Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 625 Colonel Hammond's Gamble
这边萨米看着眼前跳跃的20几个三角形乱糟糟地跳动，都是它自己的单位。包括多达8架的苏35，6架追击不成返航中歼10A/B，2架伊尔78和2架预警机，机场还有6架随时可以起飞的歼10战斗机以及2架轰炸机改的加油机在待命。

"Poisonous snake, I found a suspicious target for a short time, and it disappeared in a flash."

"specific situation?"

"Discontinuous target, cannot be confirmed."

The target was discovered by the Air Police 500, and the signal was not consistent. It was relatively close to the six J-6s rushing back to the refueling area, but none of the J-10 fighters found any abnormal threats.

"False alarm again? Remind the pilots to change formation and be careful of threats from the rear hemisphere."

"Reporting that an enemy electronic warfare aircraft has appeared over Hyderabad and is flying rapidly due north."

Air Force Major General Sami just felt that the matter seemed to be a little brighter, but it became chaotic in an instant. Suspicious targets appeared on the border of Pakistan and Iran, but the second batch of extra-regional electronic warfare aircraft appeared in India and Pakistan 750 kilometers away. On the border, it was obvious that these interference opportunities were put into cover operations nearby, and his intuition told him that the second wave of enemies had already entered, but it was irregular and he couldn't see the rules. This was what he was most worried about.

Of course, there is no doubt that Sami has an advantage in numbers. Can the information and stealth advantages of the US military really offset the numbers?What they are about to carry out is probably an attack from east to west, because other than that, there are not many ways to divert the attention of Chinese fighters in the air.But where would they be targeting?
For this counterattack, Sami did not hesitate to put Song Ning in a dangerous situation, and moved to the front line to be a bait. Of course, Song Ning would not be unaware that the enemy had many ways to know what fighter jets took off and landed at Lahore Airport at night, at least The radar deployed by India in Rajasthan can see that the collusion between the United States and India has always existed.To some extent, Song Ning voluntarily stood by at the frontmost airport, so that the time difference and target distance when he attacked were smaller, and he could even follow the route of the bomb to the airport and find the bombing plane (this possibility exists in hypothesis, but not proven).

Of course, judging from the possible attack methods of the enemy, they are accustomed to using joint assault ammunition. Although they are not expensive extra-area weapons, they can at least allow them to retreat more calmly.Therefore, for Song Ning, staying on the taxiway is far safer than staying in a solid aircraft fort.Song Ning is currently parked in the center of the taxiway, ready to enter the runway and take off at any time.

"Major General, electronic jamming outside the enemy's area has disrupted some front-line radar surveillance capabilities."

Another new enemy report shows that the chaos facing Sami is expanding, and calm people may be able to see more tricks from the chaos.

"Be more specific..."

"The position of the jammer outside the area detected by the radar has moved to the west of Sukkur..."

"No, it's not the position of the jammer. I want to know which areas have problems with the radar. Briefly."

"It's six radars around Lahore."

"Damn it. It really is here." He quickly grabbed the communicator and connected to Song Ning's communication channel, "Captain Lionheart, they are here, you take off immediately and wait for instructions in the air..."

"clear."

On the runway, Song Ning Jiali took off, followed by aircraft No. 2. Units 3 and 4 are sliding out of the bunker.

He knew that the old man must have seen some clues, and now is the time to take off quickly. 20 hours ago, he and Sami were in Peshawar to revise the contingency plan. Sami mentioned that he needed an obvious and valuable target that the enemy could see inadvertently, so that he could lure the enemy to this point. A round of attacks rushed towards this target.Of course, this bait cannot be too deep, so that the enemy may not dare to come in after considering it, and it cannot be too close to the coast, such as Khuzdal, so that the enemy can drop bombs almost after flying over the Makran Coastal Mountains, and then accelerate to flee to maritime.

The old man needs a target that is not near or far, and that is not easy to be rejected by the superior when the staff submits the plan.At first, he decided to invest in a mobile radar, but Song Ning thought the bait was not big enough, so he decided to use six J-6 fighter jets as bait.He judges others by himself, thinking that the enemy will definitely take the bait.

The so-called transition at night is just a small cover for this plan. If there is no cover, no stupid mouse will bite the bait on the mousetrap.

Of course, as a decoy, Song Ning himself was in danger. If the enemy did not use the slower joint attack ammunition, but flew directly near the airport, the situation would be much more complicated.The situation that needs to be considered is what if the enemy's electronic interference makes the surrounding radar fail to see the action of opening the magazine?But in the face of the enemy's stealth advantage, it is impossible to have a perfect solution.The possibility of winning can only be based on: bold strategy, superiority in numbers, and superb level of on-the-spot scheduling, the accumulation of these three aspects.

The air police 500 turned to the east, and accelerated to fly forward. After the ground radar was interfered, its vision became extremely valuable, and the jammer outside the area was powerless against the air platform.

The Air Police 500 missed a little bit of time. Sami did not see the moment when the enemy plane opened the magazine, but saw scattered flying objects in the air. It was a sliding bomb thrown by the enemy. The flight line of the bomb almost hit Song Ning. on the takeoff route.

"Captain Lionheart, be careful."

He reminded that there is no need to indicate the location, he believes Song Ning should have seen it.

Song Ning saw the light gray Jedam bomb flying towards him, and before he had time to retract the landing gear, he rolled to one side

Dodge, bombs whizzing by above and to the left.And then the third one, the third one...

He glanced back subconsciously, three of the four hangars on the side of the runway exploded one after another, and when he turned his head, the fourth was also hit, with such high precision that it was close to a laser-guided bomb.Fortunately, four fighter planes had already taken off, and the bombs that arrived subsequently destroyed important ground facilities.

At the same time, the six radars that had been interfered with outside the area just now were all attacked by bombs and anti-radiation missiles. The ground defense system built by Sami, like a sand wall on the beach, collapsed in half under the first round of waves.

However, the major general still got some extremely useful information, that is, the flight paths of the bombs that attacked the radar and the airport at the same time. The Air Police 500 more or less captured the flight paths of all nine batches of bombs. A major meeting point was found, which may be the area where the enemy concentrated bombs, and obviously, it may also be the area where the enemy turned back.Any commander who can't think from the opponent's position will easily miss the opportunity to see the situation clearly in anxiety, but Sami came prepared. He can roughly guess the enemy's method by studying the previous attack.They have their own difficulties, such as being unable to operate over the narrow Sindh province.Of course, he also knows that the enemy's dispatch will not be completely expected, so he must rely on the superiority of numbers. He has scattered so many scattered formations in the air, and now it is time to collect the net. Before that, he must Play the last card.

"Pick up General Ayyam." He sat calmly on the command seat, watching his side's losses flashing on the screen.

"This is Tehran, I am waiting for your call."

"Lieutenant General, please dispatch your Persian cats to stand by at the border according to the original plan. I need them to conduct an air search."

"Okay, let's deal with those snitches who think they can do anything wrong."

Colonel Roy Hammond continued to follow secretly, and approached the western border for a test, the Chinese J-10 fighter formation eager to return.

One fighter in his formation deliberately pulled behind and quietly tracked the target from the direction of 6 o'clock using radar. The other three fighters used the data link to share the target's location information, and at the same time secretly entered supersonic cruise to catch up to the target group. 3 o'clock position.The colonel is very sure that the enemy's radar warning device cannot issue an alarm, so he will use combat bullets to launch an inescapable fatal attack at a suitable distance; if the enemy perceives a threat, there will be chaos, and they will try to avoid it Targeting the rear target, he can launch a medium-range bomb attack after the enemy evades the deceleration.

"Squadron leader, the vulture has finished delivery and returned home, and it seems to be going well." A pilot said proudly.

"I see, the enemy is stupider than we thought."

"They took off so many fighter planes, but they turned out to be like a swarm of headless chickens!"

"Captain Raven, the super side turned at Ni's 3 o'clock direction, cutting off the vulture's connection with you, please make your own decision."

The command plane 320 kilometers away reminded.Under the command of Hammond, the Raven formation, which served as an escort mission, lost the Vulture formation, which was responsible for the bombing mission, far away in order to track the action of the western J-10, but the command plane did not interfere with Hammond's command, because the plan was led by the colonel Formulated, as the air commander, he has the power to modify the plan.

"Let's continue the original route, take care of my flank, I saw that stupid AWACS being diverted away, now it's time for us to do it..."

"Understood, Captain Raven."

"Squadron leader, we did pull the vulture too far."

"Don't worry, even without us, the vultures can go home by themselves. Now focus on kicking their ass hard. I want these Chinese to regret starting this war."

"receive."

"Attention, all open the front magazine to cool down the seeker. Raven 4, you don't have to do this. You continue to track the enemy plane in the rear, and then make preparations for launching Fox 3."

"No. 4, received."

"Those side E's will see us in 20 seconds, it's easy to speed up and get rid of them, but that's not what I want, we can turn west to get rid of their radar, and play with them again; listen, I am today If you want to shoot down a Firefly, you also need to shoot down a Side-E, who will challenge you?"

"How much is the stake, Colonel?"

"How about 1000 yuan?"

"Colonel, I think I can shoot down 2 super flankers today." Someone in the formation accepted the colonel's challenge.

"Okay boy, I'll make you regret it. I remember reminding you that you were still wearing crotch pants the last time I shot down a MiG in Yugoslavia."

30 kilometers in front of the enemy formation, the six J-6 fighters did not receive any warning at all. The enemy's phased array radar has been controlling power and changing characteristics, which makes it impossible for the radar warning device to make the necessary judgments.These electronic threat analysis equipment must face hundreds of thousands of electromagnetic pulse signals per second. Advanced radars can indeed find loopholes and prevent the alarms from working.

Zhao Lin knew that the situation in the air was not simple. The formation had been flying alternately forward and backward to cover each other, but the flight chasing the Silent Eagle consumed too much fuel. Now they can only fly to the sky over Peshawar with a relatively simple route. In the refueling area, there are 2 H-6 refueling planes on standby.

Without any warning, the formation was suddenly attacked. A fighter plane 1 km away from Zhao Lin's right suddenly exploded in the air. He turned his head and saw a missile explode on the other side of the disintegrated wreckage.He immediately ordered the formation to be disbanded, and swooped down to avoid it, while watching in all directions.He saw a wingman on the other side turn sharply under the cover of jamming bombs, a missile almost missed it, but this missile turned back forcefully in a strong sharp turn, drawing an incredible bow in the air Curve, the second J-1 fell when the missile exploded.

Zhao Lin knew that he was under the attack of a stealth machine, and he was in the no-escape zone of some kind of advanced rattlesnake.The speed of his downward dive was faster than the wreckage of the falling wingman. He kept searching upwards for suspicious targets in the blue sky, while watching the wingman parachute, and simply ejected from the second downed seat.

He can roughly judge that the enemy is hiding on his right side, because all the aircraft under attack are on the right wing, and the distance will not be too far, because the range of the missile is obvious. This is an attack that violates the stealth aircraft tactics, because the infrared missile launch The distance is obviously within the search range of the J-10 fighter radar for stealth aircraft, but unfortunately he can't turn his head around. He thought, this opponent is either too smart or too stupid.

The radar alarm finally started to scream. This time it was two AIM2 missiles with active radars turned on. Unexpectedly, the missiles came from 120 o'clock.For the first time in his life, he had seen such a complex attack.Without missing a trace, the enemy launched a precise attack from different directions and using different weapons. The attack was so precise that different types of missiles arrived almost at the same time.He has learned a lot from Song Ning and Sami, and he is confident that he has almost tapped out the potential of the Chinese Air Force to use the data link to launch air combat, but obviously each mountain is higher.

"Damn it, where is the enemy hiding?" He really couldn't imagine that those fat F35s could make such a deft attack.

Sami continued to remain calm. He knew that he was suffering huge losses. The enemy should be divided into two parts, one in the east and the other in the west 2 kilometers away. They have not yet appeared.The Air Police 250 is in a state of exhaustion, and of course it is also in danger and cannot continue to approach. Now it depends on 500 Su-6s.

Liu Zhaolin's 80-kilometer-wide Su-35 formation has turned around and is searching for targets.

The target appeared in front of the radar for nearly 10 seconds, a total of 4, 120 to 160 kilometers away, divided into 2 parts.But then they began to go into strange evasive maneuvers, and one by one they disappeared, until eventually there was nothing to see.However, his timely turn interrupted the enemy's unilateral massacre of Zhao Lin's formation. He could see that Zhao Lin's formation changed from six to four.

"Viper, the target disappeared, is that reading too strange?"

"What's the situation?" Sami quickly asked, because he lacked data link communication capabilities, he couldn't see the data on the Su-35's display.

"Their turning speeds are too fast. They must have concealed some technical data of the F35?"

"Listen, with all your skills, no one can guarantee that those damn things are F35s."

(End of this chapter)