Chapter 691 - Losing a plane
The weather was fine, and it was another good day for a test flight. As a mechanic for the company, Ono came to Matsuyama Airport early. On the tarmac, a naval fighter named White-shouldered Eagle is refueling, and next to it is a Navy Sea Hawk biplane fighter for observation and protection. Compared with the intricate biplane fighters, the sunlight makes the red and blue painted "White Shoulder Sculpture" full of tension and modernity.
Although the military test in Zhengzhou was not seen, Keelung is still making continuous improvements to the aircraft. The shell of the aircraft is also covered with a number of strips of red silk, which is a small means of observing the air flow on the surface of the fuselage. Of course, this is only an auxiliary means, and the main aerodynamic test needs to be carried out in the Chongqing wind tunnel, but it is already a high-secret experiment, and a mechanic like Ono cannot participate in it.
In the corner of the airport, Huang Yufei was talking to several mechanics. For this young designer who graduated from Nanjing Aeronautical University, Ono always felt a little strange, but he couldn't find anything unreasonable after many contacts. Seeing that he didn't pay attention to this, he immediately pretended to walk to the ground crew soldiers who were refueling the plane, and when he saw that the fuel gauge was only halfway filled, he was worried that the fuel was not enough, and he deliberately said: "Brothers, add more fuel, and we will conduct a weapon test today." ”
The soldier who was just about to pull out the oil gun was stunned when he heard this, looked at the side and asked, "It didn't say that there is a weapon test item today." ”
"This is a temporary addition, and it will be equipped soon, so we must test it more and not be careless, otherwise we will not be able to bear it in case of an accident." Ono's Chinese has a strong Shanghai accent, and he deliberately uses responsibility and accidents to suppress the soldiers. Perhaps infected by his seriousness, or perhaps feeling the need to argue over a little gasoline, the soldier shoved the gas gun into the gas filler again.
Seeing that the oil gauge was full, Xiao Ambition secretly relieved his mouth, and began to check the meter in a fake appearance, but he didn't notice that Huang Yufei, who was still talking in the distance, looked slanted, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became thicker and thicker. "Bring the bullets. On the runway, the wooden target was erected first, and it was useful for a short time to slide and shoot. Bullets to me. Kitakusa Ueda, who was also disguised as a mechanic, climbed onto the wings, opened the magazine, flattened out a long 250-round cartridge belt, and loaded it into the receiver. This skillful movement made Huang Yufei's eyebrows, who were paying attention to him, gradually turn cold. He had known for a long time that Ono still had accomplices by his side, but he didn't expect that it was actually this weapons and protection designer who had been in the company for six years.
Deliberately waiting for the two machine guns to be loaded, Huang Yufei shouted: "Master Lin Ye, what are you doing, who let the bullets be loaded?" Is there a weapons test today? Ono and Kitakusa Ueda, who were checking the progress, were startled to see him pointing to the machine-gun belt. Hurriedly jumped off the plane and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Designer Huang." It's not going to be equipped soon, and I want to test the balance of the machine gun and the sight again. I designed this part, and I was worried that something would go wrong. ”
Huang Yufei sighed, climbed up and looked at the machine gun and bullets before saying, "Tell me first next time you want to do an additional test, you can't mess around, you have to have a plan for every step." ”
"Yes, yes, it's all my negligence."
Seeing Ono nodding and saying yes, Huang Yufei began to check the status of the planes one by one according to the procedure, but he had just checked half of it. One of the arranged company leaders rushed over out of breath, and when he saw him, he deliberately shouted: "Designer Huang, the test pilot's car broke down on the road, saying that it would be an hour late." ”
Keelung is not far from Songshan, and the test pilots are not military pilots, so they usually live at home. There have been a few cases of late arrivals. But Huang Yufei still deliberately pretended to be very annoyed and said, "What's the matter? Didn't you say 10 o'clock! Ono heard that the test pilot's car was broken, and immediately understood that this was a peripheral accomplice covering for himself, and he knew that this was the only chance, so he leaned over and pretended to enlighten: "Designer Huang, don't be angry, you see if this will work, let Technician Huang conduct a ground taxi calibration first, anyway, this was designed by him and me together." It's clearer to do it yourself. ”
"This is not in accordance with the rules?" Huang Yufei deliberately rubbed a few sentences, and finally looked at the watch and pretended to be very impatient, before saying, "That's good." Slide around first, and then shoot at the end. That's right. You remind him to be careful not to crash the plane by controlling the throttle. Xiao Ambition felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and after hurriedly saying that he would seriously remind him, he walked to Kitakusa Ueda and deliberately said loudly: "Technician Huang, the test pilot has not yet arrived, and you will personally control the ground test shooting, pay attention to the throttle and don't fly." ”
"Don't worry." Kitakusa Ueda was also trembling, especially when he saw that the accompanying naval fighters were still refueling, he was even more excited and sweaty. As he got into the cabin, the technicians around him scattered, and when the engine started, Kitakusa Ueda immediately controlled the plane and slowly slid towards the calibration shooting range at the other end of the runway. But what is surprising is that the plane, which was supposed to be taxiing slowly, is getting faster and faster, and the violent hissing sound makes Huang Yufei, who is looking at the plan, suddenly raise his head: "What the hell?" Stop it! Signal him to stop! ”
Ono, who had just walked back, also pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly turned around to chase after him, shouting as he ran: "Stop!" Hit the brakes, hurry. But no matter how he shouted with everyone, the plane not only did not slow down, but after the engine spewed a puff of black smoke, it staggered off the runway and soared into the sky.
"What?"
"Oh no, what should I do? Lao Huang can't fly a plane. ”
"It's over, it's over! It's over now, or let the Navy planes go up to see the situation. ”
Everyone was stunned by this scene, and they all thought it was an operation error, only Huang Yufei understood what was going on, looked at the fighter plane flying to the northeast, and slapped his thigh: "Not good!" Could it be a spy? Hurry up, let the pilot take to the air to catch up and see. It's over, if you lose the plane, it's all over. ”
This sentence made everyone panic, you must know that the white-shouldered eagle has been included in the navy's procurement list, whether it is a spy or sabotage, it is a serious matter! So everyone didn't think much about it, and hurriedly asked the naval pilots to catch up and check it out. However, due to an accident, the pilot who was originally accompanying him "happened" to go back to the dormitory to get something, so by the time he took off in pursuit, a full 15 minutes had passed.
To be on the safe side, the officers at the base who learned the news immediately ordered four more Sea Hawks to take off to search and pursue. Looking at the sea eagles taking off one after another, Ono was already nervous to death. Although judging from the data, the speed of the white-shouldered eagle is higher than that of the Sea Hawk fighter, but he is not sure whether Kitakusa Ueda can reach Fuding and land before being overtaken. However, he was also a veteran spy, so he quickly recovered to his original state, pretending to be nervous and ran to Huang Yufei's side, eagerly reminding him that he should report to the top immediately.
Huang Yufei was also very "flustered" and immediately asked the base officer to report to the headquarters. The Matsuyama base, which had no knowledge of the whole plan, was suddenly chaotic, and a new plane that had been identified by the Navy was driven away under the nose of a naval aviation squadron. Therefore, the telegram was immediately sent to the headquarters of the Second Fleet in Sanduao.
In less than half an hour, all the air forces and navies along the southeast coast were in action, dozens of warplanes rushed into the sky, and even the coast guard patrol ships patrolling the sea were observing the air one after another, looking for the disappeared white-shouldered eagle fighters
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"Jingle bell jingle bell. Hey, what's the matter? Joke? What the? The new plane is missing. The rapid ringing of the telephone broke the calm of the duty room of the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing, and when he heard the voice on the other end of the phone, the major on duty thought it was a joke, and did not realize that something was wrong until he confirmed it several times!
The equipment of the new aircraft in the sea and air is very secretive, and the air force has just taken over and has not even started the training of changing clothes, so ordinary officers only know that a few aircraft have been selected, but it is not clear which ones are specific. So when the other end of the phone shouted that the new plane had been stolen, the major immediately realized that something was wrong! When he reported the news to his superiors, there was an instant uproar in the huge Ministry of Defense, as if people had returned to the Saudi crisis two years ago, so that many officers and civilian personnel who still did not know the situation poked their heads out to ask the reason.
But this kind of noise stopped abruptly after arriving at the conference room, looking at the urgent report Song Ziqing sent the officer away, and handed it to Yue Peng and Xue Muhua next to him with the corners of his mouth: "You really have the courage to dare to drive the plane away under our noses." Wu Peifu, Zhang Xiaozhun, and others present here all knew that this incident was a bait released by the Ministry of Intelligence to purge the Japanese spy network, and they also knew that the General Staff Department was preparing to take advantage of this opportunity to suppress the nerve of Sakhalin oil. Only by making Japan feel that Sakhalin's oil will be cut off at any time, will it be desperate to expand its armaments and prepare for a southward movement.
Yue Peng picked up the report, and without even reading it, he handed it to An Guoliang, the new commander of the National Guard: "Guoliang, it's up to you." ”
"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll make this a big deal." An Guoliang was the founder of the Wehrmacht cavalry and the first commander of the Mixed Mounted Infantry Division. After the end of the European War, he was reappointed to the post of deputy chief of general staff of the Northwest Theater, because Xiao Anguo's retired National Guard needed a reliable family member, so Yang Qiu and Song Ziqing discussed and promoted him.
The National Guard is very different from the regular army, and the establishment is almost a mini joint command of the land, sea and air, and having the National Guard rush to the front can also send a signal that there is no desire for war. As An Guoliang got up and left, Chen Shaokuan and Xue Muhua immediately issued orders to dispatch planes and warships to search the coastal waters and inspect any suspicious ships.
As patrol ships and planes left the port, the nerves that plagued Japan the most were finally picked up by "advanced" planes.