Chapter 40 Raid
.After completing the first aerial refueling, eight J-25s accelerated first and flew to Port Blair at the maximum cruise speed of Mach 1.3. Because there was no early warning aircraft accompanying, the J-25 activated the fire control radar, but they all worked in passive mode, that is, only receiving radar signals.
The fire-controlled radar of j-25 also has a passive detection mode. Compared with the zy-1 radar, the detection range is only very narrow.
When conducting remote detection, the coverage area of the j-25's fire control radar is only thirty degrees. If wide-area search is conducted, the detection distance will be reduced.
The advantage of quantity solves this problem.
In the form of cross-overlapping, the eight j-25s can conduct long-range detection of the 150-degree area ahead by adjusting the direction of the radar antenna. In this way, signals from early warning aircraft 500 kilometers away or fighter fire control radars 300 kilometers away can be found.
In most cases, this detection distance is enough for this combat mission.
…50, the j-25 aircraft fleet intercepted the radar signal sent by e-3g for the first time about 550 kilometers away from Port Blair. Then, using the Doppler principle, it determined that the early warning aircraft was flying to Port Blair, and the altitude of the signal source was decreasing.
Obviously, e-3g is returning.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the captain of the j-25 aircraft group did not order an attack, but maintained speed and altitude and continued to open the circuit for the j-15b aircraft group.
Because under heavy load, the maximum cruising speed of j-15b is only about 900 kilometers per hour, which is much slower than j-25, so it is about 600 kilometers behind and can reach the attack airspace around 4:30. It is best for the j-25 aircraft group to remain hidden before this.
The best result is to complete the attack without contact.
However, the situation is not as ideal as expected.
…50, when the j-25 aircraft group was 400 kilometers away from Port Blair, it detected a second signal source, which was still an e-3g early warning aircraft, and was flying eastward. Judging from the direction of the signal source movement, this early warning aircraft came from India and is likely to patrol over Port Blair.
If this is true, there is nothing to worry about, because the maximum detection distance of e-3g for ultra-low-altitude j-15b flights will not exceed 350 kilometers. As long as its patrol area does not reach two hundred kilometers east of Port Blair, it will not be possible to find the j-15b fleet.
After locking the second signal source, the j-25 machine group made its first turn at...55 minutes.
At this time, the j-25 aircraft group was only 330 kilometers away from Port Blair. If it was a little closer, it might be discovered by the e-3g flying towards me.
After flying east for 100 kilometers, the j-25 fleet turned again and reduced its speed to Mach 0.9.
After three points at four o'clock, the e-3g arrived over Port Blair, but did not patrol over Port Blair as the captain predicted, but continued to fly eastward.
Apparently, the patrol airspace of the early warning aircraft is east of Port Blair.
As for where it is, no one can tell.
Two minutes later, the j-25 aircraft fleet turned east again, leaving the distance from the e-3g.
Although the head-on detection distance of e-3g for j-25 will not exceed 250 kilometers, the tail-to-head radar of j-25 is more reflective. In combat operations, in order not to be discovered by e-3g, j-25 should stay 350 kilometers away, otherwise the whereabouts will be exposed after turning.
After four o'clock, the distance from e-3g increased to 450 kilometers, j-25 turned to flying westward.
The handling is still underway, and the j-25 aircraft group strictly follows the tactical actions formulated by Yang Yu's side and does not reveal their whereabouts in order to obtain the results of the battle.
However, the situation is not consistent with what Yang Yufang predicts.
At 4:15, after e-3g arrived at 150 kilometers east of Port Blair, he still did not turn and continued to fly eastward.
Now, the j-25 aircraft group can't sit still.
As long as the e-3g continues to fly east for fifty kilometers, you can find j-15b that reaches the attack airspace. The air defense fighter must be in front of the early warning aircraft, so as long as the j-15b is exposed, it is likely to be attacked, and it is likely to be attacked by the f-22i.
In order to cover the j-15b fleet, j-25 cannot continue to hover and must prevent e-3g from flying eastward.
At 4:16, eight j-25s turned to the direction of e-3g and started to accelerate, increasing the flight speed to Mach 1.8 in one minute.
At 4:20, the distance between the j-25 aircraft group and the e-3g was shortened to 250 kilometers.
Half a minute later, the e-3g radar detected these eight fighters, and quickly judged it as the Chinese Navy's j-25 fighter, and immediately calculated the flight speed. At this time, the j-25's flight speed had exceeded Mach 2 and was sprinting towards the maximum speed of Mach 2.5.
Facing the high-speed attacking j-25, the pilot of the e-3g dared not hesitate, and immediately turned and called for the air defense fighter.
The four F-22i are indeed in front of the e-3g, less than two hundred kilometers away from the j-25 fleet, but the four Su-30mkis are about one hundred kilometers behind the e-3g.
The distance was very close, and the Indian pilot on the F-22i immediately activated the fire control radar and prepared to launch medium-range air-to-air missiles.
Now, j-25 also discovered the f-22i, and it was confirmed that the enemy plane was more than a hundred kilometers ahead.
According to Yang Yufang's tactical arrangement, the j-25 began to fire electromagnetic rockets in turn.
Although the range of electromagnetic rockets is only forty kilometers, and the e-3g and f-22i have electromagnetic confrontation capabilities, no radar can lock the target under harsh electromagnetic interference. Fighters cannot conduct over-visual attacks and can only approach and fight.
At this time, it was already four:22.
In another eight minutes, the j-15b aircraft fleet will reach the attack area and can launch the missile within two minutes at the earliest, and then turn back.
In other words, the j-25 aircraft group only needs to last for ten minutes.
Based on the firing of six electromagnetic rockets per minute, sixty electromagnetic rockets are consumed within ten minutes, and there are a total of sixty-four electromagnetic rockets on the eight fighter jets.
However, before this, j-25 will encounter f-22i.
If the patrol of the airplane is not four F-22i, but twelve, the j-25 aircraft crew will definitely not be able to escape. The numerical advantage of eight to four is enough to make the j-25 pilot feel relieved.
More importantly, f-22i is only equivalent to the second batch of f-22a, and its maneuverability is not as good as j-25.
In combat air battles, even if one-on-one, f-22i may not necessarily gain a advantage.
At 4:27, j-25 and f-22i encountered each other and the air battle officially began.
Before this, Indian pilots were full of confidence. According to Lockheed Martin's publicity, the f-22i is the world's best air-control fighter. Not only is it better than the J-20, but it also improves the special needs of the Indian Air Force and enhances its air-control combat capabilities, especially its combat performance. In actual use, the Indian Air Force is also very satisfied with this fighter, because the f-22i is indeed much better than the su-30mki, which is the best fighter before the Indian Air Force. In simulated confrontation, it even achieved 24 to zero results. Affected by this, the pilots of the Indian Air Force believed in the publicity of Lockheed Martin and believed that the f-22i was an invincible advanced fighter.
After the war, the confidence of the Indian Air Force pilots collapsed immediately.
In fighting, j-25 can easily complete nine g maneuvers, and even increase the overload to twelve g in a short time, while the maximum overload of f-22i can only reach nine g, and the duration cannot exceed five seconds, otherwise the pilot will faint due to brain hypoxia. If the pilot makes greater movements during operation, the flight control system on the fighter will automatically correct it to avoid overloading exceeding nine g. In other words, even if the Indian pilot wants to fight to the death, he cannot let the f-22i fly out of more than nine g maneuvers.
In combat, the biggest overload is often the most important battle.
In addition to being inferior to j-25, f-22i is not as good as j-25 in terms of acceleration capability. To be precise, it is the thrust-to-weight ratio.
What’s even more sad is that the f-22i fleet has no numerical advantage.
In the first round of firefighting, three f-22i were shot down, and no j-25 was injured. The f-22i who escaped by chance was unable to respond to the fight, and it was difficult to escape. However, this Indian pilot was lucky because the j-25 did not pursue it.
Before the end of the air battle, j-15b arrived at the attack area and started firing the yj-900 cruise missile at 4:30.
Two minutes later, twelve j-15bs turned around and returned.
Because the attack operation was completed, the j-25 did not pursue the fleeing f-22i, nor did he attack the early warning aircraft more than 200 kilometers away, but turned to evacuate.
There is nothing we can do about it. If we do not evacuate as soon as possible, there will be no enough fuel to join the second batch of refueling opportunities.
After the battle ended, the Indian Air Force did not relax. Imai Tomomizu, who obtained the news through e-3g, was also very nervous because the Chinese fleet would not send several fighter jets to Port Blair for no reason and not do other things. The retreat of the fighter jets means that the attack aircraft group has completed the mission.
Five minutes later, the e-3g issued an alarm.
At this time, twenty-four YJ-900 cruise missiles had already flown 300 kilometers, less than 150 kilometers from the e-3g, and only two hundred kilometers from Port Blair.
At this speed, the yj-900 will fall in three minutes.
What can the Indian Air Force do in three minutes?
The F-22i flew westward at a speed of two Mach, and the four Su-30mkis had a flight altitude of more than ten thousand meters, following the e-3g. At ultra-low altitude, there were no fighters that could intercept cruise missiles, and no fighter could catch up with cruise missiles flying at three Mach at ultra-low altitude.
In fact, it took less than three minutes before the yj-900 landed on the airport.
In the last hundred kilometers, the yj-900 reached a speed of Mach 4, and when it was forty kilometers away from the target, the warhead and the body were separated.
This is done to improve the missile's penetration efficiency.
The Indian Air Force did not respond at all, nor did it intercept cruise missiles, because on the 26th, the air defense system in Port Blair suffered a devastating blow. The Indian Air Force had not had time to repair the damaged radar or deploy a new air defense system.
At that time, only small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were able to fight.
Although the flight altitude of the cruise missile is within the strike range of the anti-aircraft gun, the missile's speed is too fast and the anti-aircraft gun has no time to aim.
The only thing that is thankful is that after E-3g discovered the J-25 aircraft fleet, eight F-22i and eight Su-30mki on the ground were lifted off urgently. When the yj-900 was scattered hundreds of anti-runway and anti-packet sub-bombs over the airport, there were only two small transport aircraft and three helicopters on the airport.
When the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, the air base in Port Blair was completely paralyzed.
Although the damage to the airport is not serious and can be repaired and many infrastructures have not been bombed, the runway was completely destroyed, and thousands of dense craters would take a lot of time to fill it. With the capabilities of the Indian Air Force, it would definitely not be possible in a few days.
All Mu Haoyang needs is these few days...
Chapter completed!