Changkong Fighter

Chapter 29 The So-Called Community of Shared Future for Mankind
The sky is high and clean, with white clouds floating gently. It is a blue world, with white clouds occasionally floating across the sky.

Emergency (Insufficient fuel to complete the mission or return safely)

【Emergency】

The prompt sound kept ringing in his ears. The pilot of the F/A18, code-named Jazz, stared at the sea below. However, in his field of vision, he could not see anything except the vast ocean, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

The Jazz always had the illusion that he was flying backwards, and the ocean below was the sky. He knew that he was trapped in an extremely dangerous illusion of flying backwards.

The "inverted flight illusion" means that the pilot mistakenly believes that the aircraft is "flying inverted" in the absence of appropriate visual reference. This is the most dangerous of the many "flight illusions"!
Just like when flying at night, there is a chance of mistaking the lights scattered on the ground for starlight, or when flying over the sea where it is "darkness all around", confusing the sea surface with the sky and finally diving into the sea. This kind of case has occurred several times.

After forcibly suppressing the illusion of flying backwards with his own will, Jazz adjusted the radio frequency.

"Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!" (Internationally recognized radio distress signal)

Jazz kept sending out radio distress signals, but all that awaited him was the rustling sound of radio failure. At this moment, a 18CM-sized damage was clearly visible on the back of the F/A20, the avionics system was damaged, and the radio failed. At the bow, another large hole directly scrapped the radar system, making this carrier-based aircraft directly deaf, dumb and blind.

After drinking the last bit of pure water in the pilot's emergency food, Jazz glanced at the empty water bag, then looked down at the vast ocean below. The sound of low fuel warning rang in his ears again.

Recalling the previous battles with those unknown enemies, the communication channels were jammed and blocked, and no orders from superiors or communications with friendly forces could be heard. The infrared and radar bombs were ineffective. Even using the "semi-active homing" mode to guide the AIM120C, it was still impossible to hit those strange aircraft. His own comrades were constantly shot down like turkeys, and the burning wreckage of the Hornet fell into the ocean like a meteor shower.

No! That's not what happens in the movies! In the movies, the Americans can pin the "aliens" to the ground and beat them up!
It was because of watching "Independence Day" that Sir joined the Navy, but reality taught him a lesson. It is obvious that the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier battle group will definitely retreat, abandoning their carrier-based aircraft and retreating.

He didn't even know his coordinates! The thought of his plane running out of fuel and having to parachute out, trying to survive in the vast ocean, and dying of thirst or drowning from exhaustion before starving, made Jazz almost mentally collapse. But his desire to survive allowed him to withstand the pressure in his heart. The plane still had fuel, and as long as he was at altitude, there was hope.

However, ideals are full of hope, while reality is very skinny. Following Murphy's Law, the fighter continued to fly forward for a while, but still saw nothing. It was as if the fighter plane had entered a blue world, with only the unchanging blue.

After looking at the altimeter and confirming that he was not "flying backwards", Jazz slammed the instrument panel hard and scanned the surrounding airspace and sea again, praying that he could see a plane or a ship. No matter which one it was, he would have a chance to survive!
Oh my God! For God's sake, for God's sake
"Shet!"

Fuel Starvation

【Fuel Starvation】

Suddenly, the sound of fuel running low echoed in his ears. As the fuel continued to dwindle, despair began to take root in his heart, growing and finally breaking through his mental defenses. Looking down at the blue ocean below, the expression on his face became calm. He pulled the pistol from its holster, checked the ammunition, pulled the bolt, and slowly pointed it at his chin.

Rather than waiting to die in despair, the knight would rather commit suicide now. He knew very well that with the appearance of those aircraft, all ships in the surrounding waters, both civilian and military, would avoid this area.

As an American carrier-based aircraft pilot, he knew Americans best. Given the temperament and executive capabilities of American congressmen, as well as the speed of warships, a round trip would have taken months, and he would have been soaked in the seawater and fed to fish long ago.

No one will come to save him!
At this point, the Carl Vinson doesn't care about his life or death, and the government doesn't care about his life or death either. He will be MIA until they see that he is actually dead. Even the news media will not report his existence at all. No one really cares about him except his family!

The carbon-based creature's fear of death made his body tremble continuously. His mother appeared in front of his eyes. His index finger slowly pulled the trigger and the hammer rose slightly.

"Mom, I want to go home!"

However, just as the hammer was about to reach its limit and smash down like the oblique blade of a guillotine, two small black dots suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

The Jazz shuddered suddenly, stopped exerting force on his fingers, put down the pistol, stared wide-eyed and continued to look forward, trying to determine whether it was his illusion.

25 seconds is enough for a fighter jet flying at Mach 9 to fly 40 kilometers, and 18 seconds is enough for an aircraft to fly 15 kilometers. The fighter jets flying in opposite directions were very fast. In less than ten seconds, the small black dots in the field of vision turned into aircraft visible to the naked eye, and Jazz identified them - the J Flying Shark that had always been designated as the "imaginary enemy" by his superiors!

At the moment the two sides were approaching, Jazz saw one of the J15s "lead turn" in the air, cut into his route, observed the damage of the Hornet, then opened the speed brake to maintain a relatively stationary parallel flight with the F/A18, and adjusted the body to keep approaching. Jazz turned his head to look at the J15 cockpit.

The two sides were almost face to face when the East China University pilot in the cockpit gestured with his hand, signaling Jazz to follow. Jazz immediately took control of the fighter jet and followed. He knew that these J15s were not coming to attack him. His onboard avionics system was damaged. If the enemy wanted to attack him, he would not be able to see the enemy and would be shot down by the PL-12.

Under the guidance of the Flying Shark, after flying for an unknown amount of time, he finally saw a black dot appear on the sea. The steel behemoth Charles de Gaulle had cleared its deck, waiting for the arrival of the knight.

In the familiar orange light of the landing goggles, Jazz landed on the deck with tears in his eyes.

When the F/A18 slammed heavily onto the deck and its landing hook hooked onto the second arresting cable, Jazz was unable to describe his feelings.

What had he just experienced? Under the guidance of a J15, he landed on a French aircraft carrier! Were they (Todai) really his enemies?
(End of this chapter)