The entire Forgotten Reef has entered a state of combat readiness, including local staff and construction workers on the island and reef.
"Big Black Fish determines that the movement is in the Sulawesi Trench area, which is 1,200 kilometers away from our airport and less than 100 kilometers away from the nearest large island of a certain country. If a tsunami occurs, the large islands of a certain country will be severely damaged!"
"A certain country's early warning and monitoring technology is very weak. They may not know that the Sulawesi Trench is undergoing abnormal movements. Therefore, it is what we have to do now to find out the situation and report relevant information to the humanitarian rescue center of a certain country! Comrades, this is a human crisis Let’s work together to fight against natural disasters!”
Xue Zhengrong made a brief mobilization. Li Hai was not yet able to control this situation. The military chief still had to take action at the critical moment.
Li Hai frowned slightly, and then slowly relaxed it, with a vague smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.
Xue Zhengrong noticed his abnormality, but didn't say anything.
Forgotten Reef is thousands of kilometers away from the Sulawesi Trench. Even if a magnitude 10 earthquake occurs there, it will have little impact on Forgotten Reef. Therefore, the first thing to consider at present is to issue navigation warnings to ships passing through the sea area and to find out the situation and report the situation to a certain country.
The first thing Zhong Guobang is doing, the second thing can only rely on the independent brigade.
With a round trip of 1,000 kilometers, plus the time spent in the mission airspace, the aircraft must have a maximum range of at least 2,800 kilometers, which is exactly the maximum range that the J-8F can achieve by adding three auxiliary fuel tanks.
There is no doubt that Lehi once again went into battle.
When Xue Zhengrong's body has not recovered to the state of go-around, only Li Hai and Dang Weimin can carry out the flight mission, and only Li Hai can carry out the all-weather flight mission.
I don’t know since when, Li Hai inexplicably has the ability to fly all-weather, and everyone seems to quickly adapt to this surprising change.
The staff sergeant carried a camera bag and introduced it when handing it to Li Hai, "A telephoto lens, a wide-angle lens and two spare batteries are enough. Deputy captain, you give it a try and I will teach you how to take pictures."
"I've used it before, it's no problem." Li Hai checked it and after confirming that it could work normally, he held it in his hand.
Because it is performing a non-military mission and has to report disaster situations to other national agencies, the reconnaissance and photography equipment on the J-8FR No. 81101 cannot be used, and there is no way to use it. We can only use a camera to record and analyze it, report it verbally first, and then send a formal report through other channels after returning to the ground.
It's obviously very troublesome. Notifying it a second earlier may save many lives. However, this is already the limit of what the Forgotten Reef Independent Flying Group can achieve.
Before boarding the plane, Xue Zhengrong pulled Li Hai aside and warned sternly, "No matter what they have done to us in history, we must go all out for this humanitarian disaster investigation, do you understand?"
Li Hai solemnly replied, "Yes! I promise to complete the mission!"
"Ike Island is home to a small half of the Thousand Island Country's industries. It is only more than 100 kilometers away from the Sulawesi Trench. Theoretically, they have almost no warning time. The only person who can provide them with accurate disaster information now is us."
"Xue Da, I understand. There are two coastal cities on Aike Island, which are famous ladies' concentration areas in the Thousand Islands Country, with a permanent population of over one million. I already fully understand this information, please don't worry, I will do my best to find out situation, and provide timely feedback on the situation!”
Xue Zhengrong nodded slightly and was very satisfied with Li Hai's correct attitude. He patted Li Hai on the shoulder and said, "Let's go."
Li Hai put on his flight helmet, saluted Xue Zhengrong, and picked up his flight bag to board the plane. Li Yuanchao quickly went up to help Li Hai pick up all the excuses to check the seat belts. After confirming that the plane was ready, he quickly came down and removed the boarding ladder.
The conductor waved the red and blue flags to signal the slide out.
Li Hai slowly pushed the throttle lever and slid it out quickly. After waiting in the take-off position for about a minute, the tower issued a timed take-off instruction.
J-8F No. 81103 slid for more than 700 meters before lifting off the ground. After climbing several hundred meters, it turned to the left and sped away in the east direction.
Xue Zhengrong shook his head with a steady take-off and smiled bitterly, saying to himself, "This kid is just too narrow-minded."
I don't know what I thought of, so I breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said to myself, "That's fine."
When a new pilot realizes that he has become more proficient in controlling the fighter plane, he will try to make some bold moves, such as taking off harder, pulling up in advance or turning to climb in advance, just like he feels very proficient after learning to drive. When starting, you will involuntarily step on the accelerator and rush out, looking for excitement.
Li Hai is currently in such a situation. In the past short period of time, in addition to leading the flight, his take-off movements have been very fast and violent, showing the passion of a young man.
During this emergency humanitarian reconnaissance mission, he seemed to have returned to his original nature and became more stable. Xue Zhengrong knew exactly what he was thinking.
After returning to the tower, Xue Zhengrong saw from the radar that the airspeed of J-8F No. 81103 remained at 900 kilometers per hour, which was consistent with the cruising speed of civil aviation aircraft.
He shook his head slightly again, picked up the microphone and said seriously, "Dong San! Increase the speed to one thousand."
"Increase the speed to a thousand, got it."
Li Hai shook his head slightly and increased the accelerator.
The airspeed began to increase and gradually approached the speed of sound. He said, "Tower, the airspeed is one thousand and one. It cannot be increased any more. It's over."
With three auxiliary fuel tanks, if you want to fly at supersonic speed, the fuel consumption will double. The J-8F is capable of supersonic flight with external mounts. This will bring about a serious problem - the voyage will be greatly reduced.
Xue Zhengrong stopped asking Li Haifei to hurry up.
At a distance of 1,200 kilometers, the J-8F can basically only fly at the highest economic speed, and must try its best to avoid large overload maneuvers. Even the flight altitude is best kept at an altitude of 8,600 meters.
It would take Li Hai 1 hour and 15 minutes to reach the mission airspace, which is the coordinate point of the Sulawesi Trench marked in the Big Black Fish intelligence.
This process is lengthy.
Dang Weimin, who was also on the tower, was sitting in the deputy commander's position, but his expression was not as nervous as expected. Looking at the radar operator, weatherman, and the first class radio operator, they were all in the same situation.
Xue Zhengrong shook his head helplessly, and it could be seen that everyone was somewhat conflicted in their hearts.
Thinking of some things that happened decades ago, Xue Zhengrong sighed, "As the saying goes, it's not about not reporting that the day has not come, but doing your best to obey fate. It depends on the fate of Thousand Islands Country. Alas... I hope some people who have done many evil things will die without a burial place. ah……"
