"Buzz, buzz." A MiG-3 engine emitted puffs of black smoke, and in everyone's eyes, the MiG-3 engine finally started successfully.

Test pilot Belyakov got on the plane, sat down in the flight seat, closed the canopy, and at this time, on the runway, many people were looking at him.

Gromov, the director of the test flight institute, had a serious expression on his face: "Although everything is fine during the ground interview flight, there may still be a malfunction in the air." ”

"However, no matter what the problems are, we have to complete the modification." On his side, the famous Soviet designer Mikoyan said.

According to the plan, they should all retreat to the Siberian region, but they did not leave, and the implementation of the plan to replace gasoline with alcohol as soon as possible is the most important thing.

In the present Soviets, gasoline is quite valuable, although it is preferentially supplied to the army and the air force, it is still overstretched, and in contrast, alcohol shows its superiority.

As a country in a cold region, the Soviet Union has never lacked alcohol, and there is no shortage of spirits, and alcohol can be burned, so is it possible to use alcohol instead of gasoline?

In the history of later generations, Germany is also plagued by fuel shortages, the way used in Germany is to convert coal to oil, because Germany has rich coal resources, so Germany has adopted this method, although the label is not high, but it can also be used, German tanks also use gasoline engines, it is for this reason that coal to oil can only be gasoline.

However, the Soviets did not yet have this technology, and even if the technology of coal-to-oil was introduced from the United States, it would take time, and the gasoline after the coal-to-oil conversion was of low grade, and only the fuel of No. 87 could not be supplied to high-altitude fighters.

There was no shortage of alcohol in the Soviets, there were numerous wineries in the Soviets, and even ordinary residents could brew it at home.

More reliably, their alcohol content is so high that the average household can brew more than 80 degrees, while the common liquor, after distillation, before dilution, is as high as more than 90 percent.

Now, this MiG-3 flying out, the fuel tank is filled with undistilled vodka, the alcohol content is as high as ninety-six, when refueling, a pungent smell of alcohol, everyone keeps swallowing.

For the old Maozi, who is addicted to alcohol, he has to restrain his desires when he sees what goes into his mouth as fuel.

Now the Soviets lack everything, and after the loss of Ukrainian land, the Soviets are afraid that they will not even have enough to eat, and at such times they also need to tighten their belts and contribute their rations to the production of alcohol.

There is no way around it.

Winning this war, the Soviets would be able to recover even if they starved to death by 30 million, and if they lost, there would be no Soviets.

Everyone present had the same complicated feelings, and at this time, in the air, Belyakov was flying seriously.

It would be very dangerous to replace gasoline with alcohol, and now he has to guard against the possibility of engine stalling at any time.

"Climb to a thousand meters and it's in good condition." He reported on the radio: "I'll keep climbing." ”

Belyakov pushed the throttle stick to the head and decided to increase the power and continue to let the plane climb.

Two thousand meters, three thousand meters, as he continued to rise, he could already clearly feel the engine start to tremble.

This tremor means that the engine has begun to run out of cylinders, and some cylinders cannot burn.

"At a height of three thousand one, the engine began to shake." He continued to shout on the radio, and suddenly, the engine in front of him shook sharply two or three times, and then he saw the three-bladed propeller in front of him appear.

The engine is stalled!

"Altitude three thousand one hundred and five, the engine is stalled, I will restart the engine." Belyakov said.

For any pilot, a single-engine fighter jet is quite dangerous once the engine is turned off, and now, he can't parachute, he has to restart the engine, he needs to fly the plane back, this is the mission of the test pilot.

When they heard the engine stop, everyone became nervous, and some people even picked up binoculars to look for traces of planes in the sky.

Belyakov pushed the lever, and the fighter began to dive.

If the aircraft engine is equipped with an electric start device, it can also try to ignite again in the air, if not, then the restart of the aircraft engine will be full of hardship.

Of course, this is not impossible.

For example, now, as Belyakov pushes the lever, the fighter begins to dive downward, and with the dive, the speed grows larger and larger, and finally, the wind blows the propeller in front and turns!

The start of the engine must rely on external force, and now it is to use the external wind force to push the propeller to rotate and drive the engine to rotate.

As the propeller turned, the engine emitted puffs of black smoke, and a few familiar roars came, and finally, there was a regular vibration in front, indicating that the engine had been successfully started!

"Pull up, quick, pull up!" Just then, a shout came from inside the headphones.

The height is too low.

When Belyakov dived, the height was more than 3,000 meters, which seemed not bad, but when it dived to the point that it drove the propeller to rotate, it was only a few hundred meters, and when the engine started, the black smoke blocked his view, he did not see the ground, and he did not have time to look at the altimeter.

As soon as the sound came from the headphones, Belyakov pulled the lever to pull the plane up, and at the same time, opened the throttle wide.

If the engine is not powered enough, the aircraft will stall when pulled up, and the MiG-3 is notoriously difficult to operate.

When he pulled it up, he saw that his height was only a few tens of meters, and as soon as he relaxed, there was a shaking in front again, not good, the engine stopped again!

Now, there's no more chance to restart.

Belyakov steadied his lever and wanted to land in the field below, this was his last chance.

Keep the plane, let the technicians study, why did it turn off in the air? This kind of fault cannot be found on the ground, and must be taken to the sky.

Knowing that there is a risk, knowing that the plane will crash, but also flying boldly, this is the duty of a test pilot.

The MiG-3 was successfully leveled, the altitude was rapidly decreasing, and the field was in sight.

Not good, there is a ridge in front!

He pulled up the operating stick hard, wanting to fly again and avoid this ridge, but unfortunately it was useless, the plane that lost power was a big brick, and the main landing gear in front of it had touched the ridge!