Chapter 724 The sky in South Asia turned into a mess

After climbing back to 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, he 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 Tail Blade."

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."

At least nine points of Aslam's words came 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 active double ace in the world."

"Really, I haven't thought about it that much, and there are also a few good players in the Kingdom of David who have achieved a lot of success, so it's hard to say."

Sami sounded like he didn't care much, but he was able to give his number of kills without thinking, and he knew the situation in West Asia very well, so he obviously had some thoughts.

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

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

"Haha... all nine of your battle results can be determined by clear evidence. The ones from the Kingdom of David... are more suspicious."

Aslam replied in a strange tone:

"And they are much older than you, so the chance of catching up with you is very small..."

"That's true."

Sammy's answer this time was not polite.

"Lieutenant Colonel."

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 source at six o'clock."

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

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

After all, none of the three light aircraft 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.

Whether for anti-aircraft missiles or fighter jets, such a target is the perfect target.

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 a MiG-29."

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

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

If there are any advantages of the R27 missile, it would probably be the barely passable range, and the fact that the infrared guidance model can carry out sneak attacks silently throughout the entire process.

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

According to his experience, it is about 60-70 kilometers.

"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 meet us."

Sammy's tone became serious again.

"But the F9 of the 16th Squadron does not have beyond visual range combat capabilities?"

The wingman's voice trembled.

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

The Pakistan Air Force once sought to upgrade its early models of 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 90s, 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 get over."

There was not much emotion in the lieutenant colonel’s reply:

"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 still be a chance to show off the power of the tiger.

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.

Therefore, if you really want to force the Indian army back, 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 time, a somewhat urgent voice came from the three people's radio:

"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 aerial combat ace is to live 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 looked 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..."

Of course he knew something inside, but he couldn't 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.

This time, the emergency air situation obviously 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 monitoring. 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 5374 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. In the past, the reconnaissance of the MiG-25R 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.

Calculating this way, the Chinese Air Force's reaction speed should be much faster than our own...

So he just said it might not be that bad.

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

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

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

"Squadron Captain, this is..."

The wingman didn't know all the twists and turns behind him, so he was completely confused about the situation in front of him.

If he was attacked from both sides, he could basically begin to summarize 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."

While speaking, he had already eased off the accelerator a little.

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