"What makes it difficult for me to understand is that the Kingdom of Prussia, as the core of the German Empire, one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world, has a far less sense of smell in the field of forward-looking advanced technology than the Kingdom of Bavaria in the south. And the only department that has the tools to fly into the sky is actually the meteorological department! Moltke wrote heartily in his diary to vent his anger and dissatisfaction!

In fact, Moltke can't be blamed for this, because during this period, when the Wright brothers' plane was not in the sky, the world did not pay much attention to the aviation industry, except for Prince Ruprecht, the pioneer of crossing, few other people really paid attention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

General Moltke Jr., who discovered the New World, immediately decided to borrow a balloon from the Meteorological Department and look for all the people in the army who had a relationship with the ****** and the balloon! It was even decided to use "civilian people" to enrich the future Prussian aviation forces. Even Count Zeppelin, who is in opposition to the plane. As the saying goes, the emperor pays off, and after a period of hard work, Moltke Jr. really found a few people.

"This is Augusta. Feng. Major Pasegger, who had been with his subordinate, Hans. Second Lieutenant Higgsfield, August. Together, Ridinger researched a special kind of balloon with a stabilizer wing, and their balloons were in the lead, because these slender balloons combined with the stabilizer wing were a very good aerial observation platform. An adjutant introduced Moltke Jr.

According to Moltke's instructions, as long as they have come into contact with flying, winged aircraft, they are all gathered. And these three military people who developed a new type of hot air balloon in 1892 were naturally summoned, and there is indeed no special aviation department in the Prussian army now, which is true, the army balloon team that was once established in the Franco-Prussian War was disbanded because it was considered to have little effect, but you can't say that the Prussian army did not have balloons, that is not true, in fact, when World War 1 broke out, Prussia's 8 armies had a balloon balloon, and there were 17 fortress balloon flying teams, before the outbreak of the war, Prussia and Bavaria each had a balloon battalion, and after the outbreak of the war, eight Prussian Army balloon teams and two Bavarian Army balloon teams were formed. (From this side can also be seen how independent the Bavarian army is.......) ）

"Tell me about the current situation of your air fleet." Moltke asked straight to the point.

"We are currently just a balloon observation team, and we definitely can't talk about aviation, because we have almost no control over the direction of flight in the air. Autonomy is not even as good as ******. Major Augusta said modestly.

"Our air force has 10 officers, 270 soldiers, 194 mules and horses, 35 wagons and 2 balloons. Our main task is to have the observer in the air in a balloon to observe each other's movements, and we use ********, which is a balloon made of cotton on the outside and rubber airbags on the inside, and if we can fill it with 600 cubic meters of hydrogen, the balloon can rise to an altitude of 800 meters. But in reality, we rarely rise above 500 meters. The major introduced.

"Why? Observation at an altitude of 800 meters will be better. Moltke said with a frown.

"Because our balloon is a soft balloon, unlike Mr. Zeppelin's hard airship, the higher the altitude, the less dense the air, the less buoyancy the balloon provides, and if we want to go to a higher altitude, then we don't need to reduce the weight, we used to do away with the gondola, use a saddle-like seat to carry the observer, and tie the observer to the balloon with a steel cable, but this will be very unstable, causing the observer to vomit and vertigo ......." The major said rather embarrassed. (The above description of the balloon team formation is the real situation, and the German balloon troops are still very interesting.) ）

"Uh, that's good......." After listening to the other party's description, Moltke had a feeling that his profession was extremely inappropriate, but there was no way, there were no professionals in Prussia!

"Very well, I have a top-secret document here, and you must keep it strictly confidential in accordance with the terms of confidentiality." After speaking, Moltke handed over some of the information given by the prince to the other party.

"It's a revolutionary flying machine! From a reconnaissance point of view alone, this kind of aircraft that can be operated effectively and is simple to use is better than a balloon! Major Augusta exclaimed.

"They can also be loaded with weapons to strike at ground facilities, these new aircraft are much less expensive to fight than airships, I am very interested in this, I hope you and your team can help us get Prussia's own aircraft!" Moltke Jr. said.

"This, we need a professional ****** designer to assist us in our work, from the other party's submission of the aircraft structure, copy this aircraft is not a big problem, but how to innovate on this basis, make a better aircraft is very difficult, because we have no ideas, just a simple copy." Ensign Hans, who specializes in technology, said after his own analysis of the design of the aircraft.

"And it is impossible for us to install any weapons on the plane at the moment, although I have not engaged in a powered ******, but I have operated ******, and it is impossible for a pilot to turn a motor gun to strafe while operating an airplane, which is extremely unrealistic." Hans added.

"This issue will be put aside for a moment, and this aircraft will be copied first. I will give your balloon team a separate formation, and the personnel can be drawn from any part of the grassroots level, or it can be recruited from the people. You will be the first powered flying team in ****** Prussian army. And you will be equipped with an independent logistics support unit, and you will get sufficient funding, provided that you make a difference! Moltke said.

"I hope you can make a flying team with 4 planes and 6 pilots in less than 1 year, and you can get the drawings from us, but I want you to go beyond the drawings and design a Prussian aircraft that is even better than this one!" Moltke looked at the plane in the photo again and deliberately emphasized the words Prussia!

"We'll do our best, but we need an engine with as much power as possible, and the best petrol engine in Germany right now is probably the product of Bavaria Southern Industries, and if we can, I hope that Prussia will be able to produce its own engine." Lidinger emphasized, he had not spoken.

The fourth is more present~~~! Let's see if you can support the author's very hard face??!! (To be continued.) )