Chen Geng turned his head abruptly and said to Alexander Kholmdorov: "Alexander, have you seen this fire?"

"Uh...... Saw ......"

Alexander Kholmdorov blinked, not quite understanding what Chen Geng meant.

"This fire occurred in China. ”

"Yes......"

"I need you to help me contact the heads of your government and army," Chen Geng did not talk nonsense with Alexander Kholmdorov, and said: "Let me ask, is there any possibility: I will pay to lease a number of professional firefighting planes, helicopters and corresponding pilots from the Soviet Union to help the Chinese government extinguish fires and rescue those waiting for rescue in the fire?"

In Chen Geng's memory, the forest fire lasted for more than a month, and one of the important reasons was that it was extremely difficult to extinguish the fire, and it seemed that there was an air flow from the Baikal region at this time, which caused Huaxia, which was originally very lacking in fire extinguishing means for this large-scale forest fire, was quite helpless in the early stage of the fire of "fire borrows the wind, and the wind helps the fire", and can only be extinguished by setting up a separation zone.

As mentioned in the post-disaster analysis data, if there had been a large fire-fighting aircraft to help in the early stage, such a big loss would not have been caused, but during this period, how could there be any large-scale fire-fighting planes in China? Not to mention large-scale fire-fighting planes, I am afraid that even the fire-extinguishing planes would have to be marked with a question mark.

In this case, in addition to pinning his hopes on the batch of "Tach/Aerial Crane" heavy helicopters that he suggested that Huaxia procure, they could play the function of fire fighting and rescue, and he had to think of a way from the Soviet side.

Leasing fire-fighting planes and rescue helicopters from the Soviet Union to go to China to extinguish fires and rescue? Alexander Holmdorov was a little stunned for a moment, but as an elite trained by the KGB, Alexander Holmdorov reacted quickly and immediately said: "Mr. Fernandez, this ...... I can help you ask, but I can't guarantee the results. ”

This answer of Alexander Holmdorov did not surprise Chen Geng, he nodded, and continued: "Improving diplomatic relations with China has become the consensus of the entire Soviet leadership, especially since Mr. Gorbachev became the general secretary of the Soviet Union, the total amount of border trade between China and the Soviet Union has continued to grow.

I dare to assert that if the Soviet Union had actively helped in the forest fires in China, it would have been of great help in resolving the differences between the two countries. ”

Well?!

Alexander Holmdorov really didn't expect so much just now, but now when he heard Chen Geng say that the Soviet Union's help to put out the fire in Huaxia actually helped improve the relations between the two countries, he suddenly didn't dare to wait and look at it: he knew why the Soviet top level asked him to contact Fernandez Chen, wasn't it because he liked that the good personal friendship between Fernández Chen and the top level of China could play a great role in improving Sino-Soviet relations and even realizing the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations?

"I'll convey your intentions, and I can't guarantee the outcome. Alexander Holmdorov nodded immediately.

"Of course, I can understand. ”

"And what kind of planes do you need?" asked Alexander Kholmdorov after a moment's hesitation.

"A group of Mi-8 helicopters, which are specially designed for the evacuation of people trapped in the fire, a group of fixed-wing and rotary-wing fire-fighting aircraft, preferably the Be-12 fire-fighting type, the Il-76 fire-fighting type, and the Mi-26 fire-fighting type, as for the rest, you can consult the experts in aerial firefighting and rescue, after all, they are the experts. ”

"Okay, additionally...... Do you need to check with the Chinese government?"

What to confirm?

Of course, it was to confirm with the Chinese government whether they needed this help, and if the Chinese side refused this assistance, the Soviet side would not have to prepare.

"I will. Chen Geng responded, he had planned to contact Huaxia after he went back.

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In order to ensure efficiency, Chen Geng directly contacted Ding Haijun.

Ding Haijun's voice sounded a little tired, Chen Geng didn't go around in circles with Ding Haijun, and immediately asked after a few simple greetings: "Old Ding, is this the case, I am in Moscow now, and I saw a report about the fire in Daxinganling, and now the fire situation is very serious?"

"Well, it's very serious," Ding Haijun didn't hide it from Chen Geng: "It's very difficult to rescue the disaster...... Speaking of which, Chairman Chen, I would like to thank you for the batch of heavy helicopters you recommended to us at the beginning, these heavy helicopters played a huge role in the fire fighting and rescue. ”

In fact, on the day of the resurgence of the fire on May 7, the central government instructed the military to immediately dispatch all CH-54B "Tahe" heavy helicopters that could carry out the mission to the Daxinganling area with firefighting kits and personnel transport kits -- and the planes that were under maintenance must also complete the maintenance tasks as soon as possible and then rush to the past.

After several successive transfer flights, by 2 a.m. on May 9, the first batch of three CH-54B "Tahe" heavy helicopters carrying two sets of fire fighting kits and one personnel transport kit finally rushed to the Daxinganling area, and immediately put into the intense fire fighting and personnel rescue.

Because of the large load capacity, and equipped with a special fire rescue kit and personnel transport kit, these planes played a much greater role in this fire than Chen Geng imagined - here is an additional word, because these sets of fire extinguishing kits have been placed in the warehouse to eat ashes, in recent years, there have been many people behind Chen Geng's small words, who let these sets of fire extinguishing kits is Chen Geng's "suggestion" Huaxia purchased, but when these sets of fire extinguishing systems showed a very high fire extinguishing efficiency in this fire, no one said anything less, but someone remembered Chen Geng's original suggestion: take advantage of the cheap, purchase a few more, but unfortunately, at that time, Huaxia, foreign exchange was really short, not willing to buy more, so that now can only jump to regret.

"Really? huh...... If only it worked. ”

Chen Gengke didn't know that so many things had happened in this, and now he was relieved to hear Ding Haijun say that the batch of second-hand CH-54B "Tahe" heavy helicopters that he proposed to purchase had played a big role in this firefighting and rescue.

Ding Haijun said politely: "Yesterday, the old man said that it was thanks to your original suggestion," After speaking, Ding Haijun asked Chen Geng directly: "Brother, when you call me at this time, you must not only ask about the disaster, right?"

Chen Geng didn't sell it, and said directly: "That's the case, I saw that this fire has spread to the territory of the Soviet Union here in Moscow, and I think that the disaster must be not small, so I am ready to organize a group of firefighting and rescue planes from the Soviet Union to come to our side to help, but I don't know if our side can accept the Soviet firefighting and rescue aircraft to enter China to carry out aerial firefighting and personnel rescue missions?"

“……”

Hearing Chen Geng say that he was going to organize a group of planes from the Soviet Union to carry out fire-fighting and rescue missions in China, Ding Haijun was immediately stunned on the spot and did not speak for a while.

To tell the truth, since the outbreak of the disaster, people and countries at home and abroad have been providing help to China in various ways, including donating money and materials, and even some experts have provided disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction suggestions to the Chinese government.

Chen Geng was the first.

He didn't say how much it would cost to organize such a group of planes from the Soviet Union to carry out a disaster relief mission in China, but with Ding's naval understanding of the Soviet Union, the Soviet government would definitely not work for Huaxia in vain, so it is conceivable that Chen Geng would have to pay for the rescue in the end.

After more than ten seconds, Ding Haijun finally spoke: "The Soviet government...... They agreed?"

Chen Geng said: "I sent my intention through the KGB, and now I am waiting for a reply from there, and now what I am worried about is, what is the attitude of our side? After all, our side basically has no experience in piloting a large Soviet fire-fighting aircraft to carry out fire-fighting tasks, and it will definitely be Soviet people who will come to China to carry out rescue and fire-fighting tasks."

Well, the models I plan to lease from the Soviet side include Mi-26 fire-fighting heavy helicopters, Il-76 fire-fighting heavy transport aircraft, and other-12 fire-fighting seaplanes, and I am also preparing to lease a batch of Mi-8 helicopters for personnel transportation and rescue. ”

The equipment mentioned by Chen Geng has never been touched by China at all, and the second automobile is the military equipment of the Soviet Union in active service, so these people sent by the Soviet Union to carry out rescue and fire fighting must be Soviet servicemen, and maybe there are Soviet spies among them, and they are ready to take this opportunity to secretly "take a look", so in this case, can the Chinese government allow the footsteps of the Soviet soldiers to step on the footsteps of China? After all, the relationship between the two countries was once so tense. I'm still nervous, but not as nervous as I was a few years ago.

Ding Haijun understood the meaning of Chen Geng's words, but there was no need to say it.

"Your question...... I can't reply to you now," Ding Haijun finally spoke, "But I will immediately report your words to the chief, and I will be able to give you an answer soon." ”

"Okay. ”

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It didn't take Chen Geng to wait too long, only about half an hour, Ding Haijun called Chen Geng again, and as soon as the phone was connected, Ding Haijun said: "If the Soviet side is willing to help us extinguish the fire and rescue in a non-military form, we will be very grateful." ”

What do you mean by a "non-military form"?

These people can be active military personnel in the Soviet Union, but they must take off their military uniforms and carry out rescue and fire-fighting missions as firefighters, volunteers and other non-military personnel, rather than stepping on Chinese soil as Soviet soldiers.