Chapter 179: Admiral Lee's Foreign Visit 2
On the night of November 30, 1940, in the airspace south of the Union
The formation of four planes galloped northwest in the night sky at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, and below the formation was an endless wasteland, which was the Central Asian region of the Alliance, not to mention in this era, even more than eighty years later, this place is actually similar.
In this era when there is no radar and no night fighters, the alliance is similar to many other countries, and the airspace at night is completely open, of course, even during the day, the area that the alliance air force can control is really limited, there is no way, the alliance's air force is in the outer northeast and Europe.
The so-called open airspace is to a large extent to provide navigation and transit refueling services.
Navigation, no satellites, no terrain matching radar, can only rely on the navigator to guide the flight, but in this kind of wasteland area without clear landmarks, even the experienced navigator is confused, at this time the radio guidance of the ground guidance station is needed, but for the MiG-2 transport aircraft is not needed, a number of sets of sophisticated radio equipment can clearly receive and lock the signal of the Berlin radio station, unless there is aimed electronic interference, but at this time the alliance does not have this equipment and tactics.
Transit refueling, the aircraft of this era, the range is limited, many transport planes in the case of heavy loads can not even fly 500 kilometers, if there is no transit airport refueling, just wait for the plane to fall. And you really don't think that you can fly as far as the range is, you should keep emergency fuel on the plane, and it will increase fuel consumption in case of special meteorological conditions, so many times the actual flight range is chosen to be controlled within 60%-80% of the maximum range.
"General Li, do you really want to fly straight to Berlin?" It was Colonel Rudolph who spoke, and as the embassy martial arts hall, he was responsible for accompanying Li Yunlong on his visit to Hans.
Before getting on the plane, he thought that the Yamashiro government had dealt with the coalition government, after all, the foreign policy of the alliance has always been very mysterious, and what Hans couldn't do, the Yamashiro government really could do it, but he could think of it, and the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him actually told him that the formation would fly directly to Berlin.
Direct flight to Berlin, direct flight from the mountain city to Berlin, a straight-line distance of more than 7,500 kilometers, these years, what transport aircraft can fly so far, not to mention a heavy-duty transport plane, as if they were riding this transport plane, next to them is a more than ten tons of Valentine infantry tank, a tank plus more than 100 attachés, weighing more than 20 tons, is there any, carrying 20 tons of load, flying more than 7,500 kilometers to Berlin, how is this possible!
"Colonel, don't worry, the maximum range of this plane is nine thousand kilometers, not to mention Berlin, London is fine." Li Yunlong pursed his lips, said calmly, and tidied up the brand-new military uniform while talking, and the stinky fart did not look good, but no one knew that Lao Li's heart was the same, because on the first day of the test flight, there was a situation where the engine was stopped in the air, six engines, two were parked in the air, one of which was successfully ignited later, but one engine was not re-ignited until it landed.
"General Li, this is really no problem, right?" Tapping the wooden bulkhead lightly with his hand, Colonel Rudolph hesitated, wooden planes are not uncommon in these years, and wooden transport planes are not good, but which of the cutting-edge large long-range transport aircraft is not a steel-bone, aluminum alloy skinned all-metal aircraft, but what is this? Obviously plywood has wood? Even the keel is made of wooden glue, and this is a large transport plane with 20 tons of cargo!
"Don't worry, it's sturdy!" Although the wood skin of the aircraft has not been tested, he has tried the same cork + fiberglass fiber + nylon fiber river motor boat, and when he suppressed the bandits, the bandits failed to penetrate with heavy machine guns, and they were replaced with aluminum alloy of the same thickness, which had already been torn. As for these keels, they look like they are made of wood, but in the inner core, they are also made of special steel, which are directly formed with a 100,000-ton molding machine, and they are extremely strong.
"General, I need to contact the country, the Imperial Air Force needs to send planes to escort you, and I also need to mobilize the air power of friendly countries to respond, you see?" Colonel Rudolph asked tentatively, this is absolutely true, but it is also mixed with purpose, he is eager to enter the cockpit of the plane to have a look, especially if he suspects that the target is still on the plane, even if he cannot enter the cabin, he can find out about the radio station carried by the delegation.
"There's no need, you can use walkie-talkies to contact you directly after entering Hans's airspace." Li Yunlong didn't care, this was specially explained by Wang Yue, as far as the desperate secrecy mechanism of the Hans is concerned, Rudolph here releases the news, and the air force of the alliance over there may come out, and the complete purge of the Hans Labor Party will not start until early next year, and the intelligence force of the alliance in Hans is still quite terrifying at this time?
As for whether Comrade Steel will send fighters to intercept them? There is no need to doubt whether this is good or not, that brain, if you don't order the pilot to hit yourself directly, you will burn high incense.
Just when Rudolph was about to say something, the plane shook violently, so frightened that Rudolph grabbed the fixed strap on the bulkhead at once, it was too scary and woody, and without any warning, I would give you a shake.
"Guys, don't worry, it's just turbulence." At this time, Wang Yue's voice came from the speaker, he didn't fly this kind of plane for a long time, just took the opportunity to add some fuel to the plane, I didn't want the engine to shake, and even the body of the aircraft also had a certain degree of resonance.
This thing is really not to blame Mikoyan, people did not consider this situation when they designed the aircraft, Wang Yue did not lightly and heavily fill a ton of fuel at one time, causing a change in the pressure of the fuel tank, which made the engine go wrong, so that the suspension came to a full flame.
"Colonel, don't worry, this is the safest transport plane in the world." Li Yunlong closed his eyes and recuperated after saying a stinky sentence, he also had to slow down, this Nima is too scary, is it obvious that there is a problem with the engine, the turbulence of bullshit, really our old Li has a problem with his ears.
Colonel Rudolph has a feeling of a dog in the sun, seeing Li Yunlong wrapped in a heavy cloak and pretending to sleep, all that is left in his eyes is envy, this is six thousand meters in the air, the temperature is close to zero, he is still wearing an autumn dress, and his teeth are chattering from the cold, okay?
It's also strange, also wearing single clothes, how can other people not be cold?