Opening game, American Tycoon

Air supremacy, as the war progressed, even those who were still living in the Napoleonic era could realize the importance of air supremacy. After all, the Ming Empire had repeatedly told the world how important air supremacy was.

With air supremacy, you can... do whatever you want!
This is also a well-known thing.

It is also because of this that after the outbreak of the war, the military of various countries in the world invested a lot of financial and material resources and manpower in the research of aircraft. With the promotion of the military of various countries, some breakthroughs in aircraft technology occurred in a short period of time.

"If it is said that last year, countries such as Britain and the United States still imitated the aircraft of the Empire and developed aircraft with the sea holly as the prototype, then now...the aeronautical engineers in countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have developed various types of new aircraft, and they have even more High-power engine, more flexible fuselage, according to intelligence, the British have not only built a powerful engine of 200 kilowatts, they have even begun to consider using aluminum or steel pipes to strengthen the fuselage..."

In the emperor's imperial study, Li Du, the "Viscount of Versailles" of the empire, who was the early head of the airship force and is now the deputy commander of the Imperial Air Force, introduced the development of aviation technology in various countries to His Majesty.

After Li Du's introduction, Emperor Zhu nodded slightly and said.

"The future development direction of aircraft is the metallization of the airframe structure, which is the high-power engine. This is an undoubted fact. We should also pay close attention to this aspect of research, especially..."

After a pause, Emperor Zhu opened a "Golden Finger" again.

"Monoplanes, compared with biplanes, monoplanes are the real taste. In the past, we developed biplanes because they could effectively increase the lift force when the material strength was not enough. It reduced the difficulty of design, but then As the speed of the aircraft continues to increase, the drag generated by the biplane struts and tension lines is increasing."

Even though he had never studied aviation, Emperor Zhu was still able to tell the shortcomings of biplanes, but anyone who knows a little about aviation also knows the shortcomings of biplanes.

"Compared with biplanes, monoplanes have the characteristics of low flight resistance and simple structure. However, due to the limitation of materials, monoplanes generally have various deficiencies. At present, the earliest applications are gliders. However, I think that with the With the application of aluminum alloys, monoplanes quickly replaced biplanes and became mainstream models, so the military should increase research efforts in this area.”

Although he didn't have a notebook in his hand and didn't need to write down the emperor's instructions, Li Du still wrote down these silently in his heart, and then replied respectfully.

"What Your Majesty said is very true. Although I am still a layman to airplanes, I also know that the most important thing for an airplane is speed. The flight resistance of a monoplane is naturally faster, and even a small engine can provide faster speed. Fast speed."

Nodding slightly, Emperor Zhu said.

"It's not just about speed, maneuverability is also very important. This is a balance. You are half an expert in aviation. I only know a little bit about it. Although I can give some guidance, in the final analysis, it still depends on Imperial Aviation. The efforts of the industry, our current leading edge..."

How many years is the lead of the Empire now?
five years?Or ten years?
In fact, in the aviation industry, especially in the early aviation industry, there are not only too many leading advantages. After all, mechanical things can be directly imitated by any industrial power, and the technological gap can be shortened through imitation. In another world The most typical example is Da Mao. Since the 20s, he has solved the weakness of basic aviation technology by introducing the engine and aircraft technology of Wright and other companies. After the basic technology is consolidated, there are more technological breakthroughs. No, the I15 is the best biplane fighter in the world, but the I16 is the world's first monoplane with folding landing gear.Relying on the introduction of technology in the 30s and 40s, Da Mao established a huge aviation industry. At the end of the 29s, he realized the rapid development of the aviation industry by imitating the B[-], and finally became an aviation power on par with the United States.

This is just a country with backward basic industry and science in Da Mao.In traditional old industrial powerhouses such as Britain and the United States, they skipped the first stage and solved some problems through imitation, and the rest was absorbed.

To a certain extent, Daming now has at most five years of technological advantage.

"Your Majesty, perhaps the Americans and the British are absorbing our aviation technology, and even introduced a radial engine with more power and more cylinders, but our leadership in aviation technology is not just the engine technology. Leading, but the entire system, this system is not a manufacturing design of a radial engine, but from basic materials to engine design and production, our lead in this field over Britain and the United States is about 10-15 years Left and right, although countries such as Britain, the United States and Germany can catch up with us in some fields, the technological gap is still inevitable..."

With the reorganization of the air force, Li Du, the former commander, has been learning about aircraft since he entered the Imperial Air Force. After returning from Cuba, he has been running between the university and the company. , Now he not only has a basic understanding of aviation technology, but also has his own unique insights.

"Leading in the entire industrial system..."

Emperor Zhu was quite pleased with Li Du's opinion, and even nodded in approval.

"That's right, this is the root cause of the empire's leadership. We are not just a leader in a certain aspect, but a leader in the entire industrial science system, and the reliance on the entire system is what other countries look up to. !"

"Leadership in the industrial system", in another world, is exactly what China dreams of and is struggling to catch up with. China has made efforts for a hundred years. Although it has made up for the gap with developed countries in many aspects, Europe and the United States and other countries need industry. The leading edge in the system is still not negligible. How many years will China have to catch up with the leading edge they have?

There was still no answer to this point until Emperor Zhu crossed over. European and American countries were still stuck, but what about in this world?But Feng Shui turns around, come to my house this year...

“In the past 30 years, we have been firmly grasping science—especially the node of the second industrial revolution, and realized the breakthrough and leapfrog development of the empire. The root cause of the science and technology center..."