The out-of-control F-15 Vulture, like a kite with a broken string, twisted wildly at an altitude of 10,000 meters, instantly spreading the aura of death among the American formation.
Higher up, inside the cockpit of the SR-71 "Blackbird," Raven's indifference completely crumbled, replaced by utter horror!
"Vulture! Hold on! Report the situation! What did you see?"
The raven screeched into the radio, its voice distorted by extreme shock.
He suddenly activated the airborne side-looking radar, and the powerful electromagnetic beam swept wildly across the airspace below like a searchlight. The vulture had caught a glimpse of the airspace before it went out of control and claimed that there was a ghost there!
The radar screen was completely clean!
Only the signal light representing the vulture's uncontrolled tumbling and the signal of the anxiously circling crow wingman were flashing violently.
That suspicious airspace was as if it had been erased by an eraser, without a single trace of unidentified reflected signal!
There is only harmless background clutter inherent in the atmosphere itself.
"There's nothing there! The radar shows nothing but birds and turbulence!"
Raven roared at the officer in charge of the reconnaissance system in the rear cabin, veins bulging on his forehead, "Check the system! Full spectrum scan! Now!"
The officer in the rear cabin frantically operated the complex control panel, his flight suit soaked with sweat.
"Side-looking radar normal! Forward-looking radar normal! Electronic countermeasures system normal! Passive monitoring...no abnormal radiation sources! Sir, that airspace...is clean! Absolutely clean!"
"Clean? Then was that vulture haunted by a ghost?"
Raven slammed his fist on the dashboard, gripped by overwhelming fear.
He looked down at the F-15 still struggling on the verge of going out of control, and at the hopelessly clean radar screen, and a chill ran down his spine.
Below, the crow, piloting its wingman, circled the out-of-control lead plane, still shaken, trying to find the culprit that had caused the vulture to collapse instantly.
His eyes widened as the radar screen scanned back and forth, but the alarm remained silent.
A visual search revealed nothing but rolling vultures and the endless dark blue void below!
"Vulture! Vulture! Hold on! I can't see it! What do you see?"
The crow's voice trembled, and at that moment, I felt a chill run down my spine.
Inside the cockpit of the "Shadow," the piercing overload alarm and engine compartment overheat alarm were frantically assaulting Lao Zhao's eardrums!
On the status screen, the curves representing the temperature at the rear of the engine compartment had already exceeded all the scales, and a deep purple maximum crisis warning covered the entire area!
A series of high-frequency, violent vibrations came from my right hand gripping the club!
The fighter jet's skin emitted a teeth-grinding "creaking" sound under the combined ravages of high temperatures and residual vibrations!
"Tower! 'Sky Curtain' reports! Engine nacelle...supercritical! Structural...vibration intensifying!"
Old Zhao's voice rang out in the encrypted channel, filled with suppressed pain and rapid breathing.
He gripped the control stick tightly, battling the tremors that seemed to tear the fighter jet apart, sweat blurring his goggles.
Inside the control tower, the atmosphere instantly plummeted from the ecstatic joy of successfully getting a face-to-face kiss to an icy abyss!
On the main screen, the status indicator for "Shadow" is flashing a glaring deep red!
"Engine compartment temperature: T3, T4, and T5 exceed limits! Structural stress: Main beam connection point alarm! High-frequency vibration: Amplitude exceeds standard by 300%!"
The cold, impersonal alarm message scrolled on relentlessly, like a death sentence.
Mingzhao's eyes were sharp and calm!
Her fingers flew across the keyboard, instantly retrieving real-time thermal imaging images transmitted from the satellite!
On the screen, the area at the rear of the engine compartment of the "Shadow" that was covered with a gray-black ablation coating now reveals a shocking, bright white spot, like the core of a furnace!
Its temperature is so high that it far exceeds the calibration limit of thermal imaging!
Beneath the coating, the silent damping material had already melted, carbonized, and disintegrated under extreme high temperatures!
The residual vibrations, like a wild horse that has broken free, ran rampant at the critical point where they were no longer restrained!
"Sky Curtain! Execute the emergency escape plan, Alpha! Immediately!"
Mingzhao's voice was resolute and decisive, without the slightest hesitation, "Heading: Southeast 135! Altitude: Rapidly descend to [number] meters! Speed: Maintain 2.0! Repeat,"
"Understood! Execute Alpha Plan! Rapid descent! Initiate cooling!"
Old Zhao roared in response. In this life-or-death moment, he unleashed astonishing willpower!
He gripped the violently shaking control lever with both hands like iron clamps, and at the same time, he slammed down the machine head!
The immense overload pressed him firmly into the seat once again! He quickly flicked a bright red emergency switch with his left hand!
Like a wounded giant bird, the "Shadow" nose plunged sharply downwards!
The emergency coolant injection port near the engine nozzle opened instantly, and a large amount of specially made low-temperature coolant, like white smoke, sprayed wildly onto the scorching engine compartment shell and the structural nodes on the verge of collapse!
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A violent vaporization sound seemed to be coming from inside the machine!
On the screen, the rapidly rising temperature curves were suddenly halted as if their necks were being strangled by the coolant!
Although it remains in the dangerous deep red zone, at least it has stopped deteriorating!
The amplitude of the high-frequency vibration also decreased by more than half instantly due to the aerodynamic changes and cooling effect caused by the rapid descent!
Although the residual shaking is still clearly perceptible, it has changed from a fatal "tearing" to a "violent jolt"!
"Temperature in the 'silent' zone has stopped rising! Vibration amplitude has decreased significantly! Coolant level: 65%!"
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