Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 363 Reunion on the Battlefield

India’s Su-30MKI launched two types of medium-range missiles in a mixed manner. This is a strategy planned by the Eagles in advance to deal with various electronic countermeasures that may be faced. The infrared-guided R27T can easily pass through the chaff, while the active radar-guided R77 is not easy. Fooled by active jamming.

A bomber that fell behind launched chaff and active jamming at the same time to counter it, but no effect was seen. It was hit by a missile. The two pilots stayed in the northwest direction for a while and were forced to eject to escape. Controlled by ground forces.The three Su-2s still did not intend to turn around, but accelerated their pursuit, with great determination to wipe them out, which inevitably made Major General Islam, who was commanding on the border, tremble with fear.JH-30 aircraft only occasionally perform extra-regional strike missions, and are rarely caught by opponents on the battlefield; but in fact, this type of aircraft has always been the combat unit that the Indian government fears the most, even if they do nothing. The fact that it exists in southern Pakistan has seriously interfered with the formulation of India's military policy, so it has always been the top priority target of the Indian Navy and Air Force.

The early warning aircraft reminded the other JH-7 to change its strategy and escape, but the escorting Thunder still needed 4 minutes to arrive.The Indian plane has firmly bit the fighter plane about 8 kilometers behind.The situation forced the JH-7 to avoid radar tracking at a lower altitude.The pilot has no time to observe the vertical direction display at low altitude, and the pilot in the back seat reminds him of the azimuth and distance of the nearest blind-supplying radar in an ambush.Whether it can survive the last section of the mountainous area and reach the effective air defense area is a matter of one fell swoop.

The eagle formation lacking navigation information is in danger when dealing with the opponent's mountainous area.They were forced to make the decision to break up the formation and to gain altitude in an attempt to intercept from all directions.

Of course, not only these Indian planes are looking for opportunities, but the Chinese missile forces hidden deep in the coastal mountains are also silently waiting for opportunities.The long-range missiles to be launched use active radar guidance at the end, which is theoretically more suitable for mountain operations than the S300, but the timing of firing is still a decisive factor.The Su-30 formation has been disappearing and appearing on the radar from time to time, and the headquarters could not complete the tracking conditions, until one of them lost its head, suddenly raised its altitude, and found an accelerated outflanking route. This hasty action fell into a sudden appearance within the coverage of the low-altitude blind-hunting radar.The Indian fighter planes sensed the radar tracking at that time, but out of luck, they still decided to fly in a higher airspace for a longer period of time; the Indian destroyers on the sea clearly saw the two missiles lift off, but they could only pass through the communication. After the ship notified the land command post of this situation, it was too late to tell the Air Force, let alone the pilots in the air.

The pilot really knew that something was wrong because the radar warning device on the fighter plane suddenly issued a harsh warning sound. The system could roughly analyze the radar pulse coming from above. This was obviously the sound of some kind of active radar-guided missile coming to the door.The Indian pilot could have lowered the altitude a few seconds in advance to avoid the tracking of ground radar, but it was too late now. The 2 missiles have already entered the process of high-speed descent, and any dodge is futile.The first missile hit the fighter plane almost directly, destroying it, and a subsequent missile exploded next to the largest piece of wreckage from the disintegrated plane.

At this moment, the other two Su-2s woke up from the impulse and realized that they were too close to the Shamsi base. They crossed the battlefield red line drawn by Goya at the pre-war meeting for about 30 kilometers.

The mood of the Indian pilots quickly fell from excitement to depression. They did not dare to take the risk of pursuing them, and they did not even dare to return to the vicinity of the lead plane, so they turned around and fled northward; Major General Mu also lost his composure and did not deploy these planes to support Sami. This meaningless pursuit lasted for a while, and was frightened away by another S300 position deployed in Khuzdal, and returned without success.

On the other side of the battlefield, Sammy is rapidly fighting his pursuers.He loves mountain chases, where powerful heavy machines don't come cheap.He is well aware of the air combat performance of the Su-30. When he was in China, he fought against several derivative models of Sukhoi fighter jets piloted by the best Chinese pilots. The air combat performance of the Su-30MKI is definitely not better than any of them. In terms of climbing performance, it may still be at a disadvantage.He also rarely saw Indian pilots resort to vector maneuvers in the air, at least they would not do so at low altitudes.This kind of flashy action can indeed point the nose at the target at a very high angular velocity with a twist, but it will cause too much stall, it is difficult to meet the launch conditions of the missile, and there is a risk of losing control and crashing.

Seeing that the Indian Su-30 is struggling to turn, trying to regain its advantage, but it carries too many weapons, which makes its movements a bit clumsy.The colonel putt dived to increase the speed of the turn, and by the time he pulled up again, he was almost in the back of his opponent.The opponent's attempt to get rid of it in a snake shape is undoubtedly a big taboo. The agility of the J-10, coupled with an old guy who can judge the opponent's actions in advance, made the enemy plane not only failed to slip away from the edge of the fighter's radar scan, but also caused a loss of speed. Not a lot.

Goya once warned his comrades that the most important thing to fight against the J-10, which is less powerful, is to increase the distance. The J-10 fighter is not only very good at circling, but also very easy to pre-emptively aim when competing with vertical maneuvers, so they cannot be allowed to too close.However, these teachings are not completely suitable for actual combat. When most people encounter a difficult old guy, they will inevitably lose their positions.

The colonel carefully controlled the throttle to prevent the enemy from escaping from the shooting range.On the head-up display, the G value at the moment of jumping has been changing between 5 and 8, which made it difficult for him to breathe. He has been forcing himself to do anti-G breath holding movements. He knows that as long as he persists for a while, the lock will be completed .He has activated 2 PL8 missiles and selected them as salvos (launched at very short intervals).He reckoned that the completion of the cooling of the seeker would almost be synchronized with the radar interception. It was expected that the Indian pilot would not be able to play any tricks other than using thrust vector control to make some unconventional actions that might lead to a collision with a mountain. The PL8 missile is an extremely reliable weapon that is not outstanding in performance. It is more suitable for a calm pilot than the R73 missile, which has the ability to attack at large off-axis angles but is always embarrassing on the battlefield.

At the moment when the radar was about to complete the lock, the colonel suddenly lost his eyesight.At such a juncture, it must be fatal. He tried his best to complete the final turn, trying to complete the final blow with his hearing, but the sound of the missile locking did not sound for a long time. Obviously, he could not see what the opponent did. countermeasures.

He finally messed up, and it was only a matter of time before he hit the mountain.He hastily pressed the launch button, let the missiles that did not intercept the enemy plane's path find their targets, and then pulled up the plane and waited for the situation to improve; he has experienced several times and knows that this situation usually does not exceed 30 seconds, but he is old , who knows?30 seconds in air combat is enough time for a lot of things to happen.

The 2 PL8 missiles flew forward blindly, their field of view was only 1.5°, it was naturally difficult to find the target by blind shooting, but the colonel did not expect to be able to hit it, the main purpose of his launching missiles was to suppress the target, lest it be too early Turn to counterattack.

The warning sound from the radar warning device became more and more sharp. He knew that it was the surface-to-air missile position in the east, and the higher altitude would definitely fall into its attack range, but he had no choice now, so he closed his eyes. If you wander around in the mountains, you will naturally die faster.

"Captain Lionheart, the enemy has launched S300 missiles. What are you doing?" Major General Islam cried out in astonishment. He saw Sami's abnormality, but he couldn't guess the reason for a moment.

"I see, Viper. You have to tell me the range of the surface-to-air missiles anytime, I can't see them."

Sami replied truthfully that he temporarily lost all data links and information that navigation equipment could provide, except for the voice command of the AWACS.He also didn't want to summon Song Ning, it would be nice if he could restrain an enemy from a distance, but then again, who can cover a blind man in the air?
It was his idea to set up this simple trap, the original intention was for him to lure the enemy to turn around and give Song Ning a favor.The plan was completely in order at the beginning, and the enemy underestimated the enemy and surrendered, but just when the plot was developing according to his design, such an incident happened; when he passed the side of the enemy formation before, he had already seen the SB302 painted with shooting down marks. I am really angry, every time I run into this Indian plane, accidents always happen to me.

"Snake, what's going on around here?"

"The Indian fighter plane is no longer visible, but I hope he is still messing up."

"It won't be long, you have to watch for me."

"Missile, there is still a period of time, keep the posture and slow down, the people below are your own, don't worry too much."

The major general could only make a few nonsense words to comfort his old friend. He didn't know what was going on next, and he was probably still fighting fiercely.

Song Ning, who was 10 kilometers away, heard the conversation between Sami and the early warning aircraft on the radio. He had no time to worry about it, because he was in a stalemate with an expert, but he knew very well that the enemy in the distance launched missiles. The two missiles It's hard to say whether it was flying towards him or not, because his plane has been constantly tracking the S2 position. He hoped that the two missiles were flying towards him, not the colonel.

The 2 missiles did not fly towards Song Ning, they arced from a high altitude and went straight down to the lead plane like sleepwalking.The major general could see the trajectory representing the missile's path speeding toward the old friend.

"Hurry up and skydive!"

Sammy had already firmly grasped the ejection handle under the seat, and his eyesight showed no sign of recovery.He put his feet together and leaned back, and then pulled the handle with all his strength. In a ball of orange flames, the rocket threw him and the seat into the sky. He had the experience of ejecting out of the cabin once.He held his breath and rolled in the air for a while, and heard the screeching sound of missiles approaching in the icy airflow, followed by the sound of an explosion in the distance, about 20 kilometer away.

Lin Huaisheng was directing the troops to retreat from the smoky valley when he saw a fighter plane explode overhead.

"Comrades, we have shot down another Indian MiG fighter!" He sneered while holding the communicator in his hand.In fact, he couldn't tell whether the plane belonged to India or his own, and the nonsense was just to boost morale.

"Chief of Staff, lo and behold, the Indian pilot has fallen."

Someone pointed him to look up, and sure enough, he saw the gray-white parachute slowly falling down.He estimated the direction of the wind, and it might fall to his side.

"Do you want to catch someone alive?"

Lin Huaisheng thought about it for a while, and felt that this proposal was very reasonable. After capturing a pilot, he could find out many plans of the Indian Air Force, know the next strike area of ​​the Air Force, and naturally, he could also find out the possible movements of the Indian Army.

"Squad 2 sent a few people to keep an eye on it, and don't let the local armed forces rescue it."

Several local miscellaneous armed forces in the mountainous area have long lost their will to fight. Whenever a plane flies in the sky, it will cause a new round of chaos among these mobs.Sami's parachute floated quietly over the "Baluchi Homemade Alliance", and then slid over the heads of hundreds of "Freedom Army" and "Liberation Front" fighters without anyone noticing.

Sammy landed hard on the ground and became entangled in the parachute.He has recovered his eyesight, and he saw numerous dead bodies and a large number of bomb craters on the ground during his descent. He knew that his situation was not good. If he fell into the hands of the militants who had just been bombed, they would definitely vent all their anger to his head.Until the parachute was lifted and a Chinese face was seen.

Just as he was about to say something, the Chinese soldier cut his hands backwards in an extremely fast manner, and then took the pistol away.The colonel didn't bother to explain, he knew that the Chinese sometimes couldn't tell the difference between a Pakistani and an Indian.

(End of this chapter)