Chapter 579 The Leaping Deck Collapses

This plane was landed by Obakilov, but if he was chosen during the publicity, it would be meaningless, and he would even be ridiculed by the outside world. This is definitely not acceptable to the proud Ah San .

  So, they filmed the landing of the carrier-based aircraft, and then edited the footage of Nisant Singh leaving the cabin. In this way, they can announce to the outside world in a big way that Ah San's navy has entered a new era!

  What about yourself? Just make wedding dresses for others like this?

   Obakilov was angry, but he had no other choice, because he was getting Ah San's salary now, and it was not low, so he had to cooperate with Ah San's propaganda.

  Even, a few deliberately arranged people blocked him so that he would not appear in front of the camera.

   Watching the lively scene there, Obakilov felt like an outsider.

  Captain Suraj Berry also came down, stood next to the carrier-based aircraft, and delivered a passionate speech.

  Of course these were carefully prepared in advance. Obakilov angrily walked to the tractor, sat there, took out a small bottle of vodka from his pocket, and poured it into his stomach.

   Whatever, as long as there is a salary, honors are worthless, Obakilov comforted himself.

The lively scene lasted for more than 20 minutes, and Suraj Berry suddenly realized that he had neglected the big hairy instructor. He walked up to the tractor and looked at Obakilov: "Mr. Obakilov, thank you very much The contribution you have made to our Ah San Navy, the next take-off test is going to be carried out, can you fly the first one for us?"

Obakilov glanced at the captain, and then raised the small wine bottle in his hand: "I'm sorry, I drank this, according to the rules, I can no longer fly, the most difficult thing is landing, takeoff is no problem, or Let your best pilots fly."

  Obakilov still resisted, and he was not welcomed by such a dangerous landing, so what did he do when he took off? Let Ah San's pilot take the first flight, anyway, it won't do any good to fly by himself.

   "Okay, then let's replace the pilot. You can take a good rest. When you go back after the sea trial, you have to teach our pilots the real landing skills." Suraj-Berry said.

  Obakilov nodded: "Of course no problem. Is there still wine on the aircraft carrier? I want to drink more."

   There was a full hour between takeoff and landing, and all the preparations were done.

According to the marking lines on the deck, the Chaoriwang has two take-off points, but the short take-off point is too close to the ship island. Scrape to the ship island.

   Moreover, for the first take-off, God knows if there will be any problems with the take-off that has been tested on the ground. Therefore, it should be safer to take off at a long point and run a longer distance.

   It is only after the specific operation that we know how weak this aircraft carrier is. A shorter take-off point is almost useless. In addition to the risk of hitting the ship island, there is another big problem with a short take-off point, that is, the engine exhaust will spray onto the carrier aircraft behind!

There is a lot of space on the right side of the deck. Four carrier-based aircraft can be parked in front of the island, and seven or eight aircraft can be parked behind. However, the carrier-based aircraft parked behind and people who may come and go must be careful. As the fighters with short take-off points in front take off, the hot flames may scorch them.

  Because this aircraft carrier is not equipped with a special flame shield!

   If you are unlucky, the flames sprayed by the carrier-based aircraft at the short take-off point may spread to the entire rear deck.

  In comparison, the long take-off point is better. After all, it protrudes from the deck and will not affect the deck operations.

Returning to the ship island and looking at the take-off line, Suraj Berry was a little dissatisfied. The aircraft carrier of the Orientals appeared in his mind. Those take-off points were all in front of the ship island. Two short take-off The point will not interfere with the landing of the carrier-based aircraft, that kind of design is the most suitable!

  Unfortunately, if the arms procurement personnel were strong back then, it would be great to buy that Varyag back! Now it has become the first aircraft carrier in the hands of the Orientals.

  Thinking of this, Suraj Berry felt uncomfortable for a while.

   "The ugly duckling is ready to take off, please take off." Nishant Singh's call came from the radio.

   "You can take off, ugly duckling, you will be recorded in the annals of our navy! Come on!" Suraj Berry shouted himself.

A regular aircraft carrier should have a dedicated carrier-based air wing leader, and these words are said by the wing leader, but after all, they have not yet established a MiG-29K carrier-based air wing in an organized way, and they can only be It's up to the captain to do it for him.

  Two RD-33 engines roared, the afterburner was turned on, and two flames spewed out from the tail, which was so dazzling. The photographer on the side carried a camera and captured wonderful pictures.

  Nisant Singh let off the brakes.

  The fighter roared forward, entered the landing area first, and flew forward along the yellow line, getting closer and closer to the leaping deck!

  During the ground test flight, he has already completed the ski jump take-off many times, so for him, this take-off is not a big deal at all, it is just as simple as the ground.

  The fighter plane roared and rushed to the jump deck. On the island, everyone's eyes were following the plane.

   "This speed is absolutely fine!" said a pilot waiting to take off.

According to Lao Maozi's experiment, this fighter can carry 4.5 tons of weapons and take off from the Nitka base on land with a total weight of 22.4 tons. Now there is a deck wind of 26 knots on the aircraft carrier, and there are no external weapons. problem.

  The fighter plane has already flown over the flat deck, rushing towards the jumping deck!

  Crackling... Amidst the roar, a strange sound came to the island. The sound was very subtle, but it passed by in a flash, so no one took it seriously.

  The MiG-29K continued to accelerate on the jump deck, and everyone could already see the hot tail flame!

   "Great, our Sea Harriers are overdue!" Suraj Berry said.

  The Ah San Navy has entered a new era. They will have world-advanced third-generation aircraft to be used as carrier-based aircraft. They will be more domineering at sea in the future!

   "Drag the second MiG-29K!" Suraj Berry gave the order excitedly.

  The yellow tractor started up again, and the second MiG-29K entered the take-off point.

  Amid the same roar, the fighter roared towards the take-off point.

Ordinarily, it is enough to take off one aircraft for a test, but Ah San is not out of his mind, they have to take more take-off pictures, and the number of each aircraft is different, so that after the release, it can show that their aircraft carrier has The real fighting power! They can attack at any time and become the overlord here!

   Moreover, it took a lot of effort to lift the plane up. If you want to bring the plane back, you have to hang it down again! It's better to fly back and fly directly to the training base.

  Crackling...the sound sounded again, even louder than before!

   Everyone frowned.

   "What's going on?" Suraj Berry asked with some concern: "Is there something wrong with our aircraft carrier?"

   "It may be stress relief." Said the engineer on the side.

  In the process of cutting, welding, etc., stress will be generated, and this thing will be released slowly in the next few years, or even more than ten years. These situations will appear in small cars and tanks, as large as warships and aircraft carriers.

   If it is said that the steel plate of the aircraft carrier is cracked, they absolutely do not believe it.

  Takeoff continues.

  The third took off successfully, followed by the fourth.

  Pilot Budia's confidence increased greatly. He watched his companions take off one by one, so he would not have any problems.

  Budia started the engine calmly, gently pushed the throttle lever to the full open position as usual in training, then turned on the afterburner and released the brake.

  His MiG-29K fighter jet also taxied on the aircraft carrier.

   At this time, on the warship accompanying the aircraft carrier, a sailor with good eyesight suddenly shouted: "Look, the bow of our Chaoriwang ship jumped off the side of the deck, and there seems to be a crack!"

   "How is it possible, it must be my eyesight!" The person next to him said, looked over, and suddenly opened his mouth: "Oh, **** it, quickly notify the other side and stop flying the fighter jets!"

   It's too late.

   The creaking sound continued, this time it was louder, irritating everyone's eardrums, and they were all worried. There was no such a big movement in stress relief. What's going on?

  Suraj Berry opened his eyes wide, looking at the plane that had slid onto the jump deck, but, for some reason, he felt that the jump deck seemed to be shaking.

   Could it be because of the shaking of the hull?

  Crackling... In the clearer sound, the weld seam at the joint between the leaping deck and the original deck of the aircraft carrier cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye!

  Budia was the most unlucky one. The take-offs of his first few companions kept impacting the jumping deck. When it came to him, the quantitative change finally led to a qualitative change!

  Crack!

   A deck under the wheel was also cracked!

  His plane immediately veered to one side. Seeing that the wings were about to touch the jump deck, he pulled the control lever cruelly.

  The front wheel of the MiG-29K fighter was raised, the wings were raised, and the deck brushed past the edge of the hang, and he felt the sweat on his back.

   As long as he can fly, he's safe!

  However, the safety he was looking forward to never came. The next moment, the wheel of the main landing gear on his left side suddenly slammed, and the jump deck collapsed abruptly, and the wheel got stuck!

At this time, the speed of the fighter plane had exceeded 200 kilometers per hour, the wheels were stuck, and the body was dragged by a huge force. The crisp sound of the beam breaking sounded, and Budia knew it was over, so he quickly Keeping your legs together, pull the tab of the ejection seat with both hands.

Speaking of the performance of fighter jets, the MiG-29K is actually not very good. Even if it is much improved than the original MiG-29A, it still cannot compare with Western fighters. Very dissatisfied, looking forward to using other carrier-based aircraft, such as the American F-18, French Rafale, etc., but, when it comes to the ejection seats used on carrier-based aircraft, that old man is definitely the best in the world .

  No matter what the situation is, Lao Maozi’s ejection seat can work stably and reliably, saving the life of the pilot, and it is still the same now.

As the flames under his buttocks rose, Budia jumped into the sky. His fighter plane was not as lucky as him. The landing gear that was stuck in the lower half finally broke under the huge force, and the limping MiG -29K continued to jump forward, sparks were generated by rubbing against the steel plate, and then, a ball of fire appeared on the top of the jumping deck.

   "Quick, damage control, the damage control personnel are in place!" Suraj Berry shouted loudly. At this time, he was very anxious. Such an accident happened in the first sea trial!

   "Report, the damage control equipment has not been installed yet." The subordinates replied anxiously.

What?

  Suraj-Berry's eyes burst into flames: "How can it not be installed? Is there a fire extinguisher? If not, use a bucket!"

Ah San's construction period is very tight, they can't wait to announce to the world that their navy has a new toy, after installing the engine, the aircraft carrier can start, so they are going to come out and try it out at sea , By the way, complete the take-off and landing of the carrier-based aircraft.

   In fact, they almost got there! However, this accident happened when the last carrier-based aircraft took off!

  A big fire was burning on the leaping deck, as if it was a bonfire celebrating victory, but no one felt joy in their hearts. All previous successes were broken by this final failure!

  For an aircraft carrier, a deck fire is already a first-class accident. The only thing to be thankful for now is that there are no other aircraft on the deck, no fuel filling and ammunition loading tasks, so it will not pose a greater threat.

  The photographer was also dumbfounded. He had already fully recorded the whole process. He didn't expect that a good test flight would become like this, and how could the deck collapse? The quality is too bad, right?

  The sailors began to get busy. They stood by the side of the ship, lowered the bucket with a rope, then picked up the bucket filled with seawater, ran to the fire, and bravely splashed the seawater on it!

   On a modern aircraft carrier, sailors are still fighting fires in this way that has lasted for thousands of years! If you use an oriental idiom to describe it, it is a drop in the bucket!

   "Your Excellency, Captain, we still have a pilot who fell into the water." The person on the side reported.

   "Let our lifeboat go down." Suraj Berry's eyes were attracted by the fire, and he almost forgot that there was another unlucky pilot!

   "Report, our lifeboat has not been installed yet."

   It is not installed again! Suraj Berry's eyes were extremely gloomy: "If you call the helicopter at our base, I'm afraid it will be too late!"

   Having said that, he looked around, and then burst into excitement: "Quick, immediately call the escorting warship, release the lifeboat, and salvage our poor pilot!"

  The escorting warship has been watching for a long time, but they can’t help. Now after receiving the call, they quickly acted. At this time, Budia, who had been soaking in the sea for 20 minutes, was finally rescued.

  His face was pale, his eyes were gloomy, and his whole body trembled: "Damn it, I don't want to be a carrier-based aircraft pilot anymore!"

Since they are operating MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft, Ah San originally had MiG-29A fighter jets, so these pilots were all selected from the land-based MiG-29A. They were very excited at first, but Now, Budia is completely disappointed, and he still wants to live a few more years.

Nearby, a freighter happened to pass by. The sailors on the freighter saw this scene and ran out to watch the excitement. There was even a sailor with a camera who snapped photos. This is definitely the most exciting Lens!

   In the rear, in Ah San Navy's conference room, the atmosphere was tense for a while.

   "This aircraft carrier must have had problems when it was built by Da Mao!" Sunil was there impassioned: "We must seek compensation from Da Mao!"

  The cause of the accident is very clear: the jumping deck collapsed! The jumping deck was built in Da Mao's shipyard, using the most primitive way of building a building, using a crane to lift up pieces of steel plates and then weld them, which does not conform to the conventional ship construction plan at all!

  So, all the responsibility lies with Da Mao!

"Sunil, what you said is so naive. Although it was rebuilt at Da Mao at first, the subsequent projects were all carried out with us. If you claim compensation from Da Mao, they will have hundreds of reasons. Let's get it back!" Chetri's words were very relaxed: "So, let's not do useless work, it's better to think about how to solve it."

This project was originally in charge of Chetri, but due to various situations, Chetri lost power. Sunil, who gained power, wanted to do the self-developed aircraft carrier the most, but everything about this second-hand aircraft carrier is also worthless. It all fell on him.

   Chaoriwang is a disaster. When it was first towed back, there was an accident. As a result, it cost a lot of money on the tugboat. Now, after a sea trial, this kind of problem happened again!

  How to solve it next?

   “I think this project is wrong and it can be stopped now!”

  Sunil swears that he never wants to touch this project again. This project has caused him a lot of losses!

"Stop? Is this not good? I've already spent so much money. Now, it's just that the jumping deck has collapsed. We can drive into the dock, cut off the broken jumping deck, and replace it with a new one." Yes," Chetri said.

   "Cut it off and replace it with a new one? It's easy for you to say! Our dock will be vacant in half a year! Besides, we don't have deck steel yet!" Sunil knew that Chetri was uneasy and kind, so he immediately denied it.

"We don't have deck steel? Then how do we build an aircraft carrier?" Chetri continued to ask: "Our new aircraft carrier has almost completed the design, right? I thought we could use the opportunity of repairing Chaori Wang to accumulate construction experience Woolen cloth."

  Everyone was speechless.

  The big leaders present spoke: "Sunil, don't we have aircraft carrier steel?"

"The steel needed for an aircraft carrier is different. For example, the steel for the hull is low in demand. The aircraft carrier built by the Orientals for Siam even uses the standard of civilian ships. We still have this kind of steel, and we can't produce it now. , It’s just a few special steels, such as deck steel, because it has to withstand the impact of carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing, so this kind of deck steel is very strong, and our steel company is still researching it.”

The big leader nodded: "In this case, we should prepare with both hands. On the one hand, we have to protest to Da Mao. The aircraft carrier they built for us has too many problems. The collapse of the deck this time is their problem. We have to Claim! On the other hand, we have to prepare for repairs. Since we can’t produce deck steel for the time being, we can import it from abroad. Sunil, you should take care of it.”

  Import? Where are you importing from? The United States, France, and the United Kingdom have established countries. However, aircraft carriers are strategic weapons, and they are definitely unwilling to sell them. If they want to purchase them from abroad, the most likely suppliers are old men.

   Claiming compensation on the one hand, and sending money to others on the other hand, what is going on?

   A moment of helplessness flashed through Sunil's mind, but he realized later: If Da Mao's compensation was used to buy the deck steel of the aircraft carrier, wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone?

  Thinking of this, Sunil immediately said: "Okay, I can accept this task."

   Ah San’s Chaoriwang has long been famous in the world. The twists and turns of this aircraft carrier can be written into a book! The audience who eat melons don't know that the biggest melon is still to come.

  The aircraft carrier's first sea trial actually collapsed the jumping deck! It caused a first-class flight accident and caused the damage of a MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft.

  The news quickly spread internationally!

  When it reached the east, the canteen in Huanglou was having dinner.

  Qin Tao laughed and chatted with the leaders. Xu Zhengyang walked in briskly, with a smile on his face: "President Qin, leaders, we just received a message."

  Qin Tao holds a meeting in the capital, which is very safe. Xu Zhengyang can do his own business, and he doesn't even need to pick up and drop off. After all, Qin Tao lives here, and he can just walk to the meeting. Xu Zhengyang will come only in special circumstances.

  At this moment, seeing Xu Zhengyang like this, Qin Tao knew that there was good news.

   "What's wrong?" Qin Tao asked, "What's the matter?"

   "Boss Qin, Ah San's aircraft carrier has undergone sea trials today."

   "So fast? What's the result?"

"They replaced four gas turbines, and the performance was pretty good. However, an accident occurred during the take-off and landing operations of the carrier-based aircraft. The jumping deck collapsed, a MiG-29K was damaged, and a fire broke out on the deck. We A satellite took the picture, but it took a while to develop the picture."

   "Yuefei's deck collapsed? Are they too careless?" Qin Tao's tone was very calm, as if he had already guessed the result.

  (end of this chapter)