colonel was not careless, and immediately used a dive acceleration action to avoid the opponent's missile.

空中，R73导弹与霹雳9双双交会。所不同的是，霹雳9以极大的过载飞向了目标，而印度飞行员情急之下射出的R73导弹根本无法凭借自身狭小的圆锥型视野在这么远的距离上有所发现。2枚R73笔直地从萨米头上150米的高度飞走。

Sammy snorted, knowing he was going to win again.

The Brilliant Fighter also used a dive method to avoid the missile, but it was unsuccessful. The missile caught up with an overload of 30G, and the laser proximity fuze detonated the warhead the moment it missed the target.The Brilliant Fighter that blew up its vertical tail plunged headlong into the battlefield on the ground.

At this time, the battle on the ground was also going on, and it was more than ten times more tragic than that in the air.

The "mixed brigade" pieced together by the 12th Reserve Army is indeed the only group of people in the unit that can fight. Although they fight in a disorderly manner, they are very courageous. They use weak wheeled vehicles to desperately withstand the Indian tanks. First shock.All kinds of firearms on the position kept firing at the enemy tanks. Although except for a small number of Javelin missiles and the 120mm high-pressure cannon hiding behind the position, the rest of the weapons were basically ineffective, but the intensive firepower still greatly dispersed India. The attention of tank soldiers makes it difficult for them to find the most threatening targets on the battlefield and eliminate them in the first place.

The Indian commander looked at the situation in front of him in surprise. His first company had basically been reimbursed, but he was still unable to cross the river.He held up the binoculars to carefully observe the wreckage of his own side in the smoke. Some tanks were blown into parts, which were obviously destroyed by Javelin missiles that fell from the sky.But other tanks parked by the river did not seem to have been destroyed by javelins. The tank troops in front kept sending messages that they were being hit by a very powerful direct-pointing weapon hidden behind the battle line.

(End of this chapter)