"I've seen the Pi-2 you designed, and I actually flew it once, and it was a very good high-speed dive bomber, and it performed very well in actual combat. Pen%Fun%www.biquge.info You've successfully used a sealed cockpit on it, which is a major technological breakthrough. ”

"Comrade Marshal, we will continue to work hard."

"Many of the fortresses of the Finnish Manaerin Line were destroyed by the P-2, and high-speed aircraft can have this dive bombing accuracy, which is very good!" Lin Jun is complimenting Mateyakov.

Bertryakov is really worthy of Lin Jun's praise: other aircraft designers are generally only proficient in the development of one type of aircraft, but he is an all-rounder, like the Pi-2 was originally designed according to the twin-engine high-speed fighter in 37 years, and in the end it can not only be used as a fighter, but the improved dive-bombing version is more successful. Eventually, with the exception of a small number of night fighters, the dive-bomber version was used until the 50s, and now the Pi-8 has been successful again.

Similar to the self-defense fire system of the B-17 "Flying Fortress" that has been put into mass production in the United States, the current Pi-8 is equipped with an all-round self-defense fire system: a twin 12.7 mm turret on the back and belly, a twin 12.7 mm machine gun in the nose, and one on each side of the rear fuselage, and a twin 23 mm gun turret mounted on the tail that is most vulnerable to enemy fighter attacks.

Originally, it was designed to install a 23 mm cannon on the aircraft, but because the remote control system was not up to standard, if the weight and volume of the cannon installed in the manned turret were too large, only a stopgap measure could be taken. According to Bertryakov's introduction, the future modification will be a super aerial porcupine with a full-body cannon protection.

"Comrades, should we give it a resounding name?" Lin Jun knocked on the aluminum fuselage and asked the people around him.

The Pi-8 is its designation, and Soviet combat aircraft generally have their own nicknames, just as the former I-16 was often affectionately called "Little Donkey" by pilots, and the MiG-1 already has the unofficial code name "Lightning".

Since a kind of plane will be given a nice name when it arrives in the troops, then it is better to set one first, and come to one that can be shouted loudly.

But Lin Jun's suggestion was obviously too abrupt, and a group of people on the side didn't say anything for a long time: some people didn't dare to say it, and they weren't sure if Lin Jun already had any ideas in his heart, while others were still thinking about it.

"Silver Eagle."

"It's too showy, it's a bomber!"

As soon as someone put forward a plan, it was rejected by the people on the side - I have never seen such an uneducated!

"Troll Wings."

A roll of eyes.

"How's the Sky Fortress? Isn't the Yankees any air fortress, a fortress is better than a fortress?! ”

"Comrade Alyosha, bombers are offensive weapons, not defensive equipment. Fortress? Waiting to be beaten?! ”

Hearing Landscoch's words, the big guy turned into a stuffy melon.

"Bolshevik Eagle." Gusev said.

"Good!" Several people, including Lin Jun, unconsciously said yes. Just now, Lin Jun also temporarily wanted to give this powerful bomber a nickname, and the first code name that came to his mind was "Stalin's Eagle".

But the "Stalin Eagle" was almost the unwritten code name for the entire Soviet Air Force, and could not be used on the Peter-8, and now Gusev's proposal clearly reflects the characteristics of such an aircraft - the mighty "Bolshevik Eagle" will blow up any communist enemy!

"How is it, comrades, please raise your hand if you agree with Comrade Gusev's proposal."

Lin Jun has a democratic vote: he appreciates this title, what opinions will others have? Not to mention that this codename is absolutely imposing and everyone likes it. The result, of course, was unanimously approved.

"Well, since everyone agrees, tell the troops in the future that the code name of the Pi-8 is the Bolshevik Eagle!" Lin Junyi hammered the final word.

The designers and the leaders of the base all know that the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense is not a person who just talks but does not practice, and Polykarpov understands Lin Jun's feelings about the plane: "Andrey, this plane is ready to take off, do you want to fly around with your comrades?" ”

I haven't touched the joystick and steering wheel for more than half a year, and I have long been itchy, and the answer I got is of course yes, not to mention that Lin Jun has never flown a heavy bomber in his life.

But this launch cannot be said to be in the sky, because except for the captain, mechanic, bombardier and communicator, everyone else will be served by Lin Jun and his attachés. Lin Jun is, of course, the co-pilot, and the 5 gunners (the other gun position of the Pi-8 will be concurrently served by the mechanic, if the mechanic is not available, it will be the job of the bombardier. will be Lin Jun's attachés, and they, like Lin Jun, need to undergo intensive training first.

The self-defense weapons and magazines of this bomber were placed in accordance with the "standards of actual combat", all the machine guns and machine guns were equipped with empty cartridges on the chains, and four 500-kilogram and 20 100-kilogram trainer shells were mounted in the magazines.

Alyosha was the first to say that he wanted to seize the favorable terrain of the tail turret, which drew a laugh from several staff officers - Landscoch shoehorned the unhappy big man into the tail turret control compartment, and the hapless Alyosha found that it was a luxury to turn around.

The Cossacks were not embarrassed by the big guy, and together with a few ground crews, they got the trapped Alyosha out. The ground crew comrades still had a way to find a good place for this air crew, who was really over-standard, to let Alyosha sit in the machine-gun control seat in the nose of the plane, although the person was still nested, but at least he could turn around, and the scenery here was even better than that in the cockpit: the nose was glass.

Khmetrov, the shortest man in the Guard, served as the belly turret gunner, he was only 1.65 meters tall, and he was the only one among Lin Jun's attachés who could fit into that small round ball—a treasure of feng shui that no one could compete with. Of course, no one else wants to enjoy that great place: few people like to look at the land in a half-suspended glass ball, and it definitely takes guts!

Ivan Sidorenko put down his sniper rifle and operated the two machine guns in the rear of the fuselage alone with Landskoch - unlike the large windows of the B-17, the Pi-8 had two improvised streamlined machine gun turrets in this section, and the gunner stood in the compartment to control the exposed machine guns, avoiding the disadvantage of drinking the Mistral.

The turret was occupied by Gusev, and Comrade Leonov was lucky enough to be the gunner of two 23-mm guns, the only lucky one in the crew who was going to look upside down.

The two designer comrades and the leaders of the base settled down with the encounter, and they found a place to nest in the middle of the fuselage.

After more than half an hour of training, the trainees successfully completed and the plane took off. There is a small episode that after the plane reached an altitude of 3,000 meters, Khitrov was stuffed into the belly turret by the mechanic with the mentality and resolute expression of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return". The brave Khmitrov usually served as a quick assault in the Guards, parachuting and diving for anything, but apparently the transparent ball caused him more fear than he did when he skydive for the first time.

Khmitrov didn't know that the brothers who remained on the ground were still envious of him, and watched the bomber rise into the air - if it weren't for his size, Khmitrov would not have taken on such an important role.

The target of this flight was an aviation range 50 kilometers away, and in order to increase the "realism of actual combat", the base also sent two lagers to play the role of "enemy fighters" to keep the gunners entertained.

In addition to Lin Jun's desire to truly feel the performance of the aircraft, the attachés are a fun big pie falling from the sky and smashing it on their heads, the work of this bomber gunner is not something that ordinary people have the opportunity to try, let alone fire fiercely at the "enemy planes" that are diving!

Lin Jun was familiar with the feeling of maneuvering under the guidance of the test pilot captain, and flew alone for a while, but the shouting of those gunners made him a little annoyed.

"It's rare to relax, let them be." That's all I can think in my heart.

"Leonov, a 109 is going to you!" Alyosha's throat shook the sky.

"On my head! What are you shouting about! ”

This is Gusev's yelling, which even he can't care about any nonsense such as self-cultivation, and just shoots at the "109" that is flying quickly.

The mechanics in the engine room wanted to laugh when they looked at the two gunners standing behind them - the Cossack could make a trick with a machine gun and keep roaring in his mouth, while the young man behind him made a fortune without saying a word.

Three minutes later, the designer came to the "sad" conclusion: the landline he was proud of had been reimbursed! This makeshift gunner is really unreliable!

"109" broke away after completing the "attack", and Lin Jun could still hear the bragging of the gunners in the headphones.

"Comrades, excuse me, can you get me out?"

Poor Khmitrov cried out in the little ball, he was now dizzy, and after being "attacked" just now, he was confused by himself in only a few seconds, and the machine gun was fired blindly.

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"It seems that we have to find a way to improve the actual combat ability of bomber gunners, and conventional training alone is not enough." After returning from the bombing mission, Lin Jun said to the people on the side.

He had already thought of a way, a way for the Americans to train aircraft gunners in World War II. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )