Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 63 Hit Rate

Kushan knew that a missile was nearby, but when the pilot sitting in the back looked back, he couldn't find the whereabouts of the missile for a while. He could only see a white trail circling and rising from below.Maybe the missiles are lost?thought the pilot.The Su-30 was not an unshootable fighter, but, he hoped, not today anyway.

The missile exploded suddenly and violently in the blind spot behind the side of the plane, which caused the huge fighter to roll violently.Without looking back, Lieutenant Kushan knew that the plane must be dead.The violent rolling action caused his consciousness to slowly disappear.He watched the airspeed number drop to a low position, and then pulled down the canopy ejection lever, and then zero-zero ejection seat ejected the two pilots from the out-of-control aircraft.The lieutenant was writhing in the air and waiting for the parachute to open, when he saw his fighter jet that was falling was blown up to pieces. It could be seen that the missile was detonated very close to the plane.

"Headquarters, we lost a Lion. The pilot appears to have parachuted."

The early warning aircraft reported to the ground command post.

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force stubbornly participated in the operation, objectively destroying the original command system.Right now everyone, including the early warning aircraft, must obey his command, but he himself is the one farthest away from the battlefield.The Indian Air Force has been trying a new command system in recent years, trying to make the air command priority over the ground command. This is also a way that the Chief of Staff himself strongly promotes, but the system belongs to the system. When his orders are passed through the radio Once in the air, everything is different again.

"I saw it, you asked the torch team to come back." Biafrata replied, he had a premonition that this would not be the only Su-30 fighter lost today.

The order to retreat may have come a bit late, the torch team in the air is in chaos.The Pakistani fire control radars on the ground were constantly tracking the four aircraft in the squad. These radars were obviously very close, and the squad was at a distance where these radars could absolutely burn through the interference.

The distant Flying Snake Squad (electronic jammer) is 100 kilometers away, speeding up to the battle zone, but now it has nothing to do.The electronic reconnaissance before this battle was carried out by the UAV unit. They did collect some radar start-up information on the Pakistani side. The Flying Snake team also stored these signal characteristics, but the radar used by the Pakistani side today has completely different signal characteristics. In record gap.It is known that the pulses of these radars are short and changeable, and the frequency band changes rapidly, and the follow-up deception (recording the current radio wave and sending it back with a delay can cause information confusion to the enemy radar) is almost completely ineffective.This shows that the enemy definitely has strong technical support on the ground to guide Pakistani personnel (the only conclusion drawn from the experience of Indian pilots dealing with Pakistani ground and air forces for many years.)
The missiles scattered all over the mountain began to fire one by one, dazzling white light filled the air.

The FD2000 system has the ability to attack multiple targets at the same time. In theory, it can fire on all the remaining 9 aircraft. However, today's ground commander does not seem to be greedy. He only aimed at 4 targets and fired 2 to each target. missiles.

When Captain Sahili panickedly commanded the torch team to avoid the missile attack, the recoil weapon operator was surprised to find from the data link display that the Thunder fighter team fleeing to the west actually started to turn.The captain realized that this was a shameless fishing operation.

Within 20 seconds, two Su-2s in the formation were hit by missiles one after another and fell in the Dumeili mountainous area. The lieutenant saw that all four pilots jumped out of the parachute (the Kushan landline could not see it), but he knew that there It is far from the border and rescue is impossible. Given that they have just participated in the dam bombing operation, what Pakistan will do to these 30 Squadron pilots is a very worrying thing.

This attack is the first time that the FD2000 missile has been put into actual combat. Its hit rate does not seem to be very high (10 rounds hit 3 aircrafts). Obviously, this number is compared with the hit rate written in the foreign trade brochures placed next to the booth. be lower.Of course, this result is enough to make Major General Islam in Saab 2000 happy from ear to ear.The major general was completely indifferent to the next command at this time. He had just appointed the communications sergeant on the early warning plane to contact the ground troops and immediately searched for the parachuted Indian pilot and the wreckage, for fear that the wreckage would slip away.The major general's thoughts had already flown out of the battlefield. He thought that he should take all the foreign journalists to the wreckage to take pictures, and let them see that India's annual production of only 12 aircraft turned into 3 piles of scrap iron.

Major General Islam's calculations were slightly conservative. His first trump card was commanding a 4-aircraft squadron, chasing the 7 Su-30s that were retreating.Perhaps, Sami's ambitions are greater. What he hopes to kill at once is India's half-year production.

"Colonel Sammy, the enemy plane is fleeing to the southeast. No other planes were found taking off from the airport on the Indian side. The electronic warfare plane stayed in the Sialkot area. It is jamming the communication." The pilot in the early warning plane Said.

"I've seen it," Sammy replied.At the same time, his fuel level was more than half a chime.Sammy turned off the reminder audio indifferently.

"Abbas, you're moving too slowly. Don't rush here. Try to drive away that damned jammer near the border. Where it stays, we can't see the Indian fighter jets taking off and landing west of Adampur." Sami looked at the multi-function display and said that Abbas was too far away from the battlefield to intercept the enemy, which made him a little disappointed.

"clear."

On the screen, the distant 2nd team began to turn to the lone electronic reconnaissance aircraft.

Since the information support of the data link image is available, the communication between pilots seems to be simplified.For an old fritter like Sammy, this is definitely a technique to increase command efficiency.

"Squadron Leader Thunder, your plane's fuel level is more than half, please pay attention." The early warning aircraft continued to remind.

"Well, I see." Sammy replied perfunctorily.

"Listen, we are conducting an extreme assault (not counting the return fuel impact), you can withdraw from the battlefield at any time according to your personal judgment, or you can land at the nearest Alama Iqbal International Airport." Sami on the VHF radio Said to his own pilot, of course his words will undoubtedly be heard by Major General Islam on the AWACS aircraft.

"You can't land at the international airport. This...can't be allowed." The major general immediately called a stop on the radio. He couldn't tolerate Sami changing the rules on his own.

"Listen old friend, my radar has seen their lead plane and he's 15km ahead. I'm in good position and maybe I can take him down near the border."

"No, you can't land at the international airport anyway."

"Maybe we can capture a squadron leader of an Indian fighter squadron alive, and you can interrogate him yourself. Think about it, Singh will definitely cry."

Sammy's insinuating words seemed to have swayed the major general, who was silent for a while, without explicitly objecting to his rash plan of action.

(End of this chapter)