Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 80 Mountain Chase

"Captain, this record?" The wingman's surprised voice came from the radio.

"Of course I hit it, yes, you can testify."

Sammy said casually, but he has no time to be happy; there are two serious things in front of him now, one is that the MiG lead plane is still fleeing, this one can be handed over to the wingman to solve; but the other is more difficult, The signal of the surface-to-air missile site on the Indian side must be measured immediately with anti-radiation missiles.He was not fully sure to fire first, and the early warning aircraft could not measure the missile position behind the col, nor could it provide the distance information of the target, but for self-defense, it was necessary to strike first anyway, even if it was worth forcing the opponent to shut down.

"Lehman, there is another MiG-27 handed over to you. Don't be too impatient. I don't think that plane will be easy to get. So...don't be lured to low altitude by him. There may be anti-aircraft weapons of the Indian Army nearby. "

"understand!"

Lehman immediately flew the Thunder fighter jet and pursued it with all his strength. He didn't care whether he was in Indian airspace or not. He had waited for this opportunity for too long (he has been a pilot for a long time, but the chances of participating in actual combat are very few.).It was rumored that opportunities to serve as Sammy's wingman were always rare, so he had to cherish this chance that Sammy let him give it a go. Now his mind was full of thoughts of showing off in front of the colonel, and the colonel's reminder fell on deaf ears.The lieutenant didn't have high requirements, and he didn't dare to expect to run into the second wimp who automatically parachuted. However, even if the average level of the Indian pilot was slightly higher than the previous one, it didn't matter, and he was sure to kill a few more.

Pandit finally recovered from his astonishment. He knew that the good side is that the idiot Saatchi is still alive and fell on the side of the Indian border, so as long as he did not fall into the river, he should be killed by the 55th Brigade Search party containment.As long as he was alive, it would be easier for him to explain himself in front of the squadron leader.One bad aspect is that the squadron has lost another plane, and these planes cannot be replenished in a short period of time. Maybe the fate of the Scorpion Squadron is really to merge with a squadron that also suffered heavy losses.Thinking about this, he became furious, but he didn't lose his composure and turned his head to engage in unrealistic one-on-two combat. Blind action is not his style.But he soon discovered that a Thunderbolt was breaking away from the formation and rushing towards him.Perhaps it was an opportunity, and he suddenly had an urge to fight one-on-one; it was time to teach the enemy a lesson, which was far more valuable than shooting a forest.For the time being, we can't be in a hurry, we have to induce this plane to leave the lead plane a little further.Thinking of this, Panditra swooped down and accelerated with the control of the swept wings, and tried his best to walk through the mountains, which made it impossible for Lehman, who was eager to make achievements, to use the radar for one-on-one tracking.

Captain Pandit, who kept looking back, saw the wingman chasing after him. At a distance of about 1 kilometer, he suddenly pulled up the nose of the aircraft, trying to let the opponent fall to the front. This move can most cleanly deal with the careless opponent. , It can also avoid the sloppy circling chase, which may be caught up by the second enemy plane.

The captain's skills are good, and he can easily operate the super complicated MiG 27UPG, but he doesn't know much about Thunder fighter jets. This kind of fly-by-wire aircraft is extremely flexible, and it is not easy to fall to the front like those clumsy MiG 21s in the exercise.Even though Lehman's experience was still latent and his observation ability was not strong, he still slowed down in time and raised the nose of the aircraft.The captain saw that the enemy plane was gradually pointing at him, so he had to lower the altitude again. This action was a bit risky, because he had to pass by the side of the opponent's nose for a short time, and he was likely to be targeted, but he had to do it. As far as the aircraft is concerned, there is no advantage at all. Only by entering the dazzling scissors chase can the performance of this variable-sweep wing aircraft with good acceleration and deceleration performance be brought into play.

The MiG-27 moved down rapidly from the top of the Thunderbolt canopy. Lehman tried to track it with the radar vertical scanning method, but the opponent obtained additional G force in the dive situation. The inexperienced Lehman failed to predict the MiG in advance. With this action, the enemy plane flickered past in its 12 o'clock direction, and the aiming failed again.

In a blink of an eye, the MiG-27 ran to the blind spot below and was out of sight.Lieutenant Lehman had to press down the nose again to search for the opponent.The MiG-27 drilled into the mountain again, and the visual distance was only 800 to [-] meters away, which looked like what Sammy said.The lead plane was not easy to deal with. The lieutenant didn't remember that this kind of plane could fly so nimbly. Could it be that the rumor that Sammy always left the hard bones for the wingman to chew on was true?Or had he used up all his luck in this battle?
Lieutenant Lehmann has not yet realized that this is a dangerous moment, not only because the distance to the enemy is getting closer and closer, it is easy to get ahead of the next sudden pull of the enemy plane, but also because he does not know Suddenly, the lieutenant had already penetrated several kilometers into the enemy's territory. Although this area has always been a barren mountainous area, in the past month, India's 55th Mechanized Brigade has been secretly deployed here. This brigade is secretly gathering here for a sneak attack. .

The Indian soldiers on the ground had seen the two fighting fighters a long time ago, but they didn’t fire because they couldn’t distinguish between the enemy and us (the SAM 7 position on the ground has carried out several times of identification operations, but the IFF systems of the two planes did not work. Answer, but common sense says that in such a fierce chase, one of them should be your own.)
The commander of the Akash missile position in the distance is also in trouble. He knows that among the three fighter jets in the airspace, one or two must be Indian aircraft, but they cannot be identified temporarily (the Indian Air Force's identification friend or foe system does not work. For him, it is absolutely forbidden to shoot down his own plane, but it is strictly forbidden to put any Pakistani plane in and let it observe the deployment of ground troops at a low altitude.The commander stared at the radar screen, at a loss, and any hesitation on the battlefield was fatal.

Sure enough, Pandit pulled up violently again. This time, Lehman seized a little opportunity, because he expected that the enemy would repeat the same trick, so he energized the infrared homing missile of the missile in advance, and the action of the enemy plane when it pulled up Slower (because of the loss of a G), Lehman slowed down in time to keep up with this action. Although Pandit's plane was still on the right side and did not fully enter the infrared heat source homing ring in the center of the HUD, the attack prompt sound There was still a beeping sound, and a missile caught the heat source.The lieutenant immediately fired 2 missiles without thinking.One of them did not find the target and flew directly out of the battlefield, but the other bit the enemy plane.

The enemy plane in front reacted immediately and fired a large number of tracer bombs, while diving and turning sharply.Due to the shortage of weapons after the war, Lieutenant Lehman carried four older Thunderbolt 4 missiles on his plane. This missile failed to withstand the interference and was directly detonated by the infrared jamming bomb.

(End of this chapter)