My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!-Chapter 1162 - 1073: Arrogant and Presumptuous? Forceful Showdown!_2
For a fighter jet, a distance of three kilometers is especially suitable for combat missiles.
Combat missiles are also known as short-range missiles, primarily used for engagements within visual range.
At this moment, the combat missile it carries is of the latest model.
Not only does it have strong anti-jamming capabilities, but it also boasts extremely high automatic targeting accuracy.
Maximum range of 15 kilometers, top speed of 2.2 times the speed of sound...
The key is that they are linked to the pilot’s helmet targeting system, with off-boresight and over-the-shoulder launch capabilities.
The pilot, wearing a helmet, looks in a direction, and the fire control system aims there, rapidly locking onto the target and firing the missile.
There’s no need to maneuver the fighter jet, simply tailing the enemy plane from behind, truly realizing ’hit wherever you look’.
So...
This heavy air dominance fighter can whimsically fly around the large cargo plane, above, below, front, rear, or either side, launching missiles at any time with a 100% success rate of blowing up the cargo plane.
"Damn it!"
Tang Xiao couldn’t help but blurt out a curse.
Hands on hips, she asked irritably:
"Who is that guy?"
Wu Jie replied indifferently: "General Padding Shayol, Commander of the Star Federation’s combat zone!"
"Wow, high-ranking indeed!"
Tang Xiao, driven to frustration, bent over to check the navigation radar map on the airplane’s control panel.
The plane is currently flying across the Kulanzhou Sea, and it will take another hour and a half to enter the airspace of Bihu Continent, then another four hours to enter their own airspace.
So if it gets shot down now, one wouldn’t die instantly but likely drown waiting for rescue after falling into the ocean.
And if they really agreed to Padding Shayol’s request and landed nearby...
They would definitely be directed to adjust their flight path northward and land in the oil-rich, wealth-flowing country of ST.
Everybody knows that ST Country has excellent relations with the Star Federation, not only hosting numerous military bases for the Federation but also frequently engaging in military cooperation by buying weapons and equipment worth hundreds of billions of Gold Coins.
Moreover, ST Country itself has poor relations with YL Country. Wu Jie sold fake nuclear warheads to Abulaxi, whom YL Country supports secretly, but they do not know they are fakes. Aren’t the friends of enemies also enemies?
So if the landing happens there, safely retreating in one piece is nothing but a pipe dream.
Right now, all they can do is wait.
Whether Padding Shayol can obtain the Star Federation presidential authorization order, Tang Xiao doesn’t know.
But even if he does get it and shoots down this large cargo plane, they won’t get the Gold.
These hundred-plus tons of Gold falling into the sea, even if they can precisely pinpoint the crash site, what then?
The average depth of the Kulanzhou Sea is close to four thousand meters.
At such depths, the water pressure is immense.
Only specialized deep-sea submersibles can dive into the abyss.
And as for salvage... that’s even more impossible.
Just like over a hundred years ago, the world-famous Titanic sank into the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.
Even today with relatively advanced technology, its wreckage still lies on the sea floor at a depth of 3,800 meters.
So...
Shooting down the large cargo plane won’t secure the Gold.
And causing the tragic death of dozens of nationals, would Liuli Continent remain indifferent?
Especially Wu Jie, Elder Tan’s pride and joy, a national treasure-level talent.
If he died tragically in a plane shot down by the Star Federation, it’s likely that conflicts would arise even if the two countries don’t come to blows.
Tang Xiao doesn’t believe the President of the Star Federation could be that foolish.
Unable to obtain the Gold, and at the same time offending the entire Liuli Continent.
Aren’t capitalists the ones who care most about profit and loss?
Tang Xiao estimated that the President of the Star Federation wouldn’t order the airplane to be shot down, but definitely wouldn’t swallow this grievance without retaliation.
Perhaps they’ll resort to other underhanded or harmful tactics, maybe even using someone else to do their dirty work.
As she thought about this, Tang Xiao was just about to chat with Wu Jie...
At that moment.
The ostentatious air dominance fighter of the Star Federation, flaunting its might, suddenly engaged its afterburners.
In an instant.
The exhaust nozzle of the engine spewed out a dazzling blue flame.
The fighter accelerated in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, it sped away and disappeared from view.
"Heh, they actually ran away!"
"Looks like that old coot, Shayol, didn’t get the presidential authorization order at all!"
Just as Tang Xiao muttered this to herself, she saw Wu Jie redialing a number.
"Hey, what are you doing? The crisis is over, and yet..."
Shh!
Wu Jie gestured for silence and waited a moment before the call connected.
"What’s up, Commander? Why did the fighter you sent fly away all of a sudden?"
"Didn’t you boast earlier that if I disobeyed orders, you’d shoot me down? So, can’t your President authorize you or what?"
Tang Xiao was a bit stunned by these words.
What’s the situation?
Shayol didn’t get the presidential authorization order and commanded the fighter to retreat, thus resolving the aerial crisis. Isn’t that a good thing?
If he provokes them and Shayol, in a fit of rage, oversteps his authority to fire, wouldn’t that be shooting ourselves in the foot?
If Shayol gets demoted and investigated afterwards, that’s the least of our worries, but everyone on the cargo plane would be dead!
Why be so rash at a time like this?
Although Tang Xiao thought this way, she didn’t say a word.
She understood Wu Jie’s temperament, the typical type who responds to soft approaches but not to hard ones. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
Padding Shayol dispatching fighters to show off and intimidate; if Wu Jie could swallow this grievance, he wouldn’t be Wu Jie.
"Yes, I didn’t get the presidential authorization order, but the President also said there’s no need to quarrel with a greedy scoundrel like you over a tiny bit of Gold, to blow up your cargo plane would simply waste my missiles!"
Could a person who becomes a Commander be a cowardly weakling?
This Shayol, even in his speech, is tough enough, intending to belittle Wu Jie even without firing a shot.
"Tsk, tsk! Over a hundred tons of Gold is just a tiny bit in the eyes of your President?"
"What was the purpose of sending those fighters to threaten and intimidate? You call me a greedy scoundrel, what about you?"
"Who was it that, for the sake of oil, falsely accused others of having weapons of mass destruction and brazenly started a war? If we talk about shameless greed, you obviously have no shame compared to me, right?"
"And aren’t you the ones who profess to be the undefeated masters of the world? How come you can’t even beat Abulaxi’s motley crew? Still haven’t breached their vault?"
Before Wu Jie could finish his rant, Shayol had already hung up the phone.
However, letting that guy stew in his hate and furiously earn energy points isn’t a waste of breath or the phone call.
"All right, Jie, cool down, don’t stoop to their level!"
Tang Xiao soothed in a soft voice.
Wu Jie chuckled coldly: "I would rather not deal with them at all, but is that possible? They definitely won’t let this go, especially when they find out they paid a huge price only to retrieve a fake nuclear warhead!"
Tang Xiao nodded:
"To avoid international disputes, the Star Federation certainly won’t take action themselves, but they will definitely scheme to get someone else to do the job!"
"In the next few hours, there’s bound to be danger!"
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