NOVPUBAzure sea and blue sky.
Gentle sea breeze.
Today’s weather is good, the sea surface calm.
Such calm weather is rather rare in the Eastern Sea.
Fang Hao continued to sit on the deck fishing, his mood sinking.
He was very dissatisfied with what he had caught before.
So now, he just wanted to catch fish, to soothe his wounded heart.
"I’m so unlucky, it’s about time I caught a fish."
Fang Hao felt the bitterness inside.
He almost forgot what it felt like to catch a fish.
It had been so long since he last caught one.
If he didn’t catch a fish soon, he’d start to question whether he was still a fisherman.
"Just let me catch one fish, and next time I’ll buy ten thousand kilograms of bait for you to feast on."
Fang Hao silently wished to himself.
Or maybe fishing up the satellite sooner to change spots, to leave this accursed place earlier.
He always felt this place was bad luck for him.
Either catch a fish or the satellite sooner.
That’s what Fang Hao was hoping for.
As for the rest, he didn’t think too much.
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The Eagles were also in constant motion.
This time they launched a full-scale internal investigation.
Every base deploying F-22 fighter jets was checked to ensure every plane was accounted for, leaving no stone unturned.
Especially the overseas bases, they needed to be checked one by one.
Never before had any action caused as big a disturbance as now.
Through such a stringent review and unraveling the threads,
It was finally discovered that one F-22 fighter jet was missing from the base on the Little Sun Day’s side, which was kept secret under the guise of long-term maintenance.
This was why the Eagles didn’t notice the missing jet during their previous check.
Only now, upon re-investigating, did this problem come to light.
The reason was that the plane had taken off against regulations without performing any flight mission, thus it was not recorded.
And because the F-22 fighter jets are relatively valuable and need good maintenance, which overseas bases could not fully provide, the plane had developed some hidden issues.
Just during that flight, the plane malfunctioned severely and crashed into the sea.
Fearful of being held accountable, the base commander kept claiming the aircraft was in a maintenance state.
After all, for F-22 fighter jets, that was quite normal.
What they didn’t expect was that the crashed plane would be fished up by Fang Hao.
That’s how they found out the situation.
Now that the cause of the incident had been cleared up, the next step was to deal with it.
The person responsible for this incident had to take responsibility, and those related to it could not escape, all must be punished.
For the Eagles, the most important thing now was the plane wreckage.
They were still unclear about how much wreckage the other side had acquired, whether it was just two wings and the ejection seat and such.
They had not a clue.
With no other option, they had to try some communication first.
A statement was released, hoping the plane wreckage parts and the pilot’s remains could be returned.
Awaiting our response.
And our response was quite simple – the situation is being understood.
As for how long it takes to understand, that was a matter of expertise.
Maybe by the time it was all understood, their items would have already been thoroughly examined.
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At sea.
Xiao Pang’s luck was relatively better, catching two fish in less than an hour.
Although they were just small fish of a few kilograms, such luck made Fang Hao envious.
If only he could catch a fish, no matter a few kilograms or just a few ounces, he’d be willing.
But since he had caught an ejection seat and pilot’s remains, he had no luck.
His fishing rod remained dead silent.
This made Fang Hao lament that every time he caught a body, his luck seemed to be drained, plummeting to rock bottom.
Watching Xiao Pang catch one fish after another, while his own rod was quiet, made for a stark contrast.
Now, not even catching fish, he couldn’t even catch the more common sensors or anything else.
It was as if everything had left him.
So it went, until evening, with no movement on Fang Hao’s part.
On the contrary, Xiao Pang kept making steady catches, constantly getting fish.
He even caught a barracuda later on.
Xiao Pang’s haul was full, enough to give everyone on the boat a bonus meal for the evening.
Thus the day came to an end.
Today, Fang Hao only managed to catch an ejection seat, and nothing else.
As if worried about Fang Hao’s morale, Captain Yu made a special trip to console him, "Don’t lose heart, you’ll surely catch more good stuff later."
Hearing Captain Yu’s consolation, Fang Hao was both amused and dismayed; what was there to be discouraged about?
He wasn’t worried at all.
This wasn’t his first time.
But he didn’t want to spurn the other’s kindness and nodded to show he understood. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
Aerospace Department experts, although disappointed that they didn’t catch a satellite on the first day, still held Fang Hao in high regard.
After all, catching a satellite was never an easy task, it’s not something you can just reel in easily.
After witnessing Fang Hao pull up the ejection seat today, it was like opening the door to a new world for them.
Their perceptions were renewed.
The visual impact of this was simply too strong.
