Chapter 1133 A handshake across mountains and rivers (first update, please subscribe)
A large four-engine jetliner was flying over the South Asian subcontinent.
Different from ordinary aircraft, there are several MiG-19 fighter jets escorting the aircraft on both wings. The aircraft emblems on the fighter jets clearly indicate their identity - the Indian Air Force.
But the red flag logo on the passenger plane showed that it came from another country-the Soviet Union!
This is the Soviet Union’s first four-engine large passenger aircraft - Figure 114!
This engine is rear-mounted in a long-range four-engine large passenger aircraft. It is Tupolev's favorite work. It is further improved and developed on the basis of the Figure 104. Like the Figure 104, it uses a T-shaped tail, and the left and right sides of the rear fuselage are side by side. Arrange for two engines.
This long-range passenger aircraft had just passed the acceptance test half a month ago. Although it has not yet been actually delivered for use, Khrushchev excitedly got on it and started his journey to Southeast Asia. .
You must know that his trip to Nanyang has been delayed again and again because of the plane - without a suitable plane, how could he go to Nanyang?
Should we go by Tu 104?
How could such a small plane fit his identity?
Therefore, he has been waiting for this plane, waiting to take it to Nanyang, showing the latest achievements of the Soviet aviation industry to Nanyang and the world!
As the plane passed over India, the pilot Alexey glanced at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and then focused his attention on the instrument. In addition to the pilot, he also had another identity—— Tupolev's son is also the aircraft's deputy chief designer and test pilot.
Because this plane had just been put into use, Khrushchev was still a little worried, so before departure, Tupolev joked: In order to make you feel reassured, please send my son Alyo On the sand belt, Khrushchev naturally readily agreed to this.
So Alexey Andreevich Tupolev, the deputy chief designer of the Tupolev Design Bureau, changed his identity and became a pilot.
“Let me tell you, we are about to fly over India and will soon enter Southeast Asia.”
After knowing that the plane was about to enter the sky over Southeast Asia, Khrushchev looked out the window and could vaguely see the Indian Ocean.
From the Tsarist era to the present, they have been eager to put their Russian military boots into the Indian Ocean and feel the warm water. , and now they are turning this dream into reality little by little.
"India, Jakarta... just wait a little longer, and soon, all this will come true."
For Khrushchev, in recent months, he has lived It's not easy. It can even be said that the pressure is very high, because - the situation has changed.
First of all, the United States began to relax restrictions on Eastern European countries a few years ago, allowing immigration and cultural exchanges, which exposed many Eastern Europeans to Western ideas. This subtle "soft penetration" is the beginning of the United States' "evolution" plan and the strategy formulated by the Eisenhower administration to change the situation in Eastern Europe.
Compared with previous radical armed confrontations, this method is cheaper and has a significantly higher success rate. The penetration of the United States into Eastern Europe kept the Soviet leadership awake at night, because at this time the Soviet Union was not as powerful as the United States, and the Soviet Union's economic data was slowing down from the surge of post-war reconstruction.
On the other hand, the Soviet Union seemed to be booming, but in fact there was an undercurrent. The Planning Economic Commission believes: "The Soviet Union will have economic problems in the near future, and agricultural problems are particularly serious."
Under this situation, if it loses its allies in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union's external environment will become increasingly worse.
Now, Khrushchev had a conflict with the Eastern University in the south. He became an "unpopular person" at the Eastern University, which made Khrushchev nervous. The so-called "loss of generals before fighting" was a blow to the Soviet Union's cause of hegemony.
In this case, in addition to frequently expressing goodwill to the United States, hoping to have dialogue with Eisenhower and easing relations with the West first. Improving relations with other members of the Western world has become a top priority in all efforts.
As the second largest economy in the Western world, Nanyang is naturally the focus of improving relations. A few months ago, the invitation from Nanyang made Khrushchev see an opportunity.
Everything is waiting for the Tu-114 passenger plane to complete its test flight.
After all, as the dignified supreme leader of the Soviet Union, it was impossible for him to take a small plane and then change places midway.
After waiting for several months, he finally got the Tu 114 - with a range of 10,000 kilometers, it can be called the longest-range passenger aircraft of this era. According to the design requirements, it can fly directly from Moscow to New York without landing.
No, just after completing the test flight, Khrushchev got on it and came to Southeast Asia to show off his new toy - it was made in the Soviet Union.
"It will definitely scare the people of Southeast Asia!"
While Khrushchev was thinking this, Tu-114 flew over the Indian Ocean over the Malay Peninsula, and then entered the South China Sea. After entering the South China Sea, Immediately, six Super Thunderbolts escorted from the left and right wings.
“The Nanyang plane,”
Looking at the plane outside the window, Khrushchev said:
“It’s similar to our MiG-19, but far inferior to ours. The MiG-21! ”
This is not intentional to show off, but a fact - the MiG-21 fighter, a fighter with twice the speed of sound, has entered service with the Soviet army, while similar fighters in Nanyang are still undergoing test flights.
So, at this point, they are ahead, of course...except for the missiles! Nanyang's Sidewinder missile is the best close combat missile in the world.
When looking at the Sidewinder missiles hanging under the wings, some of the accompanying Soviet officers had a little envy in their eyes, but more of them were longing.
In this way, the Tu-114 passenger plane headed eastward, and when it finally arrived in the Chang'an sky, like all planes flying from the west, it first flew northeast for a distance, and then adjusted its course to land southwest. , and this just right exposed the whole of Chang'an before their eyes. Looking at the skyscrapers and TV towers standing at the junction of the sea and the sky, the glass curtain walls of the skyscrapers reflected all kinds of brilliance, making the whole city enveloped in an inexplicable dream-like feeling. In a miraculous and bizarre fantasy world.
Looking towards the city from the plane window, the blue sea and the modern city are intersecting between the sea and the sky. Khrushchev couldn't help but pursed his lips and then muttered.
"This is a capitalist city, a skyscraper belonging to the capitalists..."
Soon, the plane landed. When the large four-engine passenger plane landed, on the satellite broadcast truck outside the airport, Zhao Through the screen, Jingye could see the moment when the plane's wheels came into contact with the runway when the plane landed, and the friction produced green smoke. The plane has landed!
The picture of Figure 144 plane landing at Chang'an International Airport was subsequently transmitted to the world via satellite.
When the plane landed, Li Yian felt a little regretful - why is it not the propeller picture 114?
The Tu-114 from another world is the largest propeller-driven airliner in history. It has a sturdy appearance and was modified from the famous Tu-95 Bear. When Hercules visited the United States, because the fuselage was too high, there were no suitable ones at American airports. Ladder, everyone had to use the escape ladder to get off the plane.
It is said that both the United States and the Soviet Union thought "they had won" at the time. The Soviet Union said that the United States was so poor that it could not even afford a long ladder, while the Americans thought that the Soviets did not think well and their appearance of embarrassment was very ridiculous.
In short, everyone "wins".
So, "Yingxue" has a long history and is not unique to one company.
Finally, after the cabin door opened, Khrushchev walked out of the cabin. He stood at the top of the boarding ladder, paused deliberately, as if he wanted to feel the tropical sunshine, and then turned his eyes After falling on Li Yian's body, he walked on.
Finally, the two people met again. At a distance of two or three meters apart, the two people stretched out their right hands almost at the same time, and then showed warm smiles.
“Welcome to Nanyang.”
“We finally meet again!”
Both people seemed very enthusiastic, and the scene of the two shaking hands was also photographed The teacher recorded it and broadcast it live to the world.
This is a handshake that spans thousands of mountains and rivers.
Then the two of them inspected the guard of honor together. With the national anthem played by the military band, the two of them walked past the guard of honor. Looking at the honor guards holding Mauser K98Ks and wearing German military uniforms, Khrushchev couldn't bear it. Complain for a while.
Standard remnants of the Third Reich.
To a large extent, the Nanyang Army is deeply influenced by Prussian military tradition, both externally and internally. After all, there are a large number of German instructors and officers in its army. But in the eyes of outsiders, this is obviously the remnant of the Third Reich.
However, he just complained in his heart, and then the two of them took a car together and left the airport. On the way to the hotel, Khrushchev did not have his back to him as usual. Instead of leaning on the backrest, he stared at the city outside the window with appraising eyes.
Li Yian, on the other hand, smiled and said nothing, just waiting quietly for Khrushchev to break the silence. As the car passed through the skyscrapers, he looked at the endless traffic and the weaving of the roadside. As a pedestrian, looking at the peaceful and contented smiles on the faces of passers-by, his heart seemed a little complicated.
After a long time, Khrushchev said:
"In the West, many people like to use the miracle of Nanyang to prove the superiority of the Western world. What they say is not an exaggeration. This seems to be a fact."
This is indeed a fact. No country has ever achieved such a miracle in just a dozen years.
The Miracle of Nanyang!
It had already shocked the whole world, and now it also brought unprecedented shock to Khrushchev.
"I have been to England and France, but they are far inferior to Nanyang, and you have achieved all this in such a short period of time..."
He turned to look at Li Yian, Khrushchev said sincerely said:
“What you have achieved is indeed amazing.”
Well, this is recognition from the other side of the ocean. For this... Should Li Yian be surprised? Woolen cloth?
However, as far as he knew, Khrushchev would not just say these few good words.
Sure enough, he continued.
“However, all your achievements are based on the oppression of others. Just like you, you are a big capitalist, and almost everything here belongs to you.
< br>Behind the prosperity of Nanyang, everyone is working for you and being squeezed by you. Here, behind the so-called prosperity, besides the air that belongs to them, what else belongs to them? "< br>
Khrushchev’s tone was serious. Li Yian fell silent after hearing the criticism around him.
But at this time, no matter what his position is, he cannot be silent. Not only cannot he be silent, but he must also respond immediately.
So he immediately said:
"Nikita, life itself is like color. The world is colorful, and so is the way of life. Everyone and every country have their own way of life. The Soviet Union has the Soviet Union Yes, Nanyang has Nanyang, we don’t have to impose our own things on others.
I want to take over. During the days you come down, you can see with your own eyes the life of Nanyang people. Maybe life doesn’t seem like much, it exists like air, and life is changing and getting better every day!”
Faced with the response, Khrushchev said:
“This is what I came here for!”
(End of this chapter)