preface
Everyone's first impression of Russians must be that they are tall, men, women and children, have a particularly good amount of alcohol, and are also known as a fighting nation, giving people a sense of complete oppression.
In the last century, before the Soviet Union was broken, a white Chinese general once drank all 17 Soviet diplomats to the ground.
This may sound like an impossible thing to do, but the white general on the mainland used his enthusiasm and superb social skills to drink all 17 Soviet diplomats and successfully introduced 27 flying aircraft.
This white general is Lin Hu, and today we will tell his story.
Lin Hu
Before Lin Hu was born, his father broke into the Kanto and came to Hal Ice, fell in love with a beautiful Russian woman at first sight, and soon the two fell in love, and there was a crystallization of love, that is, General Lin Hu, who had a white blood Chinese.
General Lin Hu, a native of Yantai, Shandong Province, was born in Harbin, and his father froze to death in a coal-digging car at a very young age, followed by the death of his mother and younger siblings.
Suddenly, Lin Hu became an orphan and was adopted by a large family surnamed Lin, and then changed his name to "Lin Gensheng", feeling that this name seemed to give people a feeling of tenacity.
When the Japanese Empire invaded Northeast China in 1938, Lin Hu volunteered to join the Eighth Route Army, hoping to dedicate his share to the country.
Subsequently, Lin Hu was assigned to the logistics department, and the leader of the unit renamed him "Lin Hu".
In 1945, Lin Hu joined the Communist Party of China, and after a series of screenings, entered the aviation team to learn aviation technology, in order to quickly master these aviation technologies, Lin Hu had to practice for more than a few hours a day, not only that, but also had to recite all the aviation concepts and knowledge backwards to sleep.
These were not the most difficult, the background was the unconditional surrender of Japan, there were more than 100 wrecked aircraft, but only more than 30 could be used later. Moreover, the mainland did not have enough gasoline at that time, could only use alcohol, and had to avoid the bombing of the Kuomintang in the training of aircraft.
It was in such a harsh environment that the mainland trained the first pilots, and Lin Hu can be said to be the best among these pilots.
At the founding ceremony on October 1, 1949, several planes circled in the blue sky, the most advanced of which was the P-51 fighter piloted by Lin Hu.
Founding Ceremony
Time came to 1951, that year was in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the mainland's volunteers and the US military both launched a fierce exchange of fire, the United States also had "F-86" and "Sabre" two aircraft fighting together, don't look at these two planes, but just one of the hanging racks outside can hang two fuel tanks, as many as 16 127mm rockets, the power is huge.
On the mainland side, Lin Hu was the deputy commander of the Air Force, and the mainland aircraft also quickly supported, and with the deafening roar in the ears, the mainland aircraft quickly entered the engagement with the US Air Force.
The US Air Force did not expect that the mainland Air Force could enter the combat state so quickly, obviously it was not ready, even a little flustered, but it did not take long to adjust it, but the US Air Force was very surprised by the Chinese Air Force this time, which was because the aircraft flown by China at that time was not as powerful as the United States, it was a relatively old brand, but the pilot's technology was quite sensitive, and the United States used random bombing in aviation tactics, which would always blow up the enemy.
Unlike China, China at that time knew that the country's aviation technology still needed to be developed and improved, but due to insufficient funds, it could only be shelved first, but the pilot's technology was first cultivated, which allowed the pilots to easily avoid the bombing of the US Air Force when they exchanged fire with the US Air Force, and even be "unharmed".
In that war, Lin Hu also showed the heroism and extremely high command ability of the deputy regimental commander, and also shot down the "F-86".
Lin Hu was later sent to Guangzhou to become deputy division commander, and in 1985, Lin Hu officially became the deputy commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
F-86
But at that time, the mainland's industrial development and infrastructure construction fields were relatively weak, and the gap between the aviation field and developed countries was also very large, and China's intelligence at that time used the old-fashioned flight of other countries, and then it was transformed and tried by the Chinese scientific research team.
At this time, China was still very eager for aviation power and decided to import advanced models from foreign countries.
The Soviet Union was a good "buying target" at that time, because the Soviet Union was facing many political and economic crises at that time, and it also needed Chinese orders to ease their internal balance.
This important task was entrusted to the white general Lin Hu on the mainland, and general Lin Hu led a delegation to the Soviet Union to negotiate with the Soviet generals.
As mentioned above, General Lin Hu started from the logistics staff of the People's Liberation Army, and at that time General Lin Hu had strong adaptability and interpersonal skills.
Before the negotiations began, General Lin Hu had replaced most of the mainland delegation with people with good alcohol, and told them not to disclose my position and title to Soviet officers at will, so as to relax the vigilance of both sides.
Negotiations came as expected, and the ideas were quickly spoken, but the Soviets were reluctant to sell su-27 fighter jets to China, but wanted to sell miG-29 fighter jets to China.
Su-27
So what is the difference between these two fighters? Although the basic design of the two fighters is similar, the Su-27 fighter is much lighter than the MiG-29 fighter, higher than any aircraft at the time, and more stable and balanced than other fighters.
That's why China wanted to buy the Su-27, but the Soviet Union, despite facing an economic crisis, didn't want to sell long-range fighter jets to China, which the Soviets saw as a threat to their own country.
But the mainland's determination to buy Su-27 fighter jets is also very strong, so Lin Hu thought of a way to let Chinese officers who had studied in the Soviet Union and Soviet officers reminisce about the past of fighting side by side with Soviet officers in the gap between dinner.
The trick really worked, and the Soviet officers present were touched by the glorious years of the past and were willing to sell the Su-27 fighter jet to China.
The problem of purchase was solved, followed by the price problem, the Soviet Union was unwilling to retreat in price, the Soviet Union believed that this Su-27 and the United States F-15 have the same performance, both fighters are twin-engine and long-range heavy fighters, and the American F-15 is 50 million US dollars, the price of the Su-27 can only be above this, not below this.
U.S. F-15
Although China had entered the reform and opening up at that time, it had not yet achieved important results, and it could not come up with so much money to buy Su-27 fighter jets.
At this time, the atmosphere between the Chinese side and the Soviet side was already very awkward, so it was decided to eat first to ease the atmosphere, at which time one of the Soviet officers said to one of the members of the mainland delegation: "You go and get some wine, you want to take what you can light, then it is delicious!" ”
The Soviet officers also wanted to embarrass the Chinese delegation and let us understand that it was difficult to retreat, and it is well known that the Russian people drink very well, Chinese may not be able to drink, but we have not given up.
As a white General of China, Lin Hu has half of the blood flowing from Russia, and drinking alcohol is not a problem.
When drinking the first round of wine, both sides did not change their faces, and when drinking the second round of wine, Lin Hu, as the person in charge, gave a look to a senior principal of the Chinese delegation.
At that time, the Soviet officer saw that the colonel was thinly dressed and thin, and mocked: "If this colonel walks on the streets of Moscow, it is estimated that he will be blown away by the wind."
But the colonel did not bother with these Soviet officers, but touched them one by one, and even mixed beer with foreign wine, and the Soviet officers were already stunned, although their alcohol consumption was already very good, but their evaluation of the colonel was that drinking wine was like drinking water.
Just like this for a while, all 17 Soviet officers were drunk, and even after that they could only call the waiter to carry it out, and the competition at the wine table was over, in fact, the colonel of our delegation did not like to drink, but there was a substance in his body that could decompose alcohol, and drank like no and drank, but this wine table competition did give China the upper hand.
After several negotiations, the Soviet Union was willing to sell su-27 fighter jets to China at the lowest price.
The introduction of the Su-27 has played an important role in China's aviation development, as mentioned earlier, it is precisely because the Su-27 can be dual-engine and long-range, which also accelerates the J-10 and J-20 on the mainland after many years.
A large part of the successful introduction of the Su-27 is also the credit of General Lin Hu, if it were not for General Lin Hu's extraordinary social skills and adaptability, it may not be possible for the mainland's aviation industry to be on the agenda.
The most noteworthy thing here is that at the International Air Show in Moscow on August 23, 1997, China was invited to participate in the event, and General Lin Hu, who was 70 years old at the time, went with him as a Chinese adviser.
At the air show, Soviet pilot Kovociusu piloted the latest Su-30 fighter jets soaring freely in the air, and kovochul found General Lin Hu immediately after the performance.
In fact, as early as 1996, when the mainland held the first China Aviation Expo in Zhuhai, Kovochur and General Lin Hu met, when Kovochur wanted to invite General Lin Hu to test fly the Su-30, but General Lin Hu felt that this was not very good, so he politely refused.
Kovochur and Lin Hu
This time, Kovochur again invited General Lin Hu to test fly the Su-30, but at that time, General Lin Hu was still a little cautious, so he asked me who would approve me if I flew? Kovochur said, you can fly with confidence, and you don't have to worry about the rest.
In this way, Lin Hu gladly accepted the test flight of the Su-30, and a few days before the test flight, General Lin Hu visited many staff of the aviation unit to know more about the Su-30.
Not only that, in order to ensure that there were no physical accidents during the flight, General Lin Hu did not eat much in the first two days of the flight, and even drank very little water.
On August 23, 1997, at about 4:50 p.m., General Lin Hu started the engine, and a few minutes later, the plane entered the runway smoothly, and then with the roar, the Su-30 fighter jet piloted by General Lin Hu took off successfully, and soared in the blue sky in one go.
Su-30
Not only that, General Lin Hu also let the Su-30 flip in the sky, fly ultra-low, steep turns with large slopes, and when the performance was about to end, General Lin Hu also used the cobra action of the aircraft's angle of attack to approach 120 degrees, which was the largest flying action of the world's men's team, but General Lin Hu could easily complete the action.
General Lin Hu's test flight also ended with the shouts and cheers of the people of Moscow.
Until March 3, 2018, General Lin Hu died at the age of 91.
epilogue
Perhaps when everyone did not read this article, they did not know or understand General Lin Hu, a patriotic loyalist, General Lin Hu made a lot of efforts for the development of the mainland, starting from the logistics personnel at the beginning, General Lin Hu did not complain about himself, but was down-to-earth and serious, step by step, and finally became an excellent air force.
At present, China is developing rapidly, and there is no need to import fighter jets from abroad to make up for the gap in the mainland's aviation, but at that time, everyone was a hot-blooded teenager who wanted to do something for the motherland.
Now we are born in the era of peace, far from war and bloodshed, but at the same time we should also remember history and remember the contributions and efforts made by General Lin Hu to the mainland.