"Dear Li, what are you doing? Come with me to train. I will think of a way to defeat you."
While Li Hang was busy with a pencil in the room, a Soviet pilot who was about the same age as him walked over.
This person's name is Alyosha, which is a very popular name in the Soviet Union.
As for the full name, Li Hang couldn't remember it. It was too long, so he called the other person Alyosha.
The most interesting thing is that the other party actually knows Chinese, but it's not that good and he can barely communicate.
"Alyosha, I definitely can't do it right now. I'm just inspired right now and I need to seize this opportunity. I'm afraid I won't be able to remember it after the inspiration has passed." Li Hang refused without raising his head and continued to use the pencil. Lines are drawn on a piece of cardboard.
"Li, what are you busy with...Are you designing an airplane?" Alyosha came over and was surprised when he saw the airplane made of lines on the white paper.
“Can’t I design an airplane?”
"Of course I can. I just didn't expect you to design airplanes. We are pilots, so we just need to be able to fly airplanes." Alyosha obviously belongs to the big and bad type and doesn't like design.
"Alyosha, our country does not have a complete industrial system like yours and a specialized design institute."
"That's your country's problem. It doesn't engage in industry. And your bureaucracy is so bad. If it were placed in the Soviet Union, they would all be shot." Alyosha did not forget to complain about the National Government he saw in Lanzhou. officials.
"Alyosha, I'm just a pilot. It's not what I can do to rectify the bureaucracy."
"That's true. But the plane you designed looks like a big barrel. Can it fly?" Alyosha approached the cardboard and looked at the plane on the white paper carefully.
He didn't know much about aircraft design, so he could only look at the shape and so on.
"Of course it can fly. I specially designed the airplane, so how could it not fly?"
"How fast can your plane fly? What about its weapon performance?"
"My plan is to have a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour and be equipped with two 7.92mm machine guns."
The reason why it is 7.92mm is because the machine guns currently produced by the National Government are of this caliber. If you want to use machine guns of other calibers, you must either modify it yourself or buy it.
"A 7.92mm machine gun? No, no, I think it should be equipped with two or four 12.7mm machine guns. I think the I-16's machine gun caliber is too small. It would be better if it could be equipped with a 20mm machine gun." Alyosha Apparently he inherited Lao Maozi's rough character.
Li Hang also wanted to equip the aircraft he designed with a 12.7mm machine gun or a 20mm machine gun, but the situation did not allow it.
And he doesn't know if this aircraft can be manufactured, so he is currently just assuming it.
In fact, on the Chinese battlefield, 7.62 or 7.92mm aviation machine guns are enough. After all, the Japs' machine guns are typically thin-skinned, just like their tanks.
If the 12.7mm is better, it will basically hit the Japanese aircraft, which will cause problems or even crash.
As for the 20mm cannon, forget it because it’s not necessary.
In World War II, it was needed on the European battlefield, because the fighter aircraft of Germany, the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States and other countries were getting thicker and thicker, especially the old and American aircraft.
In fact, before the P51 Mustang, the old American aircraft did not have much to offer, mainly due to their powerful engines, rough skin and thick flesh, and powerful aircraft firepower.
But that’s why it’s so popular.
Especially in the Pacific battlefield, even if the Japanese planes hit the old and American planes with many shots, they may not be able to destroy the old and American planes.
However, the machine guns and cannons of the old American aircraft have strong firepower. Even if they start to get hit by some bullets, the aircraft is durable and there is no need to worry at all.
"Alyosha, our country's enemy - Japan, their aircraft shells are very thin and they don't need cannons." Li Hang gave the other party some popular science.
"Well, I don't know about the situation of those Japanese aircraft. But I have seen that new Japanese fighter plane. Its performance is really good and it is very flexible.
But how do you set the design speed of the aircraft at 500 kilometers per hour? Can it fly that fast? "
"As long as there is one engine, this is not a problem. And the speed of the aircraft will only get faster and faster, and even 500 kilometers is actually a bit behind."
"Is this still lagging behind? Our most advanced Yi-16 has a maximum speed of only 440 kilometers."
"I heard that the German BF109 has a speed of 500 kilometers."
"Germany? I don't know that. But we have a very good relationship with Germany, so there is no threat. I think the I-16 is enough." Alyosha didn't think much about it.
In fact, this is also the view of many old people.
At this time, the relationship between Germany and Lao Maozi was indeed good, so no one thought that the most tragic war of World War II would break out between the two countries.
It is said to be World War II, but the main battlefield is the Soviet-German battlefield. The scale and cruelty of other battlefields are not comparable to the Soviet-German battlefield.
After all, it was a battle involving millions of soldiers. The total number of troops invested by both sides in the defense of Moscow exceeded four million.
On this scale, other battlefields in World War II combined are not as good as this!
Even at this time, it was difficult for China to mobilize millions of troops to fight a war at once. The Wuhan battle had not yet begun but they were barely assembled, but they still lost to the Japanese army of only more than 200,000 people. .
This is the gap.
There is no way, the gap in national strength is too big.
As for the I-16 fighter, many people think this aircraft is good, and Alyosha is not the only one.
Lao Maozi has also had problems with his research ideas on aircraft in recent years. For example, the in-depth improvement of biplanes such as the Yi-15 is an obvious representative.
There are many reasons.
Some people exaggerate the achievements of the I-16 fighter jets, and there are also other reasons.
Li Hang was not interested in arguing with Alyosha on this matter. There was no need.
Alyosha saw that Li Hang really didn't intend to compete with him, so he didn't wait all the time. He had plenty of time.
Other training pilots came back one after another.
Because the continuous training also made them a little nervous, everyone decided to go to the city after discussion.
"There is nothing interesting in Lanzhou City. Are we sure we want to go around?"
"Go and have a look. You can also go to the Yellow River to have a look."
"Have you not seen enough of the Yellow River? It's so interesting to see the Yellow River from the plane, but it's just like that from below. It's better to go to other places to see it. This is my first time in Lanzhou."
"How can there be so many of us? We don't even have bicycles. How can we walk?"
"How can we walk? Find a car and let's drive there."
There are cars in the airport, and they are naturally aided by the Soviet Union. They look very different from the cars produced in the United States, France, etc., and they are not the same style.
But this is not the time to be picky, it would be nice to have it.
Seeing that everyone wanted to play, Li Hang naturally followed.
