Great Tang princess

Chapter 549 Flying back to the Eastern Capital
To say that the only good thing in ancient times is that the orders issued by the princess Li Yuechen will be executed as quickly as possible, and absolutely no one dares to say a word of nonsense.

So in the next three days, the airship stayed in the sky almost all the time, and the craftsmen stayed on the airship, doing various tests.

Three days later, a somewhat messy but relatively complete flight test report was finally submitted to Li Yuechen.

This airship, under the premise of ensuring safety, has a maximum load capacity of about eight tons. It doesn't sound like much, but in this era, this is already a solid black technology.

In the future, with the gradual upgrade of the internal structure and materials, the total load capacity can continue to increase.

The most important thing is that this thing does not need a runway, as long as there is a place large enough to complete takeoff and landing, of course, it still needs to be on a place that is as flat as possible, and this thing has certain requirements for the driver's operating skills .

In fact, when the airship began to be produced, Li Yuechen had already selected a few soldiers who had met the vision requirements during the pilot assessment to participate in the airship piloting training.

These people were a little discouraged when they failed to become pilots due to psychological or other reasons, but when they heard that there was a brand new aircraft for them to learn to fly, they all became excited again.

In the past few days of testing the airship, they all raised their heads high and looked proud.

Now think about it, what's so good about a hang glider?
In summer, you have to wear heavy clothes to prevent being frozen in the sky, and you have to endure the sun and the terrible cold wind during the flight.

Look at us, now you just need to fly the airship, and you can even drink a cup of hot tea during the flight...

Of course, because hydrogen is flammable and explosive, there are strict regulations on the use of open flames on airships.

No one dared to break the rules set by Li Yuechen, even though this princess was always smiling at everyone, but once she violated the rules, she would never show any kindness.

To this day, the old people in the barracks clearly remember why the Gendarmerie, which makes them jealous and disgusted, appeared.

It was because Geng Yunqiang drank in the barracks and allowed the soldiers to fight...

In fact, Li Yuechen does not dislike soldiers fighting, men, sometimes fighting with each other can make the relationship better.

But a fight is a fight, and you must never use weapons. If you take a weapon, you will die if you fail to do so. This is Li Yuechen's bottom line.

As for the usual fights... just fight, just go to confinement after the fight.

But it was because soldiers fought and took weapons that the gendarmerie that these field soldiers hated so much now existed.

Sometimes I feel that they exist just to find trouble, and I feel angry when I think about it.

Therefore, no one would dare to violate Li Yuechen's strict regulations on the use of open flames on the airship. Her majesty in the army is unmatched.

……

After three days of experiments, Li Yuechen felt that the time was almost up, and the first day of June was two days away.

It's just that the children's summer vacation is definitely gone. Li Yuechen plans to wait for them to return to Dongdu for two days, and then go to the Northeast immediately after seeing their families.

Although it is still summer, I can already start to do some basic training. When it snows, I can go directly to the board.

After making the plan, I will inform you that I am going to set off back to the Eastern Capital tomorrow.

This time, Geng Yunqiang will stay here and be responsible for supervising the training. Li Yuechen and Wang Wuqiong will just take the children to the Northeast. Of course, they will also expand the bodyguard team.

The female soldiers that Wang Wuqiong was usually responsible for training were all put into the guard team this time. After training for so many years, these female soldiers can now be used.

Whether it's long or short weapons, or unarmed combat, even the training of bows and crossbows is already very good. Even if it is put on the battlefield, it is a qualified team that can perform many tasks.

As the future internal bodyguards of the palace, Li Yuechen's next plan is to develop light hand crossbows for them to equip. In this way, with the axe, they will have corresponding combat capabilities whether in long-range or close combat.

This is also an experiment. A small hand crossbow similar to a pistol must have a short range, but it doesn't need to be much. As long as it can only guarantee a certain lethality at ten meters, it is enough to use.

The key is to be able to disassemble and assemble at any time, so that it can be taken out and used in an emergency.So this thing is essentially used for emergency. When fighting head-on, it is actually not as good as an axe.

It's a pity that this thing is not very useful on the battlefield, and other companies don't need to equip it.

Even though there are artillery and grenades now, the warfare in this era is still dominated by melee combat, even in the era of muskets.

Even during World War II, machine guns had been invented, but hand-to-hand combat was still very common. Of course, this is also directly related to the economy and equipment level.

In short, before the emergence of automatic rifles, soldiers' close combat ability must be the main training subject.

Of course, these female soldiers are no exception. Although they are all women, but they eat well and sleep well in the barracks, coupled with scientific training methods, their physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary bandits and thieves.

At the same time, Li Yuechen's training for them also focused on muscular shaping. After all, women are more deceptive than men in appearance. As long as they don't make it obvious that they are masters at a glance, most people will let down their vigilance against them.

Li Yuechen took advantage of this to make these women's bodies lean, with less obvious muscle lines, but much stronger than ordinary men.

The inclusion of these women in the guard team this time is also considered an assessment, and they have been trained for a few years. After this incident is over, they are going to be put into the palace.

When the time comes, I will tell my mother to let them implement the shift system, and they should also designate military officers to take them to do daily training on weekdays, and don't let their skills be left behind.

After making all the plans, everyone has been notified that they will depart for the Eastern Capital tomorrow. Considering the speed of the airship is too slow, they will have to get up early in the morning tomorrow. After a day of flying, they should be able to arrive before midnight tomorrow night.

At the same time, the pilot should be sent back with a hang glider to notify, otherwise such a huge monster suddenly appearing in the sky above Dongdu might cause disturbances in the palace.

After arranging everything, Li Yuechen went to bed early. She planned to get up earlier tomorrow so that she could have some time to practice.

……

Just after the ugly hour, the sky was still dark, and the alarm clock that Li Yuechen had set rang.

This alarm clock is just a metaphor. It actually tells the soldiers on guard at night to knock on the door in advance.

When the knock on the door sounded, the three women in the house immediately got up yawning, Li Yuechen and Wang Wuqiong practiced together, and Xiao He went to prepare breakfast and bath water, so that Li Yuechen could wash up after practicing.

The children can sleep for half an hour longer, and they can just get up and have breakfast directly.

I practiced with Wang Wuqiong for half an hour, then took the time to wash up, got dressed and ran to the cafeteria.

Breakfast was ready, and the children rubbed their sleepy eyes one after another and came in to salute and say hello to their aunt.

"Auntie, why did you wake up so early... ah..." Li Chongrun yawned as he asked.

"It's not bad now. You are still young, growing up, and your work and rest are fairly regular. In the future, when you enter the army, performing missions at night is a common thing, so you need to be mentally prepared." Li Yuechen replied with a smile, and then continued Waving his hands, "Okay, go over there and wash your face in cold water, come over and eat!"

It is worth mentioning that the army now has the most simple tap water system. You can wash your face and hands when you turn on the water pipe. There are buckets installed on the roof, and there will be special personnel to add water every day.

At the same time, there are also simple sewers, and the water used for washing vegetables in the canteen is recycled and directly led to the fields to irrigate the crops.

The children turned on the tap, washed their faces with cold water, and immediately felt a lot more awake.

After breakfast, I came to the test site, boarded the airship, and began to take off slowly as the sail on the top opened.

The take-off and landing of an airship is a bit similar to that of an airplane. It takes off head first, and then it will be parallel in the air. When it lands, it also lands head first. Therefore, most of the seats on the airship are fixed on the floor, and they are also made of canvas. seat belt.

There is also a part that can be moved, which is used to sit by the window and chat and watch the scenery after the airship takes off completely.

While the airship was gradually rising, two hang gliders on the nearby hills quickly took off with Li Yuechen's message, and flew towards Dongdu at an extremely fast speed.

When the hang glider disappeared into the sky, the airship had just risen to a height of less than one kilometer.

Inside the cabin, Li Longji looked at the dark sky outside the window curiously: "Auntie, this airship doesn't seem to be fast."

"Well, I guess it will be almost midnight when we arrive in Dongdu. If the wind direction is unfavorable, it may be after midnight." Li Yuechen replied.

Children's attention is always easily diverted. After asking two random questions, they chatted with other children about how high the airship can fly.

Children don't know enough about altitude that, for them, flying depends on being above or below the clouds.

They chatted and started arguing, and then a group of children turned around and asked Li Yuechen: "Auntie, can this airship fly higher than the clouds?"

"sure."

Li Yuechen explained with a smile: "In fact, the height of the cloud layer is not fixed, but there are high and low. The 'sky' I see with the naked eye is also divided into layers. The lowest is the troposphere, and the upper layer is the stratosphere... ...Large aircraft such as airships must fly in the stratosphere. First, there is sufficient light and a good view; risks of……"

"What do birds have to do with us?"

"This will involve the subject you will study in the future. Now you just need to know that it is very dangerous to hit a bird in the sky..."

(End of this chapter)