Chapter 158 This is the target drone
There are three more MiG-25s! In order to accurately intercept, a second Tomcat fighter jet must be dispatched! This is a conspiracy of the Soviets. They must have known that their side only have two Tomcat fighter jets, so as long as a saturation attack occurs, their side will not have enough ability to intercept, so they will make such a tactic.
"Altitude, speed?" asked Mhamad.
"The height is 24,000, and the speed is 0.8." said the radar soldier.
From the perspective of altitude, it is the height of the MiG-25, and its speed is less than one Mach. This is because the MiG-25 cannot fly supersonic for a long time, otherwise the engine will be damaged. It has not entered Pakistan's airspace yet, and the speed of Mach 0.8 Mach is completely normal.
But Mhamad's eyes stern: "No, there is something strange here!"
Even if the Soviets wanted to use saturation tactics, they would never use these MiG-25s as bait. After all, the MiG-25 is so expensive. If they consume all the Immortal Missile missiles, it would be extremely stupid.
It is definitely not a MiG-25! Then there is only one possibility! This is the Soviet high-altitude target machine!
"Take off an F-16 and fly to the back of the hunter, maintaining the same altitude and speed." Mhamad said: "We want to see what tricks the Soviets want to play."
Take off the F-16? The F-16 can only carry the Rattlesnake missile, and it has no ability to intercept the MiG-25 at all. Especially now, they have flew to a height of more than 20,000 meters, which is completely futile. This idea flashed through Arslan's mind and suddenly reacted.
"Chief of Staff, do you think this is a high-altitude target aircraft of the Soviets?" asked Old Arslan.
"Yes," said Mhamad, "we will take the trick."
The radar can't tell the appearance of the aircraft at all. The one displayed on the screen is just a highlight. If it weren't for the altitude of 24,000 meters, it would never be judged as a MiG-25. This is already the mindset of the Pakistani radar troops. However, it is not only the MiG-25 that can fly such a high aircraft. Those high-altitude target aircraft definitely have the ability.
The Immortal missile is expensive, and it is definitely not cost-effective to use this missile to shoot a target. At the same time, once the Immortal missiles mounted by these two Tomcat fighters are used up, they will be wasted precious time when they come back and take off again. During this period of time, the sky on one side will be unprepared and the other side's plane will be allowed to fly.
The Soviets must have had this idea.
Then he would fool the other party, take off an F-16, pretend to be an F-14 to intercept the other party, and let the other party be fooled.
Turkmenistan Air Force Base.
Commander Khosnetsov stood in the command center, watching the radar soldiers in front of him busy for this attack. They also mobilized a Tu-126 early warning aircraft to fly back and forth over Afghanistan, monitoring the air base of the Peshawar Military Region in Pakistan.
The Indians smashed a MiG-25. Although they claimed it was a mechanical failure, the Soviet Union would never be fooled. With the hidden lines arranged within the Indian military, they soon realized that it was intercepted by the Pakistani.
Unlike last time, the last time the MiG-25 of the Soviets was not flying enough, and the Pakistan Air Force's F-16 jumped up to 20,000 meters with power jump, and then killed with fighting bullets. This time the Indian Air Force was intercepted.
The Pakistan Air Force has equipped the F-14 fighter jets, and the combination of Immortal missiles can easily hunt MiG-25s, which makes Hosnetsov lingering fear. If his own MiG-25 is sent to investigate, another one will definitely be lost.
The Soviet Air Force will never be afraid of Tomcat fighter jets and Immortal Missiles. The Soviet Air Force is the bravest and will not be afraid of any enemy!
However, it still needs to be tactical. After careful reconnaissance, including news from the KGB spies in the United States, the Pakistan Air Force now only owns two Tomcat fighter jets.
Since that's the case, let's take a fishing first!
"The early warning aircraft reported that the opponent took off a fighter plane to intercept it."
"Report, the other party took off a second fighter plane."
Although I don’t know the type of opponent’s fighter jets, when I find that my MiG-25 fleet has arrived, I must have taken off the Tomcat fighter jets. Moreover, only one aircraft will be taken off at a time, which is obviously a fear of my own move.
They were still fooled and used expensive Immortal missiles to shoot down a high-altitude drone of only 50,000 rubles each. It was so stupid!
"Order, the attack aircraft group takes off, this time we must successfully bomb Afghanistan's resistance!"
Outside the base, a large bomber slid onto the runway.
The pointed nose, huge rectangular air inlet, and the main landing gear are equipped with three rows of wheels. The huge vertical tail gradually rises from the center of the back of the machine. At the rear are two large engines and a turret.
This is a large bomber with the tail painted with the Soviet Red Army logo. Its long fuselage is more than forty meters and its wings are relatively narrow. You can see that it can rotate around the root of the wing. This is also a variable sweep wing fighter.
This is the pride of the Soviet Air Force, a supersonic variable swept-wing bomber that can bombard the United States, Tu-22m!
This is a legendary bomber, developed in 1962 and equipped troops in 1974. NATO gave it a code name for the counterfire. Although the Soviet Union claimed that this was a tactical bomber, it actually had strategic bombing capabilities.
It can conduct supersonic cruises at high altitudes or conduct penetration at low altitudes, which gives it even more terrifying attack capabilities and is a magic weapon for the Soviet Union to threaten NATO. The Soviet Navy Air Force was equipped with 160 aircraft.
Now, in order to help stabilize the situation in Afghanistan, the Fourth Army's aviation regiment has ushered in such a big guy to bomb Afghan resistance.
Its first mission is to cross-border bomb the Afghan resistance group bases in Pakistan, including refugee camps and weapons transportation locations.
Although it looks very smooth and does not carry any weapons, in fact, 15 500kg bombs have been hung in its internal bomb bay.
In order to operate it, four crew members were needed. At this time, in the cockpit at the front, the pilot was operating such a big guy and sliding on the runway.
When they arrived, it happened that the Tomcat fighter had completed the interception mission and returned. It took time to dispatch again. This time difference was enough for them to penetrate at a low altitude and retreat easily after completing the bombing.
At the same time, in order to protect the bomber, four MiG-25 fighter jets also followed behind and took off in the form of four aircraft formations, preparing to escort the bomber.
Under the wings, four R-40 missiles were mounted, which were medium-range combat bombs specially used for MiG-25. Faced with Tomcat fighter jets, MiG-25 will not be passively beaten, and it also has the means of counterattack!
Five fighter jets flew into the sky and climbed into the air for a thousand meters, and then leveled it. The wings of the Tu-22m2 bomber were adjusted to a sweep angle of 65 degrees and entered a low-altitude cruise state.
"Three target aircraft while tracking and scanning." Oaks was still operating the radar continuously, and the distance was getting closer and closer, and had entered the effective range of the Immortal Missile. As long as you fly up to twenty kilometers, you will be more confident to shoot down the target.
"Okay, the data has been installed and can be transmitted at any time."
"Peshawar, the target has been locked and requested an attack." Hussein reported on the radio.
"Give up the attack and keep track." Arslan's voice came from the headphones.
Give up the attack? Hussein was stunned and immediately executed the order: "Ox, give up the attack and go to the tracking state."
"I understand." Oaks replied in the back cabin, attacking three targets at the same time. This is in actual combat. If he misses it, it will damage the reputation of Grumman. Since he asked to give up such a multi-target attack opportunity, Oaks did not express any objection.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. Due to the height difference, the elevation angle of the antenna begins to grow larger and larger, and finally, it is impossible to track it.
A new highlight appeared on the radar screen, which were the three high-altitude targets behind, exactly the same as the one just now.
"The target is confirmed, the course and the speed are still the same. It is suspected to be a high-altitude target aircraft." Oaks said calmly. When he discovered the second batch of targets, Oaks also thought about it. If it was really a MiG-25, it would definitely not be as simple as flying over his head.
"Turn towards twelve o'clock and follow again." A sound from the ground came from the radio.
Re-tracking? What are you doing to track these target machines? Oaks was puzzled. Hussein, who was in front, had faithfully executed the order, changed his course, and followed the three target machines again.
Later, the F-16 fighter also turned around and followed.
Turkmenistan.
"The early warning aircraft has heard that our six target aircraft have not been attacked by Pakistanis, they just continued to track it."
Those two Tomcat fighters did not shoot down their own target aircraft, but just followed them. When they heard the news, Hosnetsov was also a little puzzled. What's going on?
"Our attack aircraft group will reach the target in twenty minutes." The adjutant continued.
Now, the situation has changed and the opponent has not shot down the target aircraft. So, should we change the tactics and let the attack aircraft group return?
"The target aircraft continues to fly east, taking the two Tomcat fighters, and flew to the east border." Hosnetsov said: "Attack the aircraft group, continue to fly."
Since the opponent is following the target aircraft, continue to fly. The target aircraft will pull the two Tomcat fighter jets away, and the attacking aircraft group of our side can launch an attack.
Chapter completed!