Chapter 1200： Karariksin asks for battle (1/2)
Petersburg Air Force Base.
”Why, haven't my fighter been repaired yet?” In the maintenance hangar, Kararikshin asked anxiously as he watched several maintenance personnel busy on his plane.
”Second lieutenant, you are anxious, we are also anxious, but look at it, your belly is already scratched, and we must replace it with a new one, otherwise the plane will disintegrate when you fly in the air. Grid-3, how did it pass the finalization, there are a lot of faults, this is not the first time that the landing gear can't be put down.”
While talking, the crew chief used a plane to push the plank in front of him. The shavings came out of the plane and looked very beautiful.
In this era, the advanced fighter jets of many countries have long been made of metal materials, but the output of Soviet excellent aviation aluminum is far from enough to meet the consumption of aviation troops. Therefore, the MiG-3 and many others Like the airplane, the wooden structure is still used.
Its airframe structure is made of wood, and three and two layers of 1 mm thick plywood are used for the middle and rear wing skins, which greatly simplifies the production process.
At the same time, maintenance is also convenient. In the maintenance team, there must be a qualified carpenter. If it is broken, just repair it. Anyway, the Soviets are full of forests, and wood is not lacking.
Coming out of the hangar, Kararikshin was anxious on his face. Now, news from the front line has arrived. The German bomber troops in Berlin have already taken off an hour ago and they will soon fly to Petersburg. The sky was bombed. This was a great battle for the defense of Petersburg. This is the cradle of the October Revolution. It must not be ravaged by the Germans.
He wanted to take off to defend the airspace, but his plane was unusable, which made him very anxious.
Coming out of the repaired hangar, Kararikshin ran to the combat readiness duty room, trying to figure out where he wanted to go.
”Lechkalov, let's go, let's go on a battle cruise.” Pokreshkin said to his wingman carrying his flying cap.
According to the German voyage, they could not reach Petersburg for the time being, but now they are about to take off and cruise to meet the enemy at any time. At the same time, when the enemy reaches their defensive radius, they call a large number of fighter planes to take off to meet the enemy.
Fighting will erupt over the Baltic Sea, try to stop the German aviation from the west of Petersburg, and prevent the Germans from bombing their own cities.
Early warning is very important, and Pokreshkin has undertaken such a task.
”Yes.” Lechkalov picked up his flying cap and wanted to go out with Pokreshkin, but at this moment, his body shook.
At this moment, Kararikshin just walked to his side and held him just right, his hand ran across Lechkalov's forehead, and he was shocked: ”Comrade Lechkalov, you are having a fever. !”
”It's okay, I can.” Lechkalov broke free from Karariksin's hands, trying to follow Pokreshkin to continue walking forward.
Damn, I should have listened to Pokreshkin yesterday.
When Lechkalov flew over yesterday, he didn't buckle his cockpit cover. This was almost a habit of him, and he couldn't change it. However, he did not expect that he caught a cold yesterday and had a fever.
He persisted, for fear of being discovered by others, he could not fly a fighter if he was sick, so that he would not be able to fly into the air to fight. He didn't want to miss such a fight.
Hearing what Karaliksin said, Pokreshkin turned his head, stretched out his hand, and touched Rechkalov’s forehead, suddenly also very serious: ”Rechkalov, you are burning very badly, why? Don't report in advance? You go to the infirmary, don't take off today.”