Chapter 431: Sortie
At another air base, the sirens of the Global Hawk Trail monitoring system developed by Duke were idle for two weeks, and Cheng Chongjin's flight squadron members were a little lonely.
"Captain, when did you say that it would be the end of waiting like this, the brothers didn't do anything for a week, just sat at home, and the fat on their bodies was about to rise. I think this thing is really unreliable, this thing that the people of the ordnance industry have made up must not be useless, why has there been no reaction for so long. Seeing that it was almost afternoon, there was still no movement, and Li Dashan, the wingman pilot of Cheng Chongjin, couldn't help but jump out and say.
"The superior ordered, just wait, don't talk so much nonsense, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and you kid talk a lot." Cheng Chongjin is also a belly of fire, and if he continues to spend so much, his squadron will have a lot less training time than other squadrons, and when the regiment holds a flying skills competition in the future, it will be a bit of a loss.
As for making meritorious contributions through this task, at the beginning, Cheng Chongjin may still have a little delusion, but after two weeks, even this only delusion has been wiped out.
"Alas, I originally thought I had made a difference, but who knew that after waiting for this in vain, nothing happened" Tong Fangyong, the pilot of another plane in the squadron, also complained, "Fortunately, we didn't say anything, otherwise we would have been laughed at to death, isn't this a modern version of Kuafu's chasing Japan?" The people in the ordnance industry really dare to think that they can bite the Global Hawk just by relying on these satellite dishes, and some people above actually believe that it is no wonder that our equipment is so slow to improve, and our minds are focused on these things that catch the wind and shadows, and the main things are delayed. ”
They were complaining when suddenly the alarm on the monitoring system on the table beeped. Although this tick-tick voice was not loud, it seemed to resound like a heavenly sound in the hearts of Cheng Chongjin and others.
Several people stood up all of a sudden, and in the eyes of each other, they were indescribably happy!
"Team...... Captain! There is a case! Li Dashan was so happy that he couldn't say anything, this baby, that's it, Cheng Chongjin glanced at Li Dashan, and secretly scolded himself, but he didn't know that his hand was shaking the siren all the time, and he couldn't find a balance.
"Isn't this nonsense, don't stand here and be stupid, let's get started! Dashan, Fang Yong immediately boarded the plane and asked to take off, ready to carry out the mission! Although everyone was still talking strangely about the Duke system just now, when the real alarm was remembered, Cheng Chongjin quickly reacted and issued a combat order without hesitation.
After speaking, he picked up the siren and began to run towards the airport runway outside, turning on the walkie-talkie to report to the base commander while running, Li Dashan and Tong Fangyong were not far behind, and when Cheng Chongjin reported, they swooped past him and rushed towards their own fighters!
"Chief! We've got the message, the target is moving, and now we're going to take off right away, right! The target is now moving! Cheng Chongjin shouted loudly into the walkie-talkie, because this monitoring system is now only equipped with an alarm, Cheng Chongjin is with him 24 hours a day, so that he can take action at the first time.
I finally received the long-awaited good news today, so Cheng Chongjin panted and reported the situation to the head of the base while running.
"Good! I will clear the field immediately and let your squadron take off, this is the glorious task entrusted to your squadron by the Military Commission and the military district command, and you must do everything possible to successfully complete it! The head of the base also seemed very happy, to be honest, this task pressed on him for more than 2 weeks without movement, and he couldn't hold on.
After finishing the phone call with Cheng Chongjin, the head of the base dialed the phone of the commander of the air force of the military region after giving orders to all units of the base, "Report to the chief!" Our defense area has now found eagle tracks, and the third squadron of the first squadron is now ready to take off to carry out the tracking mission! Please the chief instructs! ”
"Good! Be sure to follow the advice of the ordnance experts, if you can bite that cunning eagle this time, I will give you the credit for the group! Although the commander of the air force of the military region was in a meeting, he did not get angry when he received the call, but cheerfully encouraged him after hearing the good news.
"Yes! Please rest assured! Mission completion guaranteed! When the head of the base heard the affirmation of the superior leader, he said loudly after swiping upright, for him, there is no better news than the commander's request for merit.
Almost at the same time, Qin Tairan also received the news that Cheng Chongjin had discovered the Global Hawk here, and the intelligence exchange request of Duke's monitoring system was arranged by him, and he couldn't hide any trouble.
"Duke, the southern base has found a global eagle tracking, and the current direction fed back by the ground monitoring station is ** degrees east longitude, ** degrees north latitude, and the altitude is about 10,080 kilometers." After receiving the news, Qin Tairan also said to Duke excitedly. "It looks like we're not going to be looking forward to it anymore this time."
"Let's go, we'll get over now. If there is anything to say, we will talk about it when we get on the plane. Duke said without hesitation when he heard that the South Side Surveillance System had spotted the Global Hawk.
Duke once studied that if the Global Hawk was discovered first in the south, due to the limited combat radius of Cheng Chongjin's J-7 fighters, they might be forced to return if they could not track it for long after discovery.
The distance from Duke's current base to the target area is more than 700 kilometers, and with the cruising speed of the Gulfstream G650, it will take some time to reach the target area, and the Global Hawk will not stand still, if the direction is not right, when Cheng Chongjin is forced to return, Duke's Gulfstream crew may not have time to arrive.
After all, the cruising speed of the Global Hawk is as high as 635 kilometers per hour, and the maximum cruise speed of the G650 aircraft is Mach 0.925, which means that if you fly in the same direction, the ultimate flight speed of the G650 is 500 kilometers per hour faster than that of the Global Hawk.
One of the Achilles' heels of Cheng Chongjin and their J-7 aircraft is that the range is short, even if they are full of auxiliary fuel tanks, their maximum range is a little more than 2000 kilometers, so they can't be expected to track for how long, and optimistically if they want to consider returning to base, they can probably track for a maximum of an hour.
Unless there are other airfields of ours that the Global Hawk is about to fly over, Cheng Chongjin will have to return after an hour of chase.
So Duke can't afford to waste a minute or a second of his time now.