The Pakistani army's counterattack was very resolute, and the problems were also prominent.

What's the problem?

The number of long-range rocket artillery is simply too small.

At that time, the Pakistan Army had only two artillery battalions equipped with long-range rocket artillery, and all of them were deployed in the northern region.

Actually, in the beginning, there was a battalion deployed in the south.

However, a few months ago, presumably anticipating a conflict in India, the Pakistani Army moved the artillery battalion deployed near Karachi to the north.

The Pakistan Army clearly knows the value of long-range rocket artillery and wants to buy more, but cannot afford it.

You must know that among the army's main battle equipment, long-range rocket artillery is one of the most expensive equipment, the cost of a long-range rocket artillery is equivalent to 5 to 10 main battle tanks, and long-range rockets are also extremely expensive, one rocket is equivalent to 100 large-caliber artillery shells.

For Pakistan, which is not rich in the first place, it would be nice to be able to purchase dozens of long-range rocket artillery.

It's just that in the southern battlefield, the value of long-range rocket artillery is not very great, at least it may not be able to come in handy when counterattacking.

Why?

Karachi is about 200 kilometers from the border, and it is a swampy area to the east of Karachi and a desert in India further east.

That is, in this direction, the Indian army and the Pakistani army were already very open, not face to face.

If the Indian Army crosses the border and starts an offensive towards Karachi, long-range rocket artillery will still be useful, and before that it was basically useless.

Of course, there were no long-range rocket artillery, and the heavy responsibility for the counterattack in this direction fell to the Air Force.

In the afternoon, the Pakistan Air Force deployed 40 additional JF-17s from four squadrons and two squadrons of JF-20s to the southern battlefield.

Because the JF-20 is the absolute workhorse of the homeland's air defense, the counterattack is carried out by the JF-17 fleet.

Shortly after dark, eight JF-20s took to the skies.

Not to fight back, but to attract Indian fighters, divert Indian fighters, and create favorable conditions for JF-17 to launch a counterattack.

The timing was good.

Why?

After a fierce battle at more than 5 o'clock, the "Filcon" sent by the Indian Air Force has returned home, and it is the ground-based radar that is responsible for the air vigilance.

Although these JF-20s were discovered, the Indian air defense forces made a miscalculation.

What's wrong?

Treat these 8 JF-20s as anti-aircraft suppression fighters!

You must know that the Pakistan Air Force has 20 anti-aircraft suppression JF-20s, and these 20 JF-20s are the most feared opponents of the Indian Air Force.

Theoretically, only one JF-20 is needed to destroy the search radar of an anti-aircraft missile battalion with anti-radiation missiles.

What's more, India is deploying old air defense systems in this direction, and the latest S400 is deployed in the north, near the capital New Delhi.

In the face of the JF-20, which specializes in radar, those air defense systems in India have no chance of survival at all.

The reason for the miscalculation of the Indian air defense system is also very simple, 8 JF-20s disappeared from the radar screen shortly after flying to the east, that is, when they were about to cross the border line, and the other 4 also immediately turned and did not directly enter the range of the anti-aircraft missile.

In fact, this is a typical anti-aircraft suppression tactic.

The four that turned were responsible for luring the air defense radar to turn on, while the four that were responsible for the attack were on standby at low altitude and penetrated from ultra-low altitudes.

As long as India's radars are working, those 4 JF-20s will soon launch anti-radiation missiles.

For this reason, Indian fighters who were on standby nearby immediately stepped forward to meet them.

Because there was no AWACS support, all of these Indian fighters activated their fire control radars, and focused on searching for ultra-low altitudes to the west.

In fact, the 4 JF-20s were not at ultra-low altitudes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, JF-17 arrived.

Divided into two echelons, the 40 JF-17s flying in dense formation all made a detour from the south, that is, first flew over the Arabian Sea, and then turned north, which was equivalent to appearing from the left flank of the Indian army, thus avoiding the Indian fighters patrolling near the border.

Of course, the air defense radar of the Indian army was also avoided.

The target of the assault was the airfield of the Indian Air Force.

In order to ensure that nothing is lost, and to increase the intensity of the counterattack, these JF-17s all carry LS-5 rocket extended-range glide guided bombs.

It's called a bomb, but it's actually a land-attack missile.

Conceptually, it is the missile that has an engine and a guidance system.

Relying on rocket-booster engines, these bombs have a range of 80 kilometers even when dropped at low altitudes, and can reach more than 120 kilometers when dropped at high altitudes.

That is, the ability to throw outside the range of India's anti-aircraft missiles.

As for accuracy, it's clearly not a problem.

Why?

All of them are guided bombs, and they use the Beidou guidance system, not the GPS of the United States, and the error of the impact point is definitely not more than 3 meters.

For a 500-kilogram bomb, the 3-meter error is completely negligible when striking non-reinforced targets on the ground.

Part of it, of course, is a sub-munition.

In order to achieve the goal of paralyzing the Indian air base and destroying the Indian fighter jets, the Pakistani Air Force can be said to have spent a lot of money.

You know, these bombs are all imported, and the price is not low.

Among them, the purchase price of submunitions is the highest, with a unit price of about $500,000, which is comparable to air-to-ground missiles and even more expensive than some missiles.

Because it is too expensive, the Pakistan Air Force does not purchase much.

At the beginning, Pakistan purchased these bombs to train their hands, so that pilots could master the skills of using them, and practice the strike tactics of using these bombs.

In this way, it will be possible to equip troops on a large scale by means of imports in wartime.

The blow is very sudden, and the effect is not much worse.

You know, after a day of fierce fighting, almost all the fighters deployed by the Indian Air Force in this direction are on the ground, and most of them are undergoing maintenance.

To put it bluntly, the Indian Air Force is also preparing for a night attack.

It's just that the Pakistan Air Force failed to get the results of the strike in the first place.

Why?

Because all the JF-17s dropped bombs from tens of kilometers away, and then immediately turned to return home, none of them flew past to carry out the screening mission.

I can't fly over it.

The range of the JF-17 was not long, it took off with a full load, and without air refueling support, it had to bypass the Indian air defense positions from the south.

After the bomb drop, the JF-17s had to turn and return home.

Of course, this extremely sudden counterattack must have dealt a heavy blow to the Indian Air Force, or at least to the morale of the Indian Air Force.

Through this counterattack, the Pakistan Air Force unequivocally told its opponent that it had not been defeated by its opponent.

Of course, in order to boost the morale of the troops, the Pakistan Air Force announced the results of the battle that night, announcing that it had destroyed hundreds of Indian fighter jets through counterattacks.