Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 77 The ever-changing
Just as the enemy planes from the west broke through the Eagle's fighter line of defense, the Indian Air Force's second team was bombing. Since there was no data link, the MiG-27 of the Swift Squadron did not know that the enemy plane was approaching from the west.Different from the previous wave of Scorpion Squadrons of the same model, in this attack mission, the Swift Squadron accepted the ground command of Halwala. The chaotic command system left a gap for the 6 MiG 27UPGs sent by this squadron. Hidden crisis; when the ground command post has smooth communication, it has not informed the troops in time that the defense line has collapsed and the enemy plane is approaching from the side. The TV-guided bomb with a huge crack, so the senior officer in the command post didn't want the fleet to turn back to the base hastily, which made the attack fall short.

The pilots didn't know their plane had been intercepted by a Southwest Air radar until the screams of the "Selena" warning system echoed in the cockpit.

At an azimuth angle of 30 degrees to the right of the Indian attack aircraft and a distance of 30 kilometers, the eight J-8s did not fire. They seemed more willing to enter the opponent's formation for air combat within visual range.

Major Arthur Hamid, another student of Colonel Sammy's many years ago, is now an instructor in the 37th Combat Training Wing. Ten days ago, he and several other instructors of the squadron went on an emergency trip to China with the Vice Premier. Until he returned home from China a week ago, he used the voice navigation of the ground recovery center during the bombing session. Cleanly used medium-range bombs to kill two MiG-10s that suddenly flashed into the territory and were about to attack the dam.

The heavy fighter he is flying now is the best that China may have to offer in the near future.During his visit, Deputy Prime Minister Latif brought several senior pilots from Squadron 37 with experience in flying this type of aircraft to China. He directly reported the serious losses of some elite squadrons in China and asked China to urgently provide 8 advanced aircraft. to fill this gap.After only a few days of waiting, the Pakistani side got all the planes they requested. These planes were all dispatched by China from the front-line aviation divisions to the Pakistani side. Such urgent emergency rescue is not the first time in the history of China and Pakistan. Second-rate.In the end, these heavy fighter jets arrived in Pakistan even faster than the J-10B that Pakistan had ordered a few years ago. Of course, this is also due to the pilot exchange training plan that the two sides started a long time ago. The colonel has already flown this kind of aircraft in northern China (Chinese pilots are probably also exposed to F16C/D), and in China, the major has been conducting corresponding simulator training.These measures seem so prescient now.

At this moment, the major's radar had completely spotted the fleeing enemy planes, and it looked like they were speeding up, maybe they had just dropped their fuel tanks or ammunition, but it was too late.

The two medium-range bombs carried by the major were lost in the previous fight with the Goya team because the radar was unlocked.At this time, he still had 2 PL6 fighting bombs, and he was really impressed by the equivalent of the heavy aircraft.So the major doesn't care about the mid-range bombs. The low hit rate of long-range attacks is a common problem of the air forces all over the world, but air combat is another matter. PL8 is a reliable fighting weapon. The major is confident about this. He had to kill a few more enemies before Colonel Sami appeared on the battlefield (there was no doubt that the students taught by Colonel Sami were all of this virtue).It is known that old Sami's current record is 8, while Hamid's record so far is only 8, but it doesn't matter, the war is still very long.

"0531 pay attention to follow me. Seize the advantage, don't be distracted by those Su-30s, they are still far away." The major said.These 8 aircraft are the core of this battle, which is one of the reasons why there are 2 early warning aircraft in the air, because the compatibility problem cannot be solved in a short time, and there must be a Chinese-made early warning aircraft to provide data link information for these 8 aircraft. Knowing the current air combat, the party without a data link (such as the MiG 27 of the Indian Swift Squadron) is very, very passive.

"0531 understands, seize the rear position." The wingman replied.For the time being, these planes don't have any squadrons to which they belong, and they don't have the names of beasts or monsters as their code names.So they can only use boring numbers as air call signs to communicate like the Chinese.

"Shafei, don't lower your altitude, continue to chase the jaguars in level flight, hoping to intercept them west of the border. Leave this to me, and be careful of the Sam 6 position near Ferozpur." The major issued an order, he thought Using 4 planes by himself is enough to deal with 6 MiG-27s, so he let the second team chase the Jaguars that ran farther.

"The new formation of Su-095 in the direction of 30 is approaching. It may detour to our rear." Captain Sha Fei reminded, the data provided by the data link on the vertical display shows that there are several Su-160 flying westward 30 kilometers away, Although it didn't come straight, it may turn around after passing 3 o'clock in parallel.In this case, they will enter the range of their long-range weapons in a blink of an eye.

"Don't worry, Colonel Sammy will be here soon. You can put him in charge of these enemy planes."

"Major, I've seen those MiG-27s climbing up."

"Very good. My request is very clear, no one is allowed to go away."

The major used the HUD to lasso the last bogey.He was not in a hurry to track the enemy plane. Just in case, he first used the radar interlaced scanning method and used different PRFs to scan the entire airspace.In case there was any threat lurking in the low altitude, but nothing was found, which is consistent with the intelligence provided by the early warning aircraft.

When the MiG 27s of the Swift Squadron did not climb to a high enough speed, they were forced to change to level flight acceleration, which made their speed quickly reach above the speed of sound.But the J-11 formation at high altitude can still catch up with them easily.The MiG-27's wrong acceleration action made it quickly fall into a passive position. At an airspeed of Mach 1.2, this kind of aircraft cannot perform maneuvers exceeding 3.5 G. In this regard, it is far inferior to the J-11. So in this dog chasing rabbit In the hunt, the 22 aircraft of the 6nd Squadron lost their advantages in straight-line speed and turning radius at the same time.

"Radar interception complete, ranging complete."

"Very good, let's get closer and fire." Hamid said. At this time, he had been staring at the Su-30MKI team in the south. They were at his 3 o'clock position, and the direction was exactly opposite to his own formation. He had to look at them. Should he turn in his own direction, or turn towards Hassan's F16C fleet.It is impossible for them to fly straight all the time, and their purpose must be an outflank.Major Hamid was thoughtful and carefully observed and analyzed the entire chaotic battlefield. If Hassan's fleet drove or lured away all the Su-30MKIs on the battlefield, he would only be left with a bunch of vulnerable attack aircraft.

(End of this chapter)