"After that, the Empire finally realized the importance of the air force - taking advantage of the powerful resources brought by the Empire's huge territory, the Empire's core technology of guided airships and air combat began to develop rapidly, and it is believed that in the near future, we are confident that we will complete the surpass in this kind of technology." In the military science course, the lecture is taught in a serious way by Instructor Knighthar, the ace of the famous Fourth Mecha Division, who temporarily assumes the duties of an instructor for some special reasons. Unlike other instructors with very different personalities, Nate Harter is a very serious person, and sometimes even very rigid. However, this is also in line with his military characteristics and style: decisive, capable, and meticulous in the execution of orders.

The course was delayed for nearly two months after the start of the semester - on the one hand, Instructor Knight Hardt himself had a task to complete in the army before that, so he could not spare much time to teach. On the other hand, since a considerable number of students have no concept of the battlefield and war before entering the school, and those basic knowledge are necessary for the study of military science, this kind of preliminary education also takes a certain amount of time.

To some people's surprise, Nate Hart's first lesson did not begin with the world-famous army of Erebonia, as one might expect—instead, he started with the air force system, which had been identified as the Empire's weakness and weakness for some time.

The defeat in the Hundred Days War 10 years ago is considered an irreproducible miracle. In the final analysis, it was because the "Juggernaut" Cassius Bright won by adopting the "Air Force", a combat system that had never been seen on the continent before, and defeated Erebonia, who had a powerful army in the air, in terms of ideological advancement. After the defeat of the war, in addition to dealing with the aftermath of the war, mediating in international public opinion, and dealing with the so-called "war criminals" who were responsible for the black pot, the empire also reflected on the failure of the war - as a result, the investment in the air force began to increase significantly.

In addition to the royal family's policy and financial support, another huge factor in the extremely rapid development of Liberal's air force is Dr. Russell, such a genius scientist and engineer, if he devotes all his energy to the research and development of defense products, then the scientific and technological productivity based on it is very terrifying. It is precisely on this point that Liber is very clever enough to get the hole cards that make the surrounding powers dare not act rashly, and on this basis, he strives to actively increase economic ties with neighboring countries - the word is the first word, whether it is war or peace, it cannot escape the entanglement of interests, and if the cost of waging war is huge, then those belligerents who are always planning to attack again must carefully weigh the form. Of course, if you have always relied on the level of technology to dominate others, you will have no way to meet the existence of a more advanced level of technology - so when the "association" was born, Liber's system was also questioned a lot.

Of course, the Empire and Liber are different - the vast territory of the empire not only provides the empire with the strategic depth of various terrains, but also provides abundant natural resources. In terms of human resources, there is no technology giant that can mobilize the whole country like "Chase Central Workshop", but the new manufacturing company "RF Society" and the long-established and famous university "Luley University of Technology" also provide considerable human resources. Coupled with the fact that the empire has a Dr. Schmidt, who is also one of the three direct disciples of the father of guidance, as a hole card, in this case, it is understandable that Knighthalt has a strong confidence in the future of the empire, and even catches up.

In fact, Heiliga and Olibat have also discussed this topic - fighting a war is ultimately a struggle between economies. War is but a means, and the entanglement of interests hidden behind it is the source of conflict. And in this regard, the Empire's margin for error is much higher than Liber's - if there is another war, even if Liber firmly controls the initiative once, twice, or even more times with more advanced equipment and rich combat experience, the Empire can rely on its crushing comprehensive national strength, supplemented by various diplomatic means and economic sanctions to put pressure on Liber - just like a gambler can never really defeat a bookmaker whose capital is close to infinity.

However, at least at this stage, Liebel's air force, both in terms of equipment and in terms of the combat quality of personnel, is far behind the empire by several positions - this even Instructor Knight Hart has to admit.

"I have a question." Macchias raised his hand, and Instructor Knighthart nodded at him before he continued, "I looked at the library materials before...... It is said above that most of the guiding airships currently owned by the empire belong to the aristocratic faction to which the "Four Famous Families" belong, right? ”

"Yes...... In the past few years, the aristocratic faction, led by the "Four Famous Families", has purchased a large number of guided chariots and equipped with new airships in order to expand the standing military strength of the Confederate army and upgrade its equipment—a ratio of nearly 6.5 to 3.5 if I remember correctly. Macchias nodded, and Instructor Knighthalt said, "However, they bought a lot of old airships produced by the RF Society...... It's cheap, but it's nowhere near as good as the new ones in terms of performance. ”

"So what's the possible cause?" Macchias continued to ask.

"Do you want to convert it into a civilian ship, so as to try to monopolize the freight and passenger market?" Fei tilted her head.

"Very interesting idea...... However, the current logistics system used by the empire is mainly based on railway transportation, and the air boat is not too suitable for the national conditions of the empire. Nate Har looked at Fei in surprise, obviously he didn't expect Fei to come up with such a unique idea - the students around him also thought the same, and their eyes said it all.

"So is it possible to use it as a raw material for experimental machines and parts?" Heiliga pursed her lips, "The old airship can't be used anymore...... But it can be analyzed and studied based on the original blueprint, and some parts may also be reprocessed and used in the new airship - the cost of secondary processing of the parts, if not a decisive breakthrough, I think the cost would have been greatly reduced......"

"Yes...... a significant portion of the large number of new airships sold by RF use these refurbished parts to reduce costs...... However, because of this, the selling price of these stocks using refurbished parts is also correspondingly lower. ”

"Why do you know this?" Jusis discovers a blind spot.

"Ah...... That ......" Alyssa panicked.

"......" Helliga and Faye smiled at each other.

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