Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 714
The early warning aircraft told Liu Zhaolin another piece of good news. After many days of no fighting in the air, the Air Force made another gain. Two F2Cs in the east were shot down.

Liu Zhaolin thought to himself, what's so special about shooting down a few eagles?I've shot birds of prey.He groaned secretly, wanting to shoot down another Lancer, as long as he was forced to be unable to turn, Lahore's Red Flag 9 missile would have a chance to take it out. Of course, if the script develops like this, his personal combat results will definitely shrink.

Colonel Campbell found that the enemy was very sophisticated. Instead of chasing him, he got stuck and flew behind him.He knew that he was in trouble this time. As the distance increased, the eagle eyes at the rear would soon lose sight of the trailing enemy plane, so he would not be able to grasp the overall information. If he continued to fly straight, he would definitely fall into the trap. The attack range of enemy anti-aircraft missiles near Heer.A decision must be made quickly.

The co-pilot Hudson told him that the electronic warfare system has discovered a new radiation source in the direction of 300. The S-band long-range radar may be the search radar of Hongqi 9 or Hongqi 16. The distance is unknown. The comparison map is north of Lahore. DSO Personnel can locate and interfere immediately.

In fact, this aircraft does not have the ability to cruise at supersonic speed for a long time. Even if it is above 10000 meters, it cannot maintain a speed of Mach 1.5 for too long. What's more, its current altitude is less than 1 meters. The destruction of the skin also increases the risk of further supersonic flight.

In the due west direction, new radars kept appearing, electronic defenses began to be stretched, and the enemy chasing behind had disappeared from the display.He felt that the enemy might have been thrown off.

He could not perceive the presence of the opponent through radar warnings, because the two planes behind had never used radars, and they should use early warning aircraft or ground radars to track themselves.

Instead of hitting the air defense net, it's better to blog. B1B began to turn boldly to the southwest.If all goes well, within a few tens of seconds, he can return to the correct course, and then escape from the battle zone.Much of the south, from Rajasthan to the Punjab, does not have Chinese troops, and there is a good chance for him to slip away.

Liu Zhaolin's IRST clearly saw the target start to move.Slowly turn from 2 o'clock to 12 o'clock, and the height drops.It seems that the enemy wants to slip away, of course he can use Mach 1 cruise, it is not so easy to get rid of.

The Su-35 lacks a data link, which is not very conducive to melee combat in complex areas, but it is not afraid of this kind of solo battle.He and his wingman immediately used radar to capture the target.The target continued to turn, still trying to snatch past him. Obviously, even if the target knew the danger, he didn't have much choice, so he could only bite the bullet and act recklessly.

He waited until the closest moment to fire and fired two R2 missiles, followed by two missiles from his wingman.Fighters keep track, hoping to see hits.

B1B began to emit various interferences, forming a very long chaff interference strip in the border area it flew over, but it was still not enough to hide the huge body.Medium-range bombs are not enough to attack dexterous fighters at extreme distances, but the B1B is obviously not dexterous.Excessive movement has no extra benefit other than slowing down.The target was running away almost in a straight line until the first 2 missiles to arrive hit its sides.The Lancer began to fall, followed by 2 more missile attacks, and this time, it was completely finished.

Two of the four missile strikes hit the airframe almost directly, one of which hit the engine bay under one wing, completely destroying two engines.

The bomber roared towards the ground, and Colonel Campbell tried to control the plane, but the rear of the aircraft had already started to burn, so there were no more bombs.

He had to wait until the right time, when the plane slowed down, to eject himself and the crew.If you can fall into the desert east of Rajasthan, you can at least save your life.However, the Pakistani government no longer recognizes the northern border. According to intelligence, troops sent by the Lahore Military Region and Pakistani armed civilians have recently frequently crossed the border in this area in an attempt to control a larger area before the end of the war.And India has almost transferred most of its troops in the region to New Delhi, and he hopes that he will not fall into an area controlled by the enemy.

400 kilometers away, Sami reminded other fighters to pay attention to fuel and prepare to return at any time. He was especially worried about Hassan and other new pilots. Return to the airport early.But a new enemy soon emerged, and he was forced to keep these rookies in the air.

About 2 targets rushed towards the ground cluster close to the ground, one was seen by Latif's downward-looking radar, and it was already in sight, and the other was seen by Sami's photoelectric radar, and the distance was temporarily unknown, and neither of them repeated The route of the B1B just now was obviously aimed at other areas to try their luck.

Hassan flew towards one of them without waiting for Sammy to assign a task.The Lancers were startled by Latif's radar, and tried to change course to evade, but still did not give up the attack, and went home directly. Obviously, for them, this bombing did not have enough intelligence support, and it seemed to have a certain Randomness.

China's ground tanks are huge and move at any time. For their ammunition that can be spread in a large area, they have a chance to fly.

This turn made the Lancer almost fly head-on towards Hassan, who was scurrying around on the battlefield.Hassan's frantic operation, coupled with the fact that his machine-scanning radar needs some warm-up time, made it impossible for him to use the radar to see the target immediately, which in turn made the opponent unable to detect his presence.Now he's in a good position, the only problem is Hassan only has 1 missile left.

Sami decided to let Hassan intercept and fly to another target by himself.That target was on the west side of the front, and was actually headed straight for another Chinese force attacking from west to east.Flying over the fighting front, he could see the last few dozen kilometers still controlled by the Indian troops below, which was the last distance from New Delhi to the outside world.He noticed from the data link that Hassan was in an excellent position, but he worried that the kid might not be able to handle the details of a head-on shot.

In fact, he knew very well that Hassan's weight was completely a product of the Air Force's crash course, and he hadn't mastered many skills. In the past, he could only stay in the training squadron to hone takeoffs and simulator air combat.

If it is chasing the target, there is still enough time for him to focus on the operation, and sometimes his random movements will make the opponent uncomfortable.However, if you encounter a target close to the speed of sound, there is only a chance of flashes, and it is easy to expose the rough nature of the novice.But there was no delay now, and he could only hope that Hassan would continue to try his luck.

Hassan's radar finally started to work. It was actually unnecessary because the target was already visible to the naked eye. His infrared missile followed the radar to aim, and the heat accumulated on the target's skin was enough to make it easier to lock head-on than ordinary aircraft. , but he did, as Sammy predicted, something went wrong and forgot to cool down the warhead.

The target quickly grew in size in his field of vision. He didn't wait for the audio prompt to sound, and launched the missile hastily. The missile was within easy reach, and was interfered by a large number of tracer bullets fired by the target. It flew straight all the way and missed the target.

The huge B1B snatched from under him, and Hassan lost his chance all at once.He was a little dazed in the air, realizing that he had made a major mistake, allowing a powerful bomber to break through his defenses.But he still has a machine gun to use, and it seems that he can still chase?He had experienced the speed of B1B just now, before it dropped the bomb, he would not have a chance.

On his radar display, a new target began to pulsate.The 4th Lancers show up, and it seems that this morning, these guys are in full force, they are running around all over the battlefield, everywhere.Hassan's sanity began to recover, and his opportunity presented itself.

A fourth enemy plane was correcting its course, trying to avoid Hassan's radar.This time he finally made a decisive and correct decision, instead of passively chasing the one that broke through just now, he accelerated regardless of fuel, and rushed towards the new one that appeared.

On the HUD, the target was getting bigger and bigger. Due to the dozens of tons of ammunition it carried, the B1B could not completely dodge it by turning in a hurry, but its speed did not decrease, and it seemed that it was ready to fight with its rapid momentum.Hassan's funnel-shaped front sight began to encircle the target's wingspan, and he could only fire when he entered the range. It can be expected that the cannon's use time would be very limited.

Hassan had never seriously learned how to use a machine gun, and his other sloppy skills were slightly stronger than this one.He once strafed an Indian truck convoy with a 23mm cannon, that's all.Based on the experience just now, he knew that he only had a momentary chance, and the enemy would quickly slip away from the low altitude.

The funnel-shaped front sight needs to constantly adapt to the opponent's wingspan to calculate the lead, but the opponent's wing is variable, it is getting smaller, and the enemy aircraft in the field of view is getting bigger.

He pulled the trigger, and the ammunition flew into a white mist. It was an anti-infrared tracer bomb fired by the enemy plane in advance. If the American pilot knew that this Thunderbolt had neither combat bombs nor electro-optical radar, these could have been omitted, but Tracer rounds can indeed interfere with visual aiming as well.Seeing that the enemy plane lowered its nose and tried to grab the bottom, the scene where the Lancer played with itself just now seemed to be repeated and succeeded.Without hesitation, he swooped down and flew straight towards the enemy plane.

"Old man, look at how we Pashtuns fight." Hassan said with a smile.

"Squadron leader, he seems to be hitting the target." Latif's terrified voice came from the radio.

The U.S. pilot had just escaped a barrage of bullets. Seeing that the plane diagonally above had lost the chance to fire, it was obviously very close. Even if he fired a missile, he would not be able to hit himself.After the missile is launched, it still needs a minimum distance to maneuver, otherwise it is no different from a rocket.In any case, if that plane tries to make a delusional turn, it will be quickly thrown off.

They woke up from the joy of their narrow escape, and the Thunderbolt quickly came back into view, and it was coming head-on.

Sammy had nothing to say. He didn't want to interfere with Hassan's final decision. The essence of war was to let young people die early, whether it was in the air, on the ground or on the sea, which he had become accustomed to.

He must now intercept the target in front of him to prevent it from destroying the progress of the war. Once the process is destroyed, it means more unnecessary deaths.He has been calling the headquarters, and an enemy bomber is heading west, because the target data intercepted by the photoelectric radar is not sufficient, and will not be transmitted through the data link, he needs to remind the ground air defense system to prepare.Of course, due to the chaos of the command system, such calls are bound to be useless.Now it's up to those ground-based air defenses to react.

Wang Zhenbei's troops took advantage of many ready-made Indian roads, which was his advantage over He Fan, and he knew very well that Lin Huaisheng's headquarters would not lean towards him on the issue of material distribution. In order to save logistics, his There are not so many unnecessary tracked vehicles in the army. In fact, his medium and short-range air defense system is completely composed of wheeled chassis.

After He Fan's troops encountered the first bombing, Wang Zhenbei ordered the advancing short-range air defense system to stop on the spot and prepare for combat.The previous cruise missile attack has put these systems into a state of high tension, and these vehicles have maneuvered to higher ground.

Six 6X8 trucks were parked on the edge of the stretching road network. These platforms carried 8X7mm fast guns and short-range missiles, which were far more powerful than the double-barreled 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns on the tracked chassis. The only problem was that these fast guns Without a strong independent air defense combat capability, it needs to rely on a command vehicle carrying a search radar to provide target indication.Unfortunately, the command vehicle was behind a low-lying mountain that was not conducive to reconnaissance, but the enemy situation developed rapidly.Now all anti-aircraft combat vehicles, even if they are not organized, must immediately enter a state of fighting on their own.They can still use television thermal imaging systems, and tracking radars to search for targets within a narrow range.

The first Ludun system found an approaching target. It was too late to shoot within the shooting window, but part of the information on the target was collected and distributed by the command vehicle. Give the rest of the vehicles on standby, so that the commander of each tank at least knows where the target will appear, and conduct targeted infrared searches. The advantage is that the target's infrared signal is very strong.

Even if the command vehicle itself cannot play the role of radar, it can still play a command role through communication.

Immediately, the tank on the second commanding height found the target and tracked the target using the fire control radar.Low-altitude penetration can certainly make the defender hasty, but the response speed of these small systems is no longer predictable in the era of B1B design.

After a short tracking, the 7-barrel fast gun ejected a large amount of ammunition at a rate of 4000 rounds per minute. These ammunition did not have the close-explosion ability of the programmable ammunition fired by the 35mm gun, but the densely packed ammunition composed entirely of kinetic energy ammunition was too dense to penetrate. The barrage is enough to cause major damage to large targets.

The route of B1B happened to coincide with the location of this land shield. The 7-barreled cannon quickly tracked and fired until the elevation angle was too high and the target was missed.

The bomber flew over the head of the quick cannon, and hundreds of rounds had already been struck densely on the body of the bomber.It climbed up with thick smoke, and the mission obviously failed. It is hard to say whether it can save its life.

The bomber opened its magazines and, in a tight turn, banked all its ammunition down.The nearby land shield system uses crossfire to strike these scattered ammunition, but the vertical range of these weapons is very limited (45° elevation angle), and cannot shoot the bombers overhead and the slowly falling ammunition.

In the end, the self-forging fragments fired by the terminal sensitive bullets destroyed all 6 Lu Shields within the search range below. Simply, the sensors of these ammunition always look for conspicuous heat sources to attack. As for hurting people.Another reconnaissance company driving an off-road vehicle unfortunately fell into the fire net nearby, causing losses, but this time the bombing aimed at throwing away the load and escaping, causing very little damage and did not constitute an impact on the battle .

(End of this chapter)