Chapter 297: The Indo-Pakistani Air War of Global Concern
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At the beginning of 2014, the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan in the South Asian subcontinent was like a magnet that attracted the attention of the world in an instant.
Before provoking the dispute, both Indian Defense Minister Antony and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh knew very well that India and Pakistan, both possessing strategic nuclear weapons, no longer had the possibility of a land battle in which one would completely defeat the other. Either side that penetrates deep enough into the enemy's territory will immediately face the opponent's tactical nuclear attack. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Anthony set the goal of suppressing Pakistan's air force in Kashmir through air warfare, and then eating a small part of Pakistani-administered Kashmir by encroachment under the advantage of air supremacy, so that he could not only "explain" to the domestic people, but also not cause Pakistan's overly strong reaction.
Therefore, when the evidence of Pakistan's "invasion" of India's airspace was in hand, the Indian Air Force, which had been preparing for a long time, immediately sent a large number of fighters into the air to launch air-ground attacks from the air on various strategic points built by Pakistan in Kashmir, in order to cope with the fact that the ground forces quickly occupied the target positions, resulting in a fait accompli and then an armistice.
Pakistan, Sargoda Air Base.
"The 'Ghoul' Squad, the 'Fox' Squad, and the 'Caviar' Squad, let's go!" Although Pakistan, which had just been scrambled by the sudden war, was somewhat surprised, the Pakistani military was able to immediately dispatch a large number of warplanes from various air bases close to India to support Kashmir in the shortest possible time, so as to participate in a large-scale bayonet-to-bayonet air battle.
"Attention teams, the direction is northeast, the coordinates are 35 degrees 52 minutes east longitude, 73 degrees 06 minutes north latitude, there is an urgent need for support! Urgency, number one priority! ”
"Understood, the 'Ghoul' team received it, and now it's time to go."
"The 'Fox' team received it, and set off immediately!"
"The 'caviar' team received it, and set off immediately!"
At this time, with the airspace over Kashmir as the main combat area, more than 50 warplanes from India and Pakistan were fighting together along the dividing line between India and Pakistan. They each engaged in fierce battles with the support of ground-based radar stations and rear AWACS aircraft.
"Wingman, you cover."
"Roger, watch out, Filut."
"Oops, Camille, I'm bitten!"
"I'm covering, you're to the right! Three, two, one, action! ”
"Quick, scatter the jamming bomb!"
"Side roller, continuous rolling, fast, it's too late~~"
"Catapult, catapult!"
Pakistan's J-7P, Thunderbolt (Thunder), F-16A/B, and F-16Block 52 fighters are fighting with the Indian Air Force's MiG-23, MiG-27, MiG-29, Mirage 2000, a small number of Radiant Fighters (LCA) and the Huadan Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force, although both sides are equipped with medium-range air-to-air missiles that are beyond the visual range, especially India's equipment is developed and independently produced in cooperation with Russia." The "Astra" air-to-air missile was praised as rare on the ground and difficult to find in the sky when it was displayed at the exhibition, but the actual combat effect was just to paraphrase the advertising slogan of Zhao Benshan, the sketch star of the Yanhuang Republic, "who uses it knows who knows." In Kashmir, the current record of the "Astra" air-to-air missile is still a big zero!
Yanhuang Continent, an underground military base in the western region.
It is also the war response center set up by the Yan and Huang Army in South Asia. General Chi Da, Minister of National Defense of Yanhuang and Huang China, accompanied by Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Xie Zhonghua, watched the air battle in Kashmir in real time through a high-resolution military imaging satellite with optical remote sensors.
"The Indian Army's mountain troops have captured more than a dozen military strongholds and hill outposts that were previously controlled by the Pakistani side." Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Xian, who was in charge of collecting and sorting out the battle situation on the front line, reported.
"Got it." General Chi nodded, and then asked, "Old Xie, do you think the air battle will develop in that direction?" "General Chi, who has been engaged in military and national defense work for a long time, knows very well that in this Kashmir conflict, air supremacy, that is, the outcome of the air battle, is the key to who wins and who loses in the end.
"Now it's basically evenly matched. However," Xie Zhonghua paused and said: "Since the total strength of the Indian Air Force surpasses that of Pakistan, the number of fighters available to it is about twice that of Pakistan, and the assistance of Fercom early warning aircraft makes up for the shortcomings of Russian fighters in terms of backward electronic systems." On the other hand, on the Pakistani side, the newly equipped F-16Block52 and the upgraded F-16A/B surpass most Indian aircraft in terms of single aircraft performance, and the Thunder fighters we sold to Pakistan also surpass the MiG-23 and 27, and can even compete with the MiG-29. But the most unfavorable thing for the Palestinian side now is that, for various reasons, the war has been confined to a corner of Kashmir and has become the most unfavorable war of attrition. In this way, once the time is too long, Pakistan, which is relatively short of support, may not be able to do so. ”
"You have a point, I have already consulted the No. 1 commander before I came, and he agreed to immediately hand over the approximately 24 Thunder fighters that we are equipped with in China to the Pakistan Air Force. You immediately dispatched personnel to safely transfer these planes to Pakistan's Quetta airport (Quetta Airport, Pakistan's airfield near the border with Afghanistan, far away from India), and ordered the satellite strategic duty room and the Tibetan border radar station to take photos of the Indian battlefield and collect intelligence on various Indian fighters 24 hours a day, and transmit them to Pakistan through a private network as soon as possible. ”
"Yes! Guaranteed completion of the task. In addition, minister, do you need me to prepare some J-10 fighters and pilots in advance, and once the war situation on the Palestinian side is unfavorable, I will enter in the name of volunteer troops. ”
"Well~~ The aircraft can be transferred in the name of strengthening drills, as for whether to participate in the war in the end, we will talk about it then, after all, in addition to the Stars and Stripes Banner behind India, there is also a shadow ally - Russia!"
"Yes!"
Moscow, Russia.
"Your Excellency, the fighting between India and Pakistan in Kashmir is getting bigger and bigger." Russian Defense Minister Sergei?? Shoigu reported.
Sergei?? Shoigu is the governor of the Moscow region, a former minister of emergency situations, and recently took over as Russia's defense minister. His predecessor, Serdyukov, was involved in a scandal involving the army and entered the police at 6 a.m. in a 33-year-old former female manager of a corrupt defense procurement company - Yevdenia?? Vasilyeva was arrested in her apartment, so she was dismissed by Putin and put in prison.
"How are the fighter jets we sold to India doing?" Out of Sergey?? Shoigu expected that Putin did not ask about the situation in India and Pakistan, but about the combat performance of MiG and Soviet fighters.
"According to the information we have now, both sides have suffered damage, and the current battle loss ratio is 1 to 1.2, and the Indian side is temporarily at a disadvantage. But because India nearly doubles Pakistan in terms of the total number of fighters, the balance is tilting in India's favor. ”
"I will ask Lavrov (Russian Foreign Minister) to issue a statement urging the two sides to cease fire, but you have to pay close attention to the battle loss ratio of Indian fighters, especially the results of the Su-30MKI and the Stars and Stripes F-16Block52, I hope to get a complete record of the air combat to assess the actual combat power of our fighters."
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
Star-Spangled Banner, White House.
"Your Excellency, the photos just sent by the satellite show that a bomber group sent by India consisting of four Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers, escorted by six Su-30MKI and six Mirage 2000s, failed to attack the base in Peshawar, Pakistan. "Stars and Stripes, Secretary of State for Defense, Chuck?? Hagel said with a smile on his face.
You must know that the interceptor aircraft sent by Pakistan is an F-16Block 52 fighter, and their successful interception shows that whether it is a fighter or a so-called supersonic bomber, the products of the Stars and Stripes are completely overwhelming Russian products! Of course, Pakistan sent a Thunder fighter to intercept the mission, which was intercepted by Chuck?? Hagel's brain automatically ignored it. In his eyes and in his conscious mind, the aircraft produced by the Yanhuang people was at most just a drill target aircraft with better performance.
"I remember that although the 'Backfire' is called a supersonic bomber, it can only reach a maximum of 1.5 times the speed of sound, and this is still the short-term speed at the time of the final raid, and it can only be ordinary subsonic speed when cruising, right?" Obama, who was also smiling, replied.
"Yes! Although in order to make the Indians willing to pay, Russia has made many improvements, and by replacing new engines, they have increased the range of 'Backfire' from 5,700 kilometers to 6,800 kilometers, but if the performance is not good, it will not work. ”
"What do you think the end result will be?"
"More than 70 percent may go away. At most, India has captured some of the hilltop areas previously controlled by Pakistan, thus achieving a 'victory on the map' at the cost of a significant loss of available fighter power on both sides, all of which need to be repurchased or repaired, upgraded, and replaced on a large scale. ”
"Isn't that exactly what we want most? As for India, I believe that after this air war, they will completely give up on Russian products, our F15 is outdated compared to F22, but it is still a fighter with excellent performance for India. Chuck, the sales pitch is up to you. "Obama has been so caught up in all sorts of bad things lately that he has finally found some comfort in the military sphere where the Stars and Stripes are the most dominant.
"As you wish, Your Excellency, I'm sure the Indians will pay us a price for the F15."
"good_ Luck!"
For a while, the whole house was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Yanhuang Continent, Jinhai City.
"It's really troublesome~~" Wang Fan looked at the battle loss ratio between the two sides, the available strength of the reserve and the result calculation sent by Yadi, and said with an irritated face.
"Are you going to help Pakistan?" Yadi asked.
"Wait and see, it's even more touching to send charcoal in the snow, and now Pakistan has a lot of cards in its hands! Besides, the Yan Huang government will not remain indifferent, after all, Pakistan is the only country in the world that has written the maintenance of friendship with Yan Huang into its school textbooks. ”
"Okay, but which way are you going to do it? Aid the F16 and Thunder they desperately need, or will they send the 'Holy Knife of Al-Qaeda' again? ”
"Hehe, this has to make me think about it, to be honest, my original intention was to play once since I want to play." Wang Fan, who had some ideas in his heart, was happy at the moment.
At the same time, a certain area of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan.
For a whole day, Pakistan's surface radar facilities and jamming equipment were operating at full power, and the high-intensity radar jamming they created together made India's advanced Filcom AWACS aircraft lose its former sharpness and could no longer probe targets in Pakistan in depth. Pakistan has become a country that has been completely boxed.
At the same time, in order to reverse the gradually unfavorable situation in Kashmir, Pakistan's Minister of National Defense Mukhtar personally ordered the mobilization of a large number of short-range surface-to-surface missiles produced by Pakistan. One after another, the missile launchers painted in dark green camouflage, without turning on their lights, took advantage of the darkness to drive to the various launch positions that had been surveyed.
"All launch vehicles start their last self-test." Major General Moodir, who was in charge of this secret mission, said with a serious expression.
"Yes!"
"Car No. 1 is normal, car No. 2 is normal"
"Start entering the launch parameters."
"The missile parameter detection is normal, and the engine self-test is normal."
"Once the airplane mode is selected, enter the coordinates of your final destination."
"The countdown to the launch begins, all irrelevant people leave the field, remember, within 5 minutes after the launch is completed, all troops must immediately retreat."
"Yes!"
A minute later,
"Start counting down, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, launch!"
Following Major General Mudil's whispered order, I saw that in the dark basin, one fire after another suddenly appeared, and one short-range surface-to-surface missile after another flew away from the vehicle-mounted missile launch bay one after another, and then quickly soared into the air, relying on inertial guidance gyroscopes to fly towards the intended target. The pattern composed of dozens or nearly 100 missile tail flames resembles the stars in the sky, flashing with an extremely attractive and dangerous brilliance.