Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 43 Sam 6
"Black spider leader, why didn't you take off yet?" Soon, the AWACS began to ask Sami.

"The runway is still being cleared, we'll be taking off soon," Sammy said casually.

"Stop doing this, I see that your runway is intact." Uhak jumped over the AWACS and exposed Sami directly on the radio.

"Okay, we'll take off right away and expect to catch up with you near the border."

Sammy has his own calculations. He doesn't want to follow too closely, because his mission is not to escort. If he follows closely, there will be problems with the time that Thunder stays near the border, and Griffin's 2 pilots have 1 hour They just got the emergency take-off order before, and they didn't have time to fully understand the essence of the mission. They just mistakenly believed that these thunderbolts should follow closely behind, and perform secondary escort or supplementary attack missions, so that they could objectively attract the attention of the Indian Air Force. power and fire.

At 4000 meters in the air, the lonely F16A twin planes are getting closer and closer to the border. The Indians seem to be unaware. Major Uhak knows that the Indian Air Force is investing most of its strength and is fighting in the northern glacier area. It is said that it shot down in the morning. Several F16Cs.Of course, Uhak also knows that the 16 (Trident) Squadron of the Indian Air Force, which shot down an F223A of the Griffin Squadron a few days ago, is at the Adampur base in the east. This squadron has not been dispatched for 2 days. sleep well.

"Captain, there should be a barracks?" Uhak's wingman asked.He knows the location of the target, but not the specific characteristics.

"It's roughly correct. In a depression, there is a river in front of it, and a cricket field on one side of the town." Uhak said.

Judging from the preset route, navigation is not complicated.The way the intelligence department determined that this was a command post was very simple, because there was an anti-aircraft artillery emplacement near the house, and at the same time a large number of radio communications were measured. Uhak knew that the command post was probably fake, but the anti-aircraft artillery emplacement must be real.

"Those escorting thunderbolts haven't caught up yet?" Wingman Harun Mahdi asked.

"Don't count on them too much. Large aircraft groups are more likely to be detected by radar, which will implicate us instead. We have to attack secretly. Remember the order of attack, and attack the anti-aircraft artillery positions first. If the enemy's radar is turned on, launch missiles at nearby radar first."

"Why not attack that headquarters directly. We can bypass the anti-aircraft artillery positions." The young lieutenant continued to ask.

"Well... I think that command is fake, and the higher-ups know about it."

Five minutes later, the F5 formation began to lower its height, which was Pakistan's first cross-border counterattack.Uhak knew that such an attack might have a little political significance, but he didn't quite understand why he chose a relatively flat area, which was different from the previous bombing pattern. In such an area, India's warning radar has a relatively long range Some, premature exposure may recruit the MiG 16 of the Trident Squadron. Although he also wants to take revenge on Lieutenant Isa, he also knows very well that the current state of the landline full of bombs is unable to fight against those The MiG 29 that is waiting for work.If he were to plan, the ideal plan would be to let Sami's thunderbolts bomb randomly, lure the enemy out, and then hide on the side to ambush the enemy.It never occurred to Uhak that the timing of today's plan was the same as the plan in his mind, except that the main force was not his F29, but four Thunderbolts.

F16's electronic threat analysis system has been alerting to radiation sources in the direction of India. Now, he has discovered a centimeter wave radiation source that appears repeatedly. Obviously this is some kind of long-range search radar with a main lobe that rotates 360 degrees.It is difficult to say whether the Indian side found the two planes at the moment.Based on Uhak's past experience, India's long-range search radar is not very efficient, and it can be avoided by lowering the altitude a little.

"It seems that we have to descend a little more. Why haven't those thunderbolts appeared yet. They should at least distract the enemy's attention." After the major finished speaking, he continued to descend.

"Squad Griffin, the Black Spider team has already taken off and is coming. Colonel Sammy suggests that you increase the altitude a little bit," said the early warning aircraft.This sentence aroused Uhak's vigilance, and he suddenly felt that Sammy seemed to want to expose himself to the enemy.

"You tell the colonel we can't risk flying too high."

"Leader Griffin, this area is full of the 11th Division's anti-aircraft guns and Sam 7, I suggest you not fly too low." Sammy's voice came directly from the radio, explaining his thoughts to show No selfishness.

"Colonel, I remember you saying that suddenness is a pilot's best friend."

"Well, I did say that, but you have to keep an eye on the ground. AWACS can't see those shoulder-fired missiles coming at you." The colonel didn't seem reluctant.Uhak felt that something was wrong with Sami today, he seemed sneaky, and he didn't even know where he was hiding at the moment.

"Leader Griffin, you have crossed the border, and the target is ahead." The early warning aircraft reminded.

Uhak looked down at the navigation. He had already flown past the penultimate navigation point, and the flight route was no different from the preset one. The plan was successful so far, and the Indians were as unresponsive as ever.

"I found a new radiation source in the northeast direction, it seems to be the search radar of Sam 6." Uhak said.The new discovery suggests there may be a battalion of surface-to-air missiles there.Uhak is very familiar with the establishment of the Indian air defense force. This kind of search radar and guidance radar are often arranged in a ratio of one to three. If one such radar can be destroyed, it may be possible to paralyze more than a dozen missile launch vehicles in the entire air defense battalion.This is much more valuable than raiding a few bungalows of an infantry division.

"Leader Griffin, we have measured the location of the source of the 12cm short-wave radiation. The mobile deployment of the Sam-70 missile 6 kilometers away has not yet found that their guidance radar is turned on."

"I request that this position be attacked first," Uhak said. His plane carried an anti-radiation missile, and he wanted to launch this heavy encumbrance first to reduce the weight of the plane.The major is familiar with the flight envelope of these old-fashioned Sam-6 missiles. As long as he approaches at a low altitude, he can launch this MAR-1 missile outside the opponent's range, which is probably safer than bombing anti-aircraft artillery positions.

The AWACS paused for a while, as if it was looking for someone to discuss with. After more than ten seconds, the AWACS agreed to the request, and the major immediately turned and flew towards the target.

The colonel pressed the missile power supply, and the seeker head started to work. This is not a short process. The sensitive seeker head of the missile needs to analyze and memorize the continuous wave and azimuth angle of the radiation source. Although those Sams mounted on the tracked chassis 6 can be deployed flexibly, but this far E-band range radar may not be able to escape in time.

At the same time that the anti-radiation missile was allowed to launch, the opponent's guidance radar began to shine on F16.Now that both sides are at the edge of the flight envelope of the other's missiles, it depends on who is more calm. Of course, this situation is more advantageous for flexible aircraft.According to the known characteristics of this type of Indian missiles, their attack distance to targets at an altitude of 500 meters is very short, but the known data will inevitably be wrong. Now is the time to verify the correctness of these statements.

(End of this chapter)