At a slight distance from the two Pakistani Air Force J-7Fs, a Mirage 2000H four-plane formation from the 7th Squadron was almost pursuing at high speed along the border line.

Therefore, it was also the first of the 16 planes in the four groups of the Indian side to perceive the radar irradiation in the pre-test direction.

1472A as a "new" radar that has only been in service for three years, although the performance is not new, but the life is very new, the reason why it can be recognized by the RWR on the J-7F is because that thing is also a product of the 14th Institute of Electrical Technology, and the family naturally knows its own family, and the sale object is still a quasi-ally who is unlikely to pose a threat in the short term, so it has not been deleted.

However, for other equipment of the same type on the market, at most it can only detect that this is an X-band radar, but it is definitely unfamiliar with the signal characteristics.

Therefore, for the Indian aircraft that was accelerating the pursuit behind, only two sets of unknown signals from the side could be perceived.

"Squadron leader, it should be sent by Huaxia to observe the situation."

The pilot of wingman No. 4 said over the radio.

Siachen Glacier originally belonged to the junction of the three countries, and now two of them have been made into a pot of porridge, and although the third one has not been affected, it is normal to come and have a look.

"Of course I know, but why did they come so quickly this time?"

"I remember when I was in flight school, my teacher told us that the radar above the snow line could catch the reflected signal almost as soon as we took off and climbed."

Then, after more than a year of preparations, the Huaxia side began a few months ago to try to deploy fighter jets on a long-term basis at an airfield in Geji, ALD District, to make up for the long-standing air defense loopholes in the southwest region.

Therefore, with a thirst for revenge, he originally planned to take a shortcut from the Huaxia side, but these Huaxia fighters that appeared in time made him have to change his plan.

After all, there is very little demand in other countries.

It is also thanks to this that although the number of sorties is only a quarter of the total number of Indian military aircraft, it now occupies an excellent launch position.

Even two years ago, when the bat-hunting operation was carried out, two J-8Cs from the 1st Air Division tried to transfer at a high-altitude airfield, verifying the possibility of the new type of fighters operating at the high-altitude airfield.

In fact, according to the meaning of the aviation regiment commander, it is best to take off all of them at once to test the results of training during this time.

Prior to this, although Huaxia had built several military airfields on the plateau, it had hardly deployed fighter planes on a regular basis, and only in a few cases would it send individual models and ground crews for adaptive training.

"Probably...... Is it because of that radar station of theirs? ”

However, the plateau environment tests not only the equipment but also the human body, and it is difficult for the ground crew who have just been transferred from the mainland to work continuously, so the method of one aircraft for every two groups of ground crews is adopted to ensure the speed of sortie.

"So, either they got the tip in advance and were waiting for us for a long time, or they deployed a new airfield nearby, and they can rush to the neighborhood as soon as they take off."

For the Huaxia Air Force, which used to rely mainly on imported and imitation aircraft, this problem is difficult to overcome.

However, an important task of Chang Haonan in improving the design of the turbojet 14A is to improve the success rate of the engine in a low oxygen environment.

The wingman pilot, who was obviously a novice, guessed:

Because although the aircraft can work normally at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, the impact on the surrounding environment is relatively high when it is started.

This apparently scripted answer almost made Prayan laugh:

"Your teacher is right, but that radar has been there since thirty years ago, and until this time, their plane's reaction speed had never been in two hours."

Squadron Leader Colonel Sumit Prayan's voice was still a little angry and unwilling:

In fact, his guess was quite accurate.

The colonel speculated.

The two downed Mirage 2000Hs just now were from the 7th Squadron.

And the ones that took off today to deal with this emergency air situation were four of the first batch of eight J-8Cs stationed in the past for testing.

"That'...... What do we do now? ”

The No. 4 pilot's voice was a little timid.

Although the RWR has not yet issued a hint of being locked, it clearly does not feel good to be illuminated by several onboard radars.

"Fly along the border first, this time we didn't receive permission to cross the border to the north, in case we are beaten down there, no one will be responsible for us."

Although he was very annoyed that the plan was blocked, Prayan couldn't think of a better way for the time being, so he immediately said, half speculatively and half comfortingly:

"And based on past experience, there is not much fuel left after their fighters fly near the border, and they should return after a while, and then we will talk about it."

According to the previous plan, it should first quickly deal with the attack planes lured by the false position through ambushes, and then if the Pakistani side takes off a larger number of fighters to seek retaliation, their 16 planes will be responsible for forcing the opponent's large forces back.

As a result, I never expected that in the end, it was my own two third-generation aircraft that were beaten 2:1 by the opposite side and suffered a big loss, and now it has become the Indian army's side to seek revenge.

And if it pushes itself and others, then the Pakistani side may also take off a large number of planes in response to try to force them back.

In short, the situation has changed 180°.

Moreover, there are two menacing groups of Chinese Air Force fighters on the side.

At this time, a call tone suddenly sounded on the radio.

"This is the Black Archer Long Plane, and he has found 4 targets that the opponent has appeared from the direction of 250, with a height of 8500 and a speed of 1100!"

The black archers are the MiG-29 squadron that has been at the forefront and has chased into the MiG-29 squadron at a distance of about 30 kilometers from the two J-7Fs.

At the moment, they are the only ones with the radar on, while the other 12 planes are silent.

This can disrupt the opponent's judgment about the size of the attacker to a certain extent. (The Indian army obviously has no channel to know that the other two have been colluded together)

"To the southwest, it should be the Mirage 3 of the Fifth Squadron, or the F16A of the Ninth Squadron, none of them have medium-range bombs and can continue to pursue."

Although Prayan is also a squadron leader, his military rank is a colonel, so he will have a certain front-line command mission in the air.

For countries that do not have AWACS aircraft, it is also a relatively common arrangement for a fighter plane to be commanded by a more experienced veteran pilot.

"Roger!"

The Black Archer's squadron leader's tone visibly became excited.

Although it is generally believed that the MiG-29 is not as technologically advanced as the F16 of the same era, if it is specific to the early A models of the two, then the former, which can launch the R27 and R73, has a certain advantage.

Today may be an opportunity to make a name for yourself.

"Black archers, pay attention to the direction of your due north, where there are two groups of Huaxia planes that are flying radars and ramming."

If he hadn't gone straight, Prayang felt that he might not have a chance to fight today, so he just reminded the other party on the radio.

"My RWR has already prompted, but don't worry, I'll take revenge on those two of your men."

The captain of the Black Archer apparently didn't heed the reminder.

Prayan would have wanted to say a few more words.

Because the biggest trouble caused by those Huaxia planes is the restriction of the combat airspace-

The boundary with the mountain is indeed very clear on the ground, but in the sky, especially at the critical moment of dodging missiles or entering into a fight, in fact, as long as one accidentally crosses the line.

And given the relationship between the three countries, if the planes of the Pakistani Air Force fly in, there should be no serious consequences.

But if your plane gets in, it's hard to say.

But after hesitating for a few seconds, he didn't speak again on the radio.

The main thing is that I don't want to be seen as a cowardly by my subordinates or some people in the base.

And if the other side really only takes off a few F16s or Mirage 3s, then it is not expected that there will be any fierce air battles.

A salvo of R27 and Super 530 on your side should solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Prayan calculated the time a little, and felt that the two fleeing targets should have been almost within the range of his missiles.

"Activate the radar and prepare to fire medium-range shells!"

As he spoke, he turned on the working switch of the RDI radar and said to himself:

"Come on, I'll surprise you guys......"

After a short period of warm-up and self-check, the HUD displays the radar's search information.

Similar to his conjecture, at about 10 o'clock in the plane, two targets appeared slightly below his height.

But......

The expected surprise was not given.

Because the opposite backhand gave a bigger surprise -

At 1 o'clock in the machine, about 60 kilometers away, two other groups are displayed, a total of 8 targets approaching themselves at high speed......

The fighter radar could only search a cone-shaped area directly ahead, and the 8 aircraft were clearly outside the detection range of the Black Archers.

"Black Archers, pay attention to your three o'clock direction, enemy planes, 8 planes!"

He shouted loudly over the radio:

"Everyone, remove the radar silence!"

Obviously, India and Pakistan, as rivals in South Asia, are almost synchronized in their moves.

In the same way, a huge fleet of aircraft was prepared in the back to suppress the opponent, the same form of formation in multiple batches was adopted, and the same thought of using radar silence to delay the time for their own side to be discovered......

However, in the end, the Pakistani side, which still took the lead, was even better and surrounded the Indian side's aircraft group in a situation.

If it weren't for Prajan turning on the radar at exactly this time, the situation could have been even worse.

In this case, there is no point in continuing to be silent, it is more realistic to hurry up and see what is happening in the sky.

At the same time, the 8 J-7Fs that found themselves already swept by the radar were also lifted from radar silence.

Although the specially designed small radar has a short lock-on range, it can still be done at this distance if you only want to search for a target.

In an instant, the sky over Kashmir seemed to be lit up with a jumble of radar beams.

(End of chapter)