Chapter 704 Bombers

About 50 kilometers from Ufa, a group of farmers are tidying up the land here under the orders of several White Army officers, trying to level the land.

In a location not very far away, there are even a few towers made of wood―――――― but this tower is really ventilated, there is not even a glass around it, and the ventilation process is almost top-notch.

And this is the airport that Cai Ye asked the White Army to tidy up...

Compared with the strict airports of later generations, the airport in front of us is not so much an airport as a well-organized farmland. In fact, this is true, because it was originally a piece of farmland, but it was leveled again.

Naturally, the peasants wanted to cry without tears, but they could not complain much in the face of the bayonets of the White soldiers. As for compensation and the like, cough, this really only means that you think too much.

In this era, these White soldiers did not take the lives of these farmers, simply because they still needed these farmers to build the 'airport', otherwise...

You know, although these guys haven't reached the point of bandits, their own military discipline is not much better...

As for the quality of the airport or something...

In fact, even if it is an ordinary grass, as long as the weeds are not particularly long, I believe that ordinary planes can also take off and land lightly on it.

In fact, if this is not the case, even if the military discipline of the White Army is sloppy. Nor are they going to just sit back and watch the farmers lazy―――――― believing that whoever else is going to see their farmland turned out like this. And not only will he not receive a penny of compensation, but he will not have the slightest motivation to find a way to work for free under the threat of a bayonet.

At the same time, after glancing at the lazy farmers, several officers said while smoking cigarettes.

"What the hell do you mean by let's get some airports out here?"

"Who knows," the other officer shook his head. I heard that it looks like reinforcements, but the reinforcements are ......... What does reinforcements have to do with this? ”

"Probably an airplane," he said. The officer looked up at the blue sky. "Didn't we buy a lot of weapons from China some time ago? Maybe it's the same this time, maybe it bought some planes from China..."

So far, there is news of the withdrawal of gold from Ufa. It is still a top secret within the Russian army, and not many people know about it. Naturally, these low-level officers are even more unclear, so just because these airports in front of them have bought some planes from China or something. Specifically for these aircraft...

The Russians, though often seen as barbarians. But in fact, these 'barbarians' are not earthy at all.

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While the two officers were still talking, suddenly a soldier ran up to them and shouted at them. "Sir, just now there was a telegram from the Ufa side, saying that reinforcements from the air have arrived, let us prepare for the work as much as possible..."

"It's already there?"

Hearing this, one of the two officers froze slightly, while the other looked up at the sky. There, except for the clouds. There doesn't seem to be much else.

"Didn't you say it's already here? Why didn't we see it? ”

"This...", looking at the commander with a somewhat ugly face, the soldier said with a sad face. It's all from Ufa, and I don't know very well..."

"I guess it's Ufa that made a mistake again..."Hearing the soldier say this, the officer did not continue to embarrass him, but said to his companion. These idiots are always like that, otherwise we wouldn't have been defeated so quickly..."

"yes, forget it, let's talk about ours first...", and the other officer also turned his attention back.

It's just that just when the two of them were about to continue to talk about the topics they cared about, there was a sudden 'buzzing' sound in the distant sky, a bit like a mosquito, but the sound of mosquitoes was definitely not so loud...

These Russians were not turtles, and they soon understood.

"It's an airplane!" With that, the two raised their heads and looked at the sky.

On the horizon, a large group of planes were flying in a dense formation in the direction of the airport.

Seeing this scene, the airport hurriedly sounded the alarm, not worried that the plane was coming, after all, Ufa had already given a notification, not to mention that the direction of the plane was not flying from Ufa, but from another direction.

They will pull the alarm, just to prepare the people inside the airport.

Especially the farmers who are still busy leveling the fields, let them leave the airport quickly...

Just as the farmers were leaving the airport in a hurry, the planes in the sky were getting closer and closer, and then the people on the airport saw that the group quickly divided into a small group of planes, and then slowly descended in the direction of the airport...

Slowly, slowly...

Soon the people at the airport saw the true face of these planes―――――― biplanes, but these biplanes were very different from ordinary biplanes, that is, they were much larger than ordinary biplanes, and they used not one engine, but four...

Four engines spin the propellers, giving the aerial beast enough power.

And at this moment, these aerial monsters are landing on the airport one by one...

After more than half an hour, the airport, which they had been busy with for many days, was already full of these huge planes.

At the same time, a pilot wearing a fur hat walked quickly in front of the person in charge of the airport and spoke in a relatively unfamiliar Russian.

"I'm the commander of these bombers, who is in charge here?"

"I'mβ€”" looked at the officer in front of him in a black uniform. The person in charge of the airport hesitated for a long time before coming out, and then looked at the person in front of him. "Who are you?"

The matter of finding reinforcements from China was a secret within the White Army. So he wasn't very clear.

"You don't need to ask more about that," the man continued. You just have to treat us like a bunch of mercenaries, you pay for it, we fight for you, and what I want to know is, how are your preparations here? What about cabins for airplanes? And fuel? ”

As he spoke, the young pilot looked around, but the airport was now empty of a few tall wooden towers. It seems that there are no other buildings anymore, some are just flat pieces of land...

Having noticed this, the young pilot's face was somewhat ugly. As for the person in charge, he said with an embarrassed face. "I'm sorry, you're in a hurry, we've just started building the airport. The ones you just said. We haven't had time to build it yet..."

After speaking, seeing that the young officer in front of him had a somewhat ugly face, the person in charge hurriedly continued. "But don't worry, we'll get it done soon, at least there's no problem with the cabin, but if you need fuel......... I'm sorry, but we don't have much fuel, so I'm afraid you'll have to figure it out..."

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It happened until now, and I am looking at the responsibility of these people who got off the plane. The person in charge had already guessed where they came from, and naturally he didn't want to offend them. As for their reluctance to say who they are. Since they don't want to say, the person in charge naturally doesn't ask...

Anyway, he just needs these 'mysterious' pilots to help them win the war.

However, in the opinion of the person in charge, they did come too quickly, after all, they had only received the order for a few days, and it was not easy to get an airport that was enough for these planes to land and park.

On the other hand, the leading pilot could only continue after shaking his head with an ugly face. "Okay, let's please trouble you to get out of the warehouse first, our plane needs to be parked inside, otherwise if it rains, I'm afraid there will be some trouble, as for the fuel......... We'll contact the headquarters later and ask for their help..."

In other words, he didn't expect much from these Russians before he came, so he was not particularly disappointed. There is no anger due to disappointment.

On the other hand, seeing that the Chinese are so good at talking, the person in charge couldn't help but laugh.

"Rest assured, we'll have the storeroom you need in no time..."

As he spoke, he and the others began to get busy, but the pilots who got off the plane were looking at their surroundings with curiosity, and the farmers who cowered under the bayonets of the White Army...

They are no strangers to this kind of scene, after all, in China in the past, this kind of scene often happened. Even though the pilots were usually in their early twenties, the memories of their teens were still fresh for them...

And after comparing the scene in front of them with the current situation in China, they also respected and worshiped Yan Shao more and more.

Naturally, while worshipping, they did not forget to admire the surrounding scenery.

Although they have always been stationed in the Ural Military District, according to the orders from above, they usually rarely fly to the hinterland of Eastern Europe, let alone here, so they are really curious about the qiΔ“ here...

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It has to be said that the efficiency of these White Army is quite high, or rather, under the seriousness of the White Army, those farmers have to speed up their efficiency. In just about a day, the farmers had managed to make enough warehouses for the fifty or so planes at the airport―――――― even though they looked very rudimentary and seemed to have a little quality problems.

But now, it seems that I can't pay attention to it so much...

So soon, the planes were pushed into the warehouse.

However, in the process of pushing in, there were so many Russian soldiers who wanted to see the plane clearly because of curiosity.

Naturally, they didn't succeed. Not only that, but a few soldiers had barely climbed up before they were dragged down by the pilots.

Of course. It would have been nothing if it had been like this, but what made the Russians angry the most was that when they dragged them down, one of the pilots actually spoke to them in Russian. "You turtles, don't touch our plane with dirty hands..."

What exactly does the word turtle mean when translated into Russian, this seems to be very...

But the approximate meaning. These soldiers still knew very well that after learning that they were actually being looked down upon by these Orientals in front of them, these Russians immediately became annoyed. But just as they were about to make a move with the Chinese pilots in front of them, their actions were stopped by their own officers.

Naturally, those officers were actually very angry, but they were also very clear. These Chinese are here to help. What's more, the country behind them is not easy to mess with...

That's right, in the past, China was indeed a very good bully, and even these Russians had a very deep sense of superiority over China. But now, with the growing strength of China, the Russians have already held such an attitude, and the most important thing is...

Compared with China, which has become stronger and stronger, Russia has embarked on a different path.

Especially after considering the shape that the Provisional Government is currently facing. They are already people who have no backers. So no matter how angry they were, they could only pull their soldiers out of the storehouse.

And what about the pilots? But it's looking at the dirt buns with the eyes. Go see those Russians...

Then, after closing the door of the warehouse, these people carefully checked their planes, wanting to see if there was any fault in the plane after a long flight―――――― if there was a fault, check it out now, if it was found out in the sky, it would be fatal...

As for the attitude towards those Russians, is there any problem? They don't care about this at all...

After all, they don't intend to let these Russians approach the essence of China's aviation industry...

Bomber...

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Bombers are the true face of these air monsters...

Bombers have appeared on the stage of war for a long time, of course, more precisely in this mode of bombing. In October 1911, war broke out between Italy and Turkey over colonial interests in North African Libya. On 1 November, an Italian lieutenant piloted a "Langpere-Dowby" monoplane to drop four grenades weighing about 2 kilograms at the Turkish army, and although the results were very small, it was the world's first aerial bombardment.

Bombing missions during this period were carried out by modified reconnaissance aircraft. Bombs or shells are hung vertically on both sides of the cockpit, and when approaching the target, the pilot takes off the bomb by hand and throws it at the target, and its hitting accuracy can be imagined.

It can be said that strictly speaking, none of the above-mentioned bombers can be regarded as bombers, but can only be regarded as reconnaissance planes, airplanes, and fighters carrying out bombing missions. As for the world's first bomber, it was invented by the Russians ...

In November 1912, the Baltic Vehicle Factory in St. Boudeberg, Russia, succeeded in building a giant aircraft. The giant designer is Igor? Ivanovic? Sikorski. The aircraft weighs 4,545 kilograms, has a wingspan of 28 meters, and is equipped with four 74 kW four-cylinder water-cooled "100-eyed giant" engines. It was given the resounding name "Great", ―――――― by the way, this Sikorsky was the founder of the later famous helicopter company Sikorsky.

As a traverser, Yan Shao is of course well aware of the importance of bombers.

It's just that aviation technology at that time was not very developed after all, so in the earliest days, Yan Shao used reconnaissance planes and fighters to carry out bombing missions like other countries. It wasn't until Sikorsky's news came from Russia that Yan Shao began to try to produce a professional bomber.

At the beginning, it was quite smooth, and soon the Yushi Group produced a kind of product that was similar to 'Ilya? Muromets heavy bomber 'almost bomber came out―――――― the Great was the predecessor of this bomber, and Ilya? Muromets can be said to be an improved version of the Great.

It was only later that aviation technology became more and more developed with the war, and at the same time people could also after the production of more powerful engines. With the advent of four new engines, it was not long before the Yushi Group came up with a heavy four-engine bomber that was unprecedented in history...

That is, these that are parked in the airport warehouse today...

These bombers were almost indistinguishable from real bombers, with large egg-shaped nose cabs inlaid with multiple pieces of glass. Equipped with 4 270 hp 'Starlight' engines, the speed can reach 137 kilometers per hour, the total weight is 8000 kg, the ceiling is 4000 meters, the endurance is 5 hours, with 3 machine guns and 1000 kg of bombs, the crew is 6 people, the range is 600 kilometers―――――― if necessary, the three machine guns can be dismantled, and the crew can also be reduced by one person, so that the bomb load can reach 1200 kg, as for the range, This is also one of the reasons why Cai asked Kolchak to build an airfield not far from Ufa...

The range of these bombers was only 600 kilometers, while Ufa was more than 300 kilometers from Yekaterinburg. Of course, if you only fly one way, of course, it is more useful, but if it is a round trip, it is not enough, not to mention the time of stagnation over the battlefield, etc., if there is no airport in the middle, basically they can't fly back when they fly out...

It can be said that this current state-of-the-art bomber is completely the essence of China's aviation industry, and it is no wonder that those pilots are so proud...

As for the name of this bomber ...

Winged Fire Serpents, that's their name (to be continued......