Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 292
"Is that so?" Zhao Lin said disdainfully.Of course, he is also very clear that more than 20 years ago, it was indeed difficult to rely on the Hongqi-2 missile to defend against the MiG-25.

Judging from the monitor, Liu Zhaolin's formation was already approaching the mountainous area, around 11 o'clock in Song Ning's formation.

They were temporarily invisible to the naked eye due to the harsh sunlight.This is a delicate moment, experienced pilots will always avoid such unfavorable angles, but the overall air defense situation does not allow them to detour.In case an enemy plane gets in, Quetta Airport will be behind.

In the air battles so far, Indian aircraft have only broken through from the east, using medium-range bombs to carry out relatively poor actual effects. Except for a few ineffective Mirage 2000 breakthroughs based on mountain terrain, there has been no real attack. Threatening low altitude penetration.Song Ning knew that as the sky gradually brightened, he had to let it go.Many of India's advanced fighter jets have terrain avoidance capabilities, and judging from their attack on the Jhelum Dam, many pilots are proficient in this.If they break through from the northwest, it is very likely that they will take advantage of the higher mountains to make this move.

Liu Zhaolin and his wingmen have been patrolling in the air for a long time, during which they experienced an aerial refueling and expelled several MiG-29s from the Mokran Mountains. They have not yet fired weapons. He is a potential opponent of Song Ning.Song Ning is very clear that during domestic exercises, he is one of the few guys who can drive a heavy machine to bite him, and he is very good at avoiding radar tracking.These J-11 fighter jets carry a large amount of ammunition. If they encounter the enemy's second-line squadron, they are likely to achieve almost absurd results.He can't help but think about these record issues. For pilots, it is actually very difficult for pilots not to have the idea of ​​competing with each other.In the competitions of various divisions, the dexterous J-10 fighters always have the advantage, but in actual combat, because of the relationship between range and ammunition load, the fighters of the J-11 series have more opportunities to fire. Most of the medium-range ammunition shot out ended up disappearing.

"Lionheart, there is no new situation in the northwest. We have added several ground radars in that direction to control the mountain pass." The early warning aircraft said.

"If their tanks can come through, there's nothing out of the question for a low-altitude air raid. I'm always worried about that."

The AWACS was noncommittal and did not veto his continued search to the northwest.This early warning aircraft is hiding in the last narrow strip west of the Afghan border. This location does affect its reconnaissance range. In fact, the early warning aircraft must also assign manpower to guard against the NATO aircraft in the west. This requires the commander on the early warning aircraft to be careful. Hear from frontline pilots.Song Ning's view is not unreasonable. The intermittent Suleiman Mountains lie in central Pakistan, and there are many mountain passes, which can be used by attackers.

Liu Zhaolin's search was fruitless. His formation used both passive infrared and active radar, but no suspicious targets were captured.On the radio, he began to request to return, and asked the Song Ning formation to provide cover.Song Ning suggested that he fly to the east for a while, so as not to appear in the east of him.

While the two were coordinating their positions, three Indian Su-3 fighter jets were flying close to the high mountains on the side of the Suleiman Mountains. Their positions were about the same as Song Ning expected. mountains.The huge ring-shaped wake in the sky shows that the Chinese fighter jets patrolling here just now have turned back.Judging from the data link information sent back by the early warning aircraft, this is indeed the case.

The moment that squadron leader Husubu al-Zarik had been waiting for finally arrived.He has always taught his pilots to be more stealthy and patient than their opponents.

In the training program of the Triple Sonic Squadron, almost all other tactics of the Su-30 Squadron are negative teaching materials.Captain Zarek hated the interception tactics of the Lion Squadron, which completely competed with radar and missile range. He said: The Lions are always waiting for targets like Boeing 747; It seems that this is nothing more than sacrificing the flanks of teammates to gain a chance to fire.He even hated the Eagle Squadron's stalking from far to near, from high to low. Zarick thought it was a miracle that Captain Goya hadn't been shot down until now. Come on, enough for him to drink a pot.

The Triple Sonic Squadron comes from the mountainous northeastern part of India. In fact, most of the time, the squadron is stationed in Tespur, which is the core area against China.This squadron has always been a major concern of the Chinese Air Force. Zarik believes that during the Chinese exercises, the second squadron should have been wiped out hundreds of times on the runway. If he was the Chinese commander, he would try his best to stay on the ground. on, rather than destroying this force in the air.As a former reconnaissance aircraft unit, the unit's previous tactics were fast and stealthy, but it has not changed much now. The focus of their training has always been covert approach, whether it is against ground targets or air opponents.In fact, Captain Zarik did not agree with this panicked transfer, because the skies over Assam are not peaceful these days, and Chinese drones often invade and reconnaissance, even reaching the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River. The small group of reconnaissance troops continued to harass, but they had never been so deep before; this must be some kind of precursor, something must happen.One of the reasons why the superiors mobilized him was that the enemy had just lost the command core in this area—a radar on the Nyingchi Snow Mountain, which made it impossible for them to launch large-scale air operations.The captain never believed that the radar station above the snow line might be paralyzed for half a year. If it was the Indian radar force, it would be possible, but the efficiency of the Chinese has always been good, he firmly believes in this.He exchanged views with Colonel Dabrini of the Tiger Shark Squadron, and he believed that this was an unsophisticated tactical deception, and his superiors always tended to believe all information that was beneficial to their side.Due to the last bit of rationality of the Ministry of National Defense, the 222nd Tiger Shark Squadron, which had just been equipped with Rafale aircraft, was not transferred to the south in the end, but the 2nd Squadron still came here. This squadron pinned Singer's unlimited expectations. In his opinion , Triple the speed of sound should be the last straw to crush the enemy. Zarrick also has reservations about this. He believes that once the enemy is tight in the south, they will do it in the north. This is almost inevitable for all countries with geographical advantages. Method, why is the Ministry of Defense so naive?

Zharick rushed to the front-line airport of the Punjab gang overnight, and did not catch up with the night battle.The Indian Air Force has no advantage at night. Except for the random firing of medium-range bombs by various troops at a barely-reaching range, the battle itself is not worth mentioning, and it even gave the Chinese Air Force a chance to breathe.Launching medium-range missiles is like launching gold, but the Chinese are not afraid of such operations, because they have decent industries, and China is rarely held hostage. Since the start of the war, Russia has been selling missile accessories to China at very reasonable prices. The lead is high-precision gyroscope; the Russians are not so polite to India, and the price of the R77 missile that India urgently needs has risen many times.

Zarik's tactics are different. He doesn't want to launch a salvo of missiles tens of kilometers away. He just wants to use the mountain to carry out a sneak attack, and then quickly leave without dragging his feet.

Now his target is the Chinese aircraft that left those two trails. Judging from the information from the early warning aircraft, the enemy has a 4 vs. 3 advantage, and judging from their mutual covering actions, it seems that they are all under unified and orderly command, but The cover fighter was too far away and was facing the rising sun, which was a huge opening that had to be exploited.

"Brothers, let's follow up and take a bite to impress them."

Without waiting for A50's approval, he took the lead to pull up the plane and hid in the 6 o'clock direction of the enemy plane, which is the blind spot of this kind of plane's field of vision (unless he does a rolling action).

Since this is an aircraft with a common origin with the Su-30MKI, Zarik believes they share the same weaknesses.The three Indian planes turned on the afterburner and chased after them. They were not going to use the radar until they detected the enemy's radar.Visually, the enemy is still 7 to 8 kilometers away. It is obviously more advantageous if they can chase closer.

It was a little late for Song Ning to use the radar, but he still saw the three Indian fighter jets before the AWACS. The distant AWACS also saw this dangerous situation through Song Ning's data link.

"Beware of the back! Three enemies." He shouted to the radio, but he still didn't see the target with his naked eyes. The enemy's choice of entry angle was very cunning, and his vision was completely blocked by the 6 o'clock sun.

Liu Zhaolin quickly sat on a roll, and he saw two enemy planes floating out of the sea of ​​clouds. They were heavy fighter planes with double vertical tails, just like sharks lurking under the sea surface eager to try.Where is the third one?He didn't see it for a moment.The moment he leveled the plane, the radar siren began to scream, it was the scan of enemy radar.He hurriedly told the wingmen to disband the formation and maneuver to dodge each other, but tangential actions and chaff were useless at this distance, because they were facing a high-power phased array radar.

Song Ning couldn't fire from this position at the risk of killing his own people, and he couldn't even identify the enemy's position on the HUD (the height information of the enemy plane on the display was not intuitive enough).He could only bite the bullet and face the impact of the sun, hoping to turn at a suitable position to avoid the sun.

Zarik watched his two wingmen launch missiles and attack one by one. He did not open fire lightly. He had been paying attention to the weaker of the two fighters.Climbing is not the Su-2MKI's strong point, so he waited patiently for the enemy planes to lower their altitude on their own. In order to avoid the missiles, they could only dive to gain enough speed, so he had to wait.As for the two J-30 fighters behind, he knew that they could not fire for the time being, and the IFF system could not guarantee that the active bombs would not destroy their own people on the flight path.

A J-11 did not reduce the altitude sharply. Surprisingly, while flying in a straight line, it kept sitting and rolling, and started to deal with the trailing R77 missiles. This is a rare action against medium-range missiles. , but Zarrick knows that this is an action that tests the missile's mobile tracking ability. Many missiles will lose their chance due to premature exhaustion of energy or loss of control. In theory, passive tracking missiles need to make more difficult rolls than aircraft. Action, and this will inevitably give rise to many hidden factors that lead to the loss of control of the missile.

The other J-11 adopted a simple dive acceleration action. Obviously, he would then make another maneuver with a large overload to get rid of the trailing missiles. Zarick decided to keep up with the second one.His IRST aiming ring gradually engulfed the target, waiting for the evasive action that compromised energy; sure enough, when the R[-] was very close, the plane turned suddenly and threw the two missiles to the other side of a piece of chaff. The missile exploded just in time after losing its target, but it was too far away, and the fighter wobbled and continued to fly west.

Visually, the opponent's speed has dropped below [-] kilometers, and the distance is probably less than [-] kilometers.This is Zarick's best chance to make a move.He estimated that there was a half chance that the pilot of the plane didn't know where he was (he hadn't used radar, only passive aiming), but no matter what, the next blow was deadly enough.He steadily aimed the nose at the enemy plane, and then fired two R[-] missiles. At this time, the enemy plane was completely within the no-escape zone of the missiles.
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