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The night is getting darker and the noise of the whole day has already entered a deep and sweet dream.

At this moment, east of the Zhoushan Islands, more than one thousand kilometers away from the capital, two dark gray fighter jets were passing through the night sky.

Observing from the sea, the tail flames of the fighter jets thousands of meters away from the ground were dim and blurry, and they seemed to be patrolling slowly in the dark sky. However, the two J-17 "Xunlong" were performing routine cruises on the northern border of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone at the Mach 1.2 highway.

Flying the "Xunlong" long aircraft with number 31702, the major pilot was in the dim blister cockpit, keeping the radar silently receiving air information from the ground command center after the coastline. He only occasionally kept radio contact with the wingman No. 31705, which was flying several thousand meters away. Yesterday morning, he witnessed Bian Chao's death battle at the běi Jing Aviation Training Center. After taking an air force transport plane back to the suburb base in Hangzhou, today's night cruise was carried out by him and his partner Chen Sheng.

"The skylark, the skylark, is expected to arrive at the track 4 calibration point in one minute; there is no abnormality in the air, and it is finished."

"The skylark received; the navigation information is confirmed correctly, and it will reach the fixed point in fifty seconds, and it will be completed."

After communicating with the command center, Bianyuan turned on the radio encrypted channel to contact the wingman, reminding his partner Lao Chen not to fly over the predetermined steering point, and then continued to observe the electromagnetic signal reception and scanning on the multi-function display. Performing a cruise mission over the East China Sea with vast smoke and waves is not a bit challenging in this peaceful era. Since taking over the actual jurisdiction of the Ryukyu Islands airspace, the East China Sea air defense identification zone, which once played a huge role, has completed its historical mission; the aviation aircraft that appear here are a large civil aviation product besides the air force fighter jets and private aircraft, and these things do not require Bianyuan to pay extra attention to them.

If the division had not finally waited for the J-17 "Xunlong" to be replaced a few years ago and was then deployed to the second line for airspace control, they might have been driving the old su-27sk in the northwest inland at this time.

While flying a fighter jet cruise, thinking of yesterday's wonderful but helpless competition, he blinked in the cockpit, and felt a little sorry for his son. If he hadn't insisted on joining "Uranus" and using su-27sk to participate, he might have gone further.

With some of his own thoughts, Bian Yuan didn't know at this time that the long-range essence radar deployed in the coastal area behind him discovered a suspicious target from the east.

Ningbo, Zhejiang, Command Center of the First Air Force of Nanjing Military Region.

In the busy air condition monitoring hall, a large holographic display projection showing radar scanning information was displayed. A target with a speed and height was suddenly visible in the sight of the radar operator.

Unlike many surroundings that are displayed in light green and dragging the verified green route, this highlight that appears out of thin air and is constantly changing in height is immediately automatically captured and identified by the identification program. After quickly comparing the huge aircraft database but not finding matching information, the system seemed to pause for a second hesitantly, and then a sudden air-inspired sound came out.

The sudden eloquence was surprised by everyone in the hall. Most of them had never heard such eloquence since they served here!

"Empty information report! Identify outside the northeastern border of the area and find unknown targets!"

"oh--?"

After a brief surprise of one or two seconds, the lieutenant colonel on duty immediately saw the orange target displayed on the console: the identification column is an orange font "suspected fighter" with an orange font. The target is 630 kilometers east of Ningbo. The height when it was discovered was about 4 kilometers, and it was moving westward at a speed of 1.4 Mach; the echo of the target is still very weak at present, probably this is the reason why the essence radar deployed in Ryukyu was not discovered.

Altitude 6,000 meters, speed Mach 1.4, radar stealth target?

Isn’t this a typical enemy plane?

Without any hesitation, the Lieutenant Colonel immediately moved his mouse and clicked, blocking the target that was about to enter the eastern boundary of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone. Although it is not clear where this guy came out, the result of the automatic identification of the system should not be wrong. Could it be that the enemy plane playing the low-altitude penetration trick?

With the action of the lieutenant colonel, the airspace monitoring system deployed on the eastern coast immediately started to operate, and the automatic interception and guidance system searched for air-stagnant fighters in nearby airspace, and then issued interception instructions using the data link.

"Skylark, Skylark! Air information is reported, the target data has been put on the link; the orientation is 70, coordinates are 7529,9030! Immediately intercept the target information according to the predetermined line after confirming the target information. This is not an exercise! Repeat it, this is not an exercise!"

"——The Skylark received! Target data is confirmed and finished!"

Suddenly hearing the call from the command center, Major Bianyuan and Old Chen, both were shocked. The major stared at the display screen in front of him nervously and then confirmed that this was not his own illusion. Since joining the 15th Air Force Division, he has been flying in the sky for more than three thousand hours. In his more than ten years of service, he has never received a real report on air intelligence, even if it has not been once!

Although the incident was rushed, after confirming the target information of the ground guidance on the chain, Bianyuan immediately called the wingman to move closer to him. Two dark gray "Xunlong" turned on the rear burner and climbed up, accelerated, and rushed towards the target that was more than 100 kilometers away according to the planned intercept route.

I didn’t expect that this normal cruise will actually have real combat missions!

In this peaceful period, there are not many fighter jets cruising in the East China Sea air defense identification zone. Now, there are only two of them, "Xunlong" in the airspace hundreds of kilometers nearby. Since the situation is discovered, they must be dealt with immediately. Flying the fighter jets quickly towards the southwest, the green figures of the altitude and speed of the flat surface are constantly rising, and the thoughts of the far and far away are the same as Chen Sheng's at this time.

In the East China Sea, where no enemy planes appeared for more than ten years, the Ryukyu Jingjie Rings did not respond. Where did this goal come from?

Although according to the standard response process of the air defense identification zone, the suspicious target is to first come up and observe visually, confirm the target type and intention, and then decide on the next action. However, for such a high-speed target that rushed straight and radio without a response, the implicit hostility is obvious, then you can shoot down without saying hello!

The judgment of the two pilots was consistent with the emergency response order of the command center; however, observing the target movements captured by the radar, the expression of the lieutenant colonel on duty gradually became a little confused.

On the holographic display in front of you, the position of the orange highlight representing the suspicious target is still changing. The number next to it shows that the height has exceeded 8 kilometers, the speed is Mach 1.4, and it is still continuing to climb higher!

"Old Liu, could this be an American reconnaissance plane?"

When he found that the movement of this target was a bit weird, the lieutenant colonel tilted his head in confusion and asked Major Liu, who was serving as a cross-military service contact next to him, "Isn't this kind of climbing method come to be beaten?"

"I don't think so, otherwise the system should be able to recognize the model."

Looking down at the screen in front of him, Major Liu looked back with a hint of confusion, "Where did this come from the target? The navy's response has replied, the sonar array has not detected the signal; the satellite... neither, there is, no large surface ships such as aircraft carriers have been observed in the nearby waters where the target appears."

"Then...you see, you're still climbing!"

Just as the two were talking, they saw that the orange highlights on the holographic display had climbed to 13,000 meters. It seemed that there was still a momentum to continue to rise, and the speed was still maintained at Mach 1.4!

"This? This is—" I saw the display bar that the system automatically identified, and the font had turned into a red "suspected attack", and the lieutenant colonel's face changed drastically. If it was really a attack aircraft, then the trouble would be great. It was definitely not the two "Xunlong" that the system automatically commanded and intercepted now that it could stop:

"—Immediately confirm the cruise fighter jets in nearby airspace, where is the nearest attack unit!"

"Report! Nearby airspace...no attack units stayed in the air!"

"--What?!"

Why didn’t the raid planes be arranged for duty? Maybe it’s because singing and dancing have been prosperous for too long?

Thinking of this, the lieutenant colonel clenched his fists in anger, but who could have thought of the current situation? This East China Sea air defense identification zone hidden by the Ryukyu Islands usually has no eagles that dare to fly in without saying hello. What's going on today? I know the target information in my heart at this time that the system has been linked to the National Airspace Preparation Center, but the lieutenant colonel is a little worried. While asking Major Liu to contact the military command center immediately, he ordered the controller to remind the "Xunlong" two-machine that was intercepted in advance:

"The Air Force did not have a strong attack aircraft stagnant? What about HNA? Where is HNA's strong attack aircraft brigade? - Lao Liu, please contact HNA's Kyushu Base quickly. They have a 'Yanlong' station in Nagasaki! Let them dispatch urgently, and it will be too late to wait for the network to provide feedback layer by layer!"

Yes, if that's a striking plane-

The command center was busy. At this time, the two "Xunlongs" flying east also noticed something was wrong. According to the standard head-on interception and reception mode, they used the EOS system to capture the target more than 50 kilometers away while the radar was silent. The infrared characteristics of the target were very obvious under the dark night sky background; but they found that the target had climbed to a height of more than 16,000 meters at this time. The remote looked at the data sent by the command center with some confusion. It was indeed this number, and it seemed to be still climbing, and the speed was maintained at Mach 1.4!

Supersonic climbs to 16,000 meters, and there is no sign of leveling?

Damn, what kind of guy is this? It’s not that the American attack plane is coming to play!

Seeing the interception message from the command center on the display screen, Bian Yuan immediately called Lao Chen on the radio without any hesitation:
Chapter completed!