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Chapter 2593 The trump card is revealed (First update, please subscribe)
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Dozens, even hundreds, of blazing red tracer bullets were launched from different artillery positions on the ground, like a net woven by death, drawing countless blinding bright lines in the air. They were not random, but guided by the fire control system, converging towards the focal point where the beams of light intersected—the predetermined flight path of the drone!
The tracer bullets' trajectories intertwined in layers, forming a pattern that suddenly bloomed and contracted in the air. The innermost trajectories almost grazed the black fuselage of the drone before exploding into bursts of flames.

The shells exploded in the air, continuously sending out bursts of red flames.

Suddenly, the drone in the beam of light shuddered violently, and then, driven by inertia, continued to glide forward for a short distance before beginning to tumble and fall.

The tracer rounds' trajectories thinned out instantly, and they began to change course, searching for their next target. The searchlight beams continued to track other targets.

"That's it, that was fantastic!"

Huang Chengzhi shouted excitedly, as if he could see himself being commended by his superiors.

In the beams of the searchlights, the drones exposed their own people.

On the position, the deafening roar of artillery continued, and the 57mm anti-aircraft guns continuously sprayed bullets into the air, following the beams of searchlights.

The gunners were shouting excitedly, pointing at targets in the air and yelling loudly. The acrid smell of gunpowder and propellant filled the air.

They shot down another drone.

Those drones may evade radar, but they cannot escape people's eyes. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the dark night sky.

At this moment, the war seemed to have regressed by several decades.

Radar and missiles have become useless; only anti-aircraft guns and human eyes can still function.

While the anti-aircraft artillery units were drawn to the drones and they were casting searchlight beams to the southwest, the attack team in the northeast seized the opportunity to launch an attack on the helipad.

At that moment, several MiG fighter jets in the airport were scrambling to take off and engage the enemy, but they were hit by rockets as soon as they taxied off the tarmac. The wing of one of the MiG-21s was blown off, the fuselage lost balance, and it crashed into the protective barrier beside the runway, triggering a secondary explosion.

Within minutes, more than a dozen MiG fighter jets, attack aircraft, and transport planes were destroyed at more than eighteen military airfields from Saigon to Thang Long. The airfield's fuel depots were also attacked, and the tarmac was littered with burning wreckage of fighter jets. Thick smoke billowed from the burning fuel depots, and the flames illuminated half the sky.

The drone swarm that completed its attack mission did not stay. Instead, following pre-set instructions, some flew towards other small military targets within Thang Long territory, while others began their return journey.

Less than half an hour into the battle, multiple radar stations within Thang Long territory were destroyed, the air force base was paralyzed, and its air defense system was thrown into chaos due to the destruction of radar stations, making it impossible to organize an effective counterattack.

Calls for backup were being made on all radio channels.

High in the sky, the returning drone swarm remained silent, just as it had come, and was still difficult to spot on the radar screen.

On the decks of the two converted drone carriers on the sea, a flurry of activity was underway as returning drones landed one after another.

Behind them, the flames and explosions heralded the arrival of a new era...

To a certain extent, it did indeed herald the arrival of a new era of warfare.

The two EC-130H electronic jamming aircraft did not begin electronic jamming until after the first round of drone attacks was completed.

In the past, electronic jamming was a prelude to SEA military operations and a signal of war.

In order for the success of all other phases within the 100-day air strike period set by the military, Allied aircraft must achieve absolute air superiority over the target airspace without hindrance.

Of all air defense systems, radar is the most crucial. In modern warfare, radar is a very important and extremely useful tool, although there are many other superior weapons.

Radar can detect aircraft in the air; radar can guide friendly fighter jets to take off and intercept them; radar can guide anti-aircraft missiles; and radar can also enable various artillery pieces to target aerial targets.

Therefore, destroying radar at the very beginning of the war was intended to blind the enemy.

A boxer without eyes. No matter how tall or strong he is, it's meaningless.

Originally, according to conventional tactics, the military should have first implemented electronic jamming, and then used high-speed anti-radiation missiles to strike the enemy radar, which would then explode.

This would create an opening in the enemy's air defense network. Then, the air force would launch an attack through those openings.

But today everything has changed.

At the outset of the war, the military deployed low-observable Searcher drones to conduct a full-scale strike on enemy targets deep within their territory—radar stations, airfields, and other targets—without electronic interference.

After a round of attacks, the air power of this so-called "fourth military power" was almost completely destroyed!

Only then did the signal of war—electronic jamming—arrive belatedly.

This sudden attack caught them off guard and paved the way for their next move.

The next force deployed to the battlefield was not aircraft carrier fighters, but "Night Shadow" stealth fighters.

While the drone swarm launched its attack along a coastline of thousands of kilometers, thirty-six Night Shadow fighter jets entered the northern skies from over Cambodia and Laos.

Although the Nightshade fighter jets played a crucial role in the air raids on Damascus, their existence remained unknown to the world. However, on this particular day, when the Nightshade took off from an airbase in Siam, it immediately attracted the attention of reporters eager to obtain firsthand news related to the war.

Journalists from around the world flock to Udon Thani Air Base in northeastern Siam, where the Siamese Air Force's most elite units are deployed, equipped with F-3 fighter jets whose combat radius covers the entire Indochina Peninsula. This military facility, originally built near an 11th-century temple, contains an underground ammunition depot constructed by the US military during the Vietnam War, with tunnels capable of simultaneously housing 24 fighter jets.

This is also a forward base for the ASEAN coalition forces.
That's why it attracts journalists from all over the world, who park their satellite broadcasting vehicles outside the base's barbed wire fence well in advance, and point their television cameras at the base.

Although the military refused to allow reporters to enter the front lines without permission, the area next to the air force base... is a residential area.

This is hardly cutting-edge information. They even rented nearby houses and pointed their camera lenses at the airport from the rooftops of the bungalows.

As a result, when those shadowy figures took off, they immediately attracted the attention of the reporters.

"Look, what kind of plane is that?"

"It looks very strange..."

It's the strangest fighter jet in terms of appearance. Flying overhead, this aircraft is entirely black with many sharp angles on its fuselage. Although they don't know that these angles can reflect most of the radar waves sent towards it and absorb the rest into itself, it prevents the enemy from knowing its existence by not reflecting the enemy's radar waves back to the receiver.

Its unique angles make its shape extremely unusual, so unusual that it is easy to spot at a glance.

"This is a new type of aircraft!"

Just then, a reporter suddenly said:
"Ghost, Ghost, that's right, it's Ghost... It's the legendary stealth fighter!"

Amidst excited shouts, reporters had already pointed their cameras at it, marking the Night Shadow fighter jet's first public appearance—in fact, this was intentional.

The purpose of displaying it is to intimidate, to tell Moscow and other parties that I have something you can't find.

You better watch out. If you want to go to war, then you'll be facing this revolutionary stealth aircraft.

Sometimes, keeping secrets is to prevent others from knowing that a trump card exists.

Sometimes, going public is also to let others know about the existence of a trump card, in order to create a new deterrent.

And so, on this day, the day the war began, under the watchful eyes of the world, the Night Shadow stealth fighter was revealed to the world for the first time.

Just as the Nightshade stealth fighters took off, while the reporters were still in shock, there were some people watching the formation of aircraft take off near the air force base. These people were neither reporters nor secret agents; they had arrived there immediately after the ultimatum was issued.

Upon discovering that fighter jets were taking off one after another, they immediately picked up their mobile phones and reported to their respective employers.

"Their planes took off, many, at least hundreds, flying in all directions, yes, hundreds, flying in all directions... Yes, the war has begun..."

These people were sent by various financial institutions in New York. They came here to obtain news of the outbreak of war as soon as possible.

Compared to Night Shadow stealth fighters, they are more concerned with the outbreak of war itself.

Just as news of the outbreak of war reached the other side of the ocean via radio waves, while hundreds of F-2 and F-3 fighter jets were striking military targets in the Chenla region, dozens of Night Shadow stealth fighters undetectedly penetrated the northern radar screens and accurately dropped 1000-kilogram laser-guided bombs on thirty-six targets associated with Thang Long's national air defense system. Eighteen of these targets were located in and around Thang Long city.

To block the US bombing, the world’s most densely packed anti-aircraft missile launch sites were built around Thang Long City – during the US bombing, they even launched nearly 10,000 SAM missiles.

This is why Shenglong is called "SAM Jungle," as any aircraft flying there could be shot down by SAM missiles that grow out of the jungle.

But today, when the Night Shadow stealth fighter appeared over the Rising Dragon, everything changed.

When the bombs came down, the Shoryu air defense forces, under electronic jamming, could only blindly fire into the air, but because they couldn't see the targets, they missed.

Even the Soviet Union's most advanced S-300 air defense missiles were unable to detect the Nightshade's presence and could only watch helplessly as the Nightshade destroyed their air defense system with laser-guided bombs.

On this day, Nightshade's first public appearance shocked the world.

Because of their long range, Nightshade fighters are among the aircraft best suited for long-range strikes. They can fly for up to six hours from takeoff to landing, all at full speed. They can pass undetected through some of the world's most heavily defended areas, and not a single Nightshade was hit in the early hours of that day.

After completing their airstrikes, they vanished as if they had never been there, leaving not a trace behind.

They returned to base easily, and by the time the Night Shadow fighters returned, it was already broad daylight. The Night Shadow fighters, with their gleaming black color and unique appearance, caused a sensation once again as soon as they appeared in people's sight. Under the camera's lens, people could finally see these phantoms of the night clearly... On the day the war broke out, people finally saw a secret that had been buried for many years.

It can be said that on this day, at the very beginning of the war, people were stunned by the new weapons and tactics being introduced.
The war broke out in a way that was beyond anyone's imagination, and at the same time, it was presented to people in an extremely dazzling way.

After seventy-two hours of anxious waiting, SEA revealed his trump cards to the world, his treasured, previously unseen new toys.

Naturally, it's understandable that these novel toys brought astonishment to the world.

(End of this chapter)