Chapter 1593 Leonid's Defection (Plus 1)
"Buzz, buzz." With the roar of the starter, black smoke came out of the exhaust pipe, and the Allison V-1710-63 engine was started smoothly. As it started, the turbine issued a A whistling whistle.
This kind of engine has also been strengthened, and the turbine has been modified. In order for the Soviets to win this war, the United States has indeed made a great contribution.
Then, Leonid pushed the throttle stick forward slowly, and with the acceleration, the whole plane started to move forward involuntarily.
At this time, the ground crew felt that something was abnormal, and he shouted outside: "The engine is normal, it can be turned off."
At this moment, Leonid released the brakes, and the P-39 fighter began to slide forward.
"No, you can't take off without an order!" The ground crew ran a few steps and chased forward, but they couldn't catch up with the plane.
After a turn in front, the plane was aligned with the runway. Leonid pushed the throttle stick to the end. In the roar of the engine, the maximum power of 1,325 horsepower broke out. The front propellers turned wildly, and the fighter plane began to run on the runway. Slide up and run.
"No, Lieutenant Leonid is about to defect!" the ground crew shouted, out of breath.
Yes, it is to defect!
In Leonid's heart, there was no loyalty to the Soviets at all. As the second generation who was born and raised in an official family, he had the style of a playboy.
The experience of hanging out with some bandits in the early years is not a problem. Later, he did something even worse, killing people.
The official story is that at a military party, a group of young people drank heartily. One of the sailors heard that Leonid's marksmanship was very good, and asked Leonid to show his hand: use a pistol to knock out the wine bottle on his head.
As a result, Leonid couldn't resist the stubborn entanglement of the sailors, so he picked up the pistol and knocked off the neck of the wine bottle. But the sailor who drank too much thought it was not enough, saying that it had to hit the bottle to count. Leonid had to fire another shot, but it hit the sailor's forehead, and his brain burst.
Looking at it this way, this sailor is too cheap, and he is begging to be shot. As long as you move your brain a little, you will know that this is completely nonsense. An ordinary sailor dares to provoke the second generation of officials?
The truth of what happened at that time will never be known. In short, according to the discipline at that time, Leonid needed to be shot.
As a result, Khrushchev begged Stalin, and finally let Leonid go, transformed into a pilot.
After entering the flying unit, Leonid calmed down a bit, flew in the unit seriously, trained hard, and nothing happened.
However, today, he has embarked on a road of no return without hesitation.
He didn't want to die.
According to the Germans, just tomorrow, the German bombers will come to destroy the entire Moscow, and their high-altitude fighter force will definitely be ordered to intercept.
This is quite terrifying. The Germans will be dispatched in full force, and a large number of FW190 fighter jets will rush forward. Here, there are no more than 200 high-altitude fighter jets that can be dispatched around Moscow.
what does that mean? It's time for them to scatter blood in the sky, and after the shells are fired, even if they hit, they must continue to hit the enemy plane!
Leonid didn't want this, he wanted to live, after all, living is the best thing.
Then, there is only one way left.
Although in tomorrow's air battle, he will definitely take off and defect will be smoother, but he does not dare to take risks. After all, tomorrow, there will be fighter planes everywhere. Even if he hides at a low altitude, he will be given by the Germans. Catch up and kill.
So, only now.
Before the advent of the war, he flew his own plane, at an ultra-low altitude, to the defense zone recognized by Germany to land. Even he had already found the landing target in advance. In Kalinin, north of Moscow, there was a German field airfield. All he had to do was fly along the railway line and he would be there.
Now that he has taken off, there is no way out. He just wants to live. Besides, even Yakov has surrendered to the enemy, why not himself? Even if you get there, will you be entrusted with important tasks? What position to get in this future territory.
Although there was still some tremors in his heart, he took off the plane, the throttle of the engine was opened to the maximum, and after the plane took off, he began to climb upwards.
At the same time, the others behind him were stunned.
Varissie did not expect that Leonid would defect, and he just fooled himself into refueling. That was all rhetoric. Now, Leonid did not order a forced takeoff, and there was no air raid siren. Apart from defecting, there was no second reason.
So he got angry.
"I'll go after him!" Leonid shouted. "Quick, start the engine for me."
I have to say that the way the P-39 opens the door on the side is still beneficial, that is, getting on and off the plane is very fast. He stepped onto the plane with almost a stride, and then quickly toggled each switch to start the engine.
With the rumbling sound, a black smoke came out, and his engine had been started.
"Report to your superiors, Leonid defected, I'll go after him!" Varisi stuck his head out and said to a subordinate beside him.
Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov did not expect that this was the last time he saw Varisi.
The accelerator was fully opened, and it slid onto the runway. The second P-39 was also in the midst of an emergency takeoff. At this time, two minutes had passed since the first Leonid's plane took off.
Watching Varisi leave, Vitali couldn't help stomping his feet on the ground. This regiment leader is really naive. He should send someone to chase him and stay here by himself. His actions are not in line with a regiment leader at all. identity of!
"Leonid, please call back." As he accelerated to take off, Varissie turned on the radio and shouted to Leonid in front: "If you go back now, I can pretend that nothing happened, I order You return immediately!"
"No, I don't want to go back and die. As soon as I get off the plane, someone will take me and I will be shot." Leonid's desperate voice came from the radio: "Moscow is going to be in ruins. , the Soviets are going to perish, and I don't want to be buried for the Soviets!"
The radios of the entire flight regiment were all on the same channel. At this time, on the control tower of the airport, the flight squadron leader Dolgushin, who rushed here after hearing the news, couldn't help but slammed his fist on the wall. Onid was a pilot in his squadron. He didn't usually see anything, but he didn't expect to be such a coward at such a time!