Chapter 123 Sea Harriers Take Flight, A Decisive Strike (Please Subscribe!)
"Understood. Proceed according to plan!"
Xia Yu hung up the phone, picked up a fried dough stick, and dipped it into the soy milk.
Although he has only been in the PMC industry for half a year, he is no longer the newbie he used to be.
What is tension?
Does it affect his breakfast?
He would remain unmoved even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, and his eyes would not blink even if a deer ran past on his left.
This kind of composure is what you need when you're navigating the world.
"Boss, what would you like to eat for lunch?"
Seeing that Xia Yu was eating and drinking well, Lao Yu asked as he came to collect the dishes.
His boss is great in every way, except he's always traveling far away.
Old Yu felt uneasy about receiving a full month's salary for doing very little work.
"I'd like something light: crystal shrimp, braised shredded tofu, stir-fried water spinach, and a tomato and egg soup."
Three dishes and a soup – a simple lunch.
After leaving the restaurant, Xia Yu went to the hangar.
The Sea Harrier FRS mK2 in the very center has now been fitted with the classic blue digital camouflage paint scheme of the Su-27 Flanker.
The tank color-changing fanatic has finally extended his reach to fighter jets. After the modification, apart from the somewhat complicated composition, the effect on the aircraft is quite good.
After changing into his anti-G suit, sunglasses, and helmet, Xia Yu entered the cockpit.
Just like driving a car, he plugged the device into the latch, and he was strapped into the ejection seat.
Drive safely!
After putting on the oxygen mask, Xia Yu then turned on the cockpit pressurization function, and with the anti-G suit, he could avoid blackout during maneuvers.
He slowly steered the "Fat Chicken" out of the hangar, and completed the self-checks of each system.
A well-maintained fighter jet can completely omit the self-check step, but good habits reflect the pilot's combat effectiveness.
After confirming that everything was normal, Xia Yu adjusted the angle of the nozzle and pushed the throttle lever all the way down.
"Buzz~~"
The engine was roaring, and he could see on the head-up display (hUD) that the engine speed had reached 100%, followed by a flashing hexagonal symbol.
The Pegasus mK106 engine, which squeezes out all its power and reaches 107% of its rated thrust, propels the entire fuselage off the ground.
This isn't the end, because this is only the engine's limit, not the Harrier's limit.
Xia Yu controlled the fighter jet's built-in water tank to spray water into the combustion chamber. The engine, which had already reached its thrust limit, suddenly surged in speed as if it had drunk "fuel supplement".
The water tank has a capacity of only 190 liters and sprays continuously for 90 seconds. However, the Xia Yu storage warehouse has little else but the most abundant H2O, which removes impurities, and drops of pure distilled water.
Give me boost!
"Boom!"
Deep in the rainforest outside the village, James was making himself breakfast.
It's leftover breakfast cereal from yesterday's Qingzhen No. 2 meal. I mixed it with milk powder and hot water, and it's a real treat to have something hot in the wild.
Stirring his cereal, James couldn't help but recall an interaction they had with the seals before his discharge from the military.
Those animals seemed to have come prepared, wanting to exchange three bags of mRE for one of his standard rations.
James agreed to this seemingly foolproof trade, and he even specifically chose beef sauce pasta, which turned out to be as awful as scrap tire husks.
We've lost money, we've lost a fortune.
"Boom!"
Where is the noise coming from?
James put down his cereal and quickly grabbed his rifle.
"This is the commander. Calling the forward observation post. Any unusual activity at the target?"
An ominous premonition rose in his heart.
"The sound is coming from the direction of the village, and we are urgently launching drones."
The observation post team members immediately reported this.
When the parking lot was built, Xia Yu took precautions to prevent suspicious surveillance, so the parking lot and hangar are not visible from outside the village; they can only be observed from above using drones.
But in their frantic efforts, before their drone could even take off, a strange bird suddenly rose from the village.
"Teacher, is that a fighter jet?"
The youngest student in the school pointed to the blue and white figure in the sky and asked Zhou Bo a question.
"Yes, this is a fighter jet. Wait, how could a fighter jet be here?"
When Zhou Bo realized what this was, he was dumbfounded.
He and his colleagues knew that Xia Yu was in the military contracting business. They had seen tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and even the Mi-24V aircraft frequently took off and landed there.
None of these impacts are as great as the impact of this Harrier jet today.
Zhou Bo wasn't a military enthusiast, but he loved watching movies, especially after work when he came to the country.
I happened to rewatch "True Lies" a couple of days ago, so I recognized the model of this fighter jet at a glance.
But that doesn't make sense!
The principal has only a handful of people under his command, you can count them on two hands, yet he already has fighter jets.
Xia Yu said, "It's understandable that you can't figure it out."
Zhou Bo, a normal person, couldn't understand it, and neither could the white top hat.
After the Sea Harriers took off, all the squad members who saw the fighter jets, whether at the forward observation post or the temporary base in the rear, were stunned on the spot.
This wasn't in the intelligence report. Where did Jihuo Defense get Harrier jets? This is bad...
James was the first to react. He threw down his rifle and tried to contact headquarters, but would Xia Yu give him that chance?
"Whoosh~~"
Adjusting its tailpipe, the sea harrier swooped down into the rainforest.
After switching the cannon attack mode, Xia Yu activated the laser illuminator.
Besides guiding precision-guided bombs, this thing is used to assist aircraft cannons in firing at ground targets, just like it is now.
A flashing crosshair appears on the head-up display, and an "L" icon below indicates that laser targeting is enabled. The crosshair is pointing in the direction the cannon is aiming.
With the forward observation post, which had been discovered the day before, in sight, Xia Yu pulled the firing button without hesitation.
"Thump~ thump~ thump~~"
The Mauser bK27, with its rotary breech design, began to roar, but its rate of fire of 1,700 rounds per minute was not as fast as the A10's GAU-8, so it didn't sound like a fart.
However, before being hit by the FAP 27 x 145mm fragile armor-piercing round flying at three times the speed of sound, the three men at the forward observation post lost all consciousness.
Xia Yu was merciful; he fired 100 rounds out of 300 at once. This firepower density ensured that no one was unlucky enough to be hit in the hands or feet, causing the enemy to die in agony.
We're all born of mothers, so killing someone instantly is the most painless approach.
"Whoosh~~"
After readjusting the attitude of the four nozzles, the speed of the Harrier instantly decreased, and Xia Yu once again pulled the firing button on the control stick.
"Thump~ thump~ thump~ thump~~"
There might be some fish that get caught during the re-flight, but what if I could slow down and hover?
None of the seven people at the temporary base managed to escape, and James didn't even get to finish his last meal, Meal Number 2. Xia Yu brutally wiped out the entire reconnaissance team with his cannon.
They served five years outside of France, spending hundreds of thousands of euros per person on training, honing their killing skills only to be wasted in this way.
It has to be said, this is extremely ironic.
Even the most elite troops cannot withstand the kinetic energy bombardment of tens of thousands of joules; humans ultimately have their limits.
As for not being a human being.
This armor-piercing projectile was designed to shoot down fighter jets and tanks; hitting people was just a side effect.
Xia Yu glanced at the total fuel gauge, and the reading had dropped rapidly to 1.5 tons.
It burns up really fast; this amount of oil is definitely not enough for combat, so he chose to fill it up along with the water tank.
The reading started to reverse the next second, as if it were connected to a gas pump.
That's right, it's a subspace refueling aircraft.
"Boom!"
Not far away, under the watchful eyes of the villagers, Xia Yu piloted the sea harrier and flew into the sky.
About ten minutes later, another uninvited guest arrived over Bogo Village.
This is a Snowy Owl drone.
This is an improved drone designed and manufactured by Yise Lie Aerospace Industrial Co., Ltd. based on its own Heron drone, in accordance with the requirements of the Taiwanese.
There's no other way; high-altitude reconnaissance drones have high barriers to entry, and the Chinese lack the necessary expertise, so they can only choose to buy from others.
In addition to this snowy owl, they have also purchased the Reaper, a weapon system that integrates investigation and attack, in the past two years.
During the period of waiting for delivery, the Snowy Owl remains their main drone.
This plane took off from an airbase in Gabon, intending to observe the White Hats' revenge operation in real time.
At the same time, it is also to prevent the situation from escalating.
The fact that news about Afika can attract international attention is inseparable from the efforts of those behind the scenes.
It's perfectly normal for one PMC company to retaliate against another; they don't want others to find loopholes to exploit.
Even a fool learns from being tricked too many times, let alone someone who isn't foolish!
On the other hand, it is also a low-probability event that the White Hat's operation may fail.
According to intelligence, this company called Jihuo Defense, although small in scale, is extremely profitable.
It cannot be ruled out that they may hire other PMC companies and use air power in combat.
Even the White Hat crew was on guard, and they deployed an additional Mirage F1.
However, they had just flown over Konluga Airport and there was no sign of any fighter jets taking off.
According to intelligence sources, the situation at Busa Airport is the same.
Judging from the strength of the counterattack, it really is only equivalent to a few shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles.
Control the snowy owl to circle above Bogo Village, while the crowd in front of the control station awaits the arrival of the white-hatted figure.
What a coincidence! Xia Yu was also waiting, even traveling a hundred or two kilometers to greet him.
Why aren't they here yet?
An airplane can't fly fast when it's fully loaded!
A four-aircraft formation consisting of three Super Étendards and one Mirage F1 has entered the area.
Aside from a few national capitals, Afica has virtually no air defense capabilities.
They have no need to worry about being shot down by anti-aircraft fire while they are here.
The only threat to the squadron is the potential presence of enemy aircraft, but they haven't shown up yet.
Perhaps they'll arrive late, after they've dropped all their bombs!
Even if I can't get the final payment, I can still make a profit after deducting the fuel cost from the advance payment.
Rather than hoping that the opposing force, the Flag Squadron, might back down while they were ahead, Leno wanted a real fight.
He's a veteran pilot with over 1000 flight hours. Even with an outdated Mirage F1 and obsolete "Super" 530F medium-range missiles, he can still shoot down the enemy.
It's good that the young man is confident, but his opponent this time also has 1000+ experience, and it's a single-player game with 1000+ experience.
Such pilots are hard to find even in the British Army, let alone if you did find one now, he wouldn't be able to fly anymore.
"Thomas, turn on the radar!"
The leader of the temporary bombing squadron, who was also the squadron leader of the Étendard squadron, gave instructions to his wingman, Thomas.
"yes!"
Thomas responded by activating the Super Etendard's Anemone radar.
The aircraft's original agave radar has an air-to-sea search range of 110 kilometers and can detect surface vessels the size of patrol boats at a distance of 40 to 55 kilometers.
Its effectiveness was outstanding in that era, and it was also a powerful ally in finding the HMS Sheffield during the Ark of the Falklands War.
Unfortunately, the air-to-air mode was somewhat lacking, with an effective search range of only 28 kilometers.
This is also why the Germans later completely replaced the Super Étendard with the Anemone radar, which doubled the air search range and was even more effective than the Cyrano IV mR radar on the Mirage F1.
The squadron leader had this reason for asking Thomas to turn on the fire control radar: their Étendard squadron took turns turning it on to be responsible for the air defense reconnaissance of the entire temporary bombing squadron.
Once they spot the enemy, send Leno up to tear them apart.
A good plan, but their enemies were well prepared.
Xia Yu chose the Sea Harrier FRS mK2 model because of its Blue Fox radar, which has an air-to-air search range of 110 kilometers, exactly twice that of the Anemone.
The Foxhound is also decent; it can easily outperform these two fighter jets at 100 kilometers, but it can't take off and land vertically, which doesn't quite meet Xia Yu's needs.
The aircraft with the longest field of vision among the old planes was probably the F-14's AN/AwG-9, which could see 200 kilometers away in those days, making it truly invincible.
It's just a bit difficult to obtain; besides Yi Lang, only Lao Mei's aircraft graveyard has it.
Without buying or selling, there was no harm done. In order to maintain his Tomcat fleet, Yi-Lang purchased F-14 parts at high prices on the black market.
Unable to resist the temptation, the cemetery management staff stole from the site, ultimately leading to Old Magneto cutting up almost all of the F-14s, with the few remaining ones also under close surveillance by satellites.
The predecessors dug the pit, and the successors suffer the consequences; Xia Yu can no longer even go to other people's cemeteries to purchase goods.
Putting those thoughts aside for the moment, as Thomas activated the fire control radar, he also activated the Blue Fox search for targets.
Active radar is similar to the active infrared headlights of Soviet tanks; it illuminates others but also exposes oneself, yet this is a necessary step in combat.
How can you shoot down an enemy without detecting them?
Fortunately, the British were very cunning; when they were developing the Blue Fox, they specifically improved the radar's anti-interception capabilities.
It may not be effective against third- or fourth-generation fighters.
However, when dealing with second-generation aircraft, the Blue Fox effectively reduces the probability of triggering the target radar warning receiver during startup and search.
"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~~"
Within minutes of being powered on, the radar detected the first target.
Xia Yu switched the radar's search mode, directly selecting to track and search simultaneously.
"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~~"
The blue female fox subsequently discovered a second and third target.
At the same time, the Super Etendard's Anemone failed to detect any targets, and the onboard passive radar warning receiver also failed to respond.
At this moment, none of them knew that they had been locked onto by the enemy, who were just waiting for them to enter the missile's attack range to deliver a fatal blow.
"Calling Unit A, calling Unit A, this is the outpost."
The base commander suddenly contacted the bombing squadron commander.
"This is machine A. Please speak to me!"
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