Due to the lack of a unit that can oversee the overall situation, it took a full minute and a half for the Indian army to roughly figure out the current situation through the chaotic radio -

On its side, there are a total of 8 MiG-29A and 8 Mirage 2000H, divided into 4 formations, which generally fly in a fan facing west.

The other party took off a total of 4 F16s, as well as 16 unknown aircraft suspected to be the latest improved J-7, divided into three formations, showing a two-fold situation.

Of course, there are also 2 or 4 Huaxia fighters of unknown models located on the side, which do not seem to have the intention of joining the battle, but can still give some pressure.

On the other hand, although it is also impossible for the Pakistani side to carry out real-time linkage with the command level of the Huaxia Military Region, it has a very huge advantage that it knows in advance the number of opponents, the formation method, and the general course before taking off.

In fact, if we look at it from the perspective of hindsight, at the moment when the two sides turned on the radar together, although the Indian army was not considered superior, it still had to fight.

4 F16s without over-the-horizon combat capabilities can be ignored, then what remains is nothing more than a 16-on-16 medium-range projectile firing.

In such a medium-high altitude and clean background combat environment, the MiG-29A radar is powerful enough after all, and it will not suffer any losses.

Even considering the range advantage of the R27 over the Thunderbolt 11, it is possible to take advantage of it.

A slightly stiff English rang out over the public radio channel.

This is completely different from the logic of active radar projectile firing.

So you can still run.

The mid-range rounds fired at the extreme distance unsurprisingly all missed the target, but this round of evasion caused the Black Archer team to fall into a disadvantage at both the energy and position levels, and it was impossible to organize an effective counterattack.

It's just that at this time, the role of those Chinese Air Force fighters was revealed.

Colonel Prayan also thought about saving his teammates, but his squadron was stared at one-on-one by the eight planes in front of him, and he couldn't spare his hands for a while.

Fortunately, the 16 planes on both sides had already run out of medium-range ammunition at this time, and had not yet entered the line-of-sight combat that was difficult to get out of.

It wasn't until a few minutes later, when the shocked voice of the Black Arrow Captain was heard on the radio, that they realized that they had been sold by their teammates......

Wasting time is secondary, the point is that such a turn will shorten the distance to the other party.

As a result, the 8 MiG-29s that bore the brunt had to disperse and turn into evasion.

This is because if the side that launches the missile behind it does not maneuver to evade, it will inevitably be shot down earlier, and the ammunition they shoot out will also lose its target and will not pose a threat at all.

At this time, the 7th Squadron had just completed a round of evenly matched shooting, and it was not clear what was going on on the other side.

So after holding on for a while, the Black Arrows, who had just claimed that they were going to help Prayan avenge him, skipped to their knees at light speed, turned around and headed east, ready to take advantage of their acceleration performance and escape.

In order to avoid medium-range bombs, the two sides had already disarmed their formations, and the planes closest to the border could only make a 270° turn in a very awkward attitude in order not to enter the airspace of China.

Therefore, when the two squadrons of the Indian Army completed communication, the eight J-7Fs of the 5th Squadron that came from the southwest had already fired a round of medium-range bombs at the black archers who rushed to the front.

At that time, the MiG-29 fleet, which had neither altitude nor speed, was afraid that it would be difficult for them to cope with these opponents.

The entire flight process of the semi-active radar bomb requires the carrier aircraft to maintain radar tracking, so once the first hand is lost, the impact on the situation will be fatal.

However, due to chaotic front-line command and poor situational awareness, they missed the golden 90 seconds of response time.

"Warning, you are approaching Huaxia's airspace, please turn around and leave immediately, otherwise you will be responsible for all the consequences......"

If this trend continues, the two sides will soon enter a battle within 10 kilometers of visual range.

Only two planes barely fired two R27s in a low-to-high format, but the more numerous opponents in the upper echelons returned the color almost simultaneously.

But there was no choice.

If you insist on rushing to the other side, the situation is likely to turn into mixed doubles.

There is no way to live.

Eventually, one of the planes that landed at the rear was shot down by two Thunderbolt-11s fired from the other direction by the 5th Squadron.

The Pakistani Air Force was also worried that the MiG-29s who had just escaped would suddenly return to their carbines, so they only pursued with great restraint.

A melee that left countless trails in the air, ending 1:0.

There is no way, in the case that the two sides have neither reliable air command capabilities, nor active radar bombs, and are not ready to enter the dogfight, the efficiency of over-the-horizon fire is very low.

However, considering the previous 2:1 result, and the fact that this itself was an ambush by the Indian army.

That is obviously the Pakistani side has made a lot of money.

However, all this is not completely over.

The victorious pilots of the tail knife squadron soon discovered a problem.

"Did any of you see the squadron leader?"

In the process of returning home in a joyful atmosphere, someone suddenly asked on the radio.

The inside of the channel fell silent for a moment.

The melee just now has been turned into a pot of porridge, and everyone naturally has no time to pay attention to the three lonely planes.

"Probably landed in Punjab?"

Someone speculated.

But soon, the base commander gave a negative answer:

"No, the 9th Squadron didn't see Lieutenant Colonel Sammy and his wingman either, but the attack plane from the Panthers Squadron had landed."

“……”

By this time, Sammy had already returned to the battlefield with his wingman, and quietly circled to the sides of another Mirage 2000 that had dispersed and returned to the home, and had not had time to regroup.

He didn't chase the MiG-29s that left before, because the opponent still had more than a dozen medium-range rounds in his hand that didn't come out.

And these Mirage 2000s don't have them.

It's a soft persimmon that's completely at his disposal.

As planned, the wingman, approaching from the other direction, turned on the radar first.

Although the two missiles on the wingman's body had been exhausted in the initial 2-on-2 air battle, the Mirage 2000 of the Frightened Bird obviously did not know this, and was still frightened and turned straight away, coming closer to Sammy.

Everything is within the calculation of the latter.

And by the time the RWR of that hapless Indian army plane sounded for the second time, it was already too late.

The pilot turned around and saw two missiles that had not even been completely finished in the power section smashing at him, one after the other.

He narrowly dodged the first shot with the help of a powerful turn, but the second missile, launched a second apart, redirected in time and detonated under the left wing of the Mirage 2000.

The rapidly expanding continuous rod warhead ripped through almost the entire wing, and the altitude was so low that the pilot didn't even have time to parachute......

"Squadron Leader, I'm running out of fuel, what should I do next?"

After reuniting, the wingman asked in a somewhat shaky voice.

The rest of his fuel is not realistic to return to his base, even if he wants to fly to the base of the griffin squadron.

However, since Sammy dares to catch up, it means that everything has already been planned:

"Turn to the 290 direction, I know that there is a civilian airport in Batilstein, the runway length is 3700 meters, and we will land there."

……

On the other hand, after the 7th Squadron had regrouped, Colonel Sumit Prayan realized that he had just lost more than one of his men.

"The Black Archers of *** Team ......"

Prayan thumped the cabin wall in annoyance.

If it weren't for the Black Archers' retreat, they would have even had a slight advantage on the field.

However......

He had just seen a wingman crash on a ridge and the pilot ejected out of the capsule, but the parachute was probably too late to open.

Now it has been found that another four-plane formation is also missing one.

Just a few minutes ago, they were still thinking about using the stealth mode without radar to give their opponents a stealth blow.

In the end, however, they became the ones who were hidden.

And in the following dark minutes lost a quarter of the members of the formation.

The lieutenant colonel endured the pain, reliving in his mind over and over again what had just happened.

The failure of the initial two-plane formation sneak attack can also be explained by bad luck or calculated by the Yellow Sparrow later.

But the next large-formation air battle between the two sides, no matter how you think about it, should be evenly matched or slightly superior.

How......

The other party behaved as if they knew their direction in advance.

But the other side does not have long-range air defense systems or early warning radars near the border...... Even if there were, it would not be possible to see it so clearly due to the topography......

"Hiss......"

Prayan suddenly figured something out.

He looked up at the snow line on the left side of the cabin.

"Tomahawk squadron, you go to Chandigarh to land, pay attention to the timely descent in height."

In the midst of the pain and anger of losing his teammates, Prayan suddenly heard an elderly voice on the radio.

It was Lieutenant General Badaoria, chief of staff of the Western Air Command, who was in charge of the front-line command of this mission.

"Chief of Staff ......"

Hearing this voice, Prayan's tone was slightly choked:

"We lost four planes today, three of which were unsuccessful in parachuting......"

"I know, Lieutenant Colonel, I know ......"

Badaoria's tone was also low:

"The captain of the Black Arrow has just told me, and he said he's sorry......"

“……”

Prayan had calmed down a little now, and he knew that in the end, the other party could not be blamed entirely for this incident.

In the case of losing the first move, even if the Black Archers informed him in advance as soon as they retreated, it was impossible for the 7th Squadron, which had already fallen into the middle range of round-range rounds, to retreat before both sides ran out of ammunition.

This is a technological gap.

"Chief of Staff, we can't go on like this."

The lieutenant colonel held back his grief and said on the radio:

"We must have our own AWACS aircraft, otherwise we will never be able to hold our heads up by the radar on the mountain......"

(End of chapter)