Chapter 196: Leasing an AWACS Aircraft

Madurai Babu was lying under a table, and just now, a bomb fell from above, smashed the roof of the control tower, and landed in the middle of the control tower, at that time, he thought he was about to die, but fortunately the bomb did not explode, but when it fell, it killed a person.

The bombardment outside was over, he didn't dare to look, he shivered, hid under the table and didn't dare to get up.

"Commander, the Pakistanis are gone." The guard next to him said, "This bomb has not exploded yet, but it is in danger of exploding at any time, so you had better evacuate immediately." ”

Yes, the threat of bombs is still there! This sentence made him come out from under the drilled table, and walked out with a pale face.

When it was over, Madurai Babu knew that his military career was over.

The Adampur base is the main base for the Pakistani side, responsible for the northwestern defense of New Delhi, and it has hundreds of warplanes deployed here, and it has taken decades of construction to reach its current size.

However, a few minutes of bombing completely changed the appearance of the place, and Madurai Babu walked out of the control tower and looked outside at the debris of the bombing, countless ground crews fighting fires, and paramedics running around.

"Count the damage." Madurai Babu said.

If the planes had gone into the caves, the Pakistanis would have blown up the runway at most, and they could have repaired the runway and fought again, but now, the fighters have been destroyed.

"Only three MiG-23 fighters towed into the hangar were not lost, and the rest of the battles were bombed, of which eleven fighters were expected to recover."

Hundreds of warplanes. Only a dozen of them were left to be bombed.

"Pakistanis! I'm fighting with you! "On the empty airport, there was such a helpless voice.

"Take off two Tomcat fighters to monitor our eastern line of defense day and night." Mhammad, who was in the control tower at the Sargoda airbase, said calmly.

There was a smile of victory on everyone's face, and on the ground, the Indians occupied dozens of their posts. And they, having bombed one of the bases of the Indians, themselves only had a mechanical failure and withdrew from the battle, and the rest, all flew back unscathed.

This is the first time since India and Pakistan have been at war that the Air Force has won such a heavy victory!

Of the bombing fleet, the last to return were two Mirage III reconnaissance planes, which flew at the rear. Responsible for taking pictures of the ground and evaluating the effects of bombing.

The photos have all been washed out, and you can see the bombed warplanes, smoke everywhere, the exact number may need to be counted, but it is certain that the air force of this base has been disabled.

"Chief of Staff, your call." Just after Mhammad reported the results to Islamabad. An adjutant said to Mhammad that there was another call.

Mhammad picked up the phone. Inside was a familiar voice.

"Lieutenant General Mhammad, congratulations on your victory." The voice was Captain Gretel of the U.S. Navy at Peshawar Air Base.

"The hateful Indians tried to sneak up on our base, but fortunately we reacted in time." Mhammad said he had to act like he was forced in front of the Americans. It was the Indians who took the initiative to provoke the dispute!

"Yes, you have to teach the Indians a hard lesson." Colonel Glitter said: "Now that the battle has been fought, can those two AWACS planes continue to patrol in the west?" In the past two days, Soviet planes have frequently engaged us. There are no AWACS, we are passive. ”

For the Americans, the fight against Soviet talent is their focus, they do not want to see India is greatly weakened, this is not in line with their strategy, these two days, the E-2 flew together, cruising to the east, the pressure on the west of Peshawar was suddenly greater, the base was almost successfully attacked by the Soviets, remembering the situation at that time, Colonel Glitter sweated in his head, Colonel Glitter, who was landing at the time, pulled the Tomcat up again, engaged the Soviets, and wounded a MiG-29 with a rattlesnake, That's what they did.

The pressure on the Peshawar base is very great, but the Pakistani personnel in the base are not willing to drag down the war in the east, and it is more enjoyable to fight the Indians than the Soviets, and they have always insisted on it, and the E-2 early warning aircraft are still stationed at their base.

Colonel Glitter was not satisfied, and he spoke to the American ambassador on the phone, but decided that he should communicate with Mhammad first, and just like that, the call reached Sargoda.

"That's what I want to discuss with you." Mhamad said: "Now, the pressure on our side is also very great, the Indians have just suffered a defeat, they will definitely come back to sneak attack, we must not relax our vigilance, and the west is indeed very tight, the current situation is that the number of our early warning aircraft is seriously insufficient." Can you lend us two E-2 AWACS aircraft on a temporary basis? When we first talked about AWACS, we originally wanted four, but as a result, you cut two planes, and if you had readily agreed at that time, there would have been no current problem. The root of this problem is that it was missing at the beginning. ”

Less? Lieutenant General Mhammad actually complained about this, and he didn't blush at all about what happened at that time! A backfire, actually exchanged so many things from their own country! Glitter thought to himself.

"Lend-lease is impossible, the E-2 AWACS aircraft of our Navy, all of which are in service on aircraft carriers, and there is nothing superfluous, it is impossible to lend them to you." Glitter said: "Let's discuss letting these two AWACS planes patrol the western border for the time being." ”

"As far as I know, this time you are rushing to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk in the Indian Ocean, there should be six E-2 AWACS aircraft, right? Four planes are enough to complete an uninterrupted patrol, just enough to give us two. When our dispute with the Indians is over, can you just take it with us? "Now we are in the most strained moment, and as our most loyal ally, your country will definitely help us in this regard," Mhammad said. ”

The AWACS aircraft carried by an aircraft carrier are not completely fixed, between four and six, and the Kitty Hawk who came this time happened to bring six of them.

How can this be? That's an AWACS aircraft of the US Navy, and it's not Pakistan's, Lend-lease? How to borrow? Do I have to pay rent? Or is it borrowed for nothing? Glitter didn't know how to respond, when a sharp air defense siren sounded on the other party's phone.

"The Indians are coming to attack, I have to hang up the phone immediately, and I am all up to you for renting an AWACS aircraft." After the other party said this, there was a busy signal on the phone.

Putting down the phone, Glitter's face was embarrassed, really want to fly two E-2s from the aircraft carrier? That's ridiculous, isn't it? But what else can alleviate the current situation? If you want to blame, blame the Indians.

It is all mountainous here, and there is a lack of early warning from early warning aircraft, and the blind spot is too large, and there is a possibility of sneak attack at any time.

In the past few days, Glitter has been fighting with these Pakistani air forces, and unconsciously, he has considered himself as a member of this place, and he has no hesitation to fight the Soviets, and now, he seems to have no other choice.

After thinking for a while, Glitter reluctantly picked up the phone and dialed the number of the U.S. Embassy again.

"Are the Indians coming?" Mhammad asked the commander of the base, Colonel Chudli.

"No, we spotted a large plane in the Amritsar area on the border, thinking it was an Indian bomber, and when our Tomcat flew closer, it turned out that it was a civilian airliner." The base commander said.

The Amritsar base is a small dual-use airport, which is very close to Pakistan, and the flight of such a civilian plane made them nervous for a moment.

Fortunately, the pilot of the Tomcat did not fire immediately, and if it was a bomber, the other party swaggered over like this, which was really too unrealistic, and the pilot took the risk of approaching to confirm it visually.

Civil airliners! "We have to prevent a mistaken hit on a civilian airliner, and now that our actions are supported by Western countries, if we hit a civilian airliner by mistake, plus the media exaggeration, we will be in trouble," Mhammad said. ”

Mhammad's fears are very reasonable, no matter which country, shooting down a civilian airliner will be condemned by the whole world, which is the most serious air disaster.

Pakistan's help in Afghanistan to resist the invasion of the Soviets has been endorsed by the whole world, and Western countries have strongly supported it, including Pakistan's purchase of F-16 fighter jets, part of which comes from US military aid. Now, in the case of the possible expansion of the battle between Pakistan and the Soviet Union, India is in the fire, and the West is very dissatisfied with this, Pakistan stands on the moral plane and declares the establishment of a no-fly zone, except for the Indians themselves shouting, the Western countries have not said a word, and now they are bombing India's air bases, and the West is also applauding and blowing up well! Teach the Indians!

However, if a civilian airliner is shot down, all of a sudden, those human rights activists will pull the families of the passengers to protest, especially if there are Westerners among the passengers, even one of them will bring strong resentment to the West, and the West will re-examine Pakistan's no-fly zone.

Is this sudden appearance of a civil airliner a temptation by the Indians? Mhammad is very suspicious that with Ah San's kind of character, once the head-on confrontation is at a disadvantage, and he finds that he is unable to turn the tables by conventional means, there will be bad ideas.

"Understood, I will immediately notify the warplanes patrolling over Kashmir." Colonel Chudley said sternly, he knew how terrible the consequences were, especially since it was already night. (To be continued......)