Chapter 159: Chapter 106: Destroying the Decayed (Revised version, please note, do not subscribe repeatedly!)
The drone rapidly approached the incident area and, when it was about 20 kilometers from the scene, it suddenly climbed sharply to an altitude of 500 meters. With a shudder of its airframe, two air-to-air missiles disengaged from the weapon rack, the missiles ignited, trailing white smoke as they rocketed towards the target ahead.
The two F-15J fighters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces were patrolling the skies when the distant drone suddenly increased altitude, and their onboard radars immediately detected the drone’s trace. However, on their radars, the signal appeared as the latest model of the US F-15 Fighter.
The two Japanese fighter pilots were unaware why an American fighter jet would suddenly appear here since they had received no intelligence about the presence of US forces in the area during their mission. Could it be that the US fighter was here to assist them? Yet one thing was strange: their radar had not detected the US aircraft earlier, so how had the fighter suddenly appeared out of nowhere?
The pilots were somewhat confused, and just as they opened the communication channel, intending to contact the F-15, they suddenly received radar warnings: the opposing F-15 had fired two air-to-air missiles at them.
At Level 4, the drone upgrade had selected the F-15’s template, so its weapon system had also automatically changed to match that of the F-15. It was equipped with AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, which had a maximum attack range of 90 kilometers but an effective range of 75 kilometers. Its speed also reached Mach 4. Compared to before, the drone’s missile attack capability had significantly improved, not only in range but also in speed. With such comprehensive enhancements, the drone could now break free from its previous predicament, where it could not attack the adversary and had to rely on trickery and surprise to defeat the enemy.
When the two F-15Js detected the incoming missiles, they were shocked, having not expected to be attacked by a US fighter. However, with the US military’s superior image and strength bearing heavily on their minds, they dared not return fire. Instead, they reported the situation to their superiors and turned to flee.
In an attempt to escape the AIM-120 missiles, the two F-15Js accelerated as they deployed decoy flares. But what they didn’t know was that the F-15 did not belong to the United States military, and it had top-notch black technology—the Quantum Radar. Once a target was locked onto by the Quantum Radar, no decoy flares could help evade the missile’s pursuit.
The F-15J is the Japanese version of the US F-15 with a maximum speed of only 2.5 Mach, unable to shake off the AIM-120’s tracking with a flight speed of 4 Mach. In just thirty seconds, the AIM-120s caught up with the two F-15Js, avoided the released flares, and struck the jets accurately, setting off two red blossoms of fire in the sky.
Seeing that their situation was dire, the pilots of the two F-15Js ejected early, parachuting to safety. Beneath the glow of the explosions above, two pristine white parachutes bloomed in the sky…
The three Japanese patrol boats below, which had been happily chatting, were stunned when they suddenly saw their own aircraft blown up by missiles from an unknown source. They stopped their banter instinctively, standing there stunned as they watched the pilots parachute from the sky, struggling to process the turn of events.
Little Gu, the captain’s son aboard the Helong, was live-streaming when he captured the missile strike on the two F-15Js, which excited him beyond control as he shouted loudly on his stream. The viewers seeing this scene in his live stream were thrilled, calling their friends, spreading the news, and in a very short time, the number of people watching Little Gu’s stream surged to over a hundred thousand.
Air combat among fighter jets was common in the world, but the footage of them being destroyed by missiles was often very blurry, barely discernible. So when such clear footage of missiles hitting fighters was captured, everyone was ecstatic. They completely forgot that this was a cruel aerial battle and that the losing side could result in casualties…
Yan Fei’s drone made a sudden appearance and destroyed the two F-15Js in less than a minute, demonstrating extremely high combat efficiency. Then the drone sped toward the incident area at high speed, and almost simultaneously as the F-15Js were destroyed, it spotted the helicopter midair. The drone swiftly closed in and unleashed a volley of 30mm naval cannon fire, exploding the hapless helicopter in midair.
Upon witnessing the helicopter above being blown apart by a US fighter, which then flew toward them as if to attack next, the crew aboard the Fushima patrol ship suddenly realized the danger. Facing a life-or-death trial, the commander was terrified, his face ashen, his usual commanding bravado vanished in an instant, even unsure of issuing an order. It wasn’t until his deputy repeatedly urged him that the commander issued orders to scatter and retreat, then reported the situation to their superiors. The three Japanese patrol ships ceased their surrounding attack on the Helong and began to flee in three different directions.