With the guidance of the great master Tupolev, Comrade Stalin, who felt that this matter was reliable, immediately gave the order.
"We will try our best to obtain the complete aircraft of the new U.S. strategic bomber. If it is impossible to achieve this, we will settle for the next best thing and ask for its aero-engine prototype and a full set of design drawings and technical information. This is the bottom line of negotiations and cannot be retreated."
The B29 is full of treasures, and the Americans are not willing to give it to them even to death.
Even if the Soviets on the other side of the negotiating table are astonished, why do they know so much about this highly confidential latest strategic weapon of their own, and know everything about it?
No matter how much you say it, you won't give it.
Seeing that the Americans were not fooled, the Soviet representatives had no choice but to report the situation to the Kremlin and ask if the alternative plan could be implemented. The response they received was as expected, and they agreed.
But even after retreating to this step, the Americans who are stingy with their ancestral skills are still unwilling to "bear the pain and give up". They are not willing to give up the complete B29 machine, and they are not even willing to give out the complete power system. They still call it "the United States".
Top military secrets must never be leaked, it’s impossible.” The Soviet representative who laughed angrily on the spot also sneered unceremoniously.
"Since we can sit here, we can make a deal with what we each hope to get."
"No one will hand over their secret knowledge and treasures for no reason, Mr. Ambassador. In our Soviet Union, even primary school students know that if they want other candy flavors in the hands of their classmates, they have to exchange their own candies or toys. You guys
What you want to obtain from our country is a top-notch military secret that can never be leaked to outsiders. Now that your negotiation attitude is not sincere, I think we don’t need to continue to waste time here."
"Looking forward to meeting you in Berlin, provided you are really able to keep up with our pace, if you can."
Seeing that the Soviet representative was about to leave with a bunch of his people, and being urged by the military's several inquiry telegrams every day, the ambassador was completely ruined. He took the initiative to come to ask for help, and he was on his territory.
Negotiating terms, being able to reach this point is already pretty good. The Soviets have given you enough face, so what else do you want for a bicycle?
"You just told the story about your Soviet primary school students. How about we talk about the taste of candy?"
The Soviet representative, who was about to leave with his back to the U.S. Ambassador, raised the corner of his mouth, but only when his back was turned. When he turned around again, his face had returned to the serious expression he had during the negotiation, and he was smiling at the same time.
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"Let's start with American-style candies, Mr. Ambassador."
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What happened after that was all superficial wrangling, but in reality it was a standard negotiation closing process that would not change much.
The American guy cut himself to pieces with a knife and it hurt so much, but he had to endure the pain and smile. In the end, Comrade Stalin took out what he wanted: Wright R-3350 dual cyclone eighteen-cylinder air-cooled star.
The engine, together with all the documents and drawings related to it, is the most important heart that gives the B29 its super combat effectiveness.
With it, the Soviet Union can build its own advanced long-range heavy bomber and overtake in corners, eliminating a lot of bottlenecks and troubles that will inevitably be encountered in the development process.
Comrade Tupolev, who rubbed his hands excitedly after hearing the news, was stunned and couldn't sleep well all night.
The intelligence obtained from the United States has proven what an excellent long-range heavy bomber the B29 is. It can be called an epoch-making masterpiece in the history of the human aviation industry. Now I finally have the opportunity to get in touch with its heart and try to catch up with it and surpass it.
It creates the top aviation masterpiece belonging to the Soviet Union. How can this not be extremely exciting for an aviation master?
Americans are still honest and trustworthy, but of course there is nothing they can do if they are not honest and trustworthy.
When bartering, everyone brings their own goods to exchange, and there is no fear that you Americans will fake the things you give them.
If you dare to cheat, immediately pack up and throw away all the people you are taking classes with. Want to take Malashenko's class? There is no way!
Several of the more critical performance parameters of the B29 have already been mastered by the Soviet intelligence system. They only need to obtain the physical objects and some missing information. So just follow these performance parameters that have been obtained, and the actual goods sent by the Americans.
Compare whether the item is castrated and whether it is genuine. The truth will be revealed immediately. There is no room for fake castration at all.
The Yankees who probably guessed that their own mess was infiltrated by the Soviet Union, could only admit it with their noses pinched in the end. The original B29 engine, which had no performance castration at all, was packaged and delivered together with a complete set of data and drawings.
At the same time, they arranged for the officer corps to go to the Soviet Union to take classes and receive training. They wanted to end this transaction and cooperation as soon as possible, so that Ye Changmengduo would not be tricked by the Russians again. For example, they would not allow you to attend the course, and then continue to rip you off, etc.
Yes, they may have ways to treat you on their own territory.
It’s just that Comrade Stalin, who thought he had made a lot of money at that time, didn’t know that even without the cooperation of this deal, the Soviet Union would obtain the complete physical B29 that crash-landed in Far Eastern Siberia in a few months, and there would be more than one.
At that time, the Soviet Union can also build its own cutting-edge strategic bomber based on reverse mapping and imitation, but it will be more troublesome without the full set of technical information provided by the Yankees. After all, reverse mapping and imitation also takes time.
If we insist on saying that this transaction that was carried out in advance brought any substantial benefits to the Soviet Union, it would probably only shorten the time to obtain the B29 core key technology and shorten the difficulty of subsequent imitation projects. These are foreseeable.
But the most surprising thing is that it also led to another unexpected result: the modification and upgrade of the existing Pei-8 bomber.
Yes, the Red Army has never given up on transforming and upgrading the existing Pei-8 heavy bomber to improve its performance. The core key lies in the unsatisfactory engine.
Unfortunately, the situation has not been going well. The reliability of the early engines was poor. The reliability problems of the later models were solved, but they were far from the Yankee engines in performance. They were not on the same level at all, which seriously restricted the bomber's combat effectiveness.
The development of new heavy bombers still takes time. People can afford the equipment, but war cannot afford to wait.
If the heavy bombing capabilities of the Red Army aviation units can be quickly enhanced, this will bring great benefits to the later offensive to invade Germany. The efficiency ratio of the transformation and upgrading project will be quite high, and it is completely worth investing enough energy to carry out it immediately.
Do this.
Moreover, it can also be used for the subsequent development of new heavy bombers. It is a good thing to first accumulate experience in engine assembly and use and explore the path first. This is a great thing that kills two birds with one stone.
With the Yankees providing a full set of "generous help" from the very beginning, the work of replicating the engine and putting it into production went very smoothly.
Although the final hastily imitated finished product still has a certain performance gap compared to the original product of the Yankees, and the service life and average trouble-free hours are also not as good. Subsequent batches of engines still need to be finely polished and optimized and upgraded.
But this powerful engine, with a maximum output of over 2,000 horsepower, has already made the generals of the Red Army aviation very happy.
With it, all the existing "difficulties" of the Pei 8 will be solved, and the performance will undoubtedly be greatly improved. However, the difficulty of modifying an engine adapted for a subsonic propeller heavy bomber is more difficult than that of a replica engine.
The difficulty level needs to be lower and easier.
Anyway, there are not so many pursuits of perfection in the war years. Even if it is not perfect, you can just make some modifications and it will be almost usable.
At the very least, let the troops use it first, and then you can slowly polish and solve subsequent refinement issues.
The Red Army has always done this in the past, and this time is certainly no exception.
In fact, you can also say this from another angle:
If it were not for his own personal training, Malashenko would not be able to see these above his head. Compared with the original version, the fuselage has been slightly lengthened and the wingspan has been slightly widened, especially the four engine nacelles above the wide wings.
, the new Pei-8, which has become thicker and stronger, flies overhead with two large black gas cans hanging on the left and right under the wing roots on both sides.
Malashenko, who clearly saw this scene through the telescope, certainly knew that a doomsday-style destruction that would be even more violent than the mountain roar and tsunami bombardment just now was about to descend on the already devastated Zelo Highlands.
Compared to the destruction that is about to come now, what just happened is nothing worth mentioning.