Chapter 4

“Attention all departments, notify the fighter jets to take off in an orderly manner!”

Deng Jianguo gave orders to the walkie-talkie.

In a short while, the roar of fighter jet engines came from above everyone’s heads.

The fighter jets flew past like giant birds soaring in the sky.

“Hahahaha!”

“The J-20’s speed is indeed the fastest! It’s a cut faster than the J-11B!”

“After all, it’s a fifth-generation fighter! If its speed couldn’t even beat a fourth-generation fighter, wouldn’t that make others laugh their teeth off?”

“However, there are still many difficulties in modifying the J-20 into a carrier-based aircraft...”

Just as the scholars were discussing, Deng Jianguo’s pager rang.

“Report to the Chief!”

“Pilot 1002 cannot take off!”

“I’ve never seen this J-8 before, I don’t know how to fly it at all!”

“It’s too weird...”

Deng Jianguo was stunned.

You say you don’t know how to fly the J-20, I can understand, after all, it’s a fifth-generation fighter, and there aren’t many in the entire Air Force who know how to fly it.

You don’t know how to fly the J-8?

Are you embarrassed to be in the Air Force!

How did you become a pilot!

The Eighth Master has been in service in the Air Force for decades, and pilots have spent more time flying the Eighth Master than driving cars.

How can someone not know how to fly it?

“Pilot 1002, please don’t joke, take off immediately!”

“Chief! I’m not joking, this J-8 is really different...”

“There’s even a manual in the cockpit, and I can’t understand a single word...”

On the other end of the pager came the pilot’s aggrieved voice.

Deng Jianguo silently looked at Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui.

He vaguely remembered that he had handed the task of modifying the J-8 to this kid.

What kind of mess are you making, kid...

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s body trembled, and he hurriedly said: “Chief! I’ll go take a look!”

“Alright!”

Zhao Lao looked at this side with a smile and continued: “Let’s go along too.”

“Let’s see what this J-8, which even the pilot doesn’t know how to fly, looks like.”

As soon as Zhao Lao said this, a burst of laughter erupted in the field.

Immediately after, everyone followed Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s footsteps to the J-8’s takeoff point.

At just one glance, all the academicians and experts present were stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning.

This streamlined fuselage, this perfect aerodynamic design, and this silver-gray exterior design, it was full of technological sense!

It was handsome beyond reason!

“This aerodynamic design, it seems to be, it seems to be the F-22’s...”

“And this fuselage shape, it’s perfect like a piece of art!”

“Is this really a J-8?”

“Senior Colonel Deng, this is definitely not a J-8. I’ve studied planes for so many years, how could I not recognize a J-8.”

“This of yours should be a concept plane model, and a very advanced one at that!”

Zhao Lao walked to the J-8, stroking the fighter jet in front of him while saying.

“This plane definitely won’t be able to fly...”

Deng Jianguo and Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui were also confused when they heard this.

Especially Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui, who was full of question marks at this moment.

That’s not right!

What he gave Song Qi back then was clearly an Eighth Master?

He just asked him to modify it to be handsome, what on earth did he modify it into!

How did it become a concept plane?

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui shook his head and hurriedly said: “Zhao Lao, I personally sent this plane for modification, the engine is fine, it must be able to fly!”

“If you don’t believe me, I’ll fly it for you to see right now!”

After speaking, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui let the pilot on the plane get off and sat in the cockpit himself.

Looking at the cockpit full of technological sense in front of him, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

Holy crap!

It looks even more advanced than the J-20!

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui, you must be calm, you can’t lose face in front of Zhao Lao and Liu Lao.

Bring out your skills as an ace pilot.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui was indeed an ace pilot and could even fly the J-20, but facing the J-8 in front of him, he was also at a loss.

Suddenly, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui saw a red button at his hand.

Wait a minute.

Could this be the plane’s start button!

Holding the mentality of giving it a try, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui pressed the button.

The next second, four engines emitting blue light started instantly.

A thrust came.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui, took off...

Four blue lights sprayed out from the bottom of the fighter jet.

The scorching high temperature baked the air, causing it to twist and deform.

The hot air wave blew everyone until they were swaying and almost fell to the ground.

The fighter jet in front of them actually didn’t need a takeoff run and flew up like a helicopter.

Looking at the scene in front of them, the shock in the hearts of the academicians had accumulated to an extreme point.

“How is this possible? This is a fighter jet! It can actually take off and land vertically? Even the Freedom Country’s F-22 Raptor couldn’t do this!”

“With this vertical takeoff and landing technology, the J-20 could be directly modified into a carrier-based aircraft!”

“Not to mention anything else, just this takeoff technology alone definitely leaves the J-20 in the dust!”

“If we could make this fighter jet stop and hand it over to our Sky Sword Research Institute to study it well, we could definitely overcome a bunch of technical bottlenecks!”

“The most terrifying thing is this engine, the power is too sufficient! Can we find such an awesome engine in the country...”

You know, not just in the Long Kingdom, even on a global scale, the vertical takeoff and landing of fighter jets is an incredibly difficult problem.

Even with a technological level as strong as the Freedom Country, research on vertical takeoff and landing of fighter jets only stays on PPT.

It is still at least decades away from producing actual results.

The vertical takeoff and landing of fighter jets is different from helicopters and large transport aircraft; the latter use high-speed rotation of propellers to form air cross-flow, thereby generating upward buoyancy to rise vertically.

But the vertical takeoff and landing of fighter jets relies on the engine and its own starting structure!

The gap in difficulty between them can be described as one in the sky and one on the ground.

If the difficulty coefficient of a helicopter’s vertical takeoff and landing is one, then the difficulty coefficient of a fighter jet’s vertical takeoff and landing technology is definitely ten thousand!

Once a fighter jet masters this technology, the improvement in performance is simply too exaggerated!

At this moment, Zhao Lao looked at the J-8 modification that was slowly taking off with bright eyes, his cloudy eyes full of the surprise of discovering treasure!

If this fighter jet could be obtained for research, it would definitely make the Long Kingdom’s fighter jet R&D level improve by ten years!

“Senior Colonel Deng!”

“Quick! Help me connect to the fighter jet’s communication system!”