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Chapter 1715: A Little Accident

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    The workers are all working hard, and the time is passing by little by little.

    If Americans want to leave, they can only take off before dawn, so as not to reveal the location of the airport.  So before dawn, all the rested crew members came over.  Major Cromlin looked at his plane being repaired, his face full of expectation and gratitude: "Thank you to our technicians of the Eighth Route Army. You have worked hard here and helped us repair the plane. Has the plane been repaired?"

    As Major Cromlin asked, he looked towards his plane.  This look revealed that the aircraft has undergone great changes.  The belly turret is gone.  There is a piece of tin plate blocking it.  It looks a little ugly, like it has been patched.  The belly of the plane was originally curved.  A piece of white iron is flat, and after repeated beatings by the workers, it became such a shape.  But the radian and the like are still no problem, and they are quite consistent.  After this is added, the aircraft is considered more complete.  When they found him looking at the belly turret, several workers were a little anxious, for fear that he would lose his temper in the next moment, but Major Cromlin gave a thumbs up instead: "Your maintenance skills are really good."

    As for the loss of a belly turret, Major Kromlin didn't care at all, that thing was broken, anyway, after going back, it would need to be replaced with a new one.  For the Americans, it takes a long time to repair that set of damaged belly turrets, wasting manpower and material resources.  It's better to get a new belly turret directly from the production line and install it.

    This is like someone advocating the United States, saying that Americans are very capable of doing everything by themselves.  If the house is broken, you can build it yourself, if the car breaks down, you can repair it yourself, and you can do anything.  Then take the opportunity to belittle China.  In fact, this is not the case at all. Americans repair it by themselves, because it costs too much to hire others, and the cost of manual work is the highest.  So if they can replace it, they won't go to repair it again.  Because it takes too much time and manual work to repair.

    Major Cromlin continued to look at the bullet holes that had been pierced, and found that all of them had been nailed to death with wooden wedges. He was very happy that the entire plane had been restored again.

    "My friends, I wish you a pleasant trip, and I hope we will meet again next time!" Qin Baoshan said: "The plane has been fully fueled, and you can go."

    Major Cromlin and others boarded the plane.  The two wounded stayed here to continue recuperating, and the others took their positions, and then began to prepare for takeoff.  The three bombers were launched smoothly.  But the engine of Major Cromlin's plane couldn't start no matter what.  I only heard the roar of the humming starter motor, but the engine couldn't start, not only couldn't run normally, even the black smoke only came out a little at the beginning, and then stopped.

    Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Major Cromlin had no choice but to give up.  The other three bombers took off normally, and after takeoff, they quickly returned to Chongqing in formation.  Major Cromlin looked at the engine of his plane with a very ugly face.

    When it fell down yesterday, it was still fine, so why can't it start today?  And the engines on both sides could not be started successfully, so what does this mean?

    "It is likely that there is a problem with the fuel tank." Qin Baoshan said: "We moved the plane to the woods, and then repaired the engine in the woods."

    Since it will be used as a base for American bombers, some preparations have been made here.  The hangar bunker is being excavated on the hillside in the distance. In the future, the plane can be pushed directly into the hangar, which is the safest way, but it is still under construction, so the plane can only be temporarily hidden in the grove.

    "That's the only way to go." Major Cromlin reluctantly agreed.  He watched the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army shouting slogans, and dozens of people pushed his plane, and it quickly pushed into the woods.

    The fuel tank was already full of fuel, but now all the fuel has been pumped out again.  Then after blowing it in with compressed air, it was immediately found that there was a blockage in the oil circuit.  Qin Baoshan and several workers did it by themselves to troubleshoot.  The problem was soon discovered in one of the tubing.  After it was removed, it was discovered that a bullet had been forced into the oil pipe.

    In the air battle yesterday, the little devil's plane fired wildly at the b-25 bomber.  The bullet not only hit the fuselage, but also hit the fuel tank, but it didn't pose any threat, and there wasn't even a fuel leak.  This is also thanks to the extensive use of self-closing fuel tank technology in American aircraft.

    In World War II, the United States kept bombing the devils, and the devils also resisted. I don¡¯t know how many times they intercepted. However, the Super Fortress bombers often returned home with bullet holes all over their bodies. Not only did the fuselage not fall apart.  Not even the fuel tankOil!  This is where the self-closing fuel tank comes into play.

    This kind of self-closing fuel tank sounds tall, but it is actually very simple. It is just a special layer of rubber in the interlayer of the fuel tank. In this way, after the fuel tank is pierced, the rubber expands and the hole is automatically blocked. Simple and practical.

    The bullet pierced through the fuel tank, flew into the fuel tank, and flew all the way back. There was no problem, but when refueling, I don¡¯t know what happened. The bullet was pushed by the fuel, rolling in the fuel tank, and it actually got into the fuel pipe.  .  They didn't find any abnormalities when they were refueling, but when they started the engine, the bullet blocked the oil pipe, and the oil passage was blocked, so the engine naturally couldn't start.  A small warhead left Major Kromlin in the base of the Eighth Route Army. He had to wait for the day to pass and night to fall before he could return with the bomber.  Holding this warhead, Major Cromlin felt a little helpless.

    "My friend, you should rest here for one more day. Go back to sleep, get enough energy, and you can fly the plane back at night." Qin Baoshan said to Major Cromlin: "The cause of the failure has been found, and the plane has been repaired.  , Wait until night, the engine can start. If there is still a problem, then we can also repair it overnight, as long as it is repaired before dawn. I still have some work, so I will leave first." Qin Baoshan finished speaking to Major Cromlin  With these words, turn your head and leave.

    "I have rested and am not tired now." Colonel Cromlin said: "My friend, what are you going to do? May I help you?"

    Hearing Major Kromlin's words, Qin Baoshan nodded: "Of course." (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel.com
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