Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 234 The Royal Air Force of Ming Dynasty Appears (Please Subscribe!)
"Okay, my secret weapon is about to come into play. I'll give the Guangzhou defenders of the Tartar Qing a surprise. I originally wanted to use it when I was fighting against Tianfu!"

After Zhu Kezang finished speaking, he took Pan Aqiang and others to the rear to prepare secret weapons.

After a while, five hot air balloons slowly lifted into the sky, and they hovered over the Pearl River. More and more Ming soldiers witnessed this miraculous scene.

The hot air balloon flying in front of them simply shattered their cognition, such a magical thing called Da Ming up and down, and they all became excited.

This is the second-year Daming Shenwu hot air balloon designed and manufactured by master craftsman Su Laocheng, which is composed of three parts: a balloon, a hanging basket and a heating device.

The ball skin is made of oiled paper umbrella and silk linen, which is light and strong, and has good airtightness.

This is the most suitable material for making hot air balloons that Zhu Kezang can provide to the Ming Dynasty Manufacturing Bureau in this era.

Firstly, whale oil, lard oil, peanut oil, and camellia oil are used as fuel. However, whether it is vegetable oil or animal oil, the energy utilization is very unstable, which makes the flight effect very poor.

Under Zhu Kezang's instruction, Su Laocheng switched to coal gasification gas. After repeated experiments in a steel factory, he finally developed the world's first gas storage tank.

In fact, it is a large iron pot with an inlet and an outlet.

This is the simplest vacuum extractor. After many failed attempts and trial and error, coal gas (hydrogen, carbon monoxide) was finally extracted successfully by heating the coal in the gas storage tank.

At this point, the hot air balloon fuel device is done!

Although such hot air balloons can lead people to fly to the sky, there are certain shortcomings.

First of all, due to the insufficient energy density of the fuel, the things that the gondola can carry are very limited. Forget about siege weapons such as 24-pound artillery, and mortars are also impossible.

Those who can take it to the sky at one time will only have three or four people who are dead. The weapons can only carry some grenades and explosives.

The first generation of hot air balloons developed by Daming depend entirely on the direction of the wind. On the battlefield, wherever the wind blows, the hot air balloons will float in that direction, and it is difficult to control them manually.

In order to control the free movement of hot air balloons, the General Administration of Manufacturing and the Ministry of War repeatedly experimented in Luzon Island, repeatedly using live chickens, sheep, and even Burmese people as experimental objects, sending them to the sky, and finally got accurate data.

According to experimental statistics, for every five flights of a two-year hot air balloon, one time it loses control, falls or is blown away by the wind and disappears.

This kind of unstable balloon, Zhu Kezang is willing to send his own air force to the sky!

As a result, hot air balloons are constantly being improved. Under the inspiration of Zhu Kezang, Su Laocheng discovered that the direction of airflow is different at different heights!

They quickly got a new idea: by controlling the hot air balloon to rise and fall to different heights, use the direction of the airflow at this height to control the direction of the hot air balloon, and each change of direction is generally accompanied by rapid ascent and descent.

The hanging basket is equipped with necessary weapons and food. In order to prevent malfunctions in the air, the hot air balloon also uses a double set of power system. The General Bureau of Manufacturing Luzon shipped a large amount of natural rubber, and manufactured qualified springs, and finally made a pressure valve. , barometer.

When the General Administration of Manufacturing installed the hanging basket, airbags, burners, and air storage tanks on the hanging basket, the first generation of military hot air balloons in Ming Dynasty finally took shape.

Before the Northern Expedition to the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Kezang officially issued an edict announcing the establishment of the Royal Air Force of the Ming Dynasty.

Recruitment conditions in the Royal Air Force are extremely strict.

First, the age is generally not less than 16 years old and not more than 20 years old, and must have received training from the Daming Imperial Military Academy;

Second, the requirements for the quality of the Air Force, including height, weight, eyesight and color vision, etc. Specifically, the height is required to be less than 1.9 meters, and the weight must not exceed 160 catties. After all, the carrying capacity of hot air balloons is limited.

Third, the requirement of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism requires allegiance to Ming Dynasty and an oath in front of the flag of Ming Dynasty:
"I, so-and-so of the Ming Empire, I will be absolutely loyal to the Emperor Zhu Kezang of the Ming Dynasty, support and defend the laws of the Ming Empire, safeguard the interests of the Ming Empire, and fight against all enemies at home and abroad."

Fourth: Other requirements, including psychological endurance, quick thinking, coordinated movements, and not too ugly.

The requirements of the Royal Air Force are slightly higher, and the risk is also higher, but the Air Force is the most advanced arm of the Ming Dynasty. The salary of soldiers is three times that of the Guards. There are also monthly subsidies for air force families such as sugar, cloth, and rice. If you die in battle, your pension will be high!

Those who are not afraid of death can really come!
Considering that the production of hot air balloons is not high at present and the danger is high, after layers of selection, the number of the first batch of troops of the Royal Air Force of Ming Dynasty is finally 50 people.

Although there are not many people, they are the only ones in the world. There are no natural enemies, which means that the era of belonging to the Ming Air Force has come!

The southerly wind is blowing right now, which is very beneficial to the Daming Air Force.

There were three people standing in a huge hanging basket. On this hot day, even at an altitude of 400 meters, they were still unbearably hot. In addition to being nervous, beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

"Old Li, get the fuel under control, we are about to reach the city wall of Guangzhou." An air force soldier named Kong proud of his eyes widened, endured dizziness, looked at the shrinking city below, and said loudly.

The soldier called Lao Li was actually called Li Bold, and he scolded in a low voice: "Kong Er fool, look at your potential, I suggested to the emperor before, don't call you a coward. This fuel is enough for us to fly back to Macau Now, what the hell are you afraid of!"

Datianting of the Royal Air Force has a close relationship with Zhu Kezang, and they are all regarded as his disciples and grandchildren, all of whom came out of the military academy.

Another older soldier, Chen Guangsheng, frowned and said, "Okay, stop arguing, hurry up and prepare the explosives."

"Okay, stop the fucking nonsense." Li boldly said, "I'm not a god, I can control the fuel, but I can't control the wind, you two, hurry up, don't fuck for a while It flew over the head."

Under Li Bold's scolding, Kong Yaohao and Chen Guangsheng let out a soft cry, one of them squatted down to get the explosive package, and the other started blowing the fire, and they were about to throw it downward.

"Wait, don't bomb people, let's bomb the ammunition depot of the Qing army!" Li Boldly commanded.

"What is that thing in the sky, why is there something flying, and there seems to be a person standing on it?"

"My God, what is that! How can it fly!!"

"The flying thing came from Ming Bandit..."

At this moment, on the city wall of Guangzhou City, a Qing soldier raised his head in shock and looked at the things that were constantly approaching Guangzhou City.

This never-before-seen thing caused the Qing soldiers guarding the city of Guangzhou to be terrified, and the floating thing was gradually lowering.

Guangzhou General Wang Yongyu also showed shock, his eyes wide open, and he looked up at the giant spherical object suspended in the air.

He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, observed the hot air balloon approaching at an altitude of 200 meters from the city with a diorama, and roared angrily.

"Quick, throw an arrow and shoot him down!"

(End of this chapter)