The Rise of the Empire

"I have to admit that the respected Prince Ruprecht is definitely the most scientific spirit and logical thinking ability among all the nobles in Germany. He can always present a novelty to people almost perfectly. Reasonable and reasonable The evidence is convincing." In Xiao Moqi's diary, he once wrote this. As for the matter of the plane, the prince's description of the plane quickly caught the attention of Little Maoqi. \u003c/p\u003eDon't pretend to be big and talk to Xiao Maoqi about how promising the future of the aircraft is. None of this is very useful. why? Because this looks so fake! People are used to seeing is believing, people can't see it, so you say that these are of limited use, so the prince's first step is to focus on the current advantage of aircraft over airships. \u003c/p\u003eSo what is the biggest advantage? Of course it is - cheap! Xiao Moqi read the following information, he suddenly found a problem, as long as people with professional design and construction experience can easily assemble such an aircraft, almost all the raw materials can be bought from the civilian market! For example, the wooden materials used to make these planes are not even as fine as those wooden furniture! The only thing that is a little technically difficult is the engine, but as long as Xiao Maoqi is willing, a telegram will be passed, and a Daimler engine can be delivered in 4 days. How much is such a thing worth? \u003c/p\u003eAnd cheap means mass production! Quantity can completely make up for the lack of quality. The cost of an airship to build such an aircraft must exceed 2 dozen or more, right? Although these aircraft seem to be very simple, the airships of this era were also unsuccessful. \u003c/p\u003eEarl Zeppelin's lz-1 airship had only 18 minutes for its first flight performance, but in the prince's letter it was clearly stated that his own thing flew for more than half an hour! And the flying speed is faster than the airship, as for the maneuverability? Not to mention, look at the photos of the plane leisurely circling in the air, flying figure 8, shallow dive, and then look at those huge cigars, let's judge! \u003c/p\u003eThe only advantage of the airship lies in the ceiling. The maximum flying altitude of the latter is more than 2,000 meters, while the current flying altitude of the aircraft in these photos is only 500 meters. On this key data, Xiao Maoqi has carefully compared it. Referring to the size ratio of the plane in the photo and the surrounding landscape, Xiao Moqi can be sure that this altitude is not fake. After all, he is also a person who has been on an airship. For high altitude Image recognition is still a bit basic. \u003c/p\u003eAnd this height is indeed not false. This is the result of a No. 3 test pilot who weighs only 55kg flying the lightweight Aviator No. 1 aircraft with only half the fuel. "Before the plane successfully landed, I even suspected that it would probably fall apart in the air!" The pilot said afterwards with lingering fear. After this incident, Lilienthal and others finally began to consider using lighter and tougher materials for the aircraft, so aluminum alloys and plywood gradually appeared in their field of vision! Of course, this is something to do later, let's not mention it for now. \u003c/p\u003eThe first round of the offensive composed of the prince's photos and explanations has received very good results. Among other things, at least it has attracted the attention of little Maoqi, and at the same time made him realize the superiority of the plane, so good, Now it’s time to move on to the next step, which is looking to the future! At this time, it is too early to say how great the aircraft will be in the future, and the prince has come up with other things that seem to be close to realization. Thanks to Bavaria's technical military industry department, the samples they produced are simply fascinating! \u003c/p\u003eLittle Maoqi picked up another photo and looked at it. This photo shows a machine gun with a ring-shaped gun frame underneath. A special saddle-shaped magazine is installed in two sections of the machine gun, which can hold 150 rounds of bullets.

"Airplanes can carry machine guns and fly quickly from 150 to 200 meters in the air, attack ground units, disrupt infantry units' offensive formations, or attack mobile units such as carriages, cars, and trains. Use special incendiary bombs Under certain circumstances, simple civil shelters, cars and carriages can be easily destroyed.”\u003c/p\u003eThis description is very objective, just imagine that a giant bird with a wingspan of more than 10 meters roars down from the sky, and then spreads a series of deadly What kind of situation is bullet rain? Not to mention the killing effect on infantry, but at least the deterrent effect is quite good! Sometimes, soft kills are more deadly than hard kills. If the enemy's infantry can be kept in a state of tension and panic through continuous dive attacks, it will also have a considerable effect. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the hit accuracy of the plane is very low, if you hit the big targets like trains, cars, and carriages, you still have a chance to hit them. If it breaks, it's worth it. (The premise is that the plane is not shot down--!) After all, this plane is worthless, how much is the fuel consumption alone worth? \u003c/p\u003eThe photos in the next few chapters show a scope that is in an experimental state. According to the explanation on the picture, this scope can correct the speed and angle of the aircraft, thereby ensuring the accuracy of bombing. The photo in the back shows a new type of pylon and a variety of bombs it carries. There is a practice behind it, and the ground test can also be used, but it is a pity that no aircraft can be equipped..... .. too heavy! \u003c/p\u003eThere are many styles of bombs, but in the eyes of the experienced little Maoqi, these primitive bombs are almost replicas of mortar shells! It's just that the fuze has been improved, and then the shell wall has been made thinner, and wooden stabilizer wings have been added. The internal charges are exactly the same as the army's artillery shells, such as high-explosive shells, shrapnel shells, incendiary shells, smoke shells, flares, and so on. \u003c/p\u003eIn the attack method, the prince emphasized the superiority of aircraft attack - that is, better maneuverability, and can reduce the altitude to improve accuracy. However, airships do not have this, and airships can only bomb horizontally at high altitudes. It depends entirely on what can be hit by throwing a bomb down. And judging from the operability of the airship, if you want to lower the altitude and play low-altitude bombing, you can't do it. Wind speed and ballast are all huge constraints! The prince very subtly emphasized the precision of aircraft attacks, and proposed the theory of using precision to make up for the amount of ammunition carried. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, these things alone are still not enough to convince Xiao Moqi to do his best to promote this matter. The most important thing is the last few pictures. These are pictures of several new "aero engines", with power ranging from 70 hp all the way up to 130 hp. If someone understands engines, then one can tell at a glance that the parent type of these engines is a gasoline engine. Of course, Xiao Moqi doesn't understand...  And the brand-new motivation finally reassured little Maoqi, and he decided to join forces with the prince again! \u003c/p\u003eThe third one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e