As a light reconnaissance aircraft, the aerodynamic performance of the Fi-156 is still very excellent, which can be seen from its shortest takeoff distance of forty meters.
But it also has a very big disadvantage, that is, once the engine stops, it will be very dangerous when landing.
Because this aircraft has a habit of raising its nose suddenly as soon as the flaps are lowered.
When the flaps are placed in the take-off and landing position, the resistance increases, and it is difficult to pull the aircraft up again after it has lost power.
If there is a sudden change in flight attitude and an inexperienced pilot, it is easy to enter a stall without warning.
At this time, it is very close to the ground and has lost engine power. The angle of the aircraft body causes uneven airflow rates on each power surface. It is difficult for the driver's adjustment actions to be responded to quickly, so serious accidents often occur.
This is also the reason why many pilots of Fi-156 aircraft often choose to make an emergency landing directly on the belly of the aircraft without releasing the flaps when they encounter power problems with their aircraft.
However, the Fi-156 did not choose to make a belly landing. From the position of the airport, its shadow could be clearly seen with the naked eye. It had already lowered its landing gear.
"What is Daling doing?"
Huang Huaimin stepped on the accelerator hard, and the Willys Jeep roared towards the runway.
He knew almost all the pilots under his command that he could tell at a glance that the Fi-156 that made an emergency landing belonged to Bian Daling, because he had already seen a yellow jasmine flower painted on the left side of the plane. That was Bian Daling.
Representation of aircraft.
Her sister Bian Xiaoling also had a jasmine flower painted on her plane, but the position was on the left side of the plane.
The nose of the Fi-156 was aligned with the runway and began to descend. When it was still fifty meters away from the runway, the flaps were lowered. The aircraft immediately raised its nose, and then the body sank with an awe-inspiring attitude.
The points touch the ground at the same time.
Because the landing speed was too fast, the aircraft bounced several meters after landing on the runway paved with deck steel, and then hit the ground heavily.
Fortunately, Fi-156 did not jump up again this time, and then it slid for a distance again.
At this time, the pilot had stepped on the wheel brakes. In a puff of blue smoke caused by the friction of the brake pads, he continued to glide for more than ten meters and then slightly nodded the nose of the aircraft, then stopped in the center of the runway.
Fire trucks and ambulances waiting by the runway, as well as a large group of pilots and ground crews, swarmed toward the plane.
Immediately afterwards, the second Fi-156 followed closely behind, landing on the runway as lightly as a dexterous dragonfly.
At this time, the first ambulance to rush over had already rushed to Bian Daling's plane. Two medical soldiers jumped on the plane and dragged her out of the cockpit regardless of Bian Daling's protests.
Then he was put on a stretcher.
"Let me go, I can walk by myself!"
"Can you walk by yourself?" A female doctor in her thirties with a serious face sneered.
"Come on... now stand up and take two steps to show me. If you can walk ten meters smoothly, I won't care about you. Also, what's the matter with the blood on your body? Don't tell me it's the blood of a Japanese soldier."
Splashed on you."
"I……"
Bian Daling was speechless. Her physical strength had long been exhausted. She probably didn't even have the strength to stand up, let alone walk ten meters smoothly.
You must know that the aircraft of this era are not like the hydraulic transmission or electronic transmission used in later generations. Both the joystick and the rudder are all mechanical transmission, and the traction cable is used to control the control surface to complete the pitch and roll movements.
The joystick is a hard drive with fast reaction speed and high accuracy. It can complete tactical maneuvers in an instant, but it takes a lot of effort for the pilot to complete it. It is a very physical job, so the physical requirements of the pilot are quite high.
This is why there were so few women among early fighter pilots.
Take the Japanese Zero fighter as an example. When the Zero's flight speed exceeded 480 kilometers per hour, the Japanese pilots wanted to control the aircraft and almost had to stand up and use all their strength to move the control stick.
Although the Fi-156 piloted by the Bian Daling sisters is an ultra-small reconnaissance aircraft with a low speed, it is still very difficult for women who are naturally weaker than men.
Now Bian Daling has been flying for a day, and after the fierce chase with the Japanese plane just now, almost all the strength in her body has been drained, and she has no extra strength to stand up.
While Bian Daling was talking, Doolittle and his team also jumped out of the cockpit. Two other medics got into the cockpit, carried Fred out on a stretcher, and sent him to Bian Daling together.
The ambulance sped off into the distance.
"God, I finally landed alive. I swear I will never fly in a reconnaissance plane again." After getting off the plane, Paul looked at the riddled Fi-156 behind him and knelt down with his legs weak.
His right hand kept making the sign of the cross on the ground.
The three Doolittles are not much better than Paul. Whoever tries to escape from death knows what it feels like.
Even Henry couldn't help but said to Doolittle: "Sir, I feel like I can swallow a cow now. Should we ask them to provide a place for us to have a good meal and then have a good sleep?"
"No……"
Doolittle shook his head. I heard that they had received several crews and were on their way back. As their commander, I should stay here and wait for them.
"All right!"
Seeing Doolittle's determined look, Henry couldn't say no.
This wait lasted a whole night. During this night, Doolittle waited for the three crew members No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5.
Naturally, everyone was extremely happy to see each other. The group hugged each other and cried and laughed.
"Lieutenant Colonel, I thought I would never see you again in this life."
"Yes, originally I thought I would lose you forever. I simply couldn't imagine how I would write to your mother when the bad news came.
Now, we can fight those Japanese monkeys together again!"
Doolittle and his party stayed at this field airport for three days.
During these three days, the rescue plan continued, and the pilots who performed the mission successively brought back a total of six groups of pilots.
As a result, a total of ten groups of sixteen crews have been found, and only six groups of personnel are still searching.
Doolittle felt that he could no longer wait, and he strongly requested to meet with the top commander of the Liantai Militia, General Gao Hongming.
After waiting anxiously for two days, in the morning of the fifth day, they were taken to the headquarters where Gao Hongming was located.