Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 562 A Desperate Strike

"Captain, we're lucky. Their cruise missiles just passed by. I see that they are dispatched quickly. Maybe the next wave will attack here."

Goya said to Colonel Mosin, who was still squatting in the gutter next to the runway, looking around.

"But the prayer service has not been completed?"

"It's too late to wait, hehe, look, that cow has run away."

The captain looked at Goya's finger, and sure enough, there was only one rope left where the cow was tied. There was a lot of chaos just now, and the sacrificed Niu Lord sneaked away while taking advantage of the chaos.

"Okay, since that's the case, get ready to do it right away. I'll go to the underground command post right now."

After 20 minutes, the chaos at the base finally ended.Goya sat in the brand new cockpit, ready to take off and fight.This aircraft is actually an upgraded version of the Su-30MKI. The flight control integrates the vector nozzle more completely, and the flight performance is naturally better. The fire control and radar also have a series of upgrades; the fly in the ointment is that the pilot in the back seat is a novice. But launching it in the wee hours of the morning would be an air battle rather than a ground one, as long as his eyesight was good enough to see various threats in advance.

"Eagle's Nest, Captain Eagle requests takeoff," he called calmly over the radio.

"This is the Eagle's Nest, takeoff is allowed. The main AWACS aircraft will arrive near Chandigarh soon, and another supplementary AWACS aircraft will monitor enemy movements in the southwest along the Punjab border. In addition, there is no news from the Trident side; pay more attention to yourself The surrounding situation, use up some fuel before joining the battle. Don’t take too many risks. Be careful that the Trident will withdraw from the battle first and leave you there.” The colonel over there began to talk a lot.Mo Xin's view of war is different. He has always believed that war is divided into two types: decent and barbaric. Long-distance strikes are a decent way of fighting, while close combat, which is close to hooligan brawls, is a rough form of war.In addition, his defense against other squadrons is no less than his defense against the enemy.

"Don't worry, Captain, I will keep an eye on Roll's troops and won't let them play tricks."

Goya made a fool of himself, then slowly pushed the throttle valve and waited for the engine speed to increase. The engine power of this aircraft is more abundant than that of the older aircraft, which can be seen from the engine tachometer .

Seeing that it was almost done, he released the brake and took the lead to take off.After takeoff, circle a few times in the air and wait for the rest of the planes.As the captain said, there is still plenty of time, so that he can consume a little bit of fuel. By daybreak, his formation will be facing the sun and attacking from the east of the border, and will be in an extremely favorable situation.

The most powerful A50EI early warning aircraft of the Indian Air Force is on the way at the moment, and another EMB145 will also join in, which means that in the next few hours, more combat information will be effectively transmitted to the cabin through the data link. The battlefield area and various information seen will be far greater than those on the enemy's early warning aircraft or fighter jets.

The Indian MiG-29 formation that took off from Amritser began to feint to the north at about the same time.These aircraft were divided into two formations, the first formation carrying 2 pounds of bombs, ready to attack the newly discovered Chinese stronghold north of the Siachen Glacier.Recently, the Chinese army has been hoarding supplies under the glacier from the Kriqing River Valley. The real purpose of attacking the canyon there was to make the ZDK500 command plane on duty of the Pakistan Air Force unable to see the situation clearly and follow it into the dangerous area.

After a period of observation, the Indian Air Force Staff has confirmed that China and Pakistan have mutual priorities in the division of air defense zones. In the area west of Kritsin, several Pakistani early warning aircraft will take turns to take charge of the air defense to protect several air defense areas in the area. A plateau highway, and China only deployed some radars on the commanding heights as a supplement.

The three MiG-3s at the front flew over at an altitude of 29 meters, and the route was completely unobstructed by several 7000-meter-high mountains around them. Of course, they were easily seen by the enemy's radar.

Rolle's 2nd Formation followed closely behind, the altitude of the route was low, and they had been observing through the data link. Compared with ZDK50, A03EI has a slight advantage in reconnaissance distance, and this operation just works.

A50ei finally made some discoveries. As usual, the two Thunder fighter jets that took off from Sargoda flew to Fort *** in formation, perhaps to drop bombs outside Fort ***, or to intercept the MiG-2 formation?Goya is not sure about this, and the early warning aircraft has yet to see the enemy command plane hiding behind the scenes.

He adjusted the vertical monitor, and he could see that the 6 Su-30MKI-2s of the Eagle Squadron were circling in the east of Punjab, consuming fuel. For mountain operations, there is no designated aerial refueling area, and there will be no refueling planes.

The Pakistani thunderbolts continued to approach Fort ***, turning north at random. The two fighters moved in unison, obviously avoiding the air defense system of Fort ***, and they were going to intercept the MiG formation according to the path.Judging from such regular movements, it was definitely not some devilish colonel, but two young pilots who completely followed the instructions of the command plane.

Now the Pakistan Air Force is full of such novices who can only intercept according to orders.Rolle called the bait troops in front to pretend they didn't see it, and there was no need to counterattack. Everything waited for the opponent's command plane to show up.Judging from the opponent's route, they had expected that these MiG planes would turn west instead of east after bombing. It can be seen that there is an experienced commander sitting on the command plane, and he should be very familiar with the Indian Air Force's operations.

The three leading MiG-3s quickly flew over 29 meters to the snowy ridge still under the control of the Indian mountain infantry, and rushed to the targets below. This action would inevitably make them disappear from the sight of the enemy's early warning aircraft.

The target delineated by the staff department was determined based on the satellite photos provided by the U.S. military 48 hours ago. It was identified as a material storage place of the Chinese army and a simple road. Even if the target is real, it does not actually have much tactical value.

Soon the front troops completed the bombing and reported to the squadron leader Roll: "It may have hit the target. It may not have hit."

At this moment they are unable to turn east. The Chinese air defense system on the Aksai Chin Heights (identified as the Hongqi 9 type) has firmly watched the three aircraft, just waiting for them to take a step across the thunder pool. The radar network in the northern defense zone has no It is detected that the Chinese fighter jets are turning here. All the signs show that the direction of Pakistan is relatively empty. Generally speaking, the air forces of China and Pakistan do not support each other at the edge of the divided air combat area. They only communicate with each other in information. None; only when the Chinese Air Force sends support troops into Pakistan will they cooperate under the Pakistani chain of command.

Roll reminded his pilots to lower the altitude and fly a little higher to be seen by the enemy, but also not to let the enemy's radar scan for a long time.The formation itself is the bait, and it's so sophisticated that the opponent can't see it at all, or they will give up the attack.He needs this formation to be close to the mountain ridge, and from time to time pull it up a little so that the enemy's radar can distinguish it, but it is difficult to keep tracking, so that the enemy's command plane will inevitably relax its vigilance and approach step by step, until it enters the distance that he or the eagle can attack.

Of course, this plan took so much trouble, not just to catch a command plane and the future successor of the Pakistani Air Force Chief of Staff above. In the calculations of Rolle and Goya, there is also the erratic lunatic colonel, which is more important. The goal.If all of them can be eliminated, then the threat of the Pakistan Air Force can be said to be reduced to a negligible level. If only one of them is eliminated, half of the enemy's threat can also be removed.

Sure enough, after the first part of the Trident turned westward, it was occasionally tracked by nearby Chinese radars, and its position data was quickly transmitted to the Pakistani command plane. Not too close.Rolle guessed that this was because the enemy's new pilots did not dare to enter close combat.His own formation quietly turned to Fort ***, ready to cut off the retreat of the early warning aircraft, and asked Goya to help him. It was really not his intention, but in order to eliminate that lunatic Sammy, there were actually 1 Soviets in the last link of this chain. 2 and so on play by ear.

Finally, the enemy's ZDK03 command plane appeared on the display, and the A50EI staying near the old control line finally saw the target.The enemy boldly crossed Mardan and approached the northeast. 20 seconds later, another 4 Thunderbolts coming from the direction of Baishawan also appeared, and these Thunderbolts all moved away from the command plane and rushed towards the bait. Obviously, the enemy had already taken the bait. Thinking that he could rely on the advantage of 6 to 3 and swallow the bait in one fell swoop, the lieutenant general who was not cautious must have never thought that in order to eliminate him today, the Indian Air Force dispatched 2 fighter jets from the most elite 12 squadrons and 2 early warning aircraft .

Sami has been waiting to take off on a Thunder MK2 fighter jet next to the damaged runway in Miyan Valley. Now the plane can only stay on the taxiway parallel to the main runway, waiting for the runway to be cleared of debris.

Several Indian short-range ballistic missiles flying from the east fell last night, and one of them hit the center of the runway impartially.It is said that these missiles were headed for the headquarters of the 1th Replenishment Army in Miyanvali, but they missed the airport by 14 kilometers.He has been tracking the battle situation through the data link, and quickly noticed something bad.

It is very rare for the enemy to dispatch two early warning aircraft at the same time, and it is even more unusual to support three MiG-2s. What's more, they should have recently mobilized their main forces to the direction of Leh, where the Chinese army is attacking.

He was eager to talk to Lieutenant General Islam, but the voice communication kept connecting to a lieutenant on duty. Obviously the lieutenant general was at the most critical moment of outflanking the enemy plane and had no time to listen to the advice of an old guy parked at the airport.From the display, the command plane has risen to 11000 meters and is still approaching the northwest. He is anxious to see the enemy clearly, but the enemy shyly keeps him from seeing it on purpose.Sami has seen many enemy planes turning around the northern glaciers and then scurrying around in an attempt to escape. Few of them flew at a speed of less than 700 kilometers.

"Viper, I suggest you stop west of Husab, at least some open positions can protect you."

"Colonel, what I said here doesn't count." The captain on the command plane said.

In fact, the ZDK03 was very close to the colonel, and he could catch up with him as soon as he flew, but the hateful thing was that the runway was still unusable, and at the other end of the taxiway, a C130 that was also waiting to take off blocked the way.

"Tower, I'm Black Spider. I need to take off immediately and get that transport plane away." After he finished speaking, he signaled the people under the plane to come over and prepare to remove the ladder, and unplug the cables and ventilation pipes.

"Captain Black Spider, do you want to use the taxiway to take off?"

"Do you need to ask?" The old man replied impatiently.

He watched the people below drag the ladder away, and then began to prepare to take off from the taxiway. The distance was a bit tight, and the transport plane in front was still turning in place, and it seemed that it would take some time to move away.On the monitor, the second batch of enemy planes finally appeared. Just as he predicted, they emerged from the Bernihal Pass like ghosts. Although the intention was temporarily unclear on the route, he could guess , The enemy is not here to rescue, they are here to destroy Islam.

"Tower, you keep that C130 still, I can fly over it."

Without waiting for the tower's permission, he directly turned off the call, pushed the throttle to the front, and drove the plane forward.The fighter plane accelerated all the way on the taxiway and turned on afterburner.He expected that only by taking off forcibly in this way would he have a chance to rush to the side of the command plane.

The C130 was turning its nose around. The captain and co-pilot sitting in the cockpit saw a lunatic driving the plane rushing towards him. He was so frightened that he raised his hands subconsciously to cover his face.

Sammy smiled and watched their cowardice, and only pulled up the plane within a short distance. The landing gear hid the rumbling C130 propeller and passed by.

After he was busy with this end, he started to contact Isla and told him to turn back quickly, so as not to be cut off by the enemy, but the enemy's plan was obviously carefully calculated. The second batch of three MiG-3s were flying at an altitude of 29 meters. The sonic impact, catching up with the very slow command plane, obviously has a well-thought-out plan.

Only then did Islam sound slightly panicked. He finally remembered Sammy, and then he remembered his retreat. The main reason was that the enemy’s radar started scanning him from hundreds of kilometers away. Obviously, the enemy was not just playing. Imaginary.

"Captain Black Spider, the enemy may outflank my rear."

"It's not possible. They will definitely cut off your retreat. I suggest that you approach Sargoda's anti-aircraft missiles immediately, so that you can use surface-to-air missiles to force them back."

"You told me to run to the front?" Islam shouted in surprise.Judging from the movement of the command plane transmitted by the data link, after turning the corner, he ran straight to the northwest, and did not follow the colonel's suggestion.Obviously in this situation, it is a normal reaction to stay away from the enemy as much as possible, but he doesn't look at his own speed is only a quarter of the enemy's.

(End of this chapter)