Chapter 1004 What? Airspace is jammed?
40 minute later.
Longnan Airport's "Eagle's Nest No. 1" forward base.
The dim runway lights stretch out in the thick night, like a strip of light guiding the way home.
An Airbus A320neo (modified transport version), painted white and with the eye-catching Zhongzhou Theater Air Force emblem printed on its fuselage, was quietly parked at the start of the runway.
As the tower gave the order, the pilot pushed the throttle lever steadily.
boom--! ! !
The twin LEAP-1A engines suddenly erupted with a deafening roar!
The violent sound waves instantly tore through the silence of the early morning in the Longnan mountainous area, startling the birds sleeping in the deep forests, causing them to wail and flutter towards the dark sky.
Boom boom——!
Two high-pressure gas jets violently ejected from the tail of the plane, sweeping up the dust and water vapor on the runway and forming a rolling gray-white vortex.
Under the precise control of the advanced digital fly-by-wire system, the huge aircraft began to accelerate and glide, the speedometer needle climbed steadily, and the runway lights swept backward rapidly outside the porthole, forming streaks of light.
Inside the cockpit, the middle-aged captain with a slicked-back hair kept his eyes sharp as an eagle, staring intently at the instruments as he clearly read out the key data: "Thrust stable... 80 knots... V1... Wheel rotation!"
The moment the command was given, the captain decisively and gently pulled back the joystick!
The nose of the plane rose up, the front wheels left the ground instantly, the main landing gear tires rubbed violently with the rough road surface, and even a wisp of thin blue smoke came out!
The next second, the huge aircraft lightly broke free from the earth's constraints at an elegant pitch angle of 15 degrees, and its belly almost brushed past the red signal light at the end of the runway, piercing into the ink-thick black clouds above with an indomitable momentum!
The vortex drew two spiral trails of condensed water vapor at the tip of the huge wing, which looked like angel wings cutting through the night sky under the searchlight.
When the A320neo penetrated the low-altitude clouds and climbed to a relatively stable cruising altitude, the turbulence of the fuselage finally subsided.
Inside the cabin, the senior members of the Western Theater Command delegation, who had been holding their breath and tightly gripping the handrails, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But then, a stronger sense of anticipation and curiosity instantly replaced the nervousness. Everyone was informed of the news that there would be a mysterious fourth-generation J-16 multi-purpose heavy fighter escort!
So at this moment, including the two core leaders of the theater, Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Zou Yuan and Director of the Political Work Department Lieutenant General Zhang Shouzheng, all were like curious children, impatiently pressing their faces against the cold portholes, their eyes eagerly searching in the deep night sky!
In this regard, the J-16 twin-plane formation, which is responsible for showing off its muscles, will naturally not let them down!
"A320, this is Dragon Scale One. My formation has arrived at the designated airspace, bearing to your right wing, altitude difference 500 meters, distance 5 kilometers."
"Perform the escort mission as planned. Please maintain the current heading and altitude."
Suddenly, a calm, clear, metallic voice of a young pilot was heard in the cockpit communication channel.
Almost at the same time as the communication sound fell——
"Look! To the right!!" Someone in the cabin whispered excitedly.
Upon hearing this, all eyes in the cabin instantly focused on the starboard window!
In the deep night sky, two dark blue flames suddenly appeared from beneath the clouds like ghostly flames from hell. They rapidly grew larger and closer at an incredible speed!
coming!
The next second, two slender J-16 heavy fighter jets with sharp lines, painted in light gray and printed with the Zhongzhou Theater Air Force logo, like steel ghosts tearing through the night sky, suddenly jumped diagonally from the lower right rear of the A320neo with a suffocating sense of oppression!
Their movements are swift and precise, with a domineering attitude that looks down upon the sky!
call--!
The two J-16s flew one after the other with a very small distance between them, like two deadly black lightning bolts, cutting through the A320neo's right wingtip at a thrilling distance of less than meters at high speed and smoothly!
The huge wingtip vortices even caused the huge A320 fuselage to shake slightly!
At the moment of passing by, the belly and wings of one of the J-16 heavy multi-purpose fighter jets appeared clearly in everyone's field of vision under the moonlight above!
The cold metal skin reflects the cold light!
The huge Garrett air intake is like a black hole that swallows everything!
The PL-15 medium- and long-range air-to-air missiles and PL-10 air combat missiles mounted under the wings are clearly visible. The missile bodies are slender and exude deadly deterrence!
The powerful main wing + horizontal tail layout and the precise sensor apertures throughout the fuselage show an unparalleled industrial violent aesthetic at close range!
This is more than just an appearance!
This is a shocking show of force! A silent declaration!
The powerful maneuverability, precise control, perfect formation coordination, and the absolute air superiority represented by the icy mount were fully demonstrated at this moment!
After the two J-16s completed this visually impactful close pass, they did not move away.
The lead aircraft rolled lightly, and the wingman followed tacitly, instantly spreading out to the upper and rear sides of the A320neo's wings, like the most loyal knights of the sky, firmly occupying the escort position.
They maintained an elegant yet deadly cruising posture, the navigation lights on their wingtips flashing steadily in the night sky like two guardian stars.
For a moment, the entire cabin fell into silence.
All the officers in the Western Theater Command, including the knowledgeable Zou Yuan and the shrewd Zhang Shouzheng, seemed to be under a spell, staring blankly out the window at the airspace where the J-16 had disappeared.
Their faces were filled with extreme shock, indescribable excitement, and... a hint of instinctive awe of absolute power.
This is the "ghost" that recently made the entire air defense system feel like it was facing a formidable enemy?!
Zou Yuan, deputy commander of the Western Theater Command, came back to his senses and chuckled a few times. He had a lot to say, but in the end, he only said one word: "Beautiful!"
In the face of this pinnacle of aviation, any description pales in comparison. Zou Yuan's extensive vocabulary, aside from the word "beautiful," finds no powerful words to describe it...
Zhang Shouzheng, director of the Joint Political Work Department of the Western Theater Command, who was sitting in the back seat and also had the best viewing position, slowly withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath, as if he wanted to inhale the cold steel smell outside the window into his lungs.
He looked at Zou Yuan, who was also incredibly excited. They stared at each other in silence, but both saw the same message in each other's eyes:
The strength of the Zhongzhou war zone is far more unfathomable than they imagined!
And this legendary fourth-generation aircraft is far more shocking and irresistible than what the intelligence said!
...
An hour and a half later, the entire A320neo transport plane arrived at the night market approach airspace in such an eerie and silent atmosphere after the extreme shock.
However, when the pilot was contacting the tower to prepare for landing, he received a piece of news that surprised him and all the crew members in the cabin, and even felt magical!
"What? Are you saying there's a traffic jam at the landing strip at Longbao Air Force Base? Is it the Y-20 that's stuck?"
