Munitions Empire-Chapter 1136: The data of 1056 is incorrect
Mirage Country, Ben Island, Shen Capital.
Shen Wen Dabo saw the war declaration from the Great Tang Empire against Mirage Country, and he also noticed the news about the main fleet of the Mirage Country preparing to leave the northern port.
"Air defense alert is deployed, all radars are on, and we predict that the enemy will start by bombing us. The Zero Fighter jet troops are already airborne and ready to intercept the incoming enemies at any moment," reported General Shenwu Ke.
"War is now inevitable for us; thus, victory is our only choice. We should make the Tang People realize that Mirage Country is not a weak country that can be easily manipulated," said Shen Wen Dabo with an icy tone.
"We haven’t identified the specific location of the enemy fleet yet, but we surmise it’s approaching South Island directly from the south," explained Shenwu Ke.
"Speculation isn’t reliable, I hope you can swiftly grasp the movements of the enemy," Shen Wen Dabo shook his head.
"Please rest assured, Prime Minister, we will definitely defeat the enemy!" Shenwu Ke said solemnly.
Disdainfully, Shen Wen Dabo reminded, "My confidence is of no use, we need Shen Emperor Your Majesty to believe!"
"Yes!" Shenwu Ke lowered his head to promise.
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On the afternoon that the Great Tang Empire declared war on Mirage Country, the Dragon Bombers that took off from the mainland of the Empire entered the airspace over South Island of Mirage Country.
The appearance of these bombers terrified the Mirage Country air defense radar station personnel on alert duty. They had never seen such eerie signals on their radar screens before.
"Are these fighter jets?" a Mirage Country soldier, looking at the signal blips on the radar screen, incredulously asked his superior.
The duty officer was also completely bewildered; he confirmed that the flickering blips were the enemy’s aircraft, but he had never seen such large blips before.
"Damn it, are these our Dragon Bombers?" the officer finally squeezed out these words after a long while.
However, his subordinate immediately denied it: "Sir, even our Dragon Bombers are not that large... and besides, where is this the speed of a Dragon Bomber?"
To be honest, this was not even the speed of any aircraft they were familiar with: in Mirage Country, even the fastest Zero Fighter jet could only fly at about 550 kilometers per hour at most.
In fact, there’s some exaggeration here: the actual top speed of Mirage Country’s Zero Fighter Jets was less than 500 kilometers per hour, and that was the limit achieved at an ideal altitude of 4,200 meters.
But now, the monstrous behemoths appeared on their radar screens were flying terrifying speeds of 900 kilometers per hour at an altitude of around 8,000 meters.
In other words, the speed of these things was almost double that of the Zero Fighter jet, and their flying altitude was also almost double that of the Zero Fighter jet...
"Great Tang Empire’s secret weapon?" The experienced officer of Mirage Country immediately realized they might be in big trouble.
There was no helping it; the Great Tang Empire often came up with some unexpectedly terrifying weapons, and now a similar weapon had appeared, which didn’t surprise him at all.
Only, he guessed the "model" of the weapon wrong: he thought this thing might be the Great Tang Empire’s ballistic missiles, since such weapons appeared on a country’s radar screen for the first time.
But the number of these "ballistic missiles" was also a bit too much... On the radar, there were nearly 100 of them! Joking aside, South Island would face a great disaster if so many missiles fell.
"Regardless of what it is, sir... what should we do?" the soldier asked timidly.
"Notify Great Southern Bay and other cities and field airports... sound the battle alarm! Command nearby fighter jets to check out the situation... What else can we do?" The duty officer could only proceed with the standard air defense alert process, as he had no better solution.
Of course, he truly didn’t dare utter the joke of having fighter jets go to intercept, so he used a vague command of "going over to take a look."
The piercing air defense alarm bellowed through the skies, and subsequently, the already airborne Zero Fighter jets of Mirage Country, guided by the ground radar station, rushed towards the strange targets.
"Is there something wrong with the data parameters given by the ground radar station? What the heck is this?" In the sky, upon hearing the ground radar station’s report, the first reaction of the Zero Fighter jet pilot was that the duty officers at the ground radar station had gone mad.
"Speeds over 900 kilometers per hour? Are they talking about monsters?" Another Zero Fighter pilot who heard the same information was close to cursing out loud.
Their fighter jets could only reach speeds of 500 kilometers per hour; how were they expected to intercept a target moving twice as fast as they were? Was there some mistake?
"Ground radar station! Ground radar station! Is the data wrong? Is the data wrong? Did I hear the target is at an altitude of 8000 meters? Traveling at a speed of 900 kilometers per hour?" The Goblin Flight Team Leader checked the data again, somewhat annoyed.
"Yes, the data is correct! We also don’t know what the enemy is! Go check it out! You must go check it out immediately!" the ground radar station responded.
"Received..." With heavy unease, the Goblin Flight Team Leader could only command the ten Zero Fighters that took off to intercept, following him to the interception zone to take a look.
Due to their absolute disadvantage in speed, they only had one chance for a head-on encounter, so these Zero Fighters began to turn and climb.
There was no other choice; their fighters couldn’t reach 500 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 8000 meters. At that thin atmospheric level, it would be good enough if their planes managed to climb to 400 kilometers per hour.
Furthermore, because of the thin air, at this altitude, the control of their planes was already at its limit. This meant that maneuvering the planes at this height was an incredibly exhausting task.
What usually took barely ten seconds to turn now might take half a minute. Such maneuvering performance made it impossible to execute basic intercept actions, so all these Zero Fighters rushing to the intercept zone could only really "take a look."
"Altitude 7000 meters! Go any higher, and our planes can only fly in a straight line," a Goblin Pilot complained.
"We’re approaching the target area now! Watch out for overhead and directly ahead!" the leading Flight Team Leader reminded his subordinates. He continued to control his plane, climbing meter by meter.
The climbing speeds of jet planes and piston-engined fighters were entirely from different eras: Climbing to 6000 meters would take the Zero Fighters 7 minutes and 28 seconds, while a MiG-19 could do it in less than a minute.
"Target spotted! Target spotted!" Soon, a terrified voice came through the headphones: "I see them! At the 11 o’clock direction! At the 11 o’clock direction, altitude 8500 meters! Altitude 8500 meters!"
"Damn it!" The Goblin Flight Team Leader couldn’t help but curse when he looked up and saw the massive formations of bombers properly aligned.
The aircraft he saw were nothing like the ones he was familiar with; the massive bodies of these beasts had wings that were slightly swept back! They had no propellers, or to put it another way, the Goblin Flight Team Leader couldn’t immediately find the propellers on these behemoths!
"What the hell is that speed?" As he watched the huge grey aircraft zoom past overhead, the Goblin Flight Team Leader lamented their inability even to turn and follow, let alone catch up.
He watched helplessly as a dense formation of Great Tang Empire bombers flew far away, more than 1500 meters above his own plane, unable to even turn and aim their machine guns at the enemy.
This altitude was too high; their aircraft were already at their limit, the control was very poor, and the climbing speed had dropped to the point where it was comparable to a turtle’s pace.
Yet at this altitude, their opponents could still fly so fast that they could only watch as the targets moved farther away.
"They’re too fast..." Another Goblin Pilot also complained: "And what is that sound?"
Despite being enclosed in glass cockpits and wearing headphones, the Goblin Pilots could still hear the deafening roar of the jet engines.
"Are their planes exploding?" another Goblin Pilot asked in confusion. The disturbing noise was too prominent, as if it could rip their planes apart at this distance.
"We can’t catch up with them..." The Goblin Flight Team Leader angrily pressed the talk switch: "Ground Command! Ground Command! We have located the target! Their flying altitude is 8500 meters! It’s the Great Tang Empire’s bombers! Confirmed, it’s the Great Tang Empire’s bombers! We can’t catch up with them… I repeat, we can’t catch up with them anymore!"
"Received! Great Tang Empire bombers!" The voice from Ground Command came through the headphones, also filled with intense shock.
"It’s the Great Tang Empire’s new-type bombers! No previous records!" The Goblin Flight Team Leader continued to report: "Their flight direction..."
Mid-sentence, the Goblin Flight Team Leader noticed that the planes they were tracking had in the distance accelerated even further. Forgetting the data he intended to report, he burst out with an expletive: "Damn! They’re speeding up even more!"
The maximum speed of a H-6 is 1050 kilometers per hour, so a speed of 900 kilometers per hour is actually not surprising. Carrying only 2 tons of ammunition and having exhausted nearly half of the fuel, it can easily reach its maximum velocity now.
Amid the thunderous noise of the jet engines, the Great Tang Empire bombers began to lower their altitude and disperse their formation, bombing the entire South Island’s Shen Army targets.
The bomb bays of the bombers slowly opened, and one after another, cluster bombs were tossed out of the bay, the bombs correcting their falling posture with the assistance of air turbulence.
