Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 238 [Shocking to Unbelievable]

The first batch of eyewitnesses in Linzhou City, especially some military fans, were surprised and extremely excited when they saw this scene.

Some people couldn't help but take out their mobile phones to take pictures and then send them to their military fan communication groups or forum communities.

At the same time, the first-generation "Shenlong" fighter, accompanied by two J-20 fighters, performed some basic flight operations according to the predetermined flight plan, such as level flight, turning, climbing, descending, and low-altitude pass.

The ground flight control center is also closely monitoring the working status of various aircraft systems. The two accompanying J-20 fighter jets are also recording flight data, taking photos, etc., and maintaining real-time communication with the ground flight control command center.

As time passed, these routine flight tests were successfully passed.

The next flight test was the highlight of the first flight. A voice came from the flight control center: "Begin supersonic cruise test."

Above the urban area of Linzhou, the flying speed of the "Shenlong Fighter" suddenly soared, followed by a sonic boom, and a circle of faint shock wave clouds formed around the fuselage. At this time, the flying speed had exceeded the subsonic speed and entered the supersonic state, and continued to accelerate throughout the whole process.

The spectators on the ground looked up at the sky. The belated sonic boom resounded over Linzhou City and reached the ears of every spectator.

At almost the same time, the two accompanying J-20 fighter jets also began to accelerate, and the people watching on the ground heard two sonic booms resounding in the sky one after another.

The two J-20 fighters also entered the supersonic state and tried to catch up with the "Shenlong Fighter". The speed of the J-20 fighters also exceeded Mach 2, and then entered supersonic flight.

"I can't keep up. I can't keep up at all."

One of the J-20 pilots couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as he looked at the "Shenlong Fighter" in front of him that was still accelerating wildly, his eyes full of astonishment. The J-20 fighter he was flying had now reached its maximum flight speed.

But the "Shenlong Fighter" in front was moving farther and farther away under his eyes. The originally huge outline of the aircraft was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye in his field of vision, which meant that the distance between the two sides was rapidly widening.

At this time, the "Shenlong Fighter" had broken through the speed of Mach 5 for supersonic cruise. The flight trajectory of its fuselage drew a dazzling light in the sky, like a meteor across the sky.

The unique delta-wing layout and design without vertical tail further reduce flight resistance.

Under supersonic circulation conditions, traditional vertical tails will produce large shock wave drag, but the "Shenlong Fighter" achieves steady-state flight under a tailless layout and greatly improves its combat radius and penetration capability.

In the flight control command center, several military personnel who were watching stared at the large screen showing the real-time video footage transmitted by the J-20 fighter. They whispered to each other, uttered low sighs of admiration, and nodded from time to time.

After a while, the image on the big screen showed that the target of the "Shenlong Fighter" was getting smaller and smaller because the accompanying J-20 fighter could not catch up.

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"Waldemaya!! The J-20 fighter jet couldn't catch up even when it entered supersonic speed, and it left the distance in almost the blink of an eye. What kind of black-tech engine did the 'Shenlong Fighter' use? Are electric propulsion engines so fierce? Aren't electric propulsion engines said to be lame?" A young military fan who stopped to look at the city skyline in the urban area was stunned by what he saw.

His eyes were almost falling off the floor, and shock was written all over his face.

Because from his perspective, all three aircraft had clearly entered supersonic flight, but as the "Shenlong Fighter" continued to accelerate, the J-20 at a relative speed seemed to be stationary in the sky, and the "Shenlong Fighter" just "whoosh" and the distance between the two sides opened up to more than ten kilometers, and in just a few breaths, the distance between them had opened up to dozens of kilometers.

"Holy crap! This is definitely hypersonic!" The military fan was shocked and suddenly exclaimed excitedly while looking at the skyline. At this moment, not only him, but many people who saw this scene, especially military fans, were filled with disbelief.

Shocking! Absolutely shocking!

This scene shocked everyone, especially the military fans who were extremely shocked.

You know, there is no fighter jet in the world today that can exceed 5 times the speed of sound. The old F-22 is actually very watered down, and this year's hot air balloon exposed one of its huge shortcomings.

At this moment, the "Shenlong Fighter" is conducting supersonic cruise tests at a speed of Mach 5. At this speed, it can fly a distance of 1 kilometers in 1.7 second. In other words, a distance of 58.8 kilometers can be reached in about seconds, which is less than one minute.

At this moment, people on the ground can no longer see the outline of the fighter plane with the naked eye, but they can roughly judge its position by the trail left by the flight trajectory. This time it is mainly a "show operation" to be seen by outsiders, so the flight trajectory will deliberately leave an obvious trail. At this time, the "Shenlong Fighter" has already flown out of the city.

"The supersonic cruise test was successful. Next item, start the overspeed flight test." A voice sounded from the flight control command center.

A moment later, above the clear sky, people saw through the flight trajectory of the "Shenlong Fighter" that it was continuing to climb in altitude, and its fuselage drew a graceful arc above the sky.

The spectators on the ground were stunned. From their perspective, the "Shenlong Fighter" in the sky flew an ascending semi-U-shaped arc. In a short while, they could see from the flight trajectory that the "Shenlong Fighter" was climbing vertically almost like a rocket.

At this time, the plane has climbed to an altitude of more than 15 meters. In fact, it can climb even higher and reach near-space, which is the home ground of the "Shenlong Fighter". The altitude of near-space is 20 to 80 kilometers above the ground, and it is only 15 meters now.

However, at this moment, the "Shenlong Fighter" did not plan to fly that high, because if it flew any higher, people on the ground would really not be able to see it, although today the weather was cloudless due to artificial rainfall.

In fact, if the "Shenlong Fighter" had not specially enhanced its trail, at its current distance, it would have been invisible to the naked eye to people on the ground.

But at this moment, the "Shenlong Fighter" above the sky turned and dived quickly to lower its altitude, and at the same time it flew towards Linzhou City again.

The many spectators on the ground were already shocked enough, but no one expected that there would be an even more shocking scene next.

The "Shenlong Fighter" was flying towards Linzhou City, and its flight trajectory was a striking straight "white belt" trail. But just as it was about to arrive over Linzhou City, the "white belt" at the tail of the plane suddenly appeared gradually.

It was like drawing a straight dotted line across the sky, and it seemed to be constantly "flashing" forward, moving forward in an instant, and its speed soared again.

At this moment, with the support of the "circulating arc pulse detonation engine", the "Shenlong Fighter" instantly accelerated its flight speed to an overspeed state of Mach 8. In less than a minute, people in the city saw the "Shenlong Fighter" flying from the west side of the sky across the city to the east side.

After a long wait, the sound of the sonic boom finally came from the sky. Because the speed of sound is 340 meters per second, and at this moment the fighter plane's flying speed is 8 times the speed of sound, flying 2720 meters in one second.

If artificial rainfall had not been carried out in advance to clear the area and achieve cloudless weather, this shocking scene would not have been visible to the people on the ground as it would have been blocked by the clouds.

"What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! What kind of black technology is this? Instant teleportation? Is he cheating? What's going on? Can it suddenly accelerate again? It's going to be faster than I can keep up with..." A military fan on the ground was so shocked and excited by the scene that he almost got goosebumps, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

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(End of this chapter)