The Fisherman Who Never Catches Fish-Chapter 328 - 203: Where Does the Edge in Combat Aircraft Lie? (Please Subscribe) _2

As long as the engine is fished up, the wreckage of this F22 aircraft would essentially be considered complete.

As for the other scattered small parts, they can be ignored.

The main thing is that it would be incredible to get these key parts.

Radar, avionic systems, and the engine... these are the most critical components.

Also, if the black box could be found, it would be a great help as it contains flight data information.

After Fang Hao fished up the nose of the aircraft, everyone now has great confidence in him.

The Coast Guards on the ship are all looking at Fang Hao as if he were an alien.

It’s said that seeing with one’s own eyes is very different from hearing about it.

Seeing him fish up the nose section with their own eyes felt truly different.

And after retrieving the nose, Fang Hao felt much more relaxed and his confidence was boosted.

It seems there is still hope to fish up the remaining parts of the fuselage.

Having fished up the nose, only the "chicken butt"... eh, the tail remains.

The importance of the tail is extraordinarily high, as its engines have always been something we coveted.

The F22’s engines, using two F119-PW-100 afterburning turbofan engines, provide a thrust of 155.7 kN each and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 10. The aircraft can cruise at supersonic speeds for about half an hour without afterburners engaged.

This gives the F22 exceptional maneuverability and supersonic cruising abilities.

This is also why this aircraft is still one of the top fighters in the world.

Some even point out that our Sword 20 has a gap of over a decade in engine performance compared to the F22.

Why does our Sword 20 need a canard layout? It’s because of the gap in engine performance; it’s necessary to use a canard layout to achieve higher maneuverability.

The canard layout is a genius design that improves lift and maneuverability.

However, it also reveals the slight weakness in our engine capabilities.

But over the years, with our new engines emerging, this situation has improved a lot.

The gap with the Eagle is also quickly closing.

It’s just that... the gap still exists.

If we could get the Eagle’s engines, we could avoid a lot of detours.

Of course, the most crucial restriction on our engine capabilities right now is the issue of materials.

Our materials are lagging; that’s the most fatal part.

But if we could acquire the Eagle’s engines, it could greatly benefit our engine research.

Let’s fish up the remaining engines!

Fang Hao mentally cheered himself on.

Then he continued fishing.

Two experts were examining the nose part, and others were watching nearby.

...

As time passed.

The netizens were becoming anxious.

"Guys, any news about the streamer going live?"

"Not yet."

"It’s already so late, why hasn’t the streamer gone live? The sun is already setting; could it be that he hasn’t even woken up yet?"

"What if the streamer went fishing secretly without telling us?"

A netizen speculated, and actually, this guess was spot on.

"That should be impossible."

"Why would the streamer hide anything from us? I think he’s probably just on his way."

"Every time he’s traveling, he doesn’t stream."

"And everyone knows the ocean is so vast, sometimes you have to travel a long distance to the next fishing spot."

"No, that’s not right. The streamer is fishing for aircraft wreckage, he shouldn’t need to go that far. He should continue fishing at the same spot."

"That makes sense..."

They all speculated about what Fang Hao was up to, wondering why he wasn’t streaming.

"Let’s wait a bit longer."

There’s no use for the netizens to rush; they couldn’t contact Fang Hao anyway.

Apart from waiting, there was nothing else they could do.

As for worrying about something happening to Fang Hao... forget about it, he was on a Coast Guard Ship. What could possibly go wrong?

Even if you called the police, asking the Coast Guard to rescue someone, they’d think you were crazy.

Xiao Pang and the people from the Eagle were also full of confusion, having no idea what was happening.

Though the Eagle’s satellite had reached this area’s airspace, locating Fang Hao’s ship still required some more time.

...

Xiao Pang wasn’t really focused on fishing; like everyone else, he was very curious about the fished-up nose section.

Although this nose cone was severely damaged, one could still make out the uniqueness of this aircraft.

"This is an F22."

He had only heard about it from news or military websites before, and seen some pictures. But now… he could see this plane with his own eyes.

For a plane as famous as the F22, it used to be every boy’s dream.

"How cool."

"I wonder what it would look like if we could fish up the whole fuselage and assemble it."

Xiao Pang was also looking forward to Fang Hao continuing to fish up other parts.

Under everyone’s anticipation.

Fang Hao did not fail his mission and fished up another part.

Ammunition bay of the fuselage, which is an internal bay.

Due to the stealth features of such aircraft, to reduce radar cross-section, there is typically an internal weapons bay designed to house missiles and other munitions.

The F22 also has such an internal weapons bay.

When Fang Hao fished up this internal weapons bay, everyone was startled.

Because... there were still four missiles inside, including two AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range missiles and two AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range missiles.

Seeing these four missiles, the entire Coast Guard aboard the ship became alert and prepared for action.

Captain Han also looked on seriously.

No one dared to take it lightly.

If these were to explode, their ship would definitely be severely damaged.

"This… won’t explode, right?" Xiao Pang swallowed nervously, visibly scared.

"It shouldn’t."

All four missiles were in a usable condition.

What was miraculous was, despite the aircraft being torn apart to this extent, these missiles hadn’t exploded.

Plainly picked by us.

These missiles also have research value, they are not useless.

Captain Han also reported the situation here up the chain of command, and arranged for someone to first dismantle the missile triggers, to prevent any real explosions.

These are treasures, all with high research value.

With these things fished up, there was really only the tail section left, which is where the engine is located.

"If we can fish up the engine, then the mission can be considered complete."

Their mission this time was specifically to fish up this aircraft.

"Fang Hao, keep going!" Xiao Pang was cheering Fang Hao on.

"..."

Add a `ghost gear`.

Just the engine is left.

Fang Hao also started to feel tense, he didn’t know how long it would take to fish up this tail section.

But no matter what, he would do his best to fish it.

Today’s luck was much better compared to yesterday.

Like yesterday, after fishing up a wing, nothing else was fished up afterward, only detectors.

But today was different, not only did he first fish up the nose cone, but then the ammunition bay in the middle part of the fuselage, continuously fishing up vital parts, now just the tail section left.

From the degree of disintegration of this plane, it had suffered a fierce collision before crashing into the sea, hence its current state.

For the next two hours, Fang Hao’s fishing rod showed no movement.

It seemed like a rest period.

Fang Hao was patient and not in a hurry, it was what it was.

Even if the tail section wasn’t fished up today, he felt it was normal.

If it were so easy to fish, others would have done it already.

Even if his luck were good, it couldn’t always be good.

Luck sometimes is like a sine wave, with its ups and downs.

There are times of good luck and times of bad luck.

It’s not unchanging.

After two continuous hours of no movement, Captain Han arranged for someone to send some snacks to Fang Hao and his team, to replenish their energy.

The food on this Coast Guard ship was better than the previous ship.

Xiao Pang, who was already starving, immediately wolfed down the food.

As for Fang Hao, it was different; his physical condition naturally wasn’t comparable to Xiao Pang’s.

This level of exertion was not a problem for him.

He ate his food slowly.

While he was halfway through his meal, his fishing rod stirred again.

Hey, that’s quite timely.