Changkong Fighter

Chapter 296 Window of Opportunity (4000 words)

"Old Liu, what's this?"

Looking at the envelope pinned to the door, Liu's mother curiously picked it up and went into the room with Liu's father.

After closing the door, I curiously opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and found that it was a special "invitation".

"Old Liu, what's this?"

After reading the information written above, Mr. Liu looked at Mrs. Liu with some surprise: "Thank you for training an outstanding pilot for the country and for inviting us to the reviewing stand to watch the ceremony?"

That's right, the letter contained an invitation, inviting the two elders to travel to the capital during National Day to watch the entire military parade as guests from the reviewing stand!
This was something the two elders had never dared to imagine before: going up to the reviewing stand to inspect the People's Army!
Liu Ma became excited. This was going to the viewing platform; the highest honor was nothing more than this. If word got out, people would be extremely envious.

"This isn't an invitation at all!"

After putting down the envelope, Mr. Liu became somewhat worried.

Liu Jun only vaguely mentioned that he was on a naval aircraft carrier, without explaining in detail what he was doing. They couldn't ask too many questions, but the fact that they received an invitation meant that their son's job was probably much more dangerous than they thought.

"Old man, let's go pick out an outfit," Aunt Liu said softly.

"middle!"

Mr. Liu said in a deep voice that, no matter what, their attendance was on behalf of their son.

At this moment, on Guam, Liu Jun was unaware that his parents had received an invitation. He was checking the status of his fighter jet in the cockpit.

The fighter jet that participated in the "upgrade ceremony" has been inspected and repaired. After the external skin of the cannon was replaced with a special material, there were no problems in other parts.

Why did you spray this on?

Liu Jun looked at the special material "mark" symbol sprayed on the tail of the J15T. The paint on these symbols was different from the surrounding low-visibility paint, making them more conspicuous.

"Furthermore, Major, your kill count is approaching 180. We're running out of space," the maintenance crew member said with some difficulty.

With 180 kills, including various sizes of aircraft, the maintenance crew faced a challenge when painting symbols to represent the kill count. The "Ascendant Mark" on the vertical tail fin was particularly eye-catching, as if telling an alien civilization: This is our human UR, and anyone who disagrees can challenge us.

In a normal aerial battlefield, the superiors would never have painted it so conspicuously. On the battlefield, the more flashy the paint, the faster you die. But this time is different.

Looking down at the densely packed kill count below the cockpit, Liu Jun felt he should work harder. If he could shoot down more than 400 aircraft, he might become the pilot with the highest kill count in human history.

However, if he participates in the promotion ceremony again next time, his opponent will not be the same as this time.

Next, a vacuum appeared in the western Pacific. According to distant air situation and satellite images, after he participated in the "upgrade ceremony", the alien civilization has been launching a fierce attack on the Hawaiian Islands. The United States could lose the islands at any time, and whether Tokyo will intervene is still a question.

On the other side of the ocean, in Washington, D.C., in the Oval Office, the U.S. president was reviewing intelligence gathered by the FBI and CIA with a headache.

"You mean, Pfizer's top executives have vanished?"

The president coldly placed the documents on the table. Previously on Earth, there was no intelligence that the CIA couldn't uncover, and now there truly was: some high-ranking members of important financial groups within Western University had either disappeared or vanished without a trace, and their whereabouts were nowhere to be found.

Clearly, they were prepared, and the mysterious disappearances of these people indirectly suggest that their disappearances are related to extraterrestrial civilizations.

“We can’t find them,” the bureau chief said in a low voice.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the president. After all, Kennedy had already come up with some wild ideas, so how could this president be more capable than Kennedy? But the fact was that he had made mistakes at work and that there was a traitor within the organization. If the president held onto this, it could indeed put him in a difficult situation. At that time, others wouldn't mind making him take the blame and pushing all the responsibility onto him.

“Some people have covered up their tracks, and we are conducting a joint investigation.”

"When will we get the results?" the president asked, taking a deep breath to suppress his frustration. Without resolving this issue, Tokyo University would be unable to provide its full support.

They also understood that Dongda didn't want Xida to cause trouble while they were holding the team back, as that would be sabotaging their teammates.

"It will take a while."

The president took a deep breath, but could only suppress it.

Just then, an officer rushed into the office, his face extremely grim, and said, "Mr. President, we think we're in trouble!"

"what happened?"

"Satellite images show that multiple waves of extraterrestrial civilizations are converging on the Hawaiian Islands."

If that were all, the other party wouldn't have such a serious expression. The president took the documents from the other party. Even if he wasn't very knowledgeable about military intelligence, he could see a large number of bright spots marked on the satellite image. At least 30 Type 3 ships, mixed with a large number of Type 2 ships and an unknown number of Type 1 ships, were approaching the Hawaiian Islands.

Can we hold out?

"My Mr. President, I'm afraid it's very difficult!"

At this point, the major general pointed to the squares marked on the satellite image. From the satellite image, there were very conspicuous bright spots inside these squares, and the direction of these bright spots was not just towards the Hawaiian Islands!
Some of the boxes flew towards South Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, while a small number headed towards South America. Type 3 aircraft also appeared in the Bering Strait direction.
Their worst fears came true: after several attempts, the alien civilization expanded its invasion beyond East University and West University during this window of opportunity.

"I need to speak with the University of Tokyo immediately!" the president said sternly.

Geographically speaking, East Asia is a monster's den, with a stronger ability to resist alien invasion, while South America in the Western Pacific, look at those countries like Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, etc., none of them can fight back.

Dongda University, Command Center.

"Tell me, they're picking on the weak. It seems they changed their attack direction after realizing we're not easy to deal with, and they're taking advantage of this special window of opportunity, as our navy can't conduct long-range operations in bad weather." As he said this, multiple attack directions of the alien civilization were marked on the Pacific tactical sand table, with at least four attack clusters flying towards Australia, aiming at Sydney, while New Zealand was also within the alien civilization's attack range.

"The Australian and New Zealand governments have sought our assistance."

It seems a bit procedural that these two Western countries sought help from the University of Tokyo; they should have prioritized seeking help from the United States. However, geographically speaking, they are very close to the University of Tokyo, while the United States is too far away, so seeking help from the University of Tokyo is also reasonable.

"You only remembered us now?"

The commander snorted. He had been showing off in front of Dongda University, but now he was facing a military threat from an alien civilization. These alien civilizations wouldn't listen to their propaganda or the sabotage from their internal surrender factions.

There are only two reasons why aliens go there: either they will kill them, or they will kill them.

However, to be honest, if we ignore Australia, as a vast and sparsely populated continent, what if a large area of ​​its territory were occupied by an alien civilization? The straight-line distance between East Asia and Australia is about 2400 kilometers from the South China Sea border to the nearest coastline of the Australian continent; the flight distance to Canberra is about 9000 kilometers; and the straight-line distance to Sydney is about 9000 kilometers.

Being too close would affect the University of Tokyo's strategic deployment in the Pacific, leaving it only able to defend the Western Pacific and thus facing a two-pronged attack. No matter how much it dislikes Australia, it would have to protect Australia for its own interests.

"Our bottom line is that Western Australia cannot be lost, and at least it must be under our control. As for New Zealand, we can only provide them with some long-range firepower at most."

That being said, none of this is free. Australia wants the University of Southeast Asia to protect it, fine! Provide military bases and allow the University of Southeast Asia to station troops in Australia. This way, the University of Southeast Asia will have another direction of attack in the Western Pacific, and can complement Guam to improve the defense of the second island chain.

As for New Zealand, its defenses are stretched too thin. Even the University of Tokyo can't do anything about it. At most, they can exchange beef and mutton for the University of Tokyo's Dongfeng Express. One hundred million catties of beef and mutton for one Dongfeng Express is a very worthwhile deal.

"In addition, Chile also hopes that we can provide some assistance, and they have indicated that they will increase the supply of cherries."

If there's anything that might give Dongda University pause, it's the external supply chain: Chilean cherries, New Zealand beef and lamb, and meat supplies from Argentina. These things would alleviate the domestic food shortage to some extent. After all, Dongda University's reputation for culinary excellence is not just a slogan; the leaders have gone to great lengths to ensure that the people have meat to eat.

The leaders looked at the world map and feared that the entire Pacific Rim region would be engulfed in war in the coming months.

"Furthermore, regarding those human traitors, they are likely hiding in the darkest corners, the places where our control is weakest. Find them and eliminate them!"

"understand!"

The area surrounding the Pacific sinkhole.

Type 3 ships slowly emerged from the sinkhole. Once out of the sinkhole, they skillfully formed multiple attack waves using communication methods that humans do not yet understand.

Then these Type 3 creatures of varying lengths rapidly advanced toward the eastern Pacific Ocean in their chosen attack directions. For some unknown reason, the alien civilization failed to organize its forces to launch an attack toward the western Pacific Ocean this time.

This decision by the alien civilization made the higher-ups at Dongda University realize that it might be due to some hidden rule in the [Ascension Ceremony], and the exact timing would have to wait for Rupa to reappear.

Squeak. Weather satellites observe cyclones over the Pacific Ocean, while military satellites keep a close eye on the attack directions of each alien attack group.

At the East University military base in Guam, alarms sounded.

Liu Jun, who was resting, quickly changed into his anti-G suit and ran to the combat readiness duty room. After entering the briefing room, he saw a major general sending mission briefings to the pilots present, including those from the Air Force and the Naval Aviation.

Liu Jun took the mission briefing and read it, discovering that this mission was an interception mission.

There will be a window of opportunity in the next 48 hours, during which the Air Force and Naval Aviation will need to deploy to intercept an alien fleet heading to New Guinea.

Current intelligence indicates that there are at least six Type 3 ships of 150 meters or more. This force is practically divine for New Guinea, considering that while the country has some military strength, it is better than nothing.

陆军总兵力3300人，海军总兵力300人，4艘太平洋级巡逻艇和3艘巴厘巴板级坦克登陆艇，没有大型作战舰艇空军总兵力100人，拥有2架CN-235型运输机、2架IAI-101型运输机、2架贝尔-412型直升机、1架贝尔-212型直升机和2架UH-1型直升机。

With this military strength, it is impossible to stop the tentacles of alien civilizations. The East University, in order to completely sever the tentacles of alien civilizations, wants to make them give up their idea of ​​attacking the Western Pacific, and preferably force the alien civilizations to concentrate their attack forces in the Eastern Pacific.

In this way, the University of Tokyo can catch its breath while increasing its production capacity to support the world!

This is not an exaggeration; the University of Tokyo truly has this capability!
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Meanwhile, in some dark corner of the Middle East.

A dozen or so men in suits sat at a round table, and in the center of the table was a very eye-catching symbol, the mark of the ascendant, though the design was very simple.

"Gentlemen, something terrible is happening now."

As they spoke, the gentlemen looked at the battlefield log, which was about the "Ascension Ceremony," a battle between a human spacecraft and an alien spacecraft, in which the human spacecraft ultimately succeeded in shooting down the alien civilization.

"Someone has already completed the upgrade ceremony!"

This made the gentlemen present look grim. After all, according to the information in the "notebook," if they relied on the mark, they would become a class higher than humans but lower than alien civilizations after humanity's defeat. In that case, they could surpass all other humans and become true "superior humans."

But now, another ascendant has appeared, and a very powerful one at that, which has undoubtedly shattered their previous plans!

"Who is he?"

"We are still investigating, but the major Eastern power has implemented very high-level security measures regarding his information, and we are unable to obtain specific details."

While they can control the economic lifeline of the West, and even the pharmaceutical and financial industries, they simply cannot penetrate the core of the University of Tokyo.

The University of Tokyo's attitude towards them is simple: making money is fine, but anything else? Forget it!

"We must find out his identity. If we can win him over, that would be best; if not, we must eliminate him! No one among humanity can be closer to God than us!"

(End of this chapter)