Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 283 War of Attrition
The chaff corridor laid down by the Flying Snake before it was hit completely blinded the sight and hearing of both sides, which made the J-[-] fighter jet disappear from the sky temporarily.The colonel immediately closed the throttle and made several rolling movements at the same time to reduce the speed. He didn't want to fly out of this safe area immediately.

The passively received data link transmission information on the J-10 fighter jet is still quite smooth, and a completely unrecognizable strip area can be seen on the HDD. This is what the ground radar sees. The colonel knows that if the Hongqi 9 phased array radar sees If you can't see yourself, then India's ground radar must also not be able to see you, but the Su-30's X-band phased array radar occupies a relatively high altitude, which is a serious problem.Every second and every second, the density of the airborne chaff was weakening, and before long, the cover would be lost.He secretly lowered his altitude, hesitantly approached the direction of Punjab, India, there were at least 6 enemy fighter jets nearby, he was almost surrounded by groups, and now he didn't know how to get out.

The ground was pitch black, and there were no glowing landmarks to be seen. This area was the area where the two armies fought not long ago.Since Sami went deep into the enemy-occupied area, he has not seen any electricity.Obviously, the Indians deliberately destroyed the power supply, probably to prevent the Pakistani Air Force from using ground lights to navigate or bomb at night. They probably suffered from the failure of GPS, and they were enlightened. They imagined that this could also limit the actions of their opponents. However, Chinese aircraft Its navigation does not rely on GPS, and it is believed that this advantage will play a greater role as the war continues.

Sargodha in the central part is the first choice for Sami to land. Until he took off, the airport there was still under the control of the Pakistani army, but the colonel inevitably weighed it. The airport there must not have the ability to maintain the J-10, let alone The ammunition is gone; and the battle in Quetta is obviously at the most critical moment. The Indian Army is likely to determine the victory within a few hours, so today he cannot stay out of the matter and must dispatch again, even if it is a different plane.

After making up his mind, he turned the plane around and prepared to venture across the Suleiman Mountains to fly back to Shamsi Airport. If he was lucky, he could find a refueling plane on the border of Afghanistan before the fuel ran out. What would happen if he was not lucky? So, he didn't think about it carefully.

The data link shows that most of the enemy planes are spreading out, and some are chasing in the wrong direction, which shows that they have not noticed that the plane is secretly flying back.At the [-] o'clock position of the display, there is a slowly moving triangle in front of you.

The colonel raised his head and looked around the general area. From a distance, he saw two lights flashing in the night sky. They were obviously the flames from fighter jets. It seemed that an Indian fighter jet that had charged too hard had just turned around, but for the time being The formation could not be found, which is often the case at night.The colonel realized that he was now in his own small azimuth, an excellent opportunity, and almost immediately he put his deep behind the enemy's rear, and the lack of fuel, and many other troubles behind him.Common sense tells him that the Indian early warning opportunity will find himself within 1 minute and issue a warning to the fighter that is likely to be a Su-30, but he still feels that he still has a window of time to launch an attack.

It is not easy to use the IRST to sneak attack at night, because the distance measurement with the naked eye will be flawed, but he has no choice but to secretly follow the enemy plane.This time he failed to get away with it. In less than [-] seconds, the radar alarm started to alarm, and the fighter jet was spotted by the Indian early warning aircraft and ground radar almost at the same time.Now that he had been exposed, he simply pushed the throttle, climbed up, and quickly occupied a favorable position.

The Indian Su-30 ahead also began to turn, and the reaction was a few seconds faster than Sami expected. Obviously he had received the warning, but it did not mean that the pilot had seen himself.He cut into the turn and used the better hovering ability of the J-10 fighter jet to shorten the distance.Taking advantage of the gap before the battle, he glanced down. On the vertical display, the surrounding Indian planes had turned around one after another, and they did not pose a threat for the time being. He bet that these planes would not dare to fire, because medium-range bombs would easily catch up with the radar. Heavy aircraft with a larger scatter area.

On the electronic tactical threat display, the number of ground radars scanning the J-10 at the same time has increased to more than 10. In the colonel's memory, this is the first time he has encountered such an intensive search. A large-scale army, and at least he broke into the air above a regiment-level air defense force.Most of these radiation sources are monopulse search radars, which should be relatively minor threats. They are likely to be 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, or Sam-8 missiles that can maneuver in mountains. India's air defense system that can be deployed on the front line, Pretty much these two weapons.But at this height, only a system like the S10 can pose a sufficient threat to the J-300.Fortunately, after the attack on the Cochin slipway, India has used most of the S[-] systems for air defense, while the front-line troops are still using older systems.

The chase at night made it difficult for the colonel to judge the distance visually, and he had to use radar tracking, which made the enemy's reaction violent.The Indian pilot must have known that he was in the air above an air defense brigade. What he should have done was to immediately lower the altitude, which would also be able to force the opponent back, but the Indian pilot did the opposite. He pulled the plane up and climbed, maybe just fainted In the end, maybe he has no confidence in the identification friend or foe of the air defense force.

The colonel was forced to follow up, and the fuel indicator kept flashing rapidly.Now he is riding a tiger, and there is no retreat in the face of a narrow road. The Su-30MKI carries the R73 missile that can be launched off-axis, and the pursuer is not allowed to relax in the slightest.

At the same time, orange flames rose from under the clouds, which indicated that the Indian air defense forces on the ground had fired their weapons. Two missiles pierced through the clouds and flew towards the fighter plane that was pulling up rapidly. Sami looked back from time to time to estimate the distance of these missiles.The Su-30 has an advantage in climbing speed, but it is still not as good as the J-10 in terms of vertical maneuverability. Although the distance has been extended, it still cannot escape the tracking of the J-2. The enemy plane on the HUD finally fell into the radar aperture circle. .The huge fuel and ammunition load of the heavy aircraft have become a burden at this moment, and the J-10, which is almost exhausted and has only [-] missiles left, has become extremely dexterous.

The embarrassed Su 30 suddenly made a strange leveling movement and slowed down.The colonel immediately reduced the throttle and waited and watched. He had to beware of the enemy plane using the vector ability to make a sharp turn and counterattack at the last moment.In his previous experience, the Su-30 could only make vector actions when the speed was reduced to below 700 kilometers per hour, but at night, it is not easy to detect the sudden changes of the opponent, so he still needs to be careful.

A strange scene appeared. He saw a flame burst out from the decelerating Su-30, and then fell downwards. He thought that it should be because the pilot was too timid to parachute.It wasn't the first time he'd seen an Indian pilot parachute in a dogfight, so he wasn't too surprised.

"Is this the pilot of Lions Squadron?" he said to himself. "I really hope these two guys are all right."

He turned his head and glanced at the 2 missiles that were trailing, and they were still barely following them at a distance, posing no threat at all.He lowered the nose and accelerated the dive, adding unnecessary range to the two missiles.Within ten seconds, two missiles exploded in the air one after another.The colonel corrected his course to the southwest, trying to sneak into the range of the Hongqi-9 for protection, but the surrounding Su-30s fired medium-range bombs at the J-10 first. Disappeared.

The plane's fuel was exhausted, and the colonel took the time to study the nearby terrain, and found that there was no area suitable for skydiving. The battle lines in this area were criss-crossed, and the danger of skydiving in the mountains at night made him a little scared.

"Commander, I'm going to parachute in the mountains, please record the location and let the army search team come to rescue me." He said to the radio.

"Colonel, if you can reach Horst, there is a tanker there." Song Ning's voice came from the radio. "But you have to be quick, it won't wait for you too long."

"Who's going to cover me?" said the colonel, firing several sets of chaff.These interferences can effectively deceive the R77's active radar, but for the short-range high-power phased array radars from the 3 o'clock and 7 o'clock directions, these pediatric interferences are ineffective.

"Let's distract them."

The colonel looked down and saw that the four planes led by Song Ning turned around and were about 77 kilometers away from him.His joining forced the enemy plane to turn around to fight, which made the R[-] missile in the air lose its course correction, and the active radar of the missile itself was difficult to burn through the chaff interference, which made Sami lose all missile tracking far away.

From the navigation display, he had already reached the sky above Khost. He opened his eyes wide to search for the tanker, and finally saw the lonely flashing green wingtip navigation light. He got closer, and then saw the red flashing on the vertical tail, from In outline, it is an Il-78 tanker of the Pakistan Air Force.

"Refueling machine, I see you, I'm approaching you immediately." He called to the radio.

"Colonel, I can't see you, I can only keep flying on the current route, everything depends on you!"

"Understood, leave it to me." The colonel identified the heading of the tanker, slowed down and approached it, and successfully docked once. Before that, he had never refueled at night (the original thunderbolt unit did not even have daytime refueling). In between refueling training.)
"Okay, the docking is complete, please keep the original heading." He looked at the rickety tanker above and said.

On the multi-function display, the red display of the external fuel port finally turned green.The colonel stabilized the plane, and began to observe Song Ning's battle from the HDD. Sure enough, it was another round of medium-range ammunition and separation performances that failed, ending with the Song Ning formation running out of ammunition. They still dare not take a step across the mountainous area. It seems that they are more afraid of the Hongqi-9 missile.The war has turned into a war of attrition without any suspense. Medium-range air-to-air missiles were once so precious to the Pakistani Air Force. It took 400 years just to wait for the delivery of 120 AIM6 missiles. Tonight, the Colonel watched as the two sides fired more than 150 medium-range bombs at each other.

(End of this chapter)