Chapter 2384: Surging Heart (Part 2)

With the golden words of Tupolev, a great master, Comrade Stalin immediately gave an order.

"Try to obtain the complete aircraft of the new American strategic bomber as much as possible. If it is really impossible to achieve, then the next best thing is to ask for its aircraft engine prototype and a full set of design drawings and technical data. This is the bottom line of the negotiation and no retreat is allowed."

The Americans are unwilling to give up the B29, which is full of treasures.

Even if they are surprised at why the Soviets across the negotiating table know so much about their latest highly confidential strategic weapons, know their situation well, and know them like the back of their hands, they must not give what they should not give, no matter how good you, the Soviets, are.

Seeing that the Americans were not fooled, the Soviet representatives had no choice but to report the situation to the Kremlin and ask whether the alternative plan could be implemented. The answer they received was as expected, and they were agreed.

But even if they retreated to this step, the Americans, who were stingy by nature, were still unwilling to "give up the pain". They were unwilling to give up the entire B29, and even the entire power system, and they even called it "the top military secrets of the United States must not be leaked, this is impossible." The Soviet representative, who was so angry that he laughed on the spot, was also unceremonious and sneered.

"Since we can sit here, it means that we are making a deal with what we want to get."

"No one will hand over their unique skills and treasures for no reason, Mr. Ambassador. In our Soviet Union, even elementary school students know that if they want candies of other flavors in their classmates' hands, they have to exchange their own candies or toys. What you want to get from our country is a top military secret that will never be leaked. Now that your negotiation attitude is insincere, I think we don't have to waste time here any more.

"Looking forward to meeting you in Berlin, provided that you are really able to keep up with our pace, if you can do it. "

Seeing the Soviet representative leading his group of people and about to leave, the ambassador, who was being urged by the military's several telegrams of inquiry every day, was completely disappointed. Taking the initiative to come to the door and negotiate conditions on their territory, it was already quite good to be able to talk to this point. The Soviets were giving face. What else do you want?

"You just told the story of your Soviet elementary school students. Let's talk about how the candy tastes?"

The Soviet representative, who was about to leave with his back to the American ambassador, raised the corner of his mouth, but it was only limited to the situation of his back to the American ambassador. When he turned around again, his face had returned to the serious expression during the negotiation just now, and he was smiling.

"Then let's start with American-style candy, Mr. Ambassador. ”

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What happened afterwards was just some superficial wrangling, but in fact, there would be no significant changes in the standard negotiation closing process.

The Americans, who were cut by the knife and had to smile despite the pain, finally got what Comrade Stalin wanted: the Wright R-3350 twin-cyclonic 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, along with all the related documents and drawings. This is the most important heart that gives the B29 super combat power.

With it, the Soviet Union can build its own advanced long-range heavy bomber, overtaking on the curve and saving a lot of bottlenecks and troubles that will inevitably be encountered during the development process.

After hearing the news, he rubbed his hands excitedly. Comrade Tupolev did not sleep well the whole night.

The intelligence obtained from the United States has proved what an excellent long-range heavy bomber the B29 is, which can be called an epoch-making masterpiece in the history of human aviation industry. Now I finally have the opportunity to touch its heart and try to catch up with it, surpass it, and create the top aviation masterpiece of the Soviet Union. How can this not be exciting for an aviation master?

The Americans are honest and trustworthy, but of course there is no way to be dishonest and trustworthy.

Barter, everyone brings their own goods to exchange, and they are not afraid that you Americans will fake the things you give them.

If you dare to fake, immediately pack up all the people you are in class and throw them away. If you want to start Lashenko's class? No way!

Several key performance parameters of B29 have long been mastered by the Soviet intelligence system, and the only thing missing is to get the real thing and some missing information. Therefore, as long as these performance parameters are compared with the goods actually sent by the Americans, the truth will be immediately revealed whether the goods have been castrated or not, and whether they are genuine. There is no room for falsification or castration.

The Americans, who probably guessed that their mess had been infiltrated by the Soviet Union, could only accept it in the end. The original B29 engine with no performance castration was packed and delivered together with a full set of information and drawings.

At the same time, the officers were arranged to go to the Soviet Union for training. You should take classes and receive training, and want to end this transaction as soon as possible, so as to avoid any more trouble from the Russians, such as blocking your classes and blackmailing you. They have plenty of ways to deal with you on their own territory.

But Comrade Stalin, who thought he had made a lot of money at that time, did not know that even without this transaction, the Soviet Union would get the complete B29 that landed in Far East Siberia in a few months, and more than one.

At that time, the Soviet Union could also build its own cutting-edge strategic bomber based on reverse mapping and imitation, but it would be more troublesome without the full set of technical information provided by the Americans. After all, reverse mapping and imitation also takes time.

If we insist on saying that this early transaction brought any substantial benefits to the Soviet Union, it is probably that it brought forward the time to obtain the core key technology of B29 and shortened the difficulty of subsequent imitation engineering, which are foreseeable.

But the most surprising thing is that it also derived another unexpected result: the transformation and upgrading of the existing Pei 8 bomber.

Yes, the Red Army has never given up on transforming and upgrading the existing Pei 8 heavy bomber and improving its performance. The key lies in the unsatisfactory engine.

However, the situation has not been very smooth. The reliability of the early engine was poor, and the reliability problem of the later model was solved, but the performance of the engine was far from that of the American engine. It was not a class at all, which seriously restricted the combat effectiveness of the bomber.

The development of a new heavy bomber still needs time. People can wait for equipment, but war cannot.

If the heavy bombing capability of the Red Army Air Force can be quickly enhanced, it will bring great benefits to the later offensive into the German mainland. The efficiency of the transformation and upgrading project will be quite high, and it is completely worth investing enough energy to do it immediately.

Moreover, it can also help the development of subsequent new heavy bombers, accumulate engine assembly and use experience, and explore the way first, which is a great thing to kill two birds with one stone.

With the full set of "generous help" from the Americans, the imitation and production of the engine went quite smoothly.

Although the hastily imitated finished product still has a certain performance gap compared with the original American goods, and the service life and average trouble-free hours are also inferior, the subsequent batches of engines still need to be finely polished and optimized and upgraded.

But this powerful engine with a maximum output power of over 2,000 horsepower has already delighted the generals of the Red Army Air Force.

With it, all the existing "difficult and complicated problems" of the Pei-8 will be solved, and the performance will undoubtedly be greatly improved. However, the difficulty of modifying a subsonic propeller heavy bomber to adapt the engine is lower and easier than the difficulty of imitating the engine.

Anyway, there is no pursuit of perfection in the war years. Even if it is not so perfect, just make do with it and make it almost usable.

At least you should let the troops use it first, and then you can slowly polish and solve the subsequent fine-tuning problems.

The Red Army has always done this in the past, and this time is no exception.

In fact, it can be said from another angle:

If he had not personally taught and trained, Malashenko would not have seen the new Pe-8s above his head, which have been slightly elongated and slightly wider than the original, especially the four engine nacelles on the wide wings, all of which have become thicker and stronger. Under the wing roots on both sides, two large black gas tanks are hung on each side, flying overhead.

Malashenko, who saw this scene clearly in the telescope, certainly knew that a doomsday-style destruction that was even more violent than the previous tsunami bombardment was about to come, and it would descend on the already devastated Zelo Heights.

Compared with the impending destruction, everything that just happened is not worth mentioning.