Chapter Fifty-Three: The Blue Sky

When the "Killer Whale" attack nuclear submarine sent out the good news, Lin Xiaolei was very busy.

Predicting the time of the battle, Lin Xiaolei made adjustments to the deployment of troops. The focus is not on the task force, but on naval aviation deployed at air bases in southern Pakistan.

In order to support the task force, the naval air force not only dispatched two additional fighter squadrons within 24 hours, but also sent three "Air Police 2000" early warning planes and eight large tanker planes. By the afternoon of 15 July, Lin Xiaolei was able to mobilize six fighter squadrons, totaling 72 J-10s.

Beginning at 4 p.m., three "Air Police 2000" planes took turns to carry out alert patrols to the east of the task force.

The six J-10 squadrons were divided into three groups, with two squadrons patrolling the vicinity of the task force at all times, two squadrons on the way to and from the task force, and the last two squadrons on standby on the ground.

At 9:40 p.m., the "Air Police 2000" spotted a group of Indian planes 640 kilometers away over Kempard Bay.

The battle alarm was immediately sounded, and the two J-10 squadrons quickly prepared for battle.

In less than two minutes, the "Air Police 2000" judged that the Indian fleet was flying westward, with more than 40 planes, and all of them were "Tejli" fighters.

The bulky "Air Police 2000" retreated westward while calling on the J-10 fleet.

The "Chengdu" and its sister ship "Chongqing" also played a role at this time, assisting the AWACS aircraft in guiding the J-10 fleet. Lin Xiaolei did not intervene in the command of the air battle, and the "Air Police 2000" was able to guide up to 48 fighters to meet the enemy, and there were only 24 J-10s in the air at this time. Lin Xiaolei did not underestimate the enemy in vain, and after confirming that it was the "Guanghui" group that was killed, he immediately issued an emergency take-off order to the J-10 squadron stationed at the Utre Air Force Base, demanding that the squadron must arrive over the fleet before 10:30 a.m.

The squadron was commanded by Major Zhu Ronghui and Captain Yang Jinjie from the HNA Test Unit.

9:47 p.m. The two men drove the J-10B off the runway first. Eleven more J-10As also left the airfield within three minutes.

"Understood. Be sure to arrive within 40 minutes! Yang Jinjie switched the communication channel. Said to the partner in front of him. "Ah Hui. We have to fly at supersonic speeds. Otherwise, it will be too late to rush to the battlefield. ”

"When will the tanker arrive?"

"Support us when we return home." Yang Jinjie said. While giving orders to other fighters. "Don't worry about that much yet. After the air battle, we will think about the return to the place of home. ”

"No problem. Contact each machine. Get ready for supersonic cruises! ”

The J-10B first opened the afterburner. The ground thrust of the WS-10 "Taihang" engine was rapidly increased to 13,500,000 N. Fifteen seconds later. The fighter broke the sound barrier. As a matter of fact. The J-10 does not have true supersonic cruise capability. After breaking the sound barrier. Zhu Ronghui retracted the throttle. The afterburner of the engine was turned off. Relies on inertia and excellent aerodynamic shape. The J-10B is capable of maintaining a high ground speed with military thrust. After the speed is slowed down. Then hit the afterburner. Increase speed. If the first release of the 16k novel wàp. text version opens the afterburner. The J-10B will run out of fuel in fifteen minutes.

At this time, the air battle in the south had already begun.

Under the guidance of Air Police 2000, a J-10 squadron quickly struck eastward, forcing the A-10I over Kempard Bay to halt its advance and turn back to the cover of long-range anti-aircraft missiles deployed north of Mumbai, unable to continue to support the Tejas group.

The loss of an A-50I on the day of the war made the Indian Air Force dare not risk its precious AWACS aircraft.

Another J-10 squadron was arrayed to the east of the task force, ready to meet the approaching Brilliant fleet.

At 10:07 p.m., when they were 90 kilometers away from the "Tejas group," 12 J-10 planes launched 48 "Thunderbolt-14" medium-range interceptor missiles, propelled by ramjet engines, with a maximum power range of more than 120 kilometers and a full flight speed of Mach 4.

The fleet continued to advance, and the twelve J-10s did not activate the fire control radar.

Relying on the target information provided by the "Air Police 2000", the J-10 controls the "Thunderbolt-14" missile to fly to the target in the form of relay command guidance. When the missile is 30 kilometers away from the "Brilliant" group, it is necessary for the J-10 to activate the fire control radar to illuminate the target and let the missile obtain target information.

At this time, the "Brilliant" fighters also spotted the J-10 group, but could not immediately open fire.

The Indian Air Force equips the Tejas fighter with the Derby medium-range air-to-air missile imported from Israel with a range of only 60 kilometers.

The relative velocity of the Tejas and J-10 fleets is Mach 1.8, and the relative velocity of the Thunderbolt-14 missiles is Mach 4.9. When the J-10 activated its fire control radar and the Thunderbolt-14 entered the autonomous attack phase at a distance of 20 kilometers from the Tejas group, the Tejas group was still 64 kilometers away from the J-10 group. Unless the pilots of the "Brilliant" fighters are all "desperate Saburo," they will have to give up their plan to attack the J-10 group and avoid the "Thunderbolt-14" medium-range air-to-air missiles that are being fired at the head.

As a result, it is conceivable that "Brilliant" not only has no advantage in front of the J-10, but also does not even have the strength to fight back.

At 10:08 p.m., only 23 targets remained on the radar screen of the "Air Police 2000." In the first round of air interception, twelve pilots of the naval aviation of the Republic shared twenty-one results.

After all the evil, the J-10 fleet did not give up the attack.

Taking advantage of the evasion of the "Tejas group" missiles, 12 J-10 fighters fired 24 "Thunderbolt-14" missiles about 50 kilometers away from the "Tejas group."

The maximum speed of the "Tejas fighter" is only Mach 1.6, and the maximum speed of the "Thunderbolt-14" missile is Mach 4.

Even if it is a tail-chasing attack, as long as the distance is within 72 kilometers, the "Brilliant" fighter will not be able to escape the attack range of the "Thunderbolt-14" missile.

In the end, only six "Brilliant" evaded the second round of missile attacks.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the "Brilliant" group to evade the second round of missile attacks, the J-10 group shortened the combat distance to less than 20 kilometers, and the air combat entered the stage of dogfighting.

Not to mention fighting two with one, even if two against one, the frightened Indian pilots did not dare to face it.

All six Tejas fighters accelerated and fled before the J-10 could launch the Thunderbolt-13 combat missile.

"Brilliant" lost completely, and also exposed India's lies. At the beginning, India claimed that the Tejas surpassed the J-10 in performance and was the most advanced light fighter in Asia. Forty-four "Brilliant" fought against twelve J-10s, and not only did not achieve a single result, but also shot down thirty-eight. Facts speak louder than words, and the outcome of the battle is enough to tell who is superior and who is inferior.

At this time, the J-10 squadron, which had previously been responsible for "expelling" the A-50i, under the guidance of the "Air Police 2000", fired interceptor missiles at the attack group following the "Tejour" group.

Although the "Air Police 2000" judged that they were 36 Mi G-27 fighters, not the Su-30MKI that posed the greatest threat, the Mi G-27 could also use anti-ship missiles, and it must not be allowed to break through the air defense network and attack the task force.

Seventy-two "Thunderbolt-14s" are more than enough to deal with thirty-six G-27s.

The Mi G-27 is a variable-swept wing attack aircraft developed on the basis of the Mi G-23, which basically does not have air combat capabilities and has very poor maneuverability. In the case of carrying a large amount of ammunition, it is more difficult to avoid missiles.

After a round of attack, only four G-27s, which had dropped their ammunition in time, avoided the missiles.

At 10:21 p.m., two J-10 squadrons completed two rounds of interception missions.

The battle was not over, and at the twenty-third minute the "Air Police 2000" spotted the third Indian group approaching the fleet from an ultra-low altitude. At twenty-five points, the radar identified that it was twelve Su-30MKIs.

A truly formidable enemy has appeared, and the Su-30MKI will fly at ultra-low altitudes only when performing attack missions.

Needless to say, a dozen Su-30MKI fighters certainly carried dozens of anti-ship missiles.

Because the "Air Police 2000" has a detection range of only 350 kilometers for ultra-low-altitude targets, the Su-30MKI fleet was already less than 350 kilometers away from the task force when the alarm was issued.

The Su-30MKI is capable of carrying BrahMos anti-ship missiles with a range of up to three hundred and fifty kilometers.

Even if they were carrying "Club" anti-ship missiles with a range of only 220 kilometers, the two J-10 squadrons, which were only combat missiles and were more than 200 kilometers away from the Su-30MKI fleet, did not have time to intercept them.

It was also at this time that the third J-10 squadron led by Zhu Ronghui and Yang Jinjie arrived at the battlefield.

At 10:27 p.m., when there were still 110 kilometers left in the Su-30MKI fleet, twelve J-10s launched seventy-two "Thunderbolt-14" medium-range interceptor missiles on board, an average of six missiles attacking one enemy aircraft!

Sixty seconds later, the Su-30MKI fleet began to climb higher, ready to launch missiles.

In just 30 seconds, 12 Su-30MKIs can lock on to the 12 warships of the task force with fire control radars, load target data for the anti-ship missiles they carry, and launch missiles.

It's just that the Indian fleet will never get this opportunity.

Twenty-six seconds later, 72 Thunderbolt-14 missiles pierced the night sky like meteors, enveloping the Su-30MKI fleet. None of the 12 Su-30MKI fighters escaped, and the 24 Indian pilots did not even have time to eject and escape, and all of them crashed into the sea with the fighters that were blown to pieces by missiles.

There is only a difference of four seconds, four seconds that will determine life and death!

"All enemy aircraft were shot down...... All enemy planes were shot down...... "The air commander was so excited that even his voice trembled.

Seeing the signal of the last batch of Indian attack planes disappear from the tactical screen, Lin Xiaolei also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The lookout calls the Iron Fortress...... Lookout calls the Iron Fortress ......"

"Steel Fortress received!" The communications staff officer was also excited. "Lookout" is the code name for the AWACS aircraft, and "Steel Fortress" is the code name for the task force.

"The enemy attack has been crushed, and the flock of eagles will arrive in thirty minutes."

"Understood, the flock of eagles will arrive in thirty minutes." "Eagle Swarm" is the code name of the squadron of air defense fighters.

"The sea eagle is already on the way, and it will arrive in five minutes, pay attention to guidance and coordination."

"Understood, the sea eagle will arrive in five minutes, ready to guide and coordinate."

Lin Xiaolei glanced at the communications staff officer, and his gaze returned to the tactical screen.

The battle is not over, the battle belonging to the task force has just begun.

"Sea Eagle" is the code name for a squadron of long-range attack aircraft of naval aviation that assists the task force in attacking the Indian West Fleet.

The tactical screen clearly shows a group of attack aircraft flying from the north, as well as the Western Indian Fleet, which is about 300 kilometers to the southeast.

Damn it*

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