1825 My New Daming

George Kelly was the father of aerodynamics in another timeline!If it weren't for the lack of a light enough engine, then it might not be the Wright Brothers who invented the airplane but this one.

Today, he is also one of the big names in the field of aerodynamics. He presided over the development of the first wind tunnel in the British Empire, and at the same time started a company engaged in airship manufacturing. The king made a lordship.While making airships, he did not give up on making airplanes, and he has already achieved certain success!

However, because the British gasoline engine is not as good as that of Ming Dynasty, George Kelly did not invent an airplane that takes off with its own power, but instead installed an engine and propeller on the glider, and then used an airship to launch this "powered gliding plane" from high altitude. airplane".It wasn't long ago that tests of this "powered glider" were successful.

"Earl, Sir Kelly is really a great inventor. His 'Skywalker One'. This is the one in the photo. It was dropped from a large airship Kelly III with a flying altitude of 2000 yards. The thrust generated by the engine and the thrust generated by gliding down, gliding more than 100 miles before successfully landing on an airship field! Sir Kelly said, if we can create a more powerful engine next, 'Skywalker One 'Maybe it can take off from the ground with its own power! In the future, maybe we can hang bombs on this flying machine to bomb the fleet of the Ming Navy."

George Elliot became more and more excited as he talked, until he was almost dancing.

However, Earl Nelson, the First Sea Lord, was not as optimistic as Elliot. He looked at Elliot and asked, "George, is Daming capable of making the same aircraft?"

"This." George Elliot was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became serious, "Count, aerodynamics is not an unknown and mysterious theory. Many people in Ming Dynasty are studying it, such as the flying dragon airship. Dr. Zhuge Feilong is an expert in aerodynamics."

"Then what should we be happy about?" asked Earl Nelson. "Our enemies may have already had similar flying machines. And their internal combustion engines are ahead of us!"

"Count," George Elliot said with a smile, "Sir Kelly has already thought of any questions you can think of. Look at this! This is Sir Kelly's secret weapon designed for the Royal Navy."

While speaking, George Elliot took out another blueprint from his pocket, spread it out and placed it in front of Earl Nelson.Earl Nelson looked down and saw that the drawing was still a glider, but this glider had no power and no cockpit at all. The original cockpit was replaced by something that looked like a bomb!

"What is this?" Earl Nelson didn't understand.

"This is a guided gliding bomb outside the defense zone!" George Elliot said with a very high reputation.

It's outside the defense zone, it's guidance, and it's gliding bombs. It sounds awesome!

"George, speak something understandable!" Earl Nelson glared at George Elliot.

Elliott said: "The so-called outside the defense zone means that the ammunition is released outside the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft weapons, so that you don't have to worry about being shot down. The so-called guidance means that the bomb is controlled by someone and can fly to the enemy's warship and then fly to the enemy's warship. Drop it. The so-called glider bomb is a glider plus a bomb.”

"Wait," Earl Nelson immediately realized something was wrong, "A man is holding a bomb? Isn't this man going to be blown to death?"

"No, it won't," said George Elliot. "Considering that the bomb operator's emotions may be tense because of the certainty of death, which will affect the execution of the flight mission, Sir Kelly designed a separation device for the glider and the bomb. After the bomb is dropped, the bomb operator can also fly the glider for a certain distance."

"And then?" Nelson looked at George Elliot.

"Then jump into the sea!"

Nelson was taken aback: "I'll drown!"

George Elliot said, "Count, we can pick a bomber who can swim."

"Can you swim? How far can you swim?"

George Elliot said: "If you are lucky, our speedboat will go to pick them up. If you are not lucky, then...you can only ask God to bless you."

"That means," said Earl Nelson, frowning, "I'm afraid we can't use this standoff guided glide bomb to sneak attack on the enemy's base."

After hearing Nelson's words, George Elliot immediately laughed: "Count, you are right, this weapon is not suitable for sneak attacking the enemy's base. But in the decisive battle of the fleet, it is very useful! Originally we needed Sending out 100 airships can only play a role. Now we only need to send out 10 large airships, and let them each carry 10 gliding bombs, which can exceed the limit. Moreover, airships are too easy to be shot down, and once they are shot down, the loss is too great. Far less cost-effective than using glide bombs. Even if we can't recover most of the bomb operators."

Nelson also laughed and said: "As long as a few enemy battleships can be severely damaged, their sacrifices will be very valuable. On the battlefield of fleet decisive battles, severely damaged capital ships are the burden of the entire fleet! By the way, how about the battleship business? How many countries have agreed to cooperate with us?"

"Count," George Elliot replied, "At present, France, Prussia, Austria, Rakshasa, the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sardinia, Belgium and other countries have agreed to cooperate with us. But France said they would not choose between us and the Ming Empire, they would still purchase battleships from Ming."

"Hmph!" Earl Nelson snorted, "As expected!"

"Prussia, Austria, and Spain indicated that they would buy at least one hero-class and one hero-class each. They hoped to use this opportunity to learn the advanced shipbuilding technology of Ming Dynasty. In addition, several other countries hoped to buy a Hero-class ships. As for the Raksha State, they have not made a statement yet. However, the United States has made its position clear this time and made it clear that it will not purchase the Heroes and the Heroes."

"Understood." Earl Nelson smiled, "Someone must have taken the parameters and sketches we took out to the experts of Daming for study?"

George Elliot laughed and said, "Others don't know, but Louis XVII and the black-haired Louis will definitely do this."

"Two ungrateful boys!" Earl Nelson sneered, "They will not end well if they do this!"

He paused, then asked again: "How many of Da Ming's heroes have you sold?"

"Count," George Elliot said, "According to the information we have, many countries have expressed their intention to purchase Ming's Heroes and Heroes. However, only the Mexican Empire and the Kingdom of France have made it clear that they want to buy. Even the Raksha Kingdom is still hesitating. Earl, should we stop it?"

"Stop it?" Earl Nelson shook his head, "No, there is no need. We have already stopped it in the form of joint development, and that's enough. Don't try too hard, Nicholas I really didn't buy it. In fact, we The purpose of the joint development and verbally preventing countries from purchasing Da Ming’s hero ships is not that they really don’t want countries to buy them and everyone will not buy them. Da Ming may build dozens of heroes for their own use, so our window period will be gone. Already? Our purpose is to find out the true position of each country, and at the same time use the high indicators of developing new battleships to paralyze Ming Dynasty and make them misjudge."

"Count," George Elliot hesitated, and said, "Aren't you really worried that Nicholas I will use a few hero-class battleships to fight against our empire?"

"Don't worry," Earl Nelson shook his head and smiled. "I was a little worried at first, but now I don't worry at all, because we have a guided glide bomb outside the defense zone!"