Chapter 723: Unethical, Sneak Attack on Phantom 2000

While shouting a reminder to his wingmen, Aslam ignored the bombing mission and directly adjusted the weapon selection button to "EMER" (emergency release), then pulled the trigger and threw all the bombs together with the auxiliary fuel tanks. It entered the valley, and then quickly entered the subduction.

In an instant, the snow-covered mountains outside the cabin rushed towards him like a high wall, and continued to recede from the corner of his vision.

The Qiang 5III does not have the relatively reliable low-altitude automatic navigation capabilities of the MiG 27 or Mirage 2000H. Although it has a radio altimeter that can be used to avoid collisions, the pilot still has to break the control stick himself.

In this kind of valley terrain, if you wait until the thing sounds the beep, you will basically be dead.

However, he had to take this risk.

The two menacing planes suddenly emerged from a distance and had obviously been ambush nearby for quite some time.

It is very likely that as soon as our plane took off from the airport, there were secret agents lurking around and reported the news to the other side.

The position that was blown up just now was obviously a fake position that was disguised.

In other words, it's a trap.

Faced with this kind of enemy who is armed with medium-range bombs and is well prepared, delaying time to wait for support or waiting for an opportunity to escape is obviously more realistic than climbing up and using an attack aircraft to fight other fighters head-on.

Although the Qiang-5III has achieved many "shootdowns" in simulated air combat confrontations, these are more of a reflection of the gap in pilot capabilities, not the performance of the aircraft.

Veteran instructors from the US military flight school can shoot down F15s flown by rookies flying T45 trainer aircraft, but this does not mean that the former can compete with the latter on the battlefield.

Fortunately, for most radars in this era, the thousands of kilometers of mountains at the junction of the East Asian continent and the South Asian subcontinent are definitely a nightmare application scenario. As long as you dare to fly to a low enough altitude, you can avoid it. Radar lock.

Of course, this process will inevitably lose some energy, resulting in a huge disadvantage in the subsequent battle within visual range.

But for now, we have to survive first before thinking about the long term.

Sure enough, the RWR warning sound in the captain's ears quickly calmed down.

"Panther Two, Black Panther Two, how are you doing? Pay attention to lowering the altitude!"

He tried to check on his wingman.

But no response.

Naturally, it is impossible for old aircraft to have any satellite communication capabilities, and ordinary radios are indeed very unstable in this kind of terrain. Whether they can be connected depends entirely on their appearance.

Of course, it is also possible that it has been shot down.

After calling twice more, Aslam began to feel a little panicked.

In the valley, he couldn't see the two planes on the opposite side.

It was also because he couldn't turn in the valley, so he could only fly forward with his head down.

It is very likely that he will suddenly rush into the opposite face.

Just when he was already thinking about whether he could survive in the ice and snow after parachuting, a calm voice suddenly came from the radio:

"Panther One, can you hear me?"

It's in Urdu.

Qiang 5’s radio stations only have simple frequency hopping encryption capabilities and poor frequency accuracy, and they are also mature shelf products in the West.

The other party doesn't even need any electronic warfare. As long as the frequency band is adjusted to a nearby location, some conversations can be vaguely heard.

Although the likelihood of this being such a coincidence is low, it cannot be ruled out.

Therefore, communicating in English is obviously not a good thing in this case.

"Tail Blade No. 1, I'm in the valley on the north side of the target. There are..."

Aslam struggled to find some defining feature in the receding terrain, but was interrupted mid-sentence.

"I know your place."

Sammy's voice on the radio was also a little blurry, and it seemed that the blocking effect of the mountains was starting to appear again.

Fortunately, before the voice completely disappeared, the other party still told the whole plan:

"There will be a mountain pass about 5 kilometers in front of you. Turn right out of it, and then fly east. My wingman and I are behind the second-highest mountain. You draw the enemy over and we will deal with it."

"Can you see where my wingman is?"

Aslam's call only received an extremely vague squeaking sound. It was obvious that the other party heard the question, but the answer was not fully conveyed.

"call--"

He took a deep breath and decided to forget about his wingman for the time being and save his own life first.

"The mountain pass ahead..."

Aslam quickly saw the spot where Sammy told him to turn.

The moment he flew out of the mountain pass, he saw two white trails on his upper left.

Apparently they were the two Indian fighter jets that had been ambushed before.

"grass……"

He secretly cursed the other party for his inhumanity, and then, ignoring the threat of infrared bombs, he quickly activated the afterburner and accelerated towards the back of the mountain the other party mentioned.

Apparently, the rumors within the Air Force are true.

Sammy really likes to let his teammates bait him and then sneak up on him from behind.

And then he has to act like he is the savior.

But the key is that others can’t refute it yet…

Nervous Aslam had to look back almost every two seconds to confirm the position of the two enemy planes.

When he turned back for the third time, two white trails had turned towards him, obviously seeing the Q-5 heading into the mountain.

RWR also reminded him that there was an X-band radar behind him, and it was determined to be a legal RDI type, but it has not locked on it yet. .

It's Mirage 2000H.

This made the frightened captain relax a little.

The performance of the RDI radar is much better than that of the N019 on the MiG-29, but both are basically blind when facing low-altitude targets drilling into mountains.

Once it flies within visual range, the combination of the latter's R73, OEPS-29 photoelectric sighting system and helmet sight is very deadly.

Not to mention the possibility of a unique infrared-guided mid-range missile like the R27T.

In comparison, the threat of Magic 1/2 is simply negligible.

…

The slightly weak acceleration of the Mirage 2000 gave the Captain a chance.

Before he could break out of the valley and get behind the peak Sami had designated, one of the enemy planes reluctantly fired a missile.

But of course the target was lost.

But Aslam is also facing his own troubles.

On the other side of the mountain is a relatively flat plateau, and there is no longer a complicated terrain for him to move around.

The captain looked back, but did not find Sami, who claimed to be ambushing him.

He panicked instantly.

What would happen if the two planes from the opposite side catch up?

So I subconsciously wanted to continue diving.

"Climb, don't dive, I'm behind you near the base."

Aslam felt that his blood pressure was high and replied breathlessly:

"That's easy to say. You weren't the one being chased by two planes?"

Even so, he still followed the other party's request and began to slowly increase the height.

When the pilots of the two Mirage 2000s came out of the mountain pass and saw the Q-5 that was the same as the Loach again, the radar showed that the distance between the two sides was 6 kilometers.

An awkward distance that is too far for combat bombs, but a little too close for radar bombs.

So the captain decided to wait a little longer.

According to the current speed, it only takes about a minute to catch up to the no-escape zone of Magic 2.

If it is successfully shot down, then today's strategy is to achieve a complete victory.

Using a real howitzer and a few other decoys to replace two attack aircraft, even if they are old-fashioned attack aircraft produced more than ten years ago, is still a good profit.

However, when people focus on the front, they often forget about other situations around them.

The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.

The two J-7Fs of the Tail Blade Squadron had also quietly touched the lower and rear areas of the two Mirage 2000s.

For ordinary pilots, the most easily overlooked direction——

You have to look back while doing a roll to see it.

In fact, at that distance, looking up and searching again, we can actually lock the target.

However, activating the radar will inevitably cause an RWR alarm. At that time, it will be nothing more than a 2-on-2 air battle with a positional advantage at the beginning but an energy disadvantage.

Sammy's personality still likes to deal with opponents in a sneaky way.

When the two sides were close to a distance of about three kilometers, he and his wingman pulled the triggers almost at the same time. Two Thunderbolt 5Cs ignited from under the wings, dragging long black smoke towards the target.

This is what Sami dislikes the most about the plane.

There is no clear distinction between smoke propellant and smokeless propellant in terms of performance, but it is indeed more deadly for sneak attacks.

In fact, according to his idea, the shooting distance should have been closer.

But if we wait any longer, the Panther Squadron's powerful 5-inch aircraft in front may not be able to return.

The second-generation infrared combat bombs such as the Thunderbolt 5 naturally have no lock-on. Therefore, even though the two aircraft were deliberately separated by some distance, the two missiles still rushed towards the target that was lagging behind at the same time.

The Mirage 2000H was hit in the engine without any dodge. It immediately lost all power and most of the left wing, and immediately entered a spiral.

The second missile, launched from a slightly farther distance, arrived shortly after and almost hit the wreckage of the aircraft, without even giving the pilot a chance to eject.

In an instant, the offense and defense can be changed!

At this time, the lead aircraft of the Indian Army was just about to launch a missile, but found that the wingman behind it exploded into fireworks. He was so frightened that he quickly threw away all three auxiliary fuel tanks, rolled to the right and entered a dive, and turned off the aircraft's afterburner—— This will make it easier for the infrared signal from the tail nozzle to be hidden inside the decoy bomb.

"Slow down, turn on the radar, and use medium-range bullets to force him to use afterburner!"

The tail blade commander made a tight circle at a speed exceeding the speed of sound. At this time, he was basically at the same height as the target Mirage 2000.

But the other party was swooping down after all, so it was faster now.

But it's already slowing down.

He asked his wingman to use the radar because he was worried that the combat bomb would accidentally injure him.

Two versus one, on the premise that the gap between the aircraft's performance and the pilot's level is not very big, the outcome is actually doomed.

In the end, after using two Thunderbolt 11s to lure the opponent out of energy, Sami launched the last Thunderbolt 5C he carried, leaving the slow lead aircraft among the mountains on the west side of the Siachen Glacier. between.

At this time, Aslam connected to the radio again:

"Captain Tai Dao, did you see my wingman just now?"

Although he asked this question, he actually had some bad premonitions.

Sami was looking back at the falling umbrella flowers at this time. He hesitated several times whether to go back and kill them all, but after thinking for a while, he decided not to violate the agreement between the pilots.

After all, it is only a limited conflict near the contact line, so some leeway must be left.

"I saw it."

He controlled the plane to start climbing again and headed northwest to prepare for return:

"After being locked by the radar on the opposite side, I probably panicked. I didn't pay attention to the terrain while descending, and crashed on a ridge."

"***"

Aslam let out a scolding sound of annoyance.

Today's experience was not a good one for him.

Although exchanging one Strong 5 for two Mirage 2000s is definitely a big profit, it has nothing to do with his squadron, it is entirely Sammy's limelight.

"Can you take me to the place where the plane crashed?"

"better not."

Sammy refused:

"If the other side discovers that two planes are missing, they are likely to take off more fighters to retaliate. It will be difficult for us to fight against more targets, and the fuel is not enough, so we have to prepare to return."

His reasons were very good. Although Aslam was unwilling to give in, he could only agree:

"Yes! Get ready to return!"