107: Thunder roars across the country! This is a gift to Daxia!

Chapter 107: The Nation Roars! This Is a Gift for Da Xia. How Did the Mysterious Organization Transport It In?

Many viewers could recognize it at a glance, even without the narrator's introduction.

The J-20, which the Da Xia government had kept under wraps, was now officially unveiled to the entire nation!

Even the usually boisterous chat groups were silent, with no one speaking or discussing anything.

At this moment, there was a silence as deep as the bottom of a ten-thousand-meter ocean.

Far away in rural Sichuan.

Zhang Wei was at home looking after his child, while his wife had gone out to buy some groceries.

He was idly flipping through one TV channel after another, grumbling, "Why do all these TV channels just play the same old melodramas over and over again?"

"Even if you're going to film ancient historical dramas, why only focus on the harem? Five thousand years of history and you only film a few dynasties?"

"So, the emperors of ancient times didn't care about anything and just spent all their time with women?"

After switching through several channels, he couldn't find any TV series he wanted to watch.

Just as Zhang Wei was about to turn off the TV and do the chores his wife had asked him to do.

Suddenly.

On the TV screen, a figure he had long yearned for appeared.

His originally casual expression instantly turned incredibly serious, his eyes fixed on the screen, unwilling to look away.

"Holy crap, the J-20 is about to have its maiden flight?" Zhang Wei could barely suppress his excitement.

"They're actually broadcasting the whole thing live. Is our Da Xia that confident this time?"

He had never heard any news of the J-20's maiden flight being successful before, which meant this flight was likely its first.

Even if it wasn't the maiden flight, it should be a verification flight for the prototype.

How could such explosive news not make him tremble all over?

Sharing Zhang Wei's reaction were hundreds of millions of viewers across Da Xia, all gathered in front of their televisions.

Then.

Without any surprises, the fighter jet took off with a clean and decisive posture, rising directly from the ground and soaring into the sky at a perfect angle.

It was completely smooth, appearing in the sky in the blink of an eye.

"Successful takeoff!"

"We did it, brothers! Our fifth-generation fighter jet had a successful maiden flight!"

"The second country in the world to develop a fifth-generation fighter jet! Let's see who still dares to say our Air Force is weak?"

A group chat was frantically flooding with messages.

However, despite their immense excitement and thrill.

These military enthusiasts were actually mentally prepared. From the previous high-speed taxi tests to the disclosures by Da Xia's aviation industry.

At that time, they were well aware that Da Xia was not far from the maiden flight of its fifth-generation fighter.

Perhaps the only thing they hadn't expected was how quickly this moment would arrive.

Just then.

They suddenly heard the conversation between the control tower and the fighter jet.

[Calling tower, J-20 entering supersonic cruise state!]

[Tower received, flight path cleared, airspace safe.]

Instantly, it erupted with a huge roar, its speed soaring to 1.6 Mach.

Finally, it even engaged full afterburner thrust, with the speedometer showing a maximum speed of 2.3 Mach. (The maiden flight has already been described, no further details needed.)

It then landed steadily on the ground, and the entire J-20 flight, lasting less than ten minutes, finally concluded.

However.

Hundreds of millions of Da Xia viewers and tens of millions of military enthusiasts watched the CTV channel, which had already switched back to normal news reports.

They remained exceptionally stunned and astonished.

"This wasn't the maiden flight?" Zhang Wei snapped back to reality, asserting, "It actually went straight into afterburner thrust? A maximum speed of nearly 2.3 Mach?"

"Doesn't this mean our prototype successfully had its maiden flight a long time ago? And has even entered the prototype finalization and production stage?"

As an old military enthusiast, he was well aware of the significant difference here.

A maiden flight merely means the fighter jet can take off and fly normally, so it's common for planes to accidentally complete their maiden flight during high-speed taxi tests.

But being able to enter supersonic cruise and maintain a maximum speed of 2.3 Mach means this J-20 has already initially acquired combat capabilities.

It's even possible that this J-20 has already entered the finalized production stage.

Thinking of this.

Zhang Wei's intense excitement grew even more fervent, and he immediately rushed out the door.

Outside, his wife, who had just finished buying groceries, saw his expression and her face changed. She yelled, "I'm from Sichuan, get back here! Are you trying to go fishing again?"

"What fishing! I'm going to buy firecrackers!" Zhang Wei said without looking back.

Such a significant event for all of Da Xia absolutely had to be celebrated with firecrackers.

At this moment, continuous firecracker sounds echoed across the land of Kyushu.

On this day, countless strong men drank themselves into a stupor, shedding hot tears.

"Our Da Xia... finally has a fifth-generation fighter!"

Inside a hotel at the Yumen Pass scenic area.

Not only was Lu Ze astonished by this scene, but Lucy also paused her eating.

"This is... your Da Xia's fifth-generation fighter?"

"Its completion level seems to be very high."

Lucy was, after all, an employee of the LLNL Laboratory. Although she couldn't understand Chinese, she could recognize the somewhat 'striking' layout, the unusually flat features, and the aerodynamic design of the air intake at a glance.

Undoubtedly, this was an unquestionable fifth-generation stealth fighter.

Lu Ze nodded, "Yes, it seems Da Xia's development speed for fifth-generation fighters is surprisingly fast."

Even he hadn't expected the 611 Institute's progress to be so rapid.

The J-20 was built in June 2009, and its overall completion level was quite high, even far exceeding the situation of its maiden flight in January 2011 in his previous life.

Thinking of this.

While eating a few spoonfuls of fried rice, he typed a few lines of text into the email backend projected on the light screen.

And sent it.

[Our organization is very satisfied with this gift.]

[The location for this remuneration handover is: 50 kilometers north of Yumen Pass, Northwest Province, coordinates...]

[We have also prepared a 'small gift' for Da Xia; please collect it at that time.]

[And we hope that Da Xia uses a vehicle to place all the items we require inside, to facilitate our organization's transportation.]

Xia Academy of Sciences.

In the external top-secret liaison room.

The two individuals, who were anxiously awaiting the 'Mysterious Organization's' reply, were overjoyed when they saw the message.

Zhang Yuli quickly replied with an email.

[We will arrive at this location as quickly as possible and do our utmost to meet your conditions.]

"Northwest Province, Yumen Pass?"

Zheng Lixing frowned, staring at the location: "Old Zhang, quickly check where the 'Mysterious Organization's' coordinates lead?"

"Fifty kilometers north of Yumen Pass, coordinates..."

Zhang Yuli entered the coordinates provided by the other party, and the search results quickly appeared.

"It's a desert Gobi Desert. The surrounding area for over ten kilometers is an uninhabited zone, and the geographical environment is very complex."

He wasn't overly surprised by this location.

Choosing a desolate, uninhabited area was perfectly normal; they couldn't possibly conduct the handover in a busy city street, could they?

However, another problem arose.

Transporting one hundred tons of gold, plus one billion usd in various denominations, and five hundred million British pounds, would be no small feat for the 'Mysterious Organization'.

Unless.

"Old Zheng, the Mysterious Organization isn't planning to use the border route, are they...?" Zhang Yuli twitched his lips.

It was less than a hundred kilometers from the Mongolia border, so the 'Mysterious Organization' was very likely to use this route for transfer.

That's why they would place the handover location here.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Lixing nodded, "It's very possible. Otherwise, their journey across Xinjiang would be too long."

"Only from the 'Mongolia' direction above can they achieve the quickest and most convenient transfer method."

The journey from Yumen Pass to West Asia would require traversing nearly two thousand kilometers across the entire Xinjiang region.

Such a long journey was simply too remote, and any unexpected situation could arise. The 'Mysterious Organization' would not take that risk.

Thinking of this.

Zhang Yuli said with a serious expression, "At that time, if we find any clues at the border, notify the people below to 'turn a blind eye' and pretend not to see anything."

Since everything the 'Mysterious Organization' was currently doing aligned with Da Xia's significant common interests, why should they investigate?

What if they actually found something?

Even if they could know, Da Xia must now 'not know'.

"I will give the orders."

General Zheng also understood the stakes involved in this matter.

In this situation, the less Da Xia knew, the better.

Soon.

Zhang Yuli and General Zheng, the two old men, took a special plane and urgently flew to an airport near Yumen Pass, Northwest Province.

At the same time, the transport plane carrying the gold and usd also took off from HZ City, rushing over at maximum speed.

The reason for choosing Hanzhong was that it served as the most central transit point for any location in Da Xia.

Therefore, no matter where the 'Mysterious Organization' chose the handover location, the 'remuneration' worth five billion usd could arrive as quickly as possible.

Whether it was north or south, Da Xia would have corresponding contingency plans.

In the afternoon, at three o'clock.

Lucy was sitting quietly with Lu Ze in the hotel room, watching a movie on TV.

Completely unaware.

Outside, on the road to the Yumen Pass ruins, a motorcade was driving along with great fanfare.

Although there were no 'police cars' with sirens leading the way, this road had already been thoroughly checked by security departments in advance, and every point along the route was ensured to be clear, with traffic lights only showing green, never red.

Not even a single screw or pothole was allowed on the ground, ensuring they could always speed along at maximum velocity.

No one who saw the motorcade thought anything of it, assuming it was just ordinary cargo transport.

In the car.

"The handover is about to happen."

"What 'gift' has the Mysterious Organization prepared?"

"And how did it get in unnoticed?"

Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing's excitement and confusion deepened as they approached the location.

In the distance, an aircraft seemed to be quietly awaiting its visitors.

Its heavily concealed fuselage emitted a faint reflection under the intense afternoon sun.

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