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Chapter 1287 The Aircraft Carrier of the Empire (First update, please subscribe)
In war, some countries provide ammunition, some countries provide food, and some countries?It directly provides blood and life.

The former two fueled the flames, but what about the latter?In the name of freedom and the country, they are fighting and killing there.

And Daming is undoubtedly the country that provides ammunition, fuels the flames, and keeps fighting.

In fact, Ming's strategy is very simple - to use the resistance of the Boers to shed the blood of the British a little bit, let them drain their blood and exhaust their financial resources in South Africa, even if they eventually occupy the Boer Republic, then a weakened Britain will also struggle to defeat the Empire in the next war.

In fact, this war was the beginning of the decline of the British Empire from the world's most powerful country to a third-rate little bastard.The decline of so-called powerful empires has a long process, and this process often has a seemingly inconspicuous beginning.

Daming was full of confidence in the Boers, and this confidence came from Emperor Zhu himself. After all, in another world, the Boers had caused Britain to bleed.In this world, with the support of the empire, although the Boers may not have a strong military force, there is absolutely no problem in logistics. Therefore, even if there is a protracted war, there is no problem at all with the support of the empire.

Although the Ming Empire was determined to fight to the last Boer, Ming itself did not relax its preparations for war.

Penas Bay, this bay in the south of the empire is as calm as before. A "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship" with a flat deck in the bay is sailing in the bay at this time. Unlike the past, the ship Those standing were all soldiers, and the railings on the side were also removed. On the flat deck, several biplanes were parked there in a staggered manner. Lu Rende, who was standing on the deck, was measuring with his footsteps as usual. The length of the deck, after walking to the front of the deck, staring at the horizon in the distance, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he said to himself.

"Definitely no problem."

"Can it be successful?"

When Lu Rende walked to the side of the plane, Cheng Bichen asked.

Although they had conducted the first test flight on the deck of the "Yizhou" as early as last year, after the successful test flight, they are now taking a bigger step.After ten months of continuous takeoffs and landings, the Imperial Navy finally had 8 pilots who could take off and land on board, and Lu Rende was the first aviation captain of the Imperial Navy.

"No problem, the aircraft carrier is sailing against the wind at a speed of 17 knots, plus the taxiing speed during takeoff, there must be no problem with takeoff..."

"I want more than just taking off."

Cheng Bichen said.

"What I want is success..."

Pointing to the battleship with its turret removed in the distance, he said.

"Successfully sank it."

Sink it!
That's exactly what they came here for today, and that's the purpose of this experiment.

"Please rest assured, Chief Cheng, we will surely live up to our expectations!"

Cheng Bichen nodded slightly and said, for today, he, the commander of the fleet, has traveled all over China, from coordinating with the army to agree to hand over some aircraft to the navy, to coordinating with the immigration agency to requisition the "Yizhou" immigration ship, and then spending more than ten dollars. Compared with others, the transformation of the immigration ship is undoubtedly the simplest—in order to facilitate ventilation, its immigration cabin was designed to be semi-open, and the immigration cabin is also a frame structure. A container-style immigration cabin was removed, and a barely usable hangar came out.

Although simple, the renovation project took as long as half a year... As for the installation of Gatling machine guns and other renovations, they are all small projects that are better than nothing.

However, the real problem is not the transformation of the ship, but the training of the pilots. After all, taking off and landing an aircraft on a ship is an unprecedented test for the pilot's skills. To solve the problem of landing, every problem is a new subject, and all the problems are being solved continuously during the continuous test flight.

Today is the day when the world's first aircraft carrier conducts live-fire target training. Their target is the old battleship with its turret and steam engine removed.

"Reload, reload..."

During the running of the ground crew, bombs weighing 250 kilograms were hung on the pylons under the belly of the aircraft.

"Brothers, are you ready?"

"Ready!"

The pilots responded one after another.

"team leader!"

Before taking off, Li Tianle shouted nervously.He is the captain's wingman. According to the battle plan, he is the second to drop the bomb. If the captain makes a mistake, he must drop the bomb on the "target".

"Follow me and drop the bomb!"

Lu Rende nodded at him, and then got on the plane. When the ground crew turned the propeller vigorously to start the engine, he, wearing a flying cap, waved at his comrades and shouted.

"Follow me later!"

Accompanied by the start-up of aircraft engines, the deafening roar echoed on the deck. Amidst the roar of the engines, Lu Rende's No. [-] plane first slid forward, and then continued to accelerate. When he took off, Li Tianle stared at The captain's plane shouted silently.

"Pull it up, pull it up, pull it up..."

After gliding for 30 meters, Lu Rende began to pick up the joystick vigorously, and after gliding for a few more meters, the plane finally took off slowly. When the plane reached the end of the deck, the plane sank first, and then rose rapidly.

fly!

One, two, three...

Soon, eight planes were circling over the mothership and formed a formation. Standing outside the bridge, Cheng Bichen held a telescope and looked at the planes in the sky. Perhaps because he was full of expectations, he felt his mouth was a little dry. He pursed his lips.

"Sir, they flew over."

Nodding, Cheng Bichen didn't speak, he just watched the plane fly towards the target ship three miles away, although the problem can be solved with cannons at this distance, but today's test is the first naval air strike in human history .

What is the effect of bombing a warship with an aircraft?
How much damage can a 250kg bomb cause to a warship?

These questions are what he is eager to know. Only after obtaining these data can Cheng Bichen put forward his idea - to establish a long-range strike force mainly based on aircraft carrier.Of course, they are only a supplement to the Imperial Navy.

After all, those toy-like planes have many restrictions whether they are taking off or bombing. The wind is too strong, the waves are too strong, and even the accuracy of bombs is limited.

(End of this chapter)