Chapter 359: Aviation Brigade
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He, a talented student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, was delighted to feel how happy it was to be able to put what he had learned into practice in this vast space.
He greatly admired Chen Zhong's idea of submarines and the development of military aircraft.
These extremely advanced equipment, in the eyes of professionals like them, may not necessarily be able to see their value.
However, the prince's bold idea opened up the space for his imagination, and he felt at this moment that it was not enough to be professional, but also to have a heart that dared to imagine.
Although the West has already built airplanes that can fly into the sky, those military personnel are short-sighted and do not see the important role of this kind of aircraft in future wars. So, they did not think at all about creating aviation in the first place.
It's a difference, a huge difference. Since the aircraft is a new weapon, the top commanders of the West, they have always been skeptical.
The upper echelons of the military are not at all interested in aircraft, so their mid-level commanders do not have professional training facilities, let alone the necessary experience for flight management.
Chen Zhong said: "At present, airplanes are only used for simple transportation work in these countries, and their situation is also quite awkward, and the organization and management are also very chaotic.
At the moment, some countries that are already able to produce aircraft, their aviation is only in a rather naΓ―ve period.
However, based on these alone, some people have seen the future trend of the aircraft and predicted that the aircraft will show its extraordinary role and broad development prospects in practice.
Later, some countries began to prepare weapons on airplanes, but only pistols and grenades were used.
Recently, some countries have begun to try to load machine guns and bombs on aircraft. Even so, the aircraft was not completely favored in the army.
This king believes that if aircraft are put into war on a large scale, the entire combat pattern and battlefield appearance of the war will certainly be fundamentally changed. Future wars will also fly from the ground and the sea to the air at once. β
Ling Feng said: "Lord Wang, the current situation of the aviation force you are talking about is indeed the case. Last time, I was sent on a trip to Europe and met some of Aso's classmates, some of whom are now engaged in the development and manufacture of aircraft.
However, they did not pay enough attention to the development data of the aircraft, and did not take any protective measures for the research and development data of the aircraft.
At that time, I gave them some gifts, asking them to provide me with some information on the status and technical information of aviation development, and they actually agreed, and now I still have some drawings and data analysis on aircraft construction in hand. β
Chen Zhong smiled and said, "You kid is quite thoughtful. You're talking about where they are.
The position of the aviation in their army is still a low-level branch, and most of the new commanders are not willing to take the risk of war and life with things that are not very powerful, such as pistols and grenades.
This greatly undermined the enthusiasm of those imaginative, passionate and motivated flight officers.
What is even more serious is that some of the senior officers of these aviation services themselves lack understanding and foresight of their role. So, aviation is in an extremely awkward position in their army.
However, the king has learned from the intelligence services that Germany and the United States have carried out secret experiments to load heavy weapons on their planes, and that the Kaiser is recently planning to build the world's largest air force.
According to the information provided by the military intelligence department, the Kaiser's design for this air force was to build them into two parts, the Imperial Army Aviation Service Corps and the Imperial Navy Air Service Corps, which were subordinate to the Army and Navy respectively, and carried out land reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, and maritime search and rescue missions.
However, a large part of the German engineering experts did not focus on the construction and expansion of aviation units. Therefore, this idea of the Kaiser was not well implemented at all. β
Ling Feng said: "On my trip to Europe last year, the Massachusetts alumnus I met was from the German Aeronautical Design Center.
He revealed to me that the Kaiser's idea was very great, but the stubborn military experts insisted on focusing their research on Zeppelin's airship.
They are counting on these huge airships for tactical, strategic reconnaissance. However, these stubborn German experts ignore a very important fact, this kind of zeppelin is extremely vulnerable to losses.
Because, in order to obtain valuable information, the airship must descend to a height that can be hit by artillery fire, but the flammable gas stored in the airship can be disastrous if it is hit by artillery fire. β
Chen Zhong said: "This king is thinking now that our aviation unit should begin to be formed. Minister Ling, on the premise of completing the current work, you must add another task, that is, to establish our aviation unit in Hainan!
You can recruit and find top technical talents in this field, such as your original alumni, and if they can come to our Hainan, we will give them the most generous treatment.
Ling Feng, you go and confirm that there is an Austrian Etrich who has successfully developed the 'pigeon' monoplane, which is said to fly very smoothly. We can give him more favorable terms and sign a production contract with him.
If we can successfully contact us, in addition to recruiting technical personnel to develop it on our own, we can also carry out large-scale production of this 'pigeon' aircraft, and design and load machine guns and bombshells on the aircraft, so that this kind of fighter will have greater power in war.
This king has a bold idea, within three years, we will form our own aviation forces.
In our aviation units in Hainan, we plan to establish an aviation force with one aviation brigade as the overall establishment unit.
According to Ben Wang's conception, the aviation group consisted of four squadrons, each consisting of four squads, each of which consisted of four aircraft. In this way, the strength of one of our aviation forces will require sixty-four fighters. In addition, it will be equipped with more than five transport aircraft, and two reconnaissance aircraft.
The development and construction of aircraft that this king means is also a matter of urgency at present.
Ling Feng, you, the Minister of Industry, should be very busy during this period, and everything is starting from scratch.
I hope that you will be able to withstand these pressures, overcome the difficulties in front of you, and establish a complete military industrial system in Hainan.
Your role in the development of Hainan's military industry and the reform of our armed forces will be immeasurable.
If there is any difficulty, ask for someone, this king will give you people, ask for money, this king will allocate funds, in short, for the smooth completion of this military industrial system, this king will do everything possible to meet your requirements. β
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