This is phantom? Tsk, as a special new machine, it feels cool. ”

"Of course, if it is eye-catching, it is not a stealth machine, the biggest advantage of the phantom is its secret "sex", which will give us a tactical advantage, losing this biggest reliance, the phantom's actual flight "sex" ability is not as good as lightning, even against the super banshee, it may not be able to take advantage, anyway, I think it is enough."

"It's a pity that it can't be optically invisible, and if it flies too close, it will inevitably be discovered. Otherwise, the god sneaked behind the enemy plane without knowing it, hehe, how cool would that be......"

"Optical invisibility? You're talking about not only electronic sensors, but you can't even see that kind with the naked eye, right, it's really greedy enough to swallow elephants, you have seen too much science fiction? If you can really achieve complete stealth, then you can pay it back, it is equivalent to opening a golden finger, and the Imperial fighters and battleships fight against enemies that they can't see, do they still use their lives? The Federation is still so polite to send us for combat testing? The Federation is not a Tomcat but a Phantom in a large-scale redress. ”

"At most, the Phantom can only be used as a special type of aircraft to assist 'sex', and it is impossible to completely replace the existing fighters, not only because it is far from enough in quantity, but also because it is extremely expensive to manufacture......

..........

In the hangar of the Archangel space carrier, a group of pilots of the Archangel, such as Risson, Schneier, and Yao Feilun, were talking about a strange starfighter that was slowly taxiing on the deck and entering the designated parking position. The surface of the fighter body is painted with light ink "color" and has undergone a special matting process, which looks dull and rough, in order to pursue low visibility and be less likely to be noticed by enemy aircraft, at first glance, it is quite similar to the paint of Ryson's lightning starfighter.

However, in terms of actual "sexual" performance indicators, there is still a considerable gap between phantom and lightning. Although a new generation of ionized energy reactors is used. But the light is seen in terms of the output power of the energy. The Phantom is a cut worse than lightning, the energy output power of lightning can support four powerful Earth Ion Engines, while the Phantom is only equipped with three poor Earth Ion Engines, and a considerable part of its energy output is directed to the Shadow Force Field Generator, which requires powerful energy, this special generator, can generate a layer of electromagnetic force field on the body shell made of composite metal materials. This gives the phantom blocking electronic sensor the magical and hidden characteristics of detection.

But there are gains and losses, in addition to the large weight of the shadow force field generator itself, the energy it needs is also extremely huge, and the blocking force field it produces will also conflict with the energy force field generated by the fighter's ground shield generator, and the two are incompatible, so once the phantom starfighter turns on the shadow force field, it will lose the protection of the energy shield.

To solve this problem. The designers of the Federation could only do this by polarizing the special material shell of the fuselage. Providing limited protection for the fighter while the Shadow Field is on is better than nothing, but the Polarized Shell Armor is much worse than the Energy Shield. Not only is the attack tolerance that can be withstood smaller, but also, when the energy shield provides protection for the fighter, the energy beam actually does not really hit the fighter's body, and does not cause real damage to the fighter, and the polarized shell armor, each energy beam actually hits the fighter fuselage, although most of the attacks can be blocked by the armor, but some small damage is still inevitable, and if you are unlucky, the energy beam hits the cockpit and other vital parts, maybe one or two accurate hit the ground beam, can easily destroy a Phantom.

The ability to protect is not as good as lightning; The firepower is not very good, two mine "shooting" cannons and one ion cannon, and the belly hardpoint can only carry a maximum of six image recognition missiles or two quantum torpedoes, which are similar to the old-style banshees and hellcats, and the firepower configuration is pitiful; As the three important elements of firepower, protection and mobility, the mobility "sex" ability has improved compared to the old Banshee and Hellcat, but it has not reached the level of lightning, at most it is similar to the improved and enlarged version of the old Banshee like the Super Banshee, the reason is very simple, the energy output power of the ionized energy reactor itself is insufficient, resulting in the thrust-to-weight ratio of the Phantom fighter itself is not high, in addition, since the Shadow Force Field Generator cannot make the fighter achieve optical invisibility, it will not only not be of much help in close air combat, On the contrary, it has become an extra piece of dead weight on the fighter, which increases the burden of energy output, and it is strange that the maneuverability can be strong.

But it is not to say that the Phantom is a waste, although it cannot be the protagonist in the frontal air combat battlefield, but in other aspects, such as sneak attack on the enemy's early warning and control aircraft, rapid attack, covert reconnaissance, surveillance..... and other special fields, there is still a lot to be done.

In short, while listening to the discussions of his colleagues, Risen came to the conclusion in his heart: although the title of stealth fighter sounds loud and cool, it is not the myth of invincibility, the key is how to use it, and if you use it well, you can easily gain a considerable tactical advantage and take the lead in battle; If used at the wrong time, the Mirage stealth fighter would not even be as good as a Lightning.

It's a pity that the number of Phantoms provided by the Federation this time is too small, not only because this fighter is also an actual combat verification aircraft of new technology, but also because of this

The stealth force field generator on the fighter jet and the composite material on the surface of the fuselage are few, difficult to produce, process, and extremely expensive, so that the phantom type cannot be manufactured in large quantities, let alone applied to warships, how powerful is the stealth force field generator? The shell of a warship is even larger than that of a fighter, more than dozens of times.

The Coalition only received a total of ten Phantoms, divided into two squads, with the Seventh Fleet equipped with one squadron and the other squadron equipped with the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet to fill the void caused by the departure of a considerable number of Federal Volunteer Pilots...... 1 6k mobile station.

The first Phantom had arrived at its hangar, right next to Sonia's pink lightning starfighter, and the roar of the three ion engines gradually changed from loud to small, and finally became inaudible, and the ground crew immediately surrounded the fighter and began to fix the fighter and inspect and maintain it.

The cockpit canopy opened, the ground crew put the boarding ramp on the side of the Phantom cockpit, and the pilot of the Phantom fighter stared at the pink "colored" lightning with mixed emotions - some excitement, some excitement and anticipation, and some nostalgia...... As early as when the Phantom was still gliding in the hangar, he had already noticed the row of Lightning fighters with familiar paint, and he didn't expect to see it again here.

Taking off his combat helmet and shaking his short black hair, the pilot of the Phantom stood up from the Phantom's cockpit and prepared to leave the fighter.

"It's so familiar! By the way, who's coming? While Risen was still trying to dig out old memories from his brain, Yao Feilun, who was standing beside him, had already rushed up and hugged the one who had just walked down the gangway.

"Zhang Xiaojing," Ruisen blurted out, he finally turned out the name of this familiar person from his memory, "How could it be you?" ”

"It's really her," Schnell opened his mouth in surprise, "No, she just left, and here you go again?" ”

"Why can't it be me?" The girl with short black hair blinked slyly, "How about this unexpected surprise?" Everyone, it's been a long time, I'm so happy to see you......"

The pilots of the other four Mirage fighters also left the cockpit, and Risen saw that they were all young girls, two of whom he recognized as former Blue Angels, and the other two that he did not recognize, but were very young, and Risen guessed that the two of them might be newcomers to the Blue Angels.

After a brief introduction to each other, Yao pretended to be blamed and took Zhang Xiaojing's hand, "Why are you so mysterious, and you are here without prior notice?" ”

"Hehe, I just want to surprise you to keep it a secret, and everyone's reaction didn't disappoint us." Her laughter echoed through the hangar like silver.

"By the way, as the acting captain of the Blue Angels, why did you come here without saying a word? Sonia and Annie have just been away for a short time, and they have returned to the Federation on the Alliance One fast ship, do you have any contact when you pass by? After she returned to the Federation, you, the acting captain, came to the Alliance, and it doesn't matter if you don't hand over the Blue Angels to her? Risen asked curiously.

"Contact? What should I say when I get in touch? Zhang Xiaojing showed a bitter smile on her face, "There is nothing to hand over anymore, the Blue Angels have been disbanded, some of the team members have retired, and some have gone to other units, I don't know how to face the captain." ”

"What? How so? Why disbanded the Blue Angels? Isn't our Blue Angels always a very good record? Yao's face changed immediately, she couldn't believe this fact, her voice was trembling, "Xiaojing, you lied to me, didn't you?" You're going to give us another surprise ......."

"Fei Ren, it's true." Zhang Xiaojing's sad eyes suddenly showed a sense of resentment, "First you left, and then the captain and many excellent team members also had no news in the alliance, and it seems that the war will not start again in a short period of time, in the eyes of those big men, there is no need for the Blue Angel to continue to exist, what are they in their heads......"

“...... Many people were assigned to other units, and some chose to retire, including me, they simply approved, it seems that they don't need us," the girl sighed softly, "After the disbandment, everyone felt very bad, empty, 'dang', far from being relaxed and happy when they were together, just at this time, I heard Delenis, who was still in the army, said that he had restored contact with the Alliance, and was ready to recruit voluntary active, reserve, and retired personnel to join the Alliance to fight, you know, went?" It's hard to say when I'll be back, so the applicants weren't very enthusiastic, but I don't care......"

"The Blue Angels are not disbanded," Risen comforted softly, "Look at the row of lightning around you, it just went from the Federation to the Alliance, as long as there are people, the Blue Angels will always be there." ”

That being said, he began to worry about how Sonia, Annie, Lanlan, and the others who returned to the Federation would react when they knew that their original combat unit no longer existed.