Chapter 1428 Korolev and Glushko

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Ukrainian, his name is familiar to those who are engaged in aerospace, the great designer and organizer of the Soviet aerospace industry, the first missile with a range of more than 8000 The designer of the kilometer intercontinental rocket (ballistic missile), the designer of the first artificial earth satellite carrier rocket, the chief designer of the first manned spaceship, etc.

It can be said that if the Nobel Prize could have been awarded to the Soviet Union at that time, he would have won the award more than once. Even during the Cold War, what he made was a beneficial contribution to all mankind.

The earth is the cradle of mankind, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever. For the aerospace industry, Korolev is the one who sent mankind out of the cradle.

However, Korolev is now a prisoner.

This is of course the reason for the big cleaning.

At the age of 37, a vigorous purge began. Like many innocent people, Korolev was sentenced. Compared with those who were shot, he was lucky.

He was only sentenced to ten years and went to Siberia as a coolie.

At that time, many scientists were sent to prison. In an instant, the Soviets found that they had no scientific research strength, so many people came out again, such as the famous aircraft designer Tupolev and others.

After they came out, they still cared about their colleagues in the prison. Polev and Korolev were good friends. He made many requests to the Central Committee of the CPSU to let Korolev leave the prison and resume normal work. .

At this time, the Soviet Union noticed that Germany had successfully developed ballistic missiles. Although the range was not far, it was also a terrible killer, and the talents who developed rockets in the Soviet Union were all in prison.

So Korolev was released, transferred to Special Prison No. 4, and started developing rockets again.

However, they still need to work. They work during the day and can only work at night. Working long hours every day is a kind of damage to their bodies.

The person who put Korolev into it was Beria. Now, Beria is a member of the National Defense Council, the highest authority in the wartime state, and his tasks range from intelligence and diplomacy to organizing the construction of fortifications, the retreat of factories and the production of weapons.

He knew the importance of the rocket to the Soviets, and he also knew the importance of Korolev, so he was ready to provide Korolev with better conditions to work.

Matters are important. For Beria, excavating the labor force of every prisoner and quickly building an oil city here is the most important thing for him at present. Now that a huge oil field has been mined, he can already explain to Moscow, so Talents like Korolev can give them a better stage to play.

Beria was the most resolute in carrying out Stalin's orders back then, and after Stalin's death, Beria was also very active in quelling the rebellion of the prisoners in the Great Purge.

Beria knew that these were the Soviets' most valuable personnel.

Korolev didn't know what attitude he should use to treat Beria, or he didn't care about such a problem, and he focused on the rocket.

The Soviet rockets will come out under his hands!

After a cigarette was finished, Korolev's calculations were completed, and he turned his head, looked at Beria, and said, "I hope Glushko can work with me."

For Korolev, he had to have Glushko's help.

Valentin Petrovich Glushko, a rocket engine expert from the Soviet Union, was imprisoned together with Korolev. Korolev wanted to build a rocket without a suitable engine. Glushko is a must.

(For their relationship, the hero of East China is really quite a sigh. Without Glushko, there would be no glory of Korolev, but on the rocket engine for the moon landing, Korolev and Glushko parted ways, and would rather To come up with countless N1 rockets with parallel engines, no RD270 is needed. I won't show off here, everyone in the province is talking about cheating words.)

"No problem." Beria readily agreed.

This time, a large oil well with abundant reserves has been drilled. In short, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Beria looked at the petroleum gas in the burning oil well and was quite satisfied.

No one knew that a long-range reconnaissance plane was flying in the sky at this time.

Long voyages are boring, because the volume in the cabin is limited, so it is impossible to create a small lounge like the Junkers-390 and let people sleep in beds.

They can only stick to their positions, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside, time is passing little by little.

After flying over the Caspian Sea, over Kazakhstan, and after calibrating its course at several landmarks, the long-range Junkers-86P reconnaissance aircraft is still flying slowly.

Yes, according to the fighter's speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour, its speed is definitely slow enough, but in terms of altitude and range, it cannot be compared to it.

The height of 15,000 kilometers has already exceeded the height of the troposphere. There will be no adverse weather effects here, and there will be no special airflow. Their flight is very stable, except for the unique sound of diesel engines. Nothing special anymore.

Along the way, they can take turns to rest, only the navigator Stigler has been working, he has to make sure the correct route.

The terrain below, in his eyes, looked like a curved turn on the map. He was constantly comparing them. The sun shone into the cabin from the west, and the entire cabin was shining with golden light.

"Attention, about to fly over the target, ready to take pictures." Stigler shouted.

After a long flight, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and they would soon reach the sky above the target.

As a reconnaissance plane, its main equipment is the aerial camera. After improvement, it can carry three high-precision cameras. As long as it flies once, it can take enough pictures of the target and take it back for research.

After flying for so long, it is time to wait for the opportunity now! Everyone cheered up and flew all the way. The Soviets did not respond. It seems that the route here is absolutely fine.

Suddenly, Stigler shouted, "I see the well burning!"

They are actually drilling new oil wells, and more than one!

It is basic common sense that only newly opened oil wells will ignite it.

Underground energy, oil and gas layers are generally gas-liquid-solid three-phase coexistence of crude oil, natural gas, water and other solid impurities.

Although it is an oil field, there will always be a small amount of natural gas in it. It is good to be able to separate it for storage and use, but the cost of adding a natural gas separation system is far more expensive than the value of this small amount of natural gas. times, so might as well burn it.

These natural gas are directly discharged into the atmosphere, which is very unsafe. Once caught in a fire, a fire or even an explosion will occur. Especially if it is shrouded in the air above the oil field and is directly discharged, as the concentration continues to increase, it may turn the entire oil field into a terrifying scene like a thermobaric bomb.

Therefore, these gases must be burned under controllable conditions to ensure safety before the well is drilled and extracted.