Chapter 127: J-6 Attack

  "Twelve o'clock, distance fifteen, speed six hundred." The radar guide's voice was calm and composed, directing the two J-6 fighters of their own side.

  When four bright spots suddenly appeared on the radar screen, everyone knew that the battle was about to begin, and almost at the same time, those four bright spots split into two directions.

  Our side only had two J-6s, and the radar guide could only guide them to intercept the closest two enemy planes, with a distance of only 15 kilometers between the two sides.

  At this distance, pilots with good eyesight can already spot the target visually, and in Eastern countries, pilots with golden helmets have even set a precedent for spotting targets at 27 kilometers.

  The direction of twelve o'clock is straight ahead, which is also the most easily visible position to spot enemy aircraft, especially for J-6 without radar.

  "Tell him to turn slightly to the left." Muhammad spoke from behind: "Guide it to the rear of the enemy aircraft."

  Upon hearing Muhammad's words, the radar guide was stunned at first, but soon understood what Muhammad meant - this is an aerial guerrilla warfare!

  At that time, the performance of the missile was not very advanced. Head-on attacks and side-attacks were not very successful, and tail-chase attacks still occupied a major position. Now both sides are at a 90-degree angle, with our aircraft's nose facing the opponent's fuselage. With a slight left turn, we can get behind the opponent.

  The current advantage is that the opponent has not yet discovered our side, and we have circled around to their rear. This is a classic tactic of surprise attack.

  "Roger." Heard the voice of the ground guide, although Hussein had already seen the two bright spots above the clouds, he still followed the guide's command and turned slightly to the left.

  At the same time, Hou Sai opened up the afterburner, and a fierce flame shot out from the tail of the J-6. The fighter continued to accelerate, accelerating.

  With its excellent thrust-to-weight ratio, the J-6's nose pierced through the sky, broke through the sound barrier and entered supersonic flight, soon circling around to the rear of the opponent.

  Hussein gently pushed the control stick to the right. The two bright spots above the clouds reappeared in his line of sight.

  Take aim, fire!

  "Prepare to attack, Sidewinder missile." Hussein said, flipping the weapons switch.

  The old J-6 only had a machine gun, but after entering Pakistan, it was equipped with Western Sidewinder missiles, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of this fighter.

  On one side of the weapons pylon, the AIM-9P's sulfur lead oxide seeker head began to cool. Like a sidewinder's keen senses, it started observing the infrared heat sources around it and soon locked onto the fiery engine nozzle in front of it.

  The distance continued to close in, Hussein flew the fighter smoothly, preparing for the launch of the AIM-9P missile. Finally, a red light on the instrument panel began to flash, and at the same time, a familiar long whistle came from the headphones.

  "Target locked, requesting attack." Hussein said over the radio.

  "It can be attacked." Muhhammad was calm and composed as he anticipated the first victory of Pakistan's aerial warriors, although he had not yet reported to his superiors.

  Hussein pressed the button, and under the wing, the tail of the Sidewinder missile suddenly ejected a fiery jet of gas. The solid rocket motor ignited, propelling the missile away from its pylon, accelerating faster and faster.

  At the same time, Bashir's deputy followed Hussein from behind, ready to join the battle at any moment.

  The two Su-24 fighter jets in front were still flying steadily. They had entered the bombing route, and in another minute, they would drop bombs to attack, at which time they had to fly steadily.

  The Su-24, although a heavy combat aircraft, has an extremely cramped cockpit, with the two crew members sitting in tandem, able to see only forward and sideways, with zero visibility aft, completely blocked.

  In contrast, the F-16 at that time had adopted a wide bubble canopy, with the pilot sitting on top of the aircraft like riding a horse, with good visibility.

  They didn't know that behind them, missiles that could take their lives had already been launched.

  The AIM-9P missile continued to fly smoothly, having already identified the target in front of it. The rocket motor quickly completed its burn, propelling the missile to a maximum speed of Mach 2.5. The rest of the flight would be all inertial.

  The lead sulfide photodetector in front of the guidance head was locked onto the fiery engine nozzle, but it sensed another heat source drawing its attention.

  Especially when it feels itself getting hotter and hotter, its eyes start to blur gradually, and it can't distinguish the target. It doesn't know that its cooling device has broken down.

  At this time, the AIM-9P missile did not have a high-pressure nitrogen bottle to cool the seeker head like the AIM-9L, and its cooling system was prone to overheating. As its view gradually became blurred, it suddenly found a new heat source, and without hesitation, it changed direction and flew upwards.

  Watching the missile he launched suddenly pull up and run to chase the sun halfway through its flight, Hussein was instantly very helpless.

  "The missile lost its target, the second one is launched." Hussein's J-6 fighter jet was loaded with two AIM9P missiles. Now, one had flown away, and he had prepared the second one without hesitation, pressing the button, the missile flew out of the wing pylon.

  I don't believe you can be defeated!

  "Bombing countdown." Yosefsky said in the cockpit of Su-24.

  Those weapons were stored in a solid concrete bunker, so the 500-kilogram laser-guided bombs did not have enough power to destroy those weapons. The two fighter jets carried 1,000-kilogram bombs, which were free-falling bombs. The flight path before bombing was very important and directly determined the accuracy of this kind of bomb.

  Now, countdown ten seconds, it's time to throw bombs, and the weapon operator on the other side has started counting down.

  "Ten, nine, eight, seven..." Suddenly, Yossefsky spotted a bright spot and quickly flew to the front of his own fighter plane.

  "What's that?" Joseph with good eyesight saw clearly in an instant, it was a missile, a missile flying from the rear of his own aircraft!

  Fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force!

  "Hurry, drop the bomb!" Yosefsky couldn't wait for the remaining few seconds. Behind him were Pakistani Air Force fighter jets, which had launched a missile at him! If that missile hadn't been shot down, he would have become the first Soviet pilot to be shot down in Pakistani airspace!

  Carrying 1,000 kg of bombs, the Su-24 was extremely heavy and completely unable to cope with air combat.

  The weapons operator didn't hesitate and pressed the release button, instantly, the aircraft became lighter.

  Yossefsky opened fire with his cannons while adjusting the rear-swept wings to 70 degrees. First, he had to accelerate to have enough energy for air combat.

  Hussein's face was filled with helplessness, the second missile did not chase the sun, but just as it was about to approach the enemy fighter plane, it slid past from one side and missed, must be an error in the circuit calculation of the missile guidance system, the angle of attack was off!

  Not enough time to let the wingman join in the attack, because that Soviet plane was obviously startled. Dropped bombs and followed by a rapid climb.

  If allowed to enter high altitude, the old J-6 fighter due to its design flaws cannot counterattack and will lose all opportunities, so it must be a quick battle!

  Hussein quickly adjusted the weapon to the machine gun, and as soon as he took off, Hussein began to heat up the Type 7 sight on the J-6. It's now ready for use at any time, with his left hand pulling the throttle all the way back.

  Although the engine was lagging behind, J-6 was more agile. With Hussein's operation, J-6 seemed like a lively swallow, following closely and climbing vigorously.

  The distance between them is rapidly narrowing.

  As he climbed, Hussein was also preparing for a cannon attack, turning the wing span knob on his sight. He selected the wing span scale so that he could range with the enemy's wing span as a reference, then pulled the select ring handle to the active reticle position and pressed the stable reticle button, which allowed the reticle to follow the movement of his own aircraft.

  Then, Hussein rotated the rangefinder handle, enlarged the optical ring, estimated the elevation angle and lead angle, placed the optical ring in front of and above the target, released the stabilizing ring button, reduced the size of the optical ring, and the optical ring moved backward and downward. The central light point slowly fell on the target.

  The old-fashioned machine gun attack is so complicated that only after rigorous training can one make so many movements in just two seconds, and no mistakes can be made.

  Then Hussein only needs to align the central light spot basically and press it on the center or vital position of the target, correct the firing angle, and then he can fire by pressing the button.

  The 30mm cannon can easily tear apart an aircraft in front of it.

  Two Su-24s opened the distance, one of the Su-24 pilots saw his wingman being bitten by two J-6s, and couldn't help but shout on the radio: "It's a J-6! 003, it climbs faster than you! It's about to attack you with cannons!"

  Two Soviet advanced Su-24 fighter jets were actually caught by the outdated J-6, a copy of the MiG-19. This is simply ironic.

  Su-24 is no match for J-6 in terms of climbing ability and weight, so why not try diving instead!

  Yosifovski abruptly pushed the control stick forward, and the Su-24, which had just climbed into the clouds, lowered its nose and began to dive.

  At this moment, Hussein has already started using the aiming ring to activate the light circle, which has locked onto the Su-24. However, the Su-24 suddenly changed from climbing to diving, and such a large overload maneuver made it impossible for the J-6's active light circle to keep up, rendering all previous actions useless, unable to aim, and therefore unable to fire.

  The opponent will soon disappear from Hussein's line of sight, and even if Hussein follows suit with a dive, the opponent has accumulated enough speed to perform various maneuvers.

  Hussein's hands deftly flipped the switch, switching from active to fixed reticle. Compared to the complex steps of the active reticle, the fixed reticle was much simpler, and as long as he estimated the lead, he could shoot. However, this shooting method was obviously more difficult to hit the target.

  Hussein had no time to think, left with only a 0.5-second shooting window, he corrected the lead and pressed the red button on the control stick.

  "Boom, boom, boom." Along with the machine gun spitting out flames, the J-6 fighter plane was also shaking back and forth. Shell after shell of 30mm caliber cannonballs flew by.

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