"Stand upright!" With a high-pitched command, all the soldiers in special uniforms rose from their positions, wearing thick leather jackets and a pair of wide goggles around their necks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThese Air Force soldiers of the Ming Empire are pilots who have been trained since childhood, and they have been adapting to the "breath" of the sky since they were almost teenagers.

Of course, the Ming Empire now has thousands of such pilots, and the total number of people still being trained exceeds 10,000...... The dividends brought by the population base are not casually said, even if they feed 10,000 special soldiers who only eat and do not work, the Ming Empire is still under no pressure and has always been happy to do so.

However, this time, the weapons that the Ming Empire equipped these pilots with were much more advanced than the hundreds of kilograms of large toys in the biplane open cockpit like the Sky Breaking 1 fighter. That's why they're so energetic at this moment, because they're about to put on an unprecedented war show in front of the emperor of their own country.

Boys love war games, and in an age when the Internet and electronics are not strong enough, people can only use wood to make guns to fight a different war game in a small town. But if the person who wants to play the war game is an emperor, then maybe the specifications of this unique war game will be raised a little more and turn into a real combat exercise.

"Gentlemen! You are about to perform a great change in the combat mode of the Air Force in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and I hope you can cherish this opportunity to show your own value in front of His Majesty the Emperor and the generals of the military department! The captain of the flight group in charge of directing this air force operation solemnly addressed his subordinates.

The pilots all had a good look, and he swept his sharp gaze over the young faces, and then said slowly but excitedly: "It's simple, carry out the mission you have been training for three months, and destroy the targets you see." Long live His Majesty the Great Emperor! ”

"Long live His Majesty the Great Emperor!" All the pilots stood up and replied in a loud voice. Then they turned around and had their equipment checked by the ground crew, including the latest parachutes and a newly developed throat communication device. This new set of radio communication devices, which freed the pilot's hands, was an absolutely genius invention.

Behind them, the pilots walked to the planes behind them, which had been strictly inspected and had already been loaded with bombs—the Lei Gong 1 light bomber! This is the first bomber developed by the Ming Empire with a TY-3 aero engine, and according to the standards of the past, it can already be regarded as a terrible heavy bomber.

Judging by its appearance, however, it was a complete single-engine aircraft, with only a huge propeller at the nose. But it's unprecedentedly huge: it's almost 12 meters long, 15 meters wide, and 4 meters high...... Just with such a huge appearance, it has already given a strong impact to everyone who has seen it.

Because as long as you compare the previous aircraft models, you can intuitively judge how amazing the size of this aircraft is. The wingspan of the Ming Empire's Sky Breaker 1 is less than 9 meters, and the length is only more than 7 meters - and these things are made of canvas and wood, which is simply incomparable to the all-metal fuselage structure of the Lei Gong 1 bomber.

What's even more terrifying is that in order to improve the bombing accuracy of this bomber, the Ming Empire has developed a new ground-to-sea attack mode - dive bombing! This is a bombing tactic that uses existing targeting technology to maximize bombing accuracy.

This bombing technique is a tactic of using high-speed dive to aim the nose of the bomber at the target and drop bombs on the premise that the bomber's flight speed and performance are increased in a straight line. In this way, it is possible to avoid the identification problem of being unable to distinguish the precise coordinates of the vertical and horizontal axes of ground targets during horizontal bombing. As long as the bomber's sight is aimed at the target and dives, the bomb is dropped and pulled up to complete the precise attack step.

It is precisely because of this kind of aircraft that can realize air-to-ground attacks that the Ming Empire really confirmed the special status of the air force in future wars. For the first time, humans combined flying into the sky with attacking from the sky to form a three-dimensional attack structure.

In order to cope with the enormous power brought by the 1000 horsepower TY-3 engine, the aircraft is constructed from head to toe in metal, which also gives it unrivaled damage resistance. So during the dive, the pilot can calmly face the attack of small arms on the ground.

Of course, in order to give the pilots the courage to dive down and face the target, the Lei Gong 1 bomber was equipped with two low-recoil 20 mm guns on the wings - this was the first time such a weapon had taken to the sky, and the devastation power was beyond the imagination of any pilot. When the pilot of the test flight ran out of ammunition loaded in the plane to the ground, the general who came to visit the military headquarters looked at the two rows of light smoke rising from the ground and signed an order for the purchase of 2,000 planes without hesitation.

With the help of a simple ladder on the ground, the pilots climbed onto the plane and began to check the various equipment on the plane, this Lei Gong 1 bomber was controlled by two pilots, and one pilot in the back was responsible for the tail defense of a Weiyuan 2 machine gun, and served as an electromechanical officer and navigator.

The Air Force believes that this super monster, which can travel at speeds of more than 400 kilometers, needs a navigator to ensure that the aircraft does not lose its way while carrying out its mission. At the same time, a machine gun was added, which also made it more calm and safe when facing enemy aircraft.

Although when the Ming Empire began to serve this new type of bomber, there was no aircraft that could catch up with its speed, but in line with the principle of prudence, the Ming Empire still equipped it with enough self-defense weapons. The reason is that the new fighter developed by the empire itself, the Sky Breaker 2, is more powerful in performance.

"Ground Command Center, Ground Command Center, I'm Long Knife No. 1! I'm Long Knife No. 1, applying to take off for a bombing mission! Test radio communications! Apply to take off on a bombing mission! Test radio communications! In the first Lei Gong 1 bomber that had already entered the runway, the pilot confirmed to the ground tower while adjusting the aircraft's posture to put it into a state ready for takeoff.

"The radio communication is very clear, approve your take-off! Repeat, the radio communication is very clear, approve your takeoff! Inside the headset, the commander of the ground command center confirmed the radio status and approved the pilot's take-off request.

The speed of airplanes has brought about a variety of technological advancements, including radio long-range communication technology and fully enclosed cabin technology, which until a few years ago sounded unheard of. And another bad news that plagued the senior commanders of the Ming Empire's air force was that as the speed of the aircraft increased to a point they did not dare to imagine, the scale of aircraft sorties and the formation of aircraft groups have become new research topics, but it is a pity that they do not have a mature command system to come out with the new equipment.

Therefore, the number of planes dispatched this time was not large, and only 10 Thunder Mother 1 bombers were drawn from the most elite units of the Air Force, carrying heavy bombs for showmanship attacks.

With one command after another, one after another, the Lei Gong 1 bombers began to take off along the airfield's slender runway. Since the development of this all-metal fuselage for bombing, the designers of the Ming Empire seem to have opened the spring of their own inspiration: a larger and stronger fuselage brings more fuel capacity, and more horsepower brings unparalleled speed...... Instead of being obsessed with the low-speed hovering performance of the past, they have embarked on a bolder and more avant-garde speed-first design leap.

It's a pity that although these design ideas are all from this Lei Gong 1 bomber, there are many solutions that have not had time to be used in this aircraft. This also led to the fact that after the emergence of another new type of aircraft in the Ming Empire, the top echelons of the Air Force, who originally thought that the Lei Gong 1 aircraft had reached the level of fighters, immediately collectively turned their attention to the new fighter.

In the underground bunker, the artillery has already kicked off the prelude to this exercise, and Zhu Mu watched the already powerful artillery unit of the Ming Empire in front of the lens of the scissor artillery mirror, ravaging the area marked as the enemy's defensive position with a devastating momentum.

"The lighter, simpler design gives this new 150mm howitzer better passability, and we put a lot of thought into reducing weight...... If necessary, it can transfer the launch position using only manpower. Looking at the billowing smoke from the artillery shells in the distance, Chen Zhaoming, director of the Armored Forces Research Office, head of the Imperial Military Weapons Procurement Department, and deputy director of the Imperial Logistics Department, who was standing on the left side of Emperor Zhu Mu, opened his mouth to introduce the performance of the weapons that were being wilted, and his tone was full of pride and pride.

"When the emperor was in power, I got tired of seeing this thing......" Zhu Mu removed his gaze from the lens of the artillery mirror, looked at Chen Zhaoming and asked: "What do I want to see here, I think you know better." And what about armored forces? What about the Air Force? Don't waste everyone's time, we're all busy, aren't we? ”

"Rest easy! Your Majesty! Wars always have climaxes, and if you want to wait for the exciting part, you need to be patient, right? Chen Zhaoming confidently replied to Zhu Mu: "I built it for the Ming Empire, General Wang Yan has already seen it, and he likes it very much." I think...... Your Majesty, you will love it too. (To be continued.) )