Phoenix City's Southeast Military Airport at Phoenix Mountain.
As the underground launching tunnel with a thirty-five-degree incline opened to the lingering emergency deployment signals at the airport tower, dozens of Chuckna "Brawler" land-based fighter jets shot out like arrows leaving the bowstring, piercing straight into the sky. On the airport's long runway, one heavy long-range bomber after another also took off in succession, roaring into the blue sky.
"The fighter jet group escort formation is complete," the lead pilot Colonel Pan Fei glanced at the coordination system, and gave a thumbs-up to the command room on the communication screen, then switched the communication channel and shouted, "The rear group has arrived, follow me, we'll first rendezvous with those slowpokes."
"Understood, Commander."
The sound of pilots came through the communication channel.
