Once everything was ready, the three fighters quickly separated and began climbing at high speed. After reaching an altitude of 10,000 meters, they rapidly closed in and began close-range dogfighting.
Magpie and Peregrine Falcon were clearly longtime partners. They had flown together for years and were thoroughly familiar with each other's condition, coordinating perfectly. Jiang Yan Hai, meanwhile, benefited from Phantom's powerful thrust and performance, as well as his intimate familiarity with it.
Although this was not Phantom's ultimate version from the Illusion Simulation Combat System, its performance was actually nearly identical. The main difference had been the engines, and now even those were almost the same, so its actual performance was comparable.
Since they were testing close-range combat, all three of them were genuinely going at it. Once the fight began, Jiang Yan Hai had to admit that Peregrine Falcon and Magpie were nothing like the rookies he had faced before. The two coordinated flawlessly, and the J20s they flew were no slouches in this kind of dogfight.
Especially after being fitted with brand-new engines, the aerial maneuvers on both sides became increasingly violent. All kinds of high-altitude, high-speed maneuvers left the people below dizzy, but the three pilots involved had no trouble at all.
Jiang Yan Hai himself had even less trouble. Though he felt some pressure, Peregrine Falcon and Magpie were actually under far greater pressure!
For the first time, they understood why Jiang Yan Hai had nine kills. It was not bragging! Even though they were two against one and there was some gap in fighter performance, the difference was not great in this sort of dogfight. Yet he could still suppress both of them by himself! That was purely a matter of skill!
At an altitude of 8,300 meters, Peregrine Falcon, who was being pursued