The first thousand one hundred and eighty chapters are difficult to take off (a)
Historically, the Soviet Air Force and the Navy bombed separately. The first bomb was carried out by the Navy, and then the Air Force carried out several times one after another. But now, in order to achieve good results and for political propaganda, the Navy and Air Force bombers gathered on the island of Ezeli in Estonia. They will perform a great feat against the capital of that evil country and throw the bombs over Berlin!
Ye Jinni sat in his cockpit. This naval DB-3 bomber was a twin-engine medium-sized bomber developed by the Ileutian Design Bureau in 1936. Its main structure was a steel pipe frame leather fuselage that was popular in the 1930s.
This type of aircraft was widely equipped in the Soviet army. A total of 1,528 were built between 1936 and 1939. All of them were replaced with vish-3 variable pitch propellers in 39 years, and their performance was greatly improved.
This bomber is also the main bomber of the Navy Aviation Corps. Its performance is relatively stable, but its range is seriously insufficient. Like the US B-25's idea of bombing, they achieved it by reducing the loading volume and increasing the oil load.
Now, this type of bomber only carries 750 kilograms of bombs. You should know that even a Stuka can carry a one-ton bomb.
This kind of bomb is just better than nothing, and the propaganda is more meaningful.
At this time, a fuel tank was added inside the aircraft, and the entire aircraft was still heavy.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Germans, only three bonfires were lit on the side of the soiled runway, which were respectively at the end and middle of the runway to indicate the direction.
Proficiently tweaking the various electric gates, the m-87a engines on both sides were started in a roar. Then, Ye Jinni pushed the operating lever, released the brakes, and the plane slid onto the soil runway.
There was some bumpyness, and he gently increased the throttle. The engines on both sides made a roar. When they reached the middle of the runway, they burst out with 950 horsepower. The plane continued to accelerate. When he saw the fire at the end, he pulled the operating lever and the bomber flew into the sky easily.
Take off on a soiled runway and must be gentle.
This medium-sized bomber, with only three crew members, the pilot and bomb dropper sitting in front, entered the working state from this time. In the darkness, he could only use the simple radio compass to guide the aircraft to the right direction, and he would never have a trek.
Compared with the advanced navigation equipment of the Germans, the Soviet Union was much behind, but now the pilots in the takeoff crew are the most experienced people, and they believe in their abilities.
DB-3 bombers took off from the runway. Behind them, the Pet-8 bombers were preparing for takeoff. Compared to naval pilots who were used to taking off on earth runways, the Air Force bomber troops had many difficulties from the beginning.
The Pé-8 is a large four-engine bomber, almost comparable to the German Junker-290, but on the outside, in fact, the mechanical failures of this aircraft are emerging one after another.
Major Constantine Yegorov sat in his cabin, and his plane ranked first.
Now, the db-3 has taken off for twenty minutes, and their plane has been completed. Constantine looked at the pile of firewood outside, and several soldiers are adding firewood to it and letting it continue to burn.
Against the backdrop of firewood, Pei-8 began to set off.
“Engine 1 starts.”
“Engine 4 starts.”
Four engines were starting up in an orderly manner. Constantine stared at the large row of instruments in front of him, especially the most important oil pump pressure. Multiple flights proved that mechanical failures all started with the oil pressure pump.
All four engines finally started. He pushed open the window on his side and watched the propeller rotate, reflecting the fire of firewood, and he released the brakes.
"Note, we're about to take off."
Each Pet-8 bomber has 11 crew members. At this time, they are ready to fight in their respective positions.
This time they will take great risks. Although it is night bombing and many difficulties, they will never retreat because of this. This is their glorious mission!
The engine was rumbling, and the Per-8 bombers began to slide on the runway. They accelerated faster than the Navy's DB-3 bombers. After all, they had to drive full power when taking off on such a short runway.
The wheels kept jogging on the ground, causing the entire plane to tremble. The Pet-8 bomber swayed and accelerated from the runway.
Just at the end of the runway, Constantine pulled the operating lever. At this moment, he was still nervous. What if he couldn't fly? The runway was too short and the speed was not enough.
Fortunately, as he pulled the operating rod, the more than 30-ton Per-8 bomber successfully left the runway, pulled it up at the end, spreading its wings and flew into the blue sky.
Fortunately, they had already flown up, so they climbed to the cruise altitude, waited for the planes behind them, and formed together to fly to Berlin.
The engine was still roaring, pulling the Per-8 bomber up. Suddenly, Constantine saw the instrument in front of him, and the pointer began to shake irregularly.
Oh, damn! Constantine suddenly became nervous in her heart: "Mechanic, hurry up, reduce the engine fuel supply!"
The current PES-8 is equipped with the latest ACH-30b diesel engine. The performance of this engine is still quite poor, especially the fuel flow of the engine must be corrected by the crew themselves.
This is not a problem of mediating the accelerator. The air intake is different at high altitude and low altitude. The engine oil intake must be adjusted according to the different air intake. This is a meticulous task.
Every time I take off, the mechanic is specially adjusted. Who would have thought that in the tension, the mechanic actually forgot it.
Constantine shouted loudly and turned her head nervously to look at the engine. Sure enough, the four engines on both sides had already started to spray black smoke. The fuel was injected too much and it was not completely burning, so it was time to turn off the engine next.
Be quick!
The mechanic then reacted and nervously twisted the knobs. The two engines on the right finally reduced the black smoke and began to get normal. However, the two engines on the left were too late.
The propeller stopped rotating, and with the power on the right, the plane immediately began to deviate to the left. Constantine pushed his operating lever hard to the right, but it was useless.
The plane turned left half a circle, and then fell down suddenly, like a big rock.
Chapter completed!