#1225 Flight Instructor Roy (Plus 2)

At that time, Germany was preparing to cross the strait, and the fighter planes were frequented every day. The Royal Air Force could not wait. After receiving military assistance from the United States, it immediately ordered 650 P-39 fighters, which were renamed P-39 after modification. 400 (or "Flying Snake" Mk I).

But when Britain sent pilots to the United States to test the plane, they immediately changed their minds.

The British quickly discovered that the P-39 was almost useless except for its firepower, so the British quickly cancelled most of the "Flying Snake" orders they had ordered, so that a large number of Flying Snake fighters were vacated.

Bell Company was quite depressed. No one wanted any of these planes. They ate dirt on the company's open air apron and became surplus materials.

This time, I just took this opportunity to throw these surplus materials to the Soviet Union.

Can the Soviet Union not? their every choice.

Roosevelt's words made many people present nod their heads. They not only helped the Soviet Union, but also emptied the remaining materials. Moreover, it was leased to the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union would have to repay the debt in the future.

"Then this matter is settled." Roosevelt said: "The most important thing now is to transport materials to the Soviet Union. In our current situation, we can only go to the former Soviet Union through the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean routes."

The current situation in the United States is not good. With the deterioration of the situation in the Pacific, it is difficult for the American fleet to swagger in the Pacific and send it directly to the Soviet Far East.

The United States can only be sent to the western region of the Soviet Union by going through the Arctic Ocean. Fortunately, now that summer is coming, the Arctic Ocean route is safer.

Compared with history, the United States provided support to the Soviet Union earlier, this is entirely because of the bad changes in the situation.

When Britain, the only free-radical base in Europe, also fell, the United States could not get involved in Europe at all. Germany's strong military power made the United States very jealous. Once Germany conquered the Soviet Union, the United States would not be able to survive on its own even in the New World.

America must help the Soviet Union!

Northwestern corner of the USSR, ice-free port, Murmansk.

This is a strange place. Geographically speaking, it has penetrated more than 300 kilometers into the Arctic Circle. It is an authentic Arctic port city.

Therefore, there is a common phenomenon in the Arctic, that is, polar night and polar day, there is a long night for one and a half months in a year, and there are two long days for two months.

Generally speaking, in the Arctic region, it should be covered with ice and snow, but because of the influence of the North Atlantic warm current, although the temperature is very low, the harbour never freezes throughout the year, and the sea temperature is not low even in the coldest months. At 3 degrees Celsius, it is navigable all year round.

Therefore, the excellent geographical conditions here have become a natural port in the north, and the nearby Severomorsk (later called it, it should now be called Vaniga) is the headquarters of the Soviet Northern Fleet.

Up to now, the Northern Fleet of the Soviet Union is just an ordinary small fleet, its scale is not large, and due to its geographical location, in this world war, the Northern Fleet participated in very few wars.

Although it does not freeze all the year round, after all, it is too far north to have much value, especially when Petersburg is taken down and the Finnish army advances eastward, it will become an island at any time, and it will not have much value.

Aside from sporadic fighting with Finland, there isn't much fighting going on here.

It's always been quiet here, only fishing boats going back and forth, no one noticed some boats without any flags passing through Iceland to get here.

At this time, at the Naval Air Base in Vaniga, the head of the regiment, Boris Feoktistovich Safonov, was waiting eagerly with some of the best pilots he had carefully selected.

A large number of aircraft were transported by ships, and now, a small number of P-39 fighter jets, piloted by American pilots, have flown directly here.

On the one hand, it is to let Soviet pilots get these fighter jets as soon as possible, and another reason is that after these American pilots arrive, they will serve as instructors to help Soviet pilots familiarize themselves with this kind of aircraft and have combat capability as soon as possible.

Safonov is very excited. He was originally an Air Force pilot, transferred to the Navy a few years ago, and is now the commander of the Navy's 78th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Their aircraft was originally the most backward I-16 fighter. With this backward aircraft, he once shot down the German BF109.

Although after investigation, these BF109s were piloted by hired pilots, not the planes of German pilots. He was still the pride of the Soviet naval aviation, and those who could shoot down BF109s were the best.

However, the backwardness of the aircraft is an indisputable fact, and now, his aviation unit will receive these fighters in the first batch, which is of course the most exciting for them.

In addition to them, there are several experts from the Air Force Academy of Sciences, including chief engineer Rabkin, Usatov, Ivanov, and Nikisin, as well as test pilot Grofastov .

After learning that the first batch of aircraft in the United States was about to arrive, they came here, hoping to conduct test flights of these fighters as soon as possible, write a flight outline, determine the flight quality, and create a foundation for equipping troops in large quantities as soon as possible.

After all, in the past, the Soviets produced their own aircraft, and this was the first time such an imported product.

They raised their heads and looked at the sky. At this time, three silver fighter jets were coming towards them over the sea in the northwest.

On the first lead plane, pilot Roy looked at the base that was about to arrive in the distance, and his heart was full.

Just a few years ago, Roy, though a veteran of flying and not serving in the military, was a flight instructor at an aviation club.

Until now, he still remembered that the most impressive pilot he had ever brought was Rick, the German-born pilot who had a unique ability to master flying.

Later, Rick left and returned to Germany. In response to Hitler's call at that time, it is said that he entered the German Navy and became a naval aviation force.

And now, with the continuous development of the war, the United States has also been involved. After Pearl Harbor was bombed, Roy joined the American army. This time, as a flight instructor, he flew a P-39 fighter jet to the Soviet Union.

The United States and Germany also entered a state of hostility. Roy thought of the young pilot. I wonder if the next time we meet, will it be on the battlefield?

"Attention, we are about to reach the Vaniga base ahead and prepare to enter the landing route." Roy, as the lead pilot, shouted to the wingman behind.