Chapter 266 C-47 transport aircraft
In early summer weather, cool breezes, blue sky, cloudless.
Early in the morning, the off-road vehicle that Ye Feng was riding appeared at Xiaoshan Airport. Today, Ye Feng will take the plane from Xiaoshan Airport to Ningbo, and the Chief of Staff is accompanied by Ye Feng.
As soon as he got off his off-road vehicle, Guo Weiquan said to Ye Feng: "Military seat, the plane is ready. Should you board the plane now, or wait a little longer."
Looking at the huge Xiaoshan Airport, Ye Feng also wanted to take a look at the airport and see the officers and soldiers of the Air Division. However, Ye Feng wanted to reach Ningbo earlier.
So, Ye Feng said to Zhao Long: "Let's board the plane immediately and go to Ningbo Airport."
The planned Ningbo Airport is only larger than Xiaoshan Airport. After its complete construction, Ningbo Airport can provide large bombers and take-off and landing of large transport aircraft, making it an absolute large airport.
Ye Feng's aircraft, Guo Weiquan, had already ordered the Air Force Division to prepare. This is a C-47 transport aircraft. There are several transport aircraft like the Air Force Division. Today, Ye Feng was only riding one of them. These C-47 transport aircraft were naturally exchanged by Ye Feng through the "Nuwa" system before.
The c-47 transport aircraft, also known as the air train transport aircraft, is a dual-engine piston-type military transport aircraft developed by Douglas, the US company. It was modified from the DC-3 passenger aircraft. It was tested for the first time in December 1935. It has not yet been equipped with a large number of US troops.
In later generations, multiple types of the aircraft were put into production, producing more than 10,000 aircraft in total. At that time, the C-47 had its advantage in good flight performance. It was equipped with the US Army Air Force and became its main military transport aircraft in World War II, mainly used for air transport materials and soldiers. It could also airdrop paratroopers.
After World War II, the C-47 continued to play a role. For example, during the former Soviet Union blockade of the West Berlin Passage from June 1948 to May 1950, the US Air Force dispatched a total of 27,700 C-47 aircraft to transport supplies.
A C-47 transport plane was quietly parked on the takeoff runway, and several crew members had already prepared for takeoff. Ye Feng slowly boarded the plane along the gangway.
Everyone finished boarding. The plane slowly glided, accelerated, and then flew into the blue sky. Flying towards Ningbo. In this plane, Ye Feng felt that the plane was much more comfortable than the transport plane of Lao Jiang. In addition to speed, the plane of Lao Jiang also had little advantages. It could fly to 300 kilometers per hour.
"This plane is good. After Ningbo Airport is completed, it will also be equipped with some of these planes." Ye Feng was riding on the plane and looking at the beautiful scenery outside the porthole, he couldn't help but think in his heart.
No wonder Ye Feng liked this transport aircraft so much. In later generations, the most famous all-metal structure military transport aircraft in World War II, the main characteristics of its structure and appearance are: the fuselage is short and thick and streamlined. The upper part of the nose is a 2-3-person cockpit, and there is a large cabin door on the left side of the rear fuselage; the wing is a cantilever lower single wing. The front edges of the inner wings on both sides are equipped with dual engines; the tail wing consists of a cantilever-type mid-straight tail and a single vertical tail; it adopts a three-point landing gear that can be retracted and retracted.
The c-47 provided the Allies with high maneuverability air transport capabilities during World War II and was widely used in various battles, especially the airborne in Normandy, the Battle of the Outreach, the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of the Pacific, the New Guinea and the Battle of Myanmar (r4d, c-47 naval type). Others include the hump route from India to China and the large-scale airdrop operation against West Berlin during the post-war blockade. The United States also provided the C-47 and C-53 to the Kuomintang government during the Anti-Japanese War through a loan loan bill.
Guo Weiquan sat next to Ye Feng and felt this excellent aircraft. Guo Weiquan said happily: "Military, this aircraft is good. We can rely on this aircraft to form an airborne force in the future."
Ye Feng nodded, and Ye agreed: "The c-47 transport aircraft is also called 'albatross', with good performance. I can consider your suggestion, we can form an airborne force."
Ye Feng and Guo Weiquan chatted quickly. The distance between Ningbo and Hangzhou was more than 100 kilometers, which was only half an hour for the C-47 transport aircraft.
The plane was about to reach Ningbo Airport and began to lower the altitude. A soldier came to report: "Military, Chief of Staff, Ningbo Airport will arrive soon."
"Oh! So fast." Ye Feng hurriedly looked outside the plane. At this time, the plane was lowering its altitude. In front of the plane was the huge Ningbo Airport. Ye Feng was on the plane, condescending, and the huge Ningbo Airport was at a glance.
There is a large-scale construction underway at Ningbo Airport, and thousands of ordinary people, two or three thousand soldiers are building Ningbo Airport. The entire Ningbo Airport only looks like an airport, but a long runway has been given priority.
This is a straight and spacious runway that can provide take-off and landing of large bombers or large transport aircraft. Ye Feng carefully measured it and it was about two thousand meters long.
The several pilots and soldiers who drove this C-47 transport aircraft were very good at skill. The aircraft landed accurately on the runway, which was very smooth and stable. Ye Feng almost felt the impact and bumps. The aircraft landed, and the aircraft began to taxi and slow down.
The plane stopped, and chief engineer Liang Xiaolong walked quickly towards the stationary plane with several people who looked like engineering and technical personnel. Liang Xiaolong was a professional civil engineer from the "Nuwa" system. Moreover, with large-scale construction everywhere, a few months ago, Ye Feng upgraded Liang Xiaolong to a senior professional, spending 10,000 points of merit.
At this time, Liang Xiaolong's professional level and the top civil engineers of this era could not catch up with it. He was missing several streets. Liang Xiaolong was responsible for the construction of two major projects, Ningbo Airport and Ningbo Military Port, and was the chief engineer of these two construction projects. The design of the entire Ningbo Airport was written by Liang Xiaolong.
Ye Feng slowly walked off the C-47 transport plane and looked at more than a dozen people coming to greet him, including chief engineer Liang Xiaolong, who was smiling.
"Hello, the chief of staff!" Liang Xiaolong was also wearing military uniform, standing upright, standing attentively, and saluted a standard military salute.
"Hello everyone, thank you all for your hard work." Ye Feng replied with a military salute, his face full of affection.
Liang Xiaolong was a guide and began to inspect the entire Ningbo Airport with Ye Feng. Liang Xiaolong talked endlessly, as if he had endless words to say, and introduced Ningbo Airport in detail to Ye Feng.
"Martial, this is our largest military airport, which is a bit larger than our current Xiaoshan Airport. You see, we have set a clearance area around the airport that limits the height of the landing. Our aircraft take off and land without any obstacles, even large transport aircraft and bombers."
"Our Ningbo Airport consists of three parts: a total of three parts: a flight site, combat service support facilities and a troop camp. The flight site has runways, insurance channels, taxiways and tarmacs. The runways are for aircraft takeoff, landing and running, and are the main body of the flight site. The combat service support facilities include combat command, aviation engineering support and logistics support facilities. The troop camp is a place for various types of personnel to live and engage in."
"Our Ningbo Airport is built in accordance with the standards of the first-class Yongbei Airport. The runway and support facilities are permanent and can be used by the aviation army all year round. The runway length is 2,600 to 3,000 meters, which can be used for take-off and landing of large transport aircraft and large bombers. In the future, our airport may become an important target for air assault. Therefore, we have strengthened airport protection, especially the deployment of air defense firepower, and improved the aircraft's ground survivability. The main measures taken are: establish an airport network that ensures the dispersed configuration of the aviation army; increase the use of runways and road runways for equipment; build aircraft protective fortifications and evacuation areas; strengthen the airport's air defense and rapid emergency repair capabilities..."
Speaking of Ningbo Airport, Liang Xiaolong seemed to have endless things to say when he introduced it. Ye Feng kept smiling and listening carefully, nodding.
The people who participated in the airport construction and a large number of soldiers finally recognized Ye Feng, a working person, looked at Ye Feng from a distance and shouted loudly: "Look, everyone, that is Commander Ye, that is General Ye."
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