Genius is just the threshold for me!

Time flies, and the fourteenth day of the first lunar month has passed in the blink of an eye.

After ten busy days of work, the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year at the base has almost dissipated.

Today is the last day of the model airplane competition. The early spring afternoon sun brings a warmth that winter lacks.

Lin Dong took off his light down jacket and changed into a thin fleece sweatshirt. He had just entered the lab and taken out his laptop when Li Tao rushed over impatiently with the model airplane he had improved many times after the competition that morning.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Lin Dong, quickly check how many points I got in the model airplane competition during winter break. I'm waiting to collect the reward from my mom..."

"You don't look at the rankings?"

Lin Dong asked with a smile, took the data cable and connected it to the collision timer at the nose of Li Tao's model airplane. A large amount of data was read out and imported into the document.

"I won't look at it yet. My previous grades were too bad, so my ranking points will definitely be very low."

Li Tao answered frankly, pointing to the timing data on the document: "Mark the shortest time data for the first three standard maps each day... Do you know how to sort the data using the document? Do you need me to do it?"

"You look down on Dong-ge, don't you? I even sent you here."

Lin Dong pressed a series of shortcut keys, highlighting the three shortest timestamps for the same date.

By sorting the highlighted items separately, Li Tao's model airplane achievements for this winter break become clear at a glance.

"See for yourself. If your score has improved compared to yesterday, that's 10 points; if it's regressed, that's 3 points deducted..."

Lin Dong sent screenshots of this data to Li Tao.

The reward rules set by parents for the winter vacation model airplane competition were also very simple.

The competition lasts 20 days. First place gets 5 points, second place gets 3 points, third place gets 2 points, and other places get no points. If you improve each day, you get an additional 10 points; if you regress, you lose 3 points…

One point can cover a day's housework, and one point can cover a day's free gaming.

A total score of over 60 points will earn you 500 yuan in pocket money, 100 points will earn you 1,000 yuan in pocket money, and 150 points will earn you an additional gift of up to 2,000 yuan or direct cash withdrawal.

200 points can buy a game console, giving you an extra hour of game time every day for a year.

250 points means you don't have to do housework for a year, plus an extra 3 hours of gaming time every day.

As for getting a perfect score of 300, the parents didn't mention that...

"Damn, in 20 days of competition, I only improved on 13 days, and my score regressed on 7 days, ending up with only 109 points..."

"The time taken on the last day was 1 minute and 05 seconds, which was almost three minutes faster than the 3 minutes and 58 seconds taken on the first day."

Li Tao took out his phone and carefully checked the 20-day timer. He couldn't help but exclaim, "If I had known this would happen, I would have controlled the time! I could have gotten all the progress points for those 20 days!"

"cut!"

"If your model airplane skills were as good as your timing, you wouldn't be unable to fly for even a minute..."

Su Yue scoffed from the side, then handed her model airplane to Lin Dong: "Lin Dong, look at my score..."

"Improvement in 15 days..."

Lin Dong read the data, quickly filtered it, and calculated the score: "135 points, just a little short of 150 points. The time taken was very good. Let's check the ranking and see if we get any points."

"Lin Dong, look at mine..."

Huang Qingyao also came over and handed the model airplane to Lin Dong.

soon.

All the model aircraft data were retrieved, and Lin Dong obtained the final score sheet based on the ranking and progress.

Xia Ran was the only one who scored over 250 points, but no one got a perfect score of 300. One day, she didn't improve and lost 3 points, leaving her with only 287 points.

Huang Qingyao stopped at 208 points, Zhang Yihao scored 179 points, Su Yue scored 151 points, Li Tao scored 112 points, and Jiang Caiping scored 122 points.

"I knew it! Our class monitor really is a genius!"

Upon seeing her final score, Huang Qingyao burst into a hearty laugh: "208 points! That's practically a year without having to help with housework, plus an extra hour of game time every day!"

talking.

She quickly took out her phone to take a picture and then sent it to the "We Are a Loving Family" group chat.

Don't get too cocky.

Lin Dong stepped aside and smiled, saying, "Your aunt often comes over for dinner, and she asks you to help with the housework. Will you do it?"

"I won't do it..."

Huang Qingyao answered subconsciously.

But then she realized what she'd done and said with a sullen expression, "It would be too disrespectful of her not to do it!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

As soon as Huang Qingyao finished speaking, everyone around burst into laughter.

"Oh no, guys, something terrible has happened..."

Everyone laughed for a while. At this moment, Li Tao, who was holding his phone and redeeming his reward with his mother, seemed to see something. He clicked on a pop-up message, glanced at it, and said in shock.

"One of our unmanned combat aerial vehicles was photographed and exposed by foreign countries a few days ago, and now the internet is in an uproar, with everyone saying it's equipment developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group..."

"Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's unmanned combat aerial vehicles?"

Su Yue hurried over, asking curiously as she ran, "Is it the drone that Uncle Wang used to save us when we encountered drug dealers during our picnic last year?"

"No, this one looks different..."

Li Tao displayed the news from this military forum: "Tonight is Saturday, and the Director will explain this matter again tonight."

Because online military enthusiasts analyzed the geographical location of the photos, they concluded that this aircraft is likely already in service, and its shape is that of a hypersonic stealth aircraft.

Hypersonic stealth aircraft?

Huang Qingyao, Xia Ran, Zhang Yihao, and the others were all surprised and quickly went over to check.

Our parents' generation all studied aircraft, and through daily exposure, they all clearly understood what the term "hypersonic aircraft" meant.

"Lin Dong".

At this moment, Xu Qingling, who was standing next to Lin Dong, leaned over and called out softly in a natural tone.

"It's been deployed, so it's normal for it to be discovered and exposed." Lin Dong shook his head. At this moment, he also found the relevant news through his notebook.

I saw a news report of a plane that landed from the sky and was photographed.

The flattened fuselage, the sharp-edged nose design, the prismatic triangular body, and the twin engines with serrated nozzles...

Lin Dong recognized him at a glance.

This is its own hot third-generation unmanned combat aircraft, which is named WuJ-1.

"I just wonder how much about its other performance characteristics foreign countries know, besides this photo..."

Lin Dong muttered to himself a few times, then looked at another news announcement.

—Tonight at 20:03, the premiere of "Defense Observer" will air, where Zhang Zhong, a military expert, will reveal the details of the mysterious unmanned combat aircraft.

After the revelation of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's mysterious unmanned combat aircraft, everyone's interest clearly shifted, and after chatting for a short while, they all went home.

It was around 8 p.m.

Xu Ziming returned from working overtime and, without even changing his clothes, called out to Xu Qingling, "Lingling, turn on channel seven and watch a program."

"Uncle Xu..."

Lin Dong was chatting with Xu Qingling in the living room when he saw Xu Ziming's expression and asked, "Besides the photos, was there any other leak?"

"The approximate speed and weight have likely been revealed, because in addition to the photos, there is also a video. These two parameters can be roughly analyzed from the attitude performance during takeoff and landing."

Xu Ziming nodded, his tone heavy, and said, "However, the more core aspects of intelligent warfare, such as combat radius, laser weapons, deployment range, and deployment quantity, should not have been revealed yet..."

The person taking the photos was bribed with 10 yuan and had been staking out the place for almost a month, from before the Lunar New Year until a few days ago.

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong nodded without much surprise and said, "It's been deployed. These things couldn't be hidden anyway. It just depends on how much of the core parameters have been exposed."

Once the equipment is deployed, training is definitely required.

Training involves daily takeoffs and landings, which inevitably attracts the attention of those who are interested.

Lin Dong and Xu Ziming chatted for a few minutes, and then Zhang Zhong's figure appeared on the screen.

After a brief opening chat, the host quickly steered the conversation to the situation of not having the J-1 fighter jet.

"Teacher Zhang, a photo of a fighter jet has been circulating online recently. I've seen netizens saying it's a brand new hypersonic fighter jet. I'd like to ask if this is true?"

"This is true, but it's not entirely true either."

Zhang Zhong thought for a moment, then picked up the microphone and said, "I've seen that photo, and I've even seen the video."

From its appearance, this is a drone, but it also has the layout of a hypersonic aircraft. However, we need to understand one point.

Drones are not the same as fighter jets.

The photo of this drone has been quite popular in the past few days, especially today; I've seen it on many websites.

I studied the drone in the photo carefully and also consulted several expert friends.

It was eventually determined to be a small or even micro aircraft, less than eight meters in size and with a maximum takeoff weight of less than three tons.

Yes, it's an aircraft, not a fighter jet.

As we all know, fighter jets refer to aircraft that are capable of actual combat and fighting.

The maximum takeoff weight of a fighter jet often determines its range, as well as the weight of its weapons, equipment, and reconnaissance instruments.

I don't think a drone that is less than 8 meters long and has a maximum takeoff weight of less than 3 tons can be described as a "fighter jet".

Because of its maximum takeoff weight, it simply cannot carry any weapons or equipment.

It can't be equipped with machine guns, high-performance radar, missiles, or other electronic reconnaissance equipment, so naturally it has no so-called combat capability...