You were asked to repeat your senior year of high school, and you took advantage of the opportunity

Chapter 765 details the mission: providing fire support to the special operations team.
Anyone with even a little military knowledge knows this.

The aerodynamic layout design of modern fighter jets is not a matter of a designer's whim.

Instead, it was blown out using a wind tunnel.

Wind tunnel testing is an indispensable part of the modern aircraft development process.

As of 2016

There are only a dozen or so countries in the world that have wind tunnels.

For example, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the European Union, Japan, Canada, and the now-defunct Yugoslavia.

However, this does not include South Korea.

Of course

As a junior partner of the United States, this country is also a member of the Western world.

Therefore, Western countries did not impose a technology blockade on the country.

Provided the country is willing.

We can also borrow wind tunnels in these countries to conduct experiments.

But
Modern fighter jets cannot be finalized simply by blowing into a wind tunnel once or a few times.

Just the opposite
It requires long-term, multi-year trials.

Western countries believe in a 'market economy' and even close relatives should keep clear accounts.

Although no technological blockade is imposed on South Korea.

However, we will not allow that country to use someone else's wind tunnel for free.

Using a wind tunnel once costs at least several hundred million US dollars.

This is still a friend's price.

usually.

A single wind tunnel test costs South Korea at least one billion US dollars.

The entire budget for the KF-X fifth-generation fighter jet project was only a mere one or two hundred billion US dollars.

A dozen or twenty wind tunnel tests could use up the entire budget.

South Korea is not that wealthy yet.

Therefore, if South Korea wants to use a wind tunnel to test the aerodynamic layout of a new aircraft model, it must first take out an aircraft shell that is almost finalized and blow it to save costs to the greatest extent.

Without wind tunnel testing, how would South Korea know if its designed aerodynamic layout was up to standard?
So this creates a vicious cycle.

Let's conduct wind tunnel testing.

I don't have that much money.

Let's skip the wind tunnel test.

They had no idea whether their aerodynamic design was up to standard!
This is why the project has made no progress for more than ten years.

Since there's no progress...

Then we can only resort to the country's traditional skill—theft.

Stealing a country is no empty boast.

Over the past few decades, they've stolen countless things from the University of Tokyo.

And four years ago.

The University of Tokyo's second stealth fighter jet also completed its maiden flight.

This gave the thief of hope once again.

It's not just about stealing countries.

Many countries with ambitions for fifth-generation fighter jets have also seen hope in this.

So starting in 2012, things around Shenyang Aircraft Corporation became very 'lively'.

Jiang Chen knew all of these inside details.

However, since intelligence and counter-espionage were not his profession, he just took it as a joke at the time.

did not expect.

My task this time.

Surprisingly, it's also related to these 'fun' things.

"After our intelligence personnel obtained spy photos of the KF-X and sent them back to China, they found that it was almost identical to the FC-31 Gyrfalcon. This was no simple coincidence. Later, after comparison and verification by experts from Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, the investigation concluded that the KF-X did indeed draw on or even imitate the design of the FC-31 Gyrfalcon."

Tiger Head continued, "However, the FC-31 Falcon project is top secret, and South Korea does not have the capability to simulate an aircraft that looks so similar based solely on photos and videos of the FC-31 Falcon."

"In other words, this is not a poor imitation or a knock-off, but rather a leak."

"Although the FC-31 Gyrfalcon has not yet been procured by the military, it is still a crucial national asset." "Now that such a serious leak has occurred, the higher-ups are furious."

"After nearly three months of investigation by relevant departments, the mole has been arrested."

"But although the mole has been arrested, the new intelligence he obtained has already been sent abroad."

At this moment.

The slideshow on the screen has been replaced with a map.

Jiang Chen carefully examined the map.

The discovery was a topographical map of Central Asia.

The Wakhan Pass in the middle of the map is particularly eye-catching.

"According to the investigation by relevant departments, the intelligence chief carrying top-secret information has already left the country through a port in northern Xinjiang Province. He is expected to leave the Wakhan Corridor in ten hours and then meet with foreign intelligence traffickers waiting here."

"The above means that the nation's vital instruments must not be lost."

"Although the aerodynamic layout has been leaked, other core information has not yet been handed over to other countries."

"As long as we can kill the person and destroy the top-secret intelligence he is carrying, there will still be a chance to make amends."

Jiang Chen squinted slightly.
He stared intently at the 'Wakhan Pass'.

He began, "So, the mission is to find and destroy the target, right?"

"Yes." Tiger Head nodded.

He continued, "We already have a special operations team lying in ambush in the Wakhan Corridor, but the group that came to meet the foreign spies is a group of armed men, who are estimated to be carrying heavy firepower."

"Therefore, we need support from within the country."

"But the Wakhan Corridor is American territory, and if our heavy firepower is deployed there, it will also arouse the Americans' vigilance."

"Therefore, the only way to provide support is through air support."

"That's how we invited the two of you."

Jiang Chen understood.

He nodded and said, "Understood, I guarantee I will complete the mission."

This mission is actually quite simple in theory.

That is to provide air support for ground troops and suppress the enemy's heavy firepower.

They'll retreat after they've finished fighting.

have nothing to say.

We've finished discussing the important matters.

Tiger Head asked with some confusion, "You know, those Koreans are really something. Why didn't they just steal the J-20 Mighty Dragon? Why did they steal the FC-31 Falcon Eagle?"

“You wouldn’t understand.” Nie Yunfeng leaned back in his chair.

He explained, "Given the South Koreans' technological reserves, even if we gave them a J-20 Mighty Dragon, they still wouldn't be able to tinker with it."

"But the FC-31 Gyrfalcon is different."

"This thing is the AK-47 of fifth-generation fighters. It is durable, cheap, and has considerable combat capabilities. It is the dream aircraft of many countries that yearn for fifth-generation fighters but cannot obtain them."

"An AK-47 among fifth-generation fighters?" Tiger Head chuckled. "There's such a thing?"

"What are the biggest features of the AK-47?" Nie Yunfeng continued, "Isn't it its durability, reliability, and relatively low cost that make it famous worldwide? Moreover, it can maintain good performance even in harsh conditions, which is why it is so popular."

"The FC-31 Gyrfalcon is similar; it doesn't possess the most advanced technology and performance like some high-end fighter jets, but it has advantages in terms of cost-effectiveness and practicality."

"Very suitable for the air forces of small and medium-sized countries."

Tiger Head was even more puzzled and asked, "Since the FC-31 Gyrfalcon has so many advantages, why has our national air force always looked down on it?"

"It's not that we look down on them, but there are better options," Nie Yunfeng said. "Since we already have a heavy fighter like the J-20 Mighty Dragon, why do we need a medium fighter like the FC-31 Gyrfalcon?"

"Moreover, the FC-31 is coveted by the air forces of small and medium-sized countries, and we are not short of military funds. We can just purchase a large number of J-20 Mighty Dragons. When the FC-31 Gyrfalcon is successfully modified and can be deployed on ships, it may catch the eye of the air force."

"Not short of money?" Tiger Head gritted his teeth and said, "You air force are not short of money, but we are almost desperate for money. You change planes every few days and drop them into the sea like dumplings every day, while we old Lu are treated like stepchildren and don't get any benefits."

Nie Yunfeng blinked.

With an innocent look on his face, he said, "Who said you old Lu didn't get anything? Don't we give you boots every year?"

The words just finished.

Tiger Head had already thrown a punch.

Get ready to unleash the "Black Tiger Steals the Heart" move.

No wonder they were furious.

Why did this guy have to bring up the very thing he didn't want to talk about?

(End of this chapter)