In other words, just like the "sub-mother aircraft" that has appeared several times in the history of aviation, now can he find a large aircraft with Su-27 fighters?

The An-225, nicknamed "Мрия" ("Minoya", Dream), is the largest transport aircraft in the real world, and at the same time the largest kind of aircraft, second only to the Hughes "Lux" transport aircraft in size, but the latter has never even made a real flight, but the An-225 has already carried cargo over five continents, so it is called the largest aircraft in the world, and the "Dream" is also well-deserved.

The An-225 in the real world, an enlarged design based on the An-124, was originally used to carry the Soviet space shuttle "Buran", for which not only enlarged the original "world's first" fuselage size of the An-124, but also the length of the whole aircraft of more than 80 meters, it looks like an air battleship; In order to eliminate the interference of the back load on the flow field of the tail, the tail was redesigned into an "H" tail. The enlarged An-225 has a maximum take-off weight of 640 tons, a cargo weight of up to 250 tons in the fuselage, and a carrying capacity of about 200 tons on the top of the fuselage, which fully meets the requirements of carrying the space shuttle, and completed the first and only flight of the "Buran" on May 12, 1989, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the An-225, which once carried the dream of a space power, could no longer carry the space shuttle, and instead flew around the world as a super-large transport aircraft, transporting bulk cargo that was difficult to carry on other models.

The ups and downs of the "dream" journey, Long Yun had some understanding before. Compared with the tragic fate of the "Buran" family after the collapse of the Soviet Union. An-225 is relatively lucky,

The An-225 is a giant transport aircraft capable of carrying space shuttles. Whether it is load, range or interior space, it can fully meet the requirements of carrying the Su-27M2 aircraft, if you want to implement the adventure plan of "flying to the battlefield", it seems to be Long Yun's first choice, but he soon found that unlike the situation in the real world, the red empire that still exists in the parallel world does not have a "dream" such an astonishing size giant.

In 1996, in a parallel world, the Soviet Union's space activities were still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Since the alliance is still there. On the eve of the outbreak of the Great War, the OK-3K6 of the Buran-class space shuttle also carried out a mission, and the vehicle responsible for transporting the shuttle between places was the "Ruslan" with an improved "H" tail, and the overall design has been greatly changed, but the size has not changed at all at all An-124B.

The An-225 was nowhere to be seen, but an An-124 with the suffix "Б" came out, which Long Yun knew was the initials of "Бура?н", and he also paid attention to this kind of space shuttle carrier aircraft that looked like the An-225 in the real world.

After consulting some information, Long Yun learned. The reason why the Soviet Union in reality wanted to engage in "fantasy" was mainly because the stability margin of the An-124 was insufficient. As a transport aircraft, of course, it can meet the requirements, but once it is carried on the "Buran", it becomes difficult to control, and even if it is modified into an "H" tail, it is quite mysterious.

In response to such a difficulty, the Soviet aviation people in the parallel world adopted some flexible workarounds, instead of developing the An-225, which was frightening in size, and moved the carrying position of the shuttle backwards and added a certain counterweight to the front cabin to improve the course stability of the "Ruslan", coupled with the large swept "H" shaped vertical tail, which basically solved the transportation and carrying problem of the "Buran".

Originally, to carry a space shuttle with a length of more than 30 meters, it was not necessary to have a giant like the An-225.

As a comparison, the Americans used a slightly modified "Boeing" 747 many years ago to do similar things, as long as the load and flight performance meet the requirements, the An-124 can also complete the work of carrying the space shuttle, the Soviet Union in the parallel world, the problem of great joy has been greatly improved, tossing out of thin air a six-engine giant transport plane, just to transport the "Buran", this kind of thing will naturally not happen again.

There is no An-225, but there is An-124B, which is really good news for Long Yun's plans.

At the end of the combat meeting, thinking about finding a large plane to carry the Su-27M2 into the battlefield, Long Yun was still worried about how to use the "Dream" to do this job.

Speaking of "fighter-based aircraft," there are many types of large aircraft in the huge Soviet Union, and it seems that there is only one kind of "dream" that really takes on this task; however, this kind of giant aircraft itself is not a master to be served, and other support conditions are not to be discussed for the time being, and there are not even a few large airfields in the vast Far East that can be used for safe take-off and landing, and if it can only take off from the airfields in the hinterland of the Soviet Union, it will not only delay time, but also waste the "dream" flight time, which is a very troublesome thing.

However, later, thinking that there was no An-225 in the parallel world, only the An-124B, he would be full of ambition to hang up the phone to the KGB side to ask about the situation, and now he has received some positive responses, which makes him a little more confident.

The so-called "Buran" is not in good condition, of course, referring to the Soviet space shuttles, but an agreed phrase.

Now that the Space Technology Sub-Bureau has given feedback and reported the situation to the KGB, this agreement is to say that several An-124Bs currently in service in the Space Transport Forces are in good condition and can be used to carry out aircraft carrying missions.

For Long Yun's plan, the carrier platform is only the first step, after all, he and his white 20 are not going to the sea for sightseeing, but to separate from the "Ruslan" after arriving at the predetermined airspace, this set of mechanisms, An-124B naturally has, but they are all designed for the space shuttle, and now since it is intended to be used to carry the Su-27M2, it is impossible to say, and the relevant departments need to work overtime to make changes.

In addition, if you want to control a Sukhoi fighter to take the "Ruslan", and then be able to fight independently from the carrier aircraft, Long Yun's consideration is quite thorough, not only the carrier aircraft must meet the requirements, but the M2 aircraft itself must also have to be modified to do so.

Talking so much freely, the cause and effect of the whole thing is clearly explained, as if listening to the myth of Valentina Kurnotova looked at this man with admiration, to be honest, she felt that the lieutenant general of the aviation was simply conceiving a science fiction story, sitting in a fighter plane and being sent to the field by a transport plane, and then leaving the carrier plane to fight, this kind of thing sounds quite incredible, but it is quite exciting, so she nodded to Viktor with her hands clasped:

"Well, all in all, I think your idea will work!

But don't be forced to do it, you have to deal with it carefully, okay? ”

"No problem, ha, it's not that dangerous."

Using the An-124B to send himself to the depths of the ocean, this kind of thing to say "no danger" is a lie, but Long Yun, who has experienced countless battles in the sky, baptism of blood and fire, does not care at all, he now knows very well that instead of thinking about any "danger" here, it is better to contact Sergei Koneshev stationed at IAPO and let the engineers and skilled workers get the modification matters right.

Thinking of this, he casually said a few words to change the subject, Long Yun reassured Valentina that there was no need to dwell on the matter, and after the two had dinner together, he came to the telephone and made a phone call when the train passed through the Far Eastern city of Svobodne.

The phone "beeped" rang, and soon Koneshev's slightly hoarse voice came out of the receiver, Long Yun first greeted his cold, and chatted with the designer who was preparing to modify the Su-27M2, he first confirmed that a "white twenty" aircraft of the 239th regiment had flown to Irkutsk, and the spare parts and other materials from NAPO had also been airlifted on the road, and then told Sergei Koneshev that one or two "big guys" would arrive at IAPO in the near future, and asked him to prepare for relevant projects. As soon as the plane arrived, work began immediately.

"Oh, - understood, understood, no problem, Comrade General!

When you say 'big guy', you mean An-124B 'Ruslan', haha-ahem, ahem, but what does this have to do with your plans, do you think ...... Well, I think about it, you don't want to combine the two, it's a very interesting, very interesting idea! ”

"Haha! You guessed it, this should be a good guess. ”

After communicating with Koneshev for a while, Long Yun now regards the chief designer of the project of the Sukhoi Design Bureau as his coordinator and program leader at IAPO.

In the Soviet Union, where factories, design bureaus and leading bodies were strictly divided, if you want to concentrate on quickly completing the corresponding combat preparations, of course, it is most convenient to use the power of the KGB, and it is estimated that the committee has also issued relevant orders to the IAPO, and Koneshev, who has obtained authority, is particularly attentive to Viktor Rezenov's explanation, he quickly understood Long Yun's plan, and immediately agreed to complete the An-124B with the assistance of the personnel of the Antonov Design Bureau. Fighter carrying modification work".

After clarifying the matter of "Ruslan", the next thing is the details of the modification of the Su-27M2, and Long Yun entrusted the project to Koneshev with carte blanche to Koneshev, after all, he is a front-line combatant, has no time and energy, and has no technical background, and it is not suitable to mix with the modification of fighters. (To be continued......)