The Rise of the Empire

"It is difficult for me to understand that, as the core of the German Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world, has far less sense of forward-looking advanced technology than the Kingdom of Bavaria in the south, Ruprecht The prince was very friendly and shared with me all the new aviation technology, but to my surprise, I searched all the departments of the Prussian military, but I couldn’t find a department that was specifically related to aviation! And the only one that has the ability to fly The department of God's tool is actually the meteorological department!" Xiao Maoqi wrote in his diary with grief, to vent his resentment and dissatisfaction! \u003c/p\u003eThis can’t be blamed on Little Mao Qi, because during this period, when the Wright Brothers’ plane hadn’t taken to the sky, countries in the world didn’t pay much attention to the aviation industry, except for Prince Ruprecht, the pioneer of time travel. Few other people really paid attention. \u003c/p\u003eLittle General Maoqi, who discovered the New World, immediately decided to borrow balloons from the meteorological department, and looked for all the people in the army who had a relationship with **** and balloons! It was even decided to use "civilians" to enrich the future Prussian air force. Even Earl Zeppelin, who has an inherently antagonistic relationship with the plane. As the saying goes, heaven pays off, and after a period of hard work, little Maoqi really found a few people. \u003c/p\u003e"This is Major Augusta von Passeger. He and his subordinates, Second Lieutenant Hans Higgsfeld and August Ridinger have studied Special balloons with stabilized wings, their balloons are in the leading position, because these slender balloons with stabilized wings are a very good aerial observation platform." An adjutant introduced to Xiao Maoqi. \u003c/p\u003eAccording to Little Maoqi's instructions, all those who have come into contact with flying and winged aircraft are gathered. And these three military personnel who developed a new type of hot air balloon in 1892 were naturally summoned. There is indeed no special aviation department in the Prussian army. It was disbanded because it was considered ineffective. However, you cannot say that the Prussian Army has no balloons. 17 fortress balloon flying teams. Before the war broke out, Prussia and Bavaria each had a balloon flying battalion. After the war broke out, 8 Prussian Army balloon flying teams and 2 Bavarian Army balloon flying teams were successively formed. (From this aspect, we can also see how independent the Bavarian army is...)\u003c/p\u003e "Tell me about the current situation of your air force." Little Maoqi asked straight to the point. \u003c/p\u003e"We are currently just a balloon observation team, and 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 as ****." Major Augusta is humble Said. \u003c/p\u003e"Our aviation team has 10 officers, 270 soldiers, 194 mules and horses, 35 carriages and 2 balloons. Our main task is to let observers take balloons to observe each other's whereabouts in the air. We use The most famous is *********, which is a balloon made of cotton on the outside and a rubber airbag on the inside. If we can fill it with 600 cubic meters of hydrogen, the balloon can rise to an altitude of 800 meters. But In fact, we rarely rise above 500 meters," said the major. \u003c/p\u003e"Why? The observation effect at an altitude of 800 meters will be better." Xiao Maoqi frowned and said. \u003c/p\u003e"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 smaller the buoyancy provided by the balloon. In terms of height, then no modification is required to reduce the weight,

We have canceled the gondola, used a saddle-like seat to carry the observer, and tied the observer and the balloon together with a steel cable, but this would be very unstable, causing the observer to vomit and dizzy... "The major said rather embarrassingly. (The above about the organization and description of the balloon team is true, and the German balloon team is still very interesting.)\u003c/p\u003e"Uh, very good.... "After listening to the other party's description, Xiao Maoqi felt that his profession was extremely inappropriate, but there was no way, there were no professionals in Prussia!\u003c/p\u003e "That's very good, I have a top-secret document here, everyone must keep it confidential Terms are strictly confidential. After finishing speaking, Little Mao Qi handed over some of the information given by the prince to the other party.\u003c/p\u003e "This is a revolutionary aircraft!" From a reconnaissance standpoint alone, this can be operated effectively, and the simple-to-use aircraft is better than a balloon! "Major Augusta exclaimed.\u003c/p\u003e"They can also be equipped with weapons to attack ground facilities. The combat cost of these new aircraft is much lower than that of airships. I am very interested in this. I hope you will And your team can help us come up with Prussia's own plane! "Xiao Moqi said.\u003c/p\u003e "Well, we need a professional **** designer to assist us in our work. Judging from the structure of the aircraft submitted by the other party, it is not a big problem to copy this aircraft, but how to do it here? It is very difficult to create a better aircraft based on basic innovation, because we have no idea, just simple copy. "Second Lieutenant Hans, who is in charge of technology, said after analyzing the design of this aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e "It is currently impossible for us to install any weapons on the aircraft. *, but I have operated ****, it is impossible for the pilot to turn the machine gun to fire while operating the aircraft, which is extremely unrealistic. " Hans added.\u003c/p\u003e "Let's put this question aside for a moment, and copy this aircraft first. I will give your balloon team a separate establishment, and personnel can be drawn from any part of the grassroots, or recruited from the private sector. You will be the first powered flying squadron in the Prussian army. And you will be assigned an independent logistics support unit, and you will receive sufficient funds, provided that you achieve results! "Xiao Maoqi said.\u003c/p\u003e"I hope you can create a flying team with 4 planes and 6 pilots within a year. You can get the blueprints from us, but I hope you don't stick to the blueprints. Design a better Prussian plane than this one! "Little Maoqi looked at the plane in the photo again, and specially emphasized the word Prussia!"\u003c/p\u003e "We will try our best, but we need an engine with as much power as possible, and the best gasoline in Germany now The engine may be a product produced by the Bavarian Southern Industries Group. If possible, I hope that Prussia can produce its own engine. Li Dinger emphasized. \u003c/p\u003e The fourth update is here~~~! Can you please support the author for his hard work??!!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e