Chapter 332: The Third Generation of Warhawks
The few people had a very pleasant conversation and signed the island transfer contract. The chief leader also transferred the 2000 million funds to the Colombian government account through the Hamberg Foundation, and the matter was settled.
After chatting for a while, the Colombian government lawmaker prepared to fly back to make an official statement.
Follett also needed to take care of his own business, so he didn't choose to stay here for too long. After saying hello to each other, he took his people on a private plane and left Collection Island.
After arriving at the airport and watching the group leave, Zhang Ailun also received news from Jehovah Island.
Gwen informed him that there was a cargo ship dedicated to the aircraft graveyard parked in the harbor area, with some fighter jet parts on it. The person in charge claimed that it was a scrap recycling service ordered by the island owner.
Zhang Ailun also responded to her immediately, asking them to cooperate with the other party to transfer all the parts to the island, and he would be there soon.
After putting away his phone, Zhang Allen informed Madison that he was leaving: "I still have some things to deal with on my island, so I won't stay here for too long."
"Ok. After all, you are a busy man! Not as leisurely as me." Madison nodded and agreed happily.
Zhang Ailun immediately called Bailey, boarded his private plane, and told him to go to Jehovah Island.
Bailey agreed readily, climbed into the driver's seat, adjusted the equipment, started the Cirrus, sprinted on the runway and took off, leaving Collection Island and heading for the waters of California and Mexico.
An hour later, they arrived at Jehovah Island. The outline of the island could be seen from afar, and Zhang Allen also took out a telescope and saw through the window glass a dozen blurry black dots in the sky, which were undoubtedly some spy balloons.
You should know that the highest flight altitude of the Cirrus Aircraft is at least 9448 meters, and their current flight altitude is about 8000 meters. From this distance, if you look through a telescope, you can only see a few small black dots. It is enough to see that the distance between those spy balloons and the ground is at least 10000 meters. They cannot be seen with the naked eye and cannot be hit using ordinary means.
Bailey contacted the mercenaries at the tower, informed them of his identity, and then landed smoothly at the airport.
Zhang Ailun got off the plane, called a few mercenaries, and drove to the bay area of South Port.
When they arrived here, they also saw a cargo ship parked here. Qibatu was communicating with them. A loading platform was built on the shallows, and all the parts and boxes were moved down. There were more than a dozen boxes of different sizes, all of which were heavy.
"Boss, you're here." Mark and the others greeted the chief leader enthusiastically when they saw him coming. Zhang Allen also smiled and nodded in response.
At his signal, the security team opened the largest box on the shore and took a look. Inside were undoubtedly three F16 General Electric turbofan engines, and in another box were two F15 F100-PW-220 turbofan engines.
Qibatu saw the chief coming over and asked in confusion: "Boss, when did you order the F16 and F15 fighters? Why didn't you tell us in advance? Now that this batch of goods has been delivered, we have to figure out how to deal with the destroyer and assemble the fighters. We don't have enough manpower, which will seriously affect the modification progress!"
"You probably haven't officially started construction on the destroyer yet, right?" Zhang Ailun asked.
"No, we are still studying the design drawings. We just pulled the nuclear reactor here yesterday and stored it separately. It's too early to start the transformation." Qibatu replied, "We are still recruiting people. Once more people receive training to drive destroyers or take turns driving combat ships, we can start the formal construction. It will be enough if we can recruit another 50 to 100 people."
"Then we can free up some manpower to assemble these fighter jets. There is no need to rush to modify the destroyers." Zhang Ailun suggested.
"OK." Qibatu nodded in agreement.
The person in charge of the aircraft graveyard responsible for transporting these fighter parts, and Marushin also rushed over and said, "Part of the stuff has been sent to you. This is our account. It's still the same old rule. You need to remit the money separately."
Zhang Ailun took the account number handed over by the other party and took a look. There were five accounts. In addition to the official recycling account of the aircraft graveyard, there were several new unfamiliar accounts.
The chief leader also immediately notified Parker's director Lei Ke and asked him to transfer money to the aircraft cemetery's recycling account through Parker's account, and then he would transfer the cost of aircraft parts through the Hamberg Foundation.
The other party soon received a notification of the arrival of the funds. Marushin also smiled and said, "This time I only sent you a complete set of F16 parts, as well as their core engine and design drawings. I will send you all the remaining parts another day!"
"Ok." Zhang Ailun nodded. He was very confident in what they were doing. He also asked Qibatu and other mercenaries to help transport all these things to the hangar on the island and then assemble them.
When Bai Lang learned that the chief had returned to the island, he immediately drove over with dark circles under his eyes and took the initiative to inform the chief of the security news.
"Boss, we discovered that some outsiders had entered the island last night. Two frogmen in diving suits tried to place a listening device on the island, but they were discovered by our people in time and have now been thrown into the sea to feed the fish. They are a gang, and it seems that they have some evidence in their hands, and they will not give it up. We have not been able to get much useful information from them."
"I saw it without you telling me." Zhang Ailun pointed to the sky above his head.
Although the mercenaries were able to defeat the frogmen who landed on the ground, they obviously had no way to deal with things in the sky.
"What's up there? Nothing?" White Wolf looked up at the cloudless sky, feeling a little confused.
"When I was coming back by plane, I saw the spy balloon through a telescope at an altitude of about 8000 meters. At least 10000 meters above the ground, of course you can't see anything below," said Zhang Ailun.
"What? Spy balloon? What should we do?" White Wolf was shocked and a little helpless.
He didn't sleep the whole night last night, always on guard against those guys with bad intentions. He never thought that someone would actually take the risk and dare to provoke them.
Didn’t the other side see the destroyers and battleships parked in the port?
Or do they think that this thing is just a fake trick from some movies, placed there just to serve as a deterrent and cannot be turned on at all, so they are not afraid?
"The fact that those frogmen were able to land on the island silently means that those teams must have been well prepared, and there must be their sea supply ships nearby," said White Wolf.
I never felt so stressed before, because I had no idea when the enemy would land or when they would deploy the monitoring equipment.
Now, with the Terminator network security system provided by the chief, the enemy's every move is under their noses. They are also shocked to find that so many people are eyeing the island!
The more than sixty monitoring devices they dug out yesterday were all in good condition, but they could only be used for half a year at most. Since Prian purchased this island, built fortress facilities, and deployed an armed team, who knows how many monitoring devices might have been damaged.
All the devices that can be detected by the anti-surveillance signal are usable devices. There may be hundreds of devices that cannot be detected and naturally damage and malfunction!
Bai Lang didn't dare to say anything, because yesterday he suddenly had the urge to search the place where he lived and found a damaged device in the cracks of the bricks next door.
No idea when it was installed in there, and he was totally unaware of it. Fortunately, the facility had already failed long ago. It must have been done by the previous batch of traitors!
Because those people often searched their residences under the pretext of security, and they would do it every once in a while. It turned out that they were doing it to install bugs. They were treacherous and their hearts were simply evil!!
To cheat and to attack, I am an old mercenary leader.
"I have already had people purchase mines and spy balloons in advance. When the time comes, we can drop mines into the shallow waters nearby and set traps at places suitable for landing on the island. This will effectively prevent them from approaching the island by submarine or speedboat."
After Zhang Ailun finished speaking, he also took out his cell phone to notify Boktu and asked him where he was.
Boktu: Boss, I have already led my men to fly back in a Black Hawk helicopter. We will be in Los Angeles in half an hour at most.
Zhang Ailun: When you return to Los Angeles, go to the Armed Nation first, and then bring over the mines and spy balloons that Sig purchased. I need to solve some problems here.
Boktu: ok!
After seeing off the staff of the aircraft graveyard and the cargo ship, the mercenaries and Beggar Gang disciples also pulled the boxes and stored them in the hangar.
Zhang Ailun also took a car to the hangar area. After getting off the car and entering the hangar, Qibatu and the sheet metal workers had already skillfully dismantled the boxes, took out all the parts of the fighter jets for classification, and even lifted up the engines for inspection one by one.
"Boss, we have checked these parts and there are no problems with them. Many of the parts and lines are brand new and have never been used. Although these engines are second-hand, there is basically no major problem with their cores and they can continue to be used. If they are only used to perform daily tasks, there will be no problem using them for another ten or eight years." Qibatu said.
Zhang Allen also nodded.
The F16 is a single-engine light and medium fighter developed by General Dynamics and Martin in the last century.
The F15 is a twin-engine heavy air superiority fighter developed by the Air Force and Douglas (Boeing) in the last century.
The latter is an air superiority fighter that the Air Force independently purchased, developed and produced during the Vietnam War, bypassing the Ministry of National Defense. It features an all-weather, high-speed, high-altitude combat design, and its design also emphasizes air defense combat.
The reason for the F16 is that the Ministry of Defense was dissatisfied with the expensive heavy fighter independently produced by the Air Force, thinking that it had too few functions and too low cost performance, so it chose to let General Dynamics and Martin jointly produce a low-cost multi-purpose fighter.
The main purpose is to save money and be easy to export, and it also attempts to compete with the F15 in air combat.
But facts have also proved that the more money is spent, the better the performance of the fighter jets will be. The Air Force has long been fed up with the Ministry of National Defense's stinginess, meddling, and frantic attempts to save military expenses during research and development. They have never been to the battlefield, so how do they know the needs and strategic demands of the front-line air force?
A fighter jet should be aimed at pure combat!
What about ground combat, destroying fortresses, and bombing missions? Is that what fighter jets are supposed to do?
Fighter is all about pure high-altitude fencing!!
The Air Force finally got the chance, and must have put all its efforts into developing an excellent heavy fighter in an attempt to occupy all high-altitude advantages, take an unconventional approach, and suppress the enemy to death.
As a result, although the R&D costs soared, which was very expensive and not suitable for export, the F15 did gain the reputation of "American Eagle".
Good news: The American eagle is an eagle in the sky.
The bad news: Yingzi only cares about enemies in the sky, and doesn't care about anyone in ground combat. Not a single pound of its parts are designed for ground attack.
In the joint military exercise simulation, an F15's medium- to long-range strike can easily crush an F16, and the F16's beyond-visual-range combat can't even see the shadow of the F15, so it can only become a loser.
However, as a low-cost light-medium fighter, the F16 is only suitable for close-range dogfights and air-to-ground strikes, while the F15 is more suitable for occupying high altitude advantages and suppressing enemy aircraft in beyond-visual-range combat. The two have different functionalities.
The F15's air-to-ground strike capability is relatively problematic, because the first generation of fighters basically do not have air-to-ground strike capabilities.
The Ministry of National Defense also feels that these air forces are only thinking about air superiority and winning 1v1 or 1v2 duels, rather than the strategic intention of an all-out offensive.
You are flying around in the sky, as if there is no one around, having a great time, while the army soldiers are driving their tanks and armored vehicles, working together, and are being blown up by enemy bunkers in the trenches, crying and screaming for their parents. Is this reasonable?
Army Commander: Has the F15 entered?
Soldier: The F15 is in.
Army Commander: Then the enemy’s bunkers and radar base stations should have been destroyed, right?
Soldier: No.
Army Commander: why?
Soldier: The F15 is still chasing the enemy plane in the sky, biting its butt and circling around. It said that it only has air-to-air missiles and no ground-to-ground missiles. It can't hit the bunker even if it wants to, and it has no time to hit it. It just wants pure air suppression! Fierce sword fighting!
The army commander's eyes went dark. Alpaca.
I called the Air Force Command overnight and cursed. What kind of third-generation fighter jet is this? Are you flying a plane to my battlefield? You fly fast and high, but what's the point of attacking? You wasted so much money on researching a tumor fighter. Are you worthy of the taxes paid by the American people?
The comprehensiveness of the F16 can well make up for the lack of air-to-ground strike capability of the F15, and finally form a high-low combination of combat needs.
High and low matching:
The F15 advanced and retreated fiercely, driving straight in, soaring into the sky like an eagle, as powerful as a mad dog.
F16 followed behind and licked the ground like crazy to pick up leaks. Hehe, another one died!
The Air Force's F15 air superiority strategic deployment ultimately requires the Ministry of National Defense to clean up the mess.
The later developed F15 improved E-type also added air-to-ground firepower, and the new F22 also made up for the shortcomings of the F15, and at the same time fully combined supersonic speed, stealth performance, beyond-visual-range air superiority and ground strike capabilities. It is also known as the fifth-generation fighter.
Zhang Ailun saw that the Beggars' Sect disciples had already started preparing to assemble the F16 fighter jets, so he didn't care about such small details and praised them, "Work hard and try to assemble that F16 as soon as possible. Then everyone will get a big red envelope."
"Boss, don't worry. Last time we didn't have many people to assemble A10, but this time we have so many people and so many professional equipment. We work in shifts 24 hours a day and overtime endlessly. I can assemble it for you in three days at most!" Qibatu said confidently.
"I'm confident in your work." The chief nodded and handed over all the assembly work to Qibatu and the craftsmen. He then visited the hangar and found that there was no problem, so he turned around and left.
He went out and called Bailang, asking him to prepare men and underwater bombs, and lead them to the port area. More than a dozen people boarded two speedboats.
Zhang Ailun took out his mobile phone, looked at the coordinates of the submarine, and went to the nearby waters for patrol.
"Boss, what are we doing here?" Bai Lang prepared his equipment and asked the chief leader with some doubt.
"Talk less and do more. Drop the underwater radar, turn on the signal detector, and see if there is any signal source of the opposite sex nearby!" said Zhang Ailun.
Upon hearing this, Bai Lang immediately asked the mercenary nearby to take out a portable detector and put a radar device into the water. After the sound wave detection feedback, it was found that there was indeed a small submarine in the shallow bay area nearby. He was immediately shocked, "These guys actually put a submarine nearby?"
"Use depth charges to shoot them down directly!!" Zhang Ailun gave the order.
White Wolf did not hesitate and directly ordered the mercenaries to pull out the depth charges from the armory. These were also small bombs made of TNT explosives that Prian had purchased to deal with underwater threats. A turbofan resistance motor was installed at the tail, and it mainly relied on a collision-type firing pin and fuse to explode underwater, making it easy to launch.
The mercenaries set up the delivery equipment at the launching end of the speedboat at sea, installed the depth charges, and carried out targeted delivery.
A 20-kilogram depth charge was ejected from the launch end and dropped into the water. Its built-in motor thruster was activated and it headed towards the underwater location of the signal source.
In a small civilian submarine about 190 meters underwater in shallow water, the driver inside was still monitoring and reporting the situation from time to time. Soon, a signal source prompt suddenly came from the radar.
They were stunned for a moment, and before they could react, they saw an elliptical depth charge flying towards them from outside the glass cover, with the rotating turbofan at the tail propelling it and creating a series of vortex bubbles.
As they watched in shock, the depth charge slammed into the side of the submarine like a brick, and exploded with a bang! !
(End of this chapter)
