In the early hours of the morning, the roar of the airship engine sounded over the German headquarters, and Tang Yunyang and they came to the roof. There are already special forces here who are constantly using light signals to communicate with the airships that are getting lower and lower in the sky.

In the flickering light, Mike. Prince. Merlin's test airship revealed its true colors. Compared to the German airships, such airships are as slender and slender as sharks and dolphins.

In 1915, the German Army's LZ-38 airship under the command of Captain Linnatz carried out the first air raid on London, killing 7 people and wounding 31. Here are some of the data from this airship for you to compare.

Length: 536 ft / 163.37 m

Diameter: 61 ft / 18.59 m

Volume: 1,126,000 cubic feet / 33,780 cubic meters

Engines: 4 x 210 hp Maybach engines

Speed: 60mph/96km/h

Gas: Hydrogen

Capacity: effective load of 9 tons, total lift of 15 tons.

Ceiling: 2800/M

And Mike. Prince. The experimental airship produced by the Merlin Military Industrial Group was much smaller, and it was described as an "H" type airship that no one had ever seen. It is just over 80 meters long and only half as wide as a German airship, 10 meters wide, with two torpedo-shaped hard airbags on either side of the pilot and carrier compartments.

The five-metre-wide compartment is connected to airbags by a number of steel structural parts, and on the outside of it are short wings capable of generating lift using propulsion units.

Based on its size, it is easy to estimate that its volume is actually about the same as that of a German airship, and the four 230 hp engines are a level higher than those used by the German army, which gives it a payload of 9.5 tons, a total lift of 16 tons, and a ceiling of 3,000 meters.

The advantages of the small diameter arrangement of the twin airbags are self-evident, and although it is not the ridiculous speculation that the airbags can survive if they are hit on one side, their shape is much less affected by the wind than the standard German airships, and the short wings that resemble wings allow them to enjoy more lift when using thrust, which is why their load and ceiling are increased.

But on the other hand, it's Mike. Prince. A failed product of the Merlin Military Industrial Group, it completely did not have the ability that Tang Yunyang originally envisioned, that is, carrying aircraft for long-distance air combat, and the reason for the failure was that he was too whimsical.

The airship could not carry more than five planes, even if it was light, small, or short during the First World War, and not to mention the qualitative impact these planes could have on the situation of the war, the fragility of the airship alone made it vulnerable to attack and inevitably incurred heavy losses. In addition, after the aircraft was cast, it was not possible to recover the aircraft smoothly in slightly more complicated weather conditions, which was the reason for abandoning this idea.

So from that point of view, it's a failed product.

But these things were not the same in the eyes of Prince William, and when he saw the shape, he roughly estimated the difference between it and the German airship, with greater lift and greater load, and the relatively short and more concealed shape made him very interested.

This interest was maintained until he got into the airship, and the benches against the wall in the cabin, as well as the portholes, which could not be seen from afar, allowed him to observe the side airbags.

"It's an old two-seater propulsion plane, do you want me to fly such a?"

This is what Richthofen has been complaining about since he saw the plane in the carrier compartment. For the conscience of the lover of airplanes, this kind of rough-looking and backward thing can also be called an "airplane", and he has to fly this broken thing to bring back the noble German crown prince, which cannot but make him complain more.

"Brother Yunzhang, I really can't stand this nagging guy anymore, please help get this guy away, you know, there are some questions I want to discuss with this crown prince."

Zhu Binhou, who already knew his future fate, was still full of joy at this time, so it was much easier to speak.

"Mr. Richthofen, if you look closely, you probably won't think that the plane is not worth flying, but if you go with me to see it, I will explain it to you carefully."

"I don't believe there's anything to look forward to with that broken plane, okay, okay, I'll go see!"

Although Richthofen declared that he firmly did not believe that there was anything to look forward to on the plane, he was dragged by Zhu Binhou due to curiosity.

"Your Highness, I can see that you are a little interested in this airship, am I right?"

Tang Yunyang took out a cigar and talked to Prince William, who had no good impression of him.

William only glanced at him, did not take the cigar cigarette he handed over, and only said lightly.

"I once heard people in the Imperial Intelligence Department say that the products of an American arms dealer in France were very novel, and they helped us a lot to win the war, but now ......"

William glanced at him again, presumably because he was very disdainful of his character.

"Now you're not going to work with me, it doesn't matter, you know, I'm just Mike. Prince. The vice president of the Merlin Military Industrial Group, and that Mike. When Mr. Lang returns, it will also indicate that I will resign from this position soon, so you can do business with them with confidence and boldness! ”

"What do you mean......"

William understood what Tang Yunyang meant, and it seemed that in order to make a deal with Germany, he did not hesitate to give up the title of "arms king".

"I don't mean anything, but in the near future, another new arms company will be opened in Batavia, the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and their products will be enough to compete with ours, and of course it will be an American company, you understand?"

Until this time, the doubts that had been hovering in Prince William's heart were as bright as dark clouds in a gale wind.

"Oh, I see why this guy didn't hand me over to the French, it seems that he wants this war to go on and on as long as possible, and in the end we will find out that the weapons we use will be made entirely by the same company. This is a completely black-hearted arms dealer! ”

"I see, maybe I'll tell the Imperial Intelligence Department to send someone there to see if there's anything worth buying!"

Tang Yunyang, who had made a deal, proudly spewed out some blue smoke, and then sent Prince William a piece of news that worried him.

"Wars are always going to be fought, my Highness, or you should keep an eye out for the sailors in the German fleet when you have time, some of the people who sing the Internationale are turning them into your enemies!"

"Some Bolsheviks, what do they want to do? Damn these, I'm going to hang them all! ”

Tang Yunyang's words caused William to think, which in turn caused him to be angry. It is clear that the crown prince did not have a good feeling at all about Bolshevism!