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By the beginning of the World War, gyroscopes were installed on torpedoes, so the navigation of torpedoes was fixed, and the appearance of heating engines, that is, steam gas torpedoes, greatly increased the speed and range of torpedoes, so that fish was considered the main weapon of naval ships after artillery.

The Marseille-class submarine, also known as Lanfang's Q-class submarine, was the first type of submarine owned by Lanfang.

Although the Q-class submarine is only the first generation of products, because of the integration of a number of advanced technologies of Britain and France, the Q-class submarine has diesel-electric dual power, double-hull, and is equipped with a new "Swordfish" torpedo developed by the Corsican Arms Research Institute.

The "Swordfish" torpedo caused a lot of turmoil at the beginning of its birth, which almost caused the collapse of Qin Zhiyuan and the French Navy Minister Georges Léger, and also triggered a great upsurge in Corsica to study the "Secrecy Regulations" in depth.

Since the birth of the "Swordfish" torpedo, all the Q-class submarines equipped by Lanfang have been equipped with "Swordfish" torpedoes, and the information of the "Swordfish" fish has been highly confidential.

After returning to Lanfang, Qin Zhiyuan asked Long Chengyuan and others to increase their research on aircraft that could carry torpedoes and how to combine the "Swordfish" torpedo with the aircraft.

This research project was named the "Swan Project".

The name "swan", of course, has a meaning, the swan is an animal skill that flies in the sky, and can swim in the water, both noble and elegant, so it is the best synonym for torpedo machine.

The Swan Project has been going on for more than four months, and now it's finally time to bear fruit.

After receiving the relevant information, Qin Zhiyuan immediately summoned Qin Zhisheng, Huang Bohan, Foch and others to take a plane to Zhenyuan City in the Beiyang Islands to prepare to watch the live-fire exercise.

Located in the southern part of Sulu Island, the Beiyang Islands were once considered part of Sulu Island because of its proximity to Sulu Island, which is close to the shipyards on Sulu Island and is the scientific research base of the Lan Phong Navy.

After the Naval Weapons Research Institute was stationed here, it changed its name to the Beiyang Islands to show that it did not forget the Beiyang Naval Division, which was once the first in Asia.

Zhenyuan City is the only city on the Beiyang Islands, named after the former flagship of the Beiyang Fleet, "Zhenyuan Ship".

Zhenyuan City is not far from Penglai Island, it is only an hour to take a transport plane, Qin Zhiyuan and his party have already arrived in Zhenyuan City, get off the plane and get on the car directly to the dock, two hours later, Qin Zhiyuan and others sat directly on the deck of the "Taishan" aircraft carrier.

The aircraft carrier "Taishan" is an aircraft carrier gifted to Lanfang by the French, which is actually an aircraft carrier converted from a freighter, and is now commonly known as an aircraft carrier.

The current aircraft carrier, because it does not carry many aircraft, in fact, its combat capability is extremely limited, and the "Taishan" aircraft carrier can only carry 24 fighters and 12 bombers, which is still the premise that Lan Fang optimizes the structure of the "Taishan" aircraft carrier, otherwise, it can carry fewer aircraft.

In fact, airplanes are not suitable, and the current "Taishan" aircraft carrier is equipped with fixed-wing aircraft, and the aircraft carrier still needs to be equipped with foldable wing aircraft in order to further improve its combat effectiveness.

At present, the design of the foldable-wing aircraft has been basically completed, waiting for Long Chengxuan's materials to keep up......

Materials are now the biggest factor restricting Lanfang technology.

"I still can't imagine that an airplane would be able to sink a battleship with a bomb? That's impossible! Until he boarded the aircraft carrier "Tarzan", Foch was still chattering.

Since the last imperial meeting, Qin Zhiyuan has not revealed much to Foch, even if Foch came to the door to ask, Qin Zhiyuan resolutely did not reveal it.

Foch's heart itched like being scratched by a hundred kittens with their paws, and finally scratched into a comb, and he had to sign a confidentiality agreement with the Lanfang military department before he could come to participate in this exercise.

"How could it not be? Even if the battleship has a displacement of 100,000 tons, if I build a 100,000-ton bomb, can't it sink him? Qin Zhiyuan talked nonsense.

It's not nonsense, the atomic bombs in another time and space, they are all tens of millions of tons, and they are measured by explosives, so when you calculate it, 100,000 tons is just a gadget.

"100,000 tons? Think crazy about your heart! Foch almost lifted his leg and kicked it.

"Alright, take a closer look." Qin Zhiyuan motioned for Foch to pay attention to the deck.

On the deck, more than a dozen ground crew members were hanging a huge torpedo on the belly of an aircraft, which was also much larger than ordinary fighter jets, especially the wings, which covered most of the deck when unfolded, which also caused only this one plane on the entire deck.

"There's no way, limited to the current level of the plane, in order to let this big guy fly, I specially built such a plane, and it can't fly back, I have to land at the airport on a nearby island." Long Chengyuan explained on the side.

Long Chengyuan's expression was calm, although the torpedo machine in front of him did not fully meet Qin Zhiyuan's required goals, it was not bad, because Long Chengyuan had done his best and had a clear conscience.

"It's already good, it's beyond my imagination to reach the current level, wait, if this exercise is successful, I'll give you a one-ton medal." Qin Zhiyuan joked, his eyes full of encouragement and satisfaction.

"Ha, that's still not going to be." Long Chengyuan and Qin Zhiyuan are far away, even if it is something given by the king, if you don't want it, you don't want it.

At this time, the aircraft carrier has not yet formed as many standard actions as in the 21st century, and of course there is no famous "take-off" posture, and when all the preparations are completed, the pilot sits in the cockpit and begins to prepare for takeoff.

"Can such a big guy fly?" Qin Zhisheng looked at the flight deck, which was about 200 meters long, and questioned.

"Taishan" is a freighter-converted aircraft carrier, which has many shortcomings compared with a real aircraft carrier, and even the flight deck is not a rectangular deck in Qin Zhiyuan's impression, but a straight-through deck.

Qin Zhiyuan knew the flaws of the "Taishan", but Qin Zhiyuan did not intend to change this.

At least before Lanfang's shipyard is built, Qin Zhiyuan will not come up with a more advanced design.

"In order to be able to move the torpedo plane to the ship, we destroyed four planes before and after, and all four pilots were killed, and the pilot who is flying now is called Mu Wenguang, and one of his elder brothers was killed during the test...... "Long Chengyuan's voice was not high, but the information revealed was awe-inspiring.

"Don't worry, the state will not treat them badly, they died well, and the country will definitely remember them." Qin Zhiyuan lined up Long Chengyuan's shoulders and promised.

"Thank you, Your Majesty......" Long Chengyuan looked grateful.

In fact, even if Long Chengyuan doesn't ask for favors, Lan Fang will not forget these martyrs who sacrificed for the country, Lan Fang has a department in the military department, which is responsible for the placement of those disabled soldiers, as well as the care of the orphans of the deceased.

In the case of disabled servicemen, then they can choose to be discharged from the army and will receive compensation paid by the state for the rest of their lives; If they choose to continue to serve, then they can go to Lanfang's state-owned factories or state-owned farms to continue to serve in the army, and the military department will give them preferential treatment and arrange them to do what they can.

For the fallen martyrs, if the fallen martyrs have parents, then the state will be responsible for supporting the parents of the martyrs and providing them with old age; If a martyr has a child, the Lanfang government is responsible for raising the child until the age of 18, and all living, educational, and medical expenses are borne by the state.

In this way, although it invisibly increased the burden on the country, it also completely relieved the worries of the Lanfang soldiers, so the morale of the Lanfang army was very high, and the morale of the soldiers was very high.

Just as Qin Zhiyuan and the others were talking, the "Taishan" had already adjusted its sailing, and the bow of the ship was aimed at the direction of the sea breeze, and it was ready to take off.

The two ground crews pulled the propellers on the wings with force, and the propellers immediately "rumbled" and the ground crews immediately dispersed to make way for the torpedo planes that were about to take off.

Standing in Qin Zhiyuan's position, he could clearly see that Mu Wenguang in the cabin was saluting him.

Qin Zhiyuan returned the salute and subconsciously made a "take-off" posture.

"Go ahead!" Qin Zhiyuan felt that Mu Wenguang would definitely be able to hear it.

The massive fuselage of the torpedo machine began to slide slowly, faster and faster, and in a very short time it came to the end of the deck.

As soon as he broke out of the deck, the torpedo machine disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Dangerous ......," Qin Zhisheng exclaimed.

"Pull up ......" Long Chengyuan was cheering.

Foch's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.

Qin Zhiyuan's heartbeat also involuntarily accelerated, but fortunately, he could still control it without gaffes.

Soon, the torpedo machine appeared in the sight of the Chinese with its head held high, flying higher and higher.

"Hooray......

Although it has been successful several times, but this time Qin Zhiyuan was present, which obviously had a more significant significance, and at the moment when the torpedo plane flew into the blue sky, the ground crew couldn't help but shout.

"Sister, it scared me...... This aircraft carrier is really exciting! Qin Zhisheng patted his chest and gasped.

"It's just a take-off, it's still early to celebrate success, don't get excited too early!" Foch poured cold water on his face mercilessly.

Qin Zhisheng pursed his lips, but he still had enough respect not to refute it, and pulled Long Chengyuan aside to whisper.

"As long as we can fly, it is equivalent to half of the success, don't worry, it will definitely work, this time it won't work, we have the next time, as long as we are indomitable, there will always be a day of victory." Qin Zhiyuan is ambitious, and he is not as knowledgeable as Foch.

"Your Majesty said it well!"

"Hooray!"

The surrounding area was already surrounded by ground staff, and as soon as Qin Zhiyuan's words fell, the earth-shattering cheers immediately sounded again.

Yes, as long as everyone is united, why worry about big things!

(To be continued.) )