Chapter 174: Torch 2
So in order to facilitate transportation, Zhao Yun asked the shipyard in Plymouth, England to design a drawing, and then went to the Jiangnan shipyard to order two barges with their own cranes and 2C tanks, so that the tanks equipped with 1 75 mm gun and 4 machine guns became a veritable "land battleship".
Zhao Yun had no other requirements for this infantry company, that is, to be able to drive these tanks, and he also sent a group of activists among the young people on the farm to come and learn. Weapons are easy to find, but people who can drive tanks are hard to find. Zhao Yun only hoped that they could light a little spark, hoping that they would be able to get through this stage of exploration and develop their own armored forces, so as not to be beaten later and not even have the strength to parry.
Why not just call the Europeans to drive? Although Zhao Yun is not a pure nationalist, he also thinks that Western devils are not all good things, the Republic of China and Japan have suffered from the losses of the French, and the Republic of China Air Force in Italy's aircraft pit has not suffered a little, and even after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, in order to make cannons, the Han people did not use Tang Ruowang, as a result, the German devil burned all the Ming Dynasty's artillery proportional drawings as soon as he came up, so that the Ming Dynasty artillery was imitated during the Hongli period of the Qing Dynasty, and the range of the new artillery was not even half of the Ming Dynasty goods, which shows the depth of the disaster of the Westerners.
But at this time, Zhao Yun, the banner of Westerners, still had to wave. With the advent of tanks, a group of 40 French veterans also appeared near the airfield, they were here to serve as instructors for tank driving and simple emergency repairs, with this group of Gallic roosters Zhao Yun could have enough excuses to stop the greedy outstretched hand of the Qi Overseers.
Of course, stop the greedy outstretched hand of the Qi Overseers. The weight of these Gallic roosters alone was not enough, and the Qi Overseers had to be given two more top hats. If you don't have a lining, then at least you have to save face, for example, to build a school.
Whether it is an airplane or a tank, it needs to be piloted by knowledgeable people, and the foundation of primary education such as literacy popularization in southern Jiangsu and other places is much better than that of ordinary inland provinces, so Zhao Yun focuses on the education of college and middle school students. For example, if you study a certain subject, you can enjoy free education, free food, and certain medical security from the government, and after this large amount of "free" is smashed, it does attract a large number of civilian students to study.
However, due to family and other factors, the biggest difficulty of Zhao Yun's talent training program is that it is impossible to provide so many school-age young people to study locally, most of them are college and middle school students who are from other places and have left their hometowns. As a result, Zhao Yun not only had to bear the responsibility of "teaching" them, but also had to bear the obligation of "raising" them.
So in order to maintain education, Zhao Yun contacted the Yao family again and began to implement the "loan system". Of course, cooperating with the Yao family is just for the Yao family to support the field, and Zhao Yun is still responsible for the specific and main funds. Since Zhao Yun didn't know how deep the pond was, how much money it would need to invest in a year, and how many people would participate. So they chose to start the implementation on a small scale first. It is stipulated that students whose families are in southern Jiangsu and above can apply for "loans" from the fund organizations set up in shipyards and airports as guarantees by the local security chiefs, and then repay them to the fund without interest within three years after graduation. After graduation, if students do not have regular employment, they can work in shipyards and airports.
Since Yixing is only a small county town, the population base and school size cannot do such a big thing, so they contacted Qi Dujun and Lu Dujun, and used their celebrity effect to start negotiating conditions with various universities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Although Qi Dujun and Lu Dujun are old rivals, they don't need to pay for this matter, it is obviously to attract them popularity and earn popularity, of course, they agree.
These two really wrote letters to the principals of major schools in person, comparing which school they found better and which school they found more.
A month later, statistics showed that 20,000 people in higher education received "loans" from the IMF every year, accounting for more than 80% of all students in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These "loans" not only cover tuition fees and living expenses, but also include a certain amount of medical insurance, so it is quite cheap for students to see a doctor. For example, a student in the Department of Political Science of a certain university wrote in his diary: "When I went to the school clinic for dental treatment today, the ridiculous registration fee was only 0.1 yuan, and the cost of medicine was only 0.5 yuan." At that time, the postage for sending a letter from Nanjing to Changsha, Hunan Province was 2 yuan.
The "loan system" is not only for higher education, but also for secondary education. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education, students enrolled in state secondary schools are not only exempt from tuition fees, but also provided with meals, uniforms and books free of charge.
In terms of teachers, university professors receive an average salary of about 200 yuan per month, and although their income is not abundant, the IMF also provides them with "food stamps" and "meat stamps" to give them actual subsidies. On the student side, there is meat and eggs, and at least two of the six meals in two days can be eaten. After all, it was 1922, and it was already a big expense to be able to do this.
Fearing that students would misuse the "loans," the IMF pays students half a year's tuition and living expenses in January and July of each year, which are at the disposal of each school. At the same time, "food stamps" and "meat stamps" were issued to schools to ensure that the schools stored grain in case the price of grain rose when the harvest was scarce.
Since the establishment of the IMF, although the living standards of teachers and students in large and middle schools have not improved by a large margin for a while, in addition to their salaries, there are still "food stamps" subsidized by the IMF, which is relatively good compared with other people who live on salary income.
After the framework was put in place, Zhao Yun had only three requirements for these subsidized schools: first, to ensure the quality of education, second, to eliminate slave education, and third, to eliminate serving an individual (to eliminate warlord thinking).
These three points have also been unanimously agreed by all schools. Especially the third point, after all, in this era, the Overseers are very diligent in changing, and some even change a few a year! If you go around the Overseers, there won't be any school going on.
Education is a hundred-year plan, and there are some schools with important subjects, and Zhao Yun also actively used the European intelligence network to gather a group of relevant foreign teachers to help. The requirements for foreign teachers are not high, as long as the relevant content in Europe is brought at this time, so there are no special requirements in the selection of personnel, and European countries have an indifferent attitude towards this.
"Hold on! Don't let go! ”
"Run, run!"
Watching groups of people running from the hillside, and then jumping down, Zhao Yun was relieved in his heart.
Of course, this is not Zhao Yun's psychological bad taste, but the students of the flight academy are conducting glider training.
In 1914, the German Haas developed the first modern glider, which could not only glide horizontally, but also climb high with the help of rising heat, and its maneuverability was more perfect. Since then, the glider has entered the practical stage. During World War II, gliders were used by the British to airdrop armed personnel and deliver supplies.
But now it's only 1922, the First World War has just ended, but gliders have developed to a fairly high level.
Its manoeuvring is already similar to that of an airplane, that is, the elevator and ailerons are operated with a steering stick, and the rudder is controlled by pedals. Despite its relatively small carrying capacity (the largest does not exceed 6 tons), it was able to fly over a heavily fortified line at night without being detected due to the lack of power and the avoidance of engine noise. It is a necessary weapon for sneak attacks and night raids at home.
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that has no power plant and is heavier than air. Since it does not have the power of the engine, it can be lifted into the air in four ways: (1) Catapult - the glider is set up on the bungee cord and pulled back, and the pilot gives a signal and releases the rope and ejects it. (2) Car towing - After the glider is towed on the vehicle to an appropriate height, the driver releases the rope. (3) Winch towing - similar to car towing, except that a winch fixed to the ground and driven by a motor is used to pull the glider. (4) Aircraft towing - after another powered aircraft is towed to a certain height, the glider detaches and soars freely.
Zhao Yun used to slide down the slope from a high place into the air, which was also because of the national conditions of China at that time, and the car was still a rare item, but it could not be seen everywhere.
In fact, the glider is a simple and practical aircraft, and a smart person can master the relevant skills in an hour, and the time of a stupid day is about the same. The key is to master the rudder of the glider, which is controlled by the foot pedal. When the pilot presses the left pedal, the rudder swings to the left and the nose turns left; Press the right pedal, swing the rudder to the right, and the nose will turn right. Merely manipulating the rudder can only change the position of the glider, not make the glider turn. The glider has a strong inertia of straight flight (Newton's first law), turning the rudder will cause a sideways taxi, just like the feeling when driving a fast car with a sharp bend, the sharp bend road surface usually tilts to prevent the car from skidding sideways, but the glider is free in the air, to make the glider turn without sliding, it is necessary to maneuver the aileron and the rudder at the same time. In English, it is called bank, and it is inclined to turn.
As for the requirements for recruiting students, Zhao Yun also made two instructions, one is to be able to swim, and the other is not afraid of heights.
The second point is easy to understand, if you are even afraid of Gao, then don't fly. The first point is because the Jiangnan River is dense, who knows if there will be a lake below when you land!
Recruiting this group of trainees is also Zhao Yun's helpless move, even if the military unit in the camp has an airplane, it is quite inflexible, and it can still be used for straight-line bombing, but for aerial combat, then the problem will be great. In order to deal with all kinds of enemies he encountered in the future, this caused Zhao Yun to be ruthless and cultivate his own pilots.
The training of a pilot costs a lot of money, so the Air Force used to be called "cavalry in the air", and it was unaffordable to have some capital.
Faced with the population base of Huaxia, Zhao Yun started training from the most basic "flying". If you learn to "fly" first, you can fly better in the future.