[28] Pilot, rush, naval commander

Jilin Tonghua Airport.

Winters in the north are always very cold, the boundless snowfields are empty and quiet, and the villages in the distance look like dirt bags floating on the snow at first glance, which is very cute.

On the airfield of the old aviation school in Tonghua, the snow has been bulldozed by the instructors, students and comrades in the army. The runway is a little rudimentary, and there are snow slags in some places, so there are still many comrades who are meticulously sweeping and pulling with bamboo brooms.

At this moment, the second-generation pilots of New China who were selected from all over the country are gathering here, and they are all from the army and carefully selected in strict accordance with these four conditions.

The first must be a member of the Communist Party of China*;

second, cadres at or above the platoon level;

Third, we must be brave in battle;

Fourth, good physical fitness.

Such high requirements are destined for their extraordinary mission.

The Air Force considered it this way, and there were so many jet fighters at once, of which the J-5 was subsonic, and the J-6 was a supersonic fighter, and the number and quality of jet fighters had grown explosively, from one jet fighter to 1,203! This leapfrog development is so violent that it has tightened the nerves of the entire Air Force.

So the leadership of the Air Force decided to greatly increase the number of pilots selected in the future, and the task of recruiting 150 pilots in 49 was originally scheduled to be carried out, and under the flapping of the butterfly wings of Xiaoqiang, the Air Force carried out the recruitment of pilots before the end of 49, and the number of supplementary recruits was an astonishing 1,600 people! At the same time, various departments were transferred to Liliang to set up 8 new aviation schools.

When this jihua was launched by the Air Force Command, everyone in the old aviation school was stunned, full of confidence in the future of China's aviation industry, but also felt huge pressure and difficulties.

As early as 1945 after the liberation of the Northeast, our army established the Northeast Old Aviation School in Tonghua, when Wang Bi, Chang Qiankun and other more than 30 aviation cadres rushed to Tonghua from Yan'an, and the comrades of the Northeast Bureau gritted their teeth and worked hard, after several years of unremitting efforts, with a variety of collected dilapidated and old-fashioned aircraft and equipment, under difficult conditions in nearly four years to train 126 outstanding pilots.

It took nearly four years to train 126 people, how long will it take to train 1600 people?

At that time, there were many problems in aviation schools, and a lot of difficulties needed to be solved, not only the training planes in hand were old, but there were no complete sets of training planes. It is important to know that the training of pilots needs to start from the primary training aircraft, upgrade to the intermediate training aircraft, and then use the advanced training aircraft for training. It is very risky to skip the first two steps and go directly to the higher education machine.

But the old aviation school had only 30 high-level trainer aircraft captured from the Japanese army. Moreover, these 30 Japanese Type 99 higher education planes are also incomplete. After the North China People's Liberation Army seized these planes, they parked them on the edge of the airport and did not take care of them, and some ordinary people saw this situation and ran to smash open the cockpit canopy of the plane with a hoe, dig out the timer on the dashboard of the plane, and take it home as an alarm clock; Some villagers simply unloaded the tires of the airplanes and installed them on their horse-drawn carriages to make wheels...... and so on, resulting in the fact that these planes were all fragmented when they were received by the aviation school.

Chinese soldiers are the smartest and the most able to overcome disadvantages, and the cadets of the old aviation school at that time had two magic weapons with them, hemp rope and alarm clock. What are these two things for? I'm telling you, if you don't have a timer, you use an alarm clock tied to your lap as a timer; Hemp rope is a seat belt that is used to tie yourself in the cockpit of an airplane before takeoff! Ejection seats? What's that? The cadets of the old aviation school said they had never heard of it. Parachute bag? You're kidding, all these planes are going to fall, and Lao Tzu has to maneuver them to the end, maybe Zuihou can pull them up for a moment.

At that time, the shortage of aviation equipment was unimaginable, and it was often the case that a plane had just landed, and the propellers were quickly unloaded and loaded onto another plane without propellers, and the landing plane was pushed aside to wait for the engine to cool down. The airplane tires were actually pumped with bicycle pumps, and several people lined up to play.

If you think that's sad enough, there's even more maddening - no jet fuel! So it was replaced with gasoline, and zuihou developed to the point that gasoline was not enough, so he had to use alcohol instead! This safety factor is really ...... Anyway, you just wait for the engine to stop at high altitude! Didn't stop this time? You're a big boy!

These hardships and hardships were later told as jokes in the mouths of these old students, and they were not afraid at all, as if they were not the parties involved. If the elements that make an ace pilot are bravery and experience, then the former is never lacking in Chinese pilots.

In short, the material conditions at that time were so difficult that it is difficult to describe them all.

At that time, the training basically relied on the teacher's ground, and after everyone memorized the melons and answered them fluently, well, the instructor would ask everyone if they dared to fly.

Do you dare? Are you kidding, Lao Tzu was recommended by the army to fly a plane, and seeing that he was about to touch it, you asked me if I dare. Come on, let's try to fight together, you see if I dare. None of these chosen combat heroes are of a bad breed.

Which of these Chinese hot-blooded men dare not fly? And so the flight began. Statistically, there are still nine of the ten pilots in the old aviation school who have been trained, and that young heroic soul will leave us forever.

Now, these first-generation pilots of New China who have graduated from the army have received the task of quickly getting started with the operation of the new aircraft, and then they will quickly bring out a group of pilots who can fly the new aircraft with the old and the new.

First of all, these old birds have to master the Jianjiao 5, which is the first test flight of a jet aircraft in the history of our army.

In order to keep the secrets of these new aircraft, the Air Force put the flight training of the Jian-5 and Jian-6 at Nanyuan Airport in the northern capital. The new cadets still went to Tonghua Aviation School for enlightenment flight training.

At Nanyuan Airport in the northern capital, all the pilots of a flight group carefully selected from among the existing pilots are visiting Jianjiao 5. Captain Wang Hai has just eaten through the data of this "national treasure" model and is introducing the situation to everyone.

These treasures of New China, the heroic pilots looked at Wang Hai intently, listening attentively to his every word. When they received the task of "proficiently flying China's first jets", they were somewhat excited and nervous. They don't know what jets are like.

Therefore, when everyone saw the Five Sect Destroyers, they were all dumbfounded.

The ground staff pulled open the tarpaulin in front of them, and the silver-white all-aluminum fuselage of the fifth master suddenly reflected the sunlight and pierced everyone's eyes brightly.

"This plane doesn't have propellers!" One of the pilots exclaimed.

"This is an all-aluminum fuselage? No wood in sight! The other pilot shouted at him like a race.

"Instructor, why are the wings of this plane being pushed to the back, how can you fly if you don't straighten them?"

"Don't talk, listen to the instructor." A slightly older pilot spoke.

"Hello everyone, I am everyone's instructor, my name is Wang Hai.

Like all of you, I have just come into contact with this secret fighter, which is the top secret of our country, which was secretly transported by special means, and can be called a national treasure. You've memorized confidentiality regulations before, so I won't repeat them.

According to the data in my hand, we will explore the operation and piloting of this plane together, and we must complete the tasks assigned by the Zhongyang Military Commission in the shortest possible time. ”

After the opening remarks, Wang Hai first answered everyone's questions:

"Let me give you a brief explanation first, this jet does not have a propeller, it relies on a turbojet engine, first inhales air and burns it with oil in the combustion chamber, and then sprays these high-temperature air streams from the tail of the aircraft, so that it gets thrust.

I estimate that this jet flies fast, and the flat wings can't be used, so the wings are deliberately sent to the back, causing an oblique ......"

Therefore, after a day of explanation and exploration, according to the explanatory materials, the pilots and ground crew basically figured out the use methods and data of all the airborne equipment of the Jianjiao 5. But there is still a way to go before flying into the sky.

However, we firmly believe that there is no difficulty that these young people under the leadership of the Communist Party cannot overcome. History has proven this time and time again.

Equipment for the construction of the Air Force overhaul plant is being loaded onto trains and transported to Shenyang. The Beidu Railway Station is now heavily guarded. The vehicles went back and forth between the warehouse and the transportation gate of Beidu Station, and every crossing on the road was guarded by soldiers.

After the overhaul plant equipment is shipped, there is still equipment for the construction of a chemical refinery waiting to be shipped to Shandong. It can be said that since Xiaoqiang's arrival, the PLA's transport team has not closed its eyes. There are too many materials, and each equipment must be classified and numbered. There were also very few lifting machinery in this era, and they relied heavily on manpower. It can be said that all the builders of the 491 project, there is no distinction between leaders and the masses, and everyone has rushed to the front line.

If you want to say an exception, there is only Xiaoqiang's grandson, this kid took the car back to the warehouse area after dinner, took away two large cardboard boxes from the warehouse, and asked the driver Liu Zhen and Dongzi to stuff the contents of the car, pat their butts and slip away.

The carton is filled with Lock's plastic crisper boxes, and the boxes are filled with all kinds of snacks.

Before Xiaoqiang came back, he made a big purchase in the supermarket in 2010, and after tearing off the packaging, he was stunned to fill more than 100 boxes. I don't know how Yu Feng will feel when he sees this box of plastic crispers.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Xiaoqiang estimated that there were guests at home. No, there are two guards standing at the door.

"Who's coming here at such a late hour?" Xiaoqiang pondered blindly and instructed Dongzi and the driver Liu Zhen to move the things in the car. Let's go in and see for yourself.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the guests who got the notification rushed out of Xiao Qiang's living room, and walked straight to Xiao Qiang, looking at the person, the two sword eyebrows were straight, but the eyes were crooked with a smile, which made people want to be close to him at first sight, which was very affinity.

"Hello Comrade Cao Xiaoqiang! I'm Xiao Jingguang. This kind man spoke very quickly and reported himself to his home.

Xiao Qiang knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, isn't this bull man General Xiao Jinguang, the first naval commander of New China, then the purpose of his coming to me......

Sure enough, after Commander Xiao and Xiao Qiang exchanged pleasantries, he pulled Xiao Qiang out of the house without saying a word, and went straight to the office of the Changqiao Military Commission on the west side of Beihai Park, where the Navy Preparatory Committee was located.

Just in the car, Commander Xiao seized the time to introduce Xiaoqiang.

It turned out that in December 1949, the Central Military Commission issued a telegram order to transfer Xiao Jingguang, commander and political commissar of the 12th Corps, to form a leading body of the navy. General Xiao, who received the task, did not dare to delay at all, and immediately entered Beijing at night.

General Xiao went to the northern capital to meet the chairman and was recruited as one of the participants of the 491 project. As soon as I started working here, I encountered many difficulties.

What's going on?

In a word, there are no warships!

On the side of Duwan, since June 49, when the Government Council headed by Yan Xishan was put together, it has blockaded our southeast coast, intending to destroy our economy. He coaxed to the Shijie countries to announce that "all foreign ships are strictly prohibited from entering" and "all overseas commercial transportation will be stopped" in the above-mentioned sea area.

With the liberation of China's southeastern coastal provinces and cities, the Kuomintang government gradually expanded the area of naval blockade to include virtually all the coastal ports, offshore shipping lanes, and all the islands they could control.

The Kuomintang government's blockade and sabotage measures against the southeast coast were: first, to lay mines at the mouth of the Yangtze River. On June 11, 1949, the Kuomintang "Central Daily" gloated and reported: "As a result, production in Puhai will be increasingly paralyzed......

Second, more than 20 warships were dispatched to patrol the blockade and attack or detain any ship that sailed beyond the blockade line.

The third is to recruit pirates who own small boats and boats, and let them disperse to carry out robbery and sabotage activities at sea.

Fourth, planes were dispatched to bomb and bomb economically and indiscriminately along the coastal areas, destroying all kinds of military and industrial facilities, disturbing people's minds, and killing the people. The bombardment, especially the ships of the People's Navy, was the main target, and they threatened: "We will destroy them all before they go to sea!" For example, from 26 April to 24 September 1949, six of the nine warships that had just revolted from the Second Fleet of the Kuomintang Navy, namely "Hui'an", "Ji'an", "Taiyuan", "Andong", "Yongsui", and "Chutong," were blown up by Kuomintang planes. In addition, a "civil rights" ship was heavily damaged.

Due to the blockade of ports and waterways by the Kuomintang, New China's domestic and foreign trade was greatly affected, and shipping between Fujian and Zhejiang to Nanyang, Hong Kong, and Macao was interrupted for a time. Due to the unsafe sea routes to Qingdao, Puhai and other places, some foreign ships had to unload goods in some remote small ports with very small throughput, resulting in a large backlog of materials and inability to circulate. In order to carry out the necessary foreign trade, the people's government reluctantly rented foreign ships at high prices under the extremely tight financial situation, and paid a monthly rent of 175 billion yuan, or 17.5 million yuan, and these foreign ships were still detained and attacked by the Kuomintang navy from time to time.

Under the blockade and plunder of the Kuomintang navy and pirates, New China's fishery production also suffered heavy losses. Among the more than 1,948,000 people directly engaged in fishery production along the coast, more than 500,000 people in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces alone cannot go out to sea to fish! More than 2,000 fishing boats were robbed! More than 10,000 fishermen were captured!

At this time, Commander Xiao had less than 10 warships in his hands, and they were all old-fashioned small gunboats. In desperation, he approached the chairman, hoping to import warships to solve his urgent needs.

The chairman directly gave him an idea and went to Cao Xiaoqiang.