718 Japan is about to develop an airplane!
If Yuki Uizawa had been fighting to the death and not retreating, then the history of the future would have been written in a different way, but at this moment, suddenly a killing fragment fell in the air, shot through the airbag and hit Yuki Uizawa's back, Yuki Uizawa suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious, and his deputy saw this scene and immediately ordered all the general-class airships to return.
The six general-class airships then fled in disgrace, and Nogi Noshinori's plan to use Yuki Izawa's general-class airship to blow up the Shanhaiguan defense line also came to naught, and Nogi Noshinori's soldiers of course laughed at Yuki Uizawa and the general-class airship.
Uizawa Yuki fell to the ground and was rescued a day later, but the shrenchnel remained in his body and could not be taken out, Uizawa Yuki regarded the shrapnel in his body as a great shame that Lin Fei gave him, but he didn't have the heart to wash away this shame, because he had decided to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor by disembowelment.
The seppuku of the senior generals of the Japanese army is very grand, it is by no means what ordinary people think, take out a knife, everything is over on the stomach, seppuku is a very glorious and solemn thing for them, before seppuku, you must first choose the seppuku venue, seppuku equipment, and seppuku audience, yes, seppuku has an audience, let other colleagues know that I committed suicide by seppuku, and I am loyal to the emperor!
It took two days for Yuki Uizawa to prepare everything, and the day before he was about to seppuku, Heihachiro Togo suddenly sent an envoy to demand that Yuki Uizawa return to Tokyo immediately.
Yuki Uizawa was taken aback when he heard the news, "Is the general asking me to have my disembowelment in Tokyo?" β
"No, it's not." The messenger flatly denied it, "The general said that there is a very important matter that must be done by you. β
Yuki Uizawa asked what was the matter, the person who sent the letter shook his head and said he didn't know, Yuki Uizawa had to go back to Tokyo, Yuki Uizawa went back to Tokyo this time, the name of the coward was confirmed, everyone knew that "Yuki Uizawa was a coward who escaped before disembowelment", and in the future, Yuki Uizawa had a disgraceful nickname - Haizawa Urish Urchin.
When I returned to Tokyo, it was already December 20th, and Yuki Uizawa was picked up by Heihachiro Togo's subordinates as soon as he got off the boat, and came to Heihachiro Togo's official residence. β
Heihachiro Togo's demeanor and tone were extremely mysterious, "I found something that completely defeated Huaxia Kingdom." β
"What is it that defeated the Huaxia Empire?"
"Alone." Heihachiro Togo answered Yuki Uizawa's question in just one concise sentence.
"What kind of person?" Yuki Haysawa was even more surprised and surprised.
Togo Heihachiro whispered a few words to a subordinate, and the subordinate ran out and brought a man in his thirties, this man was a Westerner, blonde hair and blue eyes, with a beard on his lips, and he looked ordinary.
Yuki Hayazawa asked tentatively, "Is this guy a professional killer who can assassinate Lin Fei?" β
Heihachiro Togo shook his head and smiled: "He hasn't even killed chickens, let alone killed people." β
"So he's a wizard and knows magic?"
"Ridiculous, how can you even get wizards and magic out, stop guessing, come with me, let's go to His Majesty the Emperor together." Heihachiro Togo said as he asked people to arrange a vehicle to prepare to meet Emperor Meiji.
Yuki Izawa looked at the Western man with surprised eyes, Heihachiro Togo actually wanted to take him to see His Majesty the Emperor, I don't know what the origin of this guy is, could it be the special envoy of Britain and the United States? That's not right, if it's a British or American envoy, there's no need to go with me to the emperor.
Yuki Uizawa thought about it for a while, but didn't come up with anything, and at this time Heihachiro's subordinates in Togo had already prepared a car, and Japan's high-ranking military and political officials all bought cars from the United States, and the fuel was also purchased together, and the Americans sold all the leaded gasoline to the Japanese.
The three of them soon arrived at the Imperial Palace, where the burned palaces had not yet been restored, and Emperor Meiji ordered that these palaces should not be repaired until the Chinese Empire was defeated, in order to emulate the lying salary of King Goujian of Yue.
The three of them soon met Emperor Meiji, and the host sat down, and Emperor Meiji asked unhappily, "Heihachiro Togo, what's the matter with seeing me in such a hurry?" β
Togo Heihachiro pointed at the Western man with his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I want to introduce you to a person, and that is him." β
After Togo Heihachiro finished speaking, he said to the Western man, "This is our Imperial Majesty. β
The Western man hurriedly stood up and said politely: "Hello, Your Majesty the Emperor, I am an American, my name is Wilbur 61 Wright. β
Emperor Meiji searched around his mind with a frown, feeling that he had never heard the name, and couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?" β
Wilbur 61 Wright laughs, "I'm a bicycle merchant and run a bicycle factory with my brother. β
Emperor Meiji looked at Togo Heihachiro in surprise, and his tone was slightly angry: "Togo Heihachiro, why did you bring a bicycle merchant to see me. β
Heihachiro Togo looked at Wilbur 61 Wright helplessly, and reproached: "What do you say you are a bicycle merchant do, tell me about your invention." β
"Oh, I'm sorry." Wilbur61 Wright sneered for a moment, and then continued: "Your Majesty, I am working on a thing, which I call 'airplanes,' which can fly in the sky like a bird. β
Emperor Meiji was stunned again, airplanes, flying like birds in the sky, bicycle merchants, what kind of mess is this, what a Togo Heihachiro, hurriedly called me, just to tell me these strange things?
A look of anger appeared on Emperor Meiji's face, and Heihachiro Togo saw Emperor Meiji's anger, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry first, this Mr. Wilbur 61 Wright spoke too concisely, who made him an inventor, you know, inventors are geniuses, and the world of geniuses is not something that ordinary people can understand." β
"Hey, Heihachiro Togo, you hurry up and get to the point, I won't be able to understand what you're saying." Emperor Meiji was already full of anger, and if Heihachiro Togo was not a senior admiral in the navy, and in front of an American, Emperor Meiji would have exploded.
"Your Majesty, this is the case, Mr. Wilbur 61 Wright is working on an invention in the United States, this invention is called 'airplane', our military attachΓ© in the United States accidentally got the news, and felt that this kind of thing is very useful, so he invited Mr. Wilbur 61 Wright to Japan, if Mr. Wilbur 61 Wright can develop this kind of thing called airplane for our great Japanese Empire, it will be of great benefit to us."
Emperor Meiji thought about it for a while, but didn't think there was anything powerful about the plane, so he shook his head, "Heihachiro Togo, what's so powerful about this thing called an airplane?" β
"Your Majesty, I also had such doubts at the beginning, but later our military attachΓ©s stationed abroad explained it to me, and I realized that the speed of airplanes is much faster than that of airships, and the maneuverability is much better.
"If we have airplanes, we don't have to be afraid of Huaxia's airships anymore, and this kind of thing called airplanes can also drop bombs like airships, reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and shoot for artillery, in short, there are very, very many things that can be done, and if we have an aircraft force, it will be easy to conquer Huaxia."
Emperor Meiji fell into deep thought, in the era of Lin Fei, Wilbur 61 Wright was the elder brother of the Wright brothers who invented the airplane, and the Wright brothers' invention of the airplane had nothing to do with Japan's dime, and even after the Wright brothers got the airplane out, no one in the world cared about it, but in this era, everything was different.
Lin Fei's use of submarines in the First South China War, artillery and combat vehicles in the early days of World War II, and airships in the attack on Japan have deeply stimulated countries around the world, including Japan, to broaden their horizons and pay attention to the new weapons and the tactical innovations brought about by the new weapons.
The submarine is the most striking example, in the era of Lin Fei, the father of modern submarines, John 61 Holland designed the submarine no one cared about, and Holland finally died of depression, and in this era, John 61 Holland was a senior adviser to the United States Navy, the chief designer of the submarine program, with a large fortune, is the most well-known figure in the United States.
Lin Fei returned to this era, although he had a huge advanced advantage, but the scientists, engineers, politicians, and military strategists of all countries in the world are not fools, they will also develop and adapt, and it is impossible to develop step by step according to the trajectory of the original era.
Against this background, the military value of the aircraft invented by the Wright brothers was valued by a Japanese military attache stationed abroad, who immediately invited Wilbur 61 Wright to Japan and promised to pay him a large sum of money to help him develop the aircraft.
It is worth mentioning that the military attache stationed abroad is named Chiyo Kazuo, Chiyo Mika's half-brother and Chiyo Shizuka's younger brother.
Emperor Meiji was not a conservative guy in the first place, if his thinking was as conservative as the Empress Dowager Cixi, Japan would not have been as strong as the Meiji Restoration and the future, plus Japan was bombed badly by Lin Fei's airship, and Emperor Meiji was eager to have a new weapon to defend Japan.
Emperor Meiji nodded heavily and said, "Very well, Mr. Wilbur 61 Wright, I agreed, and I will pay for you to develop something called an airplane." β