Chapter 1182 Difficult Take-Off (1)

Historically, the Soviet Air Force and Navy bombed separately, the Navy carried out the first bombing, and then the Air Force carried out several successive bombings, but now, in order to achieve good results, for political propaganda, the Navy and the Air Force The bombers, assembled on the island of Ezeli in Estonia, will go to the capital of that evil country and perform a great feat, dropping bombs over Berlin!

Yekini sits in his cockpit. This naval DB-3 bomber is a twin-engine medium bomber developed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau in 1936. The main structure is the steel frame skin fuselage popular in the 1930s. .

This type of aircraft was widely equipped in the Soviet army. A total of 1,528 aircraft were built between 1936 and 1939. In 1939, they were all replaced with Vish-3 variable pitch propellers, and their performance had been greatly improved.

This bomber is also the main bomber of the naval aviation, and its performance is relatively stable, but its range is seriously insufficient. Like the American B-25's bombing idea, they did it by reducing the amount of ammunition and increasing the amount of fuel.

Now, this kind of bomber only carries 750 kilograms of bombs. You know, even a Stuka can carry a ton of bombs.

A bomb of this magnitude is better than nothing, and the propaganda is more meaningful.

At this time, the fuel tank was added inside the aircraft, and the whole aircraft was still heavy.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Germans, three bonfires were only lit on the side of the earthy runway, at the end and the middle of the runway, respectively, to indicate the orientation.

Skillfully flipping the switches, the M-87A engines on both sides were started with a roar, then Yejinni pushed the lever, released the brakes, and the plane slid onto the soil runway.

There was some turbulence, he gently increased the throttle, the engines on both sides made a roar, and when it reached the middle of the runway, the power of 950 horsepower broke out, and the plane continued to accelerate. When he saw the fire at the end, he pulled the operation. rod, and the bomber took to the sky with ease.

Taking off on a dirt runway must be gentle.

This medium-sized bomber has only three crew members. The navigator and bombardier sitting in front has entered the working state from this time. In the dark, he can only use a simple radio compass to guide the aircraft to the correct position. , there must be no trek.

Compared with the advanced navigation equipment of the Germans, the Soviet Union is far behind. However, the pilots of the crew taking off now are the most experienced people, and they believe in their abilities.

One after another DB-3 bombers took off from the runway. Behind them, the Pe-8 bombers were preparing for takeoff. Compared with their counterparts in the Navy who are used to taking off on soil runways, the Air Force The bomber force, which took off from the very beginning, was fraught with difficulties.

The Pe-8 is a large four-engine bomber, almost comparable to the German Junkers-290, but only in appearance. In fact, the mechanical failure of this aircraft is endless.

Major Konstantin Yegorov sat in his cabin, his plane taking the first place.

Now that the DB-3 had taken off for twenty minutes, their plane was not complete, and Constantine looked out at the pile of firewood, where several soldiers were adding firewood to keep it burning.

Against the backdrop of the fire of firewood, Pei-8 began to set off.

"Engine number one starts."

"Engine four starts."

The four engines were starting in an orderly manner. Constantine stared at the large row of instruments in front of him, especially the most important oil pump pressure. Many flights have proved that mechanical failures all start from the oil pressure pump. .

The four engines finally started, and he pushed open the window on his side, watching the rotation of the propeller, against the fire of the firewood, he released the brakes.

"Watch out, we're about to take off."

Each Pei-8 bomber has 11 crew members. At this time, in their respective positions, they are all ready to fight.

On this expedition, they will take a lot of risks. Although it is night bombing and difficult, they will never back down because of this. This is their glorious mission!

The engines were rumbling, and the Pe-8 bombers began to roll down the runway. They accelerated faster than the Navy's DB-3 bombers. After all, they had to run at full power to take off on such a short runway.

The wheels were constantly bumping on the ground, causing the entire plane to tremble. The Pe-8 bomber swayed and accelerated from the runway.

At the end of the runway, Constantine pulled the lever. At this moment, he was still very uneasy. What if he couldn't fly? The runway is too short and the speed is not enough.

Fortunately, as he pulled the operating lever, the more than 30-ton Pe-8 bomber successfully left the runway, pulled up at the end, and spread its wings into the blue sky.

Fortunately, it was already flying, and then it climbed to cruising altitude, waited for the planes behind, formed a formation, and flew to Berlin.

The engine was still roaring, pulling the Pe-8 bomber to climb. Suddenly, Constantine saw the instrument in front of him, and the needle began to shake irregularly.

Oh damn! Constantine suddenly became nervous in his heart: "Mechanic, hurry up, reduce the fuel supply of the engine!"

The current Pe-8 is equipped with the latest ACH-30B diesel engine. The performance of this engine is still quite bad, especially, the fuel flow of the engine has to be corrected by the crew.

This is not a matter of adjusting the throttle. At high altitude and low altitude, the intake air volume is different, and it is necessary to adjust the fuel intake of the engine according to the difference in intake air volume. This is a delicate job.

Every time it takes off, it is specially adjusted by the mechanic. Who would have thought that the mechanic would forget it when he was nervous.

While shouting loudly, Konstantin turned his head nervously to look at the engine. Sure enough, the four engines on the left and right sides had already started spewing black smoke. The fuel was sprayed too much and the combustion was incomplete, so it was time to turn off the flame.

Be quick!

Only then did the mechanic react, and he nervously turned the knobs. The two engines on the right finally reduced the black smoke and began to return to normal. However, the two engines on the left were too late.

The propeller stopped turning, and with the power from the right, the plane immediately began to yaw to the left, and Constantine pushed his control stick to the right, but it was useless.

The plane turned half a turn to the left, and then fell down like a big rock.