Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Sun Tianqing didn't want to wait any longer. Paper couldn't contain fire, and eventually, the truth would come out. These past few days, the base had been busy with the matter of the downed American Tomcat fighter, a time of utmost chaos. Therefore, carrying out his plan now would be much easier!

So, Sun Tianqing proactively requested to resume testing. A few minutes later, he received a response: the test would begin in two hours!

Sun Tianqing went to the pilot's preparation room to get ready. When the time was almost up, he dressed neatly and strode towards his 045 fighter jet. However, just as he reached the tarmac, he was stopped.

"Old Sun, you've been flying 045 lately, but you haven't found the cause of the malfunction. Perhaps you're stuck in inertial thinking. Old Tu said we should have a pilot from another base fly it to see if we can get any new insights. You fly the target aircraft this time."

The Marconi company's avionics equipment, improved from the J-7 fighter, was designed to capture targets twenty kilometers away in the air and provide launch data for airborne missiles. Therefore, each takeoff required not only a test aircraft but also an aircraft to serve as a test target.

The target aircraft was also a J-7 fighter, and a more advanced J-7II model. When Sun Tianqing looked over, he was delighted to see auxiliary fuel tanks hanging under the wings!

"Okay, is it full of fuel?" Sun Tianqing asked.

He always flew 045 with half fuel, so even if he wanted to fly far, he wouldn't necessarily be able to. Now, flying the target aircraft was different. If it was full of fuel, he could definitely fly to his destination!

"It's full of fuel. It was filled up that day when we planned to search for the Tomcat, but we didn't pump it out later. Anyway, it'll be gone after a few uses."

"Okay, then I'll get on the target aircraft. Is it the original route?"

Sun Tianqing strode towards the 048 fighter, climbed into the cockpit, and turned on the power. Sure enough, it was full of fuel!

Sun Tianqing watched a pilot from the base climb into his original 045, waved to him in a friendly manner, then closed the canopy, started the engine, and taxied towards the runway.

The target aircraft definitely needed to take off first, reaching the test airspace first, and cruising normally under the monitoring of ground radar. Only then would 045 follow and search the airspace there.

The fully fueled fighter was a bit heavy. Sun Tianqing taxied all the way to the end of the runway before taking off. In the control tower, Pang Dahai's judgment increased: generally speaking, takeoff requires afterburner to shorten the takeoff distance, but Sun Tianqing didn't use afterburner because he had special ideas!

"045 has taken off, preparing to climb to a height of one thousand meters."

"045, pay attention, your current number is 048."

"048, roger." Sun Tianqing's voice was steady, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Zhou Shuizi Airport was originally on the coast. After takeoff, it could fly over the sea during the climb. At this time, 048 became a bright spot on the radar of Zhou Shuizi Airport, getting farther and farther away, five kilometers, ten kilometers, fifty kilometers...

In the same airspace where the Tomcat fighter crashed, the bright spot suddenly began to plummet.

"048 report, bird strike, bird strike!"

Generally speaking, bird strikes mainly occur during takeoff and landing, after all, most birds only fly a few hundred meters high. However, there are also a few birds that can fly high, even the black and white vultures of south-central Africa can fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters. However, the sky is so wide that hitting one is definitely considered bad luck.

Now, is Sun Tianqing that unlucky guy?

Of course not, he did it on purpose!

To defect, Sun Tianqing was desperate. He pushed the control stick to dive, and deflected the rudder pedals. The J-7 spiraled down in the air, just like entering a stall spin.

Although the J-7 had been in service for many years, the stall spin was still a forbidden zone. Once entered, no one knew how to recover, only eject. Now, Sun Tianqing used this method to successfully deceive the base's radar station, and then, it disappeared from the radar screen!

Precious fuel was injected into the afterburner combustion chamber, and a blazing flame came out of the tail. The J-7 fighter continued to accelerate and move forward at an altitude of tens of meters above the sea. From this moment on, Sun Tianqing officially embarked on the road to defection!

At this moment, his heart was very calm. He knew that the radar of that 045 had a search distance of only twenty kilometers, and it couldn't find him at all. By the time 045 flew to the crash site, he would have flown a hundred kilometers away. Now, he was about to live the life he wanted!

Fly south first, then fly east! He didn't know how many times he had planned this route. Although it was a bit of a detour, it could avoid many eyes.

He didn't know that many people were watching him.

On the sea, inside a fishing boat.

"Report, visual confirmation of J-7 fighter, number 048, flying at ultra-low altitude and high speed! Direction is south! Sonic boom clouds are gradually gathering in front of it, and it will soon reach supersonic speed!"

Old Lin looked at Old Tu: "How many minutes left?"

"In our settings, timing starts from the moment the engine starts, a total of half an hour. If we calculate it now, he can still fly for twenty minutes."

"Twenty minutes? Then he'll fly to the other side. No, we can't wait any longer. Immediately order the J-8 to shoot it down!"

"It can't keep the afterburner on all the time. It's only the initial stage of escape. The afterburner is to leave the fake crash site as soon as possible. In another minute, he will turn off the afterburner. Don't worry." Qin Yang, an outsider, was actually the clearer observer.

"That's right, let's wait a little longer!"

"The target has not entered supersonic speed and has begun to reduce speed, continuing to fly at ultra-low altitude over the sea!"

If Sun Tianqing was in the mood to look at the sea below at this time, he would find that there was a fishing boat every tens of kilometers on his flight path. However, even if he found it, he wouldn't pay attention. Even if he paid attention, he had no other way. Now, he could only fly along the predetermined route!

He wouldn't even know that the danger wasn't coming from the outside, but from under his butt!

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