Chapter 1 Must Fly Back
In the clear blue sky, white clouds float.
Underneath the blue sky and white clouds, there are patches of turquoise fields, and a large river passes through the fields, and the river is flowing slowly.
In the distance, you are surrounded by mountains with undulating peaks.
The scenery here is beautiful, as if it were a painting painted by a master of landscape.
A silver-white fighter plane is dotted on this painting.
The sun shone on the fuselage, and in the distance it glistened with silver, and an old farmer in the field looked up and looked at the plane.
The fuselage is slender, with two wings inserted into the fuselage, and the front of the nose is sprayed with several bright red numbers of 006.
This must be a new aircraft made by a nearby aircraft factory, right? The old peasant looked at it intently, full of envy, lately, this plane has often circled overhead.
Although the old farmer couldn't understand it, he felt that it was very powerful, those scientific research workers, awesome!
Just as he was staring at the sky, at this time, Qin Feng, a young test pilot in the cockpit, was looking through the goggles and looking at the land of the motherland.
He was wearing a Type 59 flight suit, an orange and yellow vest was very dazzling, and the flight cap on his head was even more characteristic of this era.
Headphones, large black goggles, binaural leather caps, goggles at this time, reflecting the sun's rays, and a pale green oxygen mask wrapped his face, and the whole person was full of energy.
At his feet is the J-7 fighter, the ace equipment of the Air Force.
The J-7 fighter was born from the Soviet Union's MiG-21. The MiG-21 was only a flash in the pan in the Soviet Union, but in China it has become an evergreen tree and is respectfully called the Seventh Master.
It began to be introduced in 61 years, and in 66 it was equipped with troops, and after that, the development of the J-7 came to a standstill.
Now, ten years of catastrophe have passed, scientific research institutions have begun to operate normally, and the improvement of the J-7 can also be carried out in an orderly manner.
Through the efforts of Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute, a new generation of J-7II fighters was finally created, and on December 30, 78, this modified aircraft completed its first flight.
In the months following its maiden flight, the J-7II continues to undergo high-intensity test flights, which is a necessary step before the fighter is equipped with troops.
Today, it's its No. 27 test flight subject.
"006 calls the tower and prepares for the next project, afterburner climb, to test the rate of climb at an altitude of three thousand meters." With that, he turned on a switch on the panel.
Afterburner opens!
The bubbling fuel was injected into the afterburner, and in an instant, orange-red flames came out of the tail nozzle, and the violent push back made people can't help but secrete adrenaline quickly, and the blood spurts.
The J-7 fighter has a slender shape, which is to reduce air resistance as much as possible, so don't look at its power, but it can fly to Mach 2.
This improved aircraft also increased the engine thrust and was replaced with a turbojet 7B engine. It features a new combustion chamber flame barrel, new high-temperature bearings, sealing technology and synthetic fuels, and a redesigned afterburner. Through these measures, the power of the engine was increased.
Compared with the prototype J-7, the climb performance has been improved.
Afterburner climbing, that's how exciting.
The horizon was already tilted, the fighter plane was climbing, Qin Feng skillfully glanced at the various instruments with the corner of his eye, and it was normal.
"006 report," Qin Feng continued to report to the ground in the afterburner bump, and just as he said this, suddenly, "Boom...", there was a soft sound at the end.
The J-7 was in flight, the fuselage shook, and then a puff of black smoke came out of the tail of the fighter.
Worst! Qin Feng's heart sank.
As a test pilot, every moment, there will be unexpected failures, this time, what is the problem?
Pushing away his goggles, Qin Feng quickly glanced at his dashboard, at this time, the engine tachometer was rapidly falling, and next to the tachometer, the red fire alarm light was flashing.
Looking at the tachometer falling, Qin Feng's heart jumped suddenly, among all the test flight projects, the most terrifying thing was the engine fire!
An engine fire alarm means that there is a terrible engine failure.
If it is a twin-engine fighter, then he can also use another engine to fly.
But now, Qin Feng is only flying a single-engine J-7 fighter, and once the engine fails, the consequences are very dangerous.
In the cockpit, the smell of aviation kerosene wafted from behind.
"006 calls the tower, the engine turns off, and the fire alarm light is on." In Qin Feng's brain, a voice kept ringing, calm, calm, at this time, you must be calm!
His heart was still beating suddenly, sweat was oozing from his back, Qin Feng tried his best to keep his voice steady, and calmly reported to the tower while analyzing the cause of the accident.
Could it be that the afterburner just now was too strong, and a certain oil pipe in the tail burst out?
The old peasant on the ground was lighting the dry tobacco at this time and sitting on the ground to rest.
In the past few years, the good news has continued, some production teams have begun to package production to households, and the remote and remote mountainous areas of Sichuan have also begun.
Suddenly, he raised his head and looked nervously at the plane in the sky, which had just been flying in good shape, and now why was it suddenly smoking?
Not good, there is a situation!
He threw away his hoe and ran quickly in the direction of the village, and in case the plane fell, he immediately organized everyone to rescue him!
We must not let our pilot comrades delay the treatment!
On the ground, the old farmer was running, and in the sky, Qin Feng was also looking at the land in the distance.
Below is the verdant Chengdu Plain, the land of fish and rice since ancient times, on the green earth, a straight bright line in the distance, very conspicuous, near the bright line, is a large area of buildings.
That is the location of Factory 132, and the bright line is the runway of Factory 132.
Fly back, you must fly back, you must not give up the fighter! Such a thought flashed in Qin Feng's heart.
He glanced at the dashboard again, the fire lights were shining, the tachometer was zero, and the huge roar of the engine in the tail had completely disappeared, could he go back?
Visually, it is about 100 kilometers away from Factory 132.
Qin Feng quickly calculated in his heart.
With a loss of power, the fighter can only glide past. Generally speaking, the plane can fly forward twenty or thirty meters for every one meter it descends, so it needs at least 3,300 meters of altitude for this 100 kilometers!
If he takes into account that the lower the altitude, the greater the air resistance, then he needs an altitude of 4,000 meters to be sure.
He glanced down at the altimeter, and at this time, the needle on the altimeter was slowly descending, just pointing to the position of 3,200 meters.
What to do?
There was an itch on the side of the face, and a drop of water slowly slid down from it, and it was the sweat oozing from the scalp inside the flight cap that was falling down the cheeks.
Qin Feng quickly wiped it with his hand wearing white gloves, and then shouted: "006 report, the height is three thousand two, the distance is one hundred, please glide back." ”