The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 359: Big Rollover

The Eagle King was a little confused.

He shook his head, not knowing what to say.

What the hell...

In order to shoot down a balloon, more than one F16 fighter jet was used.

After wasting millions of ammunition, do we have to sacrifice an F16?
"Oh! God!"

Lewis, who was standing next to the Eagle King, made the sign of the cross on his chest at this time.

He thought that Jack was probably in great danger.

The loss this time is really too tragic and too heavy, right?
"Lewis, is there anything wrong with the plane?" asked the Eagle King.

Lewis smiled bitterly: “Your Majesty, that will have to wait a little longer.”

"I hope there won't be any problems."

They didn't actually wait too long.

In just one or two seconds, the F16 piloted by Jack was already falling rapidly.

Of course, this scene was captured by other F16 aircraft.

The Eagle King was stunned.

He watched the F16 somersault and fall.

He knew the plane was doomed.

"Fake!"

"How could this be?"

The Eagle King looked annoyed and held his face in his hands.

"Your Majesty, our heroic pilot Jack has died for his country."

Lewis stood up.

Everyone in the command center also stood up.

They all took off their hats and observed a moment of silence for Jack.

The Eagle King also stood up.

His eyes were filled with tears.

He felt that he was really too passive.

The balloon was shot down.

But, do you dare to broadcast this scene?

If it were broadcast, people all over the world would definitely laugh at it.

Alas! I still ended up in disgrace!

Giant Eagle, it’s too difficult.

After the moment of silence, the Eagle King asked, "Could it be that the pilot failed to parachute successfully?"

Lewis shook his head and said, "He didn't have time to parachute."

"Everything happened so fast."

"Moreover, the violent explosion should have destroyed the glass cover of the cockpit of the F16 he was driving."

"It's very cold in the sky that high up, and the oxygen is thin."

"Even if you parachute, the chances of survival are estimated to be very low, extremely low."

Generally speaking, the temperature drops by 1 degrees for every kilometer increase in altitude.

At an altitude of 1.9 meters, the temperature outside may drop below minus 50 degrees Celsius.

At this temperature, if the pilot is exposed, he will die in a very short time.

The Eagle King's eyes flickered.

"The death of this pilot must be kept secret!"

"We can capture a video of a dragon's balloon being blown up and publicize it to the world!"

"As for our losses, they must all be concealed!"

Lewis shrugged and said, “Your Majesty, the other party’s satellite is likely to take pictures.”

"There's a good chance we won't be able to hide it."

The Eagle King was a little unconvinced: "What? Are their satellites so advanced?"

Lewis said, "Your Majesty, their spy satellites are now much better than ours!"

"It is said that the accuracy of their satellites has reached the centimeter level."

The Eagle King was shocked: "What? It's actually so advanced?"

Lewis said: "I saw their report was like this."

The Eagle King said: "I don't believe it! They may just be bragging!"

"We finally managed to take down their balloons. We must publicize this event!"

"We must strike down the opponent's arrogance!"

Lewis had no choice but to say, "Okay! Your Majesty, then, let's start the propaganda machine."

In fact, the dragon has been paying attention to the eagle's movements.

Several Dragon reconnaissance satellites were deployed near the balloon.

These low-altitude reconnaissance satellites are supposed to rotate rapidly around the earth.

However, the Dragon used solar power to keep at least two reconnaissance satellites stable above the balloon for a short period of time.

At the same time, Dragon's stealth unmanned reconnaissance aircraft also took off from the aircraft carrier and flew nearby to carry out surveillance.

Dragon's aircraft carrier fleet is currently conducting exercises in the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, the entire process of the giant eagle hitting the balloon has actually been captured from multiple angles.

That evening, Lewis, the leader of the Eagle Army, personally held a press conference.

At the press conference, Lewis announced the destruction of Dragon's balloon as ordered by the Eagle King.

At the same time, he also announced that Giant Eagle will salvage the wreckage of Dragon's balloon for research.

Lewis said: "We had to do it!"

"Guys, our dignity tells us that we must get rid of that balloon that may have taken sensitive photos of us!"

"We did it."

"We negotiated with the dragon before we shot down the balloon."

"At that time, we hoped that Long could give us a reasonable explanation, an apology and compensation."

“But their attitude is very bad!”

“This makes us very angry!”

"We can only defend our interests ourselves!"

"From now on, we will continue to strike any incoming targets without mercy!"

Lewis showed footage of the moment the balloon was hit.

The press conference scene immediately became lively.

"God! Finally it's done!"

"Great, this should have been done a long time ago!"

"Nice job! I wonder how the dragon will react."

The vast majority of reporters on the scene were Giant Eagle’s own reporters.

There is no doubt that journalists are actually an elite class.

The vast majority of Giant Eagle reporters stand firmly on the Eagle's side.

So, these reporters were very excited.

Naturally, there were foreign reporters at the scene.

For example, CCTV reporter Lin Yijun is a reporter stationed at the Eagle Palace.

When Lin Yijun saw the balloon being burst, he felt a little angry.

Because, isn’t it just a weather balloon?

Moreover, it has already flown out of the Eagle Territory.

You actually sent planes over to shoot it down.

This mentality is not normal.

Moreover, why didn't you shoot down our balloons when they were in your territory, but instead took action after they flew out?
Is it because it was too high before and you couldn’t reach it?
After Lewis announced the incident, he saw the Giant Eagle and Lizard reporters at the scene cheering, and his originally uneasy heart became much more at ease.

He originally wanted to turn around and leave immediately after announcing his completion.

Now, he decided to answer a few questions from reporters.

All the reporters raised their arms in unison.

Lewis took a look, and his eyes were fixed on Lin Yijun. He thought to himself, I should see what the reporter of Julong is feeling.

So Lewis specifically asked Lin Yijun to ask questions.

Lin Yijun got the opportunity to ask questions. He took the microphone and immediately asked a sharp question.

"Mr. Lewis, I would like to ask, why didn't you launch our weather balloon while it was still within your territory?"

"Is it because you can't hit them at all?"

"Also, the place where you shot down the balloon should have been out of your airspace and was flying in international airspace. Did you violate international law by shooting it down at this time?"

"You shot down our balloons, which is a serious provocation! It may seriously affect the relationship between Dragon Eagle and us!"

"How are you going to explain this to us?"

"Now, you are the ones who broke the rules first, so, can we learn from you in the future?"

Lin Yijun's rapid-fire questions made Lewis feel a little overwhelmed.

He scratched his hair, which was already quite hairless, and said, "I don't think it will affect our relationship with the dragon!"

"When you allowed your balloons to fly through our airspace, you seriously violated our safety rights."

"The reason why we didn't shoot down the balloon at the beginning is because we really want to be friendly with you and we don't want to bring the relationship between the two sides to a low point."

"We need a reasonable explanation, but your explanation obviously cannot satisfy us!"

"Although the balloon has flown out of our airspace, it may have captured important intelligence."

"After much consideration, we finally decided to shoot it down."

“I think this is a very normal thing.”

"In addition, I hope both sides can discuss this matter in depth."

"We should resolve our conflicts peacefully."

"I hope you won't misjudge and escalate the conflict between us."

"Finally, I want to say, don't act rashly. We are not afraid of you!"

Lewis's last words sounded a bit hollow.

Lin Yijun said: "But according to our records, you have used balloons to pass through our airspace many times in the past, and we did not shoot them down. We believe your explanation."

"Now, you've obviously broken the rules."

"You have opened Pandora's box!"

"I estimate that the subsequent consequences may be something you cannot bear!"

Lewis was a little panicked.

The reporter's words were really a bit too sharp.

It made him a little overwhelmed.

Moreover, the unbearable consequences mentioned by the other party were actually what Lewis was worried about.

"Well, I hope that we can negotiate and resolve the conflict between the two parties."

"I believe you will understand us."

"Okay, that's all for today's press conference..."

Lewis left in a hurry.

He dared not take any more questions.

……

The Dragon held a diplomatic press conference just seven or eight hours after the Eagle held its press conference.

At the press conference, spokesman Li Jiansong responded to questions from relevant reporters about the shooting down of Long's weather balloon.

He said, we have repeatedly emphasized that the weather balloon drifting into the territory of Giant Eagle was just an accident!
We also made it clear that we had no ill intentions.

However, the eagle insisted on its own way and shot down our balloon.

This is a serious provocation!

This behavior violates relevant international law!

In the future, you will see the dire consequences caused by this matter!
In addition, I would like to say that the eagle tried its best to shoot down our balloon.

Their anti-missile capabilities are really laughable!

Li Jiansong played the video taken by the dragon on the spot.

This video is explosive.

It has obviously been edited for length.

In this video, Eagle sends out a squadron of fighter jets to shoot down the balloon.

They fired 4 air-to-air missiles.

All of them missed and did not hit.

In the end, it turned out that the pilot opened fire with a machine gun and hit the balloon.

Then the balloon exploded, and an F16 was taken away along with an ace pilot!
This video can be said to have torn off Giant Eagle's underwear.

Because the Giant Eagle had always been bragging about how powerful it was and how strong its air defense capabilities were.

But now?

How come they had such a hard time launching weather balloons at an altitude of 1.9 meters?
Who could have imagined this?
In order to hit a balloon, they used 4 air-to-air missiles and none of them hit it?

Isn’t the performance of this missile too bad?

What’s even funnier is that even though the balloon was destroyed in the end, an F16 fighter jet and an ace pilot were also taken away?

It’s so frustrating!

It’s so unbearable to look at!

After Li Jiansong released this footage, all the Giant Eagle reporters and Lizard reporters at the press conference were covered in dust and had shameful looks on their faces.

Because, with this level of strength, there is really nothing to brag about.

This also indirectly illustrates one point: the Giant Eagle's boasted impregnable air defense capability is a joke!
"The airspace over the Giant Eagle is like a sieve!"

"That's it. You still have the nerve to brag that you can defend against all incoming ballistic missiles?"

The video content played at this press conference of Julong was so explosive.

Not long after the press conference ended, a large number of rumors began to spread on the Internet.

There are already a lot of Internet users all over the world at this moment.

Especially in more developed countries, the Internet is spreading even faster.

Now, the news that Giant Eagle suffered heavy losses in shooting down Dragon's weather balloon began to spread throughout the Internet.

Moreover, this matter has become the hottest topic on the Internet.

Naturally, Eagle King also saw the relevant news very quickly.

They wanted to blockade it at first.

But the sad thing is: it is impossible to blockade.

Because the dominant management rights of the Internet are not in their hands.

Eagle King checked Weibo and saw that the screen was full of related news.

Almost everyone was laughing at the Giant Eagle's poor air defense capabilities.

"It's hilarious! They can't even knock down a balloon!"

"Haha! Eagle is a disgrace to the Overlord. I've never seen such a rubbish Overlord!"

"With the Eagle's air defense capabilities, who can they protect? It's like a sieve!"

"Dear actor, please tell me, don't you have a Star Wars Enhanced Edition plan? What is it for?"

"I just want to ask, if someone uses hundreds or thousands of high-altitude balloons to drop bombs, will the eagle be destroyed?"

The Eagle King looked through some of the comments and almost fainted.

Oh my god!

What is this?

Damn it, Eagle was ridiculed by the crowd again.

He originally thought that the news was blocked well this time.

Who would have thought that the dragon actually got a clear video! ?
It seems that Lewis was right!
The dragon's reconnaissance satellite is too powerful.

I guess people were already waiting to take pictures before the eagle hit the balloon.

The funny thing is that the Eagle King himself still thinks he can hide the truth.

The Eagle King was so overwhelmed that he quit Weibo.

He sat in his chair with a buzzing head, thinking: Damn it, they have already seen through our weak nature.

Then, if we don’t deal with it properly, we may run into some trouble.

For example: The Giant Eagle has so many enemies, will any of its enemies follow suit and attack directly using high-altitude balloons?

These are all things that need to be considered.

(End of this chapter)