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Chapter 1749 New Aircraft Test Flight

On 29 August, while continuing to exert pressure on the British Isles, the Germans suddenly launched a landing operation on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Located in the middle of the Mediterranean, Malta is known as the "heart of the Mediterranean", and is both a world-famous tourist destination and a major transportation artery in the Mediterranean.

The island of Malta is bordered by Italy to the north and the Italian colony of Libya to the south, and can be called a transit point connecting the two parts of Italy. Control of the island allows you to build an airfield on it to carry out air strikes or transport strategic supplies to the North African theater, while air force fighters and naval warships stationed on it can attack the British convoy heading south or protect your own convoy.

The island of Malta is hilly and undulating, with small basins and no forests, rivers and lakes, and a severe lack of fresh water. Malta belongs to the tropical Mediterranean climate, the largest natural harbor - the large port is located between the capital Valletta and the three ancient cities of Birgu, Santa Grea and Cospica, the coastline of the port area is 16 kilometers long, 10,000-ton ships can enter the port to berth, there are many deep-water wharves in the port, as well as facilities such as loading and unloading, refueling and grain storage.

At present, Britain does not even have enough anti-aircraft artillery and radar to defend its homeland, let alone support this small fortress island in the middle of the Mediterranean, so that since the bombing of Malta Island by naval aviation on 25 August, the military installations on the island have been almost completely blown up due to the serious lack of anti-aircraft firepower.

At five o'clock in the morning of the 29th, after a short but fierce air raid, the British officers and men poked their heads out of their underground bunkers and looked into the sky in astonishment.

Just now, nearly 100 Haitel bombers (JU88 carrier-based type, serial number HU88), Highcut dive bombers (JU87 carrier-based type, serial number HU87) and Haimi fighters (BF109 carrier-based type, serial number HF109) bombed and strafed, and then the dense transport planes were like fish laying eggs in the water, scattering black spots one after another, seeing the wind grow into white flowers, shaking and floating all over the sky.

The commanders of the British army, who were wary of the Germans, were the first to react, and they instructed their soldiers to open fire into the air. Enfield rifles, Stim submachine guns, and Vickers Mark I heavy machine guns, which were only a small amount of ammunition due to lack of supplies, sprayed a dense rain of bullets into the air, and the bullets sent the falling German paratroopers somersaults in the air.

When the barrels of the British soldiers' guns turned red and the parachutes fluttered to the ground like dandelions, the British soldiers came forward to search, and were surprised to find that under the umbrellas were puppets and scarecrows in German uniforms.

Just when the British officers and soldiers were relatively silent, another group of planes flew by, and the sky over Malta was suddenly covered with parachutes. The British did not shoot again, but by the time they found out that it was a real person, many of the parachutes had already fallen to the ground, and the British panicked and began shooting again.

However, by this time, the first German paratroopers who landed had already firmly established themselves, and they launched a fierce confrontation with the British.

Subsequently, the parachute landing continued until noon, and as the German forces continued to join the battle group, the defense lines built by the British were broken through one after another.

However, Malta Island as a sea fortress carefully built by the British, the defense is not weak, the whole island is deployed a total of more than 8,000 soldiers, compared to the airdropped German army, although the strength is inferior, but the victory is familiar with the terrain, and the firepower is far better than the other side, many sections of the hand-to-hand combat, the battle is extremely cruel.

When the Germans attacked the commanding heights in the south of the port area, the British army was unwilling to be pressed and beaten by the Germans, and resolutely launched a counterattack, six Mathilde tanks, with about 1,000 British soldiers, so that the German paratroopers were helpless - the bullets fired by MP38 submachine guns and Mauser 98K rifles "crackled" on the hard shell of the tank, and all of them were bounced off by the armor, and then the tanks rushed into the German defense line like a tiger, and the German officers and soldiers who were only equipped with light weapons hurriedly retreated.

The British got carried away and fought hard, but the Germans fought and retreated, and finally in a hastily constructed trench area, six British tanks were silenced - the Germans hid in the trenches, and when the tanks rushed up and overhead, they threw the bundled grenades onto the tanks' engines, three of which were destroyed, and the other three were planted headlong into the second trench, which were captured intact by the German paratroopers.

The British soldiers, who were attacking behind the tanks, were stunned and then surprised to find that the German soldiers were pressing on them from all sides, and wisely chose to surrender.

Violent collisions between the German army and the British army occurred frequently on the periphery of the main port area of Malta, at which time the bombers of the German naval aviation were dispatched again to concentrate on suppressing the key firepower points of the British army, and at the same time continued to airdrop, so that the German team gradually gained the upper hand, and by the afternoon it had controlled most of the island of Malta with an area of more than 210 square kilometers.

With the temporary airfield being repaired and built, the heavy weapons that the paratroopers urgently needed were finally delivered.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the British army was repulsed by the Germans reinforced by heavy fire on the periphery of the port area, and tens of thousands of German paratroopers broke into the port, and the tanks and armored vehicles captured from the British drove freely on the streets of the port, and the British troops fled northward.

Before nightfall, the Germans basically took control of the island of Malta, and on all roads of the island, the weapons and equipment thrown by the British were scattered all over the place, grenades, weapons, bayonets, ammunition boxes, water bottles, steel helmets, bandages, postcards, photographs, cars that were pitch black after they had flipped over and burned, and everywhere, many corpses lying on the ground were charcoal black by the blazing fire, and flies and mosquitoes were flying around the "buzz", a bleak scene.

On the 30th, the German army approached Valletta, the capital of Malta, and the desperate British army decisively announced its surrender without foreign aid.

With the fall of the island of Malta, the situation of the British Navy in the Mediterranean suddenly became worse, and the situation in North Africa and the Middle East also deteriorated sharply.

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Datang Town, 30 kilometers north of Chunxiang City, Xiyuan Province, South China, north of Tangbo Lake, has a flat terrain, and the new fighter experimental airfield of the Anjia Army located in the Xiyuan area was built in the north of the town.

With the appearance of the first zero fighter, Germany's BF109 fighter, Germany's Stuka and Junkers medium bomber, and the United States' B17 strategic bomber, plus the British A25 and G2 fighters exported by South China have become the absolute main force in maintaining British airspace, and now all countries in the world regard the development of air force and research of new fighters as their own means of self-protection.

Since the advent of the A25 and A26 self-developed fighters, coupled with the subsequent launch of the AB26 bomber, Nanhua's research on fighters has been at the forefront of the times. Nanhua has a unique advantage in this regard, and the cooperation with the Germans, has obtained Germany's proud aviation, engine and alloy manufacturing technology, and the United States Fox Aircraft Company and Longan Aircraft Company, for Nanhua to get the United States aviation science and technology to build a bridge, especially the purchase of aircraft engines from the United States, for Nanhua to independently research air-cooled engines to create favorable conditions, coupled with the Soviet Union and Russian aviation experts to join, the Soviet Union's aircraft manufacturing technology essence is also at a glance.

Combining the strengths of the three, Nanhua is now in a leading position in the aviation field.

After 10 o'clock in the morning, a thin cloud and mist shrouded the dark mountains of southern China.

A convoy of vehicles drove along the winding asphalt road from a distance, the front and rear four were troop transport trucks full of the elite of the An Jiajun, the third and fourth were eight-wheeled armored combat vehicles, and the huge cannon muzzle on the front of the car deterred all the gangsters who dared to fight the idea of this convoy, and then several elongated black bulletproof cars with the same appearance and isolated from the outside world by curtains were used to confuse the field of vision, in fact, An Yi and Gong Qian were sitting in the armored command car behind the sedan convoy.

The interior of the armored command vehicle has been specially modified, and the unique glass fiber reinforced plastic mirror design makes it possible to observe the outside from the inside of the armored vehicle without obstacles, but from the outside, you can only see the integrated camouflage. In the back three armored personnel carriers sat Li Yufu, director of the Communications Department of the General Staff Headquarters, Cheng Shiming, deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Staff Department, Fu Mingshan, deputy director of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department, Zhang Yang, deputy director of the General Logistics Department, Lin Fei, deputy commander of the Air Force, Liu Yuxi, president of the Xinjing Aviation School, and other generals and their assistants.

The armored command vehicle also has a large change to the internal space, the cab is completely isolated from the carriage, the carriage has become an independent closed small space, Xiaoice cabinet, radio, tape recorder and other equipment are readily available, and the retractable desk and sofa make it a battlefield at any time.

"Ah, it's so beautiful, I'm going to die!"

The seats in the carriage were flattened out, and calm finally returned.

Gong Qian's thoughts were still in chaos, like the messy satin-like hair pouring on the sofa, inextricably entangled.

Gong Qian trembled her eyelashes slightly, still experiencing the afterglow after entering the clouds, I don't know how long it took, countless fragments suddenly flashed in her mind, and the bits and pieces that had been forgotten were all gathered again and surging like a tide.

The first time I saw An Yi, it was at the Tianzi Wharf in Guangzhou, An Yi looked so green at that time, dressed plainly, with a pair of bare feet, he saw that he fell down with two suitcases, one large and one small, and hurriedly stepped forward to help, and later saw that he was a woman who was walking hard, so he simply sent himself on the boat, but he didn't want to provoke the dock gangsters and was beaten violently, and his image was left in his heart at that time.

When I saw An Yi again, he was already a cadet of the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and he gave him a gift - a pot of blue and white porcelain-edged daffodils. This is a humble and polite young man, who does not know how to repay kindness at all, and when he is annoyed that he speaks harshly and unruly, he becomes flamboyant again, and he can't help but laugh, and since then, the relationship with him has become intimate.

Later, An Yi expressed his heart and confessed his views and worries about the national dispute, and in his heart, he could no longer let go of this younger brother.

Northern Expedition, Ninghan Split, Jiangbei Fiasco, Foundation Laying of Old Nanchang, Second Northern Expedition, Jianggui War, Central Plains War...... He stood silently behind him, helping him solve problems, until the Shanghai 128 Anti-Japanese War, he was kidnapped by *** spies, An Yi led people to chase and kill thousands of miles, and finally turned the corner, but under the agitation of feelings, he finally had a relationship with him that surpassed the friendship of sisters and brothers, and had the crystallization of love - Xiao Gong Ming.

"Little villain, my sister can't escape your clutches in this life, but my sister is so happy!"

Gong Qian looked at the roof of the car a little distractedly, and after a long while, she turned around slightly, gently scratched An Yi's chest with her slender fingers, and whispered dreamily.

"Sister, I want you to stay by my side forever, don't think about running away in this life!"

An Yi said, hugged her tightly, Gong Qian felt a little suffocated, so she had to slide up like a swimming fish, stretched out her arms that were as white as fat, and held An Yi in her arms, gently flicking An Yi's nose with her slender fingertips, and said softly: "I won't escape, my sister will accompany you all my life......"

"Sister, I still want ......"

An Yi's words made Gong Qian a little unable to react, and then, she quickly glanced at a certain part of An Yi, and then looked at the bright scenery outside the window, and suddenly felt that this was too ridiculous, so she wanted to straighten up, but An Yi quickly took her into her arms, and the kiss fell on her cheeks and lips like raindrops.

"No, I can't stand it anymore." Gong Qian felt a faint pain between her legs, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Xiao Yi, please, spare your sister!" ”

"Sister, I love you!"

An Yi looked at Gong Qian affectionately, his eyes full of love.

Gong Qianfang's heart trembled, her hand caressed the fiery firmness, and finally let go of her body unbearably, An Yi had a victorious smile on her face, and slowly leaned over......

It didn't take long for the seat to start shaking again, Gong Qian's breath was disordered, and she said in a trembling voice: "Sister loves you too......"

The voice trembled slightly, making people's hearts tickle, An Yi couldn't help but lean in and kiss her, and the two lips were glued together. Gong Qian responded enthusiastically, and after a long time, she broke free of his lips and sang in a low voice.

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By the time the convoy arrived at the military airfield, it was already an hour later.

When An Yi and Gong Qian walked out of the car, they were well-dressed and dignified, only the blush and lazy scenery on Gong Qian's face and neck betrayed the truth of the facts, but the majesty of An Yi's boss was there, who dared to chew his tongue?

The Datang Military Airport covers an area of about 50,000 square meters and consists of a flight site, combat service support facilities, and a troop barracks. The flight site includes four parts: runway, safety track, taxiway and apron. The runway with a length of 4,500 meters is specially used for aircraft take-off and landing taxi, and is the main body of the airport. The combat service support facilities include an operational command building, an aeronautical engineering support and logistics support building, and a large hangar. The barracks are the places where pilots, officers and men stationed at airports and their families live and live.

Airport Air Force Commander An Liyong and Political Commissar Feng Junying two colonels quickly ran to An Yi and the others, solemnly saluted, and after An Yi returned the salute, he asked loudly: "Liyong, Junying, are you ready?" ”

An Liyong, who came out of the Boy Scout Academy, has always regarded An Yi as his father in his heart, and when he heard this, he held his head high and replied loudly: "Report to the commander, everything is ready, and you can wait for your review at any time!" ”

An Yi nodded, waved his hand and said, "Lead the way, I'll go see the pilots first, and then enjoy their wonderful performances." ”

An Jiajun's test pilots belong to the Flight Test Research Institute, which is under the two-way management of the General Logistics Department and the Air Force, and they are both officers and men of the Air Force and technical experts of the Aircraft Research Institute.

These test pilots are selected from the Syrian Aviation School, Yichang Aviation School, Simao Aviation School, Air Force Aviation University, and Xinjing Aviation School.

From the initial stages of the design of a new aircraft, test pilots are required to work and comment on the design from the point of view of use and safety. After the prototype is manufactured, in addition to safely completing the flight maneuvers as required, the test pilot must also explain various flight phenomena theoretically, accurately report the flight situation, and put forward suggestions for improvement.

So far, there are 1,700 professional pilots in the Flight Test Research Institute, and it is precisely because of their test flights and various suggestions for rectification that An Jiajun's air force has maintained its leading position.

On the apron of the airport, 120 pilots lined up in a neat line to salute An Yixing.

An Yi shook hands with them one by one, then stood at the front of the queue and asked with a smile: "Are you satisfied with the fighter you tested?" ”

"Satisfied!"

The neat answer made An Yi surprised, he thought about it, and then asked: "Why are everyone so confident in the fighters they fly?" Then, he randomly ordered a pilot.

The pilot stood up and replied loudly:

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the model I tested was an A28 fighter. This is an aircraft that has been established since the year before last according to the advice of the commander-in-chief, following the principle of high power, high firepower, and heavy armor, its shape is larger than that of ordinary fighters, and its flexibility is not even as good as the previous model A27, but its engine is strong, firepower, and survivability is extremely strong, as long as it is not a critical part, even if it is not in the way of dozens of bullets. Moreover, the dive performance is good, and as long as the favorable altitude is seized in air combat, it is very easy to succeed in the dive attack against enemy aircraft.

"Since last year, I have been following the design of this fighter throughout the whole process, and I usually rely on flying the A26 and A27 to maintain my condition. The reason why the sample has not been produced for a long time is that the previous engine was not powerful enough to support such a large fighter to do high-speed movement. In May this year, after the successful research of the 18-cylinder star-type 2000 horsepower air-cooled engine, this fighter really has a strong heart, it is equipped with an exhaust gas turbocharger developed by the Rocket Research Institute two years ago, a pressurized air recooling device, plus a self-developed engine water injection technology, and the instantaneous emergency power can reach 2,300 horsepower.

"After this kind of turbocharging system has been specially modified, it is not directly driven with the engine like the general supercharger, but a single turbine is set up under the fuselage cockpit, which is driven by the exhaust gas from the engine, and then the turbo drives the booster blades to work. After the air is pressurized, the compression ratio can be greatly improved, providing more favorable conditions for combustion in the cylinder. The exhaust gases from work are exhausted from the fuselage by a special exhaust pipe. This new engine water injection technology, as the name suggests, is to add a vaporized liquid to the cylinder to increase the gas flow, so as to greatly increase the power of the engine in a short period of time, and improve the aircraft's climbing and high-altitude maneuverability. ”

Seeing that An Yi listened with great interest and kept nodding his head, the test pilot was much bolder and continued to carefully introduce the advantages and disadvantages of the fighter.

"The A28 fighter is equipped with an electrically controlled dive flap, which is located in front of the landing gear compartment in the lower part of the wing, and it has two functions: one is the characteristics of this aircraft, which is destined to be very fast when it dives, and there will be local shock waves on the aircraft, so that it will shake, and it is more difficult to pull up, so that the flaps can be used to help maneuver; Second, when diving, the flaps can be lowered, which can play the role of a speed brake to prevent the aircraft from rushing to the ground.

"This fighter adopts a new pressurized cockpit, which once again improves the pilot's cabin environment, so that the pilot is not easy to fatigue when flying the fighter. In front of the cockpit, on the wings and at the root of the wing, there are six fuel tanks, which increases the size of the wings, but also increases the range of the aircraft, so that the range can reach 1,800 kilometers, and up to 2,200 kilometers with the addition of auxiliary fuel tanks. What I like most about this new fighter is that the cockpit is very spacious, the seats are high, the visibility is good, and it has a clear advantage in air combat.

"On the 23rd of last month, the A28 fighter made its first successful flight, and according to the test flight test, the aircraft can hover at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, and its high-altitude maneuverability is good, and at an altitude of 8,500 meters, it has set a record for the maximum level flight speed of 690 kilometers per hour."

An Yi was very interested: "Take me to see the fighter you are flying, okay?" Today's test flight show is the first shot from your new partner. ”

The pilot looked happy, saluted, left the queue, and strode towards the neatly lined row of planes.

An Yi and the other generals followed him to the front of a chubby fighter plane that looked five big and three thick, and was bloated.

This fighter is equipped with a pair of large four-bladed propellers, the cockpit is located above the middle of the fuselage, the tail is an inverted T-shaped tail, the landing gear is a rear three-point type, it adopts a double beam structure of the middle and lower single wing, with a slight upper reverse angle, the plane shape is oval, the two sides of the wing are equipped with three 12.7mm caliber aviation machine guns in front of each wing, there is also one on each wing of the aircraft, the total number of machine guns has reached eight, in addition to the fuselage and under the wings are also equipped with a number of external pylons, at a glance you know that bombs and rockets can be hung, etc., its firepower can be seen.

The pilot stepped on the wings and jumped into the cockpit, the plane started, taxied into the runway, and soon taxied into the air.

An Yi constantly communicates with the pilot through the airport's radio intercom.

"Now the altitude is 1000 meters!"

"The height has reached 2,500 meters!"

"3500 meters!"

"4500 meters! The whole ascent took only 4 minutes and 50 seconds! ”

When An Yi heard this, he said to Lieutenant General Lin Fei, deputy commander of the Air Force: "The climbing performance of this fighter is too superior, and tactics can be arranged according to this characteristic!" ”

Lin Fei nodded and explained:

"This A28 fighter has a total of 32 test pilots, and has carried out various flight tests in eight test flight sites in southern Sichuan, southern Yunnan, northern Siam, southern Siam, Red River, Mekong River, Chao Phraya River, and Xiyuan, and under various terrain and climatic conditions, and has also put forward various opinions, and there are more than a dozen kinds of discussions around its tactics.

"We agreed that the aircraft was excellent in terms of maneuverability and dive performance, and we envisioned that the A28 would fly high above the bomber group when escorting the bombers, and when the bomber group was intercepted by enemy fighters, the A28 would swoop down at lightning speed to destroy or disperse the enemy aircraft. This fighter can also use tactics such as covert raids and turning attacks to deal lethal blows to enemy aircraft. ”

An Yi was very satisfied with what he heard, and was full of expectations for the A29 and GII fighters that will be tested today.

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