On this day, Xu Huai'an, the squadron leader of the third squadron and one of Cheng Chongjin's iron buddies, came back from flying and met Cheng Chongjin who was on standby at the airport, and couldn't help asking: "Dacheng, what mission are you performing, why don't you move all the time, how do you perform the task just staying at the airport?" Breathe through the wind with your brothers, is it escort or reconnaissance? ”

However, after asking this question, he also felt unreliable, since the third-generation aircraft, the J-7 series fighters have withdrawn from the front-line combat deployment, and their main combat mission has changed to train pilots and is used as a second-line reserve force.

"Neither escort nor reconnaissance, you better not inquire, to be honest, we are just ordered to be on call, and the specific task will have to wait for the headquarters to come down directly, and the military region may not be clear, and we are even less clear about what we are going to do." Cheng Chongjin said with a sloppy look.

On the one hand, there are confidentiality requirements for this matter, and on the other hand, Cheng Chongjin feels that this task is really not very reliable, relying on their fast-growing J-7 to track today's most advanced drones, I am afraid it will make people laugh out of their big teeth.

Their squadrons have all trained the use of the monitoring system invented by Duke, and the functions of indication, tracking and navigation in the airborne monitoring system are somewhat technical, after all, it is the first generation of products, and Duke has not considered it so thoroughly, and some of these details are not trained at all to figure out how to use them, so the goal of this mission is very clear to the three of them.

Cheng Chongjin said this is tantamount to talking nonsense with his eyes open.

But the Air Force Command of the Military Region may really not know, this matter was promoted by Qin Tairan, and the order issued directly from the Military Commission required the Air Force of the Southeast Military Region to send a squadron to cooperate, and the specific task was determined by Qin Tairan and their military industry.

"Pull it down, Lao Cheng, if you have a good thing, you can hide it, it's really not enough buddy, don't forget to treat yourself when the time comes." Xu Huaian said with some dissatisfaction, but as a soldier, he knew that there were some things that he should not inquire about, and since Cheng Chongjin was unwilling to say it, this task must be a confidential mission.

So although he was still a little curious, he stopped talking about it in time, this kind of thing should be stopped in moderation, otherwise it will be difficult for Xu Huaian to explain clearly if something goes wrong in the future.

"You see we've been staying like this for almost a week, and we're sitting a little inflexible, and we're talking about meritorious service," Cheng Chongjin said with a wry smile. "It's not as good as you, at least you can still fly normally, you can learn more exquisite techniques, and you will be able to adapt faster to fly new models in the future."

"Okay, Dacheng, you can go by yourself," Xu Huaian scolded with a smile, "It's a bit hypocritical to complain." ”

Duke didn't know that his newly developed detection system had such a bad reputation among the Air Force. Moreover, the Air Force actually sent only a second-line flight squadron to carry out this potentially epoch-making mission. The maximum range of this type of fighter is only about 2,000 kilometers, that is, the combat radius is only within 1,000 kilometers, and this has to be attached to all the auxiliary fuel tanks!

The only thing that meets the requirements is that this fighter can still fly at supersonic speeds, which can be much faster than the Global Hawk.

If Duke knew that the Air Force sent this kind of old plane, I am afraid that his heart would be cold, even if this performance bites the tail of the Global Hawk, it can be tracked for about an hour at most. In such a short period of time, it is really difficult to say whether Duke's verification can be completed.

However, without the trace of the Global Hawk, Duke will not go to the front line to waste time, so Duke is not very clear about the greatly discounted cooperation of the Air Force now.

Soon, Duke asked for the production of more monitoring ground systems, with three as a group, more than ten groups were deployed on the southeast coast, almost covering more than 3,000 kilometers long and more than 100 kilometers wide sea frontier, that is, Duke has a lot of money, so he will directly produce dozens of sets of systems in one breath, and it cost more than 10 million yuan to create such an alternative early warning system.

But there is always a reward for the effort, and the big net cast by Duke finally had a harvest on the third day of deployment, and in an air with weak domestic air defense forces, it was the first to discover the shadow of the Global Hawk, but this area was too far away from the airfield on standby by Cheng Chongjin, beyond the combat range of Cheng Chongjin's fighters, so everyone could only watch the shadow of the Global Hawk disappear outside the ground monitoring system.

"Duke, here's the thing, the new fighter on the Air Force side has a combat readiness mission, and the model assigned to us for tracking this time has a limited combat radius, so we have not been able to seize the opportunity this time. I'm really sorry, I blame me for this matter, and I didn't coordinate it well. On the phone, Qin Tairan reported the incident to Duke with great regret.

When Duke heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, he couldn't imagine that with his relationship in the middle and high-level of the army, he would be so out of shape at the specific implementation level, and when he heard Qin Tairan say this, he realized that the cooperation problem that he thought was completely unproblematic suddenly became prominent.

It's hard to say anything about this matter.

"Brother Qin, how can I blame you for this" Duke comforted, "It's okay, I think this matter is not like this, you come to coordinate the airport and the pilot, I will transfer three latest models of G700 business jets to do this, I didn't think about it before, if you want to track the Global Hawk, it is really too reluctant for the average fighter, the key is that the time in the air is too short." It is not possible to achieve the purpose of long-term tracking. ”

Now that Duke has a high degree of internationalization and has built a fleet of business jets of various types, there is really no pressure to deploy three business jets to carry out this task.

But as soon as Duke said this, Qin Tairan was under pressure. Duke didn't say anything, but he was actually very disappointed in the Air Force guys. I also blame myself for underestimating this, and let the Air Force send a second-line flight squadron out to be embarrassed.

"Duke, I'd better coordinate with the Air Force on this matter, let them dispatch capable fighters, how can you be embarrassed to let your business jet do this kind of thing" Qin Tairan hurriedly said, "If you want to say that the cruising distance is long, you have to choose a transport plane, but the transport plane has higher requirements for the airport." ”

"Don't, Brother Qin, don't be polite to me about this, the target of the transport plane is too big, you have to get three planes to track in formation, which is tantamount to startling the snake, or use my business plane to be more secretive, as long as the pilot is reliable, this point will be coordinated by you." When Duke heard Qin Tairan say this, he was afraid that this matter would have more twists and turns, so he hurriedly insisted.