Macho Wars

Owen nodded and said to Dragon.

"Go ahead and let your people behave well."

"Yes, sir!"

Dragoon, who was allowed by his superiors, returned to the airport and commanded the ground crew to move.

Although the plane was already ready and ready to take off at any time, Dragoon let his men demonstrate the regular take-off process on site.

Several ground crew members used dazzlingly prescribed actions.Quickly checked the plane from start to finish.

The entire pre-takeoff process seemed cumbersome, but the ground crews who had practiced thousands of times on Longgong Island completed all the steps in less than three minutes.The aircraft engine immediately started, making a "sudden" noise.

At this time, a young man on the ground wearing a bright yellow vest walked up, holding two signal lights, guiding the aircraft to taxi to the main runway, then walked to the side of the aircraft and squatted down with his left leg akimbo and right hand with index finger. Keep your middle fingers close together.

This classic posture originated from the U.S. HNA on the other side of the earth, and was mainly used for the take-off of carrier aircraft on aircraft carriers.The maidens of Dragon Palace Island, who were taught by the American emperor travellers, naturally inherited this action, and also taught them to the empires who learned from them.

Under everyone's gaze, the gray seagull numbered 0027 (the second batch of seventh aircraft) was fully powered and began to glide on the runway. The speed quickly exceeded 100 kilometers per hour, and after sprinting for more than a few meters, it rose into the air.

In the stands, smiling Howard took the lead and applauded to congratulate him, and the others echoed.

The gray seagulls ascended first quickly climbed up to a height of 500 meters in less than two minutes, then dived straight down, passing over the airport at a high speed of nearly 300 kilometers per hour, and rolled up a strong wind.

Howard nodded, and said to Henry with a slight compliment.

"Yes, the take-off conditions are not harsh, the climb speed and flying speed are faster than the airship, and it seems to be very flexible. As far as the aircraft is concerned, it is indeed very good, and it should be very suitable for performing reconnaissance missions."

Howard quickly made a very pertinent assessment of only a few distinct advantages currently exhibited by the aircraft, and realized the role that aircraft, a new weapon, can play on the battlefield.

In past wars, high-altitude reconnaissance was nothing more than two methods, one was a manned balloon and the other was an airship.

The former cannot be moved and can only be fixed on the side of one's own square, which is equivalent to erecting a floating observation tower.Although the latter has a certain degree of maneuverability, but the target is too conspicuous, and the flying speed is slow, once discovered by the enemy's defense and control units, it is easy to be shot down.

But the airplane is different. Not only the target is much smaller than the airship, but also the speed is much faster. If there is enough time in the air, it can go deep behind the enemy for reconnaissance, and its survivability should be far stronger than that of the airship.

The commander of the airship force naturally agreed with this point, but he was not convinced, especially the remark that Henry said before that airplanes can crush airships in future air battles.

Indeed, the speed and flexibility of the aircraft are far above that of the airship, but the difference in size lies there.He didn't believe in what heavy weapons these "little guys" could put in. If it was a gadget like a machine gun, it would be absolutely impossible to pose a deadly threat to a heavy airship with outer armor and a large number of split airbags.

Soon, the flight demonstration was over. Both gray seagulls took off and performed many difficult movements.

But the Grey Seagull is the first-generation bi-wing trainer after all, and it has not added any onboard weapons. Therefore, this demonstration merely demonstrated the flight performance without any attack demonstration.

This made many senior generals present could not help but feel a little regret, but the airship unit commander pretended to say with a taste like a big brother.

"Very good investigative unit, our airship unit is willing to purchase some."

Seeing that everyone seemed dissatisfied, Henry quickly explained to them.

"Everyone, this new weapon is still in the development stage. What I am showing you now is only its primary form, not its complete body."

"Oh! What does the complete body look like?"

"Let’s let Colonel Li, who is in charge of the project, explain to everyone. Speaking of which, he found the prototype of this weapon for the empire, and he has also faced it directly in actual combat. Among the soldiers of the empire, no one compares He knows this new weapon better."

Chapter 218

After the two trainers landed one after another, the generals who were present gathered around for a close visit with great interest.

They first noticed the wooden fuselage of the plane, and then discovered that there was no weapon on it. Both the offensive and defensive capabilities felt worrying.

The commander of the airship force even thought from his own professional point of view that the aircraft's driving environment was not good.

You must know that the high altitude is a very cold place, and the cockpit of the biplane is open-top, and it is impossible to warm it with a windshield alone.

So this new weapon doesn't look like Henry's before. It can be so powerful that it can hit the airship.

Faced with these questions from the generals, Dragon was prepared. He took everyone to the conference room of the base, then distributed materials to them and moved out a projector.

The generals first picked up the pamphlet in front of them and looked at it roughly.The above is an introduction to the development of the aircraft's follow-up models and supporting weapon systems. There are both illustrations and texts for explanation, which can be described as very careful.

According to the timetable given above, Dr. Dornier's team will develop four aircraft, including the Grey Seagull, in the next three years, with a total of eleven derivative models.It is planned to produce three hundred aircraft to form a fully functional Army Air Force.

Dragoon then used the projector to show three more films, all of which they had previously shot on Dragon Palace Island.

The first part of the film is the ground display of the shrine through the plane, and all models of it were filmed.

Dragoon did not hide it, and frankly admitted that the new equipment of aircraft is not an original empire, but the "black technology" they obtained from the Zhibodan Islands. Currently, Dr. Dounier's team is developing in reverse, and Good results have been achieved.

The second part of the film is a demonstration of aircraft weapons. They dispatched a Hellcat and a dive bomber to demonstrate machine gun shooting and bombing to the ground.

The small wooden house as the target was first swept into sawdust by 50 points, and then blown into big pits with 500-pound aerial bombs.

The last video is the expedition 4 transport ship that was bombed in two at the time.Four months after sinking, the shipwreck was finally fished out of the water.

The three films gave the generals present a very intuitive understanding of the combat methods and power of this new weapon of aircraft.

After reading this prestigious and ambitious plan, Howard nodded, and found it really interesting.But the problem is that most of the models in this plan are still in the research and development stage, and there are only a few floor plans for reference.

Whether the physical object can be developed in the future, and whether the performance can reach the level similar to the prototype, these are still unknown at present.

Although Howard is very supportive of the development of new technologies, he prefers good steel to be used on the blade.Thousands of new inventions emerge in the empire every year, but the ones that are really useful and can actually be put into production are always a few.

The most hateful is the kind of project that cheats funds!He tends to exaggerate his own things, as shrewd as Howard has been deceived several times, it is impossible to guard against!

So Howard put down the pamphlet and took the lead in asking Dragon on the podium.

"Colonel, Dr. Dornier seems to have invented a new power unit, which is structurally very different from the existing guided force engine. But this engine uses a kind of sap instead of magic spar. I am now I really want to know, is this sap feasible for mass production?"

"General, mass production is not a problem. Although this plant called oil tree is native to the sub-frigid zone, it is extremely adaptable and can survive even if transplanted to the subtropical zone. The New World has conditions for large-scale planting. We started last year."

"Is the cutting method similar to rubber?"

"Almost, ten-year-old mature trees are most suitable for harvesting. The daily output of a single tree is 1-3 liters, which can continue to produce oil for more than ten years. The only problem is that the pollen of this tree is toxic, which is inhaled by humans and animals. It will fall into heavy sleep. It increases nutrients in this way."

"What about the engine itself? How about the production process? Can it be mass-produced with our country's existing technical conditions?"

"I am afraid that a new plant will be needed. The structure of the engine is indeed more complex than that of a force engine, but its weight is lighter and its thrust-to-weight ratio is much better than that of a force engine. In addition, the materials are also cheaper. This is an expensive alchemical product. The eighth page of your handbook contains estimates on the cost of the engine. If the production process improves in the future, there should be room for further reduction."

Following Dragon's prompt, the generals present opened the brochures one after another, and their eyes suddenly lit up. Obviously, the above quotes made them quite excited.

To know the cost of the guided force engine, the military has been criticized for many years.Even if the wealth is as strong as the empire, the five major military regions of the army have been accumulated for a full ten years before expanding the size of the armored force to two thousand two hundred tanks.As a result, over a quarter of the tanks have been lost in battles in major military regions over the past few years, and the distressed big men are trembling.

If the power of this new engine is appropriate, it can be used on tanks in the future.

At this time, the commander of the airship force noticed that in the prospective plan of this plan, the future Army Air Force will conduct joint operations with the existing airship force to fight for air supremacy for the ground forces.

Unlike the older generation of army generals like Henry, who generally resented the airship troops, Dragon had the idea that he was furious. Even if he knew that fighter jets would completely replace the airship in the future, he would never be present. Just say it directly.