Chapter 304 Alarm from the base
Qin Tao doesn't want anything. This Su-25 is not his cup of tea. At this time, after hearing Qin Tao's words, Yarmolenko felt very regretful. Don't want more, even if this one gives him ten Ten thousand dollars is fine.
However, he has just negotiated a business deal of 1.5 million US dollars, and he can be considered a windfall.
Qin Tao didn't look in the grass for long. After all, the more you like something, the calmer you have to be, so that you can get it better.
Several people walked back, continued to move forward through the path opened in the grass, and returned to the dark red deck.
The area of this deck is very large. Qin Tao pointed to the leaping deck and said, "If you come here in winter, you might be able to ski on it."
Yarmolenko nodded. When he was bored, the officers and soldiers guarding the base had indeed done this. It was a pretty good ski-jump take-off platform, whether for airplanes or skiers.
He smiled and said: "Yes, skiing on it is great, but when we were testing the catapult, we tied various things to the catapult and ejected it, which was also very enjoyable."
Speaking, his finger pointed to the catapult on the other side.
A slender slit appeared on the dark red steel deck. Zheng Ming walked over with interest and carefully looked at everything below.
In this era, the most mature and reliable thing is the steam catapult. So far, all American aircraft carriers use steam catapults!
Zheng Ming is very interested. It would be great if the steam catapult here could be dismantled!
Qin Tao continued to joke with Yarmolenko: "I heard that Americans like to use steam catapults to shoot their smelly leather boots. What have you ever catapulted? Is there a toilet?"
"We are not as bad as the Americans. We once ejected a truck." Yarmolenko pointed to the grass in the distance: "After ejecting, the truck flew into the grass over there. That scene was really awesome. It’s interesting.”
The broken truck is still in the grass, but the ejector here is completely out of work.
“Really? Let’s go over and have a look.”
Qin Tao walked past Zheng Ming and patted him on the shoulder.
Of course Qin Tao knew what Zheng Ming was thinking, but Qin Tao had no intention of doing so.
In fact, when the scrap steel of the Ulyanovsk was taken away, there were components of this steam catapult in the scrap steel. After all, these components had already been removed before the nuclear-powered warship was shut down. After it was assembled, Qin Taoshun packed it up and took it away.
However, Qin Tao did not say this, and the scrap steel was thrown directly into the open space of Mingzhou Iron and Steel Plant.
Steam catapults are already backward things. There is no need for us to continue to waste time on steam catapults. Qin Tao has great trust in the horse workers. He believes that the horse workers will definitely get what needs to be done.
If these samples of steam catapults are known, then some people in the country may support the steam catapult project just to be on the safe side.
Just cut off all their support and leave them with no choice but to support electromagnetic catapults.
At the time when catapults were being developed, steam catapults were supported and allocated money. The electromagnetic catapults were built with self-financed funds raised by Ma workers. In the end, they were outcompeted by steam catapults.
Qin Tao doesn’t want to make any detours in this regard.
Sure enough, after walking over, you can see a Maz military vehicle in the grass. When it flew up and fell down, the vehicle had completely deformed. After that, it was moved to the side to avoid the extension line of the steam catapult. .
The entire vehicle was covered in rust due to wind and rain.
Qin Tao walked around it and sighed. It was obviously a car, but it had the opportunity to fly. It was both lucky and unfortunate for it.
“Hey, there seems to be another car over there?” Qin Tao pointed to another car in the grass not far away and said.
The biggest feature of that car is that it has many wheels. There are five off-road tires with huge patterns on the sides of the car. Therefore, the entire car is longer than a Scud missile launcher! You can tell what this vehicle is for at a glance.
Especially, there is a huge cylinder on the top of the car.
I don’t know how many years it has been idle. The off-road tires of that car are all flat, and the body is also rusty, the same color as the surrounding soil.
Yarmolenko glanced over there, and then said naturally: "That is a land-based launch vehicle for R-33 missiles. It was tested here at the base more than ten years ago, and then it was thrown away. It’s here.”
R-33 missile?
Qin Tao felt that his heartbeat was inexplicably accelerating. He really didn't expect that there would be such a good thing!
Speaking of the R-33 missile, it seems to be the name of the air-to-air missile. In fact, the number is the same. It is not just an air-to-air missile, but also a ballistic missile!
Lao Maozi’s ballistic missiles also start with R. The first imitation of the V-2 missile was named R-1.
Now, if Qin Tao guessed correctly, the R-33 missile in front of him should be an upgraded product of the R-27K anti-ship ballistic missile!
In the 1960s, Lao Maozi began to develop specialized anti-ship ballistic missiles. It was initially modified based on the R-27 missile. However, from the early 1970s to the end of the 1970s, this missile was There have been many ground and underwater test launches on the ground and the K-102 test nuclear submarine, and it has not been truly equipped with troops.
There are many reasons. For example, the accuracy of this kind of missile is always low, and it can only use nuclear warheads as warheads, which is very limited in actual combat.
Therefore, this missile has never been put into service, and Lao Maozi's research has not stopped. Based on this anti-ship ballistic missile, they have improved the R-33 anti-ship ballistic missile with more advanced technology!
The length of the two missiles is the same, about 13 meters. However, the range of the latter has reached two thousand meters, which is far more than double the former.
This kind of anti-ship ballistic missile developed by the 385th Special Design Bureau is already about to mature. However, due to many reasons, this anti-ship ballistic missile was also abandoned.
The reason is, for example, under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, this kind of missiles need to be reduced. Another example is Lao Maozi's navy's worry. If a few anti-ship ballistic missiles can kill the enemy's aircraft carrier formation, then it will also require our own huge surface ships. Formation for what?
In short, this creative weapon system has disappeared in the long river of history. Now, even Qin Tao has never thought that such an anti-ship ballistic missile can be found here!
Didn’t you say it was tested at the Kapuskin Yar shooting range? Why did you come here to test?
However, it should be impossible for that land range to truly simulate the scene of an anti-ship ballistic missile hitting an aircraft carrier. It would be more suitable to find a target ship in the Black Sea for testing here.
Now that you have discovered it, you must not miss it!
“Our aircraft carrier park needs something big like this. I think it’s worth one hundred thousand dollars!”
Yarmolenko was overjoyed.
Just now, he was still regretting that he was missing one hundred thousand dollars. Now, this **** is actually worth one hundred thousand dollars?
"By the way, are there missiles in it? If there is a real thing inside, we would open the launch cover and expose the contents during the display, that would be domineering." Qin Tao continued.
According to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, these missiles are all in the process of being destroyed. However, those destroyed are all in service. These tested missiles are likely to survive.
Qin Tao's heart is full of expectations. If there is only one launch vehicle, then the 100,000 US dollars will be wasted.
"There are probably no missiles here, but there is a disassembled sample bomb in the warehouse. If you want, you can take that sample bomb away."
Qin Tao was overjoyed.
The group of people came to the warehouse, where they saw a disassembled sample bomb, with parts scattered everywhere and covered with dust.
It is estimated that it cannot be assembled.
“Qin, if you want, you can take away all the things here.”
Yarmolenko is very generous. Anyway, for him, these things are useless and are completely discarded.
However, Qin Tao could see at a glance that the technology contained in these sample parts would also have a great effect.
If nothing else, just looking at the fairing can give people a lot of inspiration.
The R-27K anti-ship ballistic missile is still a traditional cone, but the R-33 in front of you has become a double cone structure. This is a huge progress!
After all, anti-ship ballistic missiles need to continue to adjust their trajectory after re-entering the atmosphere, which requires the installation of specialized aerodynamic rudder surfaces.
If it is just a traditional cone warhead, installing an aerodynamic rudder will face the problem of excessive resistance at high speeds. The double-cone structure warhead cleverly solves the problem: it can form a shock wave, allowing the aerodynamic rudder to hide in the shock wave. rear, thereby greatly reducing the warhead resistance at high speeds and allowing the warhead to be accurately controlled in the atmosphere below thirty kilometers.
Only by allowing the warhead to move quickly and nimbly can it be able to carry out large-scale maneuvers under the control of precise terminal guidance.
but…
“I guess all the precious metals in this place have been stolen, right?”
This base is almost abandoned. Even if outsiders cannot enter, the guards at the base can still move around at will. Therefore, they may steal the precious metals inside and exchange them for money.
Yarmolenko looked a little embarrassed, but that was true.
“If some parts are missing, we probably won’t be able to put it back together.”
“Well, there seems to be some technical information and parts that are in short supply. You can make them yourself. I’ll go look for them.”
"These are useless. If you want, you can take them away."
"Well, the waste paper here is good. According to the price of waste paper, I will take these things with me."
It seems that this was once the most important test site for the R-33 missile. Therefore, those technicians brought back all the design data in order to be able to correct defects during testing at any time.
This is a completely unexpected gain for Qin Tao! He never dreamed that he could get such a thing back easily.
In the past, Qin Tao had proposed the idea of anti-ship ballistic missiles with the Navy. However, due to the limited funds of the Navy and the many tasks of the Aerospace Institute, this project is estimated to be at the PPT stage at most. Once the data and sample bombs are returned, it is estimated that the relevant units can officially enter pre-research, right?
This kind of weapon should really be developed quickly, so that it can be a killer weapon for aircraft carriers!
Qin Tao's heart was filled with a sense of urgency.
With the waste paper coming to an end, Qin Tao looked at several nearby warehouses and asked curiously: "What's in these warehouses?"
"These are some parts of our Nitka system." Yarmolenko said: "The base is abandoned now anyway. Qin, I can give you whatever you want."
Having negotiated a project worth 1.6 million US dollars, the remaining spare parts in the warehouse are of little use. Of course they can be given to Qin Tao.
"Oh, thank you."
Amidst Qin Tao's thanks, Yarmolenko opened the warehouse next to him. Zheng Ming, who followed Qin Tao, immediately began to breathe heavily.
what is inside?
Several spare T-10K landing hooks, a thick and powerful nose landing gear for ejection takeoff, an arresting cable, and several Fresnel light boxes...
Although these things are of little use if left in the warehouse, for a motherland that has never been exposed to aircraft carriers, these things are of great use!
The efficiency is definitely different between developing it yourself from scratch and copying it from a sample.
It is simply a timely help!
Zheng Ming was very shocked. Qin Tao smiled: "These things are indeed waste, but we can't ask for your things in vain. I think these things are worth..."
Before Qin Tao finished speaking, Yarmolenko shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, Qin, you have already given me a lot of benefits. If these things are useful to you, just take them away!"
Since Yarmolenko is so determined, Qin Tao is embarrassed to refute Yarmolenko's face.
"Okay, then I'll accept it. Don't worry, the money will be transferred to your account tonight."
Qin Tao has made a lot of money from the recent business transactions, so now there is no problem in making an advance payment to the navy. Anyway, with Zheng Ming around, he can also know how much Qin Tao has spent, and he will have to reimburse him when he returns. to reimburse.
Just when Qin Tao and Yarmolenko reached an agreement and planned to end this pleasant journey, suddenly, the alarm at the base rang.
“Damn it, which guy is drinking too much?” Yarmolenko said with some annoyance.
What other emergencies are there in this abandoned base? This alarm was clearly from a guy guarding the base who had drunk too much. This sound made people's hearts tremble.
Too much, too much!
“Look, over there!” At this time, Zheng Ming pointed his finger towards the sky.
In the distance, there seemed to be something approaching. Although it was unclear what it was, you could see its tail trailing a line of black smoke.
When he saw the situation in the sky, Yarmolenko was also stunned, and then shouted: "Quickly, start the fire truck at our base!"
Although the base is in an abandoned state, many facilities are still complete. The fire truck is in a corner of the tower. At this time, several Lao Maozi soldiers ran over and started to start the vehicle.
Hum, buzz!
Hum, buzz!
The engine failed to start several times in a row, so an anxious soldier finally ran to the front of the car, stuffed the crank handle into a hole in the front of the car, and shook it vigorously with two powerful arms. , once, twice, three times, the car's engine emitted streams of black smoke and finally started.
At this time, the roar in the sky was getting louder and louder.
Qin Tao held his hand against the sun and looked at the plane in the sky. Then he couldn't help but sigh: "This plane must be quite big, bigger than the IL-76!"
It is difficult to determine the size of an airplane in the sky without a reference object for comparison, but the one in front of you is different.
When it is flying, its huge body can make people feel more spectacular. Now, the black smoke it drags out is dragging the sky, forcibly dividing the sky into two halves, as if it is combing the earth. A center score.
The nose of the aircraft is huge, and the glass in the cockpit on the top is too small to see clearly. There are four engines hanging under the huge wings.
If he hadn't counted the number of engines clearly, Qin Tao would have thought it was the even more outrageous An-225! The current aircraft, which is slightly smaller than the An-225, should be the An-124.
There was chaos inside the base. As soon as the fire truck drove to the side of the runway, the An-124 transport plane with one engine on fire had already disembarked.
As the plane gradually lowered its altitude, its outline became larger and larger. Zheng Ming opened his eyes wide and looked at this big guy.
“I guess it’s bigger than our IL-76s!”
“No need to guess, we can say with certainty.” Qin Tao said: “The empty weight of this aircraft is not much lower than the maximum takeoff weight of the IL-76.”
Speaking of large aircraft, the An-124 ranks second among various aircraft in the world. Its empty weight is 176 tons, while the maximum take-off weight of the IL-76 is only about 200 tons.
If you put the two aircraft together, you can clearly see the difference between the two aircraft.
The IL-76 has a length of 46.59 meters and a wingspan of 50.5 meters, while the An-124 has a fuselage length of 69.1 meters and a wingspan of 73.3 meters. If the latter were erected, it would be a skyscraper.
Now, this skyscraper is approaching quickly, and the howling wind makes people's ears buzz. It would be perfect if it wasn't dragging black smoke.
“Can this plane land on this kind of runway?” Zheng Ming was a little nervous.
Although this is also an aviation base, it is mainly used by small fighter jets. The length of the runway is simply not enough to take off and land such large aircraft, right?
“So, they used the Afghan style landing.” Qin Tao said: “Didn’t you find that its landing posture was wrong?”
When an ordinary airplane lands, its nose is tilted upward so that the main landing gear behind it touches the ground first, but now, this transport plane dives directly down!
This method is like an old man throwing a bicycle, with his face hitting the ground first. If you want to be more artistic, then the buttocks backward, flat sand and falling wild goose style is a good title.
"Yes, this landing posture is very weird. Aren't they afraid of falling to death?" Zheng Ming gave the pilot a sweat.
“Of course there’s no need to be afraid, there’s nothing that Lao Maozi can’t do.”
Back when Lao Maozi was landing, the captain had pulled down the curtains and performed a blind landing, let alone the simple Afghan-style landing now.
This landing was not invented by the Afghans, but in the country of Afghanistan. Lao Maozi fought there for ten years and needed a large amount of supplies. Therefore, transport planes often need to land at the airport there.
However, the nearby guerrillas quickly changed their guns for guns and had a large number of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles on hand. If they landed conventionally and followed a slow descent line, they would be easily attacked by Stinger missiles.
Therefore, they adopted this bold and novel landing method: they dropped sharply in a dive, then pulled up suddenly when they were about to approach the ground, and then landed again.
This method has many benefits. It can greatly shorten the time of the aircraft landing process, reduce the possibility of being attacked by anti-aircraft missiles, and shorten the rolling distance required for landing. However, it also has great disadvantages: it is not an experienced crew. The staff couldn't play at all. If they were not careful, they would shoot directly on the airport runway, and the plane would crash and everyone would die!
In later generations, when the Y-20 flew to a certain country, it also used this method to land, which minimized the danger and fully demonstrated the superb skills of the pilots of the motherland.
Now, this huge plane landed like this, roaring like a flying eagle. Before it touched the ground, it quickly recovered and planned to pull up the nose of the plane to let the main landing gear touch the ground.
But...it had an engine on fire!
When it changes from dive to climb, the change in attitude requires engine power. Now, the engine is not powerful!
So, before the fuselage was evened out, the plane had already touched the ground. The front landing gear first came into contact with the runway. There was a loud click and the landing gear broke instantly!
The fuselage was taxiing on the runway, just like a person who fell to the ground and continued to slide forward with his face on the ground. It looked very embarrassed.
The machine body rubbed against the ground, causing terrible sparks. The fire truck, siren on, chased after it.
This scene looks so shocking.
Qin Tao and Zheng Ming, along with several subordinates, also followed.
By the time the two people arrived at the scene, the plane had stopped, and the fire truck was spraying stinky water over it. The fire-fighting water in its tank had not been used for several years, and the stench was comparable to stinky tofu.
Several crew members slid out of the emergency exit of the aircraft. Although these aircraft looked similar to civilian aircraft, the pilots wore helmets and military flight suits, making them look more handsome.
There were several people in suits who were also crawling down the ground, attracting Qin Tao's attention.
What mission does this plane fly? There should be no busy shipping routes here, right?
(End of this chapter)