It was not until the Pakistan Air Force released a message at 19 o'clock that the Indian authorities learned that the S400 air defense system deployed on the outskirts of New Delhi was finished.

What's going on?

It must be admitted that the Pakistan Air Force is indeed very good at organizing and planning capabilities.

This has a lot to do with the fact that the Pakistan Air Force has participated in many wars and has maintained combat readiness for a long time.

In addition, it is also related to frequent sparring exercises with the air forces of Huaxia and other countries.

In the afternoon, the fighting near Jalandal, as well as the long-range strikes near New Delhi, were all feints planned by the Pakistan Air Force.

The purpose of fighting so chaotic is to create a false impression for the Indian Air Force and make the Indian Air Force feel that the Pakistan Air Force is disorganized.

Actually?

Apparently not.

It was the JF-20EP that had not appeared before, that is, the anti-aircraft suppressed version of the JF-20 fighters, that is, the main force of the assault.

This suffix was taken by the Pakistan Air Force for ease of administration.

The 20 JF-20EPs were divided into three groups and took off one after another at around 4:30 p.m.

Because the air base deployed in western Pakistan is a long-range mission and needs to carry enough strike ammunition, these JF-20EPs converged with the arriving KC-130 shortly after liftoff and carried out the first in-flight refueling in Pakistani airspace.

There is no way, there is no way to take off with full fuel if you bring too much ammunition.

It is this that limits the size of the fleet.

Why?

In total, the Pakistan Air Force has only six KC-130 tankers.

Although these tankers are not very capable of carrying out the aircraft, they can only refuel 4 fighters at a time, but each can refuel 2 fighters at the same time.

What's more, the JF-20EP is a medium-sized fighter and does not need much fuel after takeoff.

At that time, one JF-20EP was replenished only about 3 tons of fuel.

The first batch of JF-20EPs, consisting of only 4 units, was tasked with finding a way forward and destroying those anti-aircraft radars that had not been killed by missiles in the afternoon.

Actually, there are basically no tasks.

Why?

Even the radar, which was not blown up, was turned off at the time.

After two days of fighting and two counterattacks, the Indian army has long realized that it is very likely that the Pakistani army has a very advanced radiolocation equipment that can determine the approximate location of the Indian air defense radar at a long distance, otherwise how could it launch an attack with cruise missiles?

It was precisely because of this concern that after the attack, all these Indian radars were turned off.

Because they did hit the target, the 4 JF-20EPs began to perform a secondary mission, that is, to find targets for the fighters of the second group.

What is the goal?

That S400 air defense system deployed on the outskirts of New Delhi.

It can be said that that air defense system is a big problem for the Pakistan Air Force, and it must be destroyed no matter how it is fought next.

How to find?

It's simple, fly high and let the Indian radar detect it.

Let's not forget, Huaxia also has the S400 system, and the Pakistan Air Force has already obtained key intelligence, such as the working mode of the S400's search radar.

Using this information, the JF-20EP was able to roughly determine the location of the radar.

In order to maintain safety, these four JF-20EPs are all kept at a distance of about 200 kilometers from the Indian army's air defense positions, and they fly at an altitude of about 10,000 meters.

This distance is not absolutely safe, but it is safe enough.

Why?

Although the S400 claims to have a range of 400 kilometers, it has to be paired with specialized missiles, and the missile using the S300 has a range of only 200 kilometers.

What's more, without the assistance of AWACS, air defense radars will certainly not be able to detect low-altitude targets at a distance of 400 km.

That is, after being attacked, the JF-20EP was able to avoid the incoming anti-aircraft missiles by diving and reducing the flight altitude.

Of course, the Indian army did not fire at these 4 JF-20EPs.

Why?

Because none of the anti-radiation missiles have a range of 200 kilometers, most of them are only a few tens of kilometers, and the farthest is only about 150 kilometers.

As long as these JF-20EPs are at a distance of 200 km, there is no threat to air defense radars.

Subsequently, 8 JF-20EPs of the second group arrived.

Because the JF-20EP had discovered the location of the S400 radar, the 8 JF-20EPs were all flying at ultra-low altitude, and the whole process was silent, guided by the 4 JF-20EP hovering at high altitude, flying towards the radar position of the S400.

The attack came suddenly, and the attack of 8 JF-20EPs destroyed the S400's long-range warning radar without any suspense.

At this time, the scattered S400 anti-aircraft missiles can only fight on their own.

Because the long-range warning radar was destroyed by an anti-radiation missile, the Indian army immediately realized that there were fighters of the Pakistan Air Force nearby.

Immediately after that, other radars were turned on one after another.

At this time, the third group of JF-20EP aircraft arrived, still 8 aircraft.

They strike not at anti-aircraft radars, but at anti-aircraft missile launchers, or anti-aircraft missile positions, to be precise, and fire control radars for anti-aircraft missiles are generally deployed near missile launch positions.

Because there is no long-range warning radar, only fire control radars can search for air targets.

Only by this time did the first batch of 4 JF-20EPs go into battle.

The 12 JF-20EPs were divided into six twin formations and bombed six S400 air defense positions, using not only anti-radiation missiles against fire control radars, but also precision-guided bombs, to be precise, television-guided LS-5 rocket extended-range gliding guided bombs.

The bombs were equipped with a low-light camera.

Because it needs to be controlled by a fighter jet, it is generally carried by a two-seat fighter and is rarely used in a single-seat fighter like the JF-17.

Of course, the biggest advantage of TV-guided bombs is that they can be used in the loop, and the operator on the fighter plane can identify the target.

To increase the effectiveness of the strike, all LS-5 are submunitions.

Against dispersed air defense systems, submunitions are much more effective.

In fact, the entire bombing operation lasted only 15 minutes.

At around 18:30, the last JF-20EP turned to return home.

According to management, it was the captain of the captain's plane.

On the way back, the second and third batches of JF-20EP converged with KC-130, received fuel replenishment, and then flew directly back to the departure base.

Only the first batch of four JF-20EPs, because there was no way to fly to the airspace where they would meet the tankers, had to land at a field airfield in Lahore, less than 50 kilometers from the border, and after refueling, they took off again and returned to the departure base that night.

The destruction of the S400 air defense system deployed on the outskirts of New Delhi in one fell swoop can be said to be the most remarkable and bragging record achieved by the Pakistan Air Force since the start of the war.

Relatively speaking, this is more important than shooting down dozens of Indian fighters.

As a result, immediately after receiving the news, the Pakistan Air Force published a war report, claiming that it had dealt heavy damage to the air defense system of the Indian metropolitan area.