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"I'm sorry, sir... they are very cautious, and we were unable to obtain any useful information."

Williams looked apologetic and briefly recounted the events of the past three days.

Done.

Williams paused, then said seriously, "Mr. Smith, I suggest that the Roarers' operation be halted."

We won't fall for this trick again. I'll find another way to figure out the situation here. Using the Roarer squadron like this is a disadvantage for us right now..."

It's important to know that each Howler costs $1.2 million. Two squadrons of six Howlers would suffer losses in the tens of millions with each sortie.

The fighter jets deployed here initially consisted of J-10 fighter jets.

Starting the next day, they stopped performing and started taking off their old J-7 fighter jets to patrol every day, just like taking a stroll in the street.

At this rate, their daily actions would be barely breaking even, let alone yielding any strategic gains...

"Williams, you're too focused on the national interest, but sometimes the clearer you calculate, the less you see."

This equipment is built to be used; if it gets scrapped, we can just rebuild it.

Upon hearing this, Smith shook his head and advised, "As for suffering losses, you won't. When we work for the country, we should have a long-term vision and a broader perspective. Don't just focus on superficial intelligence and gains and losses."

On the surface, our daily actions are causing us to lose money.

But in reality, they are now completely helpless against our daily operations, which brings hidden benefits and strategic advantages that cannot be measured in monetary terms.

"Mr. Smith, you mean..." Williams listened to Smith's words and, thinking about the other man's business trip in Europe, vaguely understood something.

"A few months ago, the country's breakthrough in lithium battery technology brought about great progress in various upstream and downstream industries and environmental protection initiatives."

There's a top-level global industry negotiation taking place in Europe recently, and the outcome should be determined by next Tuesday at the latest.

Smith didn't hide anything, laughing as he said, "Right now, our Roarers have this country under control. As long as we keep that up until next Tuesday, the ultimate interests of this global industry negotiation will tilt in our favor. Do you understand now?"

"So that's how it is... No wonder the Roarers were already in place last month, but only started operating now."

Williams suddenly realized, and said earnestly, "Thank you for reminding me, Mr. Smith. I understand now."

"Good that you understand."

Smith smiled and said, "Williams, you are someone I promoted myself. Don't just focus on intelligence or the enemy's equipment development. Military operations are always subordinate to interests. You need to have a holistic view of interests."

Their industries are quite good, and their technological breakthroughs are rapid, but no matter how good the industries or how good the technology, without sufficient military support, it will all just benefit us, and no one in the world will recognize them…”

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Time flies, and Tuesday arrives in the blink of an eye.

Lin Dong went out early in the morning, yawning as he walked downstairs, and happened to run into Xu Qingling and Xia Ran waiting for Huang Qingyao and the others.

"Lin Dong, I heard from Qingling that you had a fever and took the day off?"

Upon seeing Lin Dong, Xia Ran, unusually, struck up a conversation, asking with a hint of concern, "How are you doing now?"

"It was just a minor cold, but I'm almost better. I should be able to go to school tomorrow."

Lin Dong responded with a smile, then told Xu Qingling that Comrade Zhang Xiali had invited her to dinner today, and then walked towards Laboratory No. 78.

These past two days, because Comrade Xu Ziming and Comrade Zhou Xiaoyan have to participate in the test flight and debugging of the J-16D fighter jet, they haven't had time to be at home at noon or in the evening, so Xu Qingling has been going to Lin Dong's place for meals.

"Lin Dong has a cold, yet he went to Uncle Lin's lab to play games so early?" Xia Ran looked at Lin Dong's back and turned to ask Xu Qingling.

"Uncle Lin and Aunt Xia both have to go to work, so they must be bored at home alone."

Xu Qingling said with a smile, "Uncle Lin's laboratory also has a rest room, so you can rest when you're tired of playing."

"so……"

Xia Ran nodded, and after chatting for a few minutes, Huang Qingyao, Su Yue, Li Tao, and Zhang Yihao also came down. The group walked towards the school together.

In the past, at Laboratory 78, Lin Dong opened the laboratory server, put on his headphones, entered a website address and password, and connected to a secret test flight field located in the suburbs.

Because satellites orbit around Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) every day.

Yesterday, taking advantage of a gap in satellite monitoring, the first test flight and landing were successful. The pilot then flew the J-16D fighter jet to a different test flight site.

"J-10 fighter jets have been deployed!"

Wang Xingguo's voice came through the headset as he took command. Lin Dong glanced at the test flight runway on the camera and confirmed that the J-16D fighter jet had taken off. He then opened a flight interface via a high-throughput satellite link and entered the permission code.

Di-

An interface synchronized with that of the J-16D fighter jet appeared on the screen.

Lin Dong glanced at the parameters such as altitude, speed, latitude and longitude, then switched to the backend interface to view the specific test flight data.

Large fighter jets like the J-16D can generate up to 10 TB or even dozens of TB of data in a single test flight mission.

To ensure that Lin Dong could monitor data changes in real time during this test flight, Comrade Lin Weiliang granted BeiDou access again...

A large amount of data refreshed on the screen. Lin Dong carefully examined the changes in the data. Suddenly, a line of different data appeared.

"465 kilometers..."

Lin Dong clicked the mouse and locked onto this line of data. Just then, the J-16D fighter jet operator's announcement came through his headset.

[Report to Electric Nest! Electric Wolf 2 has locked onto a target at a distance of 465 kilometers. Analysis indicates it is a J-10 fighter jet. Signal analysis confirms it is a J-10 fighter jet...]

"465 kilometers, awesome!"

Wang Xingguo shouted into the communication channel, then yelled, "J-20 fighter jets are on the move..."

"The main radar's performance exceeds that of the others by 10%..."

Lin Dong found the specific data on the J-16D fighter jet's main radar detecting the J-10 fighter jet, and after carefully examining and pondering it for a while, he understood the reason.

"Sure enough, it makes a difference to do everything yourself, from hardware and algorithms to the system."

"If we let CETC produce the radar and provide the radar algorithm, and then Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group integrates it into the system, the range will be approximately 390 to 420 kilometers."

Lin Dong sighed inwardly.

At that moment, a line of data that was clearly different popped up, with the eye-catching figure of 168 kilometers, which made him smile slightly.

[Report to Electric Nest! Electric Wolf 2 has detected a target at a distance of 168 kilometers. Signal analysis indicates it is a J-20 stealth fighter jet. Signal analysis indicates it is a J-20 stealth fighter jet...]

Just two seconds later, the operator's announcement came through the headset.

Since the most important security tests were completed the day before yesterday afternoon and yesterday, this morning we mainly conducted some simple performance tests.

Under Wang Xingguo's command and dispatch, J-10 and J-20 fighter jets, along with various ground radars, took turns to test the J-16D fighter jet's radar jamming performance, communication jamming performance, radar tracking and positioning performance, radar countermeasures performance, electronic deception performance, and various pod combinations.

All tests were completed at 11:30 a.m.

Lin Dong looked at the data he had compiled, took out his secure phone, and dialed Wang Xingguo's number.

"The Howling Wolf can land to refuel, but don't shut it down. I'll remotely adjust a few parameters, it should take about five minutes..."

"Can we move on now?"

On the other end of the phone, Wang Xingguo paused for a moment, then asked with delight, "What kind of electronic pod do you want to attach?"

"One electronic deception tactical pod, the remaining three fully equipped with jamming pods, each also carrying two LD-10 and two YJ-91 anti-radiation missiles to guard against enemy fleet support or pilot lapses..."

Lin Dong quickly provided a solution.

This time, the main focus is on electronic warfare; a single electronic deception pod will suffice.

The fact that the Roarers squadron could continue to harass the enemy fleet meant that the opposing fleet was nearby.

In this situation, it is necessary to guard against enemy fleet support or the Growler pilots going crazy.

After saying that, Lin Dong waited a moment and then saw through the monitoring interface that the J-16D fighter jet had successfully landed on the ground and the refueling truck had begun to refuel.

Without hesitation, Lin Dong opened the flight interface and adjusted and optimized some parameters of the entire electronic warfare system in the background.

The J-16D fighter jet is currently the first experimental aircraft, not a true mass-produced aircraft. Its user privileges allow direct modification of system parameters.

When the mass-produced fighter jets are released later, although they can be upgraded remotely, the port for direct modification will be closed, and they can only be upgraded using a special upgrade package provided by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group.

Di-

Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

The system displays a message indicating that the parameter update and optimization are complete.

After waiting a few minutes, Xu Ziming, Xia Tianqiang, and several other core engineers used specialized mechanical tools and vehicle platforms to complete the precision replacement of the electronic pod.

Lin Dong checked the pod's data one last time, and after confirming that everything was in order, he exited the debugging interface and sent a message to Wang Xingguo on his phone.

【56】：That's fine.

[001]: Okay! I'll report to headquarters now and apply for the flight route!

Rumbling--

Less than five minutes later, a loud roar echoed across the test flight field.

The J-16D fighter jet's two WS-10 turbofan engines roared simultaneously, propelling the 35-ton aircraft rapidly toward the far end of the runway. After gliding for more than 500 meters, it leaped into the sky.

The next moment, two J-10S fighter jets that had just landed at the test flight field, which also carried another group of pilots and operators of J-16D fighter jets, began to taxi on the two runways separately, and then took off into the sky.

The three fighter jets circled in the sky, then formed a standard combat formation and flew eastward into the distance...