Genius is just the threshold for me!

Soon, the group returned to their residential compound.

Huang Qingyao took Xu Qingling and the other girls back to her home. Lin Dong went home for a while, then went downstairs to laboratory number 78.

"Xiao Dong is here. Take a look. The rules and area for the live-fire exercise have been finalized. It will begin in 40 minutes."

Entering the password and fingerprint unlocks the door, and a wave of warmth washes over you. Wang Xingguo is already waiting inside, and upon seeing Lin Dong, he quickly hands him a USB drive.

"No rush, starting doesn't mean you have to set off..."

Lin Dong took off his down jacket, picked up the USB drive, connected it to the server, entered the password, and immediately, a drill map appeared on the 200-inch screen.

"The uninhabited area of ​​Northwest China?"

Lin Dong glanced at it and quickly identified the location of the exercise area.

"The Blue Team is the Jincheng Military Region. The exercise area covers three provinces: Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Ningxia. At present, we only know the approximate location of the enemy's position."

王兴国点点头，快速说道：「蓝军的配置是一个空军团：27架歼-10战机，9架歼-20，1架空警-500，2架歼-16电子战机。

One HQ-12 air defense missile battalion, with a normal configuration of 26 missiles, 8 ready to be fired and 18 in reserve.

Air force regiments and air defense battalions all use specially made simulated missiles.

We can now choose from more than 20 simulated missiles, including the KD-88, KD-63, and KD-20, as well as the latest CJ-100 simulated missile.

These missiles are no different from real missiles, except that they do not have warheads and can automatically evade aircraft before landing and being recovered.

In addition to these, the Blue Team also deployed 12000 simulated infrared transmitters, disguised as army infantry according to the battlefield tactics of the army.

Our mission is to bombard and destroy their positions, as well as these 12000 infantrymen…”

"..."

As Lin Dong listened to Wang Xingguo's story, his expression grew increasingly strange, and he finally couldn't help but complain.

"Godfather, who exactly went to headquarters to discuss the exercise configuration? The Blue Team's configuration is outrageous!"

The air force regiment has 36 fighter jets, all of which are J-10 and J-20 fighter jets, making it an exceptionally powerful air force regiment.

Now, we also need to equip it with multiple KJ-500 early warning aircraft and two J-16 electronic warfare aircraft. That's abnormally powerful, super abnormally powerful.

Finally, add a HQ-12 air defense battalion on the ground...

They had to penetrate this defensive line, drop bombs on the Blue Force's positions, and kill as many as possible 12000 infantrymen...

This is not a live-fire exercise targeting a large-scale bombardment; it's clearly a live-fire exercise involving Gundam.

"Well!"

Wang Xingguo's expression froze for a moment, then he said embarrassedly, "I discussed it with headquarters... This isn't what you said. A bomber must break through enemy defenses and fly over their heads to bomb them to be considered a bomber. If it's just dropping missiles from an extremely long distance, then it's just a missile support aircraft."

"...You believed me when I was bragging?"

Lin Dong rolled his eyes, then asked seriously, "What's our Red Team's configuration? How many fighter jets are escorting us?"

A super-powerful air force regiment, plus an anti-aircraft missile battalion, is a bit difficult to defend against, but if they can send more fighter jets to help with escort, victory is not impossible.

"No," Wang Xingguo said softly.

"No?" Lin Dong was stunned.

"We only have one bomber, and all the equipment and weapons that the bomber can carry, wingmen... nothing else can be carried."

Wang Xingguo said somewhat awkwardly, "According to headquarters' requirements, this is a simulated war to break through the enemy's borders. Because it's an away game, our other fighter jets are all entangled with the enemy's fighter jets."

"...Godfather, bombers aren't fighter jets; they're not tasked with kicking down doors."

Lin Dong's lips twitched, utterly speechless: "This Red Phantom, apart from its supersonic breakthrough, has no mobility or flexibility whatsoever. It can't do any maneuvering to evade, and once it gets stuck, it's all over."

""

Fighter jets can be used to "kick down doors," penetrating enemy air defenses in mid-air and then forcefully destroying key enemy targets.

This is due to the combat performance granted by the fighter jet's powerful maneuverability and flexibility.

After destroying an enemy target, a fighter jet can turn around within 2 to 4 seconds and then quickly and flexibly maneuver to withdraw.

For a large bomber to turn around in the air, it takes at least 40 seconds, normally 50 seconds, and if there is interference, it can take a minute or even several minutes.

Such limited mobility makes it a clumsy sitting duck; without fighter escort, it would be stuck if it charged into enemy territory.

Once trapped, even with a laser interception system, it cannot withstand the enemy's relentless attacks, and the most likely outcome is destruction.

"But in the eyes of the headquarters staff, the Red Ghost can carry eight wingmen and doesn't need other fighter escorts, making it more powerful than any other fighter..."

Wang Xingguo shared the views of the headquarters staff.

"..."

Lin Dong rolled his eyes: "Military orders are absolute. The rules for the exercise have been set, so everyone should just do their best."

talking.

Lin Dong thought for a few seconds and then quickly instructed Wang Xingguo: "Carry 7800 airdrop drones in the cabin, and fully load 14 K-88 air-to-ground missiles and 2 Changjian-100 cruise missiles on the external hardpoints."

The aircraft configuration includes eight wingmen: one WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft, four Hot2 dogfighting drones, two J-1 high-altitude laser fighters, and one laser communication drone.

We need the military to grant us control.

All wingmen must take off from other military bases and then rendezvous in the air; they cannot take off from our Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group base, as this would expose the wingman capabilities of the Red Ghost…”

Laser communication drone.

This is a communication platform that Lin Dong used to film and broadcast during his previous air combat exercises with the J-20 fighter jet. It was then modified into a drone specifically designed to deal with electromagnetic and communication interference.

In recent years, the performance of laser semiconductor materials has been continuously improved, and the performance and quality of lasers have been continuously optimized.

Terrestrial communication has achieved performance of 400 kilometers, 800 Mbps bandwidth, and 12-line communication.

If you fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters, the thin atmosphere will greatly reduce the impact on lasers, and the communication distance can be increased to 1200 kilometers with a 1000 Mbps performance.

Of course, there's nothing unusual about it.

Because Earth-to-space laser communication was already achieved in the last century, it is now possible to conduct laser communication with the ground from a geostationary orbit at an altitude of 36000 kilometers...

However, the Earth-to-space communication bandwidth is relatively small, and the equipment is quite large, so the communication drone modified from Hot2 cannot be carried. Currently, the maximum range is 1200 kilometers and the performance is 1000 Mbps.

"Headquarters has already anticipated the exposure of the wingman... This is the control authorization code."

Wang Xingguo took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Lin Dong, then dictated the remaining 6 digits of the password.

"sure."

Lin Dong glanced at the note, quickly logged into Lin Weiliang's Beidou account, applied for a high-throughput communication link, then switched to the military's drone equipment control system and entered this string of permission codes.

Di-

A national map popped up.

One by one, drones that have been refueled and are ready to be activated via BeiDou satellite communication appear on the map.

"My dad and the BeiDou project team developed this drone satellite remote control and communication system, and it's pretty good..."

Lin Dong muttered something to himself, then quickly selected the eight wingmen he needed from several bases along the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's past exercise battlefield route, and then entered lines of intelligent control commands...

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northwest.

While the Red Team was preparing on Lin Dong's side, Zheng Weihong, dressed in combat uniform, stood in the operations room of a hidden combat-ready airfield, looking at the J-20 and J-10 fighter jets that had already started up and were warming up on the airfield outside, and then looked at the fighter pilots who had been transferred from various military regions in front of him.

"I believe you were notified when you came here and also signed a confidentiality agreement. I'd like to emphasize this point again."

"This is an exercise related to the country's highest strategy, involving equipment that is a top-level state secret and is protected by the highest level of security measures."

Zheng Weihong's gaze swept over everyone's eyes, and he said with a serious expression: "You participated in this exercise today. From the moment you took off in your fighter jets to confront the Red Team, you will face 24-hour surveillance by the National Security Bureau for 2 to 10 years."

If you have any concerns or feel that you cannot accept this, then you can stand up now and give up participating in this exercise.

The agreement you signed before will be automatically void, there will be no punishment, and there will be no record in your files... right?"

"Reporting, sir! No!"

As soon as Zheng Weihong finished speaking, all the pilots in the operations room responded with firm expressions, and not one of them backed down.

"Very well! Since no one is withdrawing, I will explain the rules and situation of this exercise."

A hint of satisfaction appeared in Zheng Weihong's eyes. He picked up the remote control and pressed a button.

Di-

The large screen in the operations room flashed and displayed an exercise map spanning three provinces, with a blue team's position clearly marked on it.

"In this position, there are 12000 of your comrades, lying in ambush against a Red Army unit, but now the intelligence has been leaked, and the Red Army is preparing to launch an air strike against them..."

Zheng Weihong pointed to a spot on the map, looked at everyone, and said, "Your mission is to destroy all enemy air force capabilities and protect the area above their heads!"

"Report!"

No sooner had Zheng Weihong finished speaking than Zhang Hai, who had been transferred from the Chengdu Military Region, stepped forward and shouted, "Sir, can we directly attack their Red Army?"

"This is a simulation; there are no real Red Army ground forces. You can only destroy the enemy's air force..."

Zheng Weihong shook his head: "In addition, this exercise used air-to-air simulated missiles for all your fighter jets, not the missile simulation attack of the ACM exercise system."

"Wow! The cost is that high?" Everyone present gasped.

Although the simulated missile has no warhead, it is equipped with a parachute and can be recovered and reused multiple times.

However, each time it is used, the engine needs to be overhauled or scrapped, which is equivalent to losing 20% ​​of the cost of a real missile.

"Report!"

Wei Weibin stepped forward and asked earnestly, "Sir, where did the Red Force come from? What kind of air force is it?"

"Intelligence indicates they came from the southeast..."

Zheng Weihong paused here, his expression solemn, and said, "As for what kind of force the other side will deploy... a large bomber!"