After Joel's report was sent back home, it was not taken seriously in the first place.

After all, today they are the only superpower in the world.

Think highly of oneself.

It is believed that no one can threaten their position.

Although under the pressure of the military-industrial complex, the annual military spending is still very large, but how much is spent on equipment renewal is a difficult question to say.

"FXXK, those rice buckets!"

Joel angrily slammed his military hat on the table.

"Rubbish!"

"Waste !!"

"I don't even have any useful information!"

"We also want to continue to cruise deep into the East China Sea!"

"They don't care about our lives at all!"

Joel's anger is not for nothing.

Being stationed abroad is a perk in itself, as few people can threaten them.

It belongs to the fact that there is more money and less to do.

Especially a base commander like him.

Life is more nourishing.

Supplies flown in from all over the world can fill several warehouses!

But there is a premise for such a life.

That is, no one around them can threaten them.

Now that there is an invisible Grim Reaper hovering around them, how can they still sit still!

Now everyone at the base has canceled their vacations and is officially in combat readiness!

"Those old men probably don't know the seriousness of the matter yet."

The intelligence officer on the side said after pouring Joel a cup of coffee.

"If they had known the seriousness of the matter, it wouldn't have been the way it is."

After taking a sip of coffee to calm down his excitement, Joel said:

"That 'ghost fighter' has recently advanced dozens of nautical miles towards us."

"If it goes on like this, I guess I'm going to fly over our airport!"

At this time, the air defense identification zone in the East China Sea has not been officially announced, but the boundary of Shi Hu's cruise has been flown according to the scope of the identification zone.

"Marino-sama, I pay more attention to this aspect on weekdays, you can convey your opinion to him!"

The intelligence officer reminded Joel that he could find the old chief he was more familiar with.

Marino is a high-ranking member of the Eagle Sauce Air Force and was once an ace in air combat.

Have a good understanding of future air combat tactics and fighter development.

Joel thought about it for a moment and realized that he couldn't find any reliable way other than General Marino.

"Well, I'll talk to Mr. Marino right away."

Halfway around the world, Marino's eastern region is just dawning.

But Marino had already woken up.

So I didn't miss Joel's call from thousands of miles away.

As soon as Joel said "Ghost Fighter", Marino's interest was piqued.

It is difficult for people in the world today who are interested in the development of future fighters not to be curious about this guy who may be a stealth fighter.

"You said this is likely to be a fourth-generation fighter developed by the Dragon Country?"

Marino is still skeptical.

Although the dragon country has shown a strong level of aviation manufacturing on the J-10 S sold to Pakistan the year before last.

But most people, including Marino, still believe that Dragon Country's aviation manufacturing industry is not among the top five in the world.

So Joel thinks that they have created a fourth-generation stealth fighter, which is really unbelievable.

But Joel's analysis also makes sense.

"They are the only ones who can fly to this area except our allies."

What exactly is the level of the surrounding allies, whether it is Joel or Marino, is clear.

In the post-war period, out of the need for ease of control.

None of these allies have a complete industrial chain.

So they want to develop a fourth-generation stealth fighter, which is simply a fantasy!

They even struggled to develop a third-generation fighter.

Fighter aircraft can only be produced if they are licensed for the production of fighters.

"There is some truth to what you say."

Marino sat in his dining room, eating his breakfast, and said slowly:

"But it's just your dictation, it's hard to convince the people in the Air Force Staff."

Marino himself is only a military adviser to the Air Force Secretariat.

If Joel can't come up with tangible evidence, then Marino will have a hard time helping him.

"We've been recording more and more contacts lately."

Joel said with some irritation:

"In the last week alone, we've had three contacts!"

"Sir, you know what."

"Every contact, for us pilot boys, means walking under the blade of death!"

"I can transfer all of this contact data to you."

Shi Hu: Their patrol is actually quite rough.

Normally, for such fighters that could threaten their own airspace.

First of all, it's all about shouting.

However, Shi Hu and the others are now relying on the fact that the two sides have not yet reached a unified understanding in this airspace.

Naturally, it is more drastic to do so.

As a result, every time the opposing pilot is locked in by a missile, he is very afraid.

And this locked state, no matter how they try to get rid of it by all kinds of means, it is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, and they can't get rid of it at all!

Almost every pilot who encounters a cruise has left a huge psychological shadow.

Not every pilot is able to face death head-on.

Especially in this place at Kadena Air Base.

Many pilots come here and think they're enjoying it.

The will to fight itself is weak.

"I'll report the information you encountered to the staff as soon as possible."

After listening to Joel's distress, Marino finally realizes the seriousness of the problem.

Since the disintegration of the woolly bear, they have rarely encountered such a situation of being crushed almost all the time.

Even in their military advisory group, many people believe that many military projects are now unnecessary.

Marino would have held the opposite view.

Now, Joel's report further corroborates his view.

On the same day, Marino wrote a well-founded report based on the data sent to him by Joel.

After all, it was personally handed over to the chief of staff.

The incident of the "ghost fighter" has finally attracted attention.

With this high level of attention, the intelligence services quickly compiled various pieces of intelligence.

A large part of this comes from the data given by Joel.

The "Ghost Fighter" is suspected to be a fourth-generation stealth fighter, and the owner is unknown.

It is suspected of having supersonic cruise and over-the-horizon air combat capabilities.

Out of a total of nine contacts.

Each time, fire control radar was used to irradiate our fighters, forcing our fighters to leave a fixed sea area.

Every contact caused a certain psychological trauma to the fighter pilot.

Most of the people in the staff have seen their own stealth fighter, the F-22.

After all, the first batch of F-22s will enter active service early next year.

So most people don't believe it when they see Joel's speculation.

Because a lot of this data has surpassed their F-22!

However, after seeing the psychological trauma reports of fighter pilots, this disbelief has decreased a lot.

Many of these pilots have undergone thousands of hours of training in China!

Psychological trauma of varying degrees is still occurring.

It can be seen how big the psychological shadow of the other party is to them!

There are many contents in the data, which still cause confusion among military advisers.

The most questioned thing is the speed of the other party.

"It can't be!"

A military adviser pointed to the speed of the report and said:

"They must be on the road at such a speed!"

In the report, Joel believes that the opponent's speed during the chase is at least above Mach 2.2.

Joel didn't say directly whether the other party had a problem with afterburner.

But just now Marino proposed that if the other party is really a fourth-generation aircraft, then it is very likely that there is no afterburner in the process.

Because judging by their F-22, supersonic cruise capability is almost standard for next-generation fighters.

Although there is no public new generation fighter in the world, everyone still has the same performance standards for the next generation of fighters.

However, Marino's argument instantly attracted a rebuttal from the other party.

"Their engines could never be so strong!"

The military adviser was still talking.

"Then you just think that their radar detection range has reached more than 300 kilometers, right?"

At this time, a military adviser next to him who has a say in radar said.

If the opponent's speed does not reach Mach 2.2.

Then ten minutes of supersonic flight time is enough to pull a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

And the other party was able to maintain the lock on the fighter for these ten minutes.

Then there are only two possibilities.

One is that it is fast enough to follow it all the time.

The second is that the radar detection range is far enough that it has never flown out of the other party's radar detection range.

Each of these two items gave a headache to the numerous staff officers present.

The first item means that the level of the other party's engine and aerodynamic structure are very high!

The second means that the other party's radar technology is even above theirs!

You must know that the AN/APG-77 active phased array radar equipped on their F-22 has 1956 T/R components, and the maximum detection range for a target of 5 square meters is only 297 km!

And even the radar reflective surface of third-generation aircraft rarely reaches 5 square meters, generally 3 square meters.

Even on specially designed models, or at certain angles, the radar reflection area is even smaller.

For example, the J-10 S, which adopts a special structural design and stealth coating, has a radar reflective surface between 1.2-1.5.

Even active phased array radars are not able to detect them until about 150 kilometers.

If the opponent is a stealth fighter, then the radar reflective surface will not exceed 0.5 square meters.

It is difficult to say whether the AN/APG-77 active phased array radar can have a detection range of 80 km.

Therefore, the staff officers are actually more inclined to believe in the first item.

After all, speed is not as important as radar in modern air warfare.

The quarrel between the military advisers continues.

Whether it was the problem of the radar or the speed still did not come to a conclusion

However, the staff officers did not care about these technical issues, they were mainly thinking about how to deal with this crisis.

This is the first time in recent decades that they have been crushed in the main battle equipment.

Most of the staff officers were somewhat overwhelmed.

"Shouldn't we tell Joel and them to be careful and not cause too much trouble in the near future?"

The staff officers who hold this attitude are the majority.

After all, the main strength of the Air Force is still concentrated on the more important AFH battlefield.

Even if the first batch of F-22s were in service, it would not be possible to transfer them to Joel.

Chief of Staff John Jiangpo was also a fighter pilot and was not a so-called executive.

So I still trust what Joel said in the report.

"Tell little Joel to keep him calm during the recent period, as long as the other party does not intrude into the airspace, it will be treated as if he did not see it."

John Jiangpo thought for a moment and then said.

"If the other party enters the airspace, send them out of the country after friendly communication with them."

In this kind of intrusion into other people's airspace, Eagle Sauce has done more of it himself, and John Jiangpo thinks that the other party will do the same.

"The Federation, for the time being, does not have the strength to start a war thousands of miles away."

Although military spending has been rising every year in recent years, it is difficult to say where a large part of it will go.

John Jiangper is well aware of their current form.

Among the front-line fighters, those old F-15 and F-16 really cost the Air Force too much money.

This is also an important reason why he has been vigorously promoting the purchase of new fighter F-22 fighters and eliminating those F-15 and F-16.

John Jiangper was thinking in his heart after sending Joel the latest orders.

The new stealth fighter undoubtedly gave him a good excuse to ask Congress for an increase in military spending.

Until then, he could only convince Congress with the F-22's performance improvement, which was enough to eliminate a large number of aging fighter jets.

Now he has a better reason.

Respond to threats from enemy stealth fighters.

To say the least, tens of billions of military expenditures can be sought.

——

At the end of October, a cold snap from Siberia struck the island where Kadena Air Base is located.

The hearts of many pilots on the island are as cold as this weather.

I'm afraid I'm going to go on a flight mission.

Joel was relieved when he got the latest order from home.

Finally, don't let the pilots risk the flight.

However, John Jiangper also gave Joel a task to find a way to test the performance level of the opposing fighter.

How to tempt it specifically, John Jiangpo did not say clearly.

Apparently John Jiangper also knew that this would not be easy to do.

I don't think Joel can test the other party's true level.

Just throw him a task.

So that he will not be left with nothing to do.

For more than a week, Joel's pilots never flew in the East China Sea again.

So much so that Shi Hu was on a routine patrol mission.

I was only able to fly under the blue sky for one hour at a time.

No unidentified fighter jets would break into their cruising path.

At one point, the pilots involved in the cruise process shouted:

"That's it, it's not as difficult as the drill!"

During the exercise, they faced a systematic and intelligent air force.

What we are facing now is largely a group of cowards who have been frightened.

(End of chapter)