Chapter 242: The Attack Begins
All the aircraft groups left the mainland, and the noisy sound in the headphones suddenly disappeared, and it was out of the command range of the land-based radio, and the attack operation was all under the command of Rick.
The E-2 AWACS aircraft followed, monitoring the surrounding airspace, with two tankers flying in front and F-14 attack aircraft in the rear.
Below, there is already an endless sea, and for the first time, the Pakistan Air Force has been fighting in the northern mountains, flying on the blue sea.
The whole fleet is flying south, in the depths of the Arabian Sea.
After passing 20 degrees north latitude, you can go directly east and enter the sky over Trumbe!
The air jet from the tail of the plane even set off two waves, forming two churning waves in the tail.
"Prepare for in-flight refueling." Rick shouted over the radio.
Refueling in the air! At the time of takeoff, the Tomcat was half fueled, and now, it needs to be refueled in the air to meet the needs of long-distance flight.
The Tomcat fighters imported from Pakistan originally did not have the ability to refuel in the air, and the last time they were refitted, under the skin at the right end of the Tomcat's nose, a refueling probe was added, and this batch of fighters that were originally exported to Iran was canceled this device.
Air refueling, mainly divided into two kinds, the world's only U.S. Air Force, the use of hard tube refueling, from the rear of the tanker, stretch out a long tube, the refueler will operate the tube, aimed at the refueling port on the back of the tanker, when matched, locked, the fuel will flow quickly into the fighter under the pressurized pump, a few minutes, can fill up a fighter.
This kind of in-flight refueling, the pilot does not need to master too many skills, just follow the tanker, whether the refueling is successful or not, in addition to the bumpy air flow. It's the skill of the refueler.
And the other is hose refueling, from the wing of the tanker, the refueling pipe sticks out, more than ten meters long, with a sharp cone in the tail. The pilot needs to carefully bring the fighter closer, closer, and then, dock the refueling probe of his fighter plane quickly and decisively, and when connected, the hose will start to refuel until the refueling is completed, and then disengage again.
This way of refueling. It has nothing to do with the tanker, it just needs to fly smoothly, the main technology, on the side of the tanker, the pilot must be highly skilled and decisive in piloting, and refueling in the air at high speed is more dangerous than shaking hands on a motorcycle on the highway.
But. This way of refueling is simple, so. In addition to the US Air Force, the US Navy, as well as the air forces of other countries, use this method of refueling.
The Tomcat is a carrier-based fighter of the Navy, and naturally this method of refueling is also used.
Rick flicked the button and watched as the tube on the right stretched out. He operated a fighter plane of more than 30 tons and approached the refueling cone.
Due to the air current, the refueling cone was constantly swaying from side to side, and Rick was cautious, his eyes glued to the refueling cone. In the last half meter, there was a quick push of the operator.
"Bang." With a soft sound, the fuel filler successfully wrapped around the refueling probe, and then the fuel began to flow continuously into the Tomcat fighter's fuel tank.
Two air tankers, flying smoothly, with two long refueling tubes dragging on the wings, and a Tomcat fighter on each side, refueling at the same time.
After a steady flight for a while, Rick regained his refueling probe and retracted it into his nose.
The last two Tomcat fighters also began to refuel, although they had only trained more than ten times, they had already mastered the essentials.
Four fuel-filled Tomcat fighters began to reduce their altitude, almost flying close to sea level, and they will take advantage of the altitude advantage to enter Indian waters.
Southwest India, near the Luckbird coastline.
It is close to the southern border of Pakistan, where India has established a large radar station, from which the situation in Pakistan's airspace can be seen clearly, and it is a radar station at the forefront of India, which is responsible for alerting the Pakistani Air Force.
After discovering the situation from here, you can immediately notify the rear of the Phuj and Jamnagar air bases, call in fighters, and come to support.
Large anti-aircraft radars rotated incessantly, scanning the surrounding airspace.
Suddenly, the radar operator noticed a snowflake on the screen.
What's going on? The radar operator has been working in his post for two years, and he has encountered this situation several times, and it must be a cable failure on the radar antenna again!
He had to come out of the stuffy operation room, ready to climb the tall radar antenna and check the line.
At this moment, in the distant sky, there was a bright spot, he looked at it curiously, until the bright spot was close, he found that it was actually a missile flying there!
Yes, it's missiles! He could see the missile's tail flame, and it seemed that he could see the missile's seeker, staring at him.
He ran away quickly, and there was a thud behind him.
After a loud noise behind him, he saw that the radar antenna had been completely turned into scrap metal.
The Pakistan Air Force has long been unpleasant to the radar station here, and this time it just had the opportunity to interfere first, and then use the Mozu anti-radiation missile to kill the radar station here.
The electronic jammer is at full power, and the communication between this radar station and the rear has been completely disrupted.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the F-14 fleet in the open sea broke away from the alert airspace range of the land-based radar and flew towards Trumbey.
The E-2 Hawkeye early warning plane began to patrol and fly at an altitude of 5,000 meters at a distance of 200 kilometers west of Mumbai, and the radar of the early warning aircraft scanned the airspace around Mumbai and the situation on the sea surface clearly.
The Indians made the biggest mistake by putting the nuclear base by the sea, not inland!
At the same time, electronic jammers also began to jam at full power, and Mumbai is the largest port of the Indians on the west coast, in addition to civilian, there are also military ports, and the largest fleet on the west coast of India is stationed here, including the aircraft carrier formation that the Indians are proud of.
With the help of electronic jamming planes, with the advantage of ultra-low-altitude flight, and with the help of the number of early warning planes that are constantly transmitted, the attack formation continued to fly at ultra-low altitude.
The inertial navigation system is working smoothly, providing enough navigation information for the fighter, and the radar operator in the back has already begun to get busy.
The first thing to be launched is the Harpoon anti-ship missile!
The Harpoon missile, is the United States McDonnell-Douglas company developed anti-ship missile, in 75 years, has been mass-produced, equipped with the United States military, until later generations, has been the United States Navy and Air Force main anti-ship weapons, compared with the same period of the French Exocet missile, this missile is equipped with a turbojet engine, therefore, the power range has been greatly improved. The air-launched version has a range of 120 km.
And just last year, on the other side of the ocean, in the conflict between Britain and Argentina, Exocet missiles made a big splash.
"Eighty kilometers from Trumbe." Said the radar operator in the aft compartment.
"Attention, the attack begins!" Rick shouted, and at the same time, he turned on the afterburner, pulled the lever back, and the fighter plane rose from the sea.
The wing received the end, which was a quick sprint, and the Tomcat kept climbing, and when it reached an altitude of a thousand meters, he pushed the nose again, and the fighter went down and began to dive.
And at this moment, the APG-71 radar at the front of the nose has quickly scanned the land in front of it, synthesizing aperture mode!
Relying on the high-speed computer, the radar has scanned the clear images on the land to the radar officer in the rear cabin in just a few seconds, and those targets are very clear.
Only Rick's fighter was pulled up, and when the radar scanned it, it was transmitted to the other fighters through the Guòan/ASW27C number chain.
"Launch the Harpoon missile!" Rick shouted.
The last target of the Tongguò radar, the two Harpoon missiles, have been equipped with the final launch number, when the Harpoon is being developed, in addition to striking warships, it can also attack land targets.
"Launch!" After entering all the numbers, the missile gyroscope activated, and the Harpoon missile broke away from the Tomcat pylon, and then, a tongue of fire suddenly erupted from the tail, and the turbojet engine started smoothly by relying on the initial speed of the carrier aircraft.
The missile flew forward, flying rapidly, quickly accelerating to a speed of Mach 0.8, and it flew at an even lower altitude of only five meters.
Four Tomcat fighters and eight Harpoon missiles were all launched, and their targets were two nuclear reactors, a plutonium separation plant, office areas, and accommodation areas, and the Indians did not know anything about them.
In the 80s, India was ambitious to develop an early warning aircraft, but as a result, the early warning aircraft fell and all those valuable scientific researchers died, so India's early warning aircraft project was forced to be discontinued. And now they are going to pay the price for not having an advanced AWACS aircraft, and the attack formation led by Rick roams with ease as if entering their own back garden!
This attack, in addition to those factories, is a key point to hit India's scientific researchers, those people's minds are the biggest weapon, to kill them, even if the Indians want to start over, they lack the necessary talents!
Eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles, flying in front, Tomcat fighters followed, all at a speed of Mach 0.8, Rick could almost see the anti-ship missiles in front of them flying on the sea surface.
"Prepare laser-guided bombs." Rick continued.
The attack does not need to be too far, when the Harpoon is just launched, the distance is only 60 kilometers, so the remaining fuel in the Harpoon missile will also expand the attack effect, and the more important weapon for the attack is the Paveway laser-guided bomb mounted under the belly.
This is a heavy laser-guided bomb, the 2GBU-10907 kg bomb on the Paveway, which is an improvement on the 2,000-pound MK84 low-drag bomb. (To be continued......)