Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 287 The Meteor in the Sky

The missile flew in a narrow fan to the four poor enemy planes.In the quiet night sky, the lieutenant on the Indian lead plane was in fear. All the radar warning devices in the formation did not make any movement, but this did not mean that everything was safe, because this device had never worked for 15 years.Ground guidance is sometimes absent, which has something to do with the radar on the ridge being killed by the Chinese. The operations of these second-generation fighters need to rely on ground radar guidance even during the day, let alone night.

"Listen, all of you, look to the north and keep your eyes open," said the lieutenant.The starry sky is bright tonight, and it is a fine day, so it is just a good time for the pilots to use their eyesight. This is the last part of the 51st "Arm with Sword" Squadron that can be relied on.

After the MiG-23 of the Indian Air Force retired, the main combat force of this force in the north was actually composed of Su-30 and MiG-21. The difference between these two types of aircraft was too great to cooperate tactically in the air, but strategically However, the Air Force Staff still thought of some crooked ideas. They deployed most of the backward MiG-21s at the frontier airports, while the Su-30s were deployed in the far-reaching jumps. They had the intention of making the MiG-21 a pawn that could be sacrificed.

"Squadron leader, look north, look."

The lieutenant on the lead plane turned his head, and he saw a looming bright spot, followed by a second, then a third...

"Is this a group of meteor showers passing through the atmosphere?"

The lieutenant was a little hesitant. It was nothing new to see meteor showers passing by densely in the snow-capped mountains, but he had never seen meteors flying in parallel, nor had he seen meteors fly towards him.

"The situation is bad... it's a missile, turn around immediately." The lieutenant shouted.

"what?"

"Disband the formation and avoid each other."

The 51st Squadron has received some training on evading missiles. Of course, relying on tangential movements to avoid the tracking of radar-guided weapons is not the same as relying on snake-like maneuverability to dodge infrared-guided weapons. Now this group of pilots do not know the dense flying missile attributes, so they can only dodge at the last moment according to their own guesses.

Zheng Hui stared at the target ahead, and on the head-up display, the first target began to slow down rapidly.He looked down at the HDD. The MiG-21 was smashed into several pieces and was falling. The broken fuselage made the radar screen confused. This is the moment when follow-up missiles are likely to hit the wreckage. However, the beam of the phased array radar is still tightly grasping the remaining three main targets, which makes the missile with the radar turned on still under the control of the fighter.

The Indian formation was completely in chaos 25 kilometers away, and the hovering ability of the MiG-21 was not enough to evade during the terminal guidance phase of the medium-range missile, especially when Zheng Hui was launched at a ratio of 2 to 1.Another MiG was hit in the wing during the dive, rolled and crashed into the snow mountain, forming a fireball that briefly illuminated the mountain.

The lieutenant desperately fired chaff and tracer rounds and performed heavy overload maneuvers, but the high-power active radar on the J-20 fighter jet 16 kilometers away is not easy to deceive, it can completely burn through such a maze, and can pass through special data The chain will be the right direction to summon the gullible missiles; Zheng Hui has never been too big and let the missiles active radar complete the entire attack process. He knows how unreliable the so-called "launch and forget" tactics are actually.

The two missiles turned, skirted the chaff clouds, and quickly found the lieutenant who was trying to hide in the valley.The lieutenant didn't know that he almost escaped Zheng Hui's radar field of view just now (in the case of multi-target tracking, Zheng Hui's tracking action must have some trade-offs to adapt to the radar's exposure range), repeated hasty turns not only This caused a loss of aircraft energy, and also made the fighter return to the edge of the radar.Of course, with his eyes blacked out, the only thing the Indian lieutenant can do is stay away from the trailing missiles. He doesn't know that all these missiles were launched by a plane, and he doesn't know the current position of the plane. He should have been able to evade more effectively if an AWACS had told him where the enemy plane was, rather than all four planes flying around in the conical scanning area of ​​the airborne radar.

The lieutenant kept turning his head to observe the missiles that were closely following him. Seeing them turn a big bend and come back again, he really wanted to parachute, but his reason told him that if he parachuted in this area, more than half of them might be hung on the cliff Frozen to death.So now I have to blog, diving down is one way, but the dark mountains made him quickly give up this idea. This month, there is no snow layer below 4000 meters that can reflect light slightly to show the outline of the mountain. He Had to pull up the plane and try to do a somersault to shake off the trailing missile.

This was a wrong decision. He gave up the last chance to use the geographical barrier to avoid the radar. Even if the medium-range bomb does not have the maneuverability of the combat bomb, it will definitely not be able to get rid of it with a climbing action that cannot increase the speed.

The 2 missiles roared in with a much more compact vertical maneuver, and the lieutenant had no choice but to pull down the ejection handle and eject himself from the cockpit of the aircraft.Before the parachute opened, he watched as two missiles flew past him with scorching air, and then hit his old plane.Immediately, the cold wind began to penetrate the anti-G suit and the bone marrow of the helmet, and the lieutenant felt as if he was soaked in ice water.He suddenly remembered that it was too bad that he hadn't had time to send any information to the ground before ejection.The entire glacier was pitch black, and he could not imagine the possibility of his survival.

The last two missiles were steadily catching up with the last MiG-2. Zheng Hui had no more entanglements. He could let go and chase the last enemy plane. If necessary, he still had two fighting bombs on board. Obviously The enemy had no chance of escaping doom, unless one thing, he glanced at the navigation display, he had just crossed the ridge.

"Give up the attack, the enemy flew over Leh." The early warning aircraft said, she has been observing the one-sided hunting all the way, and she knows the positions of both sides at any time.

"What? The signal is not very clear." Zheng Hui said.The weapon operator in the back seat was a little dazed because the signal was very clear, but he immediately understood what Zheng Hui meant.

Such opportunities will not always appear. When the regiment commander surnamed Song in southern Pakistan is fighting hard with a group of Mirage 2000s and Su-30s, Zheng Hui is very hopeful to use 4 MiG-21s plus a MiG-27 (Eastern Front record) total number of shot downs, easily surpassing him.At present, the Air Force's determination of shooting down only roughly distinguishes between drones and manned combat aircraft. In recent decades, all pilots have stayed at the starting line of zero.

The enemy plane couldn't get rid of the pursuit, and it stopped maneuvering at random. It started to continue its speed, and it seemed to be preparing for the last fight.Zheng Hui stabilized the plane, and it was not difficult for him to track one-on-one.The pilot in the back seat reminded him of the location of the missile positions around him from time to time. Due to unremitting aerial reconnaissance, the positions of these rarely shifted Sam-6 missile positions are clearly marked on the navigation map, even if they hide and do not turn on, Zheng Hui Still knows where they are, he even knows how far these missiles have range, these outdated systems are nothing compared to the S300PMU.

The last enemy plane ran out of energy, and at the risk of disintegrating the plane, made a big overload turn. The timing was good, and the first missile was successfully thrown off, but as the speed decreased sharply, the circling became It was getting weaker and weaker, which made it unable to dodge the second missile that followed.Zheng Hui could see the explosion and flash ahead with the naked eye, and the original supersonic target on the radar had disappeared, replaced by a large number of debris falling.He calmly made a turn on the west side of Leh, and returned to the attack area designated by the command plane.

Srinagar has already implemented a blackout, but the nearby high mountain airport is brightly lit. It has been waiting for the formation to return. Landing at night on this runway surrounded by mountains and limited in length is a test for fighter pilots, so All the members of the "Arm with Sword" squadron gathered beside the runway and waited eagerly, but they did not wait for any of the planes to return. Judging from the possible delay time of the planes, they should have returned long ago.

Inside the prime minister's office in New Delhi, aides of senior officials are streaming in and out, bringing the latest news to their respective ministers so that they can report to the prime minister in time.In the past hour, all the bad news has appeared, including someone getting the content of the stern statement that the Chinese Foreign Ministry will release in the morning, and the result of the closed-door United Nations meeting that has been delayed.

Singer slumped on the sofa in the lounge, seeing his panicked secretary rushing over, he knew something bad was going on again.

"They attacked Srinagar's air force and shot down four planes," the secretary said.

"4? Is there anything else?"

"Their electronic interference to the Northern Military Region is increasing, which has caused communication problems for some ground forces near Fort ***. In addition, their electronic reconnaissance troops have appeared near Fort ***, which seems to be evaluating electronic warfare. The results of the battle, while monitoring the communications of the frontline on various channels"

"Increasing progress! They have always been very aware of our deployment, knowing that Xindan and Bareilly's Su-30 deployment. We have an insider here." Singer shook his head wearily. He decided not to tell the prime minister about the fiasco. , lest the old man get angry in a hurry.

"Also, General Meneyam called. He must postpone the general attack on Fort *** and bring back a mountain division and an artillery brigade from the front line to defend Srinagar."

"Let him go, maybe he will change his mind tomorrow." Singer shook his head.He does not have much hope for Meneam. He is not a decisive and active general like Spanga. Peshawar, so it doesn't matter to Singh.

"Mr. Minister, we still have the last Su-30 troops in the north." The secretary interjected at the right time, "General Meneam thinks that the Triple Sonic Squadron of the Western Military Region may be transferred to him."

"No!" Singer immediately became vigilant. He knew that Meneam had been playing the idea of ​​​​the air force deployed in Assam.

"However, the direction of Assam has been quiet recently. Since the gusts of the Tiger Shark Squadron have frightened them, their harassment has shifted to the west."

"No, no, you haven't recognized their true colors," Singh sneered, "They have never given up their ambitions on the Eastern Front. In the north of Srinagar, they occupy a large number of disputed areas, so there is no As dangerous as General Meneam thought it would be, the calm on the Eastern Front is actually what worries me the most."

(End of this chapter)