Chapter 264 Who can fly a plane?
The CIA's influence in Ukraine is indeed relatively limited, mainly because due to the Cold War, this has always been a restricted area for Westerners. Under the powerful deterrence of the KGB, it is very difficult to insert a nail, let alone insert a nail in an important position.
If Fan Wubing's actions were not too exaggerated this time, which affected the interests and credibility of Americans in Ukraine, their people would not be in a hurry to come to protest. After all, it still requires a certain degree of strength to act in front of other people's homes.
Fan Wubing knew the current situation very well, but he was also worried that the intervention of the Americans would affect his plan. He couldn't say that he had to do something else.
The old men who were active everywhere completed their tasks one after another, and another round of procurement activities made the Ukrainians very happy, but it also made them feel very strange. It seemed that these old Chinese men hired a little more local guides.
The old men who completed the task began to board the charter flight and return to China one after another, but this time it was said that due to physical condition, they were divided into seven charter flights and the schedule was divided into several days. The Ukrainians had no objection to this. Perhaps these people stayed for one more day to contribute more to Ukraine's economic income.
Fan Wubing stayed until the last moment. He wanted to watch various equipment loaded on large transport planes and return to China together.
However, when he saw seven large military transport aircraft bought from the black market arms dealer, he was still shocked.
An-124 large transport aircraft! Designed by the Soviet Antonov Design Group, it was the world's largest strategic heavy transport aircraft in the 1980s. The Antonov Design Group is better than the largest C-5 transport aircraft in the United States in terms of performance. Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Antonov Design Group has now become the Antonov Aviation Science and Technology Consortium of the Republic of Ukraine.
An-124 once created a record of 171 tons of materials and a flight altitude of 10,750 meters, breaking the original world record of load-load altitude created by C-5.
Standing under the huge transport plane, Fan Wubing felt as if he was looking at a mountain.
The thick fuselage has a pear-shaped cross section, the main wing is a swept lower trans-up upper single wing with a wingspan of 73 meters. The four short cabins under the wings are equipped with turbofan engines and a reverse thrust device. The nose and tails are equipped with full-size cargo doors, which are opened upward and left and right respectively, and cargo can enter and exit freely from the cargo hold.
The belly of the An-124 is close to the ground, which can facilitate the loading and unloading of cargo. The landing gear is in the first three-point type, using twenty-four wheels. The cargo compartment is divided into two upper and lower layers, and the upper cabin is relatively narrow. The seats of the unit composed of six crew members and one cargo loader are all here, and the upper cabin can also carry 88 passengers.
The load capacity of the lower main cargo hold can reach 150 tons. The front and rear doors of the cargo hold are opened and closed by hydraulic devices, which can be opened within seven minutes and three minutes respectively. There are two cranes with a lifting capacity of ten tons on the top of the cargo hold, and two winch trucks with a traction force of three tons are also installed on the floor. Due to the large space of the cargo hold, the An-124 can carry large cargo such as ordinary aircraft fuselage, chemical factory tower parts, etc.
In order to facilitate long-distance navigation, the An-124 is arranged with a toilet, a bathroom, a kitchen and two rest rooms. The pilot can get better rest during long-distance flights. The on-board equipment includes meteorological radar, navigation and map radar, satellite navigation instruments, four sets of inertial navigation devices, large mobile map displays and large radar screens.
Ukrainian arms dealers enthusiastically led Fan Wubing to visit the entire plane, and then explained with a little pain, "These planes are the best legacy that Ukraine has obtained after the collapse of the Soviet Union. If we had not had a strong backstage in the military, this kind of thing would never have flowed outside."
Fan Wubing was not clear about the specific reason. Perhaps a key military officer had committed a crime. A senior Air Force general who was associated with him was also afraid and wanted to sell some military supplies at a low price and urgently raise some money for himself to run away.
According to Fan Wubing, this type of large transport aircraft has only produced less than fifty aircraft in total. He was able to get seven aircraft and only spent 100 million US dollars. He really made a profit.
When Fan Wubing thought that after the completion of Panshi Airport, he had seven largest transport aircraft available, he was so happy that he was so sleepy that he sent a pillow. It was a perfect thing to send him a pillow.
With the cooperation of the military traitors, things went very smoothly, so Fan Wubing regretted it a little. He made so many gimmicks with great fanfare, but it was not as effective as the verbal orders of a general, and seven large strategic transport aircraft! It was heartbreaking to think about it, but fortunately he was taking advantage at this time!
After the transport aircraft were filled with cargo, they took off one after another, and their target was naturally China.
Fan Wubing sat on the last plane, and dozens of Ukrainian military technology experts were also traveling with him. These people were too sensitive to the identity, so they had to board the plane at the last moment.
After the plane took off, Fan Wubing let out a long sigh, thinking that this mission finally achieved the predetermined goal successfully, and the people and equipment were dug back. Hundreds of experts from all walks of life, as well as Ukraine's first-hand mechanical processing equipment, as well as a large number of civil and military design drawings, the value of these things is simply immeasurable.
Fan Wubing thought to himself that after he went back, he would find hundreds or eighty Russian translators to translate day and night.
"However, the government has cooperated very hard this time, otherwise I would not be able to get so many things. Although the leader did not explicitly say what rewards needed, it is necessary to do something about repaying the favor." Fan Wubing thought, which talent should be given favors? As for equipment, it was done by himself at a high price, and it must be left to him.
As for experts such as ship engines and power systems, it is useless for Fan Wubing to keep them. They just gave favors to the military R&D institutions. I believe they will definitely be very happy.
"Boss, let's have a cup of coffee. We will have to fly for several hours." A subordinate handed over the coffee to Fan Wubing and said.
If you fly directly from Kiev to Beijing, it will be less than 9,000 kilometers. However, the range of An-124 when it is fully loaded is less than 5,000 kilometers. Therefore, the planes in front will fly directly to the airport in Urumqi, and then replenish fuel before flying to Beijing.
The last plane that Fan Wubing took was not carrying much cargo and only had dozens of people, so the range was about 15,000 kilometers, and he could easily fly directly to Beijing.
Fan Wubing took the coffee, took a sip, then turned his head to look at the sky on the right, and said unhappily, "Damn the weather, I can't even see the sun. Doesn't the weather forecast say that today is sunny?"
"Boss, the sun is here." A subordinate pointed to the window on the left and reminded Fan Wubing.
Fan Wubing turned his head and saw that the sun was on the window on the left. Although there were some clouds, it could still be seen clearly, so he felt something was wrong.
When I flew from Kiev to Beijing, I should be flying from west to east, and the sun should be on my right side?! Why is it going in the opposite direction now?!
No! There is definitely a problem! Fan Wubing immediately jumped up, rushed to the cab, knocked on the hatch door, and asked the translator to ask the driver, "Where are you going to fly?"
As a result, the Ukrainian driver said something and looked very excited. The translator said with a headache, "They said they yearn for Western life and decided to fly straight to Germany."
Fan Wubing immediately said furiously, "I'm going to rebel! Do whatever I want?! Tell them, if you don't turn around, I'll start killing them one by one!"
The translator told Fan Wubing's words to several drivers, but the drivers shrugged their shoulders, spread their hands, and said it again.
"What did they say?" Fan Wubing asked.
The translator said with some annoyance, "They said they would rather die for freedom than surrender to autocracy."
"These white-haired pigs! It's really unreliable at critical moments! Do they think that no one will fly a plane without them?!" Fan Wubing waved his hand and called in a few seals, and then asked, "Have you learned to fly a plane?"
The seals immediately replied, "I have learned that we can drive away all the aircraft used by the US Air Force."
"Did you hear it?" Fan Wubing said to the translator, "Say this to them. If you don't turn around, throw them all down to see Baiyun!"
After hearing the translation, several Ukrainian drivers shook their heads with unanimous expressions and rejected Fan Wubing's request.
Fan Wubing treated these guys without any politeness and directly tied them up, then opened the hatch under his stomach, and airdropped them as bombs.
Then Fan Wubing said to the seals, "You guys turn the plane and drive it to Beijing."
Although the operation of this large transport aircraft is more complicated, most of the work is completed through automatic control. Although many buttons are in Russian, they are also marked in English, which should look very simple.
After a few seals came up and tinkered with some trouble, they found something was wrong. They said to Fan Wubing with sweat, "Boss, this plane seems to be a little wrong! It's different from what we have learned! We can't drive this thing either!"
Chapter completed!