The great advantage of vertical take-off and landing fighters is that they reduce the requirements for take-off and landing sites, and there is no longer a need for long runways, and for aircraft carriers, it is very convenient to omit the huge catapult and various landing equipment of the blocking cable.

However, one of the disadvantages of VTOL fighters is the sharp consumption of fuel during VTOL and the control of attitude. Although many countries are interested in vertical take-off and landing fighters, they have abandoned the development of them, and only two have been successfully equipped with troops, one is the Harrier, the other is the Yak-38, and the Yak-38 was only equipped on the aircraft carrier for a period of time because of the problem of the tail flame melting the deck, and then they all went ashore again. The only mature one is the Harrier pose.

In later generations, the United States came up with the F-35 fighter that was common to the three armed forces, and the vertical take-off and landing model was still full of difficulties, and many problems could not be solved.

The Harrier's participation in the Falklands War showed the advantages of this kind of fighter, so India was very interested, and together with the aircraft carrier, it was packaged and purchased, and its original aircraft carrier was transformed to take off this kind of fighter.

Now, it is only the first time that it has taken off to reconnoiter and support its own land forces at the same time.

The ground had not yet begun a formal battle, and on the side of the Indus River, its own army was stubbornly blocked, delaying precious time, so the Indian Navy, which had planned to bomb Karachi directly, first came to the sea off Teda.

When the two Sea Harriers landed, the commander of the naval formation, Ravi Rikye, was in the bridge, looked at the lights on the deck, and said: "Hang up the bombs, continue to take off the Sea Harriers, and bomb the Pakistani army!" ”

The deck was busy, and the Sea Harriers were refueled with fuel and ammunition. Along the deck lights, aligned with the leaping runway in front.

Because vertical take-off consumes too much fuel, the Sea Harrier takes off in a slippery jump.

With the tail nozzle back, the pilot opens the throttle wide and faces the leaping deck. Release the brakes.

The speed was getting faster and faster, and when he reached the jumping deck, the nose of the plane immediately lifted upwards, at this time, he gently pushed the operating stick to bring the tail nozzle down, and with the help of the force of the jet and the angle of the leap, the sea harrier easily left the deck and continued to accelerate.

on a pylon. All but two drop tanks were bombs.

Pakistan's national airline.

The workshop was brightly lit, the Tomcat fighter plane stayed there quietly, and the technicians from the east were busy at the front end of the nose that was being opened.

A girl in a white shirt, with dense beads of sweat oozing from her nose, holding a computer in her hand, kept testing something.

Next to her. He was a tall, burly young man with a high nose. Blue eyes, looking at her, couldn't help urging: "Engineer Bai, when will our fighter be upgraded?" The front line is waiting for us. ”

Bai Xue turned around, and her short ear-length hair flicked away. He looked at him and turned his head back.

This batch is the carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy, and the program in it is actually different from Grumman's setting, which makes Bai Xue upgrade twice. All failed. The person in front of him is the pride of the Pakistan Air Force, Azazlerek.

Now, for the third upgrade, they've rewritten the program and hopefully succeed.

Watching her progress keep improving, she was worried about making another mistake.

Finally, the progress reached 100 percent, and Bai Xue breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, the upgrade has been completed." ”

"Then hang the missiles for me immediately!" Rick said without hesitation.

Returning from South Africa, Rick did not catch up with the war in the north, and the fighter plane went directly to the Pakistani airline for modification.

The modification is also very simple, that is, to upgrade the fire control, with the ability to launch C-802 anti-ship missiles, but, on this modification, it was delayed for two whole days!

The aircraft carriers of the Indians have sailed to the open seas of Pakistan! It is less than 200 kilometers away from the coastline of Pakistan! The Indians are so rampant that they have to pay the price!

"This kind of missile needs to be trained to master the essentials of launching." Bai Xue said.

"That's my radar officer." Rick said: "We have launched Harpoon missiles before, the launch process is the same, I repeat, immediately hang the missiles for me!" ”

Looking at the anxious Air Force pilot, Bai Xue said, "How many hang?" ”

"As many as you can hang, just six." Rick said, "Four of them are hung on the hanging points of the undead birds, and the other two are hung on composite pylons under the wing boxes." ”

The ten Tomcat fighters brought by Rick are constantly being refitted, and the fighters that have completed the modification first have begun to mount weapons, and the pylons of those immortal bird missiles are empty, and now, they have begun to mount C-802 anti-ship missiles.

When pushed out of the workshop, it was already a starry sky outside.

The latter ones are still being refitted, and only five fighters that have completed the modification have been started first, and the remaining C-802 missiles are also being tested.

"The navy of the Indians has arrived at our doorstep, and we need to sink them here!" Rick said to his pilot: "Our territorial waters and airspace of Pakistan are sacrosanct, now, let's go and fight the Sea Harriers!" Note, we only hit peripheral warships, two aircraft carriers, for the Indians to continue to keep! ”

This is a special order, if it is a general idea, to hit the enemy's navy, the first thing to hit is the aircraft carrier!

However, President Hammad's order was to keep the aircraft carrier for the Indians and kill all the other peripheral warships!

What does that mean?

Rick, who knew President Hammad's character well, quickly guessed it and expressed his admiration for the president's wisdom.

If the Indians' aircraft carrier is directly sunk, the Indians will realize that their broken aircraft carrier is vulnerable in the face of the Pakistan Air Force, and that may stimulate them to build a truly powerful aircraft carrier, a third-generation aircraft with a fixed wing of more than 40,000 or 50,000 tons, and a powerful combat capability. And with these two aircraft carriers, they will continue to keep them as treasures and continue to operate those waste Sea Harriers.

Are sea harriers strong? That is, to fight with Argentina, and also operate outside the combat radius of Argentina's land-based fighters. That thing, nondescript, does not have much advanced combat power at all, can only fire close-range combat bombs, not even medium-range missiles, and air combat capabilities are scum.

On the runway, Rick gave the order to his fighters and ran towards his own fighters.

Climbing up, closing the hatch, and looking at the lights on both sides of the runway, Rick was looking forward to the battle that was about to begin.

The engine in the tail spewed out a blazing air current, and at night, it was so beautiful and light, that when the fighter began to take off, the tail flame was pulled into a bright line, with a graceful arc, and flew into the distance.

Five Tomcat fighters, climbing to an altitude of 10,000 meters, began cruising flights.

The C-802 missile, similar to the Harpoon and Exocet missiles, is an anti-ship missile that flies close to the sea surface, and requires the carrier aircraft to set a target for it before launching, and after launching, it depends on the missile itself.

Although this is the first time this kind of missile has been launched, and there has been no target shooting in advance, Rick is very confident in this missile, and the weapons from the East have always been very effective.

Exit the airline and head south, flying over Pakistani airspace, near Karachi, into the sea.

The fighters began to descend in altitude, flying from a height of two hundred meters above sea level, towards the target area.

"Attention, about to enter the attack area, ready to launch missiles." Rick shouted over the radio.

The radar operator in the aft compartment began to methodically activate the missile, activated the inertial navigation gyroscope on board, and prepared to install the fixed number of launches.

After continuing to fly for fifty kilometers, Rick pulled the lever back, and the fighter began to quickly climb to an altitude of a thousand meters before descending.

At this moment, the radar operator in the aft compartment had already scanned the surrounding sea area with the APG-71 radar and determined the target bearing.

"At seven o'clock, one hundred and eighteen away!"

A distance of one hundred and eighty kilometers! Rick piloted the fighter plane and continued to fly forward.

In the vast night, with the rough sea below, with only dim background lights in the cockpit, flying at night requires complete trust in the instrument, not in one's own feelings, and many times, the feelings are illusions.

Descending to an altitude of one hundred meters, Rick continued to fly sixty kilometers, and at a distance of one hundred and twenty kilometers he again pulled up the fighter.

When it swooped down, the nose of the plane was down, the radar scanned rapidly, and there were more than two dozen bright spots on the radar operator's screen.

The two strongest reflecting radar waves in the center are the aircraft carriers of the Indians! And on both sides, there are escort warships!

Through the guò number jù chain, the radar officer to the other four fighters, the output of the number of targets jù, the key target, need two missiles, light frigates, need one missile is enough.

The number of targets is quickly calculated by the on-board computer, and it becomes a launch element into the C-802 missile.

At the same time, the distance was rapidly approaching, and it was already within a hundred kilometers.

"Launch!" Rick shouted as he pressed the launch button.

Under the belly, there was a flash of fire, and the turbojet engine in the tail of the C-802 missile ignited and left the missile pylon.

In the dark, only the fire at the tail of the missile was seen, and the brightness of that moment made the pilot, who was accustomed to the darkness, even have a brief blindness.

The missile descended to an altitude of only 20 meters above the sea surface, skimming the sea.

The C-802 missile, like a killer in the dark, the sword has been unsheathed, and it will definitely be stained with the blood of the enemy!

C-802 missiles, sortie! (To be continued......)