1825 My New Daming

Chapter 200 You Can Fly to Win! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

In the north of Beijing, in Yanqing County surrounded by mountains, at the foot of a hill called Jiulong Mountain, there is a newly completed airport.Although the invention of the airplane has not yet been finally confirmed, the airport has already been "invented" one step ahead.

This Yanqing Jiulongshan Airport was originally an airship take-off and landing field under the jurisdiction of the Naval Air Force, and the facilities are quite complete.However, since a few months ago, a large number of engineers and soldiers have come in, and they have brought in a lot of construction machinery, leveling the ground, laying reinforced concrete runways, building towers, and construction machines. library.After working hard for several days, a fairly high-standard military airport was finally built.

The runway alone is 1800 meters long and 30 meters wide, enough for a Boeing airliner to take off and land!

Along the runway, a long row of small hangars was built.The reason why it is called "small" is not that the hangar is really small, but that it is compared with several large airship hangars on the other side of the runway. It cost hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, and it had to be equipped with a particularly huge airship garage, and special attention had to be paid to the gas station and the vast takeoff and landing field.Moreover, it takes a lot of time to maintain and maintain the airship once it flies, and there are too many ground crews.

It's just such a thing, and now Zhuge Weidao, a swindler, has become a popular weapon that is sought after by all countries. The order of Feilong Industry, the recognized world's number one airship company, is really soft on the hands.

But when other people's homes were busy building airships, Zhuge Weidao turned around and went to invent airplanes with Zhuge Weitian, the founder of Feilong Company. And just looking at the airport, you can tell that it's going to be a big effort. .

At this moment, at the end of the long runway where Boeing passenger planes can take off and land at Jiulongshan Airport, a group of military advisers from the Zhuge family, senior officials from the Ministry of the Navy and the Naval Aviation, all gathered together to support Zhuge for righteousness and Zhuge for use. These two figures from the Admiralty carefully looked at a plane made of canvas, balsa wood, two 20-horsepower in-line four-cylinder gasoline engines, two wooden propellers, and other miscellaneous things. It looked very strange. aircraft.

This aircraft has two large wings up and down. There are two elevators in front of the wings and two rudders in the back. There is no fuselage, and the "cockpit" is placed between the two wings—I don't know if it counts. Wing body fusion?A 20-horsepower engine is installed on each side of the cockpit, and two propellers are connected to the front of the engine.The engines and propellers, as well as the wings, elevators, and rudders are all connected to the control cables, and all the control cables are finally connected to the control handles in the cockpit.

Several mechanics are sweating profusely in the final preparations before the flight.Zhuge Weitian had already changed into a flight suit, and he was standing beside the plane talking with Zhuge Weidao in white military uniform.

"Daozi, don't think this plane is too simple. In order to build it, our aircraft team of Feilong Industrial has been very busy in the past few months. The wind tunnel alone has blown no less than 300 times! We have also manufactured 20 There are many gliders, and fortunately, Feilong Industry has already had experience in manufacturing gliders, otherwise it would not be so fast."

At this time, a technician from Feitian Industry shouted loudly to Zhuge Weitian: "Mr. Feilong, Aircraft No. [-] has been inspected and is ready to take off!"

Zhuge Weitian smiled and nodded to Zhuge Weidao, "Daozi, I'll fly this time. Just watch it, I'll fly next time!"

Change me?

Zhuge Weidao took a look at the plane that seemed to be produced by a furniture factory, and wondered in his heart. Can it work?Will it hurt?
Not to mention, this very crude-looking aircraft is really okay.After Zhuge Weitian sat on it, he pulled the joystick and stepped on the accelerator, and the two engines on the plane began to spin up.Immediately afterwards, the engine brought the propeller up again.Under the pull of the violently rotating propeller, the small plane made of canvas and balsa wood glides effortlessly on the 1800-meter-long runway.

The speed of the plane's taxiing was getting faster and faster. After sliding less than 150 meters, the two rubber wheels had already left the ground and flew higher and higher. After a while, it rushed to the "high altitude" of tens of meters and began to soar in the air up
"Success!"

"Fly away, fly away"

"Get up! Fly up!"

Seeing this scene, all the people watching at the scene cheered. Some young Feilong Industrial engineers even cheered while running wildly on the airport runway, as if they wanted to go to the sky with the small plane.

However, Zhuge Weidao's heart still hangs in the light that he can fly, and he must be able to land safely!
As soon as he thought of this, the small plane made of canvas and balsa wood had completed the test project of circling over the airport for a week, and began to lower its altitude.But it was only a few tens of meters high, and it had already dropped in the blink of an eye.I saw this small plane glide to one end of the runway first, then aimed the nose at the runway, and then turned off the engine.The plane flew lower and lower, and then it flew slower and slower. Finally, the two rubber tires installed on the front landing gear of the plane hit the concrete runway with a light bump, and then slid for about tens of meters, and the plane stopped abruptly. stopped.

"Okay! It's a success!" Zhuge Weidao heartily cheered!

Don't look at how crude this plane is, it shouldn't fly too far. But it's just the beginning!All the planes soaring in the sky on this timeline must recognize this small wooden plane in front of them as their ancestor.

Moreover, when the direction is clear, and enough resources can be invested to persist in research and development, and there are golden fingers to point out the direction, the research and development of aircraft will definitely be much faster than in history. In less than 10 years, it will be similar to the camel aircraft Biplane fighters with Albatross should be able to dominate the sky, right?

With such a plane, Daming is sure to win!

Zhuge Weidao has breathed a sigh of relief now that the Ming Dynasty is heading towards war step by step. Although it is inevitable to go to war, Zhuge Weidao has also made great efforts to promote it!

Even though he is still only a colonel, he is the core figure of the Zhuge family, a "little man" with all-hands and eyes, and he was placed in the key positions of the Naval Intelligence Bureau and military diplomats before. The one who pushes the whole country forward at the critical moment or pushes toward disaster!
In the next battle, if Daming wins, then he will be the hero who made history.But fortunately, it is impossible to fail now.

Daming "can fly", and if he can fly, he will win!

"George, why are you so happy? Is it because your brother Charlie is back? His ass."

In the British Admiralty building, the First Sea Lord Earl Nelson was a little surprised when he saw George Elliot in his office, because he had never seen George Elliot smiling so happily.Then he thought of Charlie Elliot—since the Battle of the Jiyi Waterway was just a misunderstanding, then of course Daming had to release the captives after the British paid compensation.So Charlie Elliot, who had a blooming butt, was freed after being imprisoned for a period of time.However, the injury on his buttocks still didn't heal quickly, he was walking with a limp, and he didn't know if it could be cured?

"No, it's not because of Charlie, it's because of this!" George Elliot handed Earl Nelson a stack of photos while speaking.

Earl Nelson took a look at the photo, and it was an aircraft with bird-like wings.This aircraft should be a glider, since there are no engines and propellers.In addition to the main wing, it also has a somewhat complicated tail and a boat-like cockpit, just hanging under the wing.

"What is this?" asked Lord Nelson.

"This is an aircraft, invented by the famous Sir George Kelly." George Elliot said, "I think it will be the key to our victory over Ming!"

(End of this chapter)