Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 299 One move away from chess

"Two or three moves to understand." The pilot turned on the afterburner and quickly moved away from the sneaking enemy fighter jet.

The enemy plane seemed to be under good command, and the 4 fighters responded immediately. They were divided into 2 teams, one of which turned on the radar and continued to pursue to the northwest, and the other team turned to the north for vigilance. Obviously they knew there were other The Chinese plane is due north.

The command plane mobilized two J-2BS to come back to fight, but the electronic jammers accompanying the team could not attack with them because of exhaustion of fuel, so it was difficult to suppress the ground command that guided these enemy planes approaching, which made the combat mode tend to be evenly matched, and this This is what the commanding plane is most worried about.

"Kunlun, what's the situation?" The Su-27 pilot kept asking, while turning his head to be vigilant, and did not see the enemy plane approaching.

"Suddenly appeared like a ghostly shadow, and now it's gone. Ken can hide behind the mountain."

"MiG 29?"

"It's roughly correct, but the one that uses the phase-scanning radar should be a fairly advanced model. It's so strange."

The commander in the command plane said nervously.In fact, the answer in his heart is ready to come out, it should be the Trident Squadron equipped with MiG 29UPG, but this conclusion must wait until the ground, together with the Air Force intelligence department to verify.The Trident Squadron never appeared in the theater briefing. They should still be in the Punjab gang. Obviously India is trying to adapt to the new situation. During this period of time, they did not do nothing.

AWACS has been monitoring the entire airspace.The two MiG-2s that are approaching the two J-11BS head-on will soon enter the range. Of course, this means that the enemy may also launch the R2 first. If they are really the latest MiG-29, it is of course not a problem to launch the R27 .The commander's heart was almost in his throat, not only because the other two enemy planes could not be found, but also because the enemy's ground command began to work.The purpose of the series of attacks he planned is definitely not to pursue symmetrical operations. The J-29 fighter jet is a good multi-purpose platform, but its electronic warfare model cannot follow the formation of heavy aircraft for a long time. Question: In terms of numbers, our side still maintains a 77-to-2 advantage for the time being, but that is not a great advantage.

Sure enough, the two sides began to fire medium-range bombs, and then each took advantage of the mountains to avoid.Judging from the air combat cases that have been collected in this war, the mode of night combat is always the same. Whether in the south or the north, monotonous and inefficient medium-range missiles are the main strike method for both sides.

Captain Roll looked down from time to time to observe the wingman's feint and other necessary information transmitted through the data link. This MiG-29 has a high-resolution terrain tracking mode, but it does not have an automatic avoidance system, so it is still necessary to be extremely careful when flying at low altitudes at night.The good news is that the ground radar has been monitoring the enemy, and the communication is still smooth, which shows that the enemy's accompanying electronic warfare aircraft no longer poses a threat.

In this battle, Roll came with the important mission of the Ministry of National Defense. He knew that as long as he shot down an enemy plane, the whole situation might be reversed, and the pressure exerted by the Army on the Prime Minister and the Ministry of National Defense would be greatly reduced.A few hours ago, when he was preparing to transfer from New Delhi, Singh sent his chief of staff to convey the above urgent hopes in person.The north must have a decent counterattack and must break the status quo that Chinese aircraft can do whatever they want.The MiG-29 of the Trident is the best fighter that the Ministry of National Defense can deploy. Due to the range problem, the MiG-29 is not suitable for fighting in the south, so it was transferred to the north. In terms of the number of enemy planes shot down, Rolle is also inferior. Second only to Goya, in fact, on the first national hero interview program, Rolle and Goya also sat together. That time he shot down a Pakistani F16, and what Lieutenant Goya shot down was just It was just a Phantom V, but in the end, due to the host's preference and the political orientation of the Ministry of Defense, Goya, who was driving the Su-30MKI, stole the limelight, and Captain Rolle hardly showed his face.

"The current position of the enemy." Roll asked.

"At 11 o'clock, 37 kilometers. Your formation is still 20 kilometers away from the control line." The ground replied.There is a data link connection between Rolle's fleet, but he can only use voice navigation with the ground, which makes him unable to see the enemy from the monitor. Fortunately, he has long been accustomed to air combat without data link.

"The enemy plane has accelerated to 800 kilometers, and it is still accelerating, and the direction has not changed."

The enemy plane is speeding away, and his low-altitude approach plan has obviously gone bankrupt, or in other words, under the eyes of the Chinese early warning aircraft, it will be so easy to sneak attack.He had no choice but to pull up the plane and try his best to catch up, hoping to gain something.Rolle believes that he has some friendship with Minister of Defense Singer, and Singer once awarded him the Warrior Wheel Medal.So today he is determined to repay Singer. He intends to risk going beyond the control line and force the enemy plane to turn around and fight. This is his idea.These two Su-2SKs are his ideal targets. If the enemy turns around, he can gain a technical advantage in a very short period of time.

The radar scan of the MiG 29 confirmed his guess. The two Su 2SKs were turning, and it seemed that they were determined to fight back.In this corner of the battlefield, a 27-on-2 battle situation is taking shape.

Against the backdrop of the night, a series of flashes of light appeared on the HUD, and these points of light represented the general position and posture of the enemy when visual observation was impossible. The turning action of the two Su-2s prolongs the interception process, but this large enemy aircraft is still easier to intercept than any other Chinese fighter.

Rolle and the other wingman beside him were hoping that the enemy would turn around to narrow the distance, so that he could be sure to fire first, but things went against his wishes. The two Su-2s just turned to the west instead of turning around. kick in.Rolle has always known that the opponent’s AWACS is circling over Karakoram, because the display shows the approximate location and height of the radiation source, which is the most unsuitable plateau area in the world for AWACS to play a role, but its role is still beyond ground radar .He believed that the early warning aircraft was planning something secretly, and she should still have cards in her hand.

The Chinese command plane has been paying close attention to the Indian MiG-29 twin-plane formation that is closely following it. There are newly deployed surface-to-air missile positions near the mountain pass, but the commander does not want to expose these positions prematurely, but he also does not want to be on the line of control. Backing up, he conceived a plan in time, decided that the Su-27SK would lure the enemy to the west, and let the only J-16 fighter-bomber in the formation play the leading role in the counterattack. The ability to attack, but the major general knows that this J-12 is undoubtedly the most powerful. Its phased array radar can always keep up with new target information stably, and it is not easy to lose the target like a mechanical scanning radar.

Roll followed closely all the way. He knew that the enemy must have some conspiracy. He has never been a person with a strong fighting spirit like Goya. His character tends to be suspicious and cautious, but today he must take a little risk to defend the empty northern air How much to earn back a little face.

"Captain, are you firing?" the wingman asked, and the Chinese plane was still 30 kilometers away.But it seemed pointless to keep chasing.

"Salvo fire."

2架米格29双双开火，在大约5秒钟内，先后发射了4枚R77导弹。

A powerful radar began to irradiate Rolle, and the radar alarm began to scream, and the scream became more and more piercing—the energy of the enemy's radar has not decayed, which shows that the opponent has entered the tracking state.

"I'm being tracked by radar."

"Me too," the wingman replied.

It seems that at least one enemy plane is aiming at our own formation. Judging from the performance of this radar, it is definitely not a good comer.

Except for this radar warning device, Rolle's current battlefield perception ability is almost zero. He doesn't know the number and distance of the enemy, and he doesn't know whether the enemy plane has launched a weapon. Logically, they should have launched a missile (if it is within range) ).However, the four R4 missiles launched by him and his wingmen are still in the middle command flight stage, and the active radar is still in the countdown stage.Rolle could choose to continue chasing for a few seconds with his eyes smeared, or he could turn back immediately. Of course, if he did that, it would be impossible for the four R77s that lost their command correction to hit.A second later, Luo Er broke free from the painful struggle:

"Turn around immediately, let's go back."

"What?" The wingman hesitated.He really couldn't bear to see the opportunity to miss the battle.

"We are in a pinch, give up the attack!"

The wingman prepared to disobey and endure for a while longer. Captain Roll did not stop him through the radio because he was still hesitating whether his decision to escape was correct, but he himself quickly turned around and gave up 2 R77 missiles.

After the active radar of the R77 missile was turned on, the escaping Su-27SK began to use chaff jamming, and at the same time, it released active jamming through the wingtip ECM pod.The MiG-29 wingman knew that if he turned around now, the active radar of the missile would not be enough to burn through the chaff interference, so he persuaded himself to continue the pursuit amidst the sharp warning sounds. This was a very risky and reckless bet. Because the oriole was behind, and because the target he was chasing had accelerated above the speed of sound, the trailing missile was on the edge of the envelope. The R77 missile has never shot down a target exceeding 1.5 times the speed of sound in a tail-chasing manner in actual combat. Most of the targets it may shoot down cannot accelerate to this Mach number calmly.

"Quickly give up!" Rohr shouted on the radio.

At the same time, the MiG-29 detected the start-up of the active radar of the opponent's PL12 missile, and all the radiation sources tightly bit the backward Trident.

In an instant, the hunter became the prey, and Rohr knew that he didn't have time to reflect on how stupid his decision to pursue the superior enemy was. In modern air combat, there are few precedents in which a party lacking early warning aircraft wins only by sneak attack (Sami may be one exception)
The wingman immediately evaded with a set of dazzling dodging actions, temporarily throwing off the two PL2 active radars, but these actions at the wrong time quickly lost their effect, because the powerful airborne fire control radar is inescapable.Soon, PL12, flying in the wrong direction, turned around with a 12G turn and continued to bite the plane.

The Indian pilot still responded calmly. The Trident Squadron was not an idiot unit that would parachute at the slightest sign of trouble. When he looked back, he could already see 2 shining missiles just a few kilometers away.This is his best chance to get rid of it. The next ten seconds is the best time to escape from the radar vision of missiles through super-maneuvering actions. If successful, these missiles will miss him forever. Speed, now he has to be patient.

(End of this chapter)