Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 30: Escape from Despair
"No, you don't mind me, you keep a distance behind me, and help me resist the enemy wingman." The colonel said.

Song Ning realized that the colonel was not going to fight recklessly. His intention was to use the advantage of the data link to carry out the tactics of flanking up and down. Generally speaking, the colonel's No. 01 took advantage of the climbing speed to seize the height and then focused on attacking, while his own No. 02 Aircraft remain out of range of enemy weapons at all times as long as the mission is tracking while distracting enemy formations.On the surface, it can be considered that Colonel Sami didn't intend to put himself in danger out of good intentions, and of course it can be considered that the old man made up his mind to take it all by himself from the very beginning. Song Ning didn't deal with the colonel for a long time, but he knew that Sami During his ten-year military career, he served in several squadrons, and the record of the wingman who cooperated with him was always zero.However, this was nothing to Song Ning. Due to discipline, he wished he could watch from a distance. The only thing he was worried about now was that the No. 01 plane had an accident.

"02 understands. Don't be too reckless." After Song Ning responded, he immediately slowed down. He knew that the key to this tactic was to keep a distance of 7 to 8 kilometers from the lead plane. He kills an enemy, but that's probably what Sammy didn't want either.Song Ning had already fully estimated the situation. He found that the colonel's chances were not small. After all, the enemy had a guilty conscience and would choose to flee in a panic. This is indeed an opportunity, but if the colonel wants to be brave, he had better have this ability.

A rapidly climbing Sammy has been seen on Matanga's HUD as a small, fast-moving blip, and his radar has lost several targets in a row, because this opponent climbs fast and continues to use it electronic interference.

"Tiger 2, this is a veteran, you stay at low altitude and search the direction due east, I'm afraid the enemy is not alone."

"clear."

When the Phantom wingman's radar was turned on, Song Ning was turning one after another, so he disappeared on the Phantom's radar in a flash.

"Captain, there is another enemy plane 20 kilometers away, which is leaving. It looks like an F16 in terms of characteristics."

"Tiger 2, he is not breaking away, he must be preparing to launch a medium-range bomb." Matanga said, he knows this tactic, and when the lead plane of the other party occupies a high enough altitude to descend and attack, the wingman carrying the medium-range bomb will definitely turn around. The only way is to quickly destroy the opponent's lead plane.

At this time, Colonel Sami had climbed to 5000 meters. He lowered the nose of the plane and searched the front again by scanning. He found that the altitude of the enemy plane was already lower than his own. As he expected, the thrust of the enemy plane was limited. , unable to seize a favorable altitude, but unexpectedly, the enemy's formation was not chaotic. Even if it penetrated hundreds of kilometers into Pakistan, it did not run around. The counterattack was quite organized, especially the wingman is now gone.

The radar of the J-01 on the 10st automatically entered the side tracking and scanning state. The distance was only about 10 kilometers, and the two aircraft would soon meet head-on.As soon as the mark for intercepting the target appeared, the colonel rushed to launch a missile before the enemy. He has never believed in infrared missiles, and the hit rate of omnidirectional attacks. It can hit, but as long as the enemy can dive and evade, his goal will be achieved. He believes that in such a situation, he can easily occupy a favorable position.

"02 Where are you?" The colonel asked through the radio. He was eager to know Song Ning's location, but he found that the communication was interrupted. It seems that the electromagnetic interference system of the Phantom 2000H is self-contained, and it can block the entire frequency band at a short distance. communication.This battle was full of drama before and after. On the land of Pakistan, the counterattack of this Phantom was quite methodical, and Sami was not very familiar with this new fighter, so he just set the communication on a simple VHF channel , but now he fell into isolation, but he thought that once Song Ning turned around, he should naturally know what to do.

On the HUD, the enemy plane ran away without turning around. Maybe the Phantom hadn’t seen the colonel’s missile yet, or the pilot of the lead plane was quite calm. Suddenly another point of light appeared: Obviously, the other party also launched a missile at itself.As a last resort, Sammy quickly pulled up the nose at a speed of 1 kilometers per hour. He saw that the G value on the HUD reached 1000 instantly, and the plane inevitably lost its target again. When he turned down the slope, he saw himself The zigzag trail left by the missile appeared to have undergone a large overload maneuver, but there was no trace of explosion, and the opponent's missile did not know where it went.

"Colonel, you missed the hit. The enemy plane is below you." Thankfully, the communication was finally restored, and Song Ning's voice appeared.

Sammy looked down at the vertical display, and the data link was restored. The radar data of the No. 02 fighter jet has been reflected on it. It can be seen that an enemy plane is turning at its own 1 o'clock. The altitude is about 2 meters, and the distance is still far away. 3500 kilometers away, looking at a loss, another enemy plane is flying towards Song Ning. If this Chinese pilot has been so hesitant to think about the military court, he will soon face a 8-on-1 air battle.

The colonel turned the fuselage sideways and looked in the general direction, but he still couldn't see the enemy's trace. According to his experience, if he couldn't see it at this distance, it was probably because he was hiding in the clouds, and there was indeed a large area at 2 o'clock. cumulus.

"02, shoot down the phantom wingman immediately." Sammy said, he still had one missile left, so he didn't dare to expect a 3-0 game. He hoped that Song Ning would be more decisive.And what he has to do now is to secretly follow the lead Phantom plane that lost its target, and come behind his ass.It doesn't seem to be difficult to do so. Due to the advantage of the data link, his own battlefield information seems to be twice as much as that of his opponent.The colonel quietly turned off the radar and switched to IRST tracking mode. He knew that it was not very safe to use this kind of infrared system in the airspace with clouds, but his nature made him particularly fascinated by sneak attacks.

8 kilometers away, Matanga just used a 9G dive turn to avoid the missile attack, and then lost the target again.What he was worried about did not happen. Another suspected F20 plane 16 kilometers away has not fired. Maybe that plane is just in charge of surveillance, maybe he has no medium-range bombs at all, he thought to himself.Lieutenant Matanga wanted to look up and search for the enemy lead plane above, but the fuel level warning appeared on the multi-function display, and the fuel consumption was already over half. This is because he lost two 2-liter fuel tanks and at least 1700 liters of fuel left in them in a panic. inevitable consequence.Now that he has no intention of climbing up the clouds, and continues to entangle that old fritter, the only thing he can do now is to escape from this area and get closer to the border.Let other Besiana's MiG 1000s rush over to cover themselves. Fortunately, after climbing to 21 meters, the communication with the headquarters has been unblocked.

"Tiger calling tiger's lair, current position is 80 kilometers east of Sagdad, heading 090, passing through Punjab province. Fighter cover required."

"Tiger leader, report the heading at any time, and we will send a plane to cover you."

Song Ning has been wandering on the edge of the battlefield, never opened fire, he has many opportunities, but he is well aware of the discipline that weighs on him.But the situation has been changing, and as the battlefield gradually moves eastward, he is now more and more worried about another thing, which is falling into Pakistani ground fire. On the RWS, radar scans his plane from time to time. He knows that the closer to the east, the closer to the front line, and the Pakistani identification system cannot identify this plane.

(End of this chapter)