The Rise of the Empire

"What makes me difficult to understand is that as the core of the German Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world, has a far less sense of smell in the field of forward-looking advanced technology than the Kingdom of Bavaria in the south, Ruprecht. The prince kindly shared all the new aviation technology with me, but to my surprise, I searched all the departments of the Prussian military, but I couldn’t find a department specifically related to aviation! And the only one that can fly The department of God's Tools is actually the Meteorological Department!" Xiao Maoqi wrote heartily in his diary to vent his resentment and dissatisfaction!

In fact, we can’t blame Little Mochi, because in this period, when the Wright brothers’ planes were not in the sky, no countries in the world paid much attention to the aviation industry. Except for Prince Ruprecht, the forerunner of the crossing, other real concerns Very few people.

General Xiao Moqi, who discovered the New World, immediately decided to borrow balloons from the Meteorological Department and look for all the people in the army who had had relations with the balloons! He even decided to use "civilians" to enrich the future Prussian air force. It even includes Earl Zeppelin, who is in an antagonistic relationship with Airplanes. As the saying goes, Huang Tian pays off, and after a period of hard work, Xiao Maoqi really found a few people.

"This is Major Augusta von Passegel. He once worked with his subordinates, Lieutenant Hans Higgsfield and August Riddinger, to study a special kind of Balloons with stabilized wings, their balloons are in a leading position, because these slender balloons with stabilized wings are a very good aerial observation platform." An adjutant introduced Xiao Maoqi.

According to Xiao Maoqi's instructions, all personnel who have been in contact with a flying vehicle with wings are gathered. And these three military personnel who developed the new hot air balloon in 1892 were naturally summoned. There is indeed no special aviation department in the Prussian army. This is true. The army air team was established in the Franco-Prussian War. It was disbanded because it was considered to be of little use. However, you cannot say that the Prussian Army did not have balloons. That is incorrect. In fact, when the First World War broke out, all eight Prussian armies had an air team, and there were also There were 17 fortress balloon flight teams. Before the war broke out, Prussia and Bavaria had a balloon flight battalion. After the war broke out, eight Prussian Army balloon flight teams and two Bavarian Army balloon flight teams were successively formed. (It can also be seen from this aspect how independent the Bavarian army is...)

"Tell me about the current situation of your aviation team." Xiao Maoqi asked straightforwardly.

"We are currently just a balloon observation team. We can never talk about aviation, because we can hardly control the direction of flight in the air. The autonomy is not even as good." Major Augusta said modestly.

"Our aviation team has 10 officers, 270 soldiers, 194 mules and horses, 35 carriages and 2 balloons. Our main task is to allow observers to take balloons to observe the other side's whereabouts. We use this It is a balloon made of cotton on the outside and rubber airbags on the inside. If we can fill 600 cubic meters of hydrogen, the balloon can rise to an altitude of 800 meters. But in fact, we rarely rise above 500 meters. "The major introduced.

"Why? The 800-meter altitude observation effect will be better." Xiao Maoqi frowned and said.

"Because our balloon is a soft balloon, which is different from Mr. Zeppelin’s rigid airship. The higher the altitude, the lower the air density, and the lower the buoyancy provided by the balloon. If we want to reach a higher altitude, then We did not repair and reduce the weight. We once cancelled the gondola, used a saddle-like seat to carry the observer, and used steel cables to tie the observer and the balloon together, but this would be very unstable and would cause the observer to vomit and dizzy... ..." said the major embarrassedly. (The above description of the formation and description of the air team is true. The German balloon team is still very interesting.)

"Uh, very good..." After listening to the other party's description, Xiao Maoqi felt that his professionalism was extremely mismatched, but there was no way, Prussia had no professional talents!

"That's great. I have a top-secret document here. You must keep it strictly confidential in accordance with the confidentiality clause." After finishing speaking, Xiao Maoqi gave part of the information given by the prince to the other party.

"This is a revolutionary aircraft! Only from a reconnaissance point of view, this type of aircraft that can be operated effectively and is simple to use is better than a balloon!" Major Augusta exclaimed.

"They can also be equipped with weapons to strike against ground facilities. The combat cost of these new aircraft is much lower than that of airships. I am very interested in this. I hope that you and your team can help us build our own Prussian aircraft! "Little Maoqi said.

"This, we need professional designers to assist us in our work. Judging from the structure of the aircraft submitted by the other party, copying this aircraft is not a big problem, but how to innovate on this basis and make a better aircraft is very difficult. It's ~www.NovelMTL.com~ because we don't have ideas, we just simply copy." Lieutenant Hans, who specializes in technology, said after analyzing the design of this aircraft.

"Moreover, it is currently impossible for us to install any weapons on the aircraft. Although I have not engaged in power, I have operated it. It is impossible for the pilot to turn the machine gun to shoot while operating the aircraft. This is extremely unrealistic. "Hans added.

"Set aside this question first, and copy this aircraft first. I will give your air team a separate organization. The personnel can be drawn from any part of the grassroots level or from the private sector. You will be subordinates of the Prussian army. The first powered flight team. And you will be equipped with an independent logistics support unit. You will get sufficient funds, provided that you can achieve results!" Xiao Maoqi said.

"I hope you can create a flight team with 4 airplanes and 6 pilots within one year. You can get drawings from us, but I hope you don’t stick to drawings and design a flight team that is better than this airplane. A good Prussian airplane!" Xiao Moqi looked at the airplane in the photo again, and specially emphasized the word Prussia!

"We will try our best, but we need an engine with as much power as possible, and now the best gasoline engine in Germany may be the product of Bavarian Southern Industries Group. If possible, I hope that Prussia can produce its own engine. Dinger emphasized without speaking.

The fourth one is here~~~! Everyone, can you give me more support in the face of the author's hard work? ? ! !