Chapter 181: Cross-border Attack (Three Chapters Plus, Thanks for the Reward, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Boom!" When the Immortal Bird missile was judged to have entered the explosion range, it detonated the seeker, and the fragmentation warhead exploded, sending countless shrapnel flying.
Piercing the stainless steel skin of the MiG-31 and hitting various parts of the MiG-31, Anatoly in the rear cabin, through the gap in the instrument in front of him, saw that the glass of the cockpit canopy in front of him was already a blood red.
Anatoly didn't wait, and immediately pulled down the ejection lever of his seat.
When the MiG-31 began to turn, the other two R-33 missiles became uncontrolled rockets, and the personnel in the EC-130H electronic jammer, watching the missile fly by from a distance on their side, couldn't help but smack their tongues, life and death, only in a few seconds.
The sunset is like blood.
When the Tomcat landed on the runway, Rick watched as the ground crew cheered and greeted, this time, Rick had the result of shooting down another plane, and he also protected the jammer.
Taxiing the Tomcat back into the hangar, allowing the ground crew to maintain it, hang up the bombs, and prepare for the next takeoff, Rick calmly took his radar officer and walked towards the war room.
In the past, only the pilots themselves were the pilots themselves, but now the number of analysts in the war room has increased to include AWACS commanders, jammer operators, base commanders, and so on.
When it came time to walk in, Rick sat in his place, watching everyone wait.
"Okay, our Eagle Rick is back, and this time, he followed his radar officer and shot down another fighter." "This time we were confronted with a new Soviet plane with missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, and they almost lost us," Arslan said. ”
Only calmly analyze the opponent. Find out the weaknesses of the opponent so that you can win the next battle.
Rick looked up, Chief of Staff Mhammad was also here, and this time it was Chief of Staff Mhammad who heard on the radio that the command jammer continued to interfere in all bands, precisely because of his command. Only then did the flying missile fail, and from this point of view, it was the chief of staff who saved himself again.
The slide projector began to show a slideshow of an aircraft similar to the MiG-25, which showed the ruggedness of the Soviets, and Arslan said: "We got information about this aircraft from our ally, the United States." Improved from the MiG-25, the focus is on the engine and radar, since a new radar is adopted. They used a two-seat layout, behind which there were specially manned operators of the radar, and at the same time, they were armed with new missiles. ”
The picture was taken by satellite, and the top view can also be seen clearly. That's all the information the United States has gotten. When it was heard that the Tomcat fighter at Peshawar airbase intercepted such an enemy aircraft. American intelligence was immediately tempted, and Grumman. A small group was sent to the Peshawar Military Region by special plane to remain in the Peshawar Military Region.
How is the performance of the Tomcat fighters, especially in the battle, Grumman found that it was a very bad mistake to withdraw all the technicians last time, and they want to leave some technicians here. Summarizing the number of battles of the Tomcat fighter, this first-hand information is very crucial.
In a dozen hours, those people will land at Peshawar Air Base.
"Rick, tell me your judgment." Arslan said.
"They were locking me down. The radar warning receiver did not sound, this radar, it must be a new type of fire control radar, it does not need a single pulse continuous wave irradiation, it can be locked, it is not worse than our AWG-9 radar, and the other party's missile, the performance is estimated to be similar to our immortal bird, but the anti-jamming ability is poor. Rick said, and after he landed, he was summing up.
"What's the judgement on the jammer's side?" Arslan continued.
"Our jammers cannot effectively jam the opponent's radar, and the anti-jamming ability of this radar is very poor, but we can jam their missiles, indicating that their missiles are guided by radio command in the middle process." The commander of the jammer said: "The next time we encounter it, we can use high-power interference, especially to interfere with the other side's radio command guidance band, to maximize the effect." ”
"What about AWACS?"
"We flew relatively far this time, more than 200 kilometers away from the other side, and from the perspective of the other side's attack, the maximum range of the opponent's missiles will not exceed 150 kilometers, and as long as we cruise within 200 kilometers of the territory in the future, we should not encounter danger. At the same time, we need to be more vigilant against those high-altitude aircraft, which want to maximize the range of long-range missiles and will definitely increase their speed. ”
Looking at the analysis of these people, it is basically correct, and it is not much different from the number that Mhammad mastered in later generations, when the Russians tried their best to sell the MiG-31 to China, but unfortunately the country was not interested in it.
"This MiG-31 fighter is a masterpiece of the Mikoyan Design Bureau." Seeing the completion of the analysis, Mhammad said: "It uses two high-thrust turbofan engines, low fuel consumption, high power, supersonic cruise capability, it carries a new phased array radar developed by the Soviets, anti-jamming ability, and multi-target attack capability, with the new long-range missile, in terms of long-range interception, comparable to our Tomcat." ”
Phased array radar! Everyone was shocked, but they did not doubt Mahmad's words in the slightest.
"However, its weakness is also obvious, overemphasizing the high-altitude and high-speed capabilities, the low-altitude combat ability is very poor, and its long-range missiles, anti-jamming capabilities are not good, so, when we encounter it again, we must take interference measures to interfere with its long-range bombs, if it is not killed at a long distance, into the line of sight, we can also rely on the Tomcat fighter's super maneuverability, in close combat to shoot it down." Mhammad continued.
At this time, it was not the time to keep it, and Mhammad said all the things that he knew in later generations, although he also learned about it from magazines in later generations, but it was all the content that had been made public after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the correctness was more than eighty percent.
After the AWACS, jammer and Tomcat crews studied the question of how to cooperate with each other, the meeting ended, and it was already dark outside.
Watching the night fall, Mhammad felt a little emotional, unconsciously, he has been deeply integrated into this place, changed this place, how will history continue to develop?
"Chief of Staff Mhammad." A voice came from behind him, and Muhammad didn't have to look back, he knew it was Arslan.
"Arslan, are you scared to watch that missile fly towards Rick today?" Mhammad asked, taking a cup of milk tea from Arslan.
"Of course I'm scared, but I'm proud of Rick for making the right choice today." Arslan said: "It's just that I'm a little worried that the MiG-31 we shot down today fell into the territory of Afghanistan." ”
At that time, in order to jam the aircraft to have a good jamming effect, it was close to the border area of Afghanistan, and the other party's aircraft launched missiles in Afghanistan, and in an emergency, Rick's fighter plane almost flew to the border line, and the Immortal Bird missile crossed the border and shot down the MiG-31 in the sky over Afghanistan.
In the previous air battles, Pakistani fighters did not cross the border at all, they have always fought in Pakistan's airspace, and belong to the territorial air defense, but now, their missiles flew into the territorial airspace of Afghanistan and shot down the Soviets' planes.
When Mhammad heard Arslan's words, his brows also furrowed, yes, the Soviets were originally aggressive, and doing this did give the Soviets an excuse.
However, the situation at that time had to be like this, and the next time I encountered this situation, it would have to be like this! Mhammad later relented, and when the other side also had long-range missiles, he launched missiles in Afghan airspace to attack his own planes on this side of the border, and he couldn't return fire? If so, then how can this battle be fought!
If the conflict escalates, then it will escalate, and when Pakistan faces the pressure of the Soviets, the Americans will be able to support Pakistan more sincerely.
"Today's air battle, report it truthfully." "If the Soviets really want to provoke, our 11 squadron and 15 squadrons at the Peshawar base, will let them know what modern warfare is!" Mhammad said. ”
There are advanced F-16 and F-14 fighters, Mhammad is confident, the MiG-31 is not afraid, what else is there to fear from the Soviets! If you really want to come, then fight!
It was not the Soviets who were afraid, but the opponents in the east, and Mhammad drank a few sips of milk tea and looked to the east, where it was Pakistan's real enemy!
The MiG-31 was shot down! Having received the news of the air battle, Horsnetsov sat on the chair with a butt, how is this possible!
When the intelligence of the front line converged, when the radar operator in the rear cabin was found by the searchers in a mountainous area and sent back to the Turkmenistan airbase by helicopter, Khosnetsov learned about the course of the air battle, especially the fact that its own fighters were shot down on its own territory!
Suddenly, Horsnetsov's eyes rolled, this is not an ordinary air confrontation, this is a strict political incident! This is not only about an air raid on the Afghan resistance, but also about the national honor of the Soviet Union, and this matter must be dealt with strictly!
Now, what Horsnetsov needs to do is to report this matter to Moscow, and those people in the Central Political Bureau can no longer criticize themselves for expanding the war, which is clearly that the Pakistanis have broken the rules, and they must be taught a profound lesson! (To be continued......)
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