War Wolf and Warhawk Sortie! (The Previous Chapter Has Been Rewritten; an Extra Chapter as an Apology)

With a roar, the J-15S's two WS-10H engines drove the aircraft high into the sky. This was not Liu Jun's first time flying a J-15S, so there was no need for any "modifications."

Once they climbed to 4,000 meters, Liu Jun glanced at the rearview mirror. The pilot in the back seat was focused on operating the radar and avionics systems.

"Hello, I'm Liu Jun, callsign Chang Kong. How should I address you?"

The mission had come down too suddenly, and his back-seat partner had been chosen at the last minute, so they needed a basic understanding of each other before combat. Still, Liu Jun understood why they had chosen the J-15S. The Shandong had yet to make contact with the aliens and needed to train pilots with real combat experience. As someone who was practically an "old hand" at fighting aliens, he could guide a "newcomer."

"Hello, I'm Leng—wait! Liu Jun? Who's your master?" The pilot in the back seat had just begun introducing himself when he froze. The name Liu Jun sounded strangely familiar.

"My master is Zhang Peng."

"Oh! So you're my junior brother! I've been meaning to find you these past few days, but I've been too busy."

A sense of familiarity immediately arose. Inside the tandem cockpit, the invisible barrier between them vanished in that instant. There was no need to guess that their superiors had arranged this deliberately.

The pilot in the back seat continued, "My name is Leng Pei Qiang, callsign Warhawk."

"Hello, Senior Brother."

"Haha, hello, Junior Brother. I heard you've shot down quite a few aliens, right? How many?"

"Ten," Liu Jun answered honestly.

Leng Pei Qiang sucked in a breath. That made him a double ace—impressive! He then humbly asked, "Although the regulations have been issued, we've never faced the