Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 3 Circling
This new round of conflict between India and Pakistan has been going on for a week, and the two sides have only stayed at a limited level of ground forces shelling each other. Occasionally, a few tactical planes will fly to the other side's forward position and drop some conventional bombs. The opponent's infiltration force, but so far, any plane has been shot down.Now, it's the perfect opportunity for Rahsinagoya, the country boy from Purbani.Therefore, the lieutenant must not waste the opportunity indiscriminately.

So the lieutenant decided to implement plan A, which is to safely kill the next plane first.He believed that any Pakistani fighter, even the famous F5D of the 16th (Falcon) Squadron, could not compete 1-on-1 with him.What's more, the enemy plane that has not been seen in front is probably just another old-fashioned Mirage III aircraft (in Pakistan's sneak attack tactics, the lighter Mirage III multi-purpose fighter is often used to guide the heavier Phantom VI fighter-bomber.) It can be expected that after he saw his teammates being shot down, the reaction of the plane in front was probably to desperately lower the altitude to dodge, and maybe he himself would crash into the mountains on both sides.

The captain held his breath intently, and after the last cloud in front of his eyes disappeared, he pressed the laser rangefinder button again. The coaxial laser rangefinder of the IRST equipment fired a laser beam that the enemy could not detect, and this time the rangefinder was successful.Soon the infrared seeker of the R73 missile also caught the target, and the audio signal of the missile's infrared seeker locked on the target also began to beep, which means that the attack is almost certain.

"It's up to you this time," Jaafar said.

Goya pressed the single-shot button, and a combat missile flew away from the No. 1 pylon. It drew a shallow arc and flew towards the unknown enemy plane.Goya's hand was on the switch of the fire control radar. Later, no matter what happened, all he had to do was turn on the radar scan.

The enemy never made any escape movements, he just flew flat and quietly, not knowing that his death was imminent. The R73 followed with a trail of white steam, which the Pakistani pilot could have seen by turning his head slightly, but he did not.Maybe he looks back once or twice a minute. The pilots who are at the back of the tactical formation usually keep looking back. Maybe the snow-capped mountains on both sides have attracted most of his attention. Anyway, this time he has some Paralyzed.

Goya, who was silently chasing after him, prayed that his opponent would not look back. He hoped that the God of War could stand behind him at this moment, so that his opponent would not be aware of it.Time seemed to freeze. From a distance, the tail flame of the missile could be seen approaching the phantom very slowly. Then, as expected, the phantom turned into a fireball and began to fall.

"God protects you." The lieutenant yelled out, the first real result of the battle was obtained, even if he violated the rule of no close combat, the squadron leader would definitely let him go.But it's not time to celebrate yet.He quickly turned on the fire control radar, entered the vertical scanning mode, and skillfully adjusted the pulse repetition rate to the "medium" position.Another enemy may be in the clouds a few kilometers away, which is the best search mode.

Soon, Jaafar, who was sitting back, found the target on the vertical status display, but not one target, but a series of intermittent ones. The opponent was releasing radar jamming, almost as fast as Goya opened the radar.

"You son of a bitch, where are you going?"

Goya stepped on the turning pedal and leaned to the right at the same time, swooped over with a large slope, and dropped to 1500 meters (relative altitude) in one go.He thought that the opponent should be in extreme panic at this moment, and his phased array radar at this distance, if the angle is right enough to see through his electronic interference and chaff false targets, the next thing will be very simple, use the remaining 1 grappling round, or 2 R27s to send him to God in a few minutes.

Things changed against the lieutenant's judgment. Su 30 found that after his frantic pursuit, this target, like chaff scattered one after another, gradually disappeared from the multi-function display (vertical radar display). Goya always believed that he was An old hand, but at this moment, there is no corresponding plan in his mind, which seems completely impossible. So far, Captain Goya has not been able to see his prey, so he can only tentatively think that he is also a phantom.If you can't see your opponent, then the worst possibility is that you will rush in front of it in a daze.

"This is impossible, it must have crashed into the mountain." Jaafar said, and began to search the mountains on both sides, only to see a burning wreckage sweeping down on the slope of the snow-capped mountain, that is, the Mirage that was shot down just now .

"We lost our target. He must have used some kind of trick to escape. Maybe he lowered the altitude." Goya himself couldn't believe this judgment. Even if he was very low, he shouldn't have escaped the radar search, because he My own high speed is less than 1000 meters.

"Will it fight back?" Jaafar said.

"Impossible, if it wants to turn, it must increase its altitude, and it will definitely be discovered by me. He must have hid..."

Goya suddenly saw a small dot coming out of the clouds on the side of the snow-capped mountain in front of him, and it quickly became larger. Maybe he just circled out from behind the mountain.The lieutenant couldn't believe his eyes. It wasn't because of the 6G turn, but because the opponent didn't run away. He was flying towards him and seized his nine o'clock direction. If he crossed this position and then turned, he would definitely become a trouble.

"Damn it, 10 o'clock, bandit!" Jaafar yelled.The other party was about 3 to 4 kilometers away, and he was moving rapidly backwards on the cockpit glass cover, obviously trying to seize a place where he could cut into the turning circle to launch missiles. It was a very flexible aircraft, not like a A less powerful Mirage III fighter.

"He's still pulling up the nose." Jaafar yelled, and Goya pulled up the plane violently, trying to use the instant hovering power of the Su-30 to get close to the opponent's turning circle and regain the advantage with powerful vector thrust. , that is, it is possible to re-enter a lead trace.What is really scary at this time is the nearby snow-covered mountains. Any turning action will make these huge snow-capped mountains closer and more ferocious.Goya must battle his own fears.

Pulling up the nose can't take advantage of anything, because the opponent's turning ability does not seem to be weak.The lieutenant lowered the nose of the aircraft and tried to increase the turn rate with a 7G hover that he had never tried before in training. After more than ten seconds, he gradually took the leading route, but the situation began to change again, and the opponent slowed down calmly. Moving up slowly, the lieutenant had to raise his head to see the tiny target.Goya realized that his opponent seemed to be waiting for him to make a mistake, and he was waiting for him to rush forward in this round of strong circling pursuit.

"What a cunning thing."

The lieutenant saw through the conspiracy, took advantage of the situation, made a roll, and pulled up some noses. Although he lost some speed, the noses still couldn't point to the enemy, but at least he was not tricked by a light aircraft.The enemy plane was always dangling in the upper right area of ​​him, and did not use all its strength to accelerate.Goya took a deep breath, and he reminded himself that in such a scissors chase, the impatient side is more likely to take the bait.

"You son of a bitch, you underestimate me." The lieutenant scolded.He knew that as long as he didn't make mistakes, he would slowly gain the advantage. The continuous turns at high angles of attack had caused both sides to lose most of their speed, but the captain was confident that this enemy plane whose model could not be identified for the time being, was at best A single-engine light machine is obviously not powerful enough to fight against the Su-30. If it is delayed for tens of seconds, it will lose its turning speed and wait for death.Either lose height and hit the ground, in short, it is difficult to come back.What's more, the lieutenant is confident that there is still one trump card that he has not used.

As Goya calculated, the two planes gradually lost speed, the turning radius became smaller and smaller, and the distance between them became closer and closer. Jaafar could already see the pilot in the cabin, and it can be roughly judged that the distance between About [-] kilometers.

"Look, it's a..." Jaafar's voice stopped abruptly, and he couldn't remember what kind of plane it was.He wanted to say that it seemed to be a Mirage F1, but in his memory, the circle radius of the Mirage F1 at this altitude was much larger, because the power of that aircraft was very weak.

(End of this chapter)