Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 79 The Magical Attack

"Abbas. They have found us. That lead plane is really a ghost." Sami said on the radio.He saw a slight change in the wing of the MiG 4 from 27 kilometers away. This intermediate angle happened to be the most suitable wing position for this type of aircraft to fight at medium speeds.Because the flight control of this ancient aircraft is not good, it cannot be controlled by the computer to change the angle of the swept wing at any time to make it in the best position like the American F14. Therefore, before the battle, the pilot will fix it in the middle position. A compromise between speed and mobility.

"Colonel. Didn't see any sign of them speeding up? The movement is not violent." Abbas was shocked, he didn't know how the colonel saw it.According to his common sense, once the enemy sees a trailing plane, there will only be two reactions, either speed up and flee immediately, or turn their heads hard to fight, in short, they will not have such a reaction like swallowing water.

"So I say he's a ghost, watch out for his turn, he's out of the direction of Adampur, that's unusual. He's heading for the col. He's also sneaking lower."

"So that's the case? There must be something hidden in the mountain pass. Shall we continue to pursue it?"

"Of course, but you need to keep an eye on the radio scans around you."

"Black spider leader, this is a poisonous snake. The enemy's electronic jamming plane took off in the southwest and interfered with our UHF data link. Currently, the data link is in a state of paralysis. Currently, our aircraft only retains VHF narrowband communication. Ability, only voice guidance." The Saab 2000 early warning aircraft in charge of this area suddenly reported.

Sammy lowered his head and found that the data link information on the display was indeed gone, and the jumping text on the comprehensive display indicated that the bit error rate at the receiving end was too high to obtain useful data.This should have happened in just a dozen seconds.

Why can they attack the frequency hopping encrypted UHF data link information?This has never happened before, did their technology upgrade overnight?Sammy thought to himself, but this did not affect his attack, because the enemy was already within sight.

"Viper, is your radar getting jammed?" Sammy asked.

"The detection distance has been shortened a bit, so it's not a big problem for the time being." The early warning aircraft replied that due to the difference in power, the mysterious early warning aircraft on the Indian side could not do anything to completely suppress the phased array radar of the early warning aircraft.But just a few days ago, India's extra-regional electronic jamming capabilities were still limited to ordinary multi-band blocking suppression. Why were they able to carry out such targeted deception jamming in just a few days?No one knows yet.Pakistan has devoted many years of effort to this kind of data link dedicated to its own country. It looks impeccable on the surface. It never thought that it would be interfered by a distant interference source of more than 100 kilometers.

"Venom, how is the situation around the battlefield?"

"Captain Black Spider, the two MiG-2s in the southwest are turning around, 29 kilometers, 105 degrees to the right."

"Viper, did you see the ground radar turned on?"

"It has not been found so far, but considering the current complex electromagnetic environment, I cannot make a guarantee."

Sammy thought for a second, and decided to continue the pursuit.He knew that the battle would likely be fought east of the border Indian border, where it was unlikely that there would be no ground anti-aircraft fire.But he was not willing to let go of these two enemy planes that were close in front of him.

"Abbas, you lead the No. 4 aircraft to the south, turn on the radar search, and try to block the MiG-29. You can go around to their favorable position behind them and force them to turn. It is best not to engage. The MiG-29 of the Trident is not good provoke."

"clear."

"Watch out for their mid-range bombs, don't rush to desperately, Hamid's team will come over soon. You can suppress them with numbers." Sami reminded his subordinates to force back the enemy planes, but he didn't know The enemy does not have medium-range ammunition.

After arranging everything, Sami led another wingman to turn on the afterburner, and chased the two MiG-2UPGs flying towards the border mountain pass at full speed.But the colonel did not dare to take it lightly, he has been paying attention to the suspicious radio pulse scanning around him.Today he is carrying a Chinese-made anti-radiation missile. This kind of missile has never experienced actual combat, but its range is much farther than MER-27.This is also part of the source of confidence for him to dare to go straight to the border of India.

"Lehman, you stay behind me for cover and lower your altitude a bit. I want you to pay special attention to the smoke or fire on the ground. Don't let those Sam 7s sneak over."

"Understood, squadron leader."

The Thunderbolts accelerated and cut to within the turning radius of the enemy plane in front, and entered lead tracking. At the same time, they turned on the radar to scan the enemy plane, and waited for the enemy plane to break into the radar aperture by itself.

The two MiG-27s in front did not try to get rid of the chase, but kept lowering their altitude, as if desperately trying to go to the mountain pass.Sammy immediately completed tracking the latter wingman.He turned on the power of the seeker head of the infrared guided missile and made final preparations for launch.But at the same time, his RWS system began to alarm, JF17 has a very sensitive radar warning system, and can analyze the source and nature of the scanning signal.

Sure enough, there is a low-altitude search radar hidden in the col.The colonel kept aiming at the stiffly moving enemy plane while looking down at the multi-function display. A SAM 6?He saw another illumination radar pointing at him in the direction of one o'clock in front of him. The situation seemed extremely urgent. He judged that the distance from this position was not very far, and maybe he had already broken into the attack envelope of the missile.Now the colonel has to make a decision immediately. If the anti-radiation missile launch procedure is started, the two air-to-air missiles that have been powered on and the cooling procedure has not been completed will become useless bombs.

The colonel decided not to do one thing, not to procrastinate, and immediately pulled the trigger of the launch. The 2 missiles flew forward in a straight line. Because of insufficient cooling, he didn't expect the 2 missiles to hit the target, but it was better than forcibly interrupting the irreversible launch process and bringing the faulty missile back.

In the cockpit of a MiG-4 fighter 27 kilometers ahead, Lieutenant Saatchi had already been frightened out of his wits by the piercing locking warning sound. This was the second major threat he experienced today, and he knew that the situation must be more serious than the previous Stinger pursuit. He kept looking back, waiting for the enemy's high-raised stick to fall.The lieutenant couldn't understand Captain Pandit's intention of refusing to speed up his escape.Is it because he is dragged behind the formation and can resist missiles for him?The lieutenant thought wildly.He didn't believe that the distant Trident would come to save him, nor did he believe that the surface-to-air missile positions in front could play any role.

Finally, the lieutenant saw a white light flashing under the wing of the enemy plane behind him, followed by two dazzling light spots, slowly flying towards him.It frightened him quite a bit.He knew he was doomed this time.

"Captain, the enemy is firing at me, please parachute."

"Fool, they fired too early..."

Before Captain Pandit finished speaking, he saw the cockpit cover of the MiG-27 behind him burst into flames, and then bounced upwards.Captain Thach was then ejected from the cabin with his seat.

Pandit was speechless. He was stunned to watch Saatchi's parachute open in the air. At the same time, two missiles launched by enemy planes hit the cliff.And that poor fighter jet flew eastward on its own.

(End of this chapter)