Chapter 43: Breaking Mountains and Splitting Rocks

Inside the radar room, after a brief moment of astonishment, the soldier pressed the green alarm button directly!

Instantly, the piercing alarm sounded in the officer's duty room next to the radar room. The soldier also shouted at the next room at the top of his lungs:

"Captain! Captain! Something big's happening! Come quick and see!"

With his shouting and the sharp alarm sound, Captain Xu, who was sitting in the adjacent officer's duty room reading a newspaper, rushed in almost stumbling, while anxiously asking:

"What's going on? What's going on? Are enemy planes coming? How far away are they from us?"

Hearing Captain Xu's panicked voice, the radar soldier shook his head and hurriedly explained:

"It probably isn't aircraft, sir, look!"

At the same time, Captain Xu had already rushed to the radar screen. He looked at several blinking dots flying almost parallel to the radar station, then glanced at the parameters on the adjacent screens. His whole demeanor relaxed slightly, then he furrowed his brows and said:

"What is this? The speed isn't fast, the altitude isn't high, and the size isn't large, but they're arranged neatly."

"It's about thirty-five to thirty-six kilometers away from us, not heading towards us, nor flying in from the sea..."

"Where was it detected on the radar? How long ago?"

Captain Xu's relief was simple: as a standby airbase, the primary role of the Guomao Mountain Air Force Station was radar monitoring. Therefore, the radar, resembling a white mushroom on the mountaintop, was the most advanced multi-band composite radar in Huaxia. Its purpose was to monitor potential attacks from the sea, such as fighter jets or missiles. However, the targets detected by the radar, in terms of size, speed, and flight path, did not fit the scenario of an attack from the sea. Captain Xu sighed with relief, as otherwise he would have pressed the red button under the transparent plastic cover, and the alarm would have instantly sounded throughout the station, reaching the Luqi Province Theater Command Headquarters located in the outskirts of Quancheng City.

"It was detected at this location, about six to seven seconds ago..."

As the radar soldier explained, the blinking dots had disappeared from the radar screen!

"Gone? Disappeared?"

Seeing the disappearing radar blips, Captain Xu's brows furrowed into a knot. He picked up the phone on the desk and said:

"Observation Post! Observation Post! Any visual flying objects in the airspace at four o'clock? About thirty-five kilometers away?"

With the transmission of the radio waves and the crackling of electric currents, a soldier's response came from the other end:

"Reporting to the radar station, no targets found!"

"Repeat! No targets found!"

As Captain Xu hung up the phone, the five or six people in the radar room were left staring at each other, and finally, the radar soldier hesitantly said:

"Is it possible that it's migrating geese or something?"

"Accidentally picked up by the radar?"

After all, it was late May, and the sky was often filled with geese flying south in formation. Hearing this suggestion, Captain Xu, who had been frowning in thought, couldn't help but laugh and scold:

"Have you ever seen geese nearly three meters long?"

"Then it's not geese; it's eagles! No, even the eagles in The Legend of the Condor Heroes aren't that big!"

With that said, Captain Xu's expression turned serious again. He waved his hand and said:

"Regardless, this is an important situation."

"Order the helicopter squadron to prepare and immediately fly to the vicinity of this area for investigation."

"I will report directly to the base!"

With Captain Xu's orders issued, a Z-5 helicopter soon "da-da-da" took off and flew towards the area where the target appeared, while Captain Xu dialed the base's phone number.

Meanwhile, at the Luqi Province Theater Command Headquarters, located in the outskirts of Quancheng City...

Two people in the office were chatting casually, while a clerk was pouring tea for them. The one on the left was Liang Jinsong, the director of the Luqi Province Defense Management Office, and the one on the right, wearing a military uniform with speckled gray hair, was the overall commander of the entire base, Song Zhengming.

"Hahaha, this kid is quite interesting!"

"Speaking nonsense with his eyes wide open? Selling gas cylinders to Tanzania? Going to the Changshan Advanced Army Academy to promote, how did he come up with that?"

Hearing Director Liang's description, Commander Song couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"That's right! He's simply audacious!"

"But perhaps the higher-ups also appreciate this; only such a person can blaze an unprecedented trail!"

Director Liang took a puff of his cigarette and couldn't help sighing. Commander Song also sighed and said:

"Yeah! This factory closure is easy, but if we urgently need weapons."

"Rebuilding to production, that would take too long!"

At this stage of history, the military and the defense industry had not yet been completely separated. Many defense factories were still under military management, so Commander Song had some understanding of production matters.

"I think this kid has some affection for the military; he just went to the Guomao Mountain Station a few days ago to express his condolences."

"This is making big money; I heard he brought a whole carload."

"There were over a dozen pork legs alone, not to mention the cigarettes and liquor!"

"I heard they had a feast..."

While Commander Song was speaking, the phone in the office suddenly rang. He hurriedly stood up and went to answer it.

"Hello? Commander's office."

With the voice on the other end of the phone, Commander Song's brows furrowed. After a moment, he hung up the phone. Director Liang, who was sitting in the room, stood up very tactfully, intending to take his leave, but unexpectedly, Commander Song waved his hand and said:

"It's okay, it's a report from the Guomao Mountain Station. They reported that an unknown small flying object was detected about thirty kilometers east."

"It has ruled out the possibility of an enemy attack and dispatched a helicopter for investigation. Other radar stations have had no response, so it should be nothing; maybe it's a radar malfunction or meteorological factors."

Because it didn't involve any sensitive content, Commander Song casually explained a few words. He sat back down, lit a cigarette, and continued the conversation with a wistful tone:

"Old Liang, what do you think this kid will come up with next?"

"To be honest, I'm curious!"

Hearing Commander Song's words, Director Liang looked at the large map hanging in the office, then smiled bitterly and said:

"Old Song, he might have come up with something already."

"He called me yesterday and asked if there had been any fighter flights from the mechanical factory lately, saying he was planning some experiment. I called our standby office to inquire and then told him no."

"I pressed further, but he mysteriously only said it was an agricultural product experiment..."

As Director Liang finished speaking, Commander Song was stunned!

At the same time, at the testing ground of the mechanical factory...

"Fire!"

Five minutes after the first range test, with Wang Ye waving the red flag again, the ten steel pipe rockets from Group B roared as they launched, flying straight towards the mountain two kilometers away!

"Boom boom boom!"

In an instant, the entire mountainside collapsed, with rocks flying and flames blazing, the scene particularly spectacular!