Chapter 130: Peace is won through battle!

  The radar antenna was constantly rotating, and with each rotation, it would scan the airspace once, updating the signal position. The radars in western Pakistan were almost all operating at full speed, and they felt a sense of tension, as a large-scale air battle was about to erupt.

  "A large flying object has been detected, carrying a pulse radar signal." The long-range warning radar in the Randy Kota area reported a large aircraft with its own pulse radar signal, which must be a Soviet early warning plane!

  Are the Soviets really determined to fight a war? In the Peshawar Military Region Command, Muhammad's heart was slightly tense. The Soviets were so ignorant that they had not even wiped Afghanistan's butt clean, and yet they dared to invade Pakistan?

  It's impossible, absolutely impossible, the Soviet leaders would never do such a thing, in history, this kind of event has never happened before. But now, why are the Soviets so bold to attack? How could their leaders make such a choice?

  Suddenly, Muhammad remembered something. The current leader of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev, was probably in hospital! Since his black cat died, Brezhnev had not lived for many days.

  Those defense ministers and Politburo members are probably all in hospitals guarding them, and no one will even think about what happened here.

  "Damn it! Is the Fourth Army going to start a war with Pakistan?" In Kabul, General Akhromeyev slammed his fist on the table and said to those below: "Have you connected with Moscow yet?"

  General Akhromeyev commanded all the armed forces in Afghanistan, including the troops of the 40th Army and the government army of Afghanistan. At the same time, the air units stationed on Afghan territory were also under General Akhromeyev's command.

  However, this did not include the other air units of the 4th Army in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. When they learned that Pakistan's Air Force had actually attacked Soviet aircraft, causing one Su-24 to crash and another to be damaged, the 4th Army seemed to have been enraged, deploying a large number of combat aircraft. Even including an IL-76 AWACS plane, as if preparing for a large-scale battle with Pakistan's Air Force.

  This made General Akhromeyev extremely worried, Afghanistan alone had already exhausted Soviet soldiers, and if they were to fight Pakistan as well, it would be even more difficult to end the war. After all, behind Pakistan was the entire Western world!

  The commander of the 4th Army was obstinate and refused to listen to General Akhromeyev's dissuasion, so General Akhromeyev had no choice but to accept Moscow.

  "It's connected, but Marshal Ustinov, the Minister of Defense, is nowhere to be found," the aide said.

  "Can't find it? General Akhromeyev paced back and forth in the room, saying: 'Then go look for Secretary Andropov!'"

  Moscow, a tense and busy scene in the hospital, countless old men who are already very old. They are waiting outside the ward, inside the operating room. Their great general secretary is being rescued inside, it's unknown how many times this has happened, each time, it's so heart-wrenching for them.

  In recent years, the Soviet Union's situation has not been optimistic, with economic stagnation for many years. Grain production has been poor year after year, and even bread is in short supply in Moscow stores. Originally, relying on oil exports, the Soviet Union could still hold on. However, a war in Afghanistan dragged down the Soviet economy's progress.

  The Soviet Union has reached the point where reform is necessary! It must be reformed like that country in the East, otherwise this great nation will face all sorts of crises! Outside the ward, an elderly man who looked spirited was pacing back and forth, thinking deeply in his mind.

  "Comrade Andropov, you have a phone call." Just as he was deep in thought, a voice came from beside his ear.

  Andropov, before leaving, handed over his deputy to go there, this was a habit he had developed during his time in the KGB. Now, upon hearing the phone call, Andropov followed the doctor to a secure telephone.

  "Andropov, this is Akhromeyev, the top commander of Afghanistan. The 40th Army has taken off with more than 50 aircraft and is heading into Pakistani airspace, which will provoke a large-scale conflict. Please stop them immediately!" The urgent words came through the phone.

  The Fourth Army? What a mess at this time! One Afghan battlefield has already tied up the Soviet Union's entire strength, and if it goes to war with Pakistan again, the Soviet economy will be set back by decades!

  "Alright, I understand." Andropov hung up the phone and headed towards Defense Minister Ustinov, who was smoking a cigar in one corner of the corridor.

  In the sky, a loud rumbling sound continued, a large plane was flying steadily.

  At the top is a propeller, four large spiral jet engines are rotating, driving the fuselage forward. The fuselage of a large passenger plane was originally very spacious, but now it's all occupied by one device after another.

  In a row of circular displays, a team of warning personnel sat on top, electronic devices emitting huge heat, and although the cabin was equipped with air conditioning, they were still drenched in sweat.

  Their eyes were fixed tightly on the screen as they continuously guided their own fighter jets with voice commands.

  "In 15 minutes, contact with Pakistani fighter jets is expected. Open radar and prepare for R-23 missile guidance."

  "At 9 o'clock direction, four Pakistani fighter jets appeared at an altitude of 6,000 meters."

  "There are four Pakistani fighter jets on the ground, flying at low altitude, be aware of visual search."

  Each radar guide is guiding a squadron under his command, and the distance between them is rapidly approaching.

  At the same time, Pakistani air force planes were also flying quickly under the guidance of their own ground radar, some occupying height and speed advantages, while others used low altitude to prepare for a sneak attack.

  When Soviet warplanes flew over Pakistani airspace, an aerial battle was inevitable.

  "Let's bring our fighter jets back." Musaaff said, "Avoid a head-on confrontation with the Soviets, perhaps we can resolve it through diplomatic channels, this is a compromise to avoid escalating conflicts."

  Musharraf was considering an overall strategy, if a conflict with the Soviets occurred, once the war escalated, the Pakistan Air Force would be consumed by its precious strength, and on the other side, India would be eyeing it covetously, constantly creating border friction, and then making a fatal blow, Pakistan would be caught in a pincer movement, and its situation would become very dangerous.

  "No." Muhammad said: "Now we have no choice but to fight head-on!"

  Now retreat, being caught up by the Soviets, would be even more disastrous. Even if our strength is indeed inferior to that of the Soviets, we have no choice but to fight!

  Muhammad hates himself for being unable to fly, otherwise he would also drive a J-6 and go beat up the Soviets!

  "Now if we retreat, the Soviets will become even more arrogant and our Pakistani skies will be at their mercy." Muhammad said: "Peace is won through fighting!"

  Peace has to be fought for! These words suddenly made Musharraf's heart skip a beat, indeed it was true! In the past, in order to avoid conflicts with the Soviets, when Soviet planes crossed the border for reconnaissance, Pakistan would only scramble fighter jets to drive them away, and the Soviets' audacity would grow. Now, they had escalated to cross-border bombing, completely disregarding Pakistan's airspace sovereignty. If Pakistan continued to back down, it would only make the Soviets more arrogant!

  "Alright, we'll fight it out! If Islamabad blames us, I'll take full responsibility," Musharraf said.

  This conflict, initially still caused by the exchange of fire between Pakistan and Soviet forces. After this incident is over, they will definitely come down to investigate. Muhamaad has just been promoted, after all, not as prestigious as Musharraf in the army, so Musharraf wants to take responsibility for it.

  "Commander, when the time comes, we will report truthfully. If responsibility needs to be pursued, that's also mine, I don't care, at worst I'll just go back to Afghanistan to fight guerrilla warfare." Muhammad said nonchalantly: "Actually, I prefer it there."

  Mu Sha was speechless at once.

  The air battle was changing rapidly, this time the Soviets deployed Mig-23 and Mig-21 fleets. With a technical advantage, the Mig-23 was equipped with medium-range R-23 missiles, and the radar at the front of the nose began to scan the airspace in front, preparing to guide the medium-range missiles under the wing.

  At this moment, the J-6 fighter group was also rapidly approaching. Even in later generations, the interception rate of medium-range missiles would not be 100%, and the success rate of medium-range missiles in this era was even more pitifully low. As long as you knew the opponent's movement in advance, you could dodge with maneuvering, and those missiles were just flying monkeys.

  When approaching the distance of close combat, the clumsy MiG-23 may not be a match for the J-6. For example, to change the angle of attack once, the MiG-23 needs to perform seven consecutive actions, while the agile J-6 has an advantage instead.

  The distance between the two sides continued to close, and the radar of the MiG-23 had already begun to lock onto the opponent, while giving the R-23 initial launch data. The lagging onboard computer began full-power calculations, and the missile would be launched in a few seconds.

  "Cease fire, cease fire, return to base immediately." Just then, the brave Soviet pilots in the sky heard a voice that made them extremely depressed.

  The order came from the early warning system, and the one who issued the command was Moscow.

  The commander of the Fourth Army looked ugly, although at first he didn't think to launch an attack on his own initiative. He just wanted to mobilize a large number of warplanes and intimidate Pakistan from a psychological perspective, making them understand that it was not right to intercept proactively and that they should follow the rules of the game. The Soviet Union was only bombing anti-government forces in Afghanistan, which had nothing to do with Pakistan.

  The large fleet flew a circle on the western border of Pakistan, and returned with great fanfare. However, it did not expect that the Pakistani Air Force would react so quickly, and before its fighter jets arrived, the Pakistani Air Force had already come to intercept them.

  At this time, he certainly cannot give the Fourth Army and the Soviet Air Force a loss of face, he must take a tough stance, even at the expense of an air battle.

  Unfortunately, Moscow intervened to block it.

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