Yuan Fang held a chicken paw in his left hand, raised the wine glass in his right hand and drank it all: "The wine is good, but you can't drink more for a while, you kid too, take it easy, let's talk about it later." ”

Lin Mengsheng put down his wine glass and asked curiously, "Boss Yuan, what is the matter with you coming this time?" ”

Yuan Fang nodded, briefly said the war in Dongzhou, and then continued: "The Yuanhe Empire is strong, if we are difficult to resist their attack according to the conventional way, fortunately, now they are just a temptation, we can barely resist, if they are ruthless, no more, as long as half of the soldiers and horses are transferred, we will be in danger, so if you want to ensure that the land is not lost, you will have to take it by surprise, and the fog balloon is our killer and the last hole card, I came here this time to see the progress of the development of the fog balloon, If possible, it is best to equip the army as soon as possible to form a certain combat effectiveness. ”

Lin Mengsheng's face was a little ugly when he heard this, and he said indignantly: "The Yuanhe Empire actually really made a move, these grandsons are really fucking arrogant, Boss Yuan, you say, what should I do?" I listen to you all. ”

Yuan Fang spread his hands and said: "It's useless to listen to me, the key is the fog balloon, I only have theory for this thing, and I don't have as much experience as you." ”

Speaking of the fog balloon, Lin Mengsheng said proudly: "You should have seen the latest thruster, right?" I had a test flight two days ago, and the effect was quite good, but the power was a little insufficient, and I reduced the blowholes a little more, which should be faster. ”

Next, Yuan Fang and Lin Mengsheng began to talk about the fog balloon, Yuan Fang put forward his own opinions, improve the driving force while also taking into account the reverse braking ability, at the same time, also said the idea of the airship, which immediately caused Lin Mengsheng to exclaim, and praised Yuan Fang's rich imagination and broad horizons, drawing inferences from one another, it is easy to say, and there are not many people who can really do it.

In terms of use, the fog balloon required by Yuan Fang is not just an ordinary aircraft that plants people to fly into the sky, and the requirements for military fog balloons are higher, not only the load capacity must be large, but also have enough stability and self-protection ability, at the same time, it must also have a certain attack ability, or as a logistics baggage rapid transportation, or as a combat air command platform, and more is used for actual combat, joining the conventional battle in the form of dropping incendiary bombs, absolute air supremacy, can occupy the leading position on the battlefield, but want to do this, There are still many things that need to be improved, such as the preparation time for liftoff, the accuracy of landing, the consumption and loss of fog, etc., especially the stability of windy weather, which need to be solved as soon as possible.

In addition, if you want to form combat effectiveness, you must form a cluster, and a single or several dozen fog balloons can play a limited role in the upcoming large-scale war, which cannot meet the needs of the empire, so Yuan Fang plans to form an air force corps, and if you want to form an air force, you need enough pilots, although flying a fog balloon is not as difficult as flying an airplane, but it also requires a certain amount of time of operation training, otherwise you will crash before you go to the battlefield, and the fun will be great.

Lin Mengsheng's research during this period of time was not in vain, after listening to Yuan Fang's words, he already had a preliminary idea in his heart, the two discussed it, and the results coincided, at that moment, the two skipped the initial design concept, went straight to the topic, and studied the details, and Yu Jingqiu They were not idle, and began to discuss the Air Force, because Yuan Fang told them that the first batch of Air Force would be selected from among the female soldiers, and let them help think about it, in addition to incendiary bombs, what other air-to-ground weapons can hit the ground forces from the air in a large area.

When I was a child, Lin Menghan's first reaction was a fishing net, how to say this thing, if it is used well, it is a nightmare for the galloping cavalry, try to imagine that the galloping cavalry team was covered by a huge fishing net falling from the sky, the war horse was bound and lost its center of gravity, and fell down together with the cavalry on its back, and it was still a large piece, even if the cavalry behind was good at riding, it seemed impossible to avoid it at that speed, and the chain reflection would be that the cavalry would crash into a ball, Although the nets themselves are almost destructive, the negative effects are definitely not negligible.

The weapon of the fishing net made Yuan Fang's eyes shine, but the problem arises, he is in the air and has limited space for activities, how to unfold and throw the fishing net down? And the size of the nets, too small to do much of a thing, too big for anyone to be able to fully unfold, even for experienced fishermen, let alone inexperienced female soldiers.

After some discussion, the effect of the fishing net does not seem to be ideal, Ye Qingru's way is to make a foldable crossbar on the fog balloon, unfold the fishing net and hang it on it, and break the ropes at both ends of the crossbar when used, and the fishing net opens and falls by inertia, which can achieve the desired effect.

But here comes the problem, such a long pole itself has a not light weight, which will affect the weight carried by the fog balloon, and the pole will lose its balance when placed on the side of the hanging basket, and if you want to be stable, you have to add a pole or counterweight of the same weight in the opposite direction, and then there is the operation, the speed of the cavalry charge is extremely fast, and the fog balloon is not as good as the battlefield It takes a while to basically levitate, that is, the two sides are opposite to each other, and the speed gradually increases, so it is difficult to say whether the preparation before the fishing net is thrown during this time. With so many drawbacks combined, it is better to bring more canisters of fire oil and bombard them directly with flame bombs, this conclusion made Lin Menghan, who put forward this idea, very disappointed.

The discussion of Sang Rou and the women attracted Yuan Fang's attention, and when they came to the conclusion that Lin Menghan was disappointed, Yuan Fang thought for a while and said: "Actually, Menghan's idea is good, even if the Air Force doesn't need it, we can change the army a little." Lin Menghan's eyes lit up, and she looked at Yuan Fang expectantly, and Sang Rou, Yu Jingqiu and other women also turned their heads one after another.

Yuan Fang sorted out his thoughts and said: "Well, in this way, let me tell me my thoughts, you can help analyze it, if the fishing net is changed to a special throwing net, and then thrown with a trebuchet or a heavy crossbow, is it possible?" ”

Yu Jingqiu pondered for a long time and said, "In that case, at least two trebuchets or two heavy crossbows need to be synchronized, right?" ”

Yuan Fang nodded vigorously: "Well, I think so too, the two stone bullets are linked by ropes in the middle, and the edge of the throwing net is tied to that rope, and the two stone bullets are launched at the same time, and the rope will fly out with the throwing net and fall on the enemy array, but there are some difficulties in this, when the stone bullet is thrown, it is moving, and the throwing net is stationary, when the stone bullet drives the rope to pull up the throwing net, there will be mutual force, this force will cause the track of the stone bullet to be cheap, close to the middle, and it is likely to cause the net to be unable to deploy, In addition, the range of the stone projectile will be greatly reduced due to the weight of the net and the excessive air resistance. After listening to Yuan Fang's analysis, everyone fell into deep thought.