Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 297 No Man's Land
In the north of the control line, a large electronic warfare aircraft is constantly exerting noise interference, and in the attack formation, there is another electronic interference aircraft that looks exactly like a two-seater J-10, which is responsible for the interference mission of the team. Lack of experience in electronic warfare, and the target of this strike is not only far-reaching, but also has complete air defense position protection, so such equipment is a must.

Electronic warfare aircraft are always on alert for new radiation sources that may appear around them, and bad things may suddenly appear in those mobile radar positions.Of course, thanks to these years of reconnaissance, the parameters of all the radars deployed by India in this area are completely under control. Even if some of them have frequency agility capabilities, their agility frequency bandwidth is still wider than that carried by this aircraft. The jamming bands that the jamming pods can emit are much narrower, and the two jamming pods can exert sufficient power to suppress these legal and Russian-made radars at all frequency modulation points that have been mastered.Will there be variables?The command's answer was ambiguous, and it only reminded the pilots to be extra careful about those few types of phase-scanning radars that can maneuver.Among them, the S2 position near Srinagar is the biggest threat. At present, the superior is still conducting reconnaissance on its location, and hopes to destroy it with weapons outside the defense zone within 300 hours.

Of course, on the other hand, if the enemy has an early warning aircraft, the situation will become very complicated. There are two Su-2SK escorted by R77M missiles in the formation. These old and upgraded aircraft can now launch active radar-guided missiles. The formation is specially responsible for hard strikes against Embraer early warning aircraft that may appear. Of course, their position in the formation is a bit embarrassing, because they have no special advantages.In this formation consisting of 27 aircraft, there are four different aircraft performing their duties, including a core J-6 and an electronic warfare aircraft, as well as 16 single-seater Su-2SK and 27 two-seater The J-2BS fighter jet, which was very rare in the past.

The targets of this attack were artillery positions, artillery command posts, and surrounding air defense firepower points in turn.According to decades of experience in artillery battles, India's howitzer positions are always set up on the reverse slope. In many previous artillery battles, the howitzer units in the west have suffered a lot from the Pakistani infantry in the west, and it is difficult for the artillery to deal with them. It counters.Even the tactical air force is difficult to aim at long distances because of the shadow of the mountains, and most of the counterattack plans end up in vain.However, the disadvantage of these positions against the Fortress is that it is difficult to defend against attacks from the north. Fighters breaking through from the direction of China can see these positions clearly from a long distance.This strike was the second step after clearing the enemy's radar deployed on the Siachen Glacier. The FH77 howitzer battalion in the artillery brigade of the Indian Army that was split off was the first to bear the brunt. Compared with other FH77 units, this battalion The position is relatively prominent (for China), and there are about 2 companies.Although the tactical purpose of this series of air strikes is actually to contain India's actions in the south, the military is still determined to solve this prominent FH77 battalion (less than a company) in the fastest way, lest the superiors suddenly change their determination and lose Chance.The priority of this battalion is even ahead of several division-level headquarters near Aksai Chin.For those staff officers who have monitored and studied the Indian army for many years, this is obviously of equal value to the tornado rocket launcher unit, and must be removed and then quickly high-value targets, especially those solid underground command posts that will not run away by themselves. But these towed artillery have legs.

According to the prompt of the command plane, the J-16 fighter-bomber with powerful downward-looking capability starts to search. Her downward-looking mode can detect artillery positions at a long distance. If the towed artillery moves on a rugged mountain road, the radar will not be difficult figure it out.

The weapon of choice for this attack is still the satellite-guided glide bomb, which is one of the few weapons that China has a cross-era advantage over India.If the enemy moves, the 2 J-11BS fighters in the formation will use laser-guided bombs to attack.This J-16 is the only one in the formation that uses radar. According to the new instructions, she generally only performs long-distance attack missions.

The results of the radar search were not very good, the enemy's apparent positions were empty and all facilities were present, but the artillery and trucks were gone.At least two hours ago, when a J-2 fighter jet flew over for reconnaissance, they were still there.Secretly mobilizing troops in the mountains at night, this is a situation that the Indians have never had before, and they are probably scared by the air strikes.

Things changed again. A monopulse tracking radar in the mountainous area to the west tried to track the source of interference. Due to the effect of the huge interference fan on the screen, it could not see the rest of the aircraft clearly. The J-1 fighter jets still appear and disappear from time to time. The command plane [-] kilometers behind reminded the formation to attack this target first, and all radars that were turned on were priority targets.After the electronic warfare aircraft sprinkled chaff, it turned to this G/H band radar, ready to perform hard kills with anti-radiation missiles after ranging.On the electronic tactical display, it is temporarily impossible to give complete information; for a long time, there are indeed several signal characteristics of India's self-made radars, which have not been collected yet, but judging from the characteristics of the radar's mobile deployment and scanning energy distribution, it is likely to be Rajadra radar belonging to Sky Missile, a mobile phased array radar.During this period, the rear command plane detected that the enemy had already launched a missile first, from a valley far away from the radar (the specific location has not yet been detected, it should be in a flat area of ​​the valley).These missiles seem to have a certain ability to track active sources of interference, because it is coming towards the electronic warfare aircraft, but its active radar is not turned on, and it is clear that ground command corrections are still not required in the middle.The jammer calmly launched a powerful counterattack, while actively deceiving the radar to destroy its angle measurement tracking, and at the same time suppressed and interfered with the commands in the missile communication channel with high power; as the missile gradually moved away from the position, the energy exerted by the two sides disappeared For a long time, the radio command code was gradually drowned in the electronic noise. The two missiles lost control before the active radar was turned on, and they flew farther and farther.The pilot turned his head and could see that they were about a kilometer away, heading east.

At the same time, the two J-[-]BS fighter jets under the cover of electronic warfare aircraft sneaked close to the local positions, and they would replace the electronic warfare aircraft to carry out strikes.One of them fired two anti-radiation missiles at the target at a very close range.Due to the short distance, it was difficult for the Indian radar to maneuver after detecting the attack. After the radar suddenly shut down for a few seconds, the missile guided by the strapdown inertial navigation still accurately hit a place very close to the radar, paralyzing the radar.

The second J-[-]BS turned to search for the missile launch site. The previous launch had already caused the general position of this site to be discovered by the rear command plane. Through the observation of the night pod, it quickly found the enemy's position in the valley that was being evacuated urgently. However, the extremely badly repaired mountain roads made them crowded together. The pilots on the J-[-]BS immediately irradiated the missile launchers around the site with laser light. It is fully demonstrated in the mode that single-seat fighters often appear to be in a hurry during night-time ground attack missions.

Several laser-guided bombs fell from the sky and destroyed most of the enemy's launch vehicles that had not had time to leave the position. Only one command vehicle and one launch vehicle escaped by chance.The pilot made an attack on it, but the laser-guided bomb did not keep up with the fast-moving enemy launch vehicle. Seeing the huge smoke and dust fall after the bomb exploded, the enemy vehicle frantically turned around the foot of the mountain and disappeared.

"I've never seen anyone drive at night like that," said the pilot in the back seat.

"Maybe you will hit a cliff when you turn a corner. Why, this road has not been on the map." The pilot said with unspeakable joy. This is the first time he fired, and the reward is not small. Surface-to-air missiles are the ones that most arouse the hatred of pilots. To kill half of the position is also worth showing off.

"Their roads are poorly maintained, and the side effect is that the Emon satellites are sometimes difficult to spot."

"Move, move, return to the formation immediately. The main target is fleeing." Someone on the command plane said.The so-called main target obviously refers to the escaping howitzer unit. The J-[-]'s radar has accurately located them in the mountains. However, the satellite-guided bombs it carries are powerless against maneuvering targets, and the J-[-]BS must be called to repeat the old trick and implement it. Laser guided bomb attack.

"Let me remind you, don't be too rash, be sure to attack the first one first." The command plane said.

"clear."

Through the data link, the J-7BS quickly found the position of the Indian military vehicle slowly moving in the mountains. They sped up and rushed over. From the 40X images sent back from the day and night targeting pod, it can be seen that it is a convoy of about 50 vehicles. , among which there were quite a few jeeps, possibly containing a headquarters.Those exaggerated howitzers are all hung behind the truck, with a distance of about [-] to [-] meters.The entire convoy was traveling on the mountainside, and there was endless darkness below the road.At intervals, a soldier stood on the side of the mountain waving lighting objects to keep the truck from overturning the cliff, and the transfer in the mountains at night was horrific.

"Remember, attack the first one."

"clear."

There was sudden confusion in the Indian convoy, some started to speed up, others stopped, maybe they had heard an approaching plane or maybe it was just a coordination problem.The strike formations didn't fly too high because they didn't see the anti-aircraft fire, so they had no scruples.

"At [-] o'clock, four LCA fighter jets are flying in formation. Prepare to intercept."

The pilot looked down at the position of the enemy plane. It was still [-] kilometers away. Every plane here was equipped with medium-range bombs. However, according to the command plane's instructions, Su-[-]SK will use R[-]M and R[-] missiles to carry out the first round of counterattacks. .The superior seems to have pulled out all the equipment on purpose. It may also be that after Zheng Hui shot down four enemy planes, he wanted to balance the various units that were eager to fight, so that as many as four planes participated in the attack. These planes all come from a new brigade-level organization, but the pilots all know that the establishment of this brigade is just a temporary measure to adapt to the new style of warfare, and all the achievements will still be brought back to their respective units in the future .

This unit brings together the best of each unit, and also brings a variety of fighters.At first I thought that logistical support would be the biggest problem, but now it seems that it is not an easy task to settle the emotions of all the mountains. Zheng Hui's fluke can be regarded as a stone that caused a thousand waves, and many pilots began to try it out. , hoping to pick up the next soft persimmon and squeeze it hard.

(End of this chapter)