Vol 3 Chapter 293: Zhang Shusheng's Supersonic Journey

The successful finalization and test flight of the T-40 God's Wrath strategic bomber means that after half a year, this aircraft can start at a speed of ten aircraft per month and be produced incrementally until the speed of mass production can be used for one The need for a global war.
However, Zhang Shusheng did not rush to leave the Shangzhou military airport. As a testing ground for new domestic air force weapons, here gathers almost all types of aircraft in the country, from the oldest fighter jets, to the latest Tenjin Fury bomber, and the Tianlong jet fighter that is still in the top secret state.
Since the first jet fighter of the Republic was tested and finalized in early 1941, after three years of development and accumulation, this jet fighter has reached a certain scale in terms of monthly output and the number of active equipment.
Early in the morning the next day, Zhang Shusheng inspected the plane at the airport accompanied by Major General Zhang Chaomin, the person in charge of the Shangzhou Airport Base.
Three years ago: Zhang Chaomin was only an Air Force Colonel and was responsible for X aircraft engineering. Last year, due to his excellent management experience in project management and aircraft test missions, he was promoted to Major General of the Air Force and is responsible for managing this Air Force located in the mountains of Shangzhou New weapon test base.
Zhang Chaomin roughly introduced to Zhang Shusheng the current overall situation of the current Air Force active service and research equipment in China.
"Chairman, the current active equipment of the Republic Air Force is mainly composed of three generations of jets and jet fighters.
The first generation aircraft, the J-1 and H-1, as well as the prototypes of this series, were all retired from service. Except for some air force academies and pilot schools, quite a few aircraft have entered pilot clubs across the country. Although the performance of these aircrafts is generally lagging behind at home, from an international perspective, except for the wealthy Americans, other countries have aircraft of the same type, or even much worse. Therefore, putting them into training is enough to ensure that our pilots will not get worse than others.
Active Air Force aircraft to annihilate? Fighter and boomer? Fighters are used as templates, and a large number of models have been developed. For example, in terms of naval aviation: HJ2 carrier-based fighter aircraft, HH-2 carrier-based bomber, the number of equipment is relatively large. Taking these two aircraft as prototypes, the ground attack aircraft a-2 attack aircraft, the sea torpedo attack aircraft Ha-2 torpedo attack aircraft, and the ordinary battlefield surveillance aircraft jerky surveillance aircraft all occupy a considerable number.
As for the third-generation machines, due to the basic use of the all-metal structure, the number of third-generation machines is getting larger and larger, and there are also a lot of models that can be modified. The prototype has the potential of a universal model.
On the air force side, J-3 warfare aircraft, H to Ukraine mid-range bomber "FH-3 dive bomber, u-3 front-line reconnaissance aircraft, D-3 electronic jammer, sea eagle high-altitude high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, Tianfu radar early warning aircraft.
In addition, the next-generation Raytheon bomber, which was developed by the special transport aircraft "Moving Mountain," and the newly-designed Xia Pian's Wrath strategic bomber: is also one of the important members. Of course, there are also some small models, such as H-1, 2 bomber modified water patrols, anti-submarine aircraft, etc. "
Speaking of which, Zhang Chaomin paused, pointing to a distant parking spot, and said an aircraft covered with rain canvas, "In addition to the traditional propeller aircraft, our withdrawal copper is Tianlong Jet, which started mass production 3 years ago. Battle fighters. "
"Ann, go and see."
Zhang Shusheng pointed at the covered plane and said that the Republic of Dragon Dragon jets have not seen much time since they began mass production.
For the sake of confidentiality, this latest jet fighter only conducts flight training over the savannah or the desert sparsely populated mountains.
Over the course of three years, batches of jet fighter pilots were selected and trained secretly. Up to now, both the number of Denon fighter jets and the number of jet fighter pilots have been considerable.
"Okay, Chairman." Zhang Chaomin said as he walked. "In three years, by night, our Tianlong jet fighter has basically achieved rapid batch production." Although I do n’t know the number and production scale of such aircraft. How big, but the chairman should have been reported, huh, huh. "
"It's worth fighting. Zhang Shusheng nodded.
He recalled the development report of the Air Force that he had seen not long ago. The current Denon jet fighters can normally take off from the air. If the frame is around, the total number is around the frame.
Mainly stationed in Shaanxi, Southwest, Hanjing, Guangdong and other places.
This number does not seem to be much. Compared with the warring states today, there are thousands or even tens of thousands of aircraft, which is a completely small number. After all: the number of standing aircraft in each country needs to be subtracted from the daily war damage.
However, the production difficulty and cost of jet fighters are much higher than those of propeller aircraft for combat purposes. As far as the domestically produced Denon jet fighter is concerned, the cost of a single aircraft is about S $ 80,000-90,000, which is about 120,000 to 140,000 US dollars.
According to Zhang Shusheng's estimation and the analysis on the report, the aircraft cost should still drop slightly during larger-scale mass production. At that time, even if the Soviet, American, and German jet fighters are put into production, the four-country fighters will be in production. , The highest cost performance, the lowest stand-alone cost is still China. Even if the Soviets were produced by the state and the other two countries were produced in wartime, China's similar aircraft manufacturing model still has great advantages.
According to the current production speed, the monthly production engine is about Komagai. If it enters the wartime production state immediately, it can be improved to the physical level within two months, or even the test platform. The output of jet fighters is naturally limited by the output of engines. Excluding the number of engines for routine maintenance, the number of new aircraft will be lower than this number.
"If we join World War II later this year next year, then we will at least help the Tianlong jet fighter." Zhang Shusheng secretly estimated the progress of the jet fighter projects in the United States, Japan, Soviet Union, and Britain. Its history is too strong, and various new weapons have also appeared on the stage, especially those led by Germany and the United States: they have begun their full force, and many new weapons have also entered the stage of war earlier than their original history.
By the end of next year, he estimates that Americans will have about 300 to 500 more mature jet fighter F-80 predators, and the German ME265 rainstorm jet fighter will be equipped with about 200: and the Japanese 1 The "Aurora", the "Sakura" Soviet "Iron Scythe", and the British "Northern Lights," fighter jets, may have produced the first aircraft earlier in 1944.
In comparison, in addition to the earliest development of Chinese jet fighter Ji Ge, the earliest stereotypes, the earliest mass production, and the earliest training and accumulation of pilots, the Americans have the fastest development, and the Germans have the tendency to come later.
While the British's technology was supported by the Americans, the Soviets themselves built the MiG-9 "iron sickle, a fighter, and the Japanese began to obtain technology from the Germans.
While introducing, Zhang Chaomin led Zhang Shusheng to the side of the Tianlong fighter.
The ground crew who had been waiting for a while quickly removed the rain cover and revealed a silver-white Denon jet fighter "TL011"
Zhang Shusheng walked to the plane and touched the metal dragon full of texture. Looking at the rest, although this aircraft is similar to the prototype he saw three years ago, the details have been more perfect.
For example, the aviation machine guns and cannons under the wings and belly are no longer the old models of three years ago, but are newly developed. They are much stronger in terms of firing stability, rate of fire, and reliability.
"The Rocket Nest is finally installed."
Beside the machine gun, Zhang Shusheng saw a rocket nest.
"Yes, Chairman, in order to strengthen the ground attack firepower of Tianlong fighters, the scientists of Tianlong fighters have brought the rockets to Tianlong without affecting the overall combat performance of the aircraft."
Zhang Chaomin explained, "At present, there are mainly two types of fighter jets and reconnaissance jets."
Zhang Shusheng nodded. This is because at present bombers can use propeller planes to take limited jet fighters for bombers. Attackers are wasted. After all, compared to jet aircraft and propeller aircraft, the production and cost of the two are vastly different. As long as one side of the war gains high air supremacy, even the oldest propeller wooden fighter can use the other side.
"Chairman, this aircraft has been equipped with the latest airborne radar. Although the operating range is not very satisfactory, it is still very strong for propeller aircraft or future jet fighters in countries such as Germany, Soviet Union and Japan. Find out ahead of time. "
"Yes, it's a trend to have a single aircraft on the radar. The Americans are also starting to bring the radar onto the aircraft. Their jet fighters will be improved in the Gege, and the airborne radar is mentioned."
Of course, Zhang Shusheng knows the importance of airborne radar, to find the enemy in advance, and occupy an advantageous height is one of the important help in future air combat.
In Hanjing, Zhang Shusheng occasionally had leisure time and played a full simulation game of jet fighter jet driving. The TL-1 jet fighter in front of him often drove in the game.
However, he would not rashly propose to fly the aircraft in person. After all, security considerations are not what he said, which will cause a lot of trouble for the security department of the Security Council.
But taking one of these planes was one of his thoughts during the trip.
"The special test pilot named Xu Binggang is still at the base, right?" Zhang Shusheng asked, thinking of three years ago in his mind. When I saw this super test flight hero, he had a good first impression and a good character. , Filial piety, flying skills are superb.
"Chairman, now Comrade Xu Binggang is the captain of our base test flight team. He is responsible for both the test flight of new fighters and the training of elite test pilots. Does the chairperson want to see him?" Zhang Chaomin asked.
"Well, call him, I test him, haha." Zhang Shusheng smiled, but did not say what he thought.
A few minutes later, a "gecko, a combat vehicle drove over, a" armed pilot, jumped off the combat vehicle, walked over, saluting: "Chairman of the report, Shangzhou Air Force New Weapon Test Base test flight Captain, Air Force Colonel Xu Binggang will report to you. "
"Have a rest, stand right." Zhang Shusheng nodded with satisfaction. The man had an ace of ace, and his eyes looked like a goshawk with a spirit. From the face point of view, and three years ago, it just seemed to be more mature, and the change was not large.
"Well, as one of our army's best pilots, the best ace test pilot, Comrade Xu Binggang, your flying skills are very high." Zhang Shusheng admired, and then waited for his reply, and continued, "Now I hand You have a task. "
"The chairman please give instructions to ensure the completion of the task." Xu Binggang salutes the task that the chairman personally ordered, which is rare in the world and is absolutely glorious. As for flying skills, he asked himself among the ace pilots in the army, whether in actual combat or simulated air combat, no more than ten people could win him.
Although the ace test pilot is not necessarily the ace of air combat, Xu Binggang is a capable pilot.
Zhang Shusheng: "This task is very simple. I just saw that this TL0-1 jet fighter is a two-seater training type. I will give you one day and night. Tomorrow, you fly it and I will take the rear cabin."
what? For a while, Xu Binggang would be dumbfounded. If it was another task, even if he was going to the battlefield immediately, he would not be afraid, and he was completely confident to complete it. But if flying a plane to take the chairman to the sky is not a trivial matter, but a political event.
How dare he agree to such a thing. But I have already promised the chairman.
Xu Bingang was embarrassed and had to look to Zhang Chaomin aside.
Zhang Chaomin whispered a little and then whispered, "Chairman, this is not good. The safety of the chairperson is most important, but after all, jet fighters are different from propeller planes. They are too fast. It's only a few years ... "
"You, hehe, the chairman is also a human being. The pilot can sit on it, and I can naturally. If the plane is not safe enough, then it should not simply let the pilot take risks every day." Zhang Shusheng said, calling the security department. An adjutant asked him to evaluate the matter.
From time to time, the deputy returned, saluting, "Chairman, I just discussed with the two security experts and the scientists at the base from the aircraft performance, daily flight data, and Comrade Xu Binggang's personal flight conditions. Look, flight safety can be guaranteed, and this aircraft is equipped with a new generation of skydiving escape system. However, for absolute safety, the chairman must think twice. "
"That's good. This matter is settled. Tomorrow, I will also be a passenger of a jet fighter." Zhang Shusheng waved his hand to signal that this matter was settled.
Of course, what he can't tell them is that you do n’t have any reason to worry. With his current martial arts skills, although he ca n’t fly to the sky, if there is a parachute, even if the aircraft is at a height of several kilometers, he has absolute The reaction time will be night, use the parachute to jump down.
Even if the parachute fails, he also has a belt-type emergency escape system exchanged for him by the Dreamer Little Fart. This inexpensive escape system is suitable for easy transportation on land, sea and air, and can be used according to people when using it. The neurological, body temperature and other data changed dramatically and took effect immediately.
It is a big thing for the chairman to personally take a jet fighter to the sky. On the afternoon of the same day, the base's emergency working group was set up, and security experts and base scientists conducted a more detailed evaluation of the flight. The ground mechanics also conducted a comprehensive large-scale inspection of the aircraft, which was carried out overnight, and a total of three screws were repeatedly arranged one by one, up to the engine, and inspected to ensure that there were no problems.
Xu Binggang was also inquired by safety experts about compliance with various parts of the flight.
The next day, early in the morning, Xu Binggang piloted the aircraft, conducted a short test flight and landed. The aircraft was finally inspected by safety experts, aircraft experts, and mechanics. Zhang Shusheng was then told that the flight could take place in the afternoon. .
With the help of the staff, Zhang Shusheng put on a flight student costume and was assigned to the rear cockpit of the two-seater trainer for short safety training.
The whole process is very simple, just tell him how to ensure his own safety and how to do it if the aircraft fails. Although it is simple, experts still repeat it.
However, several experts also know that the chairman is famous for his high IQ and has very important performances in many scientific fields. Even if it was the pilot's escape emergency measures, he already knew that, even in the early days, he had participated in some of the missions of the core technology of the Denon fighter.
At noon, before lunch, Zhang Shusheng took a short break. Accompanied by several flight experts, he conducted a simple simulated ride and simulated the emergency treatment in an emergency.
At 3:10 in the afternoon, Zhang Shusheng came to the airport and boarded the Tianlong two-seater training machine in the fear of many people.
"Xiao Xu, the chairman is in the rear cockpit, but this responsibility is so big, even if you ..." Zhang Chaomin said here, but he paused, Xu Binggang himself said, "Relax, General Zhang, I must OK. Even if you die, it will protect the chairman. "
After Zhang Shusheng boarded the plane and closed the canopy, the entire Air Force weapon test base, like the enemy, entered the state of emergency.
After the base informed the Yibin military region of the flight, the local air defense department and the garrisoned air force also responded together, taking aviation control and other tasks and turning on the radar station in the past to prepare for the absolute safety of the flight.
"The planer is ready to take off."
After the four base dragon jets took off, after confirming that the chairman of the rear cabin was ready, Xu Binggang requested the tower to take off.
"Can take off."
On the tower, many generals gathered. Zhang Chaomin even pointed at the phone in person and issued a notice that he could take off after passing the confirmation.
"understand."
The port of Xu Bing started to slowly start the aircraft, and the engine of the aircraft, which had been stopped at the end of the take-off runway, started to ignite.
Zhang Shusheng was sitting in the rear cabin. First of all, he felt a slight shock to the fuselage, and immediately the buzzing of the engine started, which was exactly the same as the feeling of sitting in a jet airliner in his previous life.
There is no sound of the propeller shaft, nor the roaring but not drastic engine sound, but the violent and rapid jet engine sound.
The speed of the fighter jets was getting faster and faster. Zhang Shusheng felt that the reference objects on both sides of the airport kept receding, and sooner and faster, he felt that the plane slowly left the ground.
For absolute safety, Xu Binggang was very careful in the process of flying the aircraft, and the take-off process also ensured absolute safety, even a little slow, and did not take the usual attitude of taking off at a large elevation angle, and did not dare to turn prematurely.
A faint sense of pressure change and a sense of weightlessness came. Zhang Shusheng looked out of the window again. The airport building under his feet was getting smaller, and the lower part of the cabin began to see some peaks.
Not far away, there are several Denon fighters escorting in the air. After the smooth flight of this plane, several other aircraft quickly moved closer together, eventually forming a long-range flight formation.
"Chairman, how do you feel the plane is now flying?"
A greeting from Xu Binggang came from the radio headset.
"Everything is normal," Zhang Shusheng responded. The entire take-off process was very smooth and the comfort of the aircraft cabin was good. At least this fully enclosed cockpit would not make people feel cold. From the flight goggles, he could see the distance. Of a Denon fighter.
"Maybe it won't be long before you can have a large jet passenger. Maybe in ten years, ordinary people will have the opportunity to take a large jet airliner of the previous life." Zhang Shusheng couldn't help thinking that he began to enjoy this kind of flight. He did It did not require the aircraft to maneuver, it was a challenge to the psychological limit of Xu Binggang. In case of a problem, he could not afford it.
Of course, according to the arrangement, the plane will still perform a more exciting flight plan.
"Chairman, at present the aircraft is ready to break through the speed of sound, please indicate." From time to time, the voice of Xu Binggang came from the headset.
"You can start." Zhang Shusheng replied.
"Yes."
After receiving orders, Xu Binggang started accelerating the plane. After a relatively minor shock, the plane had exceeded the speed of sound.
"Supersonic flight is really exciting, much stronger than the full simulation flight game ~ EbookFREE.me ~."
Although Zhang Shusheng was wearing the pilot's full protective gear, the violent engine roar of supersonic flight still came through the protective headphones.
This sense of excitement is definitely not comparable to that of propeller aircraft.
Unfortunately, for safety, after only one minute of supersonic flight, Xu Binggang began to slow down the aircraft until it was slowly flying at a cruising speed of 800 kilometers.
Ten minutes later, the plane began to return and soon landed on the ground.
Immediately after getting off the plane, Zhang Shusheng held Xu Binggang's hand and praised him, "Thank you, Comrade Xu Binggang, it is you that made me the first head of the world to board the plane. Hello ..."
Xu Binggang, who was still under tension, smiled kindly when he heard the words, and saluted, "I also thank the Chairman, you made me the first jet fighter pilot in the world to be launched by a head of state."
"Haha", the people at the scene couldn't help laughing, but the chairman was very satisfied, the performance of the fighter was very good, and the pilot's skills were very good, which was enough.