Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

When the group arrived at the cafeteria, there were still a few pilots eating. When they saw Qin Yang and the others walk in, their eyes immediately widened.

"President Qin!"

"President Qin, do you remember me?"

Looking at these enthusiastic pilots, Qin Yang was a little curious. He thought carefully in his mind, but still had no impression. So he shook his head awkwardly: "Everyone, have we met before?"

Old Lin smiled beside him: "President Qin, you have cooperated before, but you really haven't met."

Cooperated before?

Qin Yang thought about it again in his mind, and finally thought of something: "When filming the movie back then?"

"That's right, President Qin, we were the H-6 crew when filming the movie!" The captain said excitedly: "President Qin, my name is Li Chang, and I was the captain at the time. We were really sweating bullets back then."

At that time, the plan was to have the H-6 and the Tomcat do a mid-air sideswipe, which was quite dangerous, even more dangerous than two speeding motorcycles holding hands on the highway. However, they still successfully completed the task.

"Yes, it was dangerous enough at the time," Qin Yang said.

"No, no, we weren't afraid of danger. We were afraid of not completing the task. Fortunately, we finally completed the task successfully, and our air force also has the powerful J-11 fighter jet!" Li Chang said.

"That's right, if we were afraid of danger, we wouldn't be pilots!" another crew member next to him said.

The H-6 is the main bomber of the country, the largest military aircraft in the country, and also the main force of this military parade. Their crew has also arrived at the airport to participate in the upcoming training.

For them, the most unforgettable thing was of course that mission. The Americans flew the plane over to film the movie, and there would be a mid-air sideswipe scene. However, after learning about the mission, none of them flinched, because they remembered their mission!

They were just afraid of not being able to complete the task!

"That's right, if we're talking about danger, that time wasn't anything. A few months after that, the aerial emergency we encountered was really dangerous. At that time, our vertical tail flew off directly."

Qin Yang's eyes widened: "The vertical tail fell off?"

Qin Yang knew that the JH-7, also known as the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber, vibrated during the test flight and directly shook off the rudder at the tail. He had never heard of other aircraft having similar situations.

The H-6 is a large bomber with a fuselage length of 34.80 meters, a wingspan of 33.00 meters, and a height of 9.85 meters. The huge vertical tail at the back is more than five meters high, and the maximum take-off weight is eighty tons. Such a big guy actually lost its tail in the sky, and it wasn't even the rudder!

"Yes," Li Chang said, "At that time, we encountered a sudden emergency in the sky. The vertical tail was gone, and the plane was rapidly descending at a rate of thirty meters per second with a 45-degree slope. We used all our strength to level the plane. Because there was no vertical tail, we flew erratically and flew to three airports in a row before finally landing successfully."

It only takes a few words to say it, but the degree of danger at that time can be imagined.

Old Lu also sighed from the side: "Under that kind of situation, you should have chosen to parachute."

Other planes can parachute, but parachuting from an H-6? It's too difficult.

There are six people in front of you, all of whom are H-6 crew members. When they performed the filming mission last time, only two people went up, and the others didn't go up, not even the navigator.

Why?

If something really happened, there wouldn't be enough time to parachute. If only two people went up, and they both jumped upwards, it would be safer.

The layout of the H-6 is the same as the bombers during World War II. There is a transparent navigator compartment at the nose and a tail gunner at the tail. The plane requires six people to operate, namely the co-pilot, the first navigator, the second navigator, the communicator, and the shooter.

Although everyone is sitting on an ejection seat, some eject upwards, some eject sideways, and some eject downwards. The order cannot be messed up. When other people are ejecting, the pilot has to adjust the plane to the appropriate attitude, otherwise, the ejected companion may be in danger. In critical situations, the success rate of ejection is very low, especially for the co-pilots in the back.

Therefore, when they encounter a situation, they would rather find a way to fly back than eject.

"Has anyone said anything bad about this plane?" Qin Yang frowned: "For example, that it was cursed because of filming the movie?"

Old Lin immediately retorted: "Let me see who dares to say that. In my opinion, this bomber is a plane that has made great contributions to our air force. If anyone dares to promote superstition, I will slap him!"

Li Chang also quickly said: "Of course not. Our H-6 was originally unreliable and had a high accident rate. Accidents cannot be blamed on other things. Moreover, our plane has been repaired, and we will also fly this plane to participate in the military parade mission."

Who dares to say anything bad? We don't believe in evil, we will repair this plane and participate in the military parade!

Qin Yang nodded, still frowning, lost in thought.

"President Qin, are you here to eat? Can we sit down and eat together?" Li Chang asked.

"Yes, let's eat together, it's more lively." Qin Yang nodded.

The pilot's meal was originally in the form of a buffet, but seeing everyone coming in, the restaurant staff quickly served a few plates of dishes, placed them on the table, and went to get bowls, chopsticks, and wine bottles.

Old Lin opened the wine bottle: "Come, since we are here, let's have a drink together!"

"President Qin, what are you thinking about?" Old Lin looked at Qin Yang's expression and couldn't help but ask, could it be that he was still brooding over the H-6 incident? Back then, it was to get a Tomcat prototype for us. Now our J-11 can participate in the military parade, what's there to be ashamed of?

"I'm thinking that the H-6 should be upgraded the most," Qin Yang said, "This kind of plane is too old. Our pilots are flying with their lives. We have to find ways to improve their safety, for example, changing the six-person crew to a three-person crew, all sitting in the cockpit. When ejection is needed, eject upwards at one-second intervals, which would be much safer."

Qin Yang is worried about this!

Li Chang and others were moved.

"Yes, it should have been improved long ago. In Lao Maozi's place, the Tu-16 was replaced by more advanced bombers in just a few years, the Tu-22M, the Tu-95, the Tu-160. The pilots are all sitting in the cockpit, ejecting upwards together," Old Lin said: "President Qin, are you planning to modify it for us?"

Li Chang also excitedly said: "If it can be improved, of course, it would be great. However, it's easy to remove the tail gun, anyway, it's useless, but other improvements are not easy!"

The tail gun is a feature of World War II, to guard against rear-end attacks. Even the Il-76 still has a tail turret, but on the modern battlefield, enemy planes rarely come up to dogfight with machine guns. They will definitely launch missiles, and the tail gun is just a decoration.

The tail gun can be removed, but what about the others? Navigators, bombardiers, how to remove these?