Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

H-6 bomber base.

Lengthening the wings involves modifying the aerodynamic layout, which can bring about various unpredictable problems. At best, the aircraft becomes difficult to control; at worst, it crashes and burns. However, if we're just adding some foam board attachments to the outer edges of the wings, it won't have much of an impact. To prevent this foam layer from affecting the aerodynamic shape, we've even poked some holes in it to prevent any pressure difference between the upper and lower surfaces of the wing. Once painted, you won't be able to tell.

Two Americans who helped with the modification stood beside the runway, watching the massive H-6 leave the ground, their eyes filled with anticipation. When the steel beasts clash in the sky, it will be a truly spectacular sight!

They were full of expectation.

Zhou Shuizi Airport.

The Tomcat fighter spread its wings and soared into the sky. In the front cockpit, Scola was incredibly excited: "This time, we're definitely going to capture the most spectacular footage! Who cares about an inverted canopy? An aerial scalpel is the coolest! Our Tomcat will win fans all over the world with this shot!"

In the past few days, he had captured a large number of classic shots. He knew that he would become world-famous because of the broadcast of this film!

After taking off, the H-6 quickly appeared in his lens.

They could film their own planes as much as they wanted, and reshoots could be done as needed. But for the opposing aircraft in this confrontation, they could only film it in the East. The photographer firmly captured the H-6, and was also impressed by the agility of the Easterners. All the Eastern markings on it had been erased, and what appeared before him was a genuine Soviet Tu-16R reconnaissance aircraft!

Use the most realistic shots to win the favor of all viewers!

The director sitting in the cabin was also very excited: "Attention, grab a few shots first. By the way, have we placed cameras inside the bomber's cabin?"

To capture these classic shots, they had placed many cameras, such as six cameras in the front, rear, left, and right of the Tomcat fighter, which could be used when editing the film later.

Hearing his question, the photographer turned around and said, "No, they said the interior of the cabin is confidential and they can't let us install cameras. But we can borrow one of their ground simulators later to shoot relevant shots. That's also acceptable, after all, the pilots inside have to be replaced."

"Internal secrets? What secrets could a 1950s bomber have?" The director was a little dissatisfied. "But we really can't film Eastern faces, we need to replace them with some actors to film."

"Maverick reporting, target acquired, requesting permission to start acting according to the script!"

"Of course, be careful."

The Tomcat fighter flew head-on towards the H-6, and the spectacular scene began. The Tomcat fighter made various dazzling maneuvers, trying to drive away the bomber. However, the bomber didn't react in any way and continued to fly steadily along its original course.

"Damn it, since it won't get out of the way, then we can only play some exciting games!" Scola knew that his moment of glory had arrived! He maneuvered the fighter, circled around to the rear of the H-6, and then aimed at the H-6's left wing.

Aerial scalpel!

The Tomcat fighter flew towards the H-6, and everyone held their breath.

Throughout the process, the H-6 didn't need to do anything, just maintain level flight. All the acrobatics were up to the Tomcat fighter. Now, would an aerial collision occur?

At some point, Old Lin appeared at Zhou Shuizi Airport and stood beside Qin Yang.

"Old Lin, according to our plan, there should only be two people inside the H-6, right?"

The H-6, as a large bomber, requires a crew of six, including those sitting in the cockpit, those sitting in the nose, and those sitting in the tail. If a problem occurs and they need to parachute, some eject downwards, and some eject upwards. The success rate of escape is very low.

Qin Yang didn't want any accidents to happen because of his suggestion. The lives of the country's pilots are the most precious!

"That's right, just two people, the pilot and co-pilot," Old Lin said. "If there really is an accident, the safety of the personnel is still guaranteed, and underwater preparations have also been made."

As a pilot, Old Lin's eyesight was very good, and he could even see the bomber in the sky fifty kilometers away over the sea, but others couldn't see it, they could only listen to the calls on the radio.

"Fifty meters!"

"Ten meters!"

"Five meters!"

"The nose passes under the wing!"

Scola was extremely excited. He watched the huge outer section of the H-6 wing sweep over his head, knowing that the most classic shot was about to come out. He hoped the photographer wouldn't mess up and would complete these awesome shots in one take.

In the rear cockpit, Snodgrass twisted his head back, looking at the vertical tail behind, as perfect as planned. The right vertical tail was just cutting into the outer edge of the H-6's left wing!

Wait, why are there sparks?

Could it be a special effect?

Just as Snodgrass hadn't determined what the specific situation was, he was surprised to see something fly up.

The outer edge of the H-6's wing didn't fall off, the thing that flew out was the Tomcat fighter's vertical tail!

The Tomcat, which originally had a twin-engine, twin-tail layout, suddenly had half of its vertical tail knocked off!

Now it had become a real aerial scalpel! In this head-to-head contest, their Tomcat fighter had lost!

The next second, flames erupted from the tail of the Tomcat fighter.

"Right vertical tail broken off, right engine on fire!" Snodgrass shouted loudly, "Requesting ejection!"

For American pilots, there's no such thing as protecting the aircraft. Once they encounter an accident, they protect themselves first. The plane belongs to the taxpayers, and their lives belong to them.

However, Scola in the front cockpit stopped him: "Don't worry, Goose, we still have one engine and one vertical tail, we can fly back…"

After speaking, Scola pushed the throttle of the left engine all the way forward, wanting to compensate for the power loss of the right engine's fire. But, the plane transmitted a unique tremor, and then… a red light indicating that the left engine had stalled lit up on the instrument panel.

"Don't call me Goose! Damn it, you should know that we need to caress the throttle lever like we caress a woman! The TF30 engine is a beautiful lady, and never accepts rash men!" Snodgrass said, while pulling the ejection handle above his head.

The TF30 limited the Tomcat's maneuverability, and the pilot would experience surge and stall if they moved too roughly.

Now, both engines were over, what else could they do?

Bang!

According to the procedure, the canopy above the head needs to be jettisoned first, and then the rocket under the pilot's butt can ignite and take off. However, whether it was the jettisoning of the canopy that wasted time, or the pilot's ejection seat that ignited in advance, Snodgrass's head slammed hard into the canopy, he let out a scream, and then lost consciousness.

This scene was exactly the same as Goose's death. The accompanying camera recorded this scene, and everyone was silent.

"Helicopter, quick, rescue helicopter!"