Great Power Long Sky

"At this point, my wingman Xue Shuang and I visually spotted the F-14 formation coming to intercept us. We now know that this location is 360 kilometers away from the USS Kitty Hawk."

"In other words, the Americans' boast of a 500-kilometer air defense perimeter from their aircraft carriers is exaggerated, or rather, the Kitty Hawk carrier strike group did not deploy its entire air defense perimeter."

Xue Shuang helped paste the thirty-three photos on the blackboard, and Li Lu gave the lecture.

Li Lu glanced through the photos and continued, "The F-14 two-plane formation is very entangled. If they don't change tactics, they might have to turn back before they even see the Kitty Hawk."

"We were definitely tracked and locked by the early warning aircraft launched by Kitty Hawk at that time, and even if we weren't, it would have been difficult to evade the radar detection of the F-14."

"The only way is to descend to a low altitude and fly close to the sea surface, at which altitude we can avoid enemy radar detection. Wingman Xue Shuang was responsible for providing cover, which bought us ten precious minutes."

"I rapidly descended to an altitude of twenty meters..."

Wang Yong raised his hand to interrupt Li Lu, "The highest is twelve meters, and the lowest is eight meters. These are the flight data."

Li Lu was stunned for a moment. After thinking it over carefully, he found it hard to determine whether his intuition was wrong or the flight data recorder was wrong.

The flight altitude in the flight data sensor is generally accurate, and the sea level indicator is in normal condition.

Deputy Commander Chen laughed and said, "Little Li, you not only set a new record, but this record for sea-skimming flight altitude will probably be hard to break."

The leaders were very generous in their praise of Li Lu, saying that Li Lu's flying skills were among the best in the world.

"Go on."

"yes!"

Li Lu continued to recount the situation at the time, "I was flying close to the sea surface at a speed of 1100 kilometers per hour. At this time, I could not contact the east direction by radio, so I was sure that my aircraft was already outside the detection range of the enemy's early warning aircraft."

Flying at a sea-skimming altitude of about ten meters is something many U.S. Navy pilots can do, but flying at that altitude at a speed of 1,100 kilometers per hour is an incredibly difficult feat.

That's an extreme speed close to the speed of sound.

Li Lu's narration was calm, yet it sent chills down everyone's spines; the dry data failed to capture the situation at the time.

"This sea-skimming flight was when fuel consumption was the highest, which is why I later had to make an emergency landing on the unfinished runway at Hudong Airport."

"I maintained my course and speed for seventeen minutes and saw the mast of the Kitty Hawk. From this position, I confirmed the Kitty Hawk's exact location."

"I've passed the outer escort ships of the Kitty Hawk. They must have spotted me, but I'm very fast and still flying at sea-skimming altitude. When I'm five kilometers away from the Kitty Hawk, their starboard Phalanx close-in weapon system opens fire..."

"Wait!" Wang Yong suddenly stood up.

Everyone in the conference room stared at Li Lu in shock.

Wang Yong asked seriously, "They opened fire?"

Li Lu nodded and said, "I jettisoned the auxiliary fuel tank at this location, and it landed in the sea to the right and aft of the Kitty Hawk."

That was a location and distance that was almost impossible to avoid.

But Li Lu did it, very easily, using a second-generation fighter jet that had been phased out by American imperialism two or three decades ago.

One can imagine how shocked, even terrified, the Americans on the USS Kitty Hawk were at the time.

What if it wasn't the J-6 but other fighter jets carrying anti-ship weapons?

Or is the J-6 itself an anti-ship weapon?

Even if a J-6 fighter jet carries just two ordinary aerial bombs, even if it's just dropped on the flight deck, it can temporarily disable the USS Kitty Hawk.

There is no fundamental difference between sinking an aircraft carrier and rendering it combat ineffective.

At this point, Wang Yong and the other two leaders realized that Li Lu's suggestion that he hoped to be transferred to the naval aviation force if he could not participate in the test flight of Project No. 10 was not just a casual remark, nor was it a "blackmail" against the leaders.

The reason is simple: the naval aviation force is equipped with the JH-7, a long-range fighter jet with relatively strong anti-ship attack capabilities.

In the air force, besides the H-6 bomber, the only fighter jet with anti-ship attack capabilities is the JH-7 (Flying Leopard)...