Chapter Seventy-One: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
MiG-25, as a fighter that can fly to three times the speed of sound, the weapons used are also special, must be able to adapt to high temperatures, in the design, there is no installation of aviation guns, and now to modify the aircraft guns in the base, this is definitely beyond their own capabilities, moreover, it will also bring danger to the flight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
For example, how stable is an aircraft gun at three times the speed of sound? For example, when shooting at three times the speed of sound, will the vibration caused by the firing have a devastating effect on the aircraft? For another example, will the smoke from the aircraft gun stop the engine? None of this is known, so, hearing Andrei's words, Ivanov intuitively immediately denied it, it's too dangerous!
"Do we have a better way?" Andrei asked.
Everyone shook their heads, although when shooting targets, the performance of their own R-40 missiles was quite acceptable, but there is a big difference between target shooting and actual combat, especially now, to hit targets that are three times the speed of sound, and their own missiles are really not powerful.
The death order from above has come down, and the blackbird must be defeated! The 513 regiment, which has repeatedly failed, will definitely be scolded by the commander of the Air Defense Forces of the Far Eastern Military District. As an aviation regiment equipped with the most advanced interceptors of the Soviet Union, it was impossible to defeat the Blackbird!
"In that case, let's do it!" Andrei said: "Gather the crew in the conference room, and I'm going to hold a meeting for them." ”
Apparently Andrei was prepared.
Although in terms of military rank, Ivanov is one level higher than Andrei, but Andrei is a Hero of the Soviet Union! His words carried a lot of weight, and since Andrei had already decided to do so, and there was no better way for the time being, Ivanov knew that he had to give it a try.
Andrei didn't want to discuss with Ivanov in advance, his boss, when the KGB guy wanted to take him away, he took a big risk to protect him, and Andrei was grateful and respected Ivanov from the bottom of his heart. It's just that time is running out now, and the swaggering American reconnaissance plane is simply here to insult the Soviet Union! Tomorrow we have to knock each other down! Now, there's not much time left, you have to hurry!
From the point of view of status, the ground crew maintenance is lower than that of the pilot, and it can be seen from the meal that in order to ensure the health of the pilot, the pilot has a special pilot restaurant, the diet structure is reasonable, and the food allowance is five or six times that of the ground crew, and those ground staff are the same as the guards of the base eat in the big canteen.
However, ground support for pilots, but it is very important, ground staff are responsible for the maintenance of the fighter, every time the mission returns, the pilot only needs to park the aircraft on the runway, at most is to follow the ground staff to slide the fighter into the hangar, and the maintenance needs to overhaul the fighter, do the next take-off support work, and the slightest negligence of the maintenance personnel, will cause a major flight accident.
The maintenance is the pilot's nanny, so to speak.
But now, the maintenance of the Sokolovka base is a little special......
The clothes are not very neat, and some of the aircraft maintenance clothes still have a few pieces of oil stains, and of course, you can also smell the characteristic smell of alcohol.
"Alright, everyone be quiet." Seeing that these crew members were really a little careless, Andre endured the unhappiness in his heart and said.
Finally quieted down, Andrei glanced at Ivanov, and seeing Ivanov nodding, Andrei continued: "I called everyone here this time to gather everyone to think of a way together, we now have a task, we need to install a cannon on the MiG-25 fighter. ”
"How is this possible? We don't have that level! As soon as Andrei's words fell, a voice came from below.
The man who spoke was a young man in his thirties, with long hair, a certain disdainful gaze flowing from his covered eyes, and a characteristic smell of vodka coming out of his mouth as he spoke.
This guy, whom Andrei knew, was the nephew of the commander of the base, Kozhdub, and now the captain of the maintenance brigade, Akim Varisyevich.
At that time, before Andrei shot down Belenko, Belenko said on the radio that the last time Andrei's fighter failed, it was caused by inadequate ground maintenance, and the main responsible person was this guy named Akim.
At that time, for various reasons, Andrei did not hold Akim responsible, and Andrei did not have such ability at the beginning, but now, it is time to rectify the discipline of the 513 regiment! To change the status quo in the Soviet Union, start with the ground maintenance brigade of the 513th regiment in Sokolovka!
Today, Andrei proposed to modify the machine gun, of course, not only to modify the fighter, but also to set off a wave of opposition to the current nepotism, counter corruption in the army, and carry out reforms!
What are you afraid of! He is now a Hero of the Soviet Union, the deputy commander of the 513 regiment, his own big backstage, or Andropov, who hates corruption even more!
And what does this guy in front of him have? His backstage is the commander of the Sokolovka base, Kozhdub!
Belenko's defection, although it has something to do with Belenko's personal character and experience, is also related to the environment. Belenko has already received the punishment he deserves, and no one else is an exception!
"So what level are we?" Putting away his thoughts, Andrei asked the chicken in front of him, Now, this Agem is the chicken that Andrei killed to show the monkey!
What level are we? When this sentence came out, Akim felt that the taste was wrong, no matter what, the other party was the deputy commander of the regiment, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, not the captain of his own maintenance brigade.
"Commander Andrey, our current maintenance brigade is mainly responsible for maintaining the daily attendance of fighters, and the training we receive is also these, even the overhaul of engines, we have to send them to Vladivostok to be able to carry out." "We're going to put guns on our planes now, we don't have that," Akim said. People say, am I right? ”
Hearing Achillm's question, some ground crews immediately followed suit: "Yes, that's it, regiment commander, we really don't have that level." ”
"Cannons, the most basic equipment of our fighter jets, have existed since the first appearance of aircraft. In World War II, our fighters were all cannons. Take our current air defense equipment as an example, MiG-21, MiG-23, Su-15, which aircraft does not have a cannon? If you can't even hang up the cannon, it can only mean that you didn't study seriously when you went to Vladivostok for further study last year! Andrei said: "Now, this is the task!" It has to be done! ”