I built an armada.

Chapter 676 White Bear: It’s not me, don’t slander me!

Oh my god, is this crazy?

The reconnaissance plane high in the sky actually flew at a speed of 1.5 Mach!

You should know that the fastest flight speed of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft is only 0.8 Mach. Although the Eagle Tribe's more advanced and faster high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft is already in production, it has not been put into actual testing, so it naturally cannot be used.

"Damn, which country does this reconnaissance plane belong to?"

"Its level of advancement far exceeds our current reconnaissance aircraft."

Bowensmith was very unhappy. He filtered all the tribes in his mind, but he did not take the Longxia tribe's air force seriously.

In fact, it cannot be blamed on him, because looking at the entire Blue Star, the Longxia Air Force is backward. It was sanctioned by the White Bear Tribe not long ago. The technology it possesses is simply not enough to produce such advanced reconnaissance aircraft.

Naturally, he set his sights on the White Bear Tribe.

Because the White Bear Tribe Air Force inherited the air force from the Soviet Union era, and also inherited two of the best aircraft design and manufacturing bureaus on the blue planet, Sukhoi and Mikoyan!

This fighter jet must be the new reconnaissance aircraft developed by the White Bear Tribe!
"It seems that the White Bear Tribe has not forgotten to continue to interfere in the Dongzhou waters and has even sent a reconnaissance plane here." Bowensmith was quite unhappy.

In just half a minute, Dark Sword No. 1 flew out of the maximum range of radar detection.

At this time, the second F18 Hornet fighter took off and rushed towards the target.

In just a few minutes, Dark Sword No. 18 flew hundreds of kilometers, and it would not be easy for the two F fighter jets to catch up.

What's more, the maximum flight speed of the F18 fighter is only 1.8 Mach.

Watching Dark Sword No. 1 disappear on the radar screen, Bowensmith's face became extremely gloomy, and his fists clenched tighter. The feeling of humiliation made him extremely angry!
The flight altitude of 25km is a terrifying height for many countries on the blue planet. It is out of reach! Even reconnaissance aircraft can rarely reach it, let alone fighter jets.

Even many surface-to-air missiles cannot reach it, not to mention that the maximum flight altitude of Dark Sword 26 has reached km!

The White Bear Tribe's surface-to-air missiles once shot down U-2, but that took a lot of effort. Bowensmith is now not sure whether the White Bear Tribe will not speed up research in this area and develop more advanced surface-to-air missiles.

However, Bowensmith is well aware that the Patriot 2 surface-to-air missiles equipped by the Eagle Tribe can reach a maximum altitude of 24 kilometers, while the missiles of the National Missile Defense System can reach an altitude of 30 kilometers.

This type of missile has been installed on the Aegis cruiser, and he can use it to shoot down the reconnaissance aircraft, but this is the last resort.

Just by this height, the Eagle Tribe has left the other tribes on the blue planet far behind.

Bowensmith was helpless as he did not use missile attack immediately because Dark Sword One was too far away from the USS Carl.

That's about 200 kilometers away, and 25km in the air. Even if the Aegis cruisers in the USS Carl's aircraft carrier fleet are equipped with the most advanced air defense missiles, they are still out of reach and there is nothing we can do!
That feeling of powerlessness made Bowensmith very unhappy. It was the first time he encountered such a situation in all his years in the army!

In the past, other countries were left staring blankly at the unscrupulous reconnaissance of the U.S. military, but they never thought that they would have such a feeling today. It was like the total opposite of the heavens.

Of course, the sudden reconnaissance activity did not affect his execution of the original plan!

Even though it was unclear what purpose the reconnaissance plane had in conducting surveillance on them, Bowensmith was not disturbed at all and still ordered the USS Carl aircraft carrier fleet to head towards the target sea area.

At this moment, he was also feeling uneasy, wondering how much intelligence the reconnaissance plane had taken away.

In addition, there is another point, why at this time, the White Bear Tribe's reconnaissance opportunities appeared in the Pacific Ocean to conduct such unscrupulous reconnaissance activities.

Isn't the timing too good to be true?

Just as he was racking his brains, suddenly a bright light flashed in his head.

"Could it be that the White Bear Tribe and the Longxia Tribe are only feuding on the surface, for show to other countries? In fact, the two tribes have already reached some kind of military alliance? So the White Bear Tribe took out this secret weapon and went to the Pacific region for reconnaissance? And made targeted deployments based on this?"

Once this idea came up, it spread quickly, making Bowensmith feel that this possibility was the greatest.

"If this is really the case, then this operation will be exposed and we will have to make some changes to the plan."

Bowensmith muttered to himself, and his expression became more serious.

He doesn't need to worry about the Longxia Tribe, nor does he need to take it seriously, but when facing the White Bear Tribe, which is an old rival that has been fighting with the Eagle Tribe for decades, he needs to pay attention to it. Even the entire Western Alliance dare not take it lightly.

Although the Longxia tribe's navy is strong enough to pose a considerable threat to the aircraft carrier fleet and has many advanced warships, the White Bear tribe is also powerful. In addition to having an aircraft carrier fleet, it also has a strong air force.

If a full-scale confrontation broke out, the people at the Eagle Tribe Command could ignore the White Bear Tribe's air force, but now they only dispatched three aircraft carrier fleets.

Within the Dongzhou waters, the White Bear Tribe also has many military bases that can provide assistance, and also has a Pacific Fleet.

Thinking of this, Bowensmith's face became solemn, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

The next second, he looked at the signalman and gave an order: "Contact the combat team immediately and make sure to shoot down that damn reconnaissance plane! We must not let it go back!"

"Yes!"

The signalman immediately contacted the two F18 Hornet lead planes that had just taken off and issued the order.

Even so, Bowensmith felt that this was still not enough, and immediately continued to order the signalman: "Contact the headquarters immediately and tell them that we have found the White Bear Tribe reconnaissance plane. Let our headquarters inform all departments to take precautions in this regard."

"Report all the relevant data we have about the reconnaissance plane." The signalman immediately responded: "Yes!"

At this moment, in the main control room of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl, there was a very busy scene, with several communications soldiers working together to perform different tasks!
On the other side, over the western Pacific Ocean, Xie Zhenyu was controlling the Dark Sword No. 1 to fly rapidly towards the Longxia tribe, staring at the radar screen from time to time.

At this moment, about 18 kilometers behind Dark Sword One, the first F1.8 Hornet that took off had reached a maximum speed of Mach. It was staring at it like a vicious wolf, not relaxing for a moment and approaching rapidly.

And further away, the second wingman F18 Hornet that took off urgently was still on its way.

Looking at the rapidly approaching target on the radar display, Xie Zhenyu couldn't help but frown, secretly calculating the specific performance of the F18 Hornet fighter following behind him.

"It has reached a speed of Mach 1.8 and is still flying at the maximum altitude of 15km. This should be the Eagle Tribe's latest F18 Hornet fighter, right?"

Soon, a lot of performance data about the F18 Hornet emerged in his mind, even including the various types of air-to-air missiles it carried and related weapon systems.

As a top ace pilot of the Longxia tribe, he is naturally familiar with the performance of all fighter jet models of the US military.

"I don't know which batch of F18 fighter jets this is. Forget it. No matter which batch it is, I can't let it get within 100 kilometers of me!"

He knew very well that once the distance was reduced to 100 kilometers, the F18 Hornet could use air-to-air missiles to attack, which would be quite dangerous for a large reconnaissance aircraft like the Dark Sword One.

Of course, there are also two air-to-air missiles under the Dark Sword No. 1's rack, and they can strike targets at a very long distance for self-defense, but there are only two of them.

In addition to two air-to-air missiles, there are also jamming metal foil strips and decoy bombs at the tail of the aircraft.

With the current speed of Mach 1.5, Xie Zhenyu felt that he still had a chance to escape. If worst came to worst, he would increase the speed to Mach and fly Dark Sword No. back to the mainland no matter what.

In order to avoid the worries of Su Dingping and others, he did not report the news that he was targeted by the Eagle Tribe's carrier-based F18 Hornet, but wanted to rely on his own flying skills to avoid the attack.

Of course, the most important thing is that when he came out to perform the reconnaissance mission, he was ready to sacrifice!
"Haha, the wingman finally showed up, dispatching two F18 fighters at the same time. This really gives me, Xie Zhenyu, face."

Seeing another fighter jet with the same signal source appear on the radar screen, Xie Zhenyu couldn't help but sneer at his own self-deprecating smile, and his blood began to boil.

Next, he continued to travel at a speed of 1.5 Mach. As long as he persisted for a while, he would be able to return to the waters of the Longxia tribe. By then, he and Dark Sword No. would be safe.

The speed difference between the two is 0.3 Mach. It takes more than half an hour to shorten the distance by 160 kilometers.

He calculated carefully in his mind that at the current flying speed of Dark Sword No. 1, it would take more than half an hour to reach the East Desert Sea before it could be caught up and have the first confrontation.

"Not only does the chance of survival exist, it's quite high." Xie Zhenyu comforted himself in his heart.

And 200 kilometers behind Dark Sword One, the pilot of the first F18, who was also the lead pilot, was feeling extremely annoyed and unhappy at the moment.

Dark Sword No. 1 was only concerned with running away and didn't bother with him at all, nor did he give him the chance. This left him with no choice but to chase him desperately.

"Damn bastard, when did the pilot of the White Bear Tribe become so cowardly? What a coward, he didn't even give me a chance to fight!" The pilot cursed in great dissatisfaction.

He did not think that a fight between a reconnaissance plane and a fighter jet was an extremely unfair contest. It was just like an unarmed ordinary person fighting a soldier armed to the teeth, which was a very shameless act.

He even felt that Dark Sword No. 1 should wait for him and let him shoot it down!
"Fuck, a reconnaissance plane can actually fly at supersonic speed for such a long time, it really makes me angry!"

Seeing that Dark Sword One continued to fly at high speed, the pilot suddenly swore. It really gave him a headache.

After cursing for a while, he reluctantly turned on the communicator and communicated with the aircraft carrier.

"Captain, the target is still flying at a speed of Mach 1.5. It will take some time to shoot it down. I am trying my best to catch up."

After receiving this news, Captain Bowensmith immediately called the head of the aviation department and asked him to calculate the time required between the two.

After some calculations, he found that it would take at least forty-five minutes to catch up with the opponent and shoot it down.

Even if there is a height difference between the two, the medium-range air-to-air missiles carried by the F18 Hornet can shoot it down as soon as it is discovered.

If the distance is too far, although the radar can detect it, the missile's range is not enough, and there will be no chance to shoot down the mysterious reconnaissance plane.

After being an aircraft carrier captain for so many years, it was the first time that Bowensmith felt that the speed of the F18 fighter was too slow. It would be better if it could be faster, exceeding Mach .

Of course, he didn't know that the Dark Sword No. 18 was larger than the F Hornet and could carry more fuel, so it could naturally maintain supersonic flight for a long time.

Mach 1.5 was when Xie Zhenyu was confident in his flying skills. Otherwise, if he turned to the maximum flight speed of Mach 2, the distance between the two could be extended.

Of course, even if we maintain the current speed, the fuel consumption is still quite terrifying.

After all, supersonic cruising requires afterburners, which is equivalent to letting the two engines directly inject fuel into the rear instead of spraying it into the combustion chamber inside the engine.

"If only the new generation of stealth fighter F22 were put into service, this situation would not happen again." Captain Bowensmith sighed helplessly.

Of course, he didn't know that the F22 Raptor fighter is currently only used by the Air Force, and not by the Naval Aviation as a carrier-based aircraft.

However, the maximum flight speed of the F18 fighter is indeed not as good as that of the F22 fighter which has supersonic cruise capability.

The only equipment belonging to the navy is the F35 fighter.

(End of this chapter)