Bai Yi is excited and excited.

He worked hard to get through the work of the chief of armaments, and he did not hesitate to put all the newly developed inflatable false targets and building block-like false targets on Baiyun Factory, and mobilized artillery infantry, artillery, air defense troops and aviation troops to help create such a large array.

The purpose of the battle was to capture a helicopter.

Because Bai Yi is very clear about the role of helicopters in future wars. Since the US military has put helicopters into the Korean battlefield, why not take the opportunity to get one for research. Even if there is no way to produce a replica immediately, at least it can cultivate one.

Batch relevant technical talents.

Why did we have to wait until the mid-1950s to rely on assistance from the Soviet Union?

So in order to make enough food and clothing by himself, Bai Yi felt that it was necessary to take a risk, but his target was the H-5 helicopter commonly equipped in the United States.

But he never expected that the U.S. military would clear out six German-made 150mm artillery pieces and spend so much money to send all the H-19 helicopters that had just been successfully developed. This made Bai Yi feel like he had won a five-million-dollar prize.

feel.

Others may not know it, but Bai Yi knows how classic the U.S. military’s H-19 transport helicopter is. The simple three-blade propeller, nose-mounted radial engine, and spacious cabin are all transport helicopters for the next twenty years.

Domain template.

Some European countries even used this layout until the 1980s. The most typical example is the British Wessex helicopter, which is based on the British imitation of the H-19 helicopter and replaced it with a more powerful turboshaft.

Engine, as for the layout and structure, there is no essential change from the prototype H-19 helicopter, but it supports the British army's low-altitude assault capability, especially in the 1982 Falklands naval battle, and it served as the main air transport for amphibious landings.

The performance is particularly outstanding.

The Soviet Union, opposite to the United States, did not gain widespread recognition from the Soviet military after its first practical helicopter, the Mi-1, entered service. So it turned its attention to the American H-19 helicopter, and used the KGB to do everything possible to get it.

One came back, and after a series of reverse research, the Mi-4, the foundation model of the Soviet transport helicopter, was finally developed.

After that, the actual Mi-4 helicopter and related technical data were provided to China together with other Soviet aid projects, and China copied them on this basis. This is the Z-5 helicopter that laid the foundation of China's helicopter industry.

It can be said that the American H-19 helicopter has borne fruitful results in both the East and the West, and its influence lasted from the early 1950s to the late 1980s. Even in the 21st century, there are still H-19 helicopters flying in the sky.

Above, we can see the excellent quality of the h-19 helicopter.

Bai Yi's original plan was to use the captured helicopters to train a group of China's own helicopter professionals. After the Soviet Union launched 156 projects a few years later, this group of talents would be better able to digest and absorb the technical information and physical objects provided by the Soviet Union, thus making

China will not turn a blind eye in the field of helicopters and gradually deviate from the mainstream development track of helicopters.

But now, the expected H-5 has turned into the more advanced H-19. Bai Yi's previously stable development route has become somewhat loosened. This is just because the design concept and overall structure of the aircraft are enough to support China's ten to ten

Five years of technology consumption.

Thanks to the wide range of applications of new magnesium alloys, the H-19 helicopter fuselage is extremely light in weight despite its strong structure.

Because of this, although the R-1340 radial engine used has only 550 horsepower, it also gives the H-19 helicopter more load capacity and greater range.

Not only that, the structure of this engine is also very compact, strong and durable, and has great flexibility for improvement. It can be called a classic of radial piston engines.

More importantly, a 500-horsepower aircraft engine is also compatible with China's current weak industrial base. Although it is still technically difficult, it is still no problem to bite the bullet and come up with a mature imitation within a few years.

In contrast, the Soviet Mi-4 helicopter developed on its basis did not learn the combination of the H-19 helicopter's light structure and appropriate engine power. Instead, it followed the Soviet Union's consistent military thinking and clung to steel and

The aluminum alloy is not placed, which makes the empty weight of Mi-4 particularly large.

As its own weight increases, it must be equipped with a more powerful engine, so there is a 1770-horsepower star piston engine. However, in addition to its high power, this engine has many disadvantages in terms of overall life, maintenance interval and basic structure.

Not very ideal.

More importantly, high-power aero engines have higher requirements on materials and processing techniques. Even industrial powerhouses like the Soviet Union had to sacrifice their overall lifespan to ensure power, let alone China, which has weak industrial technology.

Therefore, Bai Yi would rather choose the h-19 with a slightly weaker engine power and take it back for a little research, rather than copy the crude Mi-4. Not to mention anything else, but the magnesium alloy body on the h-19.

It is not comparable to the steel structure and aluminum alloy skin of the Mi-4.

Because of this, when Bai Yi determined that the mountain was an H-19 helicopter, he immediately organized manpower to transport the wreckage down. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the transport, Bai Yi also personally spoke with Air Force instructor Lukotsev.

For the price of five kilograms of Maotai, Lukotsev reluctantly agreed to extend the air warning time in the Lenghuang Mountain area for one and a half hours.

Fortunately, Bai Yi had made sufficient preparations. One and a half hours was a bit tight, but the 100 people came together. In less than an hour, the wreckage of the H-19 helicopter that crashed on the mountainside was revealed.

The officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army Logistics Department moved them around like ants, dismantling them all and transporting them away.

When the U.S. Air Force fighter jets flew cautiously to the site where the H-19 helicopter crashed, all they saw except for a few pine trees that they hit were black oil stains on the ground, and not even a screw in the rest.

When the news reached the counter-artillery command post in the rear, Heidenberg immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.

There was no way, the losses of this "Predator" operation were really too great. Not only were all the newly developed H-19 helicopters and infrared detectors seized, but also a 12-man paratrooper team and several combat aircraft were also captured.

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More importantly, their purpose of destroying Chinese artillery was not achieved, causing the situation on the Tieyuan frontline not to change, but to worsen.

Faced with such a result, the officers and soldiers of the US counter-artillery command post were all silent, thinking that the meaning of the name "Predator" that they had excitedly named "Predator" was self-evident, but now they have discovered that this code name has no meaning.

It's a great irony. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a prey.

However, at this moment, the officers and soldiers in the counter-artillery command post had no time to laugh at themselves, because the furious General Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army, officially transmitted the order to cancel the counter-artillery command post, which means that from now on

At that moment, the counter-artillery command post was officially disbanded.

The mobilized officers at all levels immediately packed their bags and returned to their original units. As for the commander who fainted, Colonel Heidenberg, he was dragged into the ambulance like a pig by several medical soldiers who came after hearing the news.
Chapter completed!