Changkong Fighter

Chapter 252 Plane Disaster
[Flying Fish calls the air defense authorities: radar detected no anomalies, air defense identification activated.]

The Liaoning aircraft carrier cannot launch the KJ-500 early warning aircraft via catapult, so the Z-8 helicopters carrying early warning radar can only fill the role.

[Received, proceeding to area A2]

【clear.】

Liu Jun pulled the stick, leaving the current area and flying towards the designated A2 area. He adjusted the laser search radar to widescreen mode and scanned the front of the aircraft, but found nothing unusual.

EODAS detected several US Hercules transport planes evacuating below Liu Jun, likely carrying some valuable equipment.

After observing them for a while and confirming that their course and altitude were correct, Liu Jun prepared to proceed from area A2 to area A3 for combat patrol.

His mission was to sweep away any possible alien spacecraft and warships around Guam, ensuring that the island would not be disturbed by aliens during the time that the University of Tokyo took over Guam. However, given the nature of alien civilizations, they did not pay attention to the fate of ground weapons, nor did they pay attention to Octopus after he parachuted.

Even elite pilots like Rupa didn't try to rescue them after they parachuted; it seemed like they were completely giving up. It's truly cruel.
Are losers worthless? Liu Jun began to understand why Rupa didn't care about his own life, because it's very likely that their social structure is like that.

I don't know how much longer Rupa can live; I hope it will be wise to adapt to the times.

There were no problems in area A3. Liu Jun was just about to fly to area A4 when suddenly the communication channel received a full-channel broadcast.

A U.S. Navy Hercules transport plane suddenly lost its signal (data link). After noticing the anomaly, Liu Jun asked in the communication channel: "[Chang Kong calling Feiyu, have you seen it (radar scan)?]"

[Flying Fish calling for air traffic control: One minute ago, radar detected an anomaly in the flight path of a US Hercules transport plane, which is rapidly descending. Investigate immediately.]

Listening to Flying Fish's report, Liu Jun frowned slightly. What kind of trouble was the US military causing now? It couldn't be like Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, could it? After all, the C-130 transport plane wasn't made by Boeing-Stanley. Lockheed Martin is a long-established military industrial enterprise.

"Chang Kong is calling Flying Fish! Proceed to investigate immediately! Repeat! Proceed to investigate immediately!"

"Be careful. If anything seems amiss, you can shoot it down," Flying Fish said with unparalleled arrogance.

【clear. 】

He was now closest to the Hercules transport plane, so he immediately pulled the stick and flew towards the direction of the abnormal transport plane. At the same time, he controlled the two Dark Swords through the hands-on control system, making one of them climb and the other follow beside him.

To be honest, Liu Jun had a really good impression of cooperating with drones for the first time. They were like obedient dogs, doing whatever he asked without any burden. Of course, this was just his current assessment; their intelligence level would depend on their performance in actual combat.

Adjusting the course and lowering the altitude, Liu Jun finally spotted the Hercules transport plane. Its flight attitude was somewhat awkward. After reducing throttle, he approached the Hercules. Liu Jun looked into the cockpit; the pilot was struggling to control the aircraft. Upon seeing Liu Jun approach, the pilot immediately waved to indicate "Aircraft out of control" and mouthed the words repeatedly.

Although I didn't recognize his voice, my exceptional eyesight allowed me to clearly see his lip movements: "MAY DAY! MAY DAY! MAY DAY!"

Three repeated calls indicate an emergency.

"Chang Kong calling Flying Fish, Hercules mechanical malfunction! Repeat! Hercules mechanical malfunction!"

Upon hearing the pilot's distress call, Liu Jun deployed the speed brakes, causing the J-15T to slow down. Liu Jun then began to visually observe the aerodynamic surfaces of the Hercules transport aircraft and discovered that its elevators appeared to be malfunctioning, stuck at a specific angle. No matter how the pilot adjusted them, the elevators did not respond.

If a large transport aircraft like this malfunctions in its elevator, it will be unable to adjust its altitude and will simply plunge downwards. Moreover, under the influence of gravity, the aircraft's speed will increase, eventually exceeding its maximum airspeed and causing it to disintegrate in mid-air.

In this position, the pilot cannot eject and can only helplessly plummet with the aircraft. "Flying Fish, received! Changkong, is there any way to resolve this?"

"No."

As Liu Jun watched the Hercules plummet rapidly, its speed increasing, its wings began to vibrate violently. Under the drag, the transport plane's wings began to bend, the angle increasing, the spars began to undergo plastic deformation, and the creaking sound of metal fatigue and deformation under the weight echoed in the cabin.

With a final snap, the wing broke off by the immense force. The Hercules transport plane, having lost half its wing, instantly lost its balance and began to roll uncontrollably, continuously decreasing its altitude. Then, in a fatal roll, the plane disintegrated in mid-air, and the wreckage finally plunged into the sea with a splash.

Liu Jun stared in silence as the Hercules plunged into the sea. No matter how cool it looked when it was flying, it was just as desperate when it encountered mechanical failure.

Boom!

A huge splash of water rose on the sea surface, and then the wreckage of Hercules floated on the water. Liu Jun looked at the crashed Hercules and said in a deep voice over the communication channel: "Hercules crashed, repeat, Hercules, crashed."
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Buzz! The coaxial counter-rotating propellers spun at high speed, and the spot probe scanned the ground. Suddenly, it detected an anomaly: an unusual heat source signal was radiating from inside the mountain.

"Where is this?"

"It's not marked on the map!"

"Damn it! I knew the Americans weren't that kind!"

This is a location not marked on any maps handed over by the US military. Judging from the heat source, it is simply a hollowed-out mountain where a facility unknown to outsiders has been built.

The Americans really left us with a huge trap!
"Report this immediately!"

"understand!"

The information was sent to the University of Tokyo's headquarters. Inside the command center, the commander watched as the red heat emanating from the facilities could seep through the mountainside. However, due to the camouflage of vegetation and the environment, it could only be observed at close range by drones.

"Didn't the satellite detect anything unusual before?"

"Report to the commander: retrieve satellite images, search past records with AI, and verify manually. No abnormal heat source was found in the area."

"It seems to be one of the US's labs distributed around the world."

Biological laboratories in the United States are widely distributed, with different functions and research directions. However, some laboratories pose safety risks due to a lack of transparency and supervision, and it is very likely that a large laboratory exists on Guam.

It's completely unclear when it was built or what's inside.

"Inquire with the US immediately!"

Instead of guessing what's inside, it's better to just ask the Americans; they know better than anyone else.

The message was quickly sent to the United States via a dedicated line.

(End of this chapter)