Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

“Ten minutes left. The target has turned at the designated location and is flying east, heading directly towards K16 base.”

“Our pilots are quite skilled.” Qin Yang exclaimed. In this era, there's no satellite navigation. The J-7 also lacks inertial navigation. It all depends on the pilot's estimation. Sun Tianqing can fly so accurately under these circumstances, demonstrating top-notch professional skills.

“Five minutes left!”

“Our J-8 has caught up to the target, trailing twenty kilometers directly behind. It can't escape.” Old Lin said, “Now, let's wait another five minutes and see if your design is effective.”

“Director Qin, did you come up with this plan?” Director Zhang also spoke, seemingly to ease the tense atmosphere of the last few minutes, “How did you think of this method? What are its advantages?”

“If this method succeeds, it will deter anyone who wants to defect.” Qin Yang said, “With the country opening up, many people have seen the outside world and have thoughts of betraying the motherland. But it's not easy for them to leave. Pilots have it much easier, they can just fly a plane over. So, we must prevent this from happening. As long as this is successful, a bit of propaganda will deter them.”

Old Lin and Director Zhang's expressions turned serious: “There are such people?”

“Among thousands of pilots, there will always be bad apples.” Qin Yang said, “Of course, we hope that every pilot will live up to the trust of the motherland and the people, but we must also have such means to deter them.”

Qin Yang encountered Sun Tianqing this time, using his experience from his previous life to deduce what this guy was going to do. What about next time? There were eight defection incidents in the eighties. Qin Yang can't possibly encounter all the people involved. If he wrote a list saying who would defect, why would the people in front of him believe him?

“Even if the target is shot down by the J-7 this time, we will promote it as your method.” Director Zhang said.

“One minute left!”

Everyone fell silent, waiting for the report from the maritime observation post.

A fishing boat appeared directly in front of Sun Tianqing's flight path. A hidden high-speed camera was aimed at the direction the target was flying from and had already started recording.

Having flown out several hundred kilometers, Sun Tianqing had relaxed. After turning at that designated point, he felt that he had already succeeded. Now, he had completed most of his journey. Even if the country discovered his true intentions, there would be no chance to send a plane to intercept him!

Thinking of this, Sun Tianqing unconsciously glanced behind him. However, the cockpit of the J-7 fighter jet had almost no rearward visibility. Even if he looked back, he definitely wouldn't be able to see the J-8 fighter trailing twenty kilometers behind. This shortcoming of Soviet-style fighter jets would only be resolved with the MiG-29 and Su-27.

Sun Tianqing looked back just for psychological comfort. He turned his head back to look forward. The other side of the sea was his intended landing point. With the current fuel, it was more than enough.

How much reward would he get after going over there? According to what they announced, at least two thousand taels of gold. That would be enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life. Once he got there, he would definitely marry a beautiful wife and live a Western life, the life he longed for!

Just as Sun Tianqing was looking forward to the beauty of life, suddenly, he heard a 'bang'. Then, a gust of air blew from above his head.

What's going on?

Sun Tianqing looked up and found that the canopy had actually flown off!

Could it be that the canopy locking device had malfunctioned? Just as he made this judgment, scorching flames burst out from under his butt. He watched as the cockpit and instruments quickly disappeared from his sight, and he knew what had happened: he had actually been ejected!

No, no!

His vision was black, and his heart roared. He was about to succeed, but he failed at the last moment! Moreover, it was because of a sudden ejection seat activation?

“Report, the target has been ejected, everything is successful!”

Hearing this news, Director Zhang, Old Lin, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

“Immediately salvage, bring both the plane and the person back! Especially the person, must be brought back for public execution!” Old Lin shouted loudly, and after saying this, he laughed heartily: “Today, this plan was very successful, Director Qin, let's go eat later, we must have a good drink!”

Sun Tianqing had no idea he had been schemed against, he only thought it was an accident: the ejection mechanism of the seat malfunctioned, and at a critical moment, it automatically ejected him!

Under the strong overload in the initial stage of the rocket ignition, he experienced severe blackout and almost fainted. However, when the parachute opened above his head, he still regained consciousness. Looking at the sea under his feet, he wanted to cry but had no tears. There were still hundreds of kilometers to go, he couldn't possibly swim over. Moreover, the treatment for flying over and swimming over would definitely be different. Not to mention thousands of taels of gold, even hundreds, or even dozens, would be unlikely.

Soon, the drenched Sun Tianqing was rescued. He said to the other party in English: “I am a pilot from the East, please take me back now, I will give you a lot of money.”

“Can you say it in your native language?”

“Of course…”

Something's not right!

Sun Tianqing suddenly reacted. How could South Korean sailors speak Eastern languages? He looked in surprise at the direction the voice came from. As the voice spoke, a person walked out of the cabin, wearing a military uniform and a peaked cap!

In the next moment, Sun Tianqing wanted to jump back into the sea, but the two people dressed as fishermen next to him had already held him down tightly.

“Sun Tianqing, are you worthy of the cultivation of the motherland and the people?”

“Sun Tianqing, do you know how many people you will harm by doing this?”

“Sun Tianqing, do you know you will be sentenced to death?”

Sun Tianqing's face was pale, and he didn't say a word. The ship had already turned around and was heading back.

“Sun Tianqing, do you not repent even in death?”

“I want to know, why did my seat suddenly eject?” Sun Tianqing knew what his fate was, he was completely devoid of emotion, only this question plagued him.

“This can be told to you. Of course, we installed a special positioning device on the ejection seat. As long as the fighter jet leaves the predetermined flight range, the ejection device will be activated.”

“How does this special device know that it has left the predetermined flight range?”

“Well, high technology, I don't know either.”

Didn't find a J-7, found the most advanced fighter jet of the old Maozi, and it was still a canopy ejection.