"Buzz, buzz." A stream of black smoke emerged from a MiG-3 engine. In the eyes of everyone, the MiG-3 engine finally started successfully.

Test pilot Belyakov got on the plane, sat on the flight seat, and closed the canopy cover. At this time, on the runway, many people were looking at him.

Gromov, the director of the test flight institute, had a serious expression on his face: "Although there was no problem during the ground interview flight, there might still be a malfunction when it came to the air."

"But no matter what failure we encounter, we have to complete the modification." said Migoyan, a famous Soviet designer, on the side.

According to the plan, they should all retreat to the Siberian region, but they did not leave. The most important thing is to implement the plan to replace gasoline with alcohol as soon as possible.

In the current Soviets, gasoline is quite valuable. Although it is given priority to the army and the air force, it is still difficult to avoid. In contrast, alcohol shows more advantages.

As a country in cold areas, the Soviets have never lacked alcohol, and they are not short of strong alcohol. Alcohol can also be burned. So, is it okay to use alcohol instead of gasoline?

In later history, Germany was also troubled by fuel shortages. The method Germany used was to convert coal to oil. Because Germany has rich coal resources, Germany adopted this method. Although the label was not high, it was also useful. German tanks also used gasoline engines. This is why coal to oil can only be gasoline.

However, the Soviets did not have this technology yet. Even if coal-to-oil technology was introduced from the United States, it would take time. Moreover, the gasoline label after coal-to-oil is low, and only fuel No. 87 is not available for high-altitude fighter jets.

The Soviets are not short of alcohol. The Soviets have many wineries, and even ordinary residents can brew them at home.

What is more reliable is that their alcohol content is very high, and ordinary residents can brew more than 80 degrees, while common wines are as high as more than 90% after distillation and before dilution.

Now, the fuel tank of this flying MiG-3 is filled with undistilled vodka, with an alcohol content of up to 96. When the fuel is refueling, a pungent smell of alcohol makes everyone swallow their saliva.

For the Russians who are addicted to alcohol, they must restrain their desires by watching what enter their mouths watch as fuel.

Now, the Soviets lack anything. After losing Ukraine's land, the Soviets may not even be able to eat enough. At this time, they still need to tighten their belts and contribute their food to make alcohol.

There is no way to do this.

To win this war, even if the Soviets starve to death, they can recover. If they lose, there will be no Soviets.

Everyone present had the same complex mood, and at this time, Belyakov was flying seriously in the air.

Replacing gasoline with alcohol will be very dangerous. Now, he has to prevent the engine from being stopped at any time.

"Climbing to a thousand meters, it's in good condition." He reported on the radio: "I will continue to climb."

Belyakov pushed the throttle rod to his head and decided to increase the power and continue to climb the plane.

Two thousand meters, three thousand meters, as he continued to rise, he had already clearly felt the engine start to tremble.

This tremor means that the engine has begun to lack cylinders and some cylinders cannot be burned.

"The height is 3,000, and the engine begins to shake." He continued to shout in the radio. Suddenly, the engine in front trembled sharply for two or three times. Then, he saw the three-blade propeller in front appear.

The engine stopped!

"The height is 3,150, the engine stops, and I will restart the engine," Belyakov said.

For any pilot, it is quite dangerous for a single-engine fighter to shut down the engine. But now, he cannot parachute, must restart the engine and need to fly the plane back. This is the mission of the test pilot.

When everyone heard the engine stop, everyone became nervous, and some even picked up the telescope and looked for the traces of the plane in the sky.

Belyakov pushed the operating rod and the fighter began to dive.

It is quite terrible for an aircraft engine to stop in the air. If the aircraft is equipped with an electric start device, it can also try to ignite the ignition in the air. If not, the restart of the aircraft engine will be full of hardships.

Of course, this is not impossible.

For example, now, as Belyakov pushes the operating rod, the fighter begins to dive down. As the dives, the speed becomes bigger and bigger. Finally, the wind blows the propeller in front and starts to rotate!

The engine must be started by external force. Now it is to use external wind to drive the propeller to rotate and drive the engine to rotate.

As the propeller rotated, the engine emitted a stream of black smoke, and a few familiar roars came. Finally, there was a regular vibration in front of it, indicating that the engine was successfully started!

"Pull it up, hurry up, pull it up!" Just then, a shout came from the headphones.

The height is too low.

When Belyakov dived, the height was more than 3,000 meters, which seemed pretty good, but when it dived to drive the propeller to rotate, it was only a few hundred meters. When the engine started, the black smoke blocked his sight. He did not see the ground, nor did he have time to look at the altimeter.

When the sound came from the headphones, Belyakov immediately pulled the operating lever, trying to pull the plane up, and at the same time, he opened the accelerator.

If the engine is insufficient, the aircraft will stall when pulled up. The MiG-3 is famously difficult to operate.

After he pulled it up, he saw that his height was only a few dozen meters. Just as he relaxed for a while, there was another tremor coming from the front. But the engine stopped again!

Now, there is no chance to restart again.

Belyakov used force to stabilize the operating rod and wanted to land in the field below. This was his last chance.

Keep the plane and ask the technicians to study why the engine is turned off in the air? Such a fault cannot be discovered on the ground and must be taken to the sky.

Knowing that there are risks and knowing that the plane will fall, you must fly boldly. This is the responsibility of the test pilot.

The MiG-3 was successfully leveled, and the height was falling rapidly, and the field was right in front of you.

Not good, there is a ridge in front of it!

He pulled up the operating lever hard, wanted to fly again and avoid the ridge of the field, but unfortunately it was useless. The plane that lost its power was just a big brick, and the main landing gear in front had already touched the ridge of the field!
Chapter completed!