Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 38 Escape
Missile status changed from RDY to LOCK ON.The major temporarily changed the number of launches to one, because he realized that the current situation was very difficult and he could not shoot out all the missiles.The moment he pressed the launch button, he was surprised to find that a white light flashed under the opponent's wing, and he was able to fight back when he was within such a small azimuth angle.

Everything seemed neither reasonable nor fair, but the two R30 missiles launched by the Su-2 still drew a large circle in the air and flew towards the major. How could these Russian weapons achieve such an attack?The major regretted that he only fired one missile. It seemed that he was at a considerable disadvantage in addition to the offensive and defensive transposition.

Things are taking a turn for the worse.Due to the distrust of the United States in the late period of the war on terrorism, Pakistan has never obtained the AIM9X missile, and the AIM9M missile can only be tied with the R73 in combat capability, and is at a disadvantage in the large off-axis launch capability. Hassan and the opponent press the button Haven't entered the rattlesnake's no-escape zone yet.The powerful turning ability of the Su-30 played a role. It turned quickly and sharply when it was close to Mach 1, which made the rattlesnake it fired lose its target in a sea of ​​tracer bullets.

Rashid's direction is still unclear, and Hassan only has one fighting bomb left. He decided to abandon the Su-30 and immediately support Rashid's plane.Of course, the premise is that he can quickly get rid of the two R2 missiles flying in a huge arc. If he can get out of today's battle, he will be satisfied.

Colonel Sami was sitting in the underground command room. There was no battle situation provided by the data link on the display frequency, but he knew very well from the pilot's conversations on the radio that the two remaining planes of the 5th Squadron were in danger today. .Aerial combat in textbooks often refers to one-on-one. If there are a large number of enemy aircraft on the battlefield, one of them will always bite its own rear in the chaotic air confrontation.The colonel moved forward, feeling an urge to take over command, but under the current situation, he couldn't do anything unless the AWACS reached a suitable position, but by then, the air battle should have ended.

"I saw the third enemy plane. He is far above." The wingman reported while diving, hoping to hide in the mountains.

With skill and luck, Rashid had already escaped a round of medium-range bomb attacks. One minute ago, he accelerated head-on towards the Indian plane, allowing him to jump out of the flight envelope of the opponent's missiles before they could attack and maneuver. This trick worked, but then, he saw the third enemy plane with his naked eyes. This was not the two planes detected by the radar. This Su-1 deliberately slipped behind the other two planes, as if he was in control of the overall situation.In any case, the Indian commander of this team was stronger than he and Hassan had ever seen before. His formation was scattered and disorderly, but the high and low coordination complemented each other, like a giant net.Only one aircraft in the Indian formation had its radar turned on. The enemy did this to make the opponent ignore the number, but it was too late to find out.

"Don't underestimate the enemy's head-on attack capability." An old man's voice shouted on the radio. Rashid didn't know Sami well, so he didn't know who was shouting.

The engine of the F16 roared and rushed towards the two black dots in front. Head-on impact is a tactic for winning in danger. This can increase the speed of your aircraft’s movement on the opponent’s cockpit cover a lot. Destroys some opponents' aiming moves, and makes it easier to dodge if the opponent fires a weapon.The actual situation is that even if the opponent's infrared-guided missile can turn with a 2G overload, it is still much more difficult to hit an approaching aircraft at high speed than it is to hit a fleeing aircraft at high speed.

"Occupy the position of the sun, don't let..."

The communication was cut off suddenly, which is often the case in mountainous areas, so Rashid died without knowing what the old man on the radio was trying to say.

The pilot did not occupy the direction of the sun as the colonel instructed, and it seemed impossible to him that the enemy had three planes.He fired a missile when the missile lock indicator was not on, in order to get out of the way of the enemy aircraft ahead, which he did. Turning sideways, he was delighted to find that on the TEWS (Electronic Tactical Threat Display), the radar track was gone.Now is the time to run away.

All of this is under the observation of the Su-30 at the top. Captain Goya has never left his eyes on this enemy plane that is approaching and trying to break through from below. He hopes that this will be his own record today, and also The team's second record.Goya has clearly identified this enemy aircraft. These are the single-seat F5C fighters of the 16th Squadron of the Indian Air Force, not the old-fashioned F9A of the 16th Squadron, or the two-seat fighters of the 11th Squadron. The B-shaped, which is a genuine Burke 52, there are only 8 in Pakistan (there are another 6 two-seaters).In the state of war, the United States has frozen the delivery of the second batch of 14 aircraft. That is to say, by the end of the war, Pakistan will not have more F16C-shaped fighter jets.

"Eagle 2, stop it and let me do it."

The second wingman quickly approached the turning F16.Now Goya can choose a variety of weapons, but the embarrassing distance makes the enemy plane at the edge of the attack envelope of the two types of missiles at the same time. Of course, he can't deliberately drag the distance to launch the R2, so he has to get closer.His height advantage allows him to gain faster speed than Rashid's F77, and he can completely bite this opponent, as long as the wingman interferes with the opponent a little.

F16C found that the second Su-2 did not take advantage of its vector nozzle to force its nose to point at itself, but outflanked it from a long distance. It can be seen that the purpose of these Indians is to surpass the end of the chase, which is the position in the middle of the envelope of R30 ,launch missile.Rashid didn't choose to deal with it, his F73C was saddled with huge conformal fuel tanks, which made his turning not as good as those old F16s, he could only pull the plane up, because his confident speed was still large (about 16 Mach) advantage, which can be traded for climb speed, he hoped that the bulky enemy aircraft would be easier to get rid of on the vertical plane.So he completely fell into Goya's trap. This kind of 1v1 contest had no chance of winning, but Goya's deployment was more complete.

At an altitude of 10000 meters, Goya's Su-30 was ready for battle. The flexible F16 was always swaying below him at 2 o'clock, but it was already tired, and the vertical climb consumed a lot of speed of the plane.Although Goya couldn't trap it with the HUD, it didn't matter. Goya's helmet sight had already been locked, and the firing prompt sound kept ringing in his ears, but the new team leader didn't want to fire the weapon like this.The bandit is struggling to get away, like a frightened bird, and if he continues to flee at high angles of attack, he will eventually become a perfect target for a total loss of speed.Therefore, Goya's plane also did not use the vector nozzle to forcibly point at the F16. He knew that this action had a price. All he had to do was to chase and force the enemy plane to circle him. The captain did not expect to drive the enemy into his own plane. At 12 o'clock, this is an F16C aircraft known for its flexibility. All he has to do is wait until the speed of the enemy plane drops below 600 kilometers.It's almost done now.

Two R2s flew off the pylon one after another. This kind of missile can be launched at a large off-axis angle. However, if the enemy's speed is too high or too close, they may eventually escape the theoretical missile flight envelope. Goya has With such a lesson, he is a person who will not make a second mistake.

Everything was as Captain Goya expected, the F16C did not make any effective evasion, even did not throw away the cockpit cover to parachute, the missile hit it.Sammy was sitting in the basement of the base, and Rashid's rapid breathing suddenly stopped, and then he could no longer find the radio station.

(End of this chapter)