Ignore Stalin's little grievances for the time being, whoever makes his trousers loose and overthrows Lori will have to pay the price, there is no good thing in the world that only reaps but does not pay. Time passed in the blink of an eye, and when the cold winds of winter enveloped the northern hemisphere, the turning point that Li Xiaofeng was looking forward to finally arrived.

With the continuous and in-depth promotion of Roosevelt's New Deal, the financial groups in the United States are finally powerless to resist, at least unable to take care of Li Xiaofeng, they have to plan for future interests, and they have no time to care about the little things of the East Prussian villagers.

Without the hindrance of Jewish financial groups, a technology deal between the United States and the Soviet Union was finally realized. Of course, it is certainly not that Li Xiaofeng will give whatever the Americans want. In fact, the Americans are not generous at all in the field of technology, and they only want to give some less sophisticated technology, and even here, it is still given according to the backwardness of the Soviet Union. Otherwise, like China back then, was it really only worthy of dumping the US commodity market, industry and technology? Wash and sleep, you are a semi-feudal and semi-colonial lame country, why!

Specifically, Babcock Wilcox agreed to sell the Soviet Union a license to produce more advanced boilers, but this was also conditional, first the Soviet Union had to order 20 high-power boilers from Babcock Wilcox. Eight new steam turbines were ordered from General Electric and a complete electrical equipment was ordered from Westinghouse. Not only the engine equipment, but also the Soviet Union needed to order 50,000 tons of structural steel and 3,000 tons of armor steel from the Bethlehem Iron and Steel Company.

These procured engines and steel will all be used in the construction of Type 33 and Type 35 destroyers. The design of these two warships also did not require technical support from the United States, and after spending a lot of money on consultants and technical support, complete sets of drawings, equipment and technical specialists began to be shipped to Leningrad. In the second half of 1934. The Type 33 destroyer will step down the drawing board and onto the slipway.

Of course. The American elements on the Type 33 destroyer were not very strong, and most of the design work was done by Russian designers. And the Type 35 cruiser is completely different, which can almost be said to be the Soviet version of the Brooklyn-class light cruisers. The difference was that the Soviet version of Brooklyn was a heavy cruiser, and its technical performance was close to that of the later Wichita.

The Type 35 heavy cruiser is 190 meters long, has a maximum width of 19 meters, a draft of 6.6 meters, and is equipped with eight Babcock Wilcox boilers with a maximum power of 100,000 horsepower. It has four axles and four oars, with a design maximum speed of 32 knots and a range of 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots.

The ship is equipped with three combined American MK9 203 mm guns, eight 100 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 152 mm at the thickest part of the waterline armor, 50 mm horizontal armor, 152 mm of main gun shields, and 152 mm of the conning tower.

The Type 35 heavy cruiser was a little weaker than the Wichita and Brooklyn in terms of performance, and the armor defense and speed were basically comparable. And the reason why the secondary gun is 100 guns is selected. The fundamental reason is that the MK12 type 127 of the US imperialists has not been done, and the 130 of the Soviet Union is too big and heavy. The Type 35 heavy patrol was quite urgent under Stalin's request, and could only make do with 100 guns first.

Of course, it must also be noted that there is a difference between the Type 35 heavy cruiser and Wichita and Brooklyn. This difference is first reflected in the hull size and displacement, the Type 35 heavy cruiser is longer and wider, and the standard displacement is on average at the level of about 11,800 tons, while the Wichita and Brooklyn standard displacements are both around 10,000 tons.

The reason for this difference is also very simple, first of all, Maozi pursues speed more, so the length-to-width ratio is larger, and because Maozi's construction technology is worse than that of Americans, there is a general phenomenon of overweight. In fact, on the original drawings, the Type 35 heavy patrol should be a treaty heavy patrol that was limited to 10,000 tons in strict compliance with the requirements of the treaty.

Some comrades may ask, Mao Zi has not joined the naval armaments treaty, why should he abide by this restriction? In fact, it is possible not to abide by the restrictions of the treaty, as long as it is not intended to introduce American technology, it is completely open to manufacturing.

But without the introduction of American technology, can the Soviet Union create a treaty-type heavy patrol? The answer is obviously no, the Kirov-class cruiser in history Maozi's performance is quite improvised, and it is enough to bully the treaty-type light cruiser.

In fact, Stalin did go beyond the limits of the treaty at the outset and make a cruiser that was more powerful than the major naval powers, such as the Hipper-class, which was larger in tonnage but very average in combat power.

However, upon learning that the Americans were ready to sell naval technology to the Soviet Union, the British immediately spoke out and strongly demanded that the signatories not allow the sale of warships beyond the limits of the treaty to non-signatories. And the Americans were already hesitant to sell such advanced weapons to the Soviet Union, and after some tossing, the deal was realized only on the premise that the Soviet Union would strictly abide by the treaty.

However, although the Type 35 heavy cruiser has the problems of being overweight, some of the technical adaptation, and some of the weapons that are still under development (such as radar), they are generally flawed. For example, Stalin's favorite aspect of high speed, although the Type 35 heavy cruiser was designed to have a maximum speed of 32 knots, but in practical use it was found that this speed could be achieved when the power reached 85,000 horsepower, and when sailing at full power of 100,000 horsepower, most of the Type 35 could reach or approach 34 knots. Moreover, the reliability and fuel efficiency of boiler equipment in the United States are quite excellent, and the Red Navy is quite satisfied with this.

In December 1933, a certain immortal who had stayed in the United States for a few months reluctantly said goodbye to Princess Anne and her lovely little daughter, and returned to Russia by ship in New York. The comfortable life in these months has made him quite comfortable, and being able to leave the officialdom of the Soviet Union to live a comfortable life has made him feel relaxed and recharged.

Yes, the officialdom of the Soviet Union has not been ordinarily lively in recent months, because the day of Lenin's retirement is getting closer and closer, and the struggle for power in all aspects is becoming more and more intense. Among them, the Central Military Commission is the hardest hit area.

Tukhachevsky has had a rather "pleasant" life in recent months, and the T-28, which he has high hopes for, has been in a mess, and has not shown any performance at all to tear through the trenches and break through the position, but is full of problems. The reliability of the multi-turret is quite poor. Coordination is even more problematic. And the weight of the T-28, which was crowded by multiple turrets, was weakly armored. In the face of light warfare, anti-aircraft guns and even anti-tank guns looked vulnerable. All in all, it's a terrible weapon that looks beautiful and is deadly to use.

In the words of the General Armament Department: "This kind of weapon is completely unsuitable for undertaking breakthrough tasks, and Jian yì dismounted!" ”

If the blow of the T-28 was quite light, the blow about the engine made Tukhachevsky embarrassed. At his strong request, the immature AM-34 boarded the TB-3 with a bunch of problems and overweight problems, but the result was naturally not good-looking, and the troops spoke ill of the TB-3. Even Arksnis said that he would refuse to continue receiving TB-3.

The AM-34 didn't mature in 1933, with water leaks and reliability becoming problematic, and most planes had to be fitted with extra water tanks and had random mechanics use hand-cranked pumps to replenish the radiators to survive.

In fact, from the second half of the year, at the request of Hitler, German engineers began to evacuate the Soviet Union on a large scale, leaving the technical projects and technical problems to be solved by the Soviet experts themselves.

The poor reliability of the T-28 and AM-34 gave Stalin the ammunition to attack Tukhachevsky, and he constantly attacked Tukhachevsky on both fronts. If Tukhachevsky is convicted, according to Stalin, it is a traitor and a traitor. Had to be dragged out and shot for five minutes.

In particular, this makes Li Xiaofeng's strong request for the introduction of 12Ybrs technology extremely correct. It is even more striking that Tukhachevsky is a bad person. In the requirements of the Air Force. Under the strong advice of aviation experts, Tukhachevsky could only bow his head and choose to admit defeat - he finally agreed to introduce the 12Ybrs engine.

But things are not so simple, because NORINCO has already introduced a full set of technologies for the 12Ybrs engine and the 12Ycrs engine in advance, and Victoria made it clear when negotiating with the French that France must not sell the relevant technology of these two engines to the Soviet Union again. In other words, it became impossible for the USSR to directly introduce 12Ybrs engine technology.

It is said that after learning of the reply from the French, Tukhachevsky was called by the Politburo and scolded, which was really disgraceful. And at the time when Tukhachevsky was at his most wolfish and Trotsky was very faceless, Victoria extended an olive branch to the Soviet Union - asking for a joint venture to produce the 12Y series engines in the Soviet Union.

This request will naturally be agreed to by the Politburo, because the conditions given by Victoria are also generous, and North Industries will only ask for 30% of the shares, and the Soviet Union will pay a part of the patent fee for every 12Ycrs engine produced in the future. The rest did not require an extra dime from the Soviet government.

In the eyes of the Politburo, such conditions are simply given for nothing, and in their eyes this is a great thing, so why not do it?

So at the beginning of 1934, a new 12Ycrs production line was laid in the production units of the Klimov Design Bureau. If nothing else, tens of thousands of VK-100s and their descendants will come off the production line in the Great Patriotic War to contribute to the defeat of the Axis powers.

Of course, the Politburo did not expect that they would later have to pay such expensive royalties for this purpose, which were nearly ten times more expensive than the direct introduction of French patents at the beginning! For this reason, in the era of mass production of VK-100 series engines, Tukhachevsky was again picked out as a negative typical criticism, which made the red Napoleon quite faceless.

However, at that time, the Politburo felt that the deal was still very good, and praised Li Xiaofeng's role in this very good deal. I think that a certain immortal has made great contributions to the introduction of French engines!

The problem of the engine was solved, but the topic of the aircraft was not over, you must know that a certain immortal had to introduce and launch two aircraft - DC-1 and S-12 helicopters for the 12Y series engine. Among them, the DC-1 was well received by Blyukhel, and it was believed that it was possible to buy a little more of this aircraft, and it would be better to introduce technology and develop a larger development model.

At the time of Li Xiaofeng's return to China, Ordzhonikidze, who was in charge of the aviation industry, had already left for the United States, where he would negotiate with Douglas to prepare a complete set of DC-1 technology.

DC-1 was a success. But the S-12 was not so smooth. First of all, Sikorsky had a huge problem with alloy materials. Sure enough. The Soviet Union, which had just completed the "Dura Aluminum", simply could not provide a lighter skin material than the "Dura Aluminum", and even the United States could not find such a skin material. The magnesium alloy skin material that Li Xiaofeng had high hopes for was still in the real room at this time, and it had not been industrialized at all.

That is, if "Dura Aluminum" were used as the skin, the S-12 would definitely be overweight (aluminum alloy weighs about three times as much as magnesium alloy), and the 12Ybrs engine power was not rich in the first place, and it did not reach the 800 horsepower level of the S-55 (H-18), and now it is overweight. It is clear that the tactical indicators of the S-12 will definitely not be reached.

"Either modify the tactical indicators, or give me a more powerful engine, otherwise, I can't help it!" Sikorsky picked his pick.

If the 12Ycrs engine is used, the 960 horsepower index can basically guarantee the original tactical indicators. But the problem is, the fundamental purpose of Li Xiaofeng's S-12 is to solve the problem of the hundreds of extra 12Ybrs.

But if you don't change the engine, you have to change the tactical indicators. For example, if the load is reduced by one-third, then the problem will be solved. But the significance of the S-12 is to carry an infantry squad into battle at one time. Wouldn't it be necessary to pull two or three fewer people to reduce the load by one-third? Is it possible to split an infantry squad in half and throw it into battle in two helicopters?

Li Xiaofeng couldn't accept this kind of method, and he froze after coming and going, until Victoria heard about it, and then he sneered: "You still think you are a smart person, or you are engaged in politics, what is it difficult to solve such a simple matter?" ”

Li Xiaofeng asked angrily: "Then how do you say to solve it!" ”

"It's very simple, this batch of engines made you feel embarrassed before, it was because the Soviet government was unwilling to accept 12Ybrs, is this still a problem?"

Victoria's words made Li Xiaofeng suddenly, yes! Why did he get into the horns, he couldn't solve the problem of 12Ybrs, it doesn't mean that the Soviet government couldn't solve it. The easiest way is to replace the less mature AM-12 on the TB-34 with the 3brs engine, whether it is engine power or volume, the two are not much different, and it is believed that the Air Force, which is tossed by the AM-34 to death, is very willing to get rid of this old engine.

As soon as Li Xiaofeng's proposal was proposed, it received a positive response from Arksnis, to be honest, it was he who advocated the development of TB-3, and he was also very disappointed in TB-3, although TB-3 made Tukhachevsky very faceless, but he, the boss of the Air Force, has face?

Anyway, Arxnis is also painful and happy, as soon as Li Xiaofeng proposed to change the engine, and it was all in stock, he immediately agreed.

I have to say that the initial model of AM-34 is still far behind the 12Ybrs, after the change, the TB-3 basically maintains the original performance, and the reliability is greatly enhanced, at least there is no need for mechanics to pump water to the radiator with a hand pump.

Getting rid of the burden of the 12Ybrs means that the S-12 does not have to lower its tactical indicators, which is undoubtedly good news, but for the entire S-12 project, the problem with the engine is actually only a small problem, and the more critical problem comes from Blyukhel.

For those S-11 helicopters used to replace artillery balloons, Blyukhel's feedback is mixed, but the good thing is that the S-11 is indeed more ideal than hot air balloons, and it is very flexible and convenient to use. But at the same time, there are a lot of problems, compared with hot air balloons, helicopters need professional pilots, which is a problem for artillerymen, and secondly, maintenance is much more complicated than hot air balloons, and it is not only the pilots that need to be added, but also a ticket for ground crew, which is almost impossible for artillery.

Of course, these problems are nothing, but they are just institutional problems, and the improvement of the corresponding army aviation system will be over. But what really gave the artillerymen a headache was that the performance flaws in some aspects of the helicopter made them complain.

The vibrations were so loud that they were almost as big as old tanks and tractors, and when they took to the sky, communication was problematic, and the only sound of mechanical vibrations could be heard on the radio, which was like heaven and earth compared to a quiet hot air balloon. As an artillery observation tool and eye, if you can't clearly transmit the number of jù, what is the use of flying performance, no matter how good the flight performance is?

It was not only the noise problem, but also the poor reliability of the helicopter, which was speechless for the harsh environment in the Far East. And even in this low attendance rate, there were several flight accidents that cost nearly ten lives. Artillery observers generally have a fear of helicopters and strongly demand the return of hot air balloons.

Of course, a military strategist like Blyukhel would not be so short-sighted, and in the short-term trial he keenly saw the excellent characteristics of the helicopter and believed that this kind of flying machine still had a lot to offer. At the same time, however, he demanded that the new helicopter address these issues, and in particular stressed the need to increase the payload. Because the fact that in practical use it was found to be too small a fuselage limited the practicality of the helicopter.

Blücher's request was still very reasonable and far-sighted, and Li Xiaofeng was happy to accept it, so he assured Blühel that the new helicopter would solve these problems, and on the other hand, he ordered EO to send more helicopters, spare parts, and better pilots and logistics to the Far East. Of course, it is more important to order Nokia to come up with a noise-canceling headphone as much as possible.

A few months later, when the noise-canceling headphones and ground crews arrived in the Far East, and after this run-in period, most of the problems of the S-11 were solved, except for the damn vibration problem that really couldn't be solved - a common problem with the piston engine. It was then that the artillerymen began to have a great impression of helicopters, and even a considerable part of the artillerymen could not wait to ask for bigger and better helicopters...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you for the second kill Comrade Potato and Comrade Juventus!