60: Chapter 60: Cruising speed of Mach 6? That's definitely a display error!

Above the launch center.

Captain Liu Zhihui was frantically piloting the Aerospace Fighter.

Although he was an ace pilot, the cockpit of the Aerospace Fighter was unlike any aircraft he had ever flown before.

It took him a long time just to find the climb control lever.

"Captain Liu, are you capable of this? Should I take over?"

Lin Mo watched as Captain Liu Zhihui fumbled more than even he did, feeling speechless for a moment.

"Chief Designer Lin, don't worry! Almost there, almost there!"

Captain Liu Zhihui felt a bit awkward.

About ten minutes later, relying on his years of piloting experience, Captain Liu Zhihui pressed this and toggled that, finally figuring out the basic controls of the Aerospace Fighter.

He confidently pulled up on a lever while his other hand continued to press various buttons.

Within a few minutes, the Aerospace Fighter gradually stabilized.

At an altitude of 25,000 meters above the launch center, it began to cruise steadily.

Meanwhile, ten J-20 fighters were searching for them with all their might in the sky.

Unfortunately, the "Xuan-Nu" Aerospace Fighter was cruising at an altitude of 25,000 meters.

This was a height that the fifth-generation fighters currently on Blue Star simply could not reach!

"Chief Designer Bai!"

"We still cannot find Lin Mo's fighter!"

"Has it flown too far away?"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian couldn't help but bark angrily into the red phone.

"Whether it has flown far or not, you're asking me???"

"Uh..." The leader also suppressed his anger and said, "Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng, no matter what, you must find a way to locate that Aerospace Fighter!"

"Yes!"

After hanging up the phone, the two looked at each other, both seeing the anxiety in each other's eyes.

Lin Mo was a national-level genius of China. If anything were to happen to him, the path to China's rise would become incredibly rugged once again!

Everyone waited anxiously.

About five minutes later, "Ring! Ring!..."

The phone rang.

Chief Designer Bai Yannian quickly answered the red phone.

"Lin Mo's fighter signal, it's connected!!!"

Hearing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

...

A few minutes earlier.

The Aerospace Fighter continued to cruise at an altitude of 25,000 meters.

The satellite communication signal inside the cockpit suddenly flashed.

Lin Mo felt surprised. They had searched for the fighter signal through his mobile phone so quickly?

China's communication technology was indeed impressive.

He clicked to answer the satellite phone.

"Bzzzt! Bzzzt!..." After a burst of electromagnetic noise, a nervous yet excited unfamiliar male voice rang out in the cockpit.

"Calling Lin Mo, calling Captain Liu Zhihui!"

"Calling Lin Mo, calling Captain Liu Zhihui!"

"This is the Supreme Military Region, this is the Supreme Military Region!"

"Please respond if you hear us, please respond if you hear us!"

Lin Mo responded.

"I am Lin Mo, who is this?"

"Great!!!" The stranger's voice was extremely excited.

"Lin Mo!"

"This is the Supreme Military Region tactical command platform, my codename is 002!"

"Eighteen minutes and thirty-two seconds have passed since your fighter took off from the launch center, and we have been looking for you the entire time!"

Before Lin Mo could speak, a cheer faintly came through the satellite phone.

"Great, the detection radar finally has a display!!!"

The stranger said "Great" several times.

He explained to Lin Mo, "Lin Mo, don't worry, it was the leader and Chief Designer Bai who initiated a top-priority emergency call. They ordered us to ensure the safety of you and Captain Liu Zhihui no matter what!"

Lin Mo smiled.

Protect their safety? How could you protect them?

Captain Liu Zhihui chuckled and said, "Chief, don't worry, we are perfectly safe!"

They were wearing Exoskeleton Armor that could assist with flight. Even if they jumped directly from this 25,000-meter altitude, there would be no danger to their lives!

On the other end of the satellite phone, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng listened to Captain Liu Zhihui's words and almost wanted to curse!

You damn fool, you're flying a prototype on its first test flight, and you're carrying the chief designer of the fighter with you. How do you have the nerve to say you're safe?

He took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and said calmly, "Lin Mo, please first consent to connecting the fighter's signal to the Supreme Military Region's secret satellite communication system. After that, please maintain your current cruising speed!"

"Beep! Beep! Beep!" A prompt sounded in the cockpit.

A line of text popped up on the smart display screen.

"Military signal from the Supreme Military Region, frequency band xxxx, requesting connection!"

Lin Mo did not hesitate and chose to accept.

"Accept signal connection!"

Supreme Military Region.

On the giant display screen, "Connecting to fighter signal!"

"3%!... 56%!...".

As the fighter signal finished loading, a fighter immediately appeared on the big screen.

A fighter that was incredibly sci-fi, as if it had come from the future!

"This!..." As the Chief of General Staff, Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng's pupils contracted sharply when he saw this fighter, which was full of futuristic sci-fi aesthetics.

All the technical officers present also gasped.

Beside Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng, a tall and sturdy Air Force general immediately stood up and exclaimed, "When was this new type of fighter developed!"

This Air Force general, with two glittering stars on his shoulders, was none other than Captain Gu Hongyi, the Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the China Supreme Military Region.

As the Deputy Commander of the Air Force, he was also a former ace pilot and knew all of China's fighter models like the back of his hand.

The moment he saw the unique design of this new fighter, his eyes instantly radiated incomparable intensity!

China's active-duty fighters had never seen this model before!

Due to the sharing of the airframe status and detection by military satellites, various parameters of the fighter were constantly being calculated on the giant display screen of the Supreme Military Region's national tactical command platform.

"Fighter Codename: Aerospace Fighter No. 1!"

"Fighter Model: Unknown!"

"Length: 38.5 meters!"

"Wingspan: 21 meters!"

"Flight Altitude: 25,000 meters!"

"Current Engine Afterburner Thrust: 600 kN!"

"Current Cruising Speed: Mach 6!"

Looking at these key parameters, General Yun Feijie blurted out, "Impossible, the calculation must be wrong!"

"600 kN of power, Mach 6 cruising! This is absolutely impossible!"

"Our China's most advanced J-20 fighter, equipped with the latest WS-15 engine, only has a maximum afterburner thrust of 200 kN!"

"The cruising speed is only Mach 2!"

"Check it quickly! Is this data parameter a display error!"

The technical officers nearby hurriedly began to troubleshoot, checking whether there was a fault in the data display and signal connection.

But after repeated checks by the technicians, it was finally confirmed that the parameters were indeed true and accurate!

Chief of Staff Zhou Wuzheng couldn't help but ask, "Then what about the latest fighter from Eagle Country?"