Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 60 Chaos situation

In the first week of May, India did not dispatch any tactical attack aircraft to approach the Jhelum Dam. All the aircraft seemed to join the formation attacking the north, but there were drones sticking to the border from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally. Passing this area, India acted as if it had completely abandoned this goal. Perhaps the international condemnation scared them?But Sami knew that this was an illusion, and it was only because India lacked the ability to command large fleets anytime and anywhere, and they must be making some kind of preparation.Therefore, whenever Indian drones approached, Sami asked the major general not to open the nearby ground-air search radar for these distant drones. One is too far away to shoot down, and the other is that it is easy to measure the radar position and signal characteristics. follow their ways.

Five battalions of FD5 surface-to-air missiles (this is Pakistan's most likely advanced missile to shoot down the Su-2000) were secretly deployed in an arc 30 kilometers west of Kalyan, and all search radars were strictly restricted from turning on.In addition, the major general transferred more than a dozen 100mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns from the army and deployed them in the nearby mountainous areas as a supplement to ground-to-air firepower.These tracked chassis air defense weapons are equipped with independent search and ranging radars and an old-fashioned optical tracking system, which can independently perform some defensive tasks and are not easily interfered.After arranging all of this, the only thing the admiral is worried about is that the Indian Air Force will not come.

On the day when the Indian Air Force decided to make a big move, the weather was not very good and it was rainy.All ground radar warfare north of Gujarat was met with a powerful electronic jamming from an out-of-theater electronic warfare aircraft 50 kilometers across the border.The plane kept flying back and forth along the border, and it seemed to have a strong endurance.The radar on the Pakistani side completely failed to monitor Halwara and Adampur Air Force Base on the Indian side, and no Indian aircraft could be seen taking off or landing. Surveillance radar can still monitor the airspace within the country, but the Jhram River Basin is not included.It is quite unwise for the Indian side to choose a rainy weather. Such weather seems to have weakened the launch power of this electronic warfare aircraft.

Sami immediately got the news that the ground radar was jammed. Although he couldn't know whether the enemy bombers had taken off, he had a premonition that things had already started.He immediately asked an AWACS aircraft on standby at Peshawar Airport to take off to guard the eastern airspace (according to Sami's request, Major General Islam himself was in charge of it.), when the AWACS aircraft flew over Faisalabad, an instructor A large number of Indian fighter jets can already be seen flying across the border towards the dam.He counted, a total of 20 enemy planes went straight to the dam at an altitude of 5000 meters, and Adampur Airport was on the side. There were also 9 MiG-29 fighter jets and an electronic warfare plane approaching the border.He had never seen such a large fleet in his life.

The 26 Thunder fighters of the 8th Squadron under the command of Sami quickly took off from 2 airports and directly attacked the enemy aircraft group.When they completed the formation in the air, they could already clearly see through the data link that these enemy planes had already reached the sky over the dam, and it was too late to stop them from dropping bombs. Now we will see if we can take down a few planes according to Sami's plan. .

"Lion or rhino?" asked the major general on the VHF radio.

"Only from Halwara, so fast, damn it, it must be a lion," Sammy replied.

"Colonel, the latest information, the dam has been bombed for the first time, and she is still standing."

"Fine, there won't be a second round today, I see half of their planes are not carrying bombs."

"So, their air combat firepower will be very strong, you have to be careful." The major general said.

"I know, I guess by now they've spotted us, let's see how they react."

As expected by the colonel, 500 kilometers away, India's A50 early warning aircraft has discovered several Pakistani aircraft trying to outflank the Su-30 fleet from the side. Admiral Biafrata.From the admiral's point of view, such a counterattack was completely expected.He sneered, this group of enemy planes were undoubtedly flying moths to the flames, because he had already arranged a counterattack.

"Torch Squad (the newly established electronic warfare aircraft unit, actually only one aircraft.), quickly approach the lion, but don't cross the border." The general said.He crossed the early warning aircraft and made some pointers on the counterattack.He knew that with this electronic warfare aircraft suppressing the ground radar, Pakistan's ground firepower would be useless.

"Bastion (A50 AWACS call sign) listen, let the lions counterattack as originally planned. I'm looking forward to seeing them surpass the record of the Eagles Squadron in the past 2 weeks."

The 10 Su-30s that had finished bombing turned around and returned according to the established plan, and the supporting MiG-29 fleet also returned to Adampur due to insufficient fuel (why did they take off?).The escort formation composed of another 10 Su-30MKIs began to search for the enemy.

On this day, air strikes have been going on for two full weeks. The Indian intelligence agency estimates that 2% of Pakistan's front-line airports and half of the ground radars east of Peshawar have become unusable.This estimated number is slightly higher than the actual situation, but it is also enough to support the confidence of the Indian Air Force to carry out bold tactical missions in the northeastern region of Pakistan.

After the Su-30MKI of the Lion Squadron turned around, it flew head-to-head with the Thunder fighter jets. The distance between the two sides was only about 95 kilometers.Almost all Indian aircraft turned on their radars and began to search the airspace repeatedly with a higher pulse. They kept adjusting their altitude and pitch under the guidance of the early warning aircraft in an attempt to scan for distant targets immediately.

"These idiots are all doing the same thing, really..." the colonel said looking at the electronic warfare.Judging from the characteristics of the opponent's radar beam reflected on the integrated display, they have seen themselves and are trying to track multiple targets.This is a very impractical way, because real veterans can easily get rid of this tracking mode. It seems that the combat foundation of the Lions is based on theory. In terms of actual combat experience, the Eagle Squadron is much more experienced.But the Colonel also had to admit that sometimes the stick in the fool's hand is really longer, and it is better not to despise him.

"Okay, guys, it depends on whether the training you have received can work or not."

The thunderbolt group was still heading straight for the enemy plane, and he had to turn around at a distance of [-]% of the enemy's head-on range. He had been a fighter pilot for so many years and knew the pilot's mind best. Such a distance was an irresistible temptation.

In the Indian early warning aircraft in the distance, the pilot is advising the pilots of the Lion Squadron to conduct 1-to-1 tracking and not to conduct meaningless scans.The Lions team still has a 10-8 advantage in numbers, so there is absolutely no need to track the same target repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)