"Boom, boom." In the distance, the sound of propellers churning the air currents sounded.

When he came back from the bar, it was already dark, and he threw the drunk Belenko to bed, and Andrei could not sleep alone, habitually running around the track, and just after half a lap, he heard a noise in the sky.

Andrei raised his head, first saw the navigation lights, and then, the outline gradually became clear, the belly was a little huge, the top was a four-bladed propeller, and there was a porthole in the lower part of the front, which was somewhat similar to the Mi-171 equipped in China in the previous life, as long as he glanced at it, Andrei could recognize it, this should be the prototype of the Mi-171, the Mi-8 Hippopotamus helicopter, the huge belly, which looks very much like a hippopotamus.

Mi-8, almost the Kalashnikov in the helicopter kingdom, the total amount of production in the world, the Soviets used the Mi-8, improved the Mi-17, and the Mi-171 is the export model of the Mi-17.

The helicopter was painted in military camouflage, and Andrei watched the helicopter land slowly, and before it could stop, the side hatch opened, and some technical experts had already rushed out of it.

It seems that the United States has put pressure on Moscow through diplomatic channels, and Moscow is not sure whether it will be able to keep this electronic reconnaissance plane, so in this case, it is necessary to study this EP-3 electronic jammer in a race against time. And these technicians, too, are not from Moscow, but from the Amur Komsomolsk in the northern Khabarovsk Territory.

In later generations, Komsomolsk was also well-known to military fans, because it was an important production base for Russia's Su-27 fighters, which is a characteristic industrial city.

And now, Plant 126 in Komsomolsk, also known as Gagarin Far Eastern Machine-Building Plant, which is also the aircraft production complex of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in later generations, has begun to produce a large number of military aircraft for the Soviet Union, mainly the products of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, such as the Su-7 and Su-17, and, just this year, the 126 plant significantly improved the production equipment in the plant in order to prepare for the production of new T-10 prototypes by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, again, a large number of engineers of the Sukhoi Design Bureau are here.

As soon as the news was received, the technicians of the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the 126 plant rushed to the Sokolovka base by helicopter.

Looking at these technicians, Andrei admired him very much, he was a test pilot in his previous life, and naturally knew that these technicians who developed aircraft were the strong backing of national defense, and it was precisely because of their selfless dedication that there was a strong national defense!

"Lieutenant Andrei, the commander is looking for you everywhere." Just as Andre saw the helicopter land, the voice of a ground crew member was heard in his ears.

Commander looking for himself? It's so late, what's the matter? Probably knowing that he was drinking with Belenko, right? However, anyway, the commander also canceled the combat readiness duty of himself and Belenko, nothing happened, and drinking was not a mistake.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Glancing at the EP-3 in the distance, Andrei got into a car driven by the ground crew.

"Report." At the door of the commander's office, Andrei shouted loudly.

"Come in." There was a voice from Kori Dub inside, and when the sound stopped, Andrei knew that Kozh Dub was in a good mood at this time.

Pushing open the door, he saw Kozhdub looking at him with a smile and said: "Andrey, the Moscow side's handling opinions have come down, because of the heroic attack of you and Belenko, you intercepted the American EP-3 reconnaissance plane, and recorded a third-class meritorious service, and at the same time, for your superb flying skills, the Far Eastern Military District Command awarded you a bronze flight badge." ”

Reward! The intelligence report went up, Kozhdub was still a little worried, this time it was a big trouble, if the above asked it, the responsibility would be Andrei, after all, Andrei was driving the fighter plane and collided with the Americans. However, the upper echelons did not hold them accountable, but instead praised the incident, and awarded a flight badge to Andrei who attacked!

This made Kozhidub very happy, this kind of meritorious act, but the glory of the entire 513 regiment!

"Report to the commander, can I return to combat duty tomorrow?" Andrei asked, as a motivated pilot, it is the most glorious to be able to fly into the sky and perform tasks, and this fearful Kori Dub actually deprived himself of this right!

"Absolutely." Kozhdub said: "Today's ground crew overhauled and found that the engine of the 032 was faulty, which is the reason why you stalled and entered the spiral in the middle of the flight today. ”

Engine failure! No wonder Andrey, who has a long MiG-25 flight hours, will also go into a tailspin! However, even if I can be on duty tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be no planes available, right? Is there a backup engine for yourself?

As if guessing Andrei's question, Kozhdub said: "This afternoon, a new MiG-25PD production model flew from the Mikoyan Design Bureau, and this aircraft has been painted with the 032 logo, which is your future landline." ”

New MiG-25! Andrei was stunned for a moment: "What about my original one?" ”

"I have applied for scrapping." "The ground crew also gave up repairs and waited to be sent back to Leningrad. ”

Andrei was deeply speechless, this huge empire, the production system of the planned economy, is so cost-free! In all aspects of society, there is certainly more than this place where there is waste.

The aircraft that Andrei originally flew was the original production model of the MiG-25P, also known as the 1971 production model, product 84, NATO code name "Flying Fox-A", compared with the design model, the vertical tail and pelvic fin area were increased, the wingtip stabilizer plate was removed, the electronic equipment compartment was expanded, and the nose was lengthened.

Although it is called the 1971 production model, it was actually produced in 72 years, and it has only been in service for four years at the Sokolovka base, and now it is about to be reinvented!

Thinking of his previous life, until the 21st century, there were still old J-6 fighters in service in the Air Force, and Andrei was extremely emotional, what a waste of the Red Empire!

It is located in the Far East, across the sea is the US garrison, at the peak of the Cold War, it is understandable that the troops on the front line are equipped with new fighters, anyway, the current Andrei is still an ordinary pilot, he just sighed, and he was immersed in joy again.

The new MiG-25PD, what exactly is the improvement of this aircraft over the original MiG-25P? It is better to replace the Whirlwind-A radar, which has no performance other than high power, if only there was a Tomcat's AWG-9 radar, it would be great!

For the electronics industry in the Soviet Union, Andrei couldn't help but want to complain.

"Report, the technicians from Factory 126 are here." Just then, the ground guards came in and reported to Kozhdub.