Chapter 681: Subcontinent War (1)
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"Steller's sea eagles were found, there were 18 of them!"
"Damn, they're too fast! Neither the Spitfire nor the Hurricane can catch up!"
"Let the vampires go!"
A panicked voice rang out in the channel of the Marat Air Force. Most of the Marat Air Force is equipped with Spitfire and Hurricane, two piston fighters that have been eliminated by the United Kingdom, although these two aircraft are also better than the original time and space products of the same name, such as more powerful engines, but no matter how good they are, they are also piston types, and they are completely wrong in the face of Nepal's jet fighters.
None of Marat's fighters are equipped with radar, so they can only rely on the pilot's naked eye to observe and aim, and the weapons are mainly machine guns, and the combat distance will not exceed three kilometers. Nepal is different, their planes are equipped with radar and missiles, and can carry out over-the-horizon attacks, and the combat range can reach up to 20 kilometers.
"Assign targets, launch missiles!" the commander of the Nepalese fighter commanded loudly.
"Whoosh ......" I saw a flash of fire under the wings of the tiger head sea eagle, and a group of Thunderbolt-2 anti-aircraft missiles flew over. At this time, the distance between the two fleets was still 20 kilometers. The Thunderbolt-2 is China's second air-to-air missile, using infrared guidance and semi-active radar guidance, when launching the missile head-on, it needs to use the aircraft's radar to illuminate the target, with a maximum range of 20 kilometers and a maximum speed of Mach 3, which is probably better than the Cobra in the original time and space. Compared with the current Thunderbolt-4 of the Chinese Air Force, it is much worse, but it is very advanced compared to other powers.
The Marat fighters on the opposite side suddenly scattered like frightened sparrows. But how is it possible for a piston plane to race against a missile with three times the speed of sound?
After a series ......of explosions, eighteen Marat fighters disappeared from the sky.
"Great! fire again!" the Nepalese commander commanded loudly.
......When the distance between the two sides was reduced to 14 kilometers, the Steller's sea eagle fired a second Thunderbolt-2 air-to-air missile. Soon, eighteen more fireballs exploded in the air, and eighteen Marat fighters were shot down again.
Before the two sides could get close to the visual combat distance, Marat's side lost 36 fighters, and there were already 20 more umbrella flowers in the air.
At this time, Vampire fighters arriving from another airfield finally arrived on the battlefield, and they immediately rushed towards the Steller's Sea Eagle.
The Vampire fighter of this plane is also a product of de Havilland. The shape is similar to that of the original time and space, and the aerodynamic layout of the double tail beam is very distinctive, with the two tail beams on the left and right, and the three are connected together by a single wing in a small rear angle trapezoid.
This aircraft can be said to be a jet development of the Mosquito, inheriting the traditional wooden cockpit of the Mosquito aircraft, with four 20mm cannons mounted under the nose, and the cockpit and engines are housed in a central nacelle. The engine air intakes are opened in the root sandwich of the left and right wings. Such a painstaking styling design was also forced, because the British engine was not very good at that time, so the jet pipe should be made as short as possible, so that the air intake and jet port of the aircraft became very short, so that the loss of thrust was minimized.
War is the best catalyst for technology, and this is especially evident on this plane. Now the top powers, including the United Kingdom, have jetized, and new models are being developed one after another, and the speed of changing outfits is dizzying. The British's own main fighters have been replaced by Hunters, Attackers, Javelins and Lightning, and the original Meteors and Vampires have gradually withdrawn from the front line and transferred to the younger brothers.
Their opponent is the FC-16 "Tiger Eagle Eagle" fighter from China, although this model born from the original time and space F-5E "Tiger" is a proper second-generation aircraft, although it is defined as a low-end export fighter in China, but it is undoubtedly crushing for other powers. Therefore, this kind of fighter is only open to the internal Federation of People's Revolutionary Forces, mainly for those younger brothers with weaker economic strength.
At present, China has three export versions of its fighters that are only available to allies: the heavy FC-15 "Ghost Owl" (prototype F-4D/E), the light FC-14 "Phantom Eagle" (prototype Mirage F1) and FC-16 "Tiger Eagle Sea Eagle". The first two types of fighters are relatively expensive, especially the "Ghost Owl", with a unit price of 920,000 yuan, and the "Phantom Eagle" also costs 580,000 yuan. The unit price of the "Tiger Head Sea Eagle" is only 300,000 yuan, which is only half of the "Phantom Eagle", or less than one-third of the "Ghost Owl".
Therefore, it is very popular with second- and third-rate brothers such as Nepal, Armenia, and Paraguay. Of course, you get what you pay for, and it definitely can't be compared with the first two in terms of performance. As a "military aid" fighter, considering the technical capability limitations of the user country, an important design requirement is that it is simple and reliable, easy to maintain, and its combat effectiveness can suppress the main fighters of countries other than the People's Revolutionary Union. The Steller's Sea Eagle is the ultimate in reliability, and maintenance is easy.
At present, the front-line main forces of the great powers have not yet had a chance to match, and the effect is not yet clear. Japan, which is now at war with South Africa, out of logistical and performance considerations (the opponent is different, a circle of top powers on the African side), and of course, for face considerations, gritted its teeth and bought the "Ghost Owl" and "Phantom Eagle" pairing, instead of choosing the cheapest but weakest "Tiger Eagle Sea Eagle".
However, the "Tiger Head Sea Eagle" is more than enough to deal with the main fighters of the second line of Europe and the United States such as vampires.
Seeing the other party's jet coming up, the "Tiger Head Sea Eagle" immediately lost the auxiliary fuel tank under the belly of the aircraft. With the performance of the "Tiger Head Sea Eagle", if it is a piston electric fan, you don't even have to lose the auxiliary fuel tank, but you still have to be cautious in the face of jets. The Tiger Eagle has seven hardpoints, and this time, because it is to focus on striking the opponent's air power, it is to use one auxiliary fuel tank and six Thunderbolt-2 air-to-air missiles to mount air superiority.
After dropping the fuel tank, the Steller's eagles moved much more lightly, and they made a circle five kilometers in front of the stunned piston electric fans, and rushed towards the 50 vampires on the right.
"Whoosh ......" is another missile salvo. Vampires are jet planes after all, and their mobility is much stronger than that of electric fans. Three missiles were dodged in this round, and only 15 vampires were blown up.
The two sides quickly closed the distance, and the Steller's Sea Eagle fired another wave of missiles from 5 kilometers away, and this round of missiles was even more effective, shooting down only 12 of them. Then the two sides came within range of the cannons.
The vampire's fighting ability is very strong, and it is equipped with 4 20mm cannons, such as the Steller's Sea Eagle with only 2 20mm cannons. However, the tiger eagle was not ready to fight with the opponent's dog, but used the speed advantage to pull up and rush into the air, adopting the tactics of energy air combat.
Now the vampires are dumbfounded, their maximum speed is only 900 kilometers per hour, and they can't catch up with the Steller's sea eagle with a maximum speed of 1,700 kilometers per hour. The Steller's Sea Eagle made a circle from a high altitude and went around the back of the vampire, seizing a 6-point advantageous position, and it was time to hit the target. After two rounds of missiles, all the vampires in the sky were gone.
Then, the Steller's sea eagles pounced viciously on the remaining electric fans.
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On the other side, the attack aircraft group, which was not interfered with by the opposing fighters, was disbanded in the air into several attack groups and flew towards several important areas such as Lucknow, Patna, Alabahad, and Darbanga. These areas were important targets for the Marat army, such as large barracks, airfields, power plants, arsenals and arsenals.
Captain Sharma was tasked with leading his squadron to destroy a military camp in Gorakpur.
"Comrades, do you see? This is our homeland!" Sharma said on the channel.
"See, Squadron Leader!" the crowd replied.
This is the northern part of the Gangetic Plain, where the terrain begins to undulate, and this alluvial plain takes on a hilly topography and consists of a series of low hills. At the foot of these hills are vast plains, which are nourished by numerous mountain streams that flow south or east. The soil under the hill is rocky, so it retains water and allows crops to grow luxuriantly.
Rich meadows, babbling rivers, lush forests, fertile land, this is the rich Ganges plain, one of the most fertile lands in the world. Of course, good land will be grabbed, and the owner of this plain has changed a lot of stubble, and the Nepalese are not "since ancient times" here, but they certainly don't think so.
"What fertile land! it was all ours!" one pilot exclaimed. "The hateful British and Marats, shamelessly robbed us of the land that belonged to us, and now is the time to reclaim our occupied territories!"
At this time, a large military camp appeared on the horizon, which was an important stronghold of Marat's defense of Nepal, and 2 divisions of troops were stationed in it. Sharma immediately ordered: "Now that we are close to the target, all planes are ready to attack! According to the original plan, all the 28 squadrons are there, move!"
The 28 FAC-18 "Bomb Falcons" of the 18th Squadron immediately locked on to several anti-aircraft positions outside the barracks and dropped 1000-kilogram gliding bombs mounted under the belly.
Under radio guidance, the "Boom Boom Boom ......" gliding bomb accurately hit the air defense position. Eighteen huge fireballs rose into the air, and the powerful shockwave carried out countless earth, stone, and steel remains, as well as human limbs. The barracks below were in chaos.
The Bomb Falcon then rushed over, firing rockets at the remaining firing points and firing at anything threatening with their cannons.
At this time, the second wave of attack groups arrived, carrying 150-kilogram bombs under the wings, which was a large group of 25 BC-2 "SAINT ANGELO" fighter-bombers. Now that the anti-aircraft fire had been destroyed by the Bomb Falcons, the SAINT ANGELO dropped incendiary bombs and cluster bombs on the intended targets with great ease.