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End of Chapter 41! The developer's name is... Lin Weiliang?

[Beep—Locked! Locked!]

The stealth effect of modern stealth fighters is mainly achieved through their special fuselage shape, which prevents radar reflections from returning along the same path. This is further reduced by the use of radar-absorbing materials on their surfaces.

This design means that stealth fighters can only remain invisible to radar from certain angles.

However, when the unmanned combat aircraft approached the J-20 fighter jet and the distance between them decreased to less than 40 kilometers, the J-20's stealth effect was completely exposed, and it began to be locked onto by the unmanned combat aircraft's radar.

[Beep—High-speed missile approaching, please take evasive action! Please take evasive action!]

A glaring red warning popped up on the DHU of the J-20 fighter jet, and the aircraft's radar interface also turned glaring red.

Two red signal lights were shooting straight down from 30,000 meters in the sky, and the radar detected that they were traveling at an astonishing speed of Mach 3.8.

"This is insane! This thing can actually be used as a missile!"

"Spread out to the left and right! Prepare air-to-air missiles!"

Wei Weibin's pupils contracted slightly, but he wasn't too surprised. He shouted and then eased off the throttle and stepped on the control rudder.

stab-

The left wingtip broke the sound barrier, creating a shockwave that emitted a piercing shriek.

Wei Weibin felt his body jerk to the right, and the fighter jet beneath him suddenly swerved to the left.

Meanwhile, Zou Zijian, who was piloting the wingman on the other side, also used almost the same maneuver to scatter his fighter jet to the right.

At this point, it was too late to go to the foggy area to the east.

They had to deal with these two unmanned combat aircraft, or rather, unmanned combat aircraft-like missiles, that had fallen from the sky.

[Beep beep beep—Locked! Locked!]

The locked red warning remained unchanged.

As they dispersed, the signal lights displayed on the radar also dispersed almost simultaneously, each staring at the other, locked in a tight grip without separating at all.

"The laser from this unmanned combat aircraft has an effective damage range of 10 kilometers..."

Wei Weibin's mind flashed through the parameters of the laser weapons equipped on the unmanned combat aircraft, and he glanced at the situation of the two unmanned combat aircraft.

At this moment, the fighter jet had descended to an altitude of 25,000 meters, and was only 25 kilometers away from them in a straight line, but its speed stopped at Mach 4 and did not continue to increase. A hint of surprise flashed through his heart.

These unmanned combat aircraft are ultimately not real missiles.

The windward surface is too large, and air resistance is a huge obstacle.

Mach 4.

It's highly likely that this is its maximum speed below the critical airspace!

Furthermore, as the altitude decreases further, the air becomes denser, and at speeds below Mach 4, the maneuverability of unmanned combat aircraft also decreases.

"PL-10 missiles launched, two at once!"

Thinking of this, Wei Weibin opened the missile launch safety box and immediately pressed the launch button.

[Beep—You have launched two PL-10 missiles. ACMI is simulating the final results!]

呲!

On the DHU interface in front of me, two missile trajectories suddenly appeared below the fighter jet.

The next instant, the missile made a sharp turn at an extremely high angle under the fighter jet's belly, and then in less than two seconds, it soared to Mach 4 and shot straight into the sky towards the two unmanned combat aircraft.

This is the PL-10 missile's off-axis launch technology, which allows it to launch and lock onto a target without needing to be aimed at it.

Traditional missiles need to be aimed at the target's approximate azimuth for several seconds before launch to lock onto and track the target, resulting in a very narrow attack window and extremely demanding launch timing.

However, with the addition of off-axis launch technology, the missile can lock onto the target without being aimed directly at it, greatly expanding the missile's attack window and the pilot's launch opportunity, making operations more flexible.

[Beep—Your teammate has launched two PL-10 missiles. ACMI is simulating the final results!]

Wei Weibin's missile was launched in less than two seconds.

Meanwhile, Zou Zijian's wingman also launched PL-10 missiles at the unmanned combat aircraft.

"It has to be a hit! It has to be a hit!"

Wei Weibin stared intently at the missile trajectory simulated by the ACMI system, his eyes filled with tension and anticipation.

At such close range, the unmanned combat aircraft could reach them in less than 20 seconds, and the launched PL-10 missiles could pass the unmanned combat aircraft in less than 10 seconds. They didn't have time to adjust their attitude and launch the remaining PL-15s.

As a stealthy fifth-generation fighter jet with beyond-visual-range capability, the J-20's weapon platform does not have primitive weapons such as machine guns.

At this point, if the target is a real missile, the engine can only operate for a few tens of seconds.

Then he can maneuver to evade or provide cover with his wingman, and still has a chance to avoid the missile's attack angle.

However, the opponent was an unmanned combat aircraft, whose engines could run continuously, leaving no room for maneuver.

At this point, he could only hope that these two already incredibly powerful unmanned combat aircraft had truly reached their limit, and that the four missiles could successfully intercept them.

If the missile interception fails, the unmanned combat aircraft will complete the final penetration.

They either faced being "rammed" down by unmanned combat aircraft, or, like Zhang Hai and Chen Bing's J-10 fighter jets, being killed in close-range dogfights in less than a minute.

Even though the J-20's fuselage is heavier, its engine is still the WS-10 turbofan engine used in the J-10, making it less maneuverable than the J-10. As a result, their fate was even more tragic than that of the J-10 fighter jet.

The J-10 fighter jets engaged in at least two more dogfights, maneuvering to evade the enemy multiple times, while the enemy fighters likely couldn't even last one round of dogfights.

"Seven seconds, six seconds, five seconds..."

Wei Weibin silently counted down, his gaze shifting from the fighter jet's DHU interface to the view outside the porthole.

With his exceptional pilot's eyesight, he could now clearly see the unmanned combat aircraft glowing red in the sky and the PL-10 missiles heading straight towards the fighter jet.

"Four seconds, three seconds... wait, what is this?!" Just two seconds before the missile was about to be launched, the missile and the fighter jet were less than 5 kilometers apart.

Suddenly, Wei Weibin's pupils contracted sharply, and he exclaimed in disbelief, his mind filled with only one thought.

——It’s over!

[Beep—The Red Team's unmanned combat aircraft accelerated to evade...Evasion successful, the attack of four PL-10 missiles failed!]

The ACMI exercise system's judgment results appeared on the screen.

All the staff and technical experts at headquarters were stunned at this moment, staring at the video footage that was being simultaneously transmitted from Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group.

The unmanned combat aircraft, which was originally sprinting downhill, suddenly increased its speed from Mach 4 to Mach 5.8, and it was still increasing.

It was this sudden surge in speed that allowed them to bypass the missile's attack point and evade it without having to make any extra movements.

But contrary to this sudden surge in speed is...

The exhaust plume of the unmanned combat aircraft engine was shortened significantly, from five or six meters longer than the fuselage to less than half a meter.

"Replay! Replay it now!"

At this moment, Chief Engineer Jiao You, who was on a business trip to the Air Force headquarters from Institute 624 and had been invited to observe the exercise and provide advisory opinions, immediately snapped out of his daze and anxiously shouted, "Rewind the clip of the unmanned combat aircraft accelerating, and slow it down tenfold!"

As a top expert in aero engines, he knew very well what had suddenly happened inside the engine when the exhaust plume suddenly shortened so much.

But it was precisely because he knew that he was even more hesitant to believe it, even less certain.

Because this is an engine technology that is currently only a conceptual idea and whose theory is not yet fully developed.

Aero engine research institutes around the world regard it as an all-airspace engine technology, but no one has yet been able to overcome it.

"yes!"

The technical staff at headquarters quickly entered the code to replay the video.

Although the video was shared by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, it will be cached once played, so playback is not difficult.

Soon, the footage of the drone accelerating was played back.

Although the image was rippled due to atmospheric disturbances caused by the ultra-long distance shooting, the overall details were still clearly revealed.

The moment the drone accelerated, the tail nozzle changed from a chrysanthemum-shaped bloom to a large horn, and then the engine emitted a yellow tail flame that was not fully burned.

The next instant, the yellow tail flame dissipated, replaced by a ball of azure, even white, firelight enveloping the area around the horn-shaped engine nozzle.

At this moment, the speed of the unmanned combat aircraft also began to surge wildly, increasing from Mach 4 to Mach 5 in less than two seconds, and then rushing to Mach 5.8.

"Variable ramjet, this is a variable ramjet engine... Can this technology really be developed?" Chief Engineer Jiao You's lips trembled slightly as he watched the entire slow-motion video.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he stared wide-eyed at Chief of Staff Ma Tian in the middle: "You just said that the developer of this unmanned combat aircraft is called... Lin Weiliang? Where is he now? I'm going to find him!"

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