Dominate South Asia

Three 30mm cannons fired shells one after another, and the trajectory converged 300 meters ahead, only a few dozen meters away from the enemy's fighter.

Hussein continued to press the button and pushed the joystick horizontally to change the direction of the nose of the aircraft. The shells were fiercely swept in the direction of the Su-24.

Josephsky pulled up again at the moment of diving down. He had to maneuver to avoid the shooting of the cannon shells.

Pulling the joystick back to his arms and stepping on the left rudder at the same time, the two pilots in the fighter were pressed tightly on the seats by the huge overload, their eyes began to congest and their brains swelled.

Watching the shells flying not far from the fighter, it seemed that the god of death was waving to them. Josephsky just pulled the fighter to the left, and then to the right.

At this moment, there was a violent tremor from the rear of the fuselage. No, it was hit!

Several 30mm shells accurately hit the tail of the Su-24. The bullets swept the opponent's vertical tail, knocking off half of it, but it continued to fly.

Hussein did not give up. This heavy fighter had a strong ability to resist attacks. Hussein had to continue firing! With the reaction force of firing, the J-6 was shaking all the time. The enemy planes in the field of vision were getting bigger and bigger, and the sighting ring was getting clearer and clearer.

The smoke from the machine gun almost blocked Hussein's sight. Hussein was still very determined. Three hundred meters, two hundred meters... The distance between the two planes kept getting closer. When the Su-24 in front was hit and exploded in the air, it approached sixty meters. Countless aircraft fragments flew towards the J-6 fighter.

Hussein pulled the operating lever urgently and climbed upwards. Relying on the J-6's strong climbing rate, he avoided those fragments. If they were sucked into the engine, the J-6 would suffer the same damage.

According to the operation rules, it is very dangerous to approach within a range of 200 meters, which will cause the opponent's debris to be sucked into your engine. However, in real combat, in order to ensure the accuracy of the machine gun, the fearless pilots will even shorten this distance to 50 meters!

This is the bayonet fight in the air!

At the moment when this Su-24 was attacked, the other one did not join the battle. It was frightened by the desperate fighting style of the two J-6s. It immediately turned on the afterburner and flew westward, trying to leave Pakistan's airspace.

"045, Sidewinder attack!" Hussein immediately gave orders to his wingman after discovering that the Su-24 was about to escape. At this time, Bashar was occupying a suitable launch position.

"Understood." Bashar replied calmly. Just now, he had been flying behind Hussein. Once Hussein's attack did not work, he would enter the attack position and attack instead of the lead plane.

Now, the first one has been shot down, and only the second one is left. Although Hussein's two missiles were shot away, Bashar still started to use missiles.

The Su-24 with afterburner turned on, the hot engine airflow at the tail is the most suitable target for the Sidewinder missile to lock, and now it is facing west, away from the sun, making it easier for the missile to lock.

Soon, a puff of green smoke appeared under the wing, and an AIM-9P missile detached from the rack and flew forward.

The wing was turned to 70 degrees, which is the best sprint angle. The Su-24 kept flying westward, trying to escape back, and the missile was chasing behind.

Except for the MiG-25, no fighter can run faster than the missile. The pilot of the Su-24 did not make any maneuvers, but just ran away blindly. In the eyes of the Sidewinder missile, this is almost suicide.

"Boom!" The 11-kilogram fragment warhead exploded, and countless fragments drilled into the engine. Suddenly, the engine blades were broken, and the high-speed rotating blades flew around the engine compartment, causing a terrible chain reaction, and everything was broken into pieces.

However, the other engine still worked tenaciously, pushing the fighter to continue flying westward.

"Prepare the second missile." Bashar said calmly, and the Sidewinder missile on the right side of the wing began to track and gradually entered the lock state.

"Stop the attack, the opponent has flown into the Afghan airspace." At this time, the voice of the ground guide came from the headset.

In order to avoid the escalation of the situation, Pakistan can only destroy the enemy aircraft in its own airspace. If the Soviet fighter plane crashed into Afghanistan, it would be said by the Soviets that it was a cross-border attack. At that time, the Soviets might seize this handle and launch a fierce attack on Pakistan's air base, and the war would escalate.

"Understood." Looking at the damaged and smoking Su-24, Bashar waved his fist in the cockpit.

There were white clouds floating in the blue sky, the air was fresh and the sun was bright.

There was a jubilation at the Peshawar Air Force Airport. The ground crew stood at the end of the runway, shielding the sun with their hands and looking up at the sky.

"Back! Back!" said a sharp-eyed ground crew. He had seen two bright spots in the sky, and then the roar of the engine came from the air.

The two J-6s, like nimble swallows, entered the correct glide path in the distance.

Hussein operated his fighter, released the throttle with his left hand, pulled the control stick back with his right hand, and the fighter maintained a certain elevation angle and began to land.

The landing gear was lowered, and Hussein kept pressing the slope.

The horizons on both sides were getting lower and lower. Finally, the rear main landing gear came into contact with the ground. After a slight collision, it stabilized and continued to fly forward with its head up for a few seconds. The front landing gear also fell down. Then, the tail parachute was released, swinging back and forth in the air, and the speed of the J-6 gradually decreased.

Behind, Bashar's fighter plane also landed.

"Look! There are several holes on the wing!" At this moment, a ground crew member said.

Hussein's J-6 was hit by machine guns up to a distance of 60 meters. This was very dangerous. Although it was handled properly, it was still hit several times.

The cabin cover was opened, and Hussein climbed out of the cabin. He was also smacking his lips. He really didn't expect that the damage was so serious. If he had been closer at that time, he might have disintegrated and exploded in the air.

"Victory!" Several ground crews and pilots from the 15th Squadron came up, lifted Hussein up, and threw him into the air.

Shooting down one and damaging one, without any loss on our side, this is certainly a victory worth celebrating. In the past, the Pakistani Air Force fought against the Indian Air Force with its weak enemy, and developed a tenacious style, but now, after all, it is fighting the Soviets in the air.

What are the Soviets? It is a country so powerful that makes Europe tremble! The Soviets' steel torrent is ready to step into Western Europe at any time. The fighter planes of a Soviet military district are equivalent to the entire Pakistani Air Force. Even the United States dare not confront the Soviets head-on.

But our side shot down one Soviet and damaged one, which is a complete victory!

They did not notice that a helicopter landed on one side of the airport, and several serious-looking people came out of the cabin.

The sentry standing by was originally looking at the jubilation here. When he saw the person coming out of the cabin, he saluted immediately. They recognized that this was the chief of staff of the military district who came to inspect the base a few days ago!

The group entered the combat center of the airport.

"Beep, beep." A loud whistle sounded at the airport, which was the sound of the pilots gathering.

Hearing this sound, all the pilots immediately ran to the combat center. When they ran into the room, they saw the familiar man.

"Chief of Staff!"

"Take your seats." Muhammad said to these people. After seeing the Soviets escape at the radar station, Muhammad took a helicopter to the air force base.

Looking at these smiling pilots, Muhammad knew that they were still immersed in the joy of victory.

"Today, our two heroes successfully struck the arrogance of the Soviets. The Soviets thought that our airspace was undefended and they could invade at will. This is wrong! We are the guardians of Pakistan. We must protect our territory and airspace!" Muhammad said: "Now, let's salute the two heroes with warm applause!"

Muhammad took the lead in applauding, and a burst of applause came from the room.

"However, we must also seriously summarize. There are still many shortcomings in our interception operation this time." Muhammad said: "This is only the first time. There will be many more battles in the future."

There are indeed many shortcomings. For example, I fired missiles twice but failed to hit the target. For example, I was too adventurous and the machine gun kept firing at 60 meters and did not withdraw in time. For example... Hussein kept thinking in his heart. He had to analyze the reasons seriously. After the meeting, he would summarize it himself!

"The Soviets will not be willing to fail. They will come again. Maybe they will attack our air force base. I declare that from now on, the Peshawar Air Force Base is in a first-level combat readiness state. There must be fighter planes patrolling in the air at any time. Even if it is training, I must hang live ammunition for me!"

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.

"Please rest assured, Chief of Staff, our 15th Squadron will definitely complete the task!" Squadron Leader Kamal said.

"Our current disadvantage is that it is not easy to find targets in the mountains. In order to predict the invasion of enemy aircraft in advance, I will send some personnel to stand guard on the hills. When the Soviet invasion is discovered, they will report it as soon as possible." Muhammad continued.

Without Fahim's report, there would be no interception operation. The Soviets were very cunning in flying in the mountains. In the absence of reliable early warning aircraft, sending more lookouts was a last resort but an effective choice.

"Report, the headquarters called, asking the chief of staff to return to Peshawar." At this time, a signalman came in hurriedly to report.