The MiG-25, as a fighter that can fly to three times the speed of sound, uses specially-made weapons and must be able to adapt to high temperatures. When it was designed, there was no cannon installed, and now it must be in the base. Modifying the cannon is definitely beyond the capability of one's own side, and it will also bring danger to the flight.
For example, how stable is the cannon at three times the speed of sound? For another example, will the vibration caused by shooting at three times the speed of sound have a destructive effect on the aircraft? For another example, will the smoke from the cannon stop the engine? These are unknown, so, hearing Andrei's words, Ivanov intuitively denied it immediately, it's too dangerous!
"Then do we have a better way?" Andre asked.
Everyone shook their heads. Although the performance of their own R-40 missiles was decent when shooting targets, there was a big difference between target shooting and actual combat, especially now that the target was three times the speed of sound. The missiles are really weak.
The death order above has come down, and the black bird must be shot down! The 513 regiment, which has repeatedly failed, will definitely be scolded by the air defense commander of the Far East Military Region. As an aviation regiment equipped with the Soviet Union's most advanced interceptors, they couldn't beat the Blackbird!
"Since that's the case, let's do it!" Andre said, "Gather the maintenance staff in the conference room, and I'm going to hold a meeting for them."
Obviously, Andrei was prepared.
Although Ivanov is one level higher than Andrei in terms of military rank, Andrei is a hero of the Soviet Union! His words had a lot of weight. Since Andrei had decided to do it, and there was no better way for the time being, Ivanov knew that he had to give it a try.
It's not that Andre didn't want to discuss with Ivanov in advance. His boss, when the KGB guy wanted to take him away, took a lot of risk to protect him. Andre was grateful and grateful from the bottom of his heart. Respect for Ivanov. It's just that time is running out now, and that carefree American reconnaissance plane is simply here to insult the Soviet Union! Tomorrow must beat the opponent down! Now, there is not much time left, it has to be fast!
From the point of view of status, the ground crew is lower than the pilots. It can be seen from the meals. In order to ensure the health of the pilots, the pilots have a special pilot restaurant. The diet structure is reasonable and the food allowance is five or six of the ground crew Times, and those ground workers, like the guards at the base, eat in the large cafeteria.
However, ground handling is very important to the pilots. The ground handling personnel are responsible for maintaining the fighter plane. Every time they return from the mission, the pilots only need to park the plane on the runway, and at most, they will slide the fighter plane together with the ground handling personnel. It is enough to go to the hangar, while the maintenance personnel need to overhaul the fighter plane and do the security work for the next take-off, and a little negligence of the maintenance personnel will lead to a major flight accident.
The mechanic is the pilot's nanny, so to speak.
But now, the maintenance staff in the Sokolovka base is a bit special...
The clothes are not very neat, and there are still some oil stains on the clothes of some maintenance workers. Of course, they can also smell the unique smell of alcohol.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet." Seeing that these maintenance staff were really loose, Andre resisted his unhappiness and said.
Finally calmed down, Andrei glanced at Ivanov and saw Ivanov nodded, Andrei continued: "I called everyone here this time to gather everyone to find a way together, we now have a The task requires the addition of cannons on the MiG-25 fighter."
"How is this possible? We don't have this level!" As soon as Andre's voice fell, a voice came from below.
The speaker was a young man in his thirties, his hair was a little long, and a look of disdain appeared in his covered eyes. At the same time as he spoke, there was a unique smell of vodka in his mouth.
This guy, Andrei knows, is the nephew of the base commander Kozhdubu, and the current captain of the maintenance brigade, Akim Varisievich.
At that time, before Andrei shot down Belenko, Belenko said on the radio that the last time Andrei's fighter malfunctioned was caused by insufficient ground maintenance, and the main responsible person was this one called Akim guy.
At that time, for various reasons, Andre didn't hold Akim accountable. At the time, Andre didn't have such ability, but now, it's time to rectify the discipline of the 513th regiment! To change the status quo of the Soviet Union, let's start with the ground maintenance brigade of the 513th regiment of Sokolovka!
Today, Andre proposed to modify the machine gun. Of course, it is not only as simple as modifying the fighter plane, but also to raise a wave of nepotism to oppose the current nepotism, counter the corruption in the army, and carry out reform!
What are you afraid of! He is now a hero of the Soviet Union, the deputy head of the 513 regiment, his own backstage, or Andropov, who hates corruption even more!
And what is this guy in front of him? His backstage is the commander of the Sokolovka base, Kozhdubu!
Belenke's defection, although UU reading has something to do with Belenke's personal character and experience, it is also related to the environment. Here, Belenke feels helpless, so he will defect idea. Belenke has already been punished, and others are no exception!
"Then what level are we?" Putting away his thoughts, Andre asked Aji in front of him. Now, this Ajim is the chicken that Andre killed to show the monkeys!
What level are we at? After saying this sentence, Akim felt that the taste was wrong. In any case, the other party was the deputy head of the regiment, and the rank of lieutenant colonel was not something that the captain of the maintenance brigade could compare with.
"Captain Andre, our current maintenance brigade is mainly responsible for maintaining the daily attendance of fighter planes, and the training we have received is also the same. Even the overhaul of the engine, we have to send it to Vladivostok before it can be carried out. "Achim said: "We are going to add cannons to our aircraft now. We don't have this level. Everyone said, am I right?"
Hearing Akim's question, some ground staff immediately responded: "Yes, that's right, Captain, we really don't have that level."
"The cannon is the most basic piece of equipment for our fighter jets. It has existed since the aircraft first appeared. During World War II, our fighter jets were all equipped with cannons. Take our current air defense equipment. Say, MiG-21, MiG-23, Su-15, which kind of aircraft does not have a cannon? If you can't even mount a cannon, it can only mean that when you went to Vladivostok for further studies last year Didn't study hard!" Andre said: "Now, this is a task! It must be completed!"
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