On the third day of the war, the Pakistan Air Force launched a counterattack on the main battlefield, the northern battlefield, which was somewhat unbelievable.

You know, before the outbreak of the war, no one was optimistic about Pakistan.

The Indian Air Force not only has a large number of fighters, but also the F35AI obtained from the United States, and what does the Pakistani Air Force have?

In the afternoon of the same day, a long-distance raid changed the outside world's perception of the Pakistan Air Force.

This battle can be said to be quite beautiful.

In the afternoon, the Pakistani Air Force first launched a large-scale counterattack around Jalandhar, a northern Indian city adjacent to Lahore.

In just one hour, the Pakistan Air Force put into service dozens of fighter jets.

In fact, the main forces are A5P and F7P.

In the Pakistan Air Force, there are also about 40 A5Ps versus 60 F7Ps.

These two fighters also come from China, both were purchased in the late 80s and early 90s of the last century, and a few were delivered in the mid-90s, because there is still some airframe life, so the Pakistan Air Force is not in a hurry to let it be decommissioned, and intends to use it until it is scrapped.

These aircraft are actually kept in order to maintain the size of the fleet.

Why?

Without enough combat aircraft, pilots will not be able to get the opportunity to fly in the sky, and it will be impossible to maintain a team of pilots.

Typically, any air force has some old and obsolete combat aircraft, and the main value of their existence is to maintain the size of the fleet.

Even the U.S. Air Force is no exception, with a large number of F35/D fighters in service even though hundreds of F16A are already in service.

On Jalandal's side, the Pakistani Air Force struck the Indian Army.

In fact, by this time, there was no secret about the Indian army's strategic attempt, which was to break through in Lahore and then march north to Fort Fort.

Of course, India does not intend to occupy Pakistan, but to force Pakistan to sue for peace by threatening the Pakistani capital, and then solve the Kashmir issue once and for all, that is, by defeating Pakistan and forcing Pakistan to surrender and seize the whole of Kashmir.

One step further would at best bring down Pakistan and set Pakistan back decades.

Then, it is very important for the Pakistani army to meet the frontal enemy.

The high-intensity bombing immediately attracted Indian fighters.

Let's not forget that the Indian Air Force has "Fercon" AWACS aircraft.

Although the command capability is not very good, these early warning planes can be used as air radar stations, and after discovering the incoming enemy planes, they will immediately contact the ground command center, and then the ground command center will organize interception actions and guide the air defense fighters to fight.

As for efficiency, it's definitely not going to be that high.

In order to intercept more than 30 A5Ps and F7Ps, the Indian Air Force dispatched more than 10 U30Ki and 10 F16E/F in two batches.

The result?

The Indian Air Force claimed to have shot down 27 Pakistani fighter jets, but only eight actually shot down, and six crashed inside Pakistan.

Why is there such a big gap?

Quite simply, all A5Ps and F7Ps fly at ultra-low altitudes, and immediately after being attacked, they drop their bombs and turn back.

Because the fighters were steering at ultra-low altitudes and quickly flew out of the radar detection area of the Indian fighters, the pilots of the Indian fighters took it for granted that they had shot down the Pakistani fighters and were happy to receive the merit that resulted from them.

You know, in the Indian Air Force, there is a bonus of 1 million rupees for shooting down a fighter.

Because the ground forces near Jalandar were heavily bombarded, the attention of the Indian Air Force was on this side.

Why?

According to the plan, the Indian Army must launch a ground offensive within a week of the start of the war at the latest, or it will miss the time window.

If we really have to delay for a week, I'm afraid that the Pakistan Army will come over.

It was also at this time that Pakistan began bombing the Indian military base in the direction of New Delhi, with a focus on air defense positions.

However, instead of the Air Force, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and long-range rocket artillery are used.

What does the Pakistani army want to do?

Running to New Delhi?

Although it was unlikely, the Indian Air Force still stepped up its defenses, and more than 10 fighter jets took off urgently to strengthen New Delhi's air defenses.

Actually, the Indian Air Force really didn't take it seriously.

Why?

The New Delhi Air Defense Circle is claimed by India to be the most powerful in South Asia and the only world-class air defense circle that can withstand any adversary's blow.

This "any adversary" does not primarily refer to Pakistan.

Who?

That's right, it's Huaxia.

When building the New Delhi air defense circle, India was completely aimed at China, that is, the highest purpose was to prevent the attack of the Chinese air force.

For this reason, India can be said to have spared no expense.

The question is, how good can it be?

Although India has been seeking to obtain air defense systems from the West, such as the American "Patriot" and "THAAD", but so far no negotiations have been reached, so the support of the New Delhi air defense circle is actually still the Russian air defense system, and the most advanced is only a set of 400.

A?

That's right, only one set.

At a cost of billions of dollars, India has purchased a total of three sets of 400, one of which is deployed outside New Delhi.

To use 400 against the Huaxia Air Force?

Obviously, India is thinking too much.

Don't forget, Huaxia also purchased 400, and only two sets were purchased, called strengthening the air defense of key areas, in fact, just to find out the performance of this air defense system.

In fact, India also understands this, otherwise it would not have worked hard to seek Western air defense systems.

In the vicinity of New Delhi, there are indeed dozens of anti-aircraft battalions with thousands of anti-aircraft missiles, but only the 400 is the most advanced.

Others, long behind.

In order to avoid a surprise strike, this set of 400 is deployed in the rear, outside the range of Pakistan's long-range rocket artillery.

After the outbreak of the war, the Indian army was also transferred in accordance with the regulations and did not stay in the original deployment position.

After all, in peacetime, Pakistan will do its best to find out the deployment of the Indian army, especially the deployment of the main weapons of 400.

Striking air defense systems with ballistic and cruise missiles will not be much better.

Relatively speaking, the accuracy of ballistic missiles is still not high enough, after all, Pakistan has not yet had the luxury of installing seekers for ballistic missiles.

As for cruise missiles, they fly too slowly.

Of course, the surprise attack launched by the Pakistani army was not aimed at 400, but to clear the air defense systems along the way, especially the long-range warning radar with a greater threat.

It's just that the Pakistani Air Force did not immediately go into battle.