Chapter 38 - Armored Spear
After receiving the report submitted by Macri, Santos finally breathed a sigh of relief...
In fact, when the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis analyzed the "evidence" sent by the United States, Santos made a similar judgment, eliminating the suspicion of the United States.
A politician is not a judge, he talks about evidence, but interests, and the motivations generated by interests.
The United States has neither the motivation to attack Indian aircraft carriers nor can it gain benefits by sinking Indian aircraft carriers, and there is no reason to do things that are not thankful.
Japeer not only provided "evidence", but also promised to provide India with broader and more comprehensive assistance.
After receiving the promise from the United States, Santos once again felt overwhelmed with confidence.
In the early morning of July 7, the sky in New Delhi had just brightened, and the Indian Air Force dispatched a full-scale deployment to target the Pakistan Air Force, ground air defense command center, air defense missile positions and air force bases, trying to conquer the world with one battle, completely defeat Pakistan's air defense forces, and seize air supremacy.
The Indian Air Force made a mistake again, and they are now facing more than just the Pakistani Air Force.
Less than five minutes after the battle alarm sounded, Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing boarded the fighter plane.
"The oil meter is normal, the radar is normal, the communication equipment is normal, the data link is normal..."
"The engine is normal, the altimeter is normal, the airspeed is normal, and the hydraulics are normal..."
The two quickly checked the onboard equipment. None of them were missed.
Because there are only pilots in the combat field to Pakistan, the ground support work is undertaken by the Pakistan Air Force. Yesterday, a pilot of a Pakistani aided Pakistani pilot crashed due to an engine failure while on patrol. Fortunately, the pilot ejected the parachuting in time and landed in Pakistan. Because of this, the General Staff Department transferred the special forces to Gwadar Port to carry out search and rescue missions and asked them to be responsible for rescuing the parachuting pilots.
"All inspections have been completed. Everything is normal." After saying that, the Pakistani ground crew at the Qing Dynasty was responsible for assisting the fighter jets to take off. "Brother Liang, how many results are you confident of gaining?"
"It's good to meet enemies for the first time." Liang Guoxiang also gave a thumbs up to the Pakistani ground crew outside and signaled that he could take off. "I don't want my godson to be an orphan. Bringing you back alive is my top priority."
"Don't say unlucky words." Di Boqing connected to the communication channel with the airport. "The spear calls the warriors. The spear calls the warriors."
"The Warriors received. The airport was cleaned up. There were no suspicious targets in the nearby airspace. Take off immediately."
Under the leadership of j-10b, twelve j-10 fighter jets lined up in two columns and slowly slid towards the runway. As the engine reached its maximum thrust, the two j-10s in the front row glided less than four hundred meters on the runway, then rose up and jumped into the blue sky.
"The Warriors call the spear, go to Channel 112 and accept command from the Air Command Center."
"The spear is received and is under command of the Air Command Center."
When Di Boqing contacted the Air Command Center, Liang Guoxiang again inspected the key equipment of the fighter jets, especially the ammunition they carried. Six "Pili-12" and four "Pili-11" only had a secondary fuel tank on the belly rack, which was standard air combat configuration.
When they reached an altitude of 4,500 meters, the fleet turned to fly eastward.
Because the entire process was guided and commanded by the early warning aircraft, the radar on the fighter was not activated. Before entering the war zone, Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing had basically nothing to do.
"Hawkeye Calls Spear."
"The spear was received." Di Boqing quickly entered the state, "Hawkeye" was the code name of the early warning aircraft.
"Tailing to 75, height 3500, accept navigation information."
"I understand, the navigation information has been received." Di Boqing said, transmitting the navigation information to other fighter jets in the group.
The navigation information is sent by the early warning machine to the formation leader through the tactical data link, and then sent by the chief machine to the wingman, which only occupies one communication line of the early warning machine.
Under the leadership of Liang Guoxiang, the fleet frequently adjusted its routes. Liang Guoxiang knew that this was a "warm-up exercise" before the battle.
Because the tactical data link on the "Saber-2000" early warning aircraft does not exactly match the tactical data link on the Chinese Air Force J-10, it can only transmit very limited information, and it is impossible to pass all battlefield information to the fighter jets like in cooperation with "thunder and lightning", so that the fighter jet pilots can grasp the battlefield situation in a timely manner.
To this end, each squadron was equipped with a two-seater j-10b, adding a "professional" navigator.
India's early warning aircraft must have discovered the "spear" fleet and guided the fighter to intercept. Before the fighter jets on both sides officially "meet", they will try to seize the advantageous position based on the information provided by the early warning aircraft and launch the attack first. If as expected, neither side will be able to occupy the advantageous position in the end.
About fifteen minutes later, Hawkeye sent information about enemy planes.
Dozens of light spots appeared on the home screen, densely packed, making people's scalp numb.
"Thirty-six fighter jets, damn it, all of them are su-30mki." Di Boqing's information was more accurate than Liang Guoxiang. "Brother Liang, there is a good show now."
"Assign targets, use cross-attack tactics, don't be ruthless."
Liang Guoxiang was also a little numb, and the number of enemy planes was three times that of the "Spear" squadron.
The domestic fire control radar equipped by the j-10 fighter can track twelve targets at the same time and guide missiles to attack six of them. In order to improve the hit rate, two missiles are generally used to attack one enemy aircraft. The cross-attack tactic of two fighter jets firing at six enemy aircraft at the same time can ensure the hit rate to the maximum extent.
"Hawkeye calls the spear, has entered the interception distance and can open fire at any time."
"I received the spear and can open fire at any time." Di Boqing paused for a moment, "Brother Liang, do it!"
"Damn the Indian San!" Liang Guoxiang immediately took over command and activated the fire control radar on the fighter plane. "All aircraft should pay attention to it, start the radar, aim at the target, and prepare to launch missiles."
Twelve intensive formations of j-10 immediately dispersed.
According to the attack order assigned by Di Boqing, the twelve pilots quickly locked six targets and entered the target data into the "Pili-12" medium-range air-to-air missile.
When pressing the launch button, Liang Guoxiang hesitated for a moment.
Two explosion bolts connecting the missile and the pylon detonated at the same time, pushing the missile out. Then, the rocket engine on the missile ignited, accelerating the missile's speed from approaching Mach to Mach 4. In less than ten seconds, seventy-two white silk-like smoke marks appeared in the blue sky.
"Three aircraft formations, accelerate the advance."
Twelve J-10s formed an air combat formation and ignited the afterburner of the engine one after another.
Liang Guoxiang knew that the Su-30mki fleet, 80 kilometers away, also launched missiles. At this time, he was betting on luck.
The r-77 missile adopts the guidance mode of mid-stage inertia/command plus the last active radar. If the Indian pilot is not brave enough, he will take the lead in evading after launching the missile and cannot provide instructions for the r-77. The missile will fly 60 kilometers under the control of the inertial guidance system, and start the radar when it is about 20 kilometers away from the "Spear" aircraft fleet and enter the active attack stage. If the distance can be shortened to less than 60 kilometers before this, the r-77 will miss the "Spear" aircraft fleet before entering the active attack stage, thus wasting it in vain.
Liang Guoxiang is not only gambled for luck, but also versus courage with his opponents.
When j-10b broke through the sound barrier, the su-30mki machine group turned.
The Indian pilots did not know that it was not the Pakistani pilots who fought with them, but the Chinese pilots.
Time passes by quickly. R-77 with a speed of Mach 4 can fly 60 kilometers in just fifty seconds. J-10 needs to fly 20 kilometers in fifty seconds, and the speed must exceed 1.34 Mach. J-10 accelerates from Mach 0.95 to Mach 15, which only takes forty seconds. Therefore, the average speed of J-10 in fifty seconds is exactly 1.34 Mach!
Liang Guoxiang's calculations are very accurate, even more accurate than computers.
Dozens of dart-like R-77 missiles passed by the fleet, and the thirteen pilots breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Liang, you are so fucking magic."
"Don't be too happy too early."
At this time, the problem was handed over to the Indian pilot.
After all the first batch of R-77s were lost, the combat distance had been shortened to about 70 kilometers. The "Pili-12" launched by J-10 also approached the Su-30mki fleet. If the Su-30mki fleet continues to escape, there will be a great opportunity to avoid "Pili-12", but it will fall into a passive situation during the fighting air combat stage. If the Su-30mki turns back and uses R-77 to conduct the second round of interception, you will face the test of "Pili-12".
Escape is not right, nor is it not right if you don't.
In the end, the su-30mki aircraft group was divided into two batches, twelve aircraft continued to escape, and twenty-four aircraft turned to fight the j-10.
A wrong decision, a wrong decision.
"Re-lock the target and provide target data for the missile." Liang Guoxiang smiled. "Everyone kept steady and followed the long-distance maneuver."
Twelve J-10s re-locked the target with fire control radar and transmitted the target data to the missiles that had been fired.
Before the "Pili-12" entered the active attack stage, twenty-four Su-30mkis launched the second batch of R-77 missiles at the fastest speed and illuminated the J-10 aircraft group with fire control radar.
The radar alarm plane rang, and Liang Guoxiang immediately pulled back the joystick, "Climb at full speed, climb at full speed!"
Twelve j-10s simultaneously increase their height at the fastest speed.
The same trick cannot be repeated, and new avoidance tactics must be adopted. The maximum attack altitude difference of r-77 is only 10,000 meters, and the flight altitude of j-10 is only 3,500 meters when attacked. As long as the flight altitude is raised to 14,000 meters before the arrival of r-77, the missile can be avoided and the second round of medium-range interception of Indian fighter jets is lost.
j-10's maximum climb rate at sea level exceeds 340 meters per second. Although the climb rate at high altitude is slightly slower, it will definitely be able to climb 10,000 meters within fifty seconds.
The overload caused by climbing at full speed is very large, and j-10 is like a wild horse that has run away from reins.
Liang Guoxiang was not worried that the fighter plane would lose control, but instead hoped that the fighter plane would be more "wild" because the faster it rose, the more it could avoid the enemy's missiles.
Ten thousand meters above the sky, the blue sky is extremely pure.
The pilots on the fighter plane have no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery. After getting rid of the second batch of R-77s, they will engage in air combat with enemy planes.
The radar alarm aircraft made a sharp and harsh buzzing sound, which was a missile alarm signal, indicating that the missile was approaching.
"Brother Liang, look, we've avoided it."
Dozens of orange-red "fireworks" bloomed below the aircraft group. When the r-77 reached its maximum attack range and lost power, the self-destruct system on the missile was activated and the flame flower exploded.
"Three aircraft formations, fighting air combat mode, let's give Indian Asan a class!"
Under the leadership of the long aircraft, twelve j-10s, like predatory eagles, roared down from the sky and rushed towards the su-30mki aircraft group.
Chapter completed!