King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

8:00 PM in the Gulf of Aden...

The buzzing sound resonated within the 'Eagle's Nest'...

"The runway is clear, all fighters are ready, begin takeoff in the predetermined order..."

Joe Ga, in a semi-sleep state, jumped up from his lounge chair. He glanced at Nis and Ayu, who had been by his side, smiled, and fist-bumped Ayu, then hugged Nis and said, "Devil Bird, I've fulfilled my promises to you, could you treat my son a bit better in the future?"

Wearing a G-suit, Nis handed the flight helmet to Joe Ga, nodding with a smile, "I'll try my best!"

Joe Ga heard the roar from the runway; he kissed Nis on the forehead seriously and said, "Our son is quite resilient. I don't ask much, just treat him a little better than those stinky Sloths."

After speaking, Joe Ga climbed the ladder into the cockpit of his modified F-14 Tomcat, waved at Nis, and smiled, "Come on up. The past month, an old grumpy guy sat behind me; flying with a beauty will definitely feel better."

After confirming that Nis was in the back seat and had buckled up, Joe Ga closed the canopy and started the fighter, waved to Ayu, and said over the radio, "Falcon One ready for takeoff..."

"Falcon One, please wait a moment. Falcon Two and Falcon Three are preparing; you can take off in 5 minutes..."

While waiting for Cobra and Archerfish to prepare for takeoff, Joe Ga once again scanned his ride...

Although the flight control system and exterior still resemble the F-14, the internal electronic radar system of the fighter has been entirely upgraded to the Rafale's configuration.

Joe Ga had been in the 'Eagle's Nest' for a long time. He didn't know much about aircraft, but he tried various fighters under Cobra's guidance.

Joe hadn't seen the more advanced F-22, but Dassault's Rafale undoubtedly leads all other models on site.

Radar systems, electronic systems, avionics systems, even takeoff weight and the number of pylons are the best among all models in the Eagle's Nest.

Who would believe that a medium fighter could actually have 14 pylons and a payload capacity reaching 8 tons!

Joe is a hands-on kind of guy and is laden with miraculous add-ons...

He transposed the Rafale's radar and electronic system onto the F-14, utilizing the special nature of the Omnipotent Toolbox, integrating active electronically scanned array radar and synthetic aperture radar into the nose...

Reprinted the engine, reinforced the airframe, and then solved the balance problem caused by the transplant while retaining the Cubic Corporation-modified F-14 flight control system.

Next, he boldly had Cobra take him for a test flight and finally confirmed that the modifications were very successful...

Although Cobra felt that his boss's obsession with an old model like the F-14 was unnecessary, the old guy still gave a very fair evaluation...

"Can do anything, but excels at nothing!"

Although it wasn't a compliment, it was enough for Joe...

The Rafale is a top-notch fighter crafted by the French to vie with the Americans. Its electronic system has slight incompatibilities with the F-14, which can be fully compensated by the Talus system.

Moreover, Joe Ga never expected the modified F-14 to conquer all as Tom Cruise did; he just thought it looked cool and was handy to use, which was enough!

Successfully modifying the F-14 meant he could handle other fighters himself.

Frankly speaking, among the fighters owned by P·B, aside from the F-16, the others are quite mediocre, and the Su-25 can be said to be quite terrible.

However, as long as the avionics, radar, airframe strength, flight control system, and power system can be upgraded, the Su-25 could beat the legendary Warthog by miles...

The key point is, it doesn't cost a dime!

While Joe was secretly pleased, two Su-27s in front of him completed their takeoff, and then the control tower's voice came through his headset...

"Falcon One, you may take off, wishing you victory!"

"Falcon One, taking off..."

The moment Joe Ga received the takeoff notice, his whole body tensed up. He slowly pushed the throttle, felt the sufficient thrust, and pulled the control stick, maneuvering the F-14 into the sky...

While flying towards the Gulf of Aden, two Su-27s flanked him on either side at his rear...

"Falcon One, ascend to 8,000 meters altitude, let's loop around, we'll enter the combat zone in 25 minutes..."

Hearing Cobra's voice, Joe Ga obediently increased thrust and then pulled the control stick to climb...

Upon reaching 8,000 meters altitude and leveling off, Joe Ga, through the modified Talus helmet, observed the Su-27s on either side...

After confirming that the boss was joining the battle, Cobra and Archerfish, the two old men, did not choose more advanced models but opted for the air superiority Su-27.

They forwent the anti-radiation missile and main attacker role, carrying two air-to-air missiles and four heavy 'Griffin' loitering munitions, volunteering as bodyguards and auxiliary bomber roles.

Joe Ga, on his part, did not waste the F-14's 6-ton payload capacity, utilizing composite pylons on the fuselage to carry 16 imitation YL-14s now dubbed 'Flying Swords' by Joe Ga, high-capacity loitering munitions, and one heavy 'Griffin' on each wing rib.

Joe didn't bring air-to-air missiles because with his air combat skills, bringing them wasn't much different from not bringing them, especially with two ace old men by his side, thus carrying those wasn't necessary.

.........

As the fighter group took off, two smaller unmanned airships from the 'Washbasin' also ascended, slowly climbing to 3,000 meters altitude and began standing by.

Inside the command room, 'Qing Shan' looked at the markings on the electronic map, confirmed the fighters had entered the combat zone, picked up the communicator and said, "This is 'Qing Shan,' unmanned airships will be in position in 15 minutes, ready to establish information networking in the Mukalla Area."

The terrain around Mukalla has been loaded, confirming that enemy air defense radars have been nullified; the airforce may drop loitering munitions on the targets at the command post's order for bombing..."

.........

"Falcon One received, Operation Thunderbolt begins now..."

Joe Ga gestured to the Cobra on his side, then moved the control stick to ascend over the attack aircraft fleet...

"This is Falcon One, all fighter weapons are heated, pods pressurized. In one minute, Rainbow 5 will advance to release decoy drones and conduct reconnaissance around Mukalla, preparing to confirm battle results...

Falcon Squadron is to eliminate the enemy radar; everyone else, await command orders and drop patrol bombs on designated targets as required."

"Falcon Squadron received..."

Following Joe Ga's orders, Rainbow 5 drones moved towards Mukalla from a height of 4,000 meters.

When approaching the 100-kilometer coastline, Rainbow turned sideways, releasing small drones from four black boxes attached to its wings at one-kilometer intervals...

Then Rainbow 5, after flying a few kilometers, turned around and repeated the process again.

A total of 32 small decoy drones from two batches spread nearly 20 kilometers apart, flew towards Mukalla.

Two Xiaolong, two Rafale, and two MiG-35 aircraft, piloted by six commissioned pilots, with anti-radiation missiles from China, NATO, and Russia, distanced themselves along a 200-kilometer safety line and began to cruise.

............

In a shelter along the left coastline of Mukalla, a radar truck's white man on duty was suddenly awakened by the alarm...

In recent days, Djibouti has entered a state of alert, making the base organization on the Mukalla side quite nervous.

However, mercenaries from around the world aren't too afraid, because the base organization provides air defense, including America's 'Hawk Missile Defense System,' and a large number of S-300 and S-400 of unknown origin...

Though these air defenses aren't top-notch worldwide, any non-major power force isn't capable of breaking such a blockade in the eyes of these high-tech air defense soldiers here for lucrative pay.

Over 40 radar trucks covered a 200-kilometer horizontal and vertical area around Mukalla, creating a dense air defense network.

Since three days ago, all radar trucks have been on standby status; without an F-22 from the enemy, it's impossible to sneak in.

Bari from Australia, after being awakened by the alarm, looked at the radar display signal, first frowned to confirm it, then incredulously rubbed his eyes, grabbed the radio, and shouted: "This is Catcher 5, detecting multiple batches of subsonic targets approaching Mukalla...

Radar signal indicates F-16, FUCK, nobody told me the United State Army would join the attack here...

They are fast, request interception, request interception..."

"Intercept approved, all launch vehicles connect fire control data, fire freely, fire freely..."

Following the order, Bari fiercely hit the missile launch button...

In a nearby shelter, four S-300 air defense missiles soared into the sky...

Then, along the Mukalla coastline, more air defense missiles began to rise...

............

In the basin command room at the moment, a young Chinese man called 'Ching Shan': "Sir, the decoy drones successfully lured enemy air defense missiles to launch.

Rainbow 5's electronic reconnaissance system intercepted enemy radar signals and is analyzing radar characteristics to confirm the opponent's position."

'Ching Shan' listened, picked up the communication handset and said: "The unmanned airship is close to Mukalla, Falcon Squadron, eliminate enemy coastal radar.

Rainbow 5 continues to advance, releasing decoy drones to lure depth air defense positions to fire.

It's uncertain if the enemy has hidden radar, once enemy radar signal analysis is completed, the position information will be bundled, and the aerial brigade will conduct Beyond Visual Range (BVR) strikes to destroy opponent air defense firepower!"

............

The Falcon Squadron piloting Xiaolong immediately boosted after receiving the order, the fighters rapidly approached the coast...

Falcon One, upon reaching 80 kilometers from the coastline, said on the radio: "Falcon Squadron anti-radiation missiles deployed both sides..."

"fire~"

"fire~"

......

......

12 anti-radiation missiles were launched under the wings of 6 advanced fighters...

............

Seated in the radar truck, Bari saw the targets on the radar disappearing one by one, just as he was about to cheer, suddenly realized something...

How could S-300 hitting F-16 happen so smoothly?

Just as Bari seemed to grasp something but couldn't be sure...

"Boom..."

A missile hit the side of the radar truck, the explosion destroyed the radar, simultaneously flipping the truck over.

Inside the truck, Bari watched helplessly as his arm was blown off by fragments, then massive flames surged into the cabin through the shattered body...

The immense fear stiffened Bari's body, before the raging fire reached him, he suddenly screamed in horror: "Anti-radiation missile..."