Time flies, after the official start of the No. 22 project, everyone has entered the working state, and Chen Nian finally received a "gift" from He Hongwen, and the permissions of various research institutes are open to him, which has further improved his learning efficiency.

After all, with actual data verification and more optional "teachers", it is definitely a big help in the absorption and application of knowledge.

In addition, the previous results have also begun to have a fission effect, and 601 and 611 have made some achievements in aerodynamic design with reference to the data provided by Chen Nian before, which has brought him additional source point gains.

The number of source points he had accumulated soon broke through the threshold of 1 and reached 1.06 points.

However, he did not immediately analyze it, because Project 22 has not encountered serious technical obstacles for the time being.

His previous fears about linear friction welding did not affect the project---- and the amazing workers replaced linear friction welding with transitional liquid phase diffusion welding, or TLP welding, with almost no difference in performance.

Of course, this technology is certainly not as efficient as linear friction welding, but optimizing it is not the most urgent task at the moment.

Therefore, after discussing with the project team, Chen Nian put the goal of analysis on the fuel system, and two weeks later, submitted the structural design drawings of the F-22 fuel system through the electronic drawing software of the 606 Institute.

The people of the No. 22 project team were once again shocked, and even the legend that the central government had set up a special working group had even begun to circulate internally.

Otherwise, how can we explain so many technological breakthroughs in such a short period of time?

Lin Yongming and the other leaders did not deny this kind of legend, after all, it was better than they guessed Chen Nian's head......

As a result, the whole project progressed steadily in such an atmosphere of tension and mystery, everyone was tired, but also full of hope, and the progress of the project even vaguely began to exceed the scheduled plan.

Everything went incredibly smoothly.

However, while the No. 22 project team is making great progress, the south of the mainland is becoming more and more strange......

......

On the sea, a certain flight squadron and two Jian-8 fighters roamed over the territorial waters, patrolling this familiar sea area under the guidance of the sea surface radar.

Due to the routine patrol, the command did not ask for a state of radio silence, and the pilots of the two fighters intermittently informed each other of the situation.

"094 report, no enemy aircraft have been detected visually, and it is quiet today."

"092 report, visually undetected."

"Received on the ground, keep the on-board radar off, continue patrolling to the predetermined coordinate point, and then return home."

"094 received."

"092 Roger."

Both planes replied at the same time, and then, the pilot of Fighter No. 092 switched channels and said to 094 on the side:

"Lao Liu, something is wrong today, it's past 10 o'clock, why is there no movement on the other side?"

The pilot of the No. 092 fighter is called Xu Yang, and his partner today is Liu Chuanwu, and the two have served together in the same military region for 4 years, and they have quite a tacit understanding.

"I also felt that something was wrong. Before, their reconnaissance activities were very regular, and they always came to disgust us on time anyway, but look at the posture of the past two days...... It always felt like they had something big to do. ”

Liu Chuanwu frowned slightly, he tilted his head to look at the blue sea below, and a heavy worry surged in his heart.

"It's weird...... What else can they do? Is it possible to dare to enter our territorial waters? That's a terrible thing! ”

Xu Yang's tone was vaguely annoyed, during this period of time, they had to endure the provocations of the US reconnaissance plane every day, but they could not make any counterattacks, and the fire in their hearts was about to explode.

There were several times when he wanted to go up and knock the slow plane down, but after asking for instructions, he got only one order:

Shout and drive away.

After all, the EP-3E is not an advanced fighter, so what if they are knocked down?

Could it be that the life of an experienced J-8 pilot is not as good as a decades-old broken plane?

Therefore, he had to hold back his anger and repeat over and over again the standard, but almost ineffective, expulsion command.

This made him extremely angry.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the other party is indeed mainly harassing, and has never really crossed the final bottom line once.

Disgusting people are disgusting, but they are not yet to break out into a major conflict.

Thinking of this, Xu Yang couldn't help but sigh again, while Liu Chuanwu was much calmer than him:

"Whatever you're going to do, be prepared. Keep your eyes bright, check the weapon safety, and keep it off. ”

"If something unexpected happens....... Remember, our only weapon is ourselves. ”

"Understood."

Xu Yang agreed in a deep voice, and at this moment, the voice of the ground command suddenly came over the radio:

"The location is north latitude XXX, east longitude XXX area found UFO, preliminarily determined to be an enemy reconnaissance aircraft, 094, 092 immediately went to intercept. Attention, this is not an EP-3E, it's fast! ”

"Roger!"

The two of them replied immediately, but at the same time, a trace of doubt flashed in their eyes.

Not EP-3E?

What is that?

U2？ SR-71？

No, both of these reconnaissance aircraft have been disappearing for several years, and even the D-21 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft is still possible.

But the problem is that the D-21 will never appear on the surface of the sea......

Without thinking too much, the two immediately turned around and went straight to the location indicated by the radar.

As a high-speed interceptor, the J-8 has an extremely obvious advantage in speed, and in the case of afterburner flight, in less than ten minutes, the two fighters have arrived at the target airspace.

Subsequently, SCP-094 turned on the recorded radar and began a search, and two minutes later, the location of the target vehicle was discovered.

And when they entered the visual range, both Xu Yang and Liu Chuanwu took a breath of cool air at the same time.

It's really not EP-3E.

It's RC-135W!

This is an electronic reconnaissance plane that they have only seen in internal training materials, and it has made great achievements in both the Gulf War and the Iraq War.

And the deployment of this aircraft to the South China Sea sends an important signal:

In the judgment of the Americans, the situation in the South China Sea has escalated!

At this moment, the hearts of the two of them beat violently in unison.

"Command, this is 094, we have already visualized the enemy reconnaissance aircraft, it's RC-135W!"

After a momentary pause, an order came from command.

"Immediately carry out the expulsion, and they must not be allowed to get further close to the territorial sea and airspace line!"

Compared to the EP-3E, the RC-135W's electronic reconnaissance capabilities are superior, and some data show that when he is at an altitude of 6,000 meters, the detection range is almost twice that of the EP-3E.

If it is really allowed to approach the airspace, then Huaxia's military deployment information will be further exposed.

After receiving the order, Liu Chuanwu did not hesitate at all, and immediately drove the fighter to catch up with the RC-135W, and then, as usual, he started the drive away call in the public channel.

However, that RC-135W did not respond in the slightest.

It was as if it had figured out that the Chinese side did not dare to use force, and still firmly moved in the direction of the reservation.

And in front of it is the coastline of China.

The first expulsion, ineffective.

The second time, 094 made an extremely dangerous drum maneuver over the RC-135W, but the opponent remained unmoved.

The third time, 092 shuttled under the belly of the opponent at high speed, and the wingtips of 094 were almost attached to the wingtips of the RC-135W.

But the other party's flight was still smooth.

"Lao Liu, what should I do?"

At this time, the RC-135W was less than 40 nautical miles from the territorial sea line.

At its current speed, it would take less than five minutes to approach territorial waters.

"Do one more round of exorcism!"

Liu Chuanwu gritted his teeth and said.

However, he knew in his heart that such an action would not have any effect.

Two minutes later, Liu Chuanwu flew 094 to the front of RC-135W, and then he turned on the wireless communication and reported to the ground command:

"The enemy aircraft refused to leave and requested an interception."

At this time, his heart was extremely calm.

He was ready for everything.

Everything, that means, including himself.

The waiting time for a response seemed like a long time, even if it was only a short ten seconds.

"Interception is allowed, stay safe."

Liu Chuanwu exhaled heavily, and then, he pushed the throttle, and the tail of the Jian-8 erupted into a blazing blue flame.

The sirens sounded, and the RC-135W grew larger and larger in the field of vision, followed by two planes, one large and one small, staggered by.

The tail of J-8 was completely shattered, and the flames suddenly erupted!