Volume II Chapter 045 Building the Air Force IV
As soon as Wei Chen's words came out, the originally noisy airport runway suddenly quieted down, no one thought that Wei Chen would be so bold, it was already more than enough to challenge Li Keji before, and now he wanted to add a condition between the two of them, which was really bold.
With such an unreasonable request, everyone didn't know if it would anger Li Keji, but they saw Li Keji smile helplessly, and finally said slowly: "Isn't it just a little color, I agreed, what do you think of one bottle of Moutai per person?" ”
"Moutai?" Wei Chen didn't expect Li Keji to agree so simply, although he didn't know where he got his confidence, he didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he immediately agreed and said, "Yes." ”
Seeing the happy appearance of Wei Chen and a Soviet Russian flight instructor after hearing Moutai, Li Keji then smiled and said: "Don't be so happy, although I took out the color head, it doesn't mean that you have a chance to take it away." ”
In the midst of laughter, Li Keji didn't care about the ugly faces of a group of instructors, and walked straight to the Junior Instructor 6, which had already been prepared, and the other personnel also consciously gave up the flight runway.
When Li Keji sat in the cockpit, everyone saw Chujiao 6 glide lightly for a distance and then jump into the air, and after quickly climbing to a certain height, Chujiao 6 had already turned around and flew back towards the airport.
In order to observe the flight attitude of the Chujiao 6 in the air, almost everyone at the scene had a telescope, and when they saw the Chujiao 6 piloted by Li Keji flying back, all the Soviet Russian instructors couldn't help but gasp.
It turned out that Li Keji did several 360-degree sideways rotations in a row during the turn, and the Datong Party didn't feel anything if he hadn't touched the plane, but the coaches from Soviet Russia were all taken aback.
Although they are all veteran pilots in the Soviet Russian Red Army, all their experience is the most standard flight attitude, most of the time they fly smoothly and steadily, and few of them make over-specification movements.
On the one hand, biplanes are not suitable for aerobatics, and on the other hand, these unconventional maneuvers are extremely difficult, and few people dare to do this unless they are the elite of the elite, even if they occasionally have one or two times, it is a flash of inspiration at a critical juncture, and they may not be able to do it again afterwards.
Now Li Keji directly performed a 360-degree sideways rotation in front of them, which was pleasing to the eye and at the same time, it also made them feel that Li Keji was really not bragging, purely in terms of technology, they were a class axe.
After Wei Chen and other Soviet Russian instructors were shocked, Li Keji didn't want to let them go so easily, and after the plane turned around, it kept lowering its altitude, and finally flew almost close to the ground, which surprised the flight instructors.
After flying close to the ground for a certain distance, Li Keji pulled the plane up again, gradually lifted the nose of the plane during the flight until it finally became a vertical state, flew up for half a circle, and then completely turned back, but it was already in an upside-down state, which stunned the Soviet Russian instructors for a moment.
Before they could react, Li Keji had already made the plane rotate one hundred and eighty degrees back to normal flight, and then controlled the Chujiao 6 to hover over the airport, climbing upwards little by little like a spiral.
After climbing to the highest point, it rushed straight down like a cannonball, and those who didn't know thought that Li Keji's plane had lost control, but when he saw that Chujiao 6 was getting closer and closer to the ground, it pulled up at an incredible speed, making everyone on the airport break out in a cold sweat.
After such a few actions, the Soviet Russian instructors were already convinced, but Li Keji did not intend to let them go so easily, and then performed a number of sets of difficult movements, and flew for nearly half an hour before slowly landing.
After getting off the plane, the Soviet Russian instructors looked at Li Keji differently, although they were in awe before, more because of Li Keji's special status, fearful and disrespectful, but now they have both, all because of the strength that Li Keji has just shown to convince them.
Returning to the crowd, although Li Keji had already seen the awe of the Soviet Russian instructors, he still asked with a pretense of doubt: "Comrades, I don't know if my flying skills can still enter your eyes?" ”
"Mr. Li is skilled, and we are ashamed of ourselves, and from today onwards, we will definitely learn a few more Chinese characters every day, in order to fully master Chinese as soon as possible."
Seeing that the matter was finally successful, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun, who were the commanders and political commissars of the Air Force, also came out at the right time to play a round, and after saying a few words, they arranged for them to continue their training.
After the flight instructors dispersed, the two turned to Li Keji's side, and said with a thumbs up: "Mr. Li, I didn't expect your flying skills to be so powerful, and it is really remarkable that you can completely convince these proud Soviet Russian instructors in one flight performance." ”
In the face of the praise of the two, Li Keji just smiled faintly: "If you can also fall on N planes, I think you can too." ”
"Crashing the plane?"
"N-frame?"
After getting acquainted with Li Keji, some new words are no longer unfamiliar, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun really didn't expect that Li Keji's proficient flying skills were practiced by constantly smashing planes.
If it is an ordinary person, if there is an accident, everything will be over, but Li Keji can survive all the accidents safely and without worry, no wonder the Party Central Committee is not worried about his safety at all, this is a Xiaoqiang who cannot be killed at all.
Although Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun envy Li Keji's current flying skills, they also know that they can't use Li Keji's method to improve their skills, and no one in this world can practice flying skills in such a crazy way except Li Keji.
Even if there is really a second person like Li Keji, it is impossible to reach his level, one of the key is that no organizational force can be as strong as Li Keji, how many planes have been dropped without heartache, after all, the cost of airplanes is not cheap.
After watching Li Keji's performance, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun couldn't help but feel a little excited, and couldn't wait to go to the sky to test the flight.
Facing the two anxious Air Force bosses, Li Keji just shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then said: "I have no problem, but the plane needs to be checked systematically and comprehensively after the flight, especially since I just made such a strong flight, and I don't know if the Chujiao 6 has fallen apart." ”
"Falling apart?" Although the two bigwigs also knew that the plane needed to be overhauled after the flight and before takeoff, they didn't expect Li Keji to say it so seriously, and in their opinion, the Chujiao 6 was already very strong, so it could fall apart so easily.
"Uh...... You don't think you're going to be able to do the air shows I just did with Beginner 6, do you? Seeing the questioning looks of the two, Li Keji couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and said.
"Huh?"
"Just now I have a few flight attitudes that are completely beyond the limit of what the Chujiao 6 can bear, and those are all flight maneuvers that can only be used by jet aircraft." Li Keji explained simply.
Hearing this, Xiao Yizun, as a political commissar, couldn't help but exclaim: "In that case, why do you have to take such a risk, even if you can be unharmed, what should you do after the flight fails?" ”
"Political commissar, I know that my behavior is a little too reckless, but if this is not the case, how can I convince this group of arrogant ** people?" Seeing that the political commissar was angry, Li Keji honestly admitted his mistake, but still defended a few words, "And I won't mess around, if I'm not sure, how can I deter them?" ”
Li Keji took the initiative to admit his mistake, although Xiao Yizun was angry, he couldn't really do anything to him, and if Li Keji didn't say it, how could they know the key, and finally had no choice but to give a few simple warnings.
When they warned, the ground crew who were overhauling there had already checked for problems, although they had just learned and didn't have much time, the more obvious problems on the plane could still be basically seen, Li Keji flew so fiercely, it was impossible to want to be intact.
After hearing that there was a problem with the plane, Xiao Yizun had to glare at Li Keji, and then asked the ground crew: "Can it still be repaired?" ”
"The damage on the outside can be repaired, but it will take a little time, and the internal situation is not clear to us for the time being, so we can only wait for Mr. Li to check it."
Hearing this answer, Xiao Yizun couldn't help but be a little angry, the plane was damaged, and the teaching progress would obviously lag behind as expected.
Seeing the angry appearance of the political commissar, Li Keji hurriedly stepped forward and said: "If it's broken, it's broken, you can just hand it over to the ground support department to practice, and if you split it a few more times, you don't believe that the technology can't be practiced." As for the missing plane, it can be made up for tomorrow by overseas organizations. ”
Although Xiao Yizun was dissatisfied with Li Keji's wasteful behavior, he couldn't do anything about him, so he had to shake his head helplessly and smile bitterly.
After the damaged plane was dragged down, Li Keji asked people to pull a new plane out again, and when he finished the pre-takeoff inspection, he said to the two air force bigwigs with a smile: "Commander, political commissar, which of you has to test fly first?" ”
Finally able to go to the sky to test the flight, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun were very excited, but at this time they were humble to each other, one said that you are the political commissar, according to the principle of the party commanding the gun, you should go first, and the other said that you are the commander, the highest leader in the air force, and you should go first.
Seeing that the two of them were gradually tearing up, Li Keji hurriedly came up to interrupt and asked Liu Zhendong, the commander of the Air Force, to test fly with him first before the fight came to an end.
After getting on the plane, Li Keji first explained all the equipment in the cockpit to Liu Zhendong in detail, and then told him some things that need to be paid attention to when flying, and then started the plane.
Before taking off, take the trouble to explain the steps and precautions for take-off before you start taxiing and taking off.
After flying into the air, continue to explain and demonstrate, so that Liu Zhendong can learn the basic methods and flight attitudes well, the first test flight did not let Liu Zhendong try to control the flight, but let him watch and learn, and at the same time adapt to the flight.
In the afternoon, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun both flew into the sky with Li Keji a few times, learning and being proficient at the same time, only trying to fly for a short time at the end, and after practicing a few basic flight postures, the sky was already dark, and they had no choice but to rest temporarily.
In the evening, after dinner, the Soviet Russian instructors were all taken down for mid-term study, and the ground crew also had to conduct evening self-study, leaving Li Keji and the three alone.
At this time, the proposal they sent to the Party Central Committee was finally answered, and a number of requests from the air base were basically agreed, and only a few revisions were made. The party Central Committee also affirmed the emphasis on the training of pilots, but it still emphasized that when a full-scale war begins in China, even if only one plane has combat effectiveness, it will take to the sky.
After receiving the reply from the Party Central Committee, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun were very happy and immediately began to discuss the subsequent construction work.
At dawn the next day, the Soviet Russian instructors continued to adapt to the training, Liu Zhendong and Xiao Yizun carried out the deployment work, and Li Keji took on the role of temporary transportation chief, flying to Wuqi Town in a helicopter, preparing to take the prospective pilots who were studying at the Military and Political University to the Lanzhou Air Base.
Unlike usual, Li Keji did not fly the Osprey helicopter this time, but used the Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter, although the speed is far less than the Osprey, the carrying capacity is several times larger, the standard carrying capacity is 82 people, and it is much better than the Osprey when used purely for transportation.
After returning to Wuqi Town, Li Keji met with the party Central Committee, briefly reported on his work, and then talked to the chairman and others about the organizational building of the Air Force, but he still believed that the pressure of the Party Central Committee on the Air Force was too great, and it was not conducive to the growth of the Air Force.
Li Keji understood very much the eagerness of the Party Central Committee for the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to have its own air force when a full-scale war broke out.
Just as in history, our army often had to brave the enemy's artillery fire, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it had a special fondness for artillery, and various large-scale artillery units appeared, and even later, the range of rocket artillery could catch up with the medium-range missiles of other countries.
One of the reasons is that in addition to the 107 rocket launchers, another important reason is not that they were bombarded by the artillery of the Central Army before, and they have a special affection for artillery.
After studying the history of future warfare brought by Li Keji, the party Central Committee is already full of confidence in the comparison of the army, but it still feels rather cowardly in the navy and air force. The Navy will not talk about it for the time being, the Centennial Navy is not just a casual talk, one of the keys is still in the Air Force.
At this time, the air force was not fully armed, and was mainly attached to the navy and army as a support force. The party Central Committee was not worried about the confrontation of the army, but it had to guard against the air force of the Chinese army, which was not easy to fight in the face of the army with air superiority, so it was desperate to hope that the air force could build up a fighting force before the start of the war between China and the Chinese people.
Li Keji understands these situations, but the construction of the air force cannot be accomplished overnight, and now that it has entered August 1936, even if a full-scale war has not broken out in advance, he still feels that it is still a bit of a fool's dream to train an air force with combat effectiveness in a year's time, so he must clearly explain the key points one by one with the party Central Committee in order to avoid unnecessary losses due to blindness.
After finding the party Central Committee, Li Keji did not say any big reason, but honestly told the truth about all kinds of difficult problems in building the air force, not to mention the problems of organizational building and tactical research, and the training of a pilot alone was a long-standing difficulty, and one of the reasons was that the level of education was too low, and the study efficiency was greatly reduced.
Even if there are qualified pilots, tactical training will take a certain amount of time, and it is absolutely impossible to push the pilots of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to the battlefield after they have learned to take off, land, and turn on their machine guns.
After saying these things, Li Keji turned his head and said that in terms of the actual combat effectiveness of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, in terms of pure firepower, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has far surpassed the first division of the Chinese Army, and although the technical and tactical level is still a little worse, it has an absolute advantage in strategy and tactics, because Li Keji has provided all the information of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the historical campaign materials to the Party Central Committee.
With such a large advantage in the army, even if the air force does not have an advantage, it will not affect the final battle situation, and it is only a matter of time before the victory or defeat is achieved.
In the early stage of the army, the level of aircraft was really not very good, and if they wanted to pose a threat to the workers' and peasants' Red Army, they were afraid that it was still a little bit worse, after all, each battalion of the Red Army was equipped with a first-class anti-aircraft machine gun, and the air defense effect was far from being comparable to that in the past.
With such a huge advantage, our army does not have to worry about the planes of the Japanese army at all, and it is really not possible, and when the time comes, Li Keji can also lead the special forces to carry out a destructive attack on its air base and cut off the right-hand man of the air force in accordance with the Central Army.
Having said all this, Li Keji's purpose is that the party Central Committee should not put too much pressure on the air force departments, so as to avoid the trap of laymen guiding insiders and eventually appearing in the trap of "leapfrogging development." Everything is still based on being down-to-earth.
After reading a lot of information, he understood what Li Keji was worried about, and immediately said to all the central cadres: "Xiao Li's words are extremely correct, although we are developing at a rapid pace, the road we should take is still to step out step by step, and it is impossible to build a pavilion in the air."
Comrades, we must now consider not only how to drive out all the aggressors, but also how to build a new China in the future. The Northwest Anti-Japanese Air Force School is the cradle of the future new China's air force, and the talents who go out here will surely be indispensable and important cadres of the future air force.
Without the Air Force in history, let alone Xiao Li's assistance, we still won the eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and established New China, and there is no reason why we are not even comparable to ourselves in history. (To be continued.) )