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Chapter 1135: Shiki's Excellent Maneuver!
Kadena Air Base.
The Lighthouse Country Military's largest Air Force Base in the Far East region.
Its area alone occupies one quarter of the entire Okinawa Island.
It has two runways up to 3700 meters long, and over a hundred military aircraft of various types.
Over nine thousand military personnel are permanently stationed inside the base. The facilities are very complete; besides barracks, hangars, and the communication department, there are even residential areas, a school, a cinema, and even a golf course.
The unit stationed here is the 18th Wing, which can be considered a relatively senior Air Force Wing of the Lighthouse Country.
This Wing has under its command 3 F-15 Fighter Squadrons, 1 Early Warning Aircraft Squadron, and 8 KC-135 Aerial Refueling Aircraft.
At the same time, Kadena Air Base is also the location of the highest Headquarters of the Lighthouse Country Military stationed in Okinawa.
Lieutenant General Damiano, who previously gave the order to take over the Japan Self-Defense Forces, is here.
At this moment, due to the fierce battle situation in countries around the world, Japan itself is in even greater chaos.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Damiano has basically been living in the headquarters these past few days.
But the various kinds of intelligence that looked or sounded bizarre gradually made him turn from initial shock to his current calmness.
Or rather, he has completely accepted the fact that the opponent is 'Otherworld Forces' possessing various kinds of supernatural ability.
Originally, after organizing these, he sent them to the Pacific Command located in Hawaii, hoping to gain more attention from the homeland.
But who would have thought that they told him the homeland was also in great chaos now.
Subsequently, the strange situation regarding the Seventh Fleet also gave him a massive headache.
Clearly, during the call, Commander Lyman promised everything was fine and that they would immediately launch the recapture operation for Yokosuka Port.
But until now, they haven't seen any movement from the Seventh Fleet.
Furthermore, starting from yesterday, they couldn't contact the Seventh Fleet anymore!
Lieutenant General Damiano was certainly not a stupid person, and immediately realized that the Seventh Fleet had a problem.
But he couldn't imagine what kind of thing could have happened.
The Seventh Fleet had already left before being attacked at Yokosuka Port.
Logically speaking, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it should be impossible for them to do anything to them on the vast and boundless sea, right?
Lieutenant General Damiano stood in the command room inside the headquarters, frowning and staring at the various images and information on the monitor.
It showed the situation of the Japan Ground, Maritime, and Air Self-Defense Forces, as well as multiple Lighthouse Country fleets from Sasebo, Misawa, and other locations, engaged in combat with the World Government troops occupying Tokyo.
From the current situation, it seems that this World Government's army, although most of their weaponry is 'WWII Level', has the assistance from many kinds of monsters.
Moreover, it was recently discovered that they have already started controlling M1 Main Battle Tanks, M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Type 74 Main Battle Tanks, and other such armored vehicles that originally belonged to their own side.
Lieutenant General Damiano was not surprised by this.
After all, learning how to operate things like tanks and armored vehicles is not difficult.
On the contrary, the fact that the opponent could actually make so many pilots willing to operate modern fighter aircraft and fight desperately against their own side in the air made him feel very shocked and puzzled.
Could those pilots betray so easily?
If not, they could have completely escaped back by flying the planes, right!
But until now, there hasn't been a single one. Could it be that they are truly risking their lives for the World Government?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Just as Lieutenant General Damiano fell into deep thought.
A radar soldier sitting in front suddenly spoke.
"Report, the EL/M-2080 radar has detected a cylindrical object approximately 2.5 meters in length and 1 meter in width in the airspace at a height of approximately 2400 meters. It is moving towards our side at a speed approaching 2500 kilometers per hour and is expected to arrive overhead in twelve minutes."
"Hmm?"
Lieutenant General Damiano raised an eyebrow.
"Is it a missile? No, that's only twice the speed of sound."
To attack Okinawa from Yokosuka Port, they would need to use at least a medium-range missile.
And currently, the flight speed of medium-range missiles is not lower than seven times the speed of sound.
It's worth mentioning that although military radar often filters out airborne objects that are too small.
But Shiki's height is 2.5 meters and above, he is very robust, and his flight speed also exceeded the speed of sound, so he wouldn't be filtered out by the radar.
"Dispatch an E-3 early warning aircraft to go and see. Also dispatch two F-15 fighter jets."
Lieutenant General Damiano always felt a bit of unease, and thereupon sent more fighter jets.
"Yes, General!"
Very quickly, three airplanes flew up in sequence from the airport runway outside.
At the same time, the early warning aircraft's real-time feed appeared on the monitor inside the command room.
The atmosphere at the scene quieted down a bit inexplicably.
Not long after, Lieutenant General Damiano and all the technicians present saw a faintly visible golden thing appear in the feed, moving at high speed between the cloud layer.
As the distance between both sides got closer and closer, the appearance of that thing also became clearer and clearer.
One could see that the faces of every single person inside the command room became stranger and stranger, and their mouths opened wider and wider. There was even a signal soldier who subconsciously rubbed his eyes.
"God!!!"
"What is that..."
"Tell me, I'm not dreaming!"
Suddenly, exclamations coming from the communication equipment made everyone come back to their senses.
At this moment, the four crew members inside the E-3 early warning aircraft, as well as the pilots of the two F-15 fighter jets responsible for escorting, had already lost their calmness and were continuously emitting screams from their hearts.
They simply didn't dare to believe everything they saw with their own eyes.
That was actually a human flying at this height and at this speed!!!
This kind of situation lasted for approximately five or six minutes before everyone's emotions began to calm down.
"Phew—, Command Center, please issue the order, what should we do?"
The pilot of the E-3 early warning aircraft first took a deep breath, then asked with a slightly trembling voice.
Many people inside the command room also turned their gaze towards Lieutenant General Damiano.
But Lieutenant General Damiano was also a bit hesitant.
Normally speaking, if the opponent was an airplane, both sides should first use radio communication.
But now the opposite side is a human, so it's certainly impossible to contact them.
"General, the opponent has already approached overhead our base," the radar soldier reminded again.
"Never mind, shoot it down first and then talk about it! Order the F-15s at the scene to launch an attack!"
Lieutenant General Damiano no longer hesitated, and directly shouted the order.
Although the opponent could possibly be coming over for negotiation.
But they also couldn't allow a monster capable of moving at twice the speed of sound to smoothly arrive in front of them without any prior notification.
Besides, there hasn't been any news transmitted back from the Japan side that the World Government troops have stopped expanding and want to talk with them.
Following Lieutenant General Damiano's order, the two F-15 fighter jets on the screen began to flank Shiki from both sides between the cloud mass.
And the E-3 early warning aircraft then pulled away to a greater distance.
[Whoosh! Whoosh!]
One could see that those two F-15 fighter jets each released one AIM-9 'Sidewinder' air-to-air missile hanging under their wings.
These two 2.87-meter-long infrared-guided missiles.
Immediately, at a speed of Mach 2, dragging long flame tails and white mist, they rushed towards where Shiki was located.
But who would have thought that when they approached Shiki to a distance of approximately one kilometer, they suddenly turned 180 degrees and flew back!
"What!!"
The pilots inside the two F-15 fighter jets were dumbfounded.
In the blink of an eye, caught off guard, they were hit by the missiles they had shot out themselves.
It should be known that the maximum speed of an F-15 fighter jet is only Mach 2.5.
[Boom! Boom!]
Two spectacular balls of fire expanded at high altitude, and thereupon turned into countless shards falling towards the earth.
"..."
"..."
The command room, which saw this scene through the E-3 early warning aircraft's viewpoint, fell into dead silence.
Including Lieutenant General Damiano, all personnel stared intently at the screen, dumbfounded.
Just now, what happened?
(End of this chapter)
Kadena Air Base.
The Lighthouse Country Military's largest Air Force Base in the Far East region.
Its area alone occupies one quarter of the entire Okinawa Island.
It has two runways up to 3700 meters long, and over a hundred military aircraft of various types.
Over nine thousand military personnel are permanently stationed inside the base. The facilities are very complete; besides barracks, hangars, and the communication department, there are even residential areas, a school, a cinema, and even a golf course.
The unit stationed here is the 18th Wing, which can be considered a relatively senior Air Force Wing of the Lighthouse Country.
This Wing has under its command 3 F-15 Fighter Squadrons, 1 Early Warning Aircraft Squadron, and 8 KC-135 Aerial Refueling Aircraft.
At the same time, Kadena Air Base is also the location of the highest Headquarters of the Lighthouse Country Military stationed in Okinawa.
Lieutenant General Damiano, who previously gave the order to take over the Japan Self-Defense Forces, is here.
At this moment, due to the fierce battle situation in countries around the world, Japan itself is in even greater chaos.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Damiano has basically been living in the headquarters these past few days.
But the various kinds of intelligence that looked or sounded bizarre gradually made him turn from initial shock to his current calmness.
Or rather, he has completely accepted the fact that the opponent is 'Otherworld Forces' possessing various kinds of supernatural ability.
Originally, after organizing these, he sent them to the Pacific Command located in Hawaii, hoping to gain more attention from the homeland.
But who would have thought that they told him the homeland was also in great chaos now.
Subsequently, the strange situation regarding the Seventh Fleet also gave him a massive headache.
Clearly, during the call, Commander Lyman promised everything was fine and that they would immediately launch the recapture operation for Yokosuka Port.
But until now, they haven't seen any movement from the Seventh Fleet.
Furthermore, starting from yesterday, they couldn't contact the Seventh Fleet anymore!
Lieutenant General Damiano was certainly not a stupid person, and immediately realized that the Seventh Fleet had a problem.
But he couldn't imagine what kind of thing could have happened.
The Seventh Fleet had already left before being attacked at Yokosuka Port.
Logically speaking, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it should be impossible for them to do anything to them on the vast and boundless sea, right?
Lieutenant General Damiano stood in the command room inside the headquarters, frowning and staring at the various images and information on the monitor.
It showed the situation of the Japan Ground, Maritime, and Air Self-Defense Forces, as well as multiple Lighthouse Country fleets from Sasebo, Misawa, and other locations, engaged in combat with the World Government troops occupying Tokyo.
From the current situation, it seems that this World Government's army, although most of their weaponry is 'WWII Level', has the assistance from many kinds of monsters.
Moreover, it was recently discovered that they have already started controlling M1 Main Battle Tanks, M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Type 74 Main Battle Tanks, and other such armored vehicles that originally belonged to their own side.
Lieutenant General Damiano was not surprised by this.
After all, learning how to operate things like tanks and armored vehicles is not difficult.
On the contrary, the fact that the opponent could actually make so many pilots willing to operate modern fighter aircraft and fight desperately against their own side in the air made him feel very shocked and puzzled.
Could those pilots betray so easily?
If not, they could have completely escaped back by flying the planes, right!
But until now, there hasn't been a single one. Could it be that they are truly risking their lives for the World Government?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Just as Lieutenant General Damiano fell into deep thought.
A radar soldier sitting in front suddenly spoke.
"Report, the EL/M-2080 radar has detected a cylindrical object approximately 2.5 meters in length and 1 meter in width in the airspace at a height of approximately 2400 meters. It is moving towards our side at a speed approaching 2500 kilometers per hour and is expected to arrive overhead in twelve minutes."
"Hmm?"
Lieutenant General Damiano raised an eyebrow.
"Is it a missile? No, that's only twice the speed of sound."
To attack Okinawa from Yokosuka Port, they would need to use at least a medium-range missile.
And currently, the flight speed of medium-range missiles is not lower than seven times the speed of sound.
It's worth mentioning that although military radar often filters out airborne objects that are too small.
But Shiki's height is 2.5 meters and above, he is very robust, and his flight speed also exceeded the speed of sound, so he wouldn't be filtered out by the radar.
"Dispatch an E-3 early warning aircraft to go and see. Also dispatch two F-15 fighter jets."
Lieutenant General Damiano always felt a bit of unease, and thereupon sent more fighter jets.
"Yes, General!"
Very quickly, three airplanes flew up in sequence from the airport runway outside.
At the same time, the early warning aircraft's real-time feed appeared on the monitor inside the command room.
The atmosphere at the scene quieted down a bit inexplicably.
Not long after, Lieutenant General Damiano and all the technicians present saw a faintly visible golden thing appear in the feed, moving at high speed between the cloud layer.
As the distance between both sides got closer and closer, the appearance of that thing also became clearer and clearer.
One could see that the faces of every single person inside the command room became stranger and stranger, and their mouths opened wider and wider. There was even a signal soldier who subconsciously rubbed his eyes.
"God!!!"
"What is that..."
"Tell me, I'm not dreaming!"
Suddenly, exclamations coming from the communication equipment made everyone come back to their senses.
At this moment, the four crew members inside the E-3 early warning aircraft, as well as the pilots of the two F-15 fighter jets responsible for escorting, had already lost their calmness and were continuously emitting screams from their hearts.
They simply didn't dare to believe everything they saw with their own eyes.
That was actually a human flying at this height and at this speed!!!
This kind of situation lasted for approximately five or six minutes before everyone's emotions began to calm down.
"Phew—, Command Center, please issue the order, what should we do?"
The pilot of the E-3 early warning aircraft first took a deep breath, then asked with a slightly trembling voice.
Many people inside the command room also turned their gaze towards Lieutenant General Damiano.
But Lieutenant General Damiano was also a bit hesitant.
Normally speaking, if the opponent was an airplane, both sides should first use radio communication.
But now the opposite side is a human, so it's certainly impossible to contact them.
"General, the opponent has already approached overhead our base," the radar soldier reminded again.
"Never mind, shoot it down first and then talk about it! Order the F-15s at the scene to launch an attack!"
Lieutenant General Damiano no longer hesitated, and directly shouted the order.
Although the opponent could possibly be coming over for negotiation.
But they also couldn't allow a monster capable of moving at twice the speed of sound to smoothly arrive in front of them without any prior notification.
Besides, there hasn't been any news transmitted back from the Japan side that the World Government troops have stopped expanding and want to talk with them.
Following Lieutenant General Damiano's order, the two F-15 fighter jets on the screen began to flank Shiki from both sides between the cloud mass.
And the E-3 early warning aircraft then pulled away to a greater distance.
[Whoosh! Whoosh!]
One could see that those two F-15 fighter jets each released one AIM-9 'Sidewinder' air-to-air missile hanging under their wings.
These two 2.87-meter-long infrared-guided missiles.
Immediately, at a speed of Mach 2, dragging long flame tails and white mist, they rushed towards where Shiki was located.
But who would have thought that when they approached Shiki to a distance of approximately one kilometer, they suddenly turned 180 degrees and flew back!
"What!!"
The pilots inside the two F-15 fighter jets were dumbfounded.
In the blink of an eye, caught off guard, they were hit by the missiles they had shot out themselves.
It should be known that the maximum speed of an F-15 fighter jet is only Mach 2.5.
[Boom! Boom!]
Two spectacular balls of fire expanded at high altitude, and thereupon turned into countless shards falling towards the earth.
"..."
"..."
The command room, which saw this scene through the E-3 early warning aircraft's viewpoint, fell into dead silence.
Including Lieutenant General Damiano, all personnel stared intently at the screen, dumbfounded.
Just now, what happened?
(End of this chapter)
