Chapter 950 Buy One Get One Free Cruise Missile?

Chapter 950 Buy one get one free... Cruise missiles?

Since they had never encountered such a large parachute before, and they had to release three at a time, the ground crew was a little flustered.

As a result, the interval between each plane landing was a little long.

Fortunately, the range of these Tu-160s was sufficient, and there was no worry of fuel shortage.

It was not until most of the sun was hidden below the horizon that the last plane, numbered "Red 14", finally landed smoothly on the ground.

Soon, the four planes parked in two rows at the door of the long-prepared hangar in a head-to-head manner.

Of course, it can also be said to be two columns.

At this time, the crowd on the viewing platform was already a little eager to move.

Just now, everyone had seen the posture of this kind of aircraft in the sky through the telescope.

And now, of course, they can't help but want to observe it up close.

However, in the airport, the sky is big and the earth is big, and the tower is the biggest.

Therefore, after the four planes turned off their engines, set the wheel chocks, and finally confirmed that they were completely safe, several minibuses slowly drove over and took these dozens of people to the parking area a few hundred meters away.

At this time, pilots wearing two different flight uniforms also climbed out of the hatch behind the front landing gear one after another--

This pick-up mission took less than 10 days at most. It was a pipe dream to learn to operate such a complex behemoth in such a short time.

Therefore, during the return flight, the captain and navigator-operator of each aircraft were second-rate pilots hired from their original units.

Only the co-pilot and navigator (actually the bombing system controller) were from the Chinese Air Force.

And these eight second-rate pilots will also stay here for a long time as instructors together with the ground crew who will arrive later.

"Report!"

A pilot trotted to Qiao Chenqing.

Although there was no military rank on the flight suit, and he didn't even have time to take off his flight helmet, no one could really recognize his identity.

But judging from this set of smooth movements, he is most likely the commander of the entire flight mission.

Sure enough, the other party raised his hand and saluted Qiao Chenqing:

"Li Dewen, the commander of the 108th Regiment of the 36th Air Force Division, has successfully completed the mission of picking up the plane and returning to China. I report to you and ask for instructions!"

In the cold wind of early winter in the northwest region, Qiao Chenqing also stood at attention and returned the same standard military salute:

"Congratulations on your successful completion of the mission. This will be a day recorded in the history of the Chinese Air Force."

"Return to the team and have a good rest!"

Under normal circumstances, at this time, Commander Li Dewen should answer yes and then do what he should do.

After all, he has been flying for almost ten hours in a row and really needs to rest.

However, he did not do so.

Instead, he took a step forward and approached Qiao Chenqing, saying in a voice that only a few people nearby could hear:

"Boss Qiao, when we were at Ermao's place, we had a relationship with the person in charge there... um... so..."

Looking at Li Dewen who was hesitant in speaking, Qiao Chenqing frowned slightly:

"Did you make a mistake?"

The former quickly shook his head like a rattle:

"That's not the case..."

"Well... if you didn't make a mistake, why are you hesitating here..."

Qiao Chenqing's heart, which had just been hanging in the air, finally settled down:

"If you have something to say, just say it directly. These are all our own people."

It was obvious that Li Dewen was waiting for this sentence:

"So when we returned, Ermao secretly brought us some more gifts..."

"Bring things?"

Qiao Chenqing leaned slightly and looked at the dozen pilots who climbed out of the cabin:

"What?"

Obviously, his understanding was slightly biased, thinking that the "gifts" in Li Dewen's mouth referred to small gadgets such as local specialties.

However, Chang Haonan, who was at a later position, saw some clues.

"Boss Qiao, look over there..."

He pointed to the "Red 24" parked farthest from the crowd.

That was the plane that Li Dewen personally brought.

"What's going on..."

Qiao Chenqing was about to ask what happened when he noticed that the belly magazine of Red 24 was actually open.

Considering that the Il-76 transport aircraft group that transported related auxiliary equipment would not arrive until the next day, it was obviously impossible for the ground crew on the Chinese side to do it.

It could only be opened from the cockpit before the crew members got off the plane.

So, Qiao Chenqing also had some vague guesses.

However, seeing is believing.

He gestured over there:

"Let's go and take a look."

Several people followed Li Dewen's footsteps and quickly came to the front of the No. 1 hangar.

Standing at the feet of this Tu-160, Chang Haonan suddenly had a sense of fantasy of time and space interweaving-

Red 24.

In the original timeline, this was the first Tu-160 bomber to be completely dismantled.

Before that, it had only flown for about 470 hours in total.

In this life, it was reborn in a slightly magical way in a great Eastern country thousands of miles away.

Including another one, the red 14 with the largest crowd gathered around it.

It was the second one to be dismantled that year.

The flight time was even shorter, only 110 hours...

Chang Haonan almost uncontrollably raised his head and looked at the nose of the plane that seemed to be several stories high.

He didn't feel it before because he was far away, but now that he was standing in front of it, he felt it in one word.

Big.

In fact, Chang Haonan had also seen the Boeing 747 with a larger takeoff weight.

But the two aircraft gave people completely different feelings.

If I have to say, the Tu-160, as a strategic bomber, has a slim and elegant appearance, but it still reveals an indescribable aggressiveness.

There was even a moment when Chang Haonan felt that he had difficulty breathing.

"Several leaders, follow me."

Li Dewen turned around and waved his hand, signaling Chang Haonan and others to follow.

Then, he walked through the huge bomb bay door and came to the bottom of the belly bomb bay.

"Wow——"

"Oh my god——"

"This is..."

The moment the bomb bay came into view, several people exclaimed in different styles——

Due to the nuclear weapons limitation agreement signed before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, all Tu-160 and B1B had their free-fall bomb racks removed from the fuselage.

Therefore, these two longitudinally distributed internal bomb bays became the only places where bombs could be hung.

And, unlike most of its bomber counterparts, the Tu-160 did not even consider carrying traditional bombs in the bomb bay.

There are only two cruise missile rotary launchers with a structure similar to a revolver.

And one of them is now right above everyone's head.

Of course, if it were just like this, there would actually be nothing shocking.

What really made everyone exclaim together was the "gift" that Li Dewen had just mentioned.

This rotary launcher located in the front of the red No. 24 aircraft actually had three cruise missiles neatly hung on it!

"Is this... kh55?"

The first to react was Chang Haonan.

In fact, China had obtained the technical information of KH55 from some channels in the previous life, and finally vigorously promoted the research and development of Changjian 10 cruise missile.

However, the live ammunition of KH55 was definitely not obtained.

"Yes."

Li Dewen nodded:

"And... it can be launched."

"Wait a minute..."

Following closely behind was Qiao Chenqing.

However, he immediately realized a very serious problem:

"Shouldn't these things be destroyed?"

"You brought back three missiles...Are you sure there won't be any discrepancies?"

"This...actually, we only found out after we went there."

Li Dewen hurriedly explained:

"In the Soviet weapons naming system, the kh55 with nuclear warheads and the kh55 with conventional warheads are assigned two different equipment serial numbers."

Qiao Chenqing immediately understood the meaning of this sentence:

"So...these missiles were no longer on the destruction list from the beginning?"

"That's right."

Li Dewen replied:

"Otherwise, we would definitely not dare to bring them back..."

"..."

For a while, no one answered.

There were only a few people breathing around.

It seemed as if the air was about to solidify.

"Go and ask Yan Kun to find a few reliable comrades to take key care of this plane."

After an unknown amount of time, Qiao Chenqing finally spoke:

"Also, guide the visitors and don't let them get too close to the two planes on the inside!"