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Chapter 2365 Tupolev Design Bureau

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    At this time, Wei Shuqin must not know, but Qin Baoshan's heart is like a bright mirror.  What did the Soviets want?  Isn't that obvious?  I just want Cochran to show them how to fly the B29 bomber.

    Qin Baoshan remembers very clearly that in July 1944, after an American b29 bomber completed the mission of bombing the Japanese mainland, he found that his plane had a serious failure and could not continue to return, so the captain of the plane decided temporarily  Fly to the USSR.

    In the eyes of this simple-minded captain, this does not seem to be a big deal.  The Soviet Union and the United States are still allies. The United States has supported the Soviet Union with a large amount of weapons and ammunition. After they fly to the Soviet Union, they will definitely be warmly received by the Soviet Union. They will repair their planes, fill them with fuel, and then send them back.

    Of course, the ending surprised the Americans. After he landed, he was immediately detained.  Of course, everyone, including Captain Howard, received a warm reception.  The Soviet Union served them with delicious food and drink every day, making them feel the warmth of friends, but they just didn't let them get close to their planes.

    After a few months, these people were sent away through secret channels, and the plane bid farewell to them from then on.

    When the plane fell into the hands of the Soviets, the Soviets were very happy.  The Soviet Union did not lack fighter jets. They had a series of advanced fighter design bureaus, but there was always a blank in terms of large bombers.

    They don't have such a large bomber that they can take out in the country. Before the outbreak of World War II, they had a Pei-8 bomber, which was also used to bomb Berlin.  It sounds awesome, but in fact the plane is full of problems and has no practical use value at all. Every time it goes to the sky, the crew has to pray that the plane will not break down.

    The U.S. lease program never gave the Soviet Union such a large bomber, so after the Soviet Union got the b29 bomber, it was a treasure, and immediately decided to imitate this aircraft.

    Before imitation, they need to test the aircraft to determine the basic performance of the aircraft.  Of course, first-class Soviet test pilots are indispensable.  But they are not familiar with this plane after all, if there is a pilot who is familiar with this kind of plane to train them to fly, they will definitely be able to fly this kind of plane better.

    Qin Baoshan just mentioned it. As a result, the Soviets were really interested. Since they were so interested, Qin Baoshan couldn't refute their interest. Anyway, Cochrane has to play her role when she comes.  Let's fly around on the b29 bomber again.

    So, just like Qin Baoshan was separated from the large army in the United States, now Qin Baoshan is also separated from his inspection team.  The technicians of the inspection team stayed in the guest house.  Qin Baoshan, Wei Shuqin, and Cochran boarded a Soviet Li-2 transport plane and flew to the Tupolev Design Bureau.

    Various design bureaus in the Soviet Union have divisions of labor.  The Tupolev Design Bureau is used to make large aircraft. The aircraft they designed all start with a picture, such as the famous Figure 22 Backfire and Figure 160 Jolly Roger. These excellent bombers are all Tupolev  Tupolev Design Bureau's products, and Tupolev was an early famous Soviet flight designer.  The chief designers of many other design bureaus had the experience of working in the Tupolev Design Bureau in their early years.

    Qin Baoshan was also very interested in this famous design bureau.  If it wasn't for this war, Qin Baoshan would never have had the opportunity to visit such a famous designer in the aircraft field.

    After hearing about his mission, Cochran had nothing to say.  Although she used to be an American pilot, she is now the wife of the political commissar of the Eighth Route Army, that is, a member of the Eighth Route Army.  Qin Baoshan said hello, how could she have any reason not to help?  Besides, she hasn't flown a big plane like the B29 for a long time, and she really misses it.

    By the time the Li-2 transport plane landed on the runway of the Tupolev Design Bureau, many people were already waiting here.

    At this time, Tupolev was already an old man in his fifties.  He is the veteran of the Soviet aviation industry, but also weather-beaten.  In the great purges of previous years, Tupolev was also affected.  He was sentenced to labor reform in Siberia, but soon, the Great Patriotic War broke out. Of course, scientists like Tupolev are the talents most needed by the Soviet Union.  Soon, Tupolev began his aircraft design career in the labor camp, and later, the conditions continued to improve.  He moved back to the Tupolev Design Bureau. After the b29 bomber landed in the Soviet Union, Tupolev was directly summoned by the bearded man and asked him to map and imitate this bomber.

    For the Soviets, this bomber??It is too advanced now.

    It uses a fully enclosed pressurized cockpit, even if it is flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, it does not need to wear an oxygen mask.  For flight crews, this is quite comfortable.

    This aircraft has multiple self-defense turrets, all of which are remotely fired.  Even when needed, one of them can control the firepower of several anti-aircraft turrets on the side.  As for the bombing sight on the plane, it was a top secret during World War II.

    The Soviet Union acquired this bomber, and it was a treasure for them.  Now there is only this one, and how to fly it has become a big problem. They can't ask the pilots who originally flew the plane to help, so they can only figure it out by themselves, and then fly the plane to take off after thinking about it.  Cochran's arrival was definitely an unexpected surprise for them.

    At this time, the old man in his fifties who came to greet Qin Baoshan and the others was the famous aircraft designer Tupolev.  By Tupolev's side, there were several deputy designers and several test pilots from the Tupolev Design Bureau.  Gromov was the chief test pilot.

    At this moment, Gromov was a little curious looking at these people who got off the plane.  The legendary American female pilot was not tall and looked very ordinary.  Can a female pilot like her really be able to fly a big guy like B29?

    "Welcome to come." Tupolev said: "The plane is currently in our hangar, please follow me to the hangar."

    Although there are no spy satellites in this era, it is still a big secret that the Soviet Union got the b29.  At present, they cannot disclose the location of the *b29 bomber, so as to save the Americans from coming to them for the plane.  So that special big plane was put in the hangar, and it was also convenient for them to conduct research on this kind of plane in the hangar.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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