In the second month after the arrival of 1915, Eder visited the Koanda aircraft factory.

The use of aircraft over the European battlefield is now commonplace, and most of the current aircraft are still used as reconnaissance. Because of Eder's appearance, Romania used a machine gun mounted on the fuselage in the Second Balkan War to shoot down the Bulgarian plane, which also opened the way for countries to use the aircraft.

The warring nations are now armed with a large number of machine-gun aircraft, which are used for reconnaissance and dogfight. Therefore, in the original time and space, it can only be used for reconnaissance at this time, and the scene of spitting and insulting and pulling out a pistol to shoot at it when I see the opponent's plane is gone. Now basically see the opponent and start to circle, so that the co-pilot can control the machine gun to shoot at the enemy aircraft. In the fiercest battle of the Marne, Britain, France and Germany dispatched hundreds of planes to fight, but because they could only attack from the flanks and fire at a bad angle, the actual number of planes shot down in this big scene of hundreds of planes fighting was also quite touching. From morning to sunset, a total of 27 planes were shot down on both sides, which was really a tragic fight.

Now in the face of a huge number of aircraft of various types from the countries participating in the war, Romania certainly cannot afford to lag behind. In the new thing of aircraft, Romania has the smallest gap with other countries, and being in the first group can make Romania have a better development in the future. Now Eder is here to inspect Romania's newest aircraft, the first to be assembled entirely from domestically sourced components.

In the past, Romanian aircraft were all purchased from the French company Landgod, but now the Romanian Power Laboratory and the Coanda aircraft factory have finally produced their own engine, which is a completely new engine. Different from the rotary cylinder engine currently used in various countries, it is completely based on the ideas of Henri Koanda and Ferraiku, and the rotary shaft star air-cooled engine is produced.

The only downside is that the shafts needed for this engine had to be imported from Germany. And because it is the first rotary shaft engine, it has a certain reduction in service life compared with the current rotary cylinder type, and can only reach 600 hours of service life. But it was all worth it, because the engine had a horsepower of 120 horsepower, which is far more than the 100 horsepower engines used in various countries today.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the new fighter we have prepared for the Romanian military, and it is also the world's first fighter with nose shots."

Ferraiku pointed to the plane in front of him and spoke excitedly to Eder. "Of course, the appearance of this aircraft is also inseparable from the ideas you gave your majesty. The idea of this firing coordinator really opened our eyes, and this aircraft will become the most advantageous weapon for our Romanian airspace. ”

Hearing Ferraiku slap his ass, Eder was also secretly proud in his heart. After all, how could he forget the shooting coordinator, a big killer, of course, he needed to tell the idea to the two aircraft designers in front of him, and these two were not as surprised by him, and quickly developed this gadget.

Edel looked at the petite aircraft and listened to Ferraiku explain to him its performance.

"Your Majesty, we have privately named this plane the Condor. It is 6.15 meters long, has a wingspan of 9.10 meters and a height of 2.4 meters, and is equipped with our own rotary shaft star air-cooled engine. With an empty weight of 387 kg and a maximum take-off weight of 580 kg, two modified Maxim machine guns were installed in the nose, which can be said to be the best fighter in the world at the moment. ”

Hearing Ferraiku's words, Eder asked. "And how did we compare to our previous Navigator II?"

"There is no comparison between the two."

Ferraiku explained. "Although the Navigator II is equipped with much more powerful engines, the aircraft is larger, and its turning and speed are not comparable to the new aircraft, so it can be said that the new Goshawk can take on two Navigator II aircraft at the same time. If the number increases, then the Navigator II has no chance of winning. ”

Eder still wanted to see for himself after listening to Ferraiku's strong pitch. "Test fly and let me see."

"As you wish, Your Majesty."

After answering Eder, Ferraiku beckoned a test pilot to fly the plane and let Eder observe its performance for himself.

Looking at the new planes that circled and rose flexibly in the sky, Eder felt that this new plane was really good, much more agile and fast than the previous planes. Now he has the answer in his heart, and now it seems that all kinds of aircraft in Romania need to be replaced, but fortunately, there are only more than a hundred planes that need to be replaced.

"At this time, I will let the army procure a great new aircraft, and I believe that this new aircraft will not be less than 200 units."

After the test flight, Eder made his own promises to Ferraiku and Koanda around him.

Hearing Eder's words, Koanda immediately assured him. "That's great, we will continue to work on new aircraft that will not leave the defenders of the Romanian skies behind other countries."

Hearing Koanda's assurance, Edel nodded approvingly, it seems that Koanda and the others are not blindly confident and know their level. In Eder's opinion, it would be good to keep up with the footsteps of other countries, don't look at the current aircraft is more advanced than other countries, but there is no generation difference. Britain, France, Germany and other countries that were in the midst of a great war only needed a while to catch up, and the investment in science and technology during the war was impossible for Romania to achieve now.

For example, machine guns, tanks, submarines, airplanes, etc., all got practical performance in World War I. In the end, in this era of scientific and technological innovation, it still needs national strength and capital investment to achieve results, which is also lacking in Romania.

Of course, Eder didn't just need fighters, he needed a bomber for ground attack. So he spoke to the two most famous Romanian aircraft designers in front of him. "I'm very satisfied with this aircraft, but this is mainly against enemy aircraft, and now Romania still lacks an aircraft dedicated to ground attack."

"An aircraft specialized in ground attack?"

Seeing the bewilderment of the two designers, Edel knew they hadn't turned the corner yet. In fact, now none of the countries has realized the importance of targeting attack aircraft specifically on the ground. The only exception was the Germans, but they took a detour and handed over the task of ground attack to airships, which was not a good option. In fact, Britain, which was the first to develop a bomber, has no idea of this now, and will need to wait until November next year to have Handley. Page developed the world's first O/100 bomber. Now Eder plans to develop it first.

"Yes, this aircraft needs a bomb load of at least 300 kilograms, and it needs a range of more than 300 kilometers, and the speed cannot be lower than that of a Goshawk fighter."

Eder demanded a lot as soon as he came up, which was also to put pressure on the two.

After thinking about it, Ferraiku immediately said. "Your Majesty, if it is as you ask, then this new ground attack aircraft will need at least two engines."

"There's no problem with that."

"And the price is definitely twice as expensive as the current goshawk."

"That's not a problem either."

"So how long did we develop?"

"Two years"