Genius is just the threshold for me!

"Let's go! Let's go!"

In Lab 78, Lin Dong quickly took hundreds of clear photos, then excitedly shouted and controlled the Scanner to speed away.

Although the enemy's fighter jets and missiles could not hit the dynamic target at an altitude of 40,000 meters, the Growler electronic warfare aircraft could not trap the Mapper, which had celestial navigation.

But it would be better if such a powerful strategic reconnaissance weapon weren't exposed so early.

After all, China does not yet have a mature anti-ship missile. The DF-21D will not be unveiled until 2015 and is still under development.

This situation exposes the fact that one possesses a strategic-level reconnaissance aircraft.

This will only add countless pressures and troubles to the development of the DF-21D project.

The enemy won't just stand by and watch as our country gains a strategic-level reconnaissance aircraft and then develop a strategic-level anti-ship missile...

Because these two things really need to be collected.

This plus one doesn't just equal two, it's at least twenty.

The DF-21D anti-ship missile, which was unveiled in 15, was still used by American aircraft carriers in 16.

But since the J-8 was unveiled in 2019, American aircraft carriers have not dared to get any closer.

Although this was partly due to the blow to morale in 16, and partly due to internal instability.

However, the combination of the J-8 and the 21D anti-ship missile definitely played an important role, and a key one at that.

"Now, the WZ-8, the Map Sweeper, has passed the test of real combat..."

"It's a bit of a shame that we're missing one player."

"If China successfully develops anti-ship missiles, we won't have to just take a picture and leave like this. Instead, we'll be able to descend and take pictures right in front of them."

Lin Dong controlled the map scanner to fly hundreds of kilometers away, switched to automatic flight mode, and pulled up a series of photos that had just been taken. A hint of regret appeared in his eyes.

This voyage at sea has validated the strategic value of the WZ-8 and its actual combat record.

With this achievement, everyone will have more confidence from now on.

However, without anti-ship missiles to complement it, this aspect ultimately lacks a certain confidence.

Although it's a pity, we still have to be patient. After all, the DF-21D has already experienced a leak, which forced us to improve its technical specifications. If another accident occurs, the project will most likely be canceled.

"That's fine."

Hearing Lin Dong's words, Xu Qingling tugged at his sleeve and smiled as Lin Dong looked over, saying, "No need to rush, take your time. You're only thirteen this year..."

Thirteen years old...

Lin Dong paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Indeed, no rush..."

He knew that more than a decade later, the Americans would reveal their true strength, and that all the high-tech fighter jets they advertised were just PowerPoint presentations.

Logically speaking, he should be more patient, more organized, and less in a hurry than people of this era.

But humans are ultimately emotional beings.

Other people's emotions can affect you.

Since I started participating in the project's research and development, I've been reading emails from Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) in the early hours of the morning, as well as emails from Chengdu Aircraft Corporation's (CAC) subordinate laboratories in the early hours of the morning.

Having personally experienced the suppressed fear of military workers facing the enemy in this era, and feeling the urgent emotions of the people in this era, he was inevitably infected and felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

"But when did you learn to comfort people?" Lin Dong reached out and pinched Xu Qingling's cheek, his face showing a threatening expression towards the girl.

"If you keep squeezing it, it'll get fat..."

Xu Qingling opened her bright eyes, but looked pitiful as she said, "I'm good at comforting people, but you've always been more emotionally stable, so I never had to comfort you. Instead, you're the one who has to comfort me..."

"When did I ever comfort you?" Lin Dong let go of her hand and looked at Xu Qingling with a smile.

"..."

Xu Qingling blushed, turned her head away, and snorted, "I don't know, and you don't even offer any comfort."

Lin Dong smiled and said nothing more. He looked at the sunset on the screen, glanced at the remaining fuel, and typed a command on the keyboard.

The sun hasn't set yet.

"We'll take a stroll in the East China Sea, then cross it to the west and head back, so we can see the sun rise in the west."

The cruising range is 7200 kilometers from ground takeoff.

Taking off from Chengdu to the South China Sea, then circling around to find the US aircraft carrier, there's still 56% of the cruising range left, enough for a trip to the East China Sea, and then crossing the border back to Chengdu with some distance to spare.

"Uh-huh."

Xu Qingling turned her head to look at Lin Dong's remote control operation, watching the streaks of light flashing across the screen, and finally her gaze fell on Lin Dong's profile, a smile unconsciously appearing on her face...

The reconnaissance plane flew northeast, and the sky darkened much faster than usual, with the setting sun behind it seeming to be accelerating its descent.

Wait for the map-scanning ship to arrive in the East China Sea.

The entire sky had already turned completely dark.

The starry sky above was pure and the stars were dazzling. Below, the coastal economic belt and the cities were connected like stars at an altitude of 4 meters.

"So beautiful."

Xu Qingling opened her eyes wide.

Looking at this picture of a vast universe above and a sea of ​​stars below, I couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"This is a miracle shared by the universe and humanity."

Lin Dong smiled, paused for a moment to let Xu Qingling read it carefully, and then pressed the Enter key: "Return to home."

boom--

The sound system roared, and on the flight interface, the simulated fuselage pattern suddenly emitted a tail flame several meters long.

The speed of the entire Map Sweeper suddenly increased from Mach 4 during cruising to Mach 4.3, then soared to Mach 4.8, and then entered the Mach 5 hypersonic level, heading west towards Chengdu.

Di-

The visible light camera adjusted its angle and aimed at the already dark sky ahead.

Just minutes later, a glimmer of light appeared in the dark sky.

The light changed rapidly, like an inverted sunset, from dark red, orange-red, orange-yellow... and finally, after five minutes of color changes, the entire sky suddenly brightened.

A great sun, which had already sunk below the mountains, leaped out again from the western hills, showering the world with endless light and heat...

Rumbling--

Before the sun had even reached the top of the western mountain, a series of booming sounds echoed in the sky.

After seeing the sunrise and resuming normal cruising, the Mapper, under Lin Dong's control, precisely landed from the sky onto the test flight field runway. After some deceleration and braking, it finally came to a steady stop in front of the hangar.

"We're leaving, we're going back."

Lin Dong took out his secure phone and sent a message to Wang Xingguo.

He instructed him to have the ground crew push the Map Sweeper back to the hangar, do a quick inspection, and drain the fuel. Then he told Xu Qingling to prepare to go back.

"Uh-huh."

Xu Qingling glanced at the Scanner, which had come to a steady stop, picked up her and Lin Dong's schoolbags, and said happily, "Mom said Uncle Lin and Aunt Xia are busy today, so she asked you to come back for dinner together."

"it is good."

Lin Dong stood up, took his schoolbag, and was about to leave.

Suddenly, the secure cell phone I had just put in my pocket rang.

Lin Dong took out his phone, glanced at the caller ID, and answered, "Uncle Xu, what's wrong?"

"I saw that reconnaissance plane land..."

Xu Ziming's voice came over: "Organize all the photos you took of airports, log transport vehicles, and various radar stations along the way to the South China Sea today."

Your godfather needs to take you to headquarters for extra training; we absolutely cannot let a reconnaissance plane sweep through and expose everything.

Extra practice?

We can't afford to be exposed with just a quick scan by a reconnaissance plane.

This is not easy to practice...

Lin Dong had a few thoughts in his mind, but he still said decisively, "No problem, the system has automatically summarized and stored it on the server. I'll just send him an access address later."

"Also, compile the latitude and longitude information of all nine ships in the entire carrier fleet, along with their corresponding precise times, into a table. Don't include photos. Send it to your godfather to take to headquarters..."

Xu Ziming then gave another explanation.

We need latitude, longitude, and time, but not photos... Is headquarters trying to intimidate or lure us in?

Lin Dong's mind raced, and he immediately thought of two uses for this arrangement.

When an aircraft carrier strike group disperses, each ship is separated by two hundred or even hundreds of nautical miles. The exact coordinates of these ships are generally only known to the senior commanders of the aircraft carrier.

For the Americans, if at this moment a detailed coordinate of the entire aircraft carrier fleet dispersing, along with the corresponding time points, suddenly appeared, it would be a huge blow.

There are only two possibilities: either he was wiped out without even realizing it, or the high-ranking commander has become a ghost...

Once this chain of suspicion starts, the matter will never end.

Regardless of which option is chosen, it represents a huge operational space for headquarters and has extremely high strategic value...