Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 58 A Trap
Marin slowly approached the command cabin, and everyone looked at him. They thought they could return within a few days, but judging from the captain's expression, things seemed to have changed.

"The Indian Navy attacked our cargo ship. The fleet's latest order requires us to reach the middle of the Indian Ocean quickly and get in touch with our destroyer formation in the Gulf of Aden."

There was a moment of silence in the command cabin.

"Captain, our hydrographic data in the Indian Ocean are very incomplete. It seems that there are some tasks to monitor the Indian Navy?" The navigator said from the side. What he said was not unreasonable. There is no complete hydrological and temperature layer data. For submarines traveling underwater, it is a big trouble.

"I think this is really interesting. We can use this to see if our usual training level is suitable for actual combat." Marin said.

"Okay, let's go up to the depth of the periscope first, release the antenna to receive the information reported by the sea area, and at the same time, the navigation department will search for satellites to correct the accumulated errors of inertial navigation. Political commissar, you can find out the information about the Indian Navy's combat ships in the database, everyone. Get to know it first."

"What about the route?"

"Time is running out. We must enter the Indian Ocean as soon as possible. We don't have time to go around Indonesia. We have to go through the Strait of Malacca. I think there will be a way. Just wait and see."

"However, the Strait of Malacca is too shallow and lacks a climatic layer. These conditions are not conducive to the concealment of a boat of our size, and India has a large number of monitoring equipment in the Andaman Sea. If we go around from northern Australia, the water depth there It would be more ideal, so that we can enter the Indian Ocean quietly." The political commissar said on the sidelines, this is his concern, the underwater displacement of this attack nuclear submarine numbered 411 exceeds 6000 tons, and it is really not easy to go from an average water depth of less than 40 tons. The [-]-meter Strait of Malacca passes through. If it is exposed as soon as it enters the Indian Ocean, future actions will be very passive.

"Well, I think we should make two-handed preparations. First adjust the course to 190 and wait off the coast of Jakarta. If there is a large merchant ship or oil tanker that can cover us at that time, we will pass through the Strait of Malacca. If not, we can only Detour from southern Sumatra."

"Is this plan acceptable?" Political commissar Su Changjin agreed with Captain Marin's plan.If you can hide under a big ship and sneak into the strait, you will be sure to avoid Singapore's anti-submarine patrol ships. However, it is not easy to identify such a large ship through sonar underwater. It is best to see the name and nationality of the ship from the periscope. Guess its approximate route.

"Ok, pay attention to the engineers, advance 3, heading 195." The captain began to order.As the helmsman moved the steering wheel, a newly defined track began to appear on the heading display on the bulkhead of the command cabin.

"Leaning forward at 30 degrees, the main ballast tank was filled with water, and quickly dived to 150 meters."

At the Peshawar Air Force Base in Pakistan, Colonel Sami, as the squadron leader of the 26th Squadron, was summoned by Major General Islam to attend a secret meeting.Interestingly, Song Ning, the Chinese major, was also sitting in the meeting room.He didn't say hello to Sammy though, still looking annoyed with what happened last time.The main theme of this meeting is how to fight back. The first topic was initiated by the major general himself, about how to eliminate the increasingly obvious threat of Indian early warning aircraft.

"Everyone, as far as I know, India has transferred all three A3-shaped early warning aircraft to Uttar Pradesh. The specific airport is still under investigation. These early warning aircraft have already posed a great threat to us." The major general said, but the following The several commanders in the army were not very active, and no one took up this problem.

"With our equipment, is there a way to destroy one?" The major general continued.

"I think it's very unrealistic," Colonel Sami said bluntly, "it's technically impossible." He poured cold water on the major general.However, the squadron leaders of several other squadrons also nodded desperately, agreeing with the colonel's opinion.

"There is no precedent in the history of warfare that has successfully attacked an AWACS. We have ready-made equipment that can attack ground radar stations, but an AWACS is a mobile platform. You know it is always moving, so this is very unrealistic. We should now What we are worried about is our own AWACS. India’s Phalcon system has a much larger search range than our AWACS, so they have the technical capital to attack our AWACS.” Sami said his point of view, which shows that he came Before, I had thought about these things very clearly.The major general had no choice but to agree and nodded, he valued Sammy's opinion now.

"However, the frontline airports in Sindh and Punjab have been destroyed by 50.00%[-], what do you think should be done?"

"Patience, we don't have the strength to fully confront India, we can only wait for our allies to transfer new equipment to us, but it will take time. Now, as long as the Indians continue to attack us across the border, we can use ground radar and The advantages of aircraft range are slowly consumed by strikers. Over the past week, the precision strike capability of the Indian Air Force has been mediocre, and it is believed that with the consumption of weapons inventory, the hit rate will further decline."

"That being said, the Army is very concerned about their ground offensive going on in the near future. That's probably why they've been attacking the dams on the Jhelum River."

"I think there must be an early warning aircraft near the dam to observe at any time, and at the same time add some mobile ground radar stations. The dam is useless for ordinary attacks, but if they send out a squadron of Su-30s, they can drop hundreds of tons of bombs at a time. It's hard to say what the outcome will be. In fact, I think they will probably use the Su-30 of the Lion Squadron."

"Well, we have a new FD2000 air defense system. I would suggest that the headquarters deploy it nearby. This is beyond the expectations of the Indian Air Force. Maybe it can be an ambush for them."

"The Philcon system can provide early warning of ground missile radars. Even without the help of early warning aircraft, with the technical level of the Lion Squadron's Su-30 itself, it is difficult for several battalions of missiles to pose a threat." The colonel said.

"So what do you suggest?"

"Maybe my squadron can lure the Su-30 into your trap. They have to be out of an inescapable area when the radar is on."

"So simple?" The major general was taken aback.

"Of course it's not easy. The Lion Squadron is notoriously cautious. It's not easy to lure them into taking the bait. If there is any sign of danger, they will drop bombs into the mountainous area on the border and flee home. So..."

"Go on."

"So, we have to let their radar see our model clearly, and make sure that we are facing a model without medium-range bombs. This distance is about 35 kilometers, and then they will try to launch R77 or R27. Of course, if I turned around and fled in time, this distance is a little far for them."

"Will they fall for this trap?"

"Theoretically, there is this possibility. If they are lured into the center of the envelope of the surface-to-air missiles, they may be able to shoot down a few."

The author is here to say one thing. A few times ago, I wrote that there was a detail error when the MiG 27 was flying at low altitude. The aircraft has a Doppler navigation radar at the side and rear of the front landing gear, which means that it does not rely solely on the radio altimeter. flying at low altitude.This question has always bothered me, because it is well known that the MiG-27's radome is empty, and inside it is a laser range finder and other optical sensors, but I wonder why an aircraft that breaks through at low altitude has no navigation radar Well, so I flipped through the book, and indeed there are.I am too lazy to change it, so I will explain it here.

(End of this chapter)