197: Electronic fraud: The Sixth Fleet has become an international laughing stock!

The night sky over the Persian Gulf was torn by ear-splitting alarms, and the deck of the Nimitz instantly became a hive of activity!

The roar of the steam catapults thundered like lightning, and the deck lights illuminated the entire sea area as if it were daytime!

"All hands to general quarters!"

"Scramble! Scramble!"

The voice of the Nimitz Carrier Air Wing Commander echoed throughout the ship via the broadcast system, and ground crew members scurried like ants across the deck, loading missiles and refueling fighter jets.

F-14 "Tomcat" and F-18 "Hornet" fighter jets were rapidly pushed onto the catapults, pilots barely completing all pre-flight checks before strapping on their helmets and pushing throttles to afterburner.

"Catapult!"

As the catapult officer waved the flag, the first F-14 "Tomcat" fighter jet shot out like an arrow from a bow, propelled by the steam catapult, its afterburner plumes cutting a dazzling blue line across the night sky.

Following closely, the second, then the third... all four catapults of the Nimitz operated at full power, launching fighter jets at a terrifying rate of four per minute!

At the same time.

In the Arabian Sea, the other three aircraft carriers of the Sixth Fleet simultaneously sounded combat alarms.

"The Nimitz is under attack by a large enemy aircraft formation!"

"All carrier-based aircraft immediately scramble for support!"

The captains of the three aircraft carriers issued orders almost simultaneously, and the decks instantly became a flurry of activity.

E-2C "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft took to the sky first, providing aerial command for the fleet.

F-14 "Tomcat" fighter jets followed, loaded with AIM-54 "Phoenix" long-range air-to-air missiles, forming an interception formation and rushing at full speed towards the Persian Gulf.

Meanwhile, the escorting Destroyers and frigates also entered combat status, their shipborne radars operating at full power, sailing at full speed towards the Persian Gulf.

In addition, USA Air Force bases in the Middle East also responded urgently after receiving war warnings.

USA Air Force bases in Shat Country, Bahrain, Qatar, and other locations also plunged into a frenzy.

"Emergency takeoff! Emergency takeoff!"

F-15C "Eagle" fighter jets and F-16 "Fighting Falcon" roared off the runways one after another, their afterburner plumes trailing long lines of fire across the desert sky.

Aerial refueling tankers scrambled urgently to provide in-flight refueling support for the long-range attack aircraft.

"Target the Persian Gulf!"

"Full speed ahead!"

Radio channels were filled with urgent commands, and dozens of fighter jets formed a massive aerial formation, rushing like a Steel Torrent towards the sea area where the Nimitz was located!

The entire Middle East sky was enveloped by the roar of fighter jets, and the dense light spots on the radar screens of various countries brought the atmosphere in the Persian Gulf coastal states to an extreme tension!

The sheer scale of this fighter jet mobilization shocked the Global community!

...The Kremlin.

When the Soviet Union's military bases and satellites in the Middle East detected the unusual activity of the USA Sixth Fleet and its Middle East military bases, they were all shaken by the sight!

At this moment, while the The Kremlin was deeply questioning the situation, it also broke out in a cold sweat!

Dragon Country was on a nationwide Level 2 combat alert, and all fighter jets from The Pentagon's Sixth Fleet and Middle East military bases had scrambled. Was war really coming?

And a World War at that?

In this instant, the The Kremlin even considered acting as a mediator between the USA and Dragon Country, urging both countries to calm down!

Because once the USA and Dragon Country went to war, it would undoubtedly be a World War!

Even the Soviet Union could not hope to remain aloof in this war; it would definitely be drawn into the conflict!

"Connect the red hotline; I want to personally contact the The White House!"

"Also, have the Minister of National Defense urgently contact Dragon Country..."

The leader of the The Kremlin immediately made a decision.

Although he was unsure exactly what had happened in the Persian Gulf, a Third World War was absolutely not in the interest of any country... Meanwhile.

Shat Country, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and other Persian Gulf coastal states were all stunned!

They hadn't expected the war between the USA and Dragon Country to break out before they could even mediate!

Especially the large formations of fighter jets scrambling from the USA military bases in their countries, which further terrified these Persian Gulf coastal states!

Once war broke out, as countries hosting USA military bases, wouldn't their territories also become battlefields, and even be prioritized for attack by Dragon Country?

Facing the large-scale coordinated actions of the USA Sixth Fleet and all military base aircraft in the Middle East, the entire Middle East region was thrown into complete chaos!

All Middle East countries, including Shat Country, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar, entered Level 1 combat readiness!

All armies were on high alert, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances!

The sudden actions of the USA military bases in the Middle East caused a ripple effect, throwing the entire Middle East region into disarray!

...USA.

Inside The Pentagon's Strategic Command Center, all personnel were tense and bustling!

Because they had also received war warnings from the Middle East, everyone was urgently preparing war plans, while simultaneously mobilizing various units around the Global.

Especially Dragon Country's nationwide Level 2 combat readiness, which further convinced them that the Dragon Country Air Force, due to the "accidental shooting down" of a J-16D, intended to attack their Nimitz super nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in retaliation, or even launch a full-scale war!

However, suddenly, the ear-splitting alarm that had echoed throughout The Pentagon inexplicably ceased in an instant!

[Spectrum Feature Anomaly: Repeated Pulse Signal Detected!]

Inside the Strategic Command Center, the data stream from the electronic reconnaissance satellite suddenly exploded on the central screen in a dazzling red warning box!

And besides the electronic reconnaissance satellite, in the infrared satellite's thermal imaging of the enemy aircraft over the Persian Gulf, it was completely empty!

The so-called two hundred fighter jets surprisingly had no human-rated engine afterburner plume radiation parameters!

Furthermore, the real-time images from the optical satellite made everyone gasp!

After receiving the war warning, The Pentagon had almost diverted most of its available satellite resources to the skies over the Persian Gulf.

But according to the reconnaissance data from the optical satellite, apart from two J-16D and one J-16 Fighter Jet, there were no other fighter jets whatsoever over the Persian Gulf!

"My God..."

A technical officer at The Pentagon's Strategic Command Center tremblingly pulled up the electromagnetic analysis spectrum, only to see that the signals representing "two hundred Dragon Country fighter jets" were all superimposed on the carrier frequency of the J-16D!

It was like a holographic phantom projected by a single projector!

Seeing this scene, combined with the satellite images, everyone present now fully understood what had happened!

"Harrison, you're being played for a fool by two electronic warfare aircraft!"

"Those two hundred fighter jets are all electronic decoys fabricated by the Dragon Country electronic warfare aircraft's data stream!"

The Pentagon Secretary of Defense slammed his furious fist onto the communication console, roaring hysterically.

This time, The Pentagon had truly made a fool of itself!

Now the Sixth Fleet and the USA military were the laughingstock of the world!

Because just moments ago, the The Kremlin had even called the The White House to mediate, hoping that the USA military would not escalate the conflict and would exercise restraint!

And the President of the United States had repeatedly promised the The Kremlin that as long as Dragon Country did not retaliate for the "accidentally shot down" J-16, The Pentagon would not escalate the conflict!

But now, The Pentagon discovered that the so-called "two hundred Dragon Country fighter jets" were all electronic decoys?

Now, calls from numerous Global countries to the The White House and The Pentagon were about to overload the lines, all coming to mediate!

At this moment, should the The White House and The Pentagon admit that they had been tricked by Dragon Country?

...Satellite images were simultaneously transmitted to the Nimitz command screen, and the originally overwhelming red threat indicators instantly vanished, leaving only the J-16D icon mockingly flashing at the edge of the radar.

Rear Admiral Jack Harrison's face turned from ashen to pale, and his body instantly seemed to lose all support, collapsing into his chair!

"Look at the mess you've made; the entire USA military is now the laughingstock of the world!"

The roar of The Pentagon Secretary of Defense still echoed in his ears!

Whether it was the carrier-based aircraft scrambled by the Sixth Fleet or the other fighter jet formations from the Middle East military bases, they were now retreating like a tide, returning to the aircraft carrier deck or landing at their bases!

Even Dragon Country's fighter jets had flown back from the Persian Gulf to the Iraqi Air Force base!

Only Rear Admiral Jack Harrison was left to clean up this mess!

"Right, salvage that Dragon Country J-16 Fighter Jet that we 'accidentally shot down'!"

At this moment, Rear Admiral Jack Harrison seemed to grasp at a life raft, issuing the order.

He hoped to use the wreckage of this J-16 Fighter Jet to atone for his mistakes, or at least avoid being dismissed!