Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 624 Strategic Reserve

At the moment in 1909, the so-called air show did not actually have any stunts at all.

The flight performances during this period were mainly to demonstrate the stability of the aircraft. As long as it can fly, it should be stable. The longer the flight time, the better. Just a month ago, Wilbur Wright, the older brother of the Wright brothers Departing from Governor's Island, New York, flying around the Hudson River, arriving at the tomb of General Grant and returning, such a performance of flying over smoothly without any stunts, and then successfully flying back is described as a feat by the world.

The previous series of professional performances of the southern African flying team have simply raised the expectations of the people who eat melons for the "strong wind".

Therefore, when the "strong wind" took off, it only bumped a bit, which caused a huge exclamation from the people who eat melons.

"Are you going to fail?" Eddie Johnston finally became nervous at this moment, but this unprofessional question immediately attracted a lot of blank stares.

"It's just a routine operation—" Stuart Coffey was also nervous. He clenched his fists and put his hands on his chest in prayer, which was cute. On the greasy middle-aged fat man who is seriously fattened——

Well, it’s actually a bit cute, and the contrast is cute!

It was indeed just a routine operation, "Strong Wind" just bumped a bit, and then Lin Chengzhi pulled up the nose, "Strong Wind" took off smoothly, and then began to climb at an almost vertical angle.

This is almost certainly only from the perspective of the audience on the ground. Although Lin Chengzhi's "Strong Wind" has simplified all unnecessary parts in pursuit of better performance, and only carried a small amount of fuel, the current engine technology Not yet, "Strong Wind" still can't climb vertically.

However, this is enough to surprise the melon eaters at the scene, especially for those so-called "flyers" in the industry, the performance of "Strong Wind" just after flying is already amazing enough.

The result is even more amazing. After only climbing for a few seconds, the "strong wind" began to enter the level flight state. Under normal circumstances, as long as it can fly stably and successfully demonstrate the stability of the aircraft, but for pilots in southern Africa Speaking of it, if you don't play some tricks at this time, you will be sorry for the profession of a pilot, so the strong wind suddenly rolled over without any warning.

For a moment, the melon-eating crowd almost lost their voices collectively. After a second of silence, the "Strong Wind" had re-entered the level flight state, and then the melon-eating crowd broke out in a huge exclamation and warm applause.

Then, the applause never stopped.

Lin Chengzhi has probably been unhappy with the so-called "pilots" touted by the media for a long time, so he was a bit of a showman. After rolling sideways, he began to hover, and then began to dive. Passing by, the roar of the engine could hardly cover the enthusiastic applause and huge cheers of the melon-eating crowd.

God knows that southern Africa is in that corner of the earth, but the ability of human aircraft to fly freely in the sky is the conquest of the sky by all mankind.

From then on, the world is no longer a two-dimensional plane for human beings, but has begun to enter a three-dimensional space, which is the glory of all human beings.

Therefore, the cheers of the people eating melons on the scene became louder and louder, and even the police dogs who had been working calmly were bouncing around.

But they are definitely not because they are happy, but because they are not used to the huge noise made by the aircraft engine.

Xu Xiu and Ethan were probably the calmest people in the audience.

In other words, Xu Xiu and Ethan were probably the most disappointed in the audience.

This kind of opportunity to stand out, in fact, also has the opportunity to belong to Xu Xiu and Ethan, but it is a pity that there is no problem with Lin Chengzhi's body——

This thought was only fleeting in the minds of Xu Xiu and Ethan, and then the two began to evaluate Lin Chengzhi's flying status.

"This bend is not good enough, and the smoke drawn out is not round enough——"

The "strong wind" in the sky began to pull smoke, and the red smoke formed an almost perfect semicircle in the sky. In terms of flying skills, Lin Chengzhi was already outstanding among all the people, but in Xu Xiu's opinion, he should still be able to do it better.

"The low-altitude hovering is still not low enough, and the effect should be better if it is lowered—"

The main advantage of propeller aircraft is low altitude and low speed, which is the so-called dog fighting. Of course, the current aircraft has not yet entered the category of air combat, and there are no relevant tactics. However, Nyasaland has already started research in this area. , low-altitude dogfights, and two-plane tactics have all taken shape, and this is also the favorite project of pilots.

"If you lower it, you will hit the treetops. Are you going to attend someone's memorial service?" Stuart Coffey was very angry. What technicians pursue is stability in flight, but pilots always like to play some dangerous things. Action, Nyasaland pilots have had many accidents during the test flight. Although this is inevitable, every accident will make Stuart Coffey heartbroken.

Especially those accidents caused by the dangerous actions of the pilots, every time the pilots test the flight, Stuart Coffey will give thousands of instructions, but as long as these bold guys fly into the blue sky, those reminders of Stuart Coffey will become deaf ears.

"Haha, we're just talking—"

"Don't take it seriously, if I go to fly, I will never do any dangerous actions—"

Xu Xiu and Ethan were immediately arguing.

"Don't worry, we will have countless air performances in the future, and you will all have the opportunity to fly into the blue sky." Stuart Coffey can actually understand the feelings of Xu Xiu and Ethan. They are both young people in their early twenties. A little vigor and vigor is simply sorry for this age.

They were indeed young people, Xu Xiu and Ethan immediately beamed with joy.

For the melon-eaters at the scene, the short half-hour air show was like a flash.

But half an hour is a torment for other pilots.

The so-called "feat" of the Wright brothers only lasted 33 minutes.

For "strong wind", half an hour is obviously not the limit, so when Lin Chengzhi jumped out of the cockpit, he was still a little bit unsatisfied.

Then came louder cheers and warmer applause.

The French girls were so enthusiastic. Two girls presented flowers to Lin Chengzhi, and one of them even kissed Lin Chengzhi on the face, and then Lin Chengzhi looked a little dizzy.

The air show was obviously very successful. Although the goal of flying across the English Channel had not been completed, someone came to the camp of the Southern African flight team that night to ask Stuart Coffey about the price of "Strong Wind".

There are still several groups of people.

Governments of various countries are indeed paying more and more attention to the importance of aircraft, especially France and Italy. These two countries are very enthusiastic about aircraft. On the night when the air show ended, French officials and Italian officials expressed their desire to buy "Strong Wind" aircraft, and it is the kind of fighter jet that is equipped with weapons that is to be purchased.

At this time, "Strong Wind" has not yet demonstrated its weapon performance, but the French and Italian governments can't wait.

Stewart Coffey is not in a hurry. Rock’s price for “Strong Wind” is a bit high. If you make an offer now, I’m afraid it will scare people away. It will be more worthwhile when “Strong Wind” continues to show greater value. .

The news came back to Nyasaland, and Rock was not surprised by the attention Gale Gale had received.

It is gold that always shines, and now only "Qiangfeng" Xiaohe is showing its sharp corners. When the world war breaks out, "Qiangfeng" will usher in a bigger stage. At that time, no matter how much Rock offers to "Qiangfeng", they will participate in the war. The country will hold its nose and accept it.

Even pawning underwear can only be accepted.

Rock still cared about Elizabeth's oil.

In order to smoothly transport Elizabeth's oil back to southern Africa, the shipyard in Port Edward has been working hard to produce cargo ships recently, and the research and development department is also studying tankers with heavier loads specially used to transport oil.

There is no mature technology for reference in this regard, and everything has to be started from scratch. The shipyard trial-produced a [-]-ton oil tanker. As a result, the hull deformed during the trial voyage. Experts are solving this problem.

In fact, Southern Africa currently does not have much demand for oil, and the use of freighters to transport oil can also meet the needs of Southern Africa.

However, Roque's goal is obviously not limited to meeting the needs of southern Africa. After the outbreak of the world war, Europe will have more and more urgent demand for oil as the war progresses. If southern Africa has a strong oil transportation capacity, by then You can sell oil to Europe. The money earned by Europe for hundreds of years colonizing the world is better for southern Africa than for the United States.

At least Southern Africa is still a Commonwealth of Nations, and the United States is now an independent country.

"Elizabeth has discovered a second oil field, and the daily output of oil has reached [-] tons. We must build more oil depots to store oil. These oils will become our strategic reserves. If a war breaks out in Africa in the future, then even Southern Africa is blocked, and we can continue to fight." Of course, Rock's starting point is for war considerations, but it's inconvenient for the target to explain too clearly.

In this era, the one who has the ability to blockade southern Africa is actually the United Kingdom. Although Germany is ambitious, the British Empire is still undisputedly number one in the world in terms of oceans, so Ade’s eyes on Rock are a bit complicated, although now Southern Africa has also become self-governing, but Ade never thought that Britain would become the enemy of southern Africa one day in the future.

Rock can't explain that in the next few decades, Britain will lose its current maritime advantage, so strategic reserves are very important no matter when.

(End of this chapter)