Looking up at Jiang Yan Hai's handsome, resolute face, Li Ruo Bai broke into a broad smile and nodded firmly. "Mm! Go on, and be careful!"
"Mm." Jiang Yan Hai answered as well, gave Li Ruo Bai a military salute of her own, then turned and walked toward the fighter jet behind him.
He shook hands with Huang Yao. Huang Yao said nothing. Though Huang Yao was more than a decade younger than him, he was no rookie. Who would dare call this kid a rookie now?
Across the entire world, any pilot who dared call this kid a rookie either had a full head of white hair or was already in a coffin.
He climbed the ladder into the Phantom's cockpit. Jiang Yan Hai was intimately familiar with the instrument panels and everything else inside. Though it differed slightly from the Phantom in the simulated combat scenarios, mainly because its electronic integration was not yet as advanced, it already had that feel to it.
Once the tug had towed the fighter jet outside, Jiang Yan Hai skillfully activated the various electronic systems. He had already had Er Dan connect to the Electronic Warfare system, while the Advanced Scanning System remained active at all times. It would inform him immediately if anything went wrong.
As flames began blasting from the Phantom's rear engine, Jiang Yan Hai immediately guided it into a taxi. Upon reaching the runway, he requested takeoff clearance from the Control Tower and pushed the throttle forward.
He was nowhere near as gentle as Huang Yao. After less than three hundred meters, he gave the control stick a slight pull, and the Phantom leaped lightly into the sky like an elegant swallow.
But this swallow soon became a storm-facing petrel. Jiang Yan Hai first followed the scheduled test