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A little away from the two PAF J-7Fs, a four-jet Mirage 2000H formation from the th Squadron was pursuing a high-speed pursuit almost along the border.

Therefore, it was also the first Indian aircraft out of a total of 4 groups of 16 to sense radar illumination in the forward direction.

The 1472A is a "new" radar that has only been in service for three years. Although its performance is not new, its lifespan is very new. The reason why it can be recognized by the RWR on the J-7F is because it is also a product of the 14th Institute of Electrical Engineering. My family naturally knows my family, and the target of the sale is a quasi-ally who is unlikely to pose a threat in the short term, so I didn't delete it.

But for other similar types of equipment on the market, the most they can detect is that it is an X-band radar, but they are definitely not familiar with the signal characteristics.

Therefore, for the Indian aircraft that are accelerating in pursuit, they can only perceive two sets of unknown signals from the side.

"Squadron Captain, he should be sent by China to observe the situation."

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

The Siachen Glacier originally belongs to the handover zone of the Three Kingdoms. Now two of them have become a mess. Although the third one has not been affected yet, it is normal to come and take a look.

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

The voice of the squadron leader, Colonel Sumit Prajan, was still a little sullen and unwilling:

The two Mirage 2000Hs that were shot down just now were from the th Squadron.

Therefore, he was eager for revenge and originally planned to take a shortcut from China, but the timely appearance of several Chinese fighter jets forced him to change his plan.

"Maybe... it's because of their radar station?"

The wingman pilot who was obviously a novice just now guessed:

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

This obviously scripted answer almost made Prayan laugh:

"Your teacher is right, but that radar has been there thirty years ago. However, until this time, their aircraft response speed had never exceeded two hours."

"So, either they received the tip-off in advance and were waiting for us, or they have deployed a new airport nearby so that they can arrive nearby immediately after taking off."

the colonel speculated.

In fact, his guess was very accurate.

Prior to this, although China had built several military airports on the plateau, it had almost never deployed fighter jets on a regular basis. Only in a few cases, individual models and ground crews were dispatched for adaptive training.

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

For the Chinese Air Force, which in the past mainly relied on imported and imitation aircraft as its main force, this problem is difficult to overcome.

After all, few other countries have this need.

However, one of Chang Haonan's important tasks when improving the design of the turbojet 14A is to improve the engine's starting success rate in low-oxygen environments.

Even during the bat hunting operation two years ago, two J-1Cs from the 8st Air Division tried to make a transition at a high-altitude airport, verifying the possibility of new fighter jets operating at high-altitude airports.

Then, after more than a year of preparation, China began trying to deploy fighter jets for a long time at an airport in Geji, ALD District a few months ago to make up for the long-term air defense loopholes in the southwest region.

What took off today to respond to this emergency air situation were four of the first batch of eight J-8Cs dispatched for testing.

In fact, according to the aviation team leader's opinion, it would be best to take off as a group to test the training results during this period.

However, the plateau environment tests not only the equipment but also the human body. It is difficult for the ground crews who have just been transferred from the mainland to work continuously. Therefore, two groups of ground crews are paired with one aircraft to ensure the dispatch speed.

It is also thanks to this that although the number dispatched is only one-quarter of the total number of Indian aircraft, it now occupies an excellent launching position.

"Then...what should we do now?"

The voice of the pilot of Unit 4 was slightly timid.

Although the RWR has not issued a lock-on prompt, the feeling of being illuminated by several airborne radars is obviously not good.

"We will fly along the national border first. This time we did not receive permission to cross the border to the north. If we are shot down there, no one will be responsible for us."

Although he was very annoyed when his plan was blocked, Prayan could not think of any better solution for the time being, so he then said half in speculation and half to comfort himself:

"And based on past experience, their fighter jets don't have much fuel left after flying near the border. They should return after a while. We'll talk about it then."

According to the previous plan, the attack planes lured by the fake positions should be quickly eliminated through an ambush. Then, if Pakistan takes off larger-scale fighter planes to seek revenge, their 16 planes will be responsible for forcing the opponent's large forces back. .

As a result, I never expected that in the end, my two third-generation aircraft were defeated by the opponent 2:1 and suffered a huge loss. Now it is the Indian army seeking revenge.

And if it affects others, Pakistan may also take off a large number of planes in an attempt to force them back.

In short, the situation has undergone a 180° reversal.

Moreover, there are two groups of menacing Chinese Air Force fighter jets watching from the side.

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

"This is the Black Archer's lead aircraft. We found 250 targets appearing from the opponent's direction from 4 degrees, with an altitude of 8500 and a speed of 1100!"

The Black Arrow squadron was the MiG-7 squadron that was at the forefront. At this time, it had already caught up to the MiG-30 squadron, which was about 29 kilometers away from the two J-Fs.

Currently they are the only ones with radar on, while the other 12 aircraft are silent.

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

"To the southwest, there should be the Mirage 3 of the 16th Squadron or the FA of the th Squadron. They don't 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 assume certain frontline command tasks in the air.

For countries that do not have early warning aircraft, it is also a relatively common arrangement for an experienced veteran pilot in a fighter jet to take command.

"Roger that!"

The tone of the Black Archer's squadron leader became obviously excited.

Although it is generally believed that the MiG 29 is not as technologically advanced as the F16 of the same era, if we look specifically at the early A models of the two, then the former, which can launch R27 and R73, will have a certain advantage.

Today may be an opportunity to clear up the name.

"Black Archer, pay attention to the direction due north of you. There are two groups of Chinese aircraft flying radars to collide with each other."

If he didn't go in a straight line, Prajan felt that he might not have a chance to participate in the battle today, so he just reminded the other party on the radio.

"My RWR has also reminded me, but don't worry, I will avenge your two men."

The captain of the Black Arrow obviously did not listen to this reminder.

Prayan originally wanted to say a few more words.

Because the biggest trouble caused by those Chinese aircraft is the restriction of combat airspace——

The boundary between mountains is indeed very clear on the ground, but in the sky, especially at the critical moment when dodging missiles or entering a fight, it only takes one accidentally crossing the boundary.

And based on the relationship between the three countries, there should be no serious consequences if the Pakistan Air Force planes fly in.

But if our own plane goes in, it will be hard to say.

However, after hesitating for a few seconds, he still did not speak again on the radio.

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

And if the opponent 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 my side should solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Prayan calculated the time and felt that the two escaping targets should have almost entered the range of his missiles.

"Activate the radar and prepare to launch medium-range bombs!"

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

"Come on, let's give you a surprise..."

After a short period of warm-up and self-test, the radar search information is displayed on the HUD.

Similar to what he had just guessed, two targets slightly lower than his own appeared at about 10 o'clock.

but……

The expected surprise was not given.

Because the opponent gave me a bigger surprise with a backhand——

At the 1 o'clock position of the aircraft, about 60 kilometers away, another two groups, a total of 8 targets approaching at high speed...

The fighter radar can only search a cone-shaped area directly ahead, and these eight aircraft are obviously outside the Black Archer's detection range.

"Black Archers, watch your three o'clock direction, there are 8 enemy planes!"

He shouted on the radio:

"Everyone, remove radar silence!"

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

They also prepared a huge fleet of aircraft behind them to suppress the opponent, they also adopted a multi-batch formation, and they also thought of using radar silence to delay the time for their own side to be discovered...

However, Pakistan, which had the upper hand in the end, was better and surrounded the Indian aircraft fleet from its posture.

If Prayan hadn't turned on the radar at that moment, the situation might have been worse.

Under such circumstances, there is no point in continuing to remain silent. It is more realistic to quickly see what is happening in the sky.

At the same time, the eight J-8Fs that found themselves scanned by radar also lifted their radar silence.

Although the specially designed small radar has a very short locking range, if it just wants to search for a target, it can still be done at this distance.

For an instant, the sky across Kashmir seemed to be lit up by a variety of radar beams.