Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 258 No Escape
The Rafale pilot still has no way of knowing the distance of the enemy, but he can guess that the enemy plane that bit him is already very close.The Indian pilot called the lead plane to no longer work, and the lead plane was entangled by another enemy plane and could not return, so he suddenly turned back with a dive in a desperate attempt to end the battle with a short counterattack—the gust still carried 2 There are two medium-range missiles and two combat bombs, although there is also a heavy air-to-surface missile that cannot be shaken off, but as long as the speed is properly controlled, the turn is still calm.

Of course, Sammy couldn't let the Rafale turn comfortably. He decisively launched a PL9C missile at a long distance. This kind of missile can be fired head-on and is not easily deceived by general infrared jamming.

Suddenly a continuous cloud appeared in the distance, which was the enemy firing tracer bombs.The missile seeker sorted out two suspicious targets by analyzing the spectrum of different heat sources, and then decisively caught up with the wrong one.Rafale's advanced decoys feature heat sources that are indistinguishable from missile seekers, and the decoys are even powered.

"Major, they seem to have a lot of tricks, and you have to be careful."

Sami reminded that Song Ning was in a fog.The colonel himself still has 3 missiles of the same type, so he is not in a hurry.

soon.The enemy plane that escaped the attack barely turned its head and fired two medium-range bombs; this is an infrared-guided Mika missile that does not require radar lock-in in an emergency and relies on a helmet sight to correct its orientation.Of course, this special launch method without a semicolon is not very effective. Sammy used the crew tracer bullets and chaff (he was not sure what the source of the radar not turning on) to lure it away. At this time, the distance between the two sides was already within 2 kilometers.Sammy could see the Rafale carrying a huge missile it couldn't drop, which fully confirmed his suspicions.Sammy himself had been in this situation more than once, but nothing this big.According to his air combat theory, since the enemy has weaknesses, there is no reason why they should not be exploited.He depresses the pedal to make a turn and increases the gas pedal at the same time, trying to immediately go around the enemy's rear hemisphere.

At the same time, at the other end of the battlefield.Song Ning was gradually pulled away by the accelerating gust.He decisively dropped the fuel tank, and his speed slowly increased to Mach 1.5, which was still not enough to overtake the enemy.Of course, he knew that such a pursuit would at least cause the enemy plane to consume too much fuel. The enemy was still facing a 1000-kilometer-wide ocean, and it was obviously not easy to return.

The leader of the Rafale did not think too much about returning, and he was still trying to get close to his teammates for rescue.From the information transmitted by the data link, he could see the wingman's frantic turns and evasive movements. Although he couldn't see the danger the wingman was facing (the radar could not capture the J-10), he guessed that the situation must be very dangerous.He started to slow down and turned eastward. Song Ning immediately followed this movement, and the radar firmly caught the target 20 kilometers away.Before he strikes, he is always cautious, especially for unknown opponents. On the one hand, Song Ning will never learn from Sammy's indomitable impulse when facing the target, and on the other hand, he rarely puts himself in excessive danger. among.

Song Ning gradually discovered that the turning of the enemy plane in front at supersonic speed was not as strong as he imagined. He had already experienced the enemy's negligible advantage in acceleration and the effective way of deceiving the radar from a long distance, but in general Look, this is still a third-generation aircraft; he has fought against the Su-3, which has a better climb, more than once, and has also shot down the Mirage 30, which is excellent in hovering. Mi Wu, now he is looking forward to using this J-2000 to compete with the enemy at close range.

The excellent high-speed steering capability of the J-10 played a role, and the distance between the two aircraft began to shorten.In order to paralyze the enemy, he deliberately switched to the photoelectric mode. In this mode, he can still track the enemy plane and the enemy cannot perceive his existence.If the enemy thinks he is out of pursuit, he may make a mistake.His rivalry with Sammy has been there so far, and he doesn't expect to come away empty-handed.

Colonel Sami, who was 15 kilometers away, found that the data link no longer updated the data of the other plane, which made him gradually gain the upper hand and he was a little worried.

"Major, report the situation."

"I'm still on the hunt and won't let it come. Over."

In front of Sammy, the gust of failure still hopes to approach quickly. He knows that he can't occupy a favorable azimuth angle, but he just hopes to end the battle with a helmet-fired weapon after occupying a more favorable position. This gust suffers a lot in climbing , a certain pointing ability can still be guaranteed in the horizontal direction, so he is looking forward to a counterattack while circling.This idea was naive. The J-10 in front of him suddenly pulled up at a very high speed, as if he didn't want to decide the winner in the first round of confrontation.The Indian captain was forced to fight. He estimated that the enemy's purpose was to occupy a better azimuth before shooting (he didn't know that the J-10 also had helmet aiming ability, but Sami didn't bother to use it).

Above the cockpit, the flexible Chinese-made fighter gradually widened the distance, and the Indian pilot had to raise his neck to see it.After the target roared across the dazzling sun, it suddenly disappeared.That plane should have hid in the dead corner of the rear hemisphere?Rafale has complete photoelectric search capabilities, but it cannot cover all areas of the front and rear hemispheres, which seems to be the case now.

Sammy completed a somersault and turned into a dive. Now is the perfect time to quickly occupy the enemy's rear no-escape zone.Seeing that the enemy plane was still clumsily pulling up, he knew that his chance had finally come. The dive action could increase the extra G force, so the side that completed the somersault first could use the situation to expand its advantage.

Realizing the danger, the enemy plane quickly leveled off and accelerated, just falling into the radar scanning range at 7 o'clock in front of Sami.At a distance of about 4 kilometers, he fired a missile without hesitation.He is looking forward to the success of the attack. According to his experience, in most cases, the panicked enemy planes will not find the infrared-guided weapons sneaking towards him from the bottom of the rear hemisphere in time, because the weapons themselves rely on passive methods. tracking, while radar warning equipment is powerless.If the enemy doesn't know, naturally they won't launch that very effective decoy.

There were screams in the Rafale cockpit, and the alarm system responded immediately. Not only was it a warning to the J-10 radar tracking, but the photoelectric system also scanned the approaching heat source at the same time. This is a kind of J-10 or Su-30MKI temporary None of the warning capabilities.

"Advanced infrared jamming bomb, launch." The pilot couldn't free his hand, so he could only shout in French.But it didn't work.

Now is not the time to review the French accent. The pilot held his breath for a quarter of a second before issuing the same command again.

In the area of ​​3 kilometers behind, Sami saw a flash below the vertical tail of the enemy plane, and that magical jamming device was thrown out again.Immediately after it left the plane, it ignited and flew with a dazzling light.The colonel was amazed at the magic of this device. Although he didn't know the principle for the time being, the PL9C missile he launched flew towards the bait again in the choice of one or the other.

However, Sami’s positional advantage has already appeared. He uses the radar shooting mode to aim at the enemy plane. On the HUD, two distorted slashes form a funnel-shaped front sight that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. This is a dynamic sight that changes according to the change of the target. , whose edges are constantly changing.This is an intuitive shooting reference given by the fire control after measuring the distance and angular velocity of the enemy plane through the radar. The colonel roughly put the enemy plane into the front sight, and then slightly adjusted the plane to incorporate the width of the two wings of the enemy plane into the same width part of the funnel.This is a difficult part to master in aerial combat, as the bandit does not stand still.However, Sami didn't expect the cannon to hit a target 2 kilometers away. He just hoped to continue to frighten the prey so that it would continue to lose speed during the snake-like evasion.

Several short bursts in succession, after a long flight, the shells deviated to the point of being hopeless.But this kind of shooting still played a deterrent effect on the Rafale fighter jet hanging alone in the open sea, and it began to twist left and right to try to get rid of its passiveness.Sami took the opportunity to regain the altitude advantage, and then launched a PL9C missile from this position.Now the enemy plane has completely fallen into the no-escape area, and the colonel can guess intuitively that this area may be a blind spot for the infrared warning equipment.

The missile drew a twisted arc and flew towards the enemy plane.Sure enough, the warning system of the gust did not work, and the infrared scanning of this aircraft was invalid in the high-temperature area near the nozzle of the tail jet.When the pilot looked back left and right, the missile happened to be blocked by the vertical tail, and he could only see a vague trail behind it.In a series of high-intensity life-and-death confrontations, his reaction gradually became slow, and he did not realize the most important danger in time.Just keep firing chaff expecting to disrupt the enemy aircraft's gun fire (cannon aiming depends on the parameters provided by the radar).

The missile passed through the invalid chaff and exploded at the tail of the Rafale. The Rafale, which was out of control, immediately fell into a spiral and began to fall.The pilot hurriedly pulled the lever and tried to control the aircraft over the failed flight controller, but the faulty missile that could not fall off so far destroyed his plan again, and the aircraft was like a spinning dead leaf, no longer responding to any operation.

Sami circled for a week, watching the enemy plane crash into the sea.He hopes that the pilot of the enemy plane can parachute, so that the coastal troops can be notified immediately to arrest people. As long as the pilot is in hand, all kinds of information about this aircraft, and even India's information on the launch route that can guide the stealth missile can also be mastered.

The Indian pilot never parachuted, maybe he had been desperately controlling the plane, or maybe he was injured and couldn't control the ejection, the plane finally fell into the blue sea, the colonel could see the huge white ripples it caused from the sky, silent spread out.

"I killed one, how is your place?" Sammy called Song Ning proudly.

"I... am still chasing,"

Sammy glanced at the monitor, the Rafale was still 10 kilometers ahead of Song Ning.This is completely outside the missile envelope.

"Stop chasing, you can't catch up."

He uttered a dejected remark that would add insult to injury.Sure enough, the gust leader realized that the wingman was dead, and stopped trying to turn back, and went straight to the southeast at twenty speeds, which made Song Ning suddenly lose the opportunity to approach.

"I can drive him until he runs out of fuel and can't return."

"You don't have to venture deep into the sea anymore, and you don't have much fuel."

Song Ning reluctantly accepted this suggestion and turned back.

As Song Ning expected, the lead Rafale did not have enough fuel to return, and he didn't know if the enemy planes were still chasing him, so he could only remind him to fly at high speed over the sea in fear. With the help of a tanker, he barely returned to the base.

(End of this chapter)