Dominate South Asia

Chapter 152: Looking Down and Shooting Down

When the seat separated from him and the parachute opened, Berilovich knew that he was about to enter a terrible escape process. With the whistling wind in his ears and his body gradually falling, he saw endless mountains.

After moving his legs that were almost frozen in the air, Berilovich looked at the ground carefully. No, this is a canyon with a river below. If he fell into it, he would have to swim up.

Berilovich pulled the parachute rope, changed direction, and landed on the other side of the mountain.

This side is relatively flat... Berilovich continued to shake his feet and kept controlling the parachute rope. This side is too narrow. If he didn't jump well, he might break his legs.

Fortunately, Berilovich's fixed-point landing level is not bad. He was about to land on this flat open space when suddenly a gust of wind came from the side.

The airflow in the mountains is complicated, and there will be shear airflow at any time. When he caught up with this wind, Berrylovich suddenly felt that his parachute was out of control, as if it could continue to rise and fly to the other side.

There is a cliff over there, and you can't fly there! Berrylovich was terrified, watching his parachute getting farther and farther away from the flat ground, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Descend, land quickly!

Watching the ground under his feet constantly changing, Berrylovich made his last effort, and just a few meters away from the cliff, his feet finally stepped on the ground.

"Crack." At this moment, there was a severe pain under his feet. He endured the pain, cut the parachute rope, and watched the parachute being swept down the cliff by the wind.

The landing posture was wrong, and the inside of the ankle was injured. Berrylovich took off his helmet and took off the bulky high-altitude flight suit.

Three days of dry food, a compass, a map, a pistol for self-defense, and a saber. Berrylovich smiled bitterly, and he also had this day.

Can't stay here, must leave quickly! Even though his foot was injured, he had to go! Berrylovich used a compass to determine the direction, picked up a stick from the ground, supported the injured leg, and walked slowly forward from the place where he landed, almost moving step by step.

The sun was scorching overhead, and after walking for more than half an hour, Berrylovich felt exhausted.

He definitely couldn't walk back like this, what should he do? Call for help from the rear? Maybe the Pakistanis would be provoked, which would be more troublesome.

Berrylovich persisted and walked for another half an hour, and his eyes lit up.

Ejection seat!

When the ejection seat separated from Berrylovich in the sky, it also fell down. Although it was broken to pieces on the ground, the device on the seat was still working.

There, the red light flashed, which was a signal transmitter. When the fighter plane failed and the pilot ejected, the seat would send a signal to help the rear determine the location of the fighter plane crash.

Seeing that his ankles were swollen so high that he couldn't even wear his flight boots, Berilovich knew that he couldn't walk back with his two legs. His only way now was to wait for rescue from the rear.

The rear would find this place and send people to rescue him. He would wait here and join his own people!

Berilovich didn't wait foolishly next to the ejection seat. He looked around. There was a hillside two kilometers away with a cave there. He hid there first. When the rescuers arrived, he would come out. If he found Pakistani soldiers coming here, he would run away immediately.

Berilovich walked towards the cave step by step. The pain in his feet kept stimulating him. He needed to rest.

The ejection seat was still sending signals. After three days, the power supply was exhausted and the signal would gradually disappear.

A doe was flying in the mountains. Its altitude was lower, almost flying close to the ground. In the cabin, there was a squad of infantry.

When the signal from the ejection seat was received, the Soviet troops in Afghanistan finally decided to rescue this compatriot. They sent this Hind, flew across the border from the mountains, and flew in the direction of the ejection seat signal.

Generally speaking, the distance between the pilot who parachuted to escape and the ejection seat would not exceed 20 kilometers. If he was not found near the ejection seat, the infantry squad would come down, search everywhere, and be responsible for protecting and bringing the pilot back.

The rotor stirred the airflow, making a rumbling sound. Now, the Soviet Union already knew that when the fixed-wing aircraft attacked from the valley before, the Pakistanis sent lookouts to monitor the fighter planes flying from the west.

Therefore, this Hind took another passage. There are many valleys, and Pakistan cannot monitor every valley. They can only monitor the valleys where fast fighters can fly. Only helicopters can safely fly through the more tortuous valleys here.

The pilots are highly alert. Flying in the mountains requires quick eyes and hands, especially they have to be alert to the shear airflow in the valley. If they are not careful, it will cause a crash.

We will not be discovered by Pakistani radar, just pay attention to flight safety. The pilot's hands were holding the joystick, and sweat was pouring out of his palms. He kept telling himself that flying safely was fine!

There was a huge roar in the sky.

At an altitude of 8,000 meters, two F-16 fighters were cruising.

"Ground, looking down to search, pulse Doppler mode." Bohari, the pilot of the lead plane, said.

If in the past, they faced complex mountainous areas, the only thing they could rely on was their own eyes. They needed to constantly cruise in the mountainous areas and rely on their own eyes to spot enemy planes hiding in the valleys.

Now, with the arrival of the F-16, they finally have a modern fighter jet. The AN/APG-66 pulse Doppler fire control radar in front of the F-16 gives them a sharp eye.

American radars have begun to widely use flat-plate slot radar antennas, far exceeding the inverted Cassegrain antenna. Moreover, due to the advancement of electronic technology, this kind of radar can work in pulse Doppler mode. The different speeds of relative fighters result in different Doppler frequencies of the echoes. Through frequency domain filtering, the Doppler frequency spectral lines of the target are selected and the spectral lines of interfering clutter are filtered out. In this way, the radar can separate and detect the target signal from strong clutter.

Early radars could only look at the sky, not the ground. Especially in mountainous areas, echoes were reflected in all directions, causing complete interference.

The arrival of F-16 has given Pakistan Air Force even greater strength.

When the MiG-25 was shot down, the Peshawar Military Region dispatched two F-16 fighters to search the nearby mountains. Both Mhammad and Arslan judged that the Soviets would send helicopters to rescue the parachuting pilots.

If in the past, the Pakistan Air Force did not have any capabilities and could only rely on visual searches, but now, with the F-16, it can finally exert the power of this fighter aircraft.

As the radar is turned on, a bright line appears on the screen, the bright line rotates, and then a bright spot appears.

"Peshawar, 068 found a suspicious target." Bokhari shouted on the radio.

"Close for reconnaissance and visual identification. If it is an enemy plane, shoot it down immediately!" Arslan's order came over the radio.

"Understood, visual identification!" Bokhari pushed the control stick forward, and the F-16 nose went down and began to dive.

The horizons on both sides were getting closer and closer, and Bohari's fighter jets dived into the mountains.

The Mi-24 is flying smoothly, and it is only a dozen kilometers away from the beacon signal. As long as it goes around the mountain in front, you should be able to see it.

At this moment, there was a huge roar overhead, and in the cabin behind, soldiers were already shouting: "Oops, Pakistan Air Force plane!"

Under the wing is the crescent moon symbol, which is the Pakistan Air Force!

Damn it, how did they find themselves? The pilot was suddenly shocked. The slow helicopter had no chance of winning against the fixed-wing fighter.

We can only lower the height! The pilot was cruel and pressed the helicopter until it was almost flying against the ground.

A huge roar came, carrying air currents, and the helicopter shook for a while. The pilot stabilized the control column hard, and almost crashed because of the air current brought by the opponent's close flight.

There was a mountain peak in front of him, and the fighter plane pulled up gracefully and shot straight into the sky.

Run away quickly! The Hind pilot spotted the narrow space in the mountains ahead, and if he got in, he might be able to escape!

At this moment, the second F-16 flying behind had received the command from the lead aircraft: "069, visually confirmed to be a female deer, kill it!"

The pilot skillfully turned on the weapon switch, and the AIM-9L missile, which had been activated for a long time, quickly locked onto the target. Then, he pressed the button and the missile on the wingtip flew towards the armed helicopter in front.

The AIM-9L missile, which can attack head-on, is not difficult to hit the helicopter. When the F-16 wingman pulled up from the valley, the missile had already hit the hind.

"Boom!" The doe's tail was hit, and the propeller stopped spinning. Without the tail propeller, the helicopter immediately spun up. Due to the low altitude, the doe only spun three times before falling heavily to the ground.

The huge impact almost caused the people inside to faint. Fortunately, they survived thanks to the strong anti-crash ability of the female deer.

"Hurry, come down!" The people who were not unconscious shouted loudly. This helicopter will explode at any time.

In the distance, Belilovich in the cave saw all this, and his face turned pale. He had already recognized it, it was an F-16 fighter plane! It was this kind of fighter that knocked him down! It comes with new fighting rounds! Moreover, the radar of this kind of fighter plane has a strong ability to look down and shoot down. Otherwise, how could it have identified the direction in which the deer was flying and pounced directly on it!

Although it is said that the MiG-25's radar can burn through rabbits, Soviet fighters lag far behind in dealing with ground clutter.

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