The competition in the sky progressed very rapidly.

Although the naval pilots showcased impressive strength in this grand competition, various flying stunts emerged one after another.

Unfortunately, in front of Air Force aircraft equipped with vector engines, they had no chance of winning. After only a few brief exchanges, they were cruelly locked onto by the opponent’s fire control radar.

In such cases, once locked onto by the fire control radar, it was essentially already possible to declare them destroyed.

For whether it was the Air Force’s J-10 fighter jet or the Navy’s J-16 fighter jet, both were equipped with very advanced air-to-air missiles, which could even reach speeds up to ten times the speed of sound.

Even the initial speed of the missiles was not something fighter jets could evade.

Furthermore, modern air-to-air missiles have all been enhanced with intelligent modules—they no longer function like before, where releasing a few chaff and laying out a heat source in the sky could dodge the pursuit of air-to-air missiles.

That was a thing of the past.

Only in movies and TV shows, to pursue visually stunning scenes, would such absurd maneuvers appear.

The determination of winning or losing in the military competition between the Air Force and Navy was also primarily whether one was locked onto by fire control radar.

Therefore, from any perspective, this time the Air Force had achieved the final victory.

And more crucially, the Air Force had completely triumphed this time, since the final loss ratio was 0:5.

The Air Force achieved an easy victory without losing a single fighter jet.

Such an outcome indeed made the countless attendees feel both shocked and surprised.

"When the vector engines appeared, although it was certain the Air Force would win, I still didn’t expect them to win so decisively!"

"Technology changes fate!"

"No choice, this is the gap brought by sheer power!"

"Haha, the Air Force can finally hold their heads high. They had been losing for several years, but this year they’ve finally evened the score,"

"Speaking of which... when exactly did the Air Force acquire vector engine technology?"

"Truly unexpected!"

After a brief moment of astonishment, the judges swiftly declared a unified result—that the Air Force had achieved the final victory.

The naval commander hadn’t expected his subordinates to lose so disastrously.

In his view, even though the enemy possessed vector engines, with their skilled coordination, they should at least have managed to shoot down one or two of the enemy’s aircraft.

But no,

not a single one!

They had not even managed to organize an effective counterattack before being swept away by the opponents in a single move.

If he were to summarize today’s battle, he now only wanted to say that it truly showed how technology changes fate.

Vector engines tremendously enhanced the fighter jets, especially evident in close-range dogfights.

Smaller turning radius, greater operational space, maneuvers more easily completed...

Not to mention,

just the Pugachev’s Cobra super maneuver displayed earlier, even many ace pilots cannot guarantee success every time.

After all, this required an understanding of the critical stall threshold, sufficient awareness and judgment of the surrounding airspace, and extensive piloting experience—for a successful rate of 60%.

Yet today, with the aid of vector engines, even though the pilots the Air Force deployed were not ace pilots, they still easily completed Pugachev’s Cobra maneuver.

And they could even perform consecutive emergency evasions and turns in a very short span.

This substantial gap made them even more covetous of the vector engine technology.

The Air Force commander was already overjoyed, but he did not show it outwardly, instead, he said with a smile, "This time it was indeed thanks to your Navy showing restraint."

"Otherwise, if I had lost again this year, I wouldn’t know how to face my superiors."

Though his remarks were reasonable, in the current circumstances, they only made the naval commander feel like there was a fishbone stuck in his throat, like a thorn in his back.

If possible, the naval commander even wanted to leave the venue immediately and return to his forces to seriously inquire what today’s guys were actually playing at?

However,

the naval commander was a man who could be flexible. He was not completely knocked down by the defeat; instead, he coveted the Air Force’s technology even more.

He replied, "Anyway, a win is a win, and today I am utterly convinced by the loss."

"However, since you couldn’t handle Lin Mo, why not let me and the Army get in touch with him to discuss further?"

He originally came just to participate in the tri-service competition, harboring no excessive thoughts, merely hoping to secure more honors.

But today, Lin Mo’s performance had completely impressed him.

Now the naval commander felt that if he couldn’t take away a vector engine prototype or blueprint designs, then his life would truly have been lived in vain.

Having calmed his mind, the naval commander turned to the two people next to him and said, "Today’s competition has all ended, now it’s time for unrelated people to leave the venue."

"But you must remember what you said— you have to give me at least two machines and ensure they are exactly like the ones we saw today."

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com