Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 774 The Nemesis of Smart Landmines

In order to prevent the opponent's reconnaissance methods, Lin Huaisheng did not mobilize any heavy troops, but he still concentrated a few infantry near the enemy's retreat route he judged. Now it is these troops that are attacking the opponent severely under the cover of night.After a single soldier leaves the combat vehicle, coupled with professional anti-infrared means, the opponent's detection distance can be greatly reduced, and the enemy who cannot leave the vehicle is particularly clear in the field of vision of the night vision equipment.

The task Lin Huaisheng gave these infantrymen was to hold back the enemy, and if they could identify the enemy's headquarters, they would severely attack their headquarters. However, the second requirement was difficult, and it was not easy for infantry to pass through details at night (usually antennas and various support vehicles) to identify the headquarters.They're just shining on those big infrared sources.

Yelinsky had the foresight to strictly prohibit the use of smoke before departure, but after suffering losses, his order became invalid, and most vehicles began to emit smoke recklessly, regardless of whether the people behind could see it or not.

Smoke filled the entire evacuation road, preventing drivers on low-light night vision goggles from moving at full speed.Soon some vehicles collided together, some even turned on their searchlights, and the entire march began to slow down.

Because the main forces of the two sides have not yet encountered each other, there are no major disturbances in the ground combat for the time being.But at this time, the air forces of both sides have all rushed to the top of the ground troops, and the encounter is bound to start early.

The air combat command of both sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, and neither of them had any delusions about adding the part of the ground attack from the beginning.All combat aircraft are only equipped with air-to-air missiles. There is no doubt that the battle will be launched in a long-range salvo.

The coalition fighters took off from Jaipur and Gwalior in the south (the airport in Agra is too close to deploy fighter jets), which took advantage of the shorter airport distance, but they faced nearly double the number of Chinese fighters , The comparison of the numbers detected by the long-range radars of the two sides was 56:30 at the first time.As time goes by, China and Pakistan will continue to increase their numerical advantages.

In order to cope with the expected enemy breakout, the Chinese and Pakistani air forces have always maintained a relatively large number and are on standby near the air refueling area. Lin Huaisheng feels that for the purpose of a major campaign, it is obviously worthwhile to let the air superiority aircraft consume engine life and fuel. Yes, so the pilot would have some advantage in a head-on intercept with the enemy air force.According to Song Ning's plan, the second batch of light fighters that arrived from the northern airport controlled by China and Pakistan had limited ammunition and had no advantage in night combat that focused on long-distance shooting. Taking off from the domestic airport, the second batch of heavy aircraft flying over the Himalayas.He made judgments based on previous battles. If there were not too many twists and turns in the battle, when the third batch of fighters arrived, the balance of victory and defeat would be tilted in the direction of China and Pakistan.

When high-altitude reconnaissance planes from Oman flew over these assembly areas, optical equipment could photograph the plumes of the aircraft gathering around the air tankers, but even if they could be seen, it could not solve the numerical disadvantage.

The main force that can be dispatched by the coalition forces is still mainly F15Cmsip, which is a fighter with strong power and can seize the dominant position, and can suppress the J-11 most of the time.The F16C/D, which seldom participated in air combat, also came out tonight. They stayed in the rear area, ready to suppress the ubiquitous low-to-medium altitude light aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force at any time.

The J-11 and Su-35 fighter jets were divided into two groups from New Delhi to the south, forming a confrontation with the F15C that had just taken off and was eager to climb to occupy the altitude.Still worried about the air defense missiles in New Delhi and Agra, the formation of the eastern fleet was a little cramped. For a while, the eastern J-11 was at a disadvantage of 1500 meters, which meant that the opponent's missiles had a longer range.

Under the guidance of their respective early warning aircraft, the J-11 approached to a place about twice the range of the AIM120 missile, and began to contact and test. The night sky was cloudless, and the light of a neighboring aircraft 2 km away could be seen. When the pilot looked down , and occasionally the flames of anti-tank missiles can be seen when they jump briefly.

The early warning aircraft reminded them to turn carefully and pay attention to the formation spacing at all times, so as not to bump into each other at night.

The J-11 fighter obviously did not occupy a favorable position, and it was bound to retreat backwards, approaching 50 kilometers away. The higher-altitude F15C took advantage of the momentum to pursue, but soon hit the radar beam of the Su-30MKK fighter that was covering behind, and was forced to give up. The attack turned south, and they did not follow up and shoot within the barely range as before; today they are not dominant in numbers, and hastily running out of ammunition means returning home, so they are a little bit restrained.

Liu Zhaolin carefully controlled the formation from the west of New Delhi.In order to retaliate against India, Russia gave priority to the payment of the arrears to the United States. Finally, after the Chinese government placed a batch of new transport aircraft orders, it assisted China to carry out the necessary software upgrades for the Su-35. Now the pilots on the Su-35 can finally pass the data link. From the monitor, we can see the action of F15C getting rid of the pursuit of Su-30MKK.

He found that the F15Cs neither fired nor ran away, and they appeared cautious. He ordered the formation to turn to the flanks and make a retreat, waiting for the enemy to come back.

The enemy's early warning aircraft is 360 kilometers away. Even if they can see him, they may not be able to recognize his model. Most of the time, they will mistake him for an ordinary J-11 or Su-30. If so, their reserved safe distance will be To be different, this is his chance.Half a day ago, he was tricked by an unknown high-altitude reconnaissance plane, and now he must teach his opponent a lesson.

The F15C has always been a very difficult opponent. The pilots are all top-notch. Most of them are from the 18th Squadron in China and the 32nd Squadron stationed in Europe. All the C-types are mid-term improvements, equipped with phased array radar and helmet sights. This makes them extremely aggressive at both short and long distances.Of course, the Chinese AWACS and ground radars cannot tell the difference between them and the F15E and other Eagle fighters that have never been found on the battlefield. However, the fighters of the above two squadrons have better climbing and fighting desire than other troops. However, experienced commanders can usually make a general judgment after a few rounds of contact.

"Firefox, don't worry, they will be in a hurry if you come here a few more times." Song Ning's voice was on the radio, and he reminded his former opponents based on his own experience.He plans to use numbers to subdue the enemy, but the last straw that crushes the opponent is not the number, but the acceleration ability of the Su 35.

"Understood, Viper."

"I'll let the troops in the east, provoke them again, you can climb some heights, don't press too hard, don't use the radar, and wait for them to make mistakes in their rush."

"clear."

After using the data link, the simple situation and intention can be clearly deployed with a few words. Now Song Ning's old trick is repeated, oppressing the enemy in a wave-like formation in the east.

The F10 F15 continued to fight with the eagle wall, leaving only 6 F16s on the flanks to fight.Liu Zhaolin did not turn on the radar tracking to avoid revealing his identity.Once the Russian radar scans the target, the radio alarm in the mobile phone compartment will flash and display the model, and then all enemy aircraft on the battlefield will know what is going on.However, phased array radar does not need too long to warm up, so it is more suitable for this kind of trick.

The F16C piloted by foreign pilots cannot fully carry the flank defense. They stay in the relatively rear area, so as not to protrude too much and be killed by stealth planes (they don’t know that Chinese stealth planes do not exceed New Delhi’s regulations). In addition, they are very clear. Night confrontation belongs to those twin-engine heavy aircraft with excellent climb and sufficient ammunition.

The Eagle Wall showed its power again, and the J-11 in the east still couldn't take advantage of it, and retreated in disgrace. This time, the retreat was a little chaotic, leaving some illusions for the enemy commander.

6 F15s accelerated the impact, trying to seize the opportunity.Seeing the enemy taking the bait, Liu Zhaolin seized the time to assign formation tasks, requiring three fighter planes to monitor as many as 3 F10s, and he left the opportunity to attack F16s to himself.

This time it was the J-16 formation that went up to cover the J-11, and there were as many as 12 of them.

The 6 F15Cs were the same as last time. They did not shoot at each other rashly, but turned and retreated. They somehow wanted to use New Delhi's anti-aircraft missiles. The route was somewhat westward, which made them closer to Liu Zhaolin.

The three Su-3s began to accelerate. Liu Zhaolin used the data link to keep an eye on the enemy's route. His other team challenged the opponent's F35 head-on, and he would definitely be able to fire first to overwhelm the opponent. The situation had already begun to be chaotic, which was what he wanted.

Using high altitude and strong acceleration, he quickly approached 35 kilometers behind the enemy plane that was retreating south. He cut too far to the north, and the sound of being locked by surface-to-air missiles sounded in his ears, but he was unmoved. He bet that the enemy would not be able to catch it. Live for the brief shooting window.

Adversary afterburner, emits so much heat that the Su-35's IRST at such a distance, finds all 6 heat sources, but he is not going to use this sensor to guide short-range weapons, he puts UHD on the radar aperture Aim the circle at the heat source, and then turn on and grab all the targets at once.

The opponent was caught off guard and tried to turn back to fight. He didn't give the enemy a chance to approach and took advantage of the momentum to launch missiles.

The other two planes that arrived later also fired all the missiles, and the three fighters fired as many as 2 missiles. In this war, such firepower output is rare, enough to wipe out an entire formation.

At the same time, Liu Zhaolin's other 3-aircraft formation that feigned an attack was the first to open fire at a distance of 10 kilometers when facing 16 oncoming F60s, and also fired 18 missiles within half a minute.The missiles whizzed away with the huge initial velocity endowed by the fighter planes, and three times as many enemies scrambled to turn and escape the attack zone; the heavy fighter planes of both sides were more suitable for such frontal interception operations, and they were fully capable of being alone.

The 4 F15s attempted to turn to fight, and the wrong turn consumed too much speed. When they realized the mistake, they had no chance to capture the target and start shooting. They could only barely evade under the prompt of the early warning aircraft.It is very difficult to avoid medium-range bombs at night. The missiles are hidden in the night sky behind the powered range and are not easy to be seen by the naked eye. These poor F15Cs carry too many weapons that are too late to launch, so they are not suitable for maneuvering.

Three F3s were hit one after another. If the active seekers of several missiles that arrived later did not stare at the falling wreckage, the fourth one would also be doomed.

An even bigger miracle appeared on the flanks. A lost power R77 missile slid to the limit range and hit a KF16C. This fighter plane belonging to the South Korean Air Force failed to catch up with Israel For the fighter plane, it tried to lower the altitude to destroy the radar tracking of the missile, which gave the gliding missile the opportunity to display the limit range, and the early warning aircraft did not see the missile approaching at all.

Song Ning was sitting in the rear. Seeing that the battle was won, the enemy's line of defense retreated a lot in an instant. He glanced at the monitor in front of him. The number of fighter jets of the Chinese and Pakistani Air Forces entrenched in the air had reached 70. During the battle, only one J-1 was turning. It was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, and another jf11 crashed after take-off for unknown reasons. The number of fighters in the sky has almost reached the peak of simultaneous command during the last big air battle, while the opponent's air force has only 17, which is much smaller than a few days ago dispatched troops.

He deliberately showed weakness, did not attack first, let the opponents catch up and get used to his rhythm, let them think that they could complete the confrontation with 3/1 of the troops, and then suddenly accelerated the offensive and defensive rhythm, leaving the insufficient number of enemies struggling to cope. Mistakes, sure enough one hit worked.

The fourth batch of fighters carrying anti-radiation missiles has not yet arrived. The U.S. air defense radar in Agra is watching the defeat in the air alone. Now the air force covering them can't support it. Next, the bombs will fall on these radars. .Song Ning felt that he could already wish him victory. Lin Huaisheng had been urging the military situation, hoping that he could guarantee victory, but he couldn't speak too early.

The crashed U.S. fighter plane fell directly into the huge moving group, stopped at the air defense positions around the formation, and missiles were launched from time to time.Relying on the medium-range bombs carried by the Hummer, it can temporarily drive the Chinese Air Force from getting too close.

The defenseless Aurora crossed the war zone again, not only disgusting her opponent, but also brought bad news to Yelinsky.

The armored vehicles and trucks of the Chinese army all turned on their lights and advanced at high speed at night. They did not intend to hide their heads and show their tails. No one harassed them, maybe they will get ahead after dawn?

Yelinsky quickly checked the main road ahead. The enemy's intentions were obvious. They were not chasing, but intercepting.It seems that their ambitions have expanded to the point where they want to eat their entire army.

"Want to surround me? It's wishful thinking."

The lieutenant colonel sneered bluntly, emboldening himself; he had also come prepared, and had some preparations, so he immediately asked his superiors to shoot out all the smart mines to block the enemy's way and buy some time for himself to escape.

The M270 rocket artillery unit hidden in the southeast mountainous area of ​​Agra has already been filled with landmines, waiting for the order to fire, and covering the possible road ahead of the Chinese army.

He Fan's artillery detection radar quickly detected the rockets launched by the enemy from the mountains, saw the movement of the enemy's aerial dissemination, and could roughly measure the location of the minefield, but of course it was impossible to tell what kind of mine it was.

Now it is Lin Huaisheng's turn to challenge the rules of the battlefield a little bit. Since the Western countries participated in this war, the Chinese army has never used electromagnetic pulse weapons again.There seems to be a red line between the two sides in the use of this extraordinary weapon, but exploding a few of these ammunition in an open space is obviously just a not too much test, not to mention the defeat of the foreign legion. It is necessary to weigh whether it is still meaningful to continue to upgrade weapons in the confrontation.

Three cruise missiles were launched from a launch vehicle near Chandigarh, flying around New Delhi towards the minefield.He Fan ordered the tank units, which are not subject to electromagnetic interference, to close all hatches (to prevent the entry of millimeter-long electromagnetic waves) and continue to move forward, while the rest of the vehicles slowed down.

(End of this chapter)