Chapter 296: Temptations and Traps of the Indian Air Force

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Main plane, South Asian subcontinent, Pakistan.

After the Thunder fighter broke away from the ground and returned to the sky, for Wang Zonghuai, a special pilot with thousands of hours of flying experience, it was like a fish returning to the sea, and the birds were thrown into the sky, becoming more free and excited. Out of absolute confidence in his own flying skills and long-term tracking and understanding of the plane, Wang Zonghuai was able to control the slight vibration of the Thunder Dragon fighter's body similar to human breathing.

"Altitude 4500, speed 530, direction due east, enter cruising state." Wang Zonghuai flew towards the target airspace at a constant speed in accordance with what had been agreed upon before takeoff. Not far from the rear, he was followed by two other J-7P fighters sent by the Pakistani side, who were responsible for expelling other planes from the airspace after the exercise and other related work.

"Comrade Zonghuai, how do you feel now?" The voice of Deputy Chief Engineer Ding, who was traveling with him this time, came from the communicator.

"Everything is normal, the lever vibration is slight, and the overall body control feels smooth."

Wang Zonghuai held the lever of the dragon, first shook it slightly from side to side and pulled it slightly, and the plane immediately swayed its wings left and right like a dexterous swallow, and then, like an air elf, drew an elegant wake in the sky and entered a state of oblique pulling. Looking from the cockpit, the white clouds floating around were quickly left behind. In just a few seconds, the plane passed through the intermittent clouds. High in the sky, the dazzling golden sunlight immediately descended on a large area, illuminating the cockpit of the Thunder Dragon fighter.

"Now let's start replicating the track." Wang Zonghuai, who flew to the designated position, looked serious at this time, and from now on, he will repeat the flight trajectory of the Pakistani plane involved in the accident to find out whether it was a human cause, the plane's own cause, or a design defect.

"Cut in 37 degrees diagonally to the right and start!"

"Be careful!" Deputy Chief Engineer Ding instructed.

I saw the silver-gray painted Thunder Dragon Fighter, like a foraging goshawk, suddenly shooting away like a flash below, and the rapid speed made the wings pull out white smoke.

"The display of each instrument is normal, and the engine temperature is normal."

"There is no abnormality in the vibration of the body!"

"After 5 seconds, enter the tumbling mode, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, start rolling!"

With Wang Zonghuai's calm voice coming from the communication channel, I saw the Thunder Dragon fighter in a semi-dive state, quickly adjust the attitude of the airframe, pull the speed brake, and the nose of the plane gradually rushed up, raising the angle of attack of the fuselage, and when the angle of 70 degrees was reached, he immediately began to adjust the engine tail flame nozzle and rotate at a stall.

The pilots of the two J-7P fighters in the distance looked at Wang Zonghuai in amazement, performing gorgeous and dazzling aerial stunts in the air. When the track right-handed reached 170 degrees, they saw that the aircraft gun under the belly of the aircraft shot out a line of fire with all its might, and directly pounced on the target target that had been set up on the ground, and the attack angle of more than 20 degrees, the attack from the sky to the ground, so that the range of the 23 mm aircraft gun was additionally increased by gravity, and the killing distance far exceeded the normal firing distance of flat fire.

"Herbst maneuver, perfect~! That's great! Even if he was mentally prepared, when he saw Wang Zonghuai's near-perfect performance, the Pakistani pilot of the J-7P fighter still couldn't help but shout.

"Huh~~" Wang Zonghuai, who completed the action, slowly adjusted the plane to the level flight state, then exhaled lightly and reported: "The display of each instrument is normal, the engine temperature is normal, and the vibration of the body is not abnormal, confirming that the Thunder Dragon can complete the 'Hebst Wall Maneuver'." ”

"Great!" Deputy Chief Engineer Ding in the tower shook the hands of the Pakistani personnel and congratulated him with a loud smile. The latter Pakistani officer also looked relaxed and repeatedly shouted "good_job". Although they lost a pilot in the last plane crash, the success of Wang Zonghuai's replica flight this time at least proves that the performance of the Thunderbolt (Thunder) fighter is excellent, and the Pakistan Air Force can at least feel at ease in the introduction of aircraft.

"Thunderbolt 7, now apply for the next action test flight." Wang Zonghuai asked through the communicator.

"Roger, grant application, be careful."

At lunchtime, Wang Zonghuai, who returned to Kamla Airport, had a rich lunch together at the warm invitation of the Pakistani Air Force personnel, and after the meal, everyone enthusiastically discussed the wonderful flight maneuvers just now, and exchanged their flight experience, tricks, and maneuvers with each other. Since pilots from all over the world need to learn a lot of professional knowledge, English has become an indispensable and necessary language tool for the vast majority of pilots, so Wang Zonghuai and the Pakistani pilots have no obstacles in communication. The whole afternoon was a great time for the guests.

"Wang, your maneuver just now was fantastic, especially on the way back, and the Inmaiman maneuver you did again (which caused the plane to make a 180-degree turn horizontally and a displacement in the vertical direction. The gravitational acceleration borne by the pilot during the maneuver can reach the limit of what a person can bear -- 9g or more), and then climb vertically to an altitude of nearly 8,000 meters, and then twist the fuselage to reverse vertically and rush to the ground. Latif, one of the pilots of the two J-7P fighters in charge of the sentry, said with a smile.

"Indeed, because the flight manual states that the maximum overload of lightning is only 8g, we have never flown that limit." Another J-7P pilot, Mohammed, nodded.

"Because I have been in charge of testing the Thunderbolt (Thunder) in China, starting with the first prototype, I am familiar with it. Counting the redundancy, the 9G Thunder is still achievable. However, this has been achieved at the cost of reducing the strength of the airframe and the life of the aircraft. I've just deliberately controlled the ascent speed to keep it within the aircraft's tolerance range. Wang Zonghuai replied modestly.

"When I come back, I plan to practice too, and in the future, I will drive the thunderbolt and meet the Indian bastards, so that they can have a long memory." Muhammad said with a murderous expression.

"It is estimated that it will be soon, I heard that the new batch of fighters has arrived, and they are doing the final acceptance work at Peshawar Air Base." Latif replied with a sip of the pilot's special drink.

"By the way, Wang, do you know when your country's FC-20 (J-10) will be sold to us?" Muhammad suddenly asked another question of his concern.

"I really don't know. But now that the thunder and lightning are given to you, the FC-20 should be soon. It seems that the main problem is the price, and your Air Force has spent all its budget on the introduction of the F-16Block52 and the improvement and upgrading of the F-16A/B. Wang Zonghuai avoided the important and changed the topic.

"Damn, it will take at least four or five years for us to eliminate the A-5-III and F-7P (Aerial Lightning) and F-7M (Air Guardian), so that we can fully replace the Thunderbolt and FC-20." Latif complained.

There are more than 150 A-5-III and F-7 series aircraft in Pakistan, accounting for half of Pakistan's air force.

While they were chatting, four Indian MiG-23 planes were slowly flying over the ceasefire line over Kashmir, teasing Pakistan's air defense system and alert planes on duty with a flight trajectory of "three small steps forward and one big step back".

Sargoda Air Base.

Commander Rana on duty held in his hand the report that had just been submitted: longitude xx east, north latitude xx, four Indian MiG-23 aircraft were found invading.

"Order the 17th Squadron to send a 'Knight' squad (J-7P model) to the air to intercept, and the air superiority plan is loaded to drive out the opponent." Lana, who usually encounters this situation, thought about the impact and consequences for a while, and gave what he thought was the safest response plan.

"Yes!"

Over Kashmir.

"Attention to the 'Starry Sky' team, Pakistani fighters appeared at 9 o'clock." Relying on the advanced nature of the Filcom early warning aircraft, India temporarily has the advantage of electronic communications over Kashmir.

"Roger, everyone is acting according to plan!"

"Roger!"

I saw that the four MiG-23 fighters continued to maintain a cruising formation over the ceasefire line, and of course, what the Pakistani side did not know was that all of them had activated their air-to-air missiles at this time.

"This is Pakistani airspace, please leave immediately!" In accordance with the response steps, the Pakistani pilots issued an expulsion notice to the Indian personnel through the international public frequency band, but they were met with silence.

"Prepare for forcible eviction." The captain of the Pakistan Air Force, who had an expression of "expected", did not talk nonsense, and immediately led his subordinates to start flying close to each other, preparing to drive away the Indian MiG-23 fighter by flying close and together.

But when they had just flown more than 30 kilometers away from the Indian plane, the vehicle-mounted SAM-22 "Greyhound" air defense system hidden on the Indian side of the ground was turned on and started to scan the surrounding targets. The 9M311M missile carried by the "Greyhound" has a maximum altitude of 10,000 meters, and the initial velocity of the missile reaches 1,300 meters per second in two seconds.

"Damn, we're locked, there's anti-aircraft missiles deployed in Indian-controlled areas, bastard! They violated the ceasefire and treaty and smuggled in surface-to-air missiles! Kamanmi, a pilot of the Pakistani J-7P fighter, scolded loudly.

"Avoid, avoid! Perform a side roll maneuver! ”

Not long after the voice of the squad leader Summit fell, a J-7P fighter that could not dodge was hit by a speeding surface-to-air missile, and in an instant it turned into a salute in the air and fell to his death.

"Pabal?!"

Seeing his subordinates die in front of his eyes, Summit's eyes immediately turned red, and he didn't have time to think carefully about why India only launched two surface-to-air missiles this time, and the MiG-23 on the opposite side was slow to attack. Summit, who was filled with anger for a while, immediately gave the order to launch missiles to return fire. Soon, the remaining three J-7Ps launched their own short-range air-to-air missiles, while the MiG-23 on the opposite side made a big turn and flew towards India.

"Chase!"

In just a dozen seconds, the J-7P was lured by the MiG-23, crossed the air ceasefire line for 2 or 3 kilometers, and just entered Indian airspace, and the vehicle-mounted SAM-22 "Greyhound" air defense system on the ground fired again, this time no longer just 2 missiles, but the number was as high as 6, in addition, relying on maneuvering and decoy bombs, getting rid of the Indian 4 MiG-23 fighters attacked by the Pakistani J-7P short-range missile, quickly turned around, and took advantage of the opportunity of the J-7P to avoid the threat of surface-to-air missiles, and surrounded it again, Air-to-air missiles, which had long been activated on standby, were launched.

Five minutes later, only Summit's fighter plane, with a touch of skill and luck, was able to escape from the Indian ambush site, and the other three team members were all shot. In addition to one person who survived the timely ejection jump, the other two had to hate this because of the up and down pinching. Unfortunately, two of the three planes, plus where the parachute pilot landed, were all located in Kashmir, India.

Two hours later, artillery roared over Kashmir and planes rolled. Once again, the clouds of war loom over Kashmir, over India and Pakistan.