Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Brigade Bird Class
With the continuous development of natural technology, the world also has the idea of fixed-wing aircraft, but no one has yet been able to build it.
Speaker Peters was able to understand the principles of the aircraft, and knew that fixed-wing aircraft were easier to operate than silver wings, and that the pilots were not too demanding. He just didn't expect that the Black Fire Company would develop a mature and safe technology in such a short period of time...... Plane.
If the council can use the aircraft to form a large-scale air legion, then it can make up for the disadvantage of the council army in terms of numbers and weapons.
"I want to know the values of Blackfire's energy-producing aircraft, and it would be nice if I could see the real thing, or let me feel it for myself."
Speaker Peters did not rush to place an order. Although he could understand that an airplane was a flying machine that used air currents to generate lift, he did not have a clear idea of what an airplane actually looked like. How is its load? What is the speed? How high is the battery life? all determine its value to the Parliament.
Da Liang replied, "There is a prototype in the Dock Magic Academy now. According to our initial tests, the test machine, which I named the 'Traveling Bird', has a top speed of 560 km/h and an economic cruising speed of 350 km/h.
The maximum flight altitude is 4600 km, and the cruising range at economic speed is 1390 km.
The empty load is 5.47 tons, and the full load take-off weight is 6.54 tons.
I have registered Black Fire Airlines in Saroyan and given my aircraft designers research assignments on new models.
Soon, three models were developed based on the 'Traveling Bird' trial opportunity.
The Brigade Bird fighter, whose duty is to fight for air supremacy, is faster and more agile, capable of attacking airships and threatening the Silver Wing with its on-board machine guns.
The duty of the Traveling Bird transport aircraft is to transport people and cargo. It pursues smoothness and greater transport capacity, flying between two places at a faster speed than an airship. Blackfire Airlines will use the Traveler Bird transport aircraft to lay out civil air routes in Marcellus. Of course, if you transform the transport aircraft, you should be able to hold four to six tons of bombs, and it will become a heavy bomber.
The third type is the brigade dive bomber, whose duty is to carry out accurate fixed-point bombing of important enemy targets, and to investigate the penetration capability and dive and climbing performance.
As for whether there are other models in the future...... After waiting for the feedback from users, we will design another according to the needs of the battlefield.
If Your Excellency wants to test ride the Traveling Bird Test Machine, I can immediately arrange for someone to take you to the Dock Magic Academy's Aircraft Test Ground. ”
Although he has not yet seen the Traveling Bird test machine, the data given by Da Liang has already made Speaker Peters unable to sit still.
The speed and ceiling can already threaten the Silver Wing. Of course, it is only a theoretical threat, and the people who fly the Silver Wing are all intermediate and high-level magicians, and their magical offensive and defensive abilities and maneuvering flexibility allow the Silver Wing to still maintain an absolute advantage over the aircraft.
But the load capacity of the aircraft is absolutely incomparable to that of the Silver Wing. One heavy bomber can carry four to six tons of bombs, ten is forty to sixty tons. Speaker Peters had already imagined the scene of a formation of heavy bombers flying over the heads of the Imperial ** team to drop bombs.
That's definitely more useful than dozens of heavy guns.
A brand new war mode is about to start from your own hands.
Speaker Peters couldn't wait to ask: "When will Blackfire Airlines be able to mass-produce fighters, heavy bombers and dive bombers, and at what price does it intend to sell them?" ”
The business is basically done, Da Liang said: "With the Traveling Bird test machine, it is relatively simple to study the other three aircraft. But to mass-produce airplanes, I needed to build an aircraft manufacturing plant.
Like the Turtle-class multifunctional combat platform, the structure of the aircraft is not complicated as long as the body of the aircraft is mastered, and it can be built with ordinary wood and iron skin. The real key technology is in the engine.
Therefore, I don't have much requirements for the location of the aircraft manufacturing plant, as long as the transportation is convenient and convenient for the raw materials to enter the factory, it is better to be close to my steel plant. This makes it possible to use steel directly from steel mills to make engines and airplanes. ”
Regarding the choice of the Black Fire Aircraft Factory, Speaker Peters made different suggestions: "I think it is best for Master Liang to build your aircraft factory overseas, and I can come forward to buy a factory site for you." Because when the war has to be fought, your aircraft factory will probably become a target for some. ”
Peters knew that when the parliamentarians were flying planes and bombing indiscriminately over the emperor's head, the imperial team would definitely try to prevent the parliamentary army from continuing to get the planes. If Blackfire's aircraft factory is built in Saroyan, and the parliament does not occupy Saroyan at the first time, then their aircraft supply will be cut off.
And then the Reich will have this air strike weapon in its own hands.
And Da Liang will never move, he wants to make Saroyan the gateway to the Great Tomb.
He said to Speaker Peters: "Your Excellency the Speaker means that you want to take possession of the aircraft produced by the Black Fire Company alone. You seem to have forgotten where I stand again......
I'm a businessman and have no interest in the politics you guys play.
Blackfire's aircraft are not exclusively available to anyone, just like the Turtle-class multi-purpose combat platform, and although the Flamenck Imperial Navy has purchased the Turtle-class, I can still sell such a ship to anyone who wants it.
However, at the beginning of the limited production capacity, the Turtle class gave priority to the order of the Flominck Imperial Navy, and the Brigade-class aircraft gave priority to the order of the Marcellus Council.
As for the factory safety of the Black Fire Company.
Speaker Peters, I have formally submitted a request to the Marcellus Council to demilitarize the Black Fire Company Industrial Park, centered on the First Iron and Steel Plant in Saroyan, and all member universities of the University Alliance, centered on the Wharf School of Magic, as a demilitarized zone.
The Blackfire Company and the University Coalition are neutral, and the Council is not allowed to allow military units to enter my demilitarized zone for any reason or by any means, and not a single bullet can enter. ”
Da Liang's words made Speaker Peters, who was in a crazy fantasy about airplanes, instantly calm down.
The Demilitarized Zone is not as simple as Da Liang said.
The form of a regime's ownership of a place is the military presence. If your army can't get into a place, it means that this place is not yours. By creating a demilitarized zone in Saroyan, the Black Fire Company would recognize that it had no sovereignty over the land.
Speaker Peters was very cautious, even vigilant, and said, "Young Master Liang...... The establishment of the demilitarized zone is not the final word of Parliament. Marcellus was still a province of Romanque, and the parliament did not have the power to make such important decisions on behalf of the emperor......"