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The special train sailed to Xinjiang, and the transport ship sailed to Algeria.
On December 12, a mysterious freighter flying the French tricolor flag left Marseilles, and was escorted by two destroyers across the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Algeria.
In this French colony in North Africa, the desert area accounts for 84% of the country's total area. In the depths of the Sahara Desert, a place called Lagan has quietly erected many buildings with unknown uses two years ago. In these In the middle of the building is an 80-meter-high tower.
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Kunming Luliang Airport.
"Electrical 1 is ready to take off." "Electric 1, take off."
The Tu-4 modified electronic warfare aircraft was ordered to take off and slowly began to taxi at the end of the runway.
One and a half hours ago, the Tu-1 modified electronic reconnaissance plane took off ahead of schedule, and it should have arrived near the Myanmar-India border at this moment, listening to India's ground radar and radio movements.
In this operation, electronic warfare aircraft and early warning aircraft took off from Kunming first. When the aircraft flew over Baoshan, Baoshan and Lijiang airports each took off 12 J-5s, formed a large fleet in the air, and entered the sky over India through Myanmar.As a backup, Baoshan and Lijiang each have 12 J-5s on standby. In addition, Lijiang has 12 Il-28s, and Baoshan has 12 J-1s ready for ground attack missions.
Chang Qiankun, deputy commander of the Air Force, sits at Kunming Luliang Airport, coordinating the largest outbound combat fleet in the history of the Air Force, and coordinating the cooperation of the Air Force and ground forces with Chengdu.
It is also indecent to come and go, India uses the air force, so China has to dispatch the air force.
As for India, only the vampires developed by the United Kingdom in 1943 were dispatched, and China dispatched this group of demons and ghosts... Does it matter?It's an airplane anyway.
Chapter 245:18
For outbound operations, the Air Force's own terminology is "outside operations with large fleets."
Internal line operations can be regarded as homeland air defense operations, which are to meet foreign fighter jets, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft on the territory of one's own country.At this time, one's own ground radar scans the airspace, and the ground informs the pilot of the overall situation in the air through the radio. People don't have eyes in the back of their heads. With radar support and the coordination of the battle commander, the pilot can know the enemy's situation in all directions in the air.
When fighting inside, the terrain below the battlefield is familiar. When the navigation system fails, the pilot can estimate where he is by looking at the ground.If it is shot down, the ground is also one of its own, as long as it parachutes out, there is a high probability of being rescued.
Combat on outside lines is completely different.
In 1957, after the delivery of the first Tu-4 modified early warning aircraft, the Air Force successively organized fighters and bombers to conduct simulated drills for outside battles. That is to say, the ground radar did not help, and the pilots were asked to rely on the radar of the early warning aircraft and the battle commanders on board. Coordinate battles.
At the beginning, this kind of external combat simulation exercise was very painful. Either the fighter pilots lost the chain, or the battle commander of the early warning aircraft lost the chain.Every quarter, the air forces practice 2 months of homeland air defense and 1 month of outside line combat. The 4 months of training outside lines every year are the most scolded time period.
After nearly a year of suffering, the cooperation of the aerial clusters gradually took shape.Then, it seems that the early warning aircraft is more trustworthy than the ground radar?
Up to now, the group of pilots who have gone abroad to fight, from early warning aircraft to fighter jets and bombers, have all passed the assessment of outer line operations.But the test is the test, and the pilots are still a little nervous when they really fly from Yunnan to Burma and fly to the sky over eastern India to fight with real knives and guns.
The simulation exercise can simulate everything, but it cannot simulate the Indian Ah San on the ground.If he was shot down, Ah San rushed up with a set of sacks and threw himself into the Ganges, that would be a disaster.
"Team 1, Team 2, and Team 3 pay attention," the campaign commander on the early warning aircraft contacted all fighters by radio, "Our first-stage mission is to seize air supremacy in the theater. After completing the first-stage mission, we will hand over the mission to 4 and 5 , Team 6, you return home. Note, if you encounter Indian fighter jets, you must first obey the command of the air police and enter the free battle without receiving the command order!"
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The Indian Air Force has long known that Chinese planes often fly over northern Myanmar. It is estimated that Myanmar and China have reached some kind of agreement.Sometimes when the fighter jets of the Indian army slightly cross the border between India and Myanmar, they can see the large Chinese aircraft flying sideways sneakily from a visual distance.
In short, the Indian Air Force now maintains fighter jet patrols in the airspace along the India-Myanmar border. On the morning of December 12, there were 20 Dassault "Mystery"-4 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force in this area, two formations of 4 aircraft.
"Alpha, Alpha Team," urgently called Alpha Team in the air from a radar station near the town of Kosima in eastern India at 8:10 a.m., "a group of aircraft entered Indian airspace at your two o'clock direction, at an altitude of 2 feet, The distance to you is 40 miles..."
"Alpha received."
"Fleet speed 300 knots, consisting of 3 large air targets and... and..."
The Indian radar soldier looked at the radar screen in bewilderment, "I can't distinguish the enemy fleet anymore."
Captain Alpha: "?"
"Alpha Squad, I can't find you either." The screen in front of the radar soldier was covered with snowflakes, "Please fight freely."
Over Manipur on the India-Myanmar border, Alpha Squad and Beta Squad, one after the other, stepped forward to face the battle according to the general direction of the Chinese fleet reported last time before the ground center lost contact.The position and heading reported by the ground last time were accurate, and soon the Alpha team saw the Chinese aircraft—four J-5s flying viciously towards the Alpha team head-on.
What the pilots of the Alpha team didn't notice was that behind them, there were four J-5s outflanking them from the left and right rears.
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"The first team of enemy planes was shot down...the second team was shot down! Good job!" The commander of Air Police-1 observed the entire battlefield on the radar screen, "Don't relax, the Indian fighter jets that took off from Tespur base The group has already taken off and is currently flying at an altitude of 3000, a distance of 110, and is still climbing. Team 1 is flying towards 1 o'clock; Team 2 is flying towards 9 o'clock; Team 3 is flying towards 11 o'clock."
The KJ-1’s radar has a detection range of 400 kilometers for bomber-type targets, and 200-300 kilometers for fighter-sized targets. In fact, the aircraft has just crossed the India-Myanmar border, and the airborne radar has already covered Cordella.
On the radar screen, aircraft in the sky fall into two categories.
One is the small white dot, which is our own aircraft—each J-5 is equipped with an identification friend or foe transponder. When the radar wave of the Air Police-1 scans the J-5, the transponder will automatically send back a series of numbers. Jing-1 not only knew that this was his own plane, but also knew which team and number this plane belonged to.
One is the small blue dots, which are not answered correctly and are classified as enemy aircraft.
Forty kilometers away from KJ-1, the directional jammers on the electronic warfare aircraft are smearing sand in the eyes of four Indian military radars in this area.
Therefore, the current situation is that our military aircraft has radar information support and air commanders to coordinate, while India's ground radar is blind.
Who is fighting on the outside and who is fighting on the inside?
India's fleet is scattered, with 14 fighter jets divided into four groups, all of which are "mysterious"-4.
"Attention the command team," the commander of Air Police-1 switched to the in-flight communication channel, "means 1 controls team 1, means 2 controls team 2, means 3 controls team 3."
The commander who spoke just now does not direct the air battle. He is responsible for controlling the aircraft, the electronic warfare aircraft, and the six escorting J-6s nearby.
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The Tespur Air Force Base is not a small airport that was urgently renovated by India in 1959. It is a large airport built by the Allied Forces in India during World War II.After India's independence, Tezpur was the permanent base of the Indian Air Force in the east.
Although India's ground radars have been "blind" one after another, according to the size of the intrusion fleet reported by the radar last time, the four Mysterious-4s patrolling the sky may be more or less ominous.The fleet of the 4th Wing of the Indian Air Force on standby on the tarmac immediately took off. 11 Mysterious-14s lined up to take off from the runway.
Tespur is also the headquarters of the Indian Army's 4th Army.Lieutenant General Kaul, the commander of the army, also learned the news of a large number of Chinese planes attacking from the direction of Myanmar for the first time on the morning of the 20th.
"Are there bombers and attack aircraft in the Chinese fleet? Can the Air Force's fighter jets completely intercept the Chinese fleet?"
Kaul called Air Force Base Tespur.He had to figure out whether to let the 4th and 2nd divisions fighting on the front line do air defense evacuation now.
"...The situation is a bit complicated." Sahota, the commander of the 11th Regiment, pondered for a moment and replied vaguely.
Kaur: "Then the air force may not be able to provide air cover completely? May I ask where the Chinese fleet is flying now, and how many bombers are there?"
"We'll figure it out soon." Sahota hung up the phone.
The radar is invisible, and the ground observation post can always count how many planes there are with the naked eye later, and it is no problem to use it to deal with the Army's inquiries.
All four air-to-air early warning radars in the theater failed, which is too rare.No, it's not a malfunction, it's probably the fault of the Chinese.The dozen or so fighter jets that have just launched into the air... won't lose, will they?
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In the few minutes Sajota had been perfunctory to Kaur, the battle in the air was almost over.
The Mystery-4 piloted by Lieutenant Amarasingh made a big turn in the air with difficulty. He wanted to escape, and he wanted to escape back to the sky above Tespur.In this quarter of an hour, he was the only one left in the 4 aircraft team he was in.This battle was really inexplicable. Just after taking off, the radar on the opposite side reported that it could not provide guidance for the fighter jets, and then the battle was even more inexplicable.
Behind Amarasingh, a Chinese fighter also made a sharp turn, bit its tail and approached him.When the distance was about two or three kilometers, there was a flash under the wing of the Chinese fighter jet, and a small thing flew towards him dragging white smoke.