Chapter 297

Chapter 297: Why Don’t You Fire?!

Well, not only are they watching, but they’re also sneaking a peek. I admit this is quite terrible. What’s worse is that this so-called "spectator" made two park managers cry and sent them home to find their mothers.

Colonel David, the Captain, is now very angry; the consequences are serious.

They still haven’t dropped the fuel tank, which hangs nonchalantly beneath the wings. They haven’t cared about you at all.

If they continue to pretend to be deaf and mute, I’ll use an anti-ship missile to poke where it hurts, just to see if your defenses are tight enough against my missile strikes.

Captain David’s outburst perfectly represents America’s world police demeanor, showcasing that I can hit whoever I want; it represents that rejecting my help (a euphemism for bullying) is an insult to me.

This encapsulates the essence of Americans—it’s quite distinctive, isn’t it?

Ultimately, he didn’t dare to directly order the missile launch. Instead, he tried every method to justify why this "Dark Sabre" should be labeled as refusing to heed any warnings, so that he could shoot it down openly.

He storms into someone else’s backyard, shouting that they’ve invaded his territory, telling them to roll out from their house.

But this is in the South China Sea; one must go along with local customs.

According to the traditions of ancient Chinese officialdom, when stealing something, one must first come up with an excuse, unlike Western military personnel, who need no reason and simply take it. If you dare speak up, they’ll befall you with a sword.

“The Chinese government claims it does not seek hegemony! Well, they’ve made it happen!” Captain David A. Rauschman, the commander of the U.S. carrier, chuckled bitterly while watching the Chinese "Dark Sabre" carrier-based aircraft tease a group of unfortunate "Hornets," cutting off the radio after issuing commands.

This damn thing has done everything except launch anti-ship missiles and fire rockets. Legally speaking, it doesn’t count as an assault because there wasn’t a final decisive hit; it can be classified as harassment—a light sentence, just not enough for execution.

With cannons, missiles, Phalanx CIWS, and anti-aircraft machine guns, he watched a crowd of fighter jets surround him, akin to little brothers clustering around their big brother for protection money, making everyone dizzy. The carrier-based aircraft must take off; otherwise, the entire sky would become his playground. It turns out that the U.S. Navy was there to seize air superiority, and now they’re just sitting ducks.

Why don’t you fire already?!

Fifteen seconds have long passed.

As long as there’s no fear of hitting their own people, who knows if the opponent will redirect the missiles towards their own side?

All the ships in the carrier task force, including the "Hornets" chasing like a dead dog, felt helpless and in despair. It wasn’t that they wanted to fire; this ridiculous machine often darted into dead zones of firepower and weaved among its own team, making reckless firing a risk of hitting friendly forces.

This guy flew incredibly evasively, almost as if he could see all the weapons aimed at him.

It couldn’t get more awkward than this, but face mattered; hence, Captain David had to issue that earlier empty threat of intimidation.

This is nothing; back in 2010, the "George Washington" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier also found itself in close proximity to a Chinese submarine.

The Chinese submarine brazenly surfaced, appearing within clear sight, even without binoculars, suddenly popping up from below; the sight of it nearly scared the American sailors into wetting their pants.

From then on, daily tasks for the "George Washington" aircraft carrier were to patrol for Chinese submarines, completing searches like their hygiene chores.

“Chinese pilots have improved rapidly lately, and some formidable individuals have emerged. Is there a reason?” The first officer of the "George Washington" suddenly recalled an incident from Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, concerning the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft encountering the terrifying "Typewriter Pilots" over the South China Sea.

The RR-884 crew members seemed utterly frightened after returning to base; their mental state was terrible, rendering them unfit for duty, equating to a loss of the strategically crucial reconnaissance flight crew, severely affecting the already tight crew availability of the RC-135.

The RC-135 reconnaissance team has always lacked manpower; that has been a fact.

The RR-884 crew members flatly refused to take off again and had to be placed on the non-combat reduction list. This is also an American specialty; you can’t force someone at gunpoint to go die.

Anyone seeing the two rows of letters on the wings would likely feel their legs give way. Just what caliber of cannon-sniping skill is required? Furthermore, the words consist of letters made up from each wing. They shot seven letters, an incredibly unlikely coincidence; even God couldn’t guarantee achieving that.

It was clearly an intentional act, allowing the crew members to return for demonstrations—a P-51 Mustang, which resembles a jet fighter, completely defies the laws of physics. This isn’t a problem of engine power; at such a thin atmosphere, what air pressure allows a propeller-driven fighter to fly?

No one believes that the Chinese Air Force would waste time with such an antique to tease Americans.

Though many considered this completely a joke, once they laid eyes on the "FUCK YOU" spelled out on the wings, everyone fell silent.

The wings would be disassembled and sent back to America unchanged for evaluation. Those bullet-hole letters looked menacing, but they also represented evidence of the strength of the Chinese Air Force.

Given the current activity level of the Chinese Air Force, it is suspected that Chinese pilots participated in the India-Pakistan skirmishes, shooting down numerous Indian fighter jets. The spectacular low-altitude Cobra maneuver displayed at the Zhuhai Airshow, along with the recent "Typewriter Pilots" incident, and today’s complete defeat of the F-35 while dragging along a flock of Hornets by the J-15 "Dark Sabre" carrier-based aircraft all prove that the combat capability of Chinese Air Force pilots has greatly improved recently, or perhaps has been well-hidden, now surfacing occasionally to show off and deter opponents.

Now it has even reached the point where Americans feel scared.

No one knows that the real instigator behind it all is just one person—the one who just performed a low-altitude stunt right above the flight deck of the "George Washington" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Captain Lin Mo.

The American deck crew above the flight deck clenched their fists and raised their middle fingers to the sky, unaccustomed to such an arrogant individual.

This reckless pilot, wherever the country hides him, will certainly cause a huge uproar.

Oh, and let’s not forget his metal Giant Dragon; if it weren’t for this insatiable beast, the "George Washington" carrier task force wouldn’t have come here to confront Lin Mo.

Using fighter jets to attack American carriers is not a first in Chinese Air Force history; the J-7’s assault on the "Little Eagle" carrier happened just a few years ago.

And then there’s that mysterious submersible with a conical shape lurking beneath the South China Sea; it remains unclear who has mastered the mature magnetic fluid propulsion system technology and applied it practically.

The situation in the South China Sea is extraordinarily complicated, both on and beneath the water, creating headaches not only for the U.S. Pacific Fleet but also for the Pentagon and congressmen back in America.

“Calling Dragon Knight, I am Captain Bai Yaoping. You are ordered to return to base!”

“Received! Confirming orders and beginning to disengage now.”

Lin Mo chose his words carefully, deliberately replying in a slightly altered tone.

“Safety first! If necessary, you are allowed to use anti-ship missiles!” Captain Bai Yaoping hesitated for a moment, saying, compared to their ACE pilot, it would be better for the enemy’s carrier task force to go to hell.

Lin Mo knew that his radio was undoubtedly being monitored by American electronic reconnaissance aircraft. In fact, after taking off, he rarely spoke unless friendly early warning aircraft were nearby.

Lin Mo understood the power of electronic warfare aircraft; don’t think that opponents with non-attack capabilities pose no threat. Holding such a notion when facing electronic warfare aircraft would be a grave mistake.

In the recent conflict Lin Mo participated in between Pakistan and India, the ZDK-03 early warning aircraft "Tiger Shark," which supported Pakistan, was able to easily ignore attacks from Indian fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles.

The Americans’ own EA-18G “Growler” even boasts a record of downing an F-22 “Raptor,” which is not even considered a standard air combat model.

One should never underestimate electronic warfare aircraft; just because they don’t carry missiles doesn’t mean they can be easily bullied.

The "Dark Sabre" suddenly turned its nose away, swiftly breaking free from the "George Washington" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier task force. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; of course, this included Chinese, Americans, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Indonesians, and Singaporeans alike.

Apart from the Chinese and American parties involved, others received news through satellites or other intelligence routes that the alarms, which could have endangered innocents, had been lifted.

“Brothers, that guy is trying to escape! Bay Crocodile squad to the left, Nile Crocodile squad to the right, Swamp Crocodile squad follow me! We will make him see some colors today.”

The captain of the F-18 "Hornet" Crocodile squadron glared at the suddenly retreating "Dark Sabre," his eyes turning red as he commanded his subordinates to close in, determined to force the opponent into the sea.

F-18s and J-15 "Dark Sabres" are quite similar in performance, with each side having advantages to claim. However, the nine F-18s utterly failed to take down a single J-15, leading to a significant embarrassment, especially considering that their squadron consisted entirely of F-18E "Super Hornets."

Instead of capitalizing on their numerical advantage, they ended up being used as shields by the opponent, marking the most humiliating defeat Crocodile squadron had ever faced since its establishment.