Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 544 Death Route
Pakistan lacks drones and can only use valuable combat aircraft for such general reconnaissance missions. Of course the old man is always happy to accept any flight deep behind enemy lines. It would be more ideal if the Indian Air Force can dispatch a few aircraft to intercept him. Yes, but the Indian Air Force has rarely used troops in this area recently, which will inevitably disappoint him.Although Sami is still the squadron leader of the Black Spider Squadron, he has long since neglected all the administrative work, and recently he has left training and commanding to others; The two sides wandered in the war zone, looking for opportunities, and bit the Indians hard.

The colonel noticed the pontoon bridge over the river from the air, but he couldn't see any traces of ground troops. Visible light and infrared detection methods didn't work. It seemed that the covert work was good.Recently, the army is also improving, and it is more decent than before.The superiors require the ground troops to be separated from their opponents by 10 to 15 kilometers. Now the battle lines are not as jagged as before. It seems that there is at least a 20-kilometer-wide strip between the two sides separating their respective troops.

"Captain Black Spider, you just need to figure out how far the enemy has retreated, and don't go too deep." Lieutenant General Islam on the early warning plane reminded, for fear that Sammy would not know the importance and provoke some unnecessary battles.

"receive."

The colonel kept leveling to the east alone, of course, under the watchful eye of the Amritsar Highland radar.Those fire control radars that always appear suddenly have never appeared. It seems that, as rumored, the Indians transferred the S300 to the north to deal with the Chinese.

"Snake, if you go a little further east, we can see the movement in enemy territory."

"It's not necessary, just turn around and come back." Major General Islam flatly vetoed it.

Below is a relatively flat area, and it is quite difficult for the enemy to hide large-scale troops.A village behind the river is still burning. In the early hours of the morning, the Indian Air Force dispatched MiG-27 and Su-30 to bomb here. You can see that there are many traces of fighting beside the road.Some tanks are still burning, and unlike the burned houses, the black smoke from them can always be seen clearly.

"Viper, there is no trace of the enemy." He said, "I'm thinking, if the army attacks from here, it can easily advance a lot."

Islam didn't respond, probably too far away for voice communication to work.Ever since he was promoted to lieutenant general, Islam has become too cautious. Being separated by the central mountain range will greatly increase the packet loss rate of the data link. The typical reaction is that the targets on the vertical display often stand still.Of course, Islam’s caution is also justified. After India controls the Fort, the warning radar it deploys in the northern occupied area can offset the advantages of Pakistan’s early warning aircraft, and the space for Pakistan’s early warning aircraft to move becomes narrower and slightly protruding. The fighter jets in the mountains may use the mountains as a cover to hunt and kill the early warning aircraft.

The fighter was forced to give up taking pictures and raise the altitude to restore the VHF communication. The colonel had no intention of using the airborne radar, which was really useless. What he wanted was the overall information provided by the data link.

The early warning aircraft made a big circle to avoid the S300 position in Rawalpindi, while waiting for another group of fighters to return; and then finally resumed their reconnaissance and communication capabilities.In a blink of an eye, I saw the latest transfer of the Indian Air Force. Two C2s are on the route from Jammu to Narowal.This is the latest route of the Indian Air Force. They fly from Amritsar to the north to transport supplies through this route, saving the voyage of the traditional route within the border. Of course, the route is under the protection of its air force and anti-aircraft firepower throughout the route.

Seeing a chance, Sami calculated the possibility of a successful assault. The enemy obviously didn't take this lone Thunder fighter seriously, so they didn't see the formation with escort either.He needs to avoid the enemy's radar immediately, but that will also make the information support of the early warning aircraft intermittent.Of course, the enemy's movement can be guessed without an early warning aircraft, because their destination is certain. The C130 would fly east of Gujranwala and hide within its boundaries, at which point its own chance would be lost.If you sneak close by yourself, there is still a chance to intercept these targets.

It took him a second to convince himself that he switched off the power to the scout pod.Then he swooped down quickly. He didn't want to ask the command plane for instructions. That would only waste time. It wasn't the first time he had done something like changing the mission, and Grandma had nothing to do with him.

As he expected, the plane disappeared from the screens of the Indian air defense radar units stationed in Amritsar and Fort Al Jazeera at the same time (in fact, it could not be seen on the ZDK03 early warning aircraft where Islam was located).

Like a shark hiding its dorsal fin in the deep sea, he followed the shortest route and flew at low altitude in order to start a round of hunting for the target.

Although the C130 is stupid, it is not an aircraft that is easy to shoot down. There are others with only 2 missiles, but he still has no hesitation if he can fight a battle.The colonel's plan is simple: lower the altitude to outflank the enemy, and then pull up suddenly in the mountainous area north of Lahore to restore the data link information. No matter in front of or behind the enemy plane, he can quickly occupy a favorable position and launch an attack .If he misses the target, he must immediately turn back the same way.In theory, he has a great speed advantage, but he must beware of the low-altitude blind-filling radar deployed by the Indians mobile, and the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the commanding heights of the mountains.Of course, if there is no advance long-range radar to provide intelligence, the threat of those anti-aircraft guns can be reduced to a very small level.These specific threats, he can sit in the cabin and grasp through the electronic tactical threat display (MPCD).

While the colonel was making up his mind to launch an attack, Colonel Rolle, the squadron leader of the Indian Trident Squadron, was driving an old-fashioned Cessna 172 liaison plane to Amritsar.He didn't like this route, because it was going back and forth right under the enemy's nose, but the order from the Ministry of Defense was urgent, so he had to report to New Delhi as soon as possible, so he could only choose to leave here.In order to avoid the enemy's radar, he drove the two pilots who came to pick him up to the back seat and the co-pilot position, and personally flew the plane close to the mountain.He raised his head, and he could see two C2s slowly passing by, one in front of the other. They could not fly at low altitudes, and could only fly through this dangerous voyage at the maximum speed.After the army hastily abandoned a large occupied area, the air defense circle also retreated a lot. The risk of this route is now much higher than that of 2 days ago, and the pilots on the route are also in a state of self-insecurity. .

The unstable air disturbance in the mountains made the small plane bump up and down all the time. Even a top-notch pilot like Rolle couldn't control this piston plane very well.

"Colonel, in fact, the superior should have asked you to drive the MiG-29 back directly, so as to save you so much trouble." The pilot sitting in the co-pilot seat said, in fact, he did not compliment the colonel's way of flying the plane. Under normal circumstances, Pilots always avoid mountainous areas. This kind of communication aircraft that cannot rely on flight control is the most vulnerable to air disturbance and danger.

"The entire squadron is waiting for parts, and the fighter jets can't take off. This is a big trouble. Our enemies are very good at using their diplomatic strength to destroy our war potential." The colonel shook his head.The so-called destructive potential is actually a tactful illustration of India's internal and external difficulties. The Russians are always easy to bribe, which is their tradition.

"Why are you in such a hurry to let you go back?"

"Of course I don't want to leave the front line at this moment, but the enemy is launching a propaganda machine. They say that Captain Goya and I were killed in battle. Hehe, it's true. The list of dead includes the squadron leader of the Tiger Shark Squadron, so The Ministry of National Defense deliberately let me show up, so that the rumors will be self-defeating." He said with a sneer.

Luo Er knew that Goya was rescued after being shot down, but he really didn't know that Tiger Shark's squadron leader Dabrini was shot down by intensive ground fire in Assam.As the first batch of war heroes to appear on TV programs, their fate has actually been firmly tied to the fate of the country. Since the enemy believes that all these people have been shot down, the Indian government's response cannot be too passive. On the one hand, India has already It has been announced several times that the Pakistani Air Force is completely destroyed. On the other hand, they have to let their opponent's rumors go bankrupt.In addition to participating in the military conference this time, Rolle had to participate in Dr. Lani's program to tell the people the "truth of war".

The plane bumped again for no reason, like a donkey cart with a broken wheel driving on a field ridge.

"I said Colonel, if we pull up a little, it should be smooth."

"You have never experienced war, and you don't know the depth. This place is less than 150 kilometers away from Sagoda, and the enemy's early warning planes are always staring at the sky..."

"If the enemy moves indiscriminately, our radar will find them."

"A good pilot will not be easily detected by radar. If it were me, I would make a surprise attack at low altitude."

He patiently said that the pilots of these liaison planes have never suffered, so of course they don't know how many threats lurk under this blue sky.

"However, all of their excellent pilots who can fly at ultra-low altitudes are dead."

"Hehe, that's just our propaganda."

At this moment, a light gray plane suddenly flashed past the mountain pass in front, the distance was less than 500 meters, and the flight was even lower than Sasna, but there was a movement of jumping up and rolling.Several people in the communication plane opened their mouths wide at the same time, unable to speak. They saw the star and moon logo on the tail of the fighter plane and the missiles under the wings. This is a Thunder fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force.

The large overload turn of the fighter jet is almost done close to the ridge. This is an unconventional half-turn climbing action. In fact, it uses the height to complete the turn without slowing down in a small space. Naturally, it is useless to do such an action in the air. Strange, but in the mountains, it can only make people marvel at its courage and skill.

"It's sneak attacking C130?" Rolle was the first to realize what was going on.He just said that he would launch a low-altitude sneak attack from the enemy's angle, and he bumped into it here unexpectedly. He subconsciously wanted to pull the trigger, but he couldn't touch it.

The moment Sammy made a spiral roll, he noticed a small plane behind him. Obviously this was a small target worth attacking, but the priority was not high.At the briefing before take-off, the intelligence officer said that in the next day or two, there will be a large number of dignitaries in India to pick up and drop off the plane between the front line and New Delhi, but the officer later said with regret that it is a pity that the intelligence department could not do it in time. Be clear about the specific situation.

The actual situation of the sneak attack on C130 was much better than he expected. The enemy's low-altitude defense was full of flaws. Except for two anti-aircraft gun radars that did not belong to the radar network, which occasionally swept through but could not form a track, he was not caught by any low-altitude radar along the way. scan to.Now he could even look up and see the C2J transport behind him, and the attack could have been done without even using the fire control radar or the data link.

These planes are going to and from Fort *** to resupply several divisions there, and killing one will force the Indians to review this new route, which will make the logistics of the enemy on the front line even worse, but what the colonel wants is to let Indians have learned how powerful they are.He deliberately asked the ground crew to number the white 101 on the plane and spray it to make it bigger and more conspicuous, for fear that the enemy would not recognize him.

The Thunder fighter climbed up with more power and dropped the fuel tanks on both sides at the same time. It didn't take too much trouble to attack the transport plane, but some maneuvers might be needed to run away later. In addition, he had already noted down the Cessna plane, Maybe it can be done easily.The colonel didn't use radar. First, his eyes could measure the distance without too much error. Second, he didn't carry medium-range bombs.In fact, he has never liked battles beyond visual range. Such air battles are too stylized, especially since the enemy will know in advance that you are watching him. He prefers to play stealthily.

The target flies slowly, unaware of the danger.He nestled the target into the aiming reference circle and waited for the missile to find the target on its own.On the vertical display, all kinds of information suddenly appeared, some of which were threats perceived by the passive sensors of the fighter itself, and some were information on the situation between the enemy and the enemy sent by the early warning aircraft after the data link was restored.He glanced at it, and the top priority threat was a radar suspected to be S300 in Zhengdong, followed by various long-range and repeated mine scans.The AWACS also saw a jaguar formation near Potangot - omg the Indians are pulling out the crap again, it seems that the argument that the Indian Air Force may be wiped out before the end of the war is justified , I heard that they also resumed the flight of the MiG-25 in the north, but unfortunately they failed to catch up.

The enemy's reaction was quite satisfactory. When his missile seeker caught the heat source of the C130 engine, the C130 began to evade awkwardly. Obviously they learned the threat through the radio. The pilot should not have the vision to see the target below 6 o'clock.No fire control radar was used, delaying the enemy's response by at least ten seconds.Now the colonel has to wait for a while, waiting to climb to a greater height, and at the same time predict the enemy's route and movement.

The C130 started to fire flares, but hiding such a large aircraft behind interfering heat sources was difficult.

(End of this chapter)