Zhukovsky Air Force Academy is the best air force academy in the Soviet Union, and it is also the oldest air force academy in the Soviet Union, located in Monino Town, Shergev District, 40 kilometers south of Moscow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 INFO is a higher education institution of the Soviet Air Force, and the Air Force Academy has a training department, a scientific research department, a material and technical support department, and a committee of the academy. The college has 2 basic departments and 25 teaching and research rooms. The duration of the college is 4 years, and about 100 students are enrolled every year. The Air Force Academy has command, staff and pilotage. Teaching at the institute is mainly self-taught. In addition, special emphasis was placed on enhancing the trainees' ability to integrate theory with practice through various operations, actual flights, and participation in exercises.

Officers applying for the Air Force Academy must first be approved and recommended by the head of the regiment and above and the cadre department of their unit, and then they must be examined by the selection committee and submitted to the head at a higher level for approval before they can take the entrance examination. The admission requirements are: good mental quality, work ability, professional level, and strong organizational ability; excellent performance in military training in peacetime; In good shape; Have more than 5 years of experience as an officer; Higher professional education; Be under 35 years of age.

The above is what Lin Jun knows about the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy. It stands to reason that he could not enter the academy on his own terms, but Stalin's decision was the highest pass, which led to the top head of the academy coming directly to pick up people. And just with the gold-lettered signboard of "Hero of the Soviet Union", Lin Jun's further study can be justified.

As soon as the car arrived in Monino Town, Lin Jun fell in love with the place. Surrounded by greenery, the picturesque environment is like an outdoor peach orchard.

Unlike Lin Jun's relaxed and happy mood, Arkhipov, chairman of the Party Committee of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, was in a more complicated mood.

As for the young man sitting next to him, Arkhipov already knew very well from the overwhelming propaganda. As a veteran Air Force general, I greatly admired the heroic deeds of the eight pilots. But a phone call a few days ago made the chairman comrade worried、、、、、

It was Vorosilov who called, informing him that Comrade Andrei•Nikolayevich•Prenyakov, the youngest of the eight "Heroes of the Soviet Union", would go to the academy for some time and that this was an order from Comrade Stalin. In the telephone, Vorosilov particularly stressed that this Andrei was a young man favored by Comrade Stalin, and that the academy must organize the most powerful group of teachers to train him into a qualified air force commander in the shortest possible time, and the premise is that Andrei is first trained to become an excellent fighter pilot. It is also necessary to take care of the highest standards of living in the area of living, which is a decision adopted by the resolution of the Central Executive Committee.

The direct orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief must not be treated in any way, and Arkhipov is very clear about this, and the second and third figures of the Central Executive Committee, Comrades Vorosilov and Kalinin, also showed great concern for this young man, which further illustrates the importance of this "Hero of the Soviet Union"! Information came from within that Comrade Kalinin had personally intervened in the issue of his wife's job transfer. Arkhipov's head is now bigger, and in order to arrange this Andrey, the party committee of the academy has held several meetings in a row a few days ago.

"It's really difficult! Not everyone who can fly an airplane can become a good fighter pilot, and it is even more difficult to train a person with no military qualifications and experience to become a qualified air force commander. But the order of the Central Executive Committee can only be fulfilled to the letter. It seems that we can only take one step at a time, and I hope this young man has this potential! ”

Arkhipov could only console himself with this.

As Lin Jun expected, as soon as he arrived at the academy, he was a little confused about whether he was here to study or to inspect. Fortunately, I have become accustomed to this situation during this time, and I am also comfortable with it. After a series of cutscenes, Lin Jun finally came to his dormitory.

This dormitory has completely exceeded my expectations. Originally, I expected to be able to give myself a single room, but I didn't expect the college to arrange a large suite in a small building. The three bedrooms, as well as the separate dining room and reception room, are all palace-style furnishings, not to mention the rest of the equipment. Looking at the style of the small building, this should be a product of the Tsarist era.

Seeing Lin Jun's strange expression, Arkhipov said before Lin Jun could speak, "This is an order from the Central Executive Committee." ”

Well, Lin Jun didn't even have a chance to express his opinion now, so he could only obey unconditionally.

Arkhipov also gave Lin Jun a car key, saying that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had just sent a His-2 sedan yesterday, specially equipped for the use of the Heroes of the Soviet Union, and this was also an order of the Central Executive Committee.

"A communist intensive economy is good!" This is the emotion in Lin Jun's heart after learning about the rule that as long as you show the certificate of "Hero of the Soviet Union", it is free at any gas station.

"Comrade Arkhipov, I want to start studying as soon as possible, do you think it's okay to start getting acquainted with fighters this afternoon?"

This Andrei was still really anxious, and he had to go to the plane before he even learned the theory of combat - this was Arkhipov's idea. But if you think about it, you can't say that, anyway, a young man can do whatever he likes.

"Okay, Comrade Andrey, I'll be on the plane in the afternoon."

The Zhukovsky Air Force Academy has its own airfield, and when Lin Jun came to the airfield with Arkhipov in the afternoon, he saw the fighters that had previously only been seen in textbooks.

The old two-seater P-5 and the latest I-15 and I-16 ("I" means "И" in Russian) fighter jets lined up on both sides of the airfield.

"Sure enough, it is the best air force academy in the USSR, even the I-15 and I-16 in the experimental stage." Lin Jun thought. (The two-wing I-15 and the single-wing I-16 went hand in hand, because the Soviet Union in the 30s believed that it was impossible for fighters to take into account speed and maneuverability, and monoplanes with poor horizontal maneuverability had to be used with biplanes, and monoplanes first caught up with enemy planes, and then the biplanes fought with them, but after the Spanish Civil War and the Halekhin River against Japan, they found that this tactic was unrealistic and abandoned.) Due to the above bias, Nikolai • and Polikarpov, chief designers of the Central Aircraft Design Bureau, developed the I-15 and I-16 at the same time in 1933~1934, both of which used the M-25 star-shaped air-cooled 9-cylinder 775 horsepower engine designed by Svetsov in imitation of the American "Whirlwind", and installed four 7.62 mm caliber machine guns. The aircraft is a mixed structure of wood and gold, with a short fuselage and a rough and flat nose. The I-15 has a gull-shaped upper wing, while the improved I-15 Biss has a conventional upper wing. The maximum speed of the I-15 is only 360 km/h, but it is very maneuverable, and it takes only 8 seconds to make a circle at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and in 1935 it set a world ceiling record of 14,575 meters. The I-16 was the world's first cantilevered under-wing, retractable landing gear fighter, and in 1934 it was recognized as the world's "fastest fighter" at that time, reaching a maximum speed of 460 km/h. However, because the rear fuselage is too short and the stability is not good, it requires skilled pilots to maneuver. ）

Originally, according to Arkhipov's opinion, Lin Jun was asked to get on the P-5 first to familiarize himself with the fighter, but Lin Jun said that he wanted to get familiar with the I-16 first.

"If he likes the I-16, he will be the I-16, Comrade Andlupuf will let this young man know that a fighter is not a transport aircraft, and this young man will suffer." Comrade Arkhipov had his own calculations, and Comrade Andlupf was the best flight instructor in the academy and was notoriously rigorous in teaching. But our comrade chairman of the academy ignored one problem: the IL-16 is still in the testing stage, and the outside world does not know about his existence at all! How did this Andrei know that the latest aircraft was numbered the I-16?

Lin Jun concisely asked Andlupf about the key points of the operation of the I-16, "Comrade Andlupf, I want to fly the plane into the air to familiarize myself with the plane, please approve it,"

The 35-year-old Andlupuf was taken aback by Lin Jun's request, because the latest batch of Yi-16s was only assigned to the academy more than a month ago. And with my actual flight experience, I feel that the stability of this model is not good, and it requires excellent pilots to operate it proficiently. And this Andrey is really a rookie to fighters. I want to think about it, but he doesn't want to say something that offends the "Hero of the Soviet Union": you are a rookie, you can't fly.

"Comrade Andrey, the I-16 is very difficult to operate, and there is no trainer model yet, so I can't take you to the air to feel." Andlupf put it mildly.

Lin Jun heard the subtext of the instructor, and he was embarrassed to refute him directly, "Comrade Andrei, I just want to familiarize myself with the take-off and landing of the I-16 and the sense of level flight control, and besides, I, the "Hero of the Soviet Union", also flew out, please rest assured, I am sure, hehe"

The words are soft and thorny: I am a Hero of the Soviet Union, fly out! You stop me from trying!

The chairman of the lower house and the instructor comrades had no opinion, but they repeatedly told them to be careful.

Lin Jun, who changed into a flight suit, started the plane and took off under the anxious gaze of the audience. Also taking off was an I-16, which was Andlupf, who was flying with him.

Lin Jun in the air flew decently, feeling every touch of the joystick and pedals after making a slight movement, and carefully feeling the characteristics of the aircraft.

From time to time, the voice of Arkhipov, the ground command station, was heard from the built-in headphones in the flight cap, and it could be heard that the party chairman was extremely nervous.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Jun had already touched the performance of this plane, and he was no longer satisfied with such a decent flight. Back then, he was a master who was often out of line in the Air Force, and this time he was going to frighten the people below.

When turning back to the airport again, Lin Jun pushed the throttle and pulled the joystick, and the I-16 climbed up sharply at a 70-degree angle, rushed to a height of 1000 meters and then kicked the left pedal, and did more than 10 rapid rolls in a row, followed by a high-speed 180-degree turn, and then quickly dived to a height of 150 after returning to the position of the control tower, and then pulled up to a height of 2000 meters again.

The reaction of the people on the ground was exclamation at the beginning and silence at the end. Why exclaim? If this young and reckless "Hero of the Soviet Union" had an accident, many people would be unlucky, and Lin Jun's actions just now were too violent.

And everyone below knew the way, and they were all speechless in surprise after seeing Lin Jun's movements! It was a complete set of fighter planes to get rid of the pursuit of enemy planes in the rear and then counterattack. And it also has a dive bomber standard dive-bombing plus disengagement maneuver attached.

After Andrupf, who had been trying to follow Lin Jun, got off the plane, the first thing he said to Arkhipov was: "Is he really a transport pilot?" ”

"He's a genius, and it seems like you don't have much more to teach him." Arkhipov said.