Qimarang Aviation Base

A gray twin-engine turbo transport plane took off into the sky and soared above the blue sky, winning a round of applause.

This is the world's first true transport aircraft, which can carry an additional five passengers or 1,300 pounds of cargo in addition to the pilot, and can reach a maximum range of 1,700 kilometers if the fuel load is increased.

This may not be much for other countries, but it is of great significance to the nation of ten thousand islands such as the Ocean Empire, and there is a strong demand for this type of aircraft.

First of all, it can meet the huge demand for postal services, and people can receive letters sent on the first day in mainland Australia on the second day in Borneo, Luzon or Shangri-La, and vice versa.

Letters sent to North America used to take half a month to arrive.

Nowadays, it can be departed from the mainland of Australia by postal plane, to Moresby, Longmen, Jayapura, Manila, via Hokkaido, Midway, Hawaii, and finally to Seattle in about three days, and to four states in North America or the Republic of California on the fourth day, and as far as Los Angeles.

It is of great significance that a single postal plane can transport more than 100,000 pieces of air letters, bring the thoughts and greetings of distant relatives, and close communication and liaison between various localities.

In addition, it is a transport aircraft that can carry passengers, and can be used for VIP transportation and other emergency purposes, opening a precedent for the private shipping industry.

Li Fushou looked up at the sky with sunglasses on his face, watching the plane with a steel tube frame, wooden wings and canvas skin soaring freely, and he was really worried that it would break its wings and fall off.

So he asked; "As a transport aircraft, safety is the first thing, can the strength of the fuselage be guaranteed?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, this "Courier" transport aircraft has experienced more than 470 hours of safe flight, and the wing adhesion and skeleton have been tested, proving that the original strength design is qualified, at most there are some damage to the wing skin, which was quickly repaired. ”

"Broken wing skin? If a postal plane is on a long-term flight mission, it will not have the time to return to the airport at any time to repair the wing skin, which is not a trivial problem, and it is very likely to lead to serious consequences such as the destruction of the plane and the death of people. Li Fushou immediately realized that something was wrong.

"We also found a hidden danger, after a long period of air operation, the transport aircraft is exposed to high wind pressure in a cold environment, and the cloth skin will have unpredictable hidden dangers, and our solution is to replace the wings made of thin aluminum plates, which will completely solve this hidden danger, the only price is an increase in weight of 135 pounds, and the price of the whole aircraft has increased by 33.1%."

"How much?"

"After our calculations, if the production scale reaches 100 aircraft, the production cost of the aluminum wing skin "Messenger" 2 aircraft is 4,850 gold oceans, and if the production scale exceeds 300 aircraft, the cost can be reduced to less than 3,000 gold oceans. ”

"Is there a capacity to develop a transport aircraft with a larger carrying capacity, with a minimum of 12 people and a range of more than 2,200 kilometers?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it is feasible from a technical point of view, then it must be made of steel, with an all-aluminum fuselage, and two of the most advanced high-horsepower seven-cylinder star fan engines, which will lead to high costs, and a rough calculation may exceed more than 20,000 gold oceans, I am afraid it is difficult for the military department to accept."

"Immediately set up a project to study a transport aircraft with a larger carrying capacity, transporting 12 people, 30 or even 50 people, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will give sufficient subsidies for scientific research, such a transport aircraft should be equipped with a small telegraph transmitter with sufficient security, is there any difficulty?"

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the technical level of the aviation base is now among the top in the world, but it can support the research and development of a 12-person transport aircraft at most, and the transport aircraft with a stronger carrying capacity requires a breakthrough in aero-engine technology, and also develops aviation aluminum alloy materials with higher strength and lighter weight, and our base should also add wind tunnel equipment, larger high-altitude test equipment, and also increase the manpower of researchers, which has a lot of scientific computing work to complete."

"Make a detailed report and plan on this matter and submit it for approval as soon as possible."

"Wechen understands that he will immediately start to formulate a plan, prepare for the establishment of the Institute of Aero Materials, and work together with the Aero Engine Research Institute to carry out scientific and technological research, and strive to come up with products that satisfy Shengshang as soon as possible."

"Be careful, you must put the reliability of the transport aircraft first, because this is a major issue of life."

"Weichen will abide by the holy decree, and he will definitely go all out, and he will not dare to relax a little."

"Hmm!"

Li Fushou nodded with satisfaction, any R&D funds invested in the aviation field are worth it, this is a major industry related to the future, and now Xiaohe is only showing its sharp corners.

Shortly thereafter

The H-2 bomber, codenamed "Farmer", was carried into the sky by a crew of two, a pilot, a bombardier and a heavy machine gunner, and was equipped with a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun for self-defense, which could carry 1,100 pounds of bombs on ground bombing missions.

In a live walkthrough

The bomber, nicknamed "Farmer," carried 12 50-pound bombs and four 100-pound bombs over the bombing, and carried out three rounds of low-altitude dive bombing on the lime-marked bombing target circle, throwing most of the bombs into the target area, and the smoke and dust of the explosion rolled and a sea of fire.

The nickname "farmer" is very vivid, and it really blows up a large area like a plough, and the power is considerable.

This really gave Li Fushou a big surprise, he didn't expect that the current aviation technology has developed to this point, and it seems to be not far from the early days of World War II.

If hundreds of bombers come together, no amount of troops will be able to resist it! This is a real killer feature.

Speaking of the pull of the butterfly effect of the North American War, it is not uncommon for fighters equipped with machine guns on the European battlefield today, and in the Battle of the Marne, hundreds of fighters were dispatched by both sides to fight each other, and Germany and France have formed special air forces, which is several years earlier than the original history.

But to say that the technical level of these fighters has not changed much during the North American War, and it is a notch behind the new fighters of the Ocean Empire.

In this era, it is much easier to build an airplane than to build a car, and with the industrial level of Britain, France, Germany and other countries, it is not difficult to produce their own aircraft, but it is not easy to improve aviation technology.

Nowadays, the technical level of European aircraft is that heavy machine guns fire at each other, and then the engine room is loaded with about 10 grenades, which are thrown when they encounter enemy positions, and have not yet developed into specialized bombers.

If we want the old and stubborn minds of the European Army to change their course and realize the importance of developing aviation forces, we must at least let them run into a bloody situation and suffer enough.

Think about it seriously

Li Fushou felt that it was better to keep the weapon of mass destruction such as the aviation bomber secret, and it was not appropriate to put it into large-scale production for the time being, so as not to leak secrets, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

This is a weapon that can change the face of the European battlefield, or it is better to lie down and sleep in an aviation base for two years, to freeze the state of technology, and then delve into more advanced transport aircraft.

But before that

Appropriations are made to pre-produce large quantities of aero engines for spare. Produce enough aviation thin aluminum sheet for backup, as long as the final product is not assembled, no one knows what to use?

When needed, the production capacity will be exploded in minutes!

Strategically

Once the Europeans have freed their hands, they will undoubtedly see the Ocean Empire as a major global competitor, and now it is only because the Germans are in the way, and the Red Tsarist Russia will be in the front in the later stages of World War I, which will win enough strategic respite for the Ocean Empire.

The excellence of the Ocean Empire can no longer be hidden, the total economic volume ranks first in the world, the total territory is as high as more than 14.6 million square kilometers, and the military force is strong.

This is out of consideration for national strategic competition, and there will be no trace of warmth.

Therefore, Li Fushou hoped that the course of the war in Europe would not deviate too far from the original track and that it would take a longer time. The greater the loss, the more the national strength will be consumed, and the weaker the strength that can deal with the ocean empire in the future, which is in line with the strategic interests of the country.

Tanks appeared on the European battlefield earlier, played a greater role, and also exacerbated the losses caused by the brutal war, which was very much in line with Li Fushou's expectations.

But don't say how bad he is, this European war is the total outbreak of contradictions among Europeans, the final result of the arms race that has lasted for many years, this is not a war led by Li Fushou, nothing has anything to do with him.

He's just doing a little favor, well, exporting weapons and making a lot of war money by the way.

Although the government has repeatedly issued orders, the smuggling of materials from the Ocean Empire to Germany has always been prohibited, and many factors of nationality and interests have been mixed in.

In the European war, the United States played the role of a greedy businessman who only cared about interests and ignored the heavy casualties of the Entente countries that made Britain and France and other countries hate it, and unscrupulously exported materials to Germany, attracting the public opinion firepower of Britain and France and other countries to the greatest extent.

According to the statistics of the relevant parties in the United Kingdom

More than 60 percent of the materials exported by the Ocean Empire were sold to the Allied countries, and the newly signed Jinyang loans were signed one after another, which strongly supported the Allied countries' battles on the front line.

About 20 percent of the exports are sold to the United States, about 10 percent of the exports are to the allies, and half of the exports are to the Pacific Security Alliance countries.

And the United States is just the opposite

Almost 4 and a half percent of the goods were sold to the Central Powers, about 20 percent of the goods were sold to the Entente countries, about 20 percent of the exports were sold to the Ocean Empire, and about 10 percent of the exports were sold to the Republic of China, Southeast Asia and other South American countries.

In other words, the United States is now the largest supplier of materials to the German-Italian-Austrian alliance.

The United States is now playing a role that makes Britain and France and other countries hate it; Rebel plus traitor.

Britain and France and other countries are now a bit like an old father who watches his son go astray, wishing that he could be killed, but trying to save him, and does not want the United States to completely fall into the German-Italian-Austrian alliance, which will add even more trouble.

Li Fushou firmly believes;

The ambivalence of Britain, France and other countries, after suffering even more heavy casualties, will become resolute and resolutely destroy their relatives.

From the perspective of the strategic interests of the United States;

Given that he was burdened with huge war reparations and urgently needed to make more profits to pay off his debts, he would not have the slightest idea of defaulting on his debts, because he did not dare to try at all.

This is tantamount to giving the Ocean Empire an excuse to go to war, which is terrifying when you think about it, it's really scary.

Then in the case that the Ocean Empire occupies most of the orders of the Entente and makes a lot of money, only the allies can earn huge profits, and there is no third option.

This is the original intention of the United States to dare to think that Germany will export materials on a large scale, and it is called forced helplessness to say that it is good, and it is the desire for profit to say that it is ugly.

Britain, France, Russia and other countries joined forces to rob North America in the "Wool War", which was essentially an aggressor with the same embarrassment as the Ocean Empire.

The strategic purpose of the war waged by the Allies led by Germany, Italy and Austria was to break the existing world pattern, win more space for the development of the newly industrialized countries and overseas colonies, expand their markets, and open up room for growth.

All this is incomparably consistent with the future strategic interests of the United States, in the current world order dominated by the United Kingdom, the Ocean Empire and the Fuso Kingdom are the two most vicious accomplices, tightly locking the upward space of the United States, dismembering and containing the major influence of the United States in North and South America, and posing an extremely serious threat to the national security and future development prospects of the United States.

In a lot of the time

The Daven-Porter government was not without the idea of joining the German-Italian-Austrian alliance, but given the tense war in Europe and the absolute disadvantage of German maritime power, it was impossible to cross the Atlantic to support North America, which was almost a certainty.

And once it participates in the Moral Education Olympic League, the United States will inevitably face the crazy bite of the Fusang Kingdom and the Ocean Empire, and the consequences are worrying!

The people of the United States are not afraid of the little devils of Fusang, but they are really afraid that the devil army of the Ocean Empire will come across the ocean again, burning, killing and looting on the land of North America, and the lives will be ruined, which will evolve into a complete disaster.

The North American war in the past few years has left a deep psychological shadow in the hearts of the rice guys, and has become a nightmare for many people to wake up in the middle of the night.

Considered carefully, the Davon Porter government had no choice but to forbear.

Then vigorously supporting the German-Italian-Austrian alliance in terms of materials, and being willing to give the other side a large dollar loan, and supporting the allies to win the war in Europe with practical actions, has become a realistic choice for the United States at present.

In the realities of international politics, no country can afford to suffer huge casualties and think about the other.

For example, the British or the French, when they see the Mi people sending boatloads of supplies to support the German-Italian-Austrian alliance in the war to slaughter their young soldiers, will still express a lot of relief;

The people of the United States have unspeakable hardships, and we can understand that even if you kill our soldiers, you must consider me.

So now the international situation is interesting

The United States is gradually sliding in the direction that Li Fushou wants them to move forward, that is, to become an accomplice of the German-Italian-Austrian allies, and to drift away from the Entente dominated by Britain, France, and Russia.

No one knows how the world has evolved into such a situation, and now it is in a complicated and critical period, according to Li Fushou's estimate, Britain, France and other countries will endure until the middle of next year at most, and they should force the United States to have a showdown.

At times like these

The "farmer bomber", a weapon of mass destruction that can change the direction of the war, must not appear, it must be kept secret, and it must not destroy the current good pattern!