The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master - Chapter 724

Chapter 724 The sky in South Asia turned into a mess

 After climbing back to high altitude, Aslam did a little mental calculation of his fuel level.

The Qiang 5 is not an aircraft known for its range, especially in order to avoid the pursuit of two Mirage 2000Hs and create opportunities for the two J-7Fs, it also used far more afterburners than planned.

 Fortunately, the bombing target is not far from the airport, so the calculation result is that if we maintain a steady flight at economical speed from now on, we can still fly back easily.

This made the captain’s extremely tense mood finally relax a little.

So he prepared to talk about other topics to divert his attention from the grief of losing his wingman:

 “By the way, Captain Tai Dao.”

Aslam asked:

“Counting these two goals today, have you already achieved 10 results?”

 As a general rule, a pilot who shoots down five targets is considered an ace, and a pilot who shoots down 10 targets is considered a double ace.

 “No, just 9.”

 “I think you will definitely have a chance.”

 Although they are close to the line of control at this time, they still cannot take it lightly.

 According to his experience, about 60-70 kilometers.

 Such a target is the perfect target for both anti-aircraft missiles and fighter jets.

 This piece of information immediately made Aslam a little nervous again.

It’s just that this era is no different than World War II, with large melees involving hundreds or even thousands of aircraft frequently occurring.

“Haha…the results of your nine battles are all confirmed by clear evidence. The ones from the Kingdom of David…are more suspicious.”

 After all, the three light aircraft do not have sufficient fuel, and there is no such thing as in-flight refueling. Therefore, they can only fly at subsonic speeds at an altitude of about 7-8 kilometers.

 After a few seconds, the wingman added:

“The signal source is very strong. It is speculated that there should be more than one. RWR did not give a judgment on the radar model, but judging from the frequency, it looks a bit like MiG-29.”

The J-7F’s RWR performance is average and cannot provide particularly precise analysis accuracy. Therefore, it will identify a group of closely spaced radar signals as one super-strong signal source.

 “That’s true.”

If we have to say what advantages the R27 missile has, it would probably be its barely passable range, and the fact that the infrared guidance model can carry out sneak attacks silently throughout the entire process.

Aslam replied in a strange tone:

“And they are much older than you, so the chance of catching up with you is very small…”

Whether you can get the 10th result depends largely on luck.

 Sammy’s answer this time was not polite.

Aslam’s words were at least 90% from his heart. After all, although the other party used him as bait, he still saved his life anyway:

“By then, you should be the only double ace in the world.”

“Yeah, I haven’t thought about it that much, and there are also a few good players in the Kingdom of David who have achieved great success, so it’s hard to say.”

 This wingman was specially placed at the back to act as a rear breaker and radar prompt.

Just as the two lead pilots were joking with each other, the J-7F wingman who landed a few kilometers later suddenly reported:

“My RWR shows an X-band signal source at six o’clock.”

 Fortunately, although the radar warning receiver does not have ranging capabilities, considering that the two previous aircraft have not detected radar signals, it means that the other aircraft should still be on the edge of detection.

 “Lieutenant Colonel.”

Sami seemed to be calm and didn’t care, but he was able to give his number of kills without thinking, and he knew the situation in West Asia very well. He obviously had always had thoughts.

“You should speed up and follow us first. I have just notified the base. They said that the nearest Griffin squadron has been sent to take off to pick us up.”

 Sammy’s tone also became serious again.

“But the F16 of the 9th Squadron does not have beyond-visual-range combat capability?”

 The voice of the wingman pilot was trembling.

  The 14th Squadron had briefly been equipped with the F16, so the pilots were very familiar with its performance.

Pakistan Air Force once sought to upgrade its early-model F16A/B, but soon lost this possibility when the United States broke the contract in the second phase of the Peace Arch plan.

So in the second half of the 1990s, especially after the J-7F, which has a true beyond-visual-range combat capability, entered service, those 40 wonderful-looking aircraft basically took advantage of their range and bomb load to carry out ground attacks. The bombing mission went off.

“There is no way they are the closest. Other planes in our squadron are also taking off, but it will take a while to catch up.”

The lieutenant colonel’s reply did not reveal much emotion: “Looking on the bright side, at least it can scare the other party.”

Of course, this statement is just to comfort his subordinates.

If the Pakistan Air Force has both A and C models of F16, then there may be a chance to be more powerful than the other.

But the Indian army is not a fool after all. Even if the model cannot be distinguished at first, after discovering that your radar signal is APG66, you will realize that you are facing a group of soft persimmons.

 So, if you really want to push back the Indian army, you still have to rely on the 5th and 14th squadrons.

 Thanks to the high-intensity delivery in the past six months, the Pakistan Air Force has finally assembled two squadrons with a total of 48 J-7Fs. Although the scale is still too small compared to the 48 Mirage 2000s (originally 50, but two were lost just now) and 60 MiG-29s on the opposite side, it does not have to face the west and north sides at the same time like the latter. There are two directions, so it does not suffer in small and medium-sized conflicts.

At this moment, a somewhat urgent voice came from the radio of the three people:

“Tail Blade Team, Black Panther Team, there are 4 groups behind you, with a total of at least 16 targets approaching. Hurry up and speed up to get rid of them. Repeat, speed up and get rid of them. The 5th Squadron has also taken off and is flying to your side. It’s over.”

“But we’re low on fuel…”

Aslam was still a little confused for a moment. Today’s plan was originally just to blow up an artillery position, but in just over half an hour it developed into an aerial confrontation involving dozens of aircraft.

 But Sami next to him had already turned on the afterburner in accordance with the requirements of the base, and flew away with a long tail flame:

“Don’t worry about the fuel. Find another airport in Punjab to land. Besides, your speed can’t keep up with ours. Lower your altitude quickly!”

One of the key points of becoming an ace in air combat is to survive long enough, so the lieutenant colonel never gets too hot-headed when he should be timid.

At this time, Aslam’s Qiang 5III had already dived to a low altitude, and the wingman who had already begun to accelerate gradually caught up:

“Squadron Commander, the distance between the base and us is much farther than the radar range. How do you know the specific situation behind us?”

“It may be that new radars have been deployed near the contact line, I don’t know for sure.”

Sami said this, but subconsciously glanced back to the northeast, then changed the topic and said with a bit of joy:

“I think our situation is not as bad as we thought…”

 He naturally knew some inside information, but it was impossible to tell his wingman over the radio.

After the last cooperation to shoot down the MiG-25, a new liaison mechanism was reached between the two air forces.

 At first, this mechanism only existed at the level of the Air Force Staff, but was quickly decentralized to the level of the Theater Air Force Command.

 The emergency air situation this time apparently came from a plateau radar station in a large northern country.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how powerful the ground radar is, it will still be affected by the curvature of the earth in terms of target surveillance. Therefore, those very large ground radars are generally used for anti-missile purposes.

But thanks to the special terrain nearby, the sky-defying radar set at an altitude of 5,374 meters is like an early warning aircraft that will never land. As soon as it is turned on, it can control almost half of the South Asian subcontinent’s airspace above medium altitudes. information.

Since its completion, this thing has been regarded as a thorn in the side of the Indian army. The reconnaissance of the MiG-25R in the past was largely to obtain terrain information near the radar station and prepare for possible anti-radiation operations.

Just like today, the Indian army’s planes were probably discovered as soon as they took off, but it took some time for the news to be relayed to him several times.

 If you calculate it this way, the response speed of the Chinese Air Force should be much faster than that of our own side…

 So he just said that the situation might not be that bad.

As if to confirm the lieutenant colonel’s thoughts, not long after he finished speaking, RWR detected two, or rather two groups of X-band signals coming from the northeast.

 The identification result displayed on the multi-function display is type 1472.

 At present, only the J-8C is equipped with this type of radar.

 “Squadron leader, this is…”

 The wingman was unaware of all the twists and turns behind him, so he was completely confused about the situation in front of him.

  If he is attacked from both sides, he can basically start summing up his flying career.

 But judging from past experience, the opponent’s air force has never approached from that direction.

 “Don’t panic, we are friendly forces.”

The lieutenant colonel replied vaguely:

“Slow down the speed a little and see if the targets behind you will take the bait.”

 As he spoke, he had already eased off the accelerator a little.

 Just now it was a fatal situation in which he had to fight more with less, and his choice was of course to jump in directly, but now the water has been completely muddied, and he still has two medium-range bullets in his hand, so there may not be a chance to steal the chicken.

 (End of this chapter)