Genius is just the threshold for me!

Consulate General in Guangzhou.

The electromagnetic shielding curtains were drawn tightly shut, and the ending theme of Defense News was still echoing in the conference room.

After the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's search for its missing relatives failed, the mission was changed. Williams, who was here to lead the search for the mysterious fighter jet, watched the premiere of today's Defense News program, slammed his hand on the table, and roared in a somewhat manic manner.

"Shit, that old guy's at it again!"

"That old man is trying to mislead us again!"

Williams is no stranger to the "Defense New Observation" program, or rather, to the old man Zhang Zhong.

After all, the source of the deception that the J-20 fighter jet project was a modified J-10, which fooled them for several years, came from this old guy.

Although he could be said to have benefited from the misfortune, as he was promoted because of this incident.

But Williams remained 100% wary of this old man.

"teacher!"

The intelligence analyst next to him stared at Zhang Zhongzheng waving goodbye to the audience, carefully recalling the content he had just heard, a hint of confusion on his face.

But soon he decided to play it safe and turned to Williams, suggesting, "Let's not listen to him. This guy is just there to fool us..."

"Of course I know he's bluffing, but there are many things this old guy says that are actually true!"

Williams loosened his tie, his chest heaving, and answered through gritted teeth, but with a sense of helplessness.

The reason they were helpless against Zhang Zhong's deceptive tactics was that the old man was telling the truth most of the time.

Often, they would expend a great deal of resources and manpower, even sacrificing important pawns, to obtain crucial intelligence, but this old guy just tells you directly, making it highly credible.

But sometimes, even if you believe him and listen to him, he might be misleading you.

This mixture of truth and falsehood, real and fake intelligence, real and fake conclusions, forced them to watch and analyze carefully.

If you don't listen carefully, this old guy might reveal an important piece of information. Missing it could mean wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, sacrificing one or two pieces, or even missing a more important strategic opportunity.

But if you listen carefully, you might fall into a trap...

"Let's analyze together what this old guy actually said."

Williams took a deep breath to calm his agitated mind, picked up the key points the analyst had just compiled, and looked at them one by one.

Less than 8 meters long and less than 3 tons, no problem.

It's not a problem that it can't be equipped with machine guns and high-performance radar, but the conclusion that it lacks combat capability is questionable.

This is a test machine; the sky is a wind tunnel. The logic and analysis are sound, but the conclusion is questionable.

The engine cannot be used to make cruise missiles. The Tomahawk missile was used as a comparison example. The parameters and analysis are correct, but the specific parameters of the engine are unknown, so the conclusion is questionable.

Because of the speed difference between supersonic and low-speed, it is difficult to optically focus and track supersonic objects, and simple radar cannot prevent electronic warfare interference, making it unsuitable for intelligent air combat systems for multi-rotor UAVs in Guangxi Province... This is not a problem, but the conclusion is questionable.

"God!"

"I can't tell the difference, it's impossible to tell them apart!"

Williams looked at the series of analyses that had no problems with the parameters, data, or information, but whose conclusions were questionable. He couldn't figure it out after thinking for a while, so he couldn't help but shout out. As if he were possessed, he threw the thing aside and turned to look at the other technical experts.

"Gentlemen, we're not listening to this old man. We're just looking at it from a technical standpoint: is it really possible for this stealth drone to shoot down our F-35C Lightning fighter jet?"

I read the detailed report of that F-35C Lightning fighter jet. It first received a warning that it was locked onto by the fire control radar from a slightly westward and diagonally upward direction. The pilot immediately took evasive action.

But dodging was futile, and the next moment the wing was hit by an attack.

Meanwhile, the Hawkeye early warning aircraft on the other side did not visually detect the attacking missiles or enemy aircraft, and its radar also failed to detect either.

Based on these analyses, it can be determined that the enemy aircraft is a stealth fighter, and that it uses directed energy attacks via lasers or microwaves…

Although the laser attack marks remaining on the wings of the Lightning fighter jet were completely removed by experts from Shenyang Aircraft Corporation during the physical examination.

However, the Americans' technical and intelligence analysis is not entirely without substance.

Based on the data records of the Blitzkrieg fighter jets and the situation of the Hawkeye early warning aircraft, two accurate conclusions were quickly drawn: directed energy attack and stealth fighter jets. Another conclusion was that the service ceiling exceeded 2.2 meters.

Because their fighter jets were at an altitude of 1 meters at the time, and the pilots of the Hawkeye early warning aircraft could not see any trace of the enemy aircraft when looking up.

It just so happens that one of their pilots can visually observe a fighter jet at a distance of up to 12 kilometers at high altitude.

Although it was already close to evening and the western sky was beginning to glow with light, the pilot's vision was affected by the glow, so this visual conclusion could not be completely certain.

However, the conclusions regarding the first two—directed energy and stealth—can be determined precisely.

And now, the mysterious drone they bribed to photograph is a clear example of stealth design...

"Sir, if you're asking whether it was this 7-meter-long, 2-ton drone that shot down the Lightning fighter jet, our conclusion remains the same... most likely not."

The technical experts exchanged glances, their wry smiles standing out conspicuously in the room.

One of them pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a helpless expression, "It's too small; it simply can't hold a high-powered laser weapon."

According to data recorded by the Lightning Fighter system, it took just over 5 seconds to less than 6 seconds from the moment the aircraft was hit to the moment the wing melted through the internal fuel tank, causing it to leak and catch fire.

If the target was indeed launching from an altitude of 2.2 meters at a distance of 12 kilometers, that's an astonishing power output.

talking.

The technical expert produced a report: "This is the data we analyzed based on the laser technology here."

The technical data here is based on the laser communication technology revealed during their military exercises in Guangxi last year, showcasing the latest advancements in laser technology.

Considering that they like to keep their technical capabilities hidden, we specifically improved upon their technical performance from last year by 100%, 300%, or even 1000%.

The size of this drone is still insufficient to support such a high-powered laser weapon.

Sir, in addition to the laser emitter, laser weapons also require a complete system including power supply, heat dissipation, aiming, and tracking.

The higher the power of a laser weapon, the larger the system becomes.

Unless their understanding of aerodynamic design and aircraft control technology is so sophisticated that they can use the aircraft itself as a targeting and tracking platform, and continuously fine-tune its attitude even at supersonic speeds.

This would only require a laser weapon launcher, a power supply module, and a heat dissipation module, but that's practically impossible.

Even so, based on their laser technology performance last year, it would need to be increased by 600% to meet the power requirements... which is also impossible.

After all, no matter how much they like to hide things, they can't just conceal over 80% of the performance of their researched technology and only expose a little over 10%.

"So, this really is an experimental machine?"

"Is this a compromise they were forced to use after their hypersonic wind tunnel research failed?"

Williams took out a file folder, pulled out seven or eight photos, and stared at the drones in each photo, each with a different background, his expression becoming conflicted.

With their heavy investment, this drone captured not just one, but many images, many of which were taken in different coastal areas...

At first, he thought it was the mysterious fighter jet that shot down the Blitzkrieg, but now it has begun to be deployed on a large scale in many coastal areas.

However, after consulting with technical experts and analyzing the video to determine the size, weight, and approximate speed, the experts concluded that it was highly unlikely to be the case.

Finally, he decided to send out a copy to test the reaction and see if he could gather more clues for analysis.

Unexpectedly, while we did gather some reactions and clues, we gathered far too many at once.

That old guy Zhang Zhong rattled off several analytical conclusions to them, and each one was presented in a very logical and reasonable manner.

Now he's starting to have doubts.

Could this thing really just be a cheap experimental machine, which is why they made a large batch at once and conducted tests and research in multiple locations...?

It sounds a bit awkward that instead of building wind tunnels to study aircraft, they build experimental aircraft to study aircraft.

Even though the experts from the local telecom association just gave an answer saying that simply building an experimental aircraft is not feasible, this plan has a certain degree of feasibility if it is combined with computational fluid dynamics.

As long as we first use computational fluid dynamics to eliminate some design flaws, calculate and design an accurate aerodynamic layout, and then use inexpensive real machines to test and actually verify the calculation results, then there will be no problem at the theoretical level.

However, to develop an efficient rescue control scheme for getting out of control, while using high-altitude tests as much as possible to gain more time for rescue, the aircraft's storage modules must be stored in a special black box to ensure that crash data is not lost, and the cost of the test aircraft must be kept as low as possible, etc...

"Sir, an urgent telegram from Mr. Smith..."

At that moment, an intelligence officer pushed open the door and walked over to Williams, whispering something to him.

"I'm going there now."

Williams paused for a moment, then straightened his collar and hair, and quickly walked to the liaison room on the other side.

"Mr. Smith, it's been a long time." Williams walked to a computer and looked at a white figure in the video.

Through the camera, you can also see the sun that has just risen on the other side, revealing that the other side is exactly on the other side of the earth, with a time difference of exactly twelve hours.

"Hi, Williams!"

Smith took a sip of his morning coffee and asked with a smile, "I heard that we still can't confirm whether the drone we found a few days ago was the target that shot down the Lightning fighters?"

"Yes, sir, there was a slight mishap with the intelligence."

Williams didn't hide anything and described the technical experts' analysis, as well as Zhang Zhong's words on the program.

"Hypersonic wind tunnels are too difficult. Should we combine computational fluid dynamics with experimental aircraft, using the sky as a wind tunnel?"

Smith exclaimed in amazement, "Oh my God, those technical researchers over there really have a unique way of thinking."

"Sir, this might be a smokescreen."

Williams said seriously, "I know this person quite well; many of his conclusions are traps and smokescreens."

"Therefore, we cannot listen to their analysis; we must have our own analysis."

Smith smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that our local experts said this plan has some feasibility?"

Hypersonic wind tunnels are indeed too difficult to build; we haven't developed one yet.

If there really are other ways to research hypersonic aircraft, that would be a great thing for us...

talking.

Smith glanced at the time, stood up, and instructed, "I have a meeting later. I will consult with experts about this matter and carefully determine its feasibility."

Since they might be researching hypersonic aircraft, we should verify it, regardless of whether it's true or not.

Let the fighters that shot down the lightning continue their search, but there's no need to rush. The council has softened its stance somewhat, and our Roarers will soon be airborne again.

They only have that one aircraft carrier that has been dismantled and refitted; it lacks electronic warfare aircraft, stealth carrier-based aircraft, and carrier-based early warning aircraft. The external situation is still under our control…”