The U.S. man's actual aircraft test was conducted at the airfield of the Air Force, but it was the naval aviation that was the first to respond.

Compared with land-based aviation, the aircraft carrier itself has limited space and is more sensitive to the speed requirements of the aircraft; In the era of propeller aircraft, the contradictions were not too prominent, and it was especially obvious when they were replaced by jet fighters. Because jets are heavier and faster.

When taking off, in order to ensure that the plane flies, Niu Niu, a major naval power of the year, researched a steam catapult and shared it with Eagle Sauce. Countries without steam catapults are much more miserable, and can only create an abrupt inclination in front of the flat deck to allow the plane to glide and take off; It's just that after all, it's not as good as the standard runway, and when taking off a heavy fighter, it even has to sacrifice the bomb load or combat radius of the aircraft to ensure a sufficient take-off weight.

There is also an additional tool for blocking ropes when landing, so that the aircraft can land and stop on a short enough runway.

The take-off and landing of the aircraft takes up too much space on the deck, in order to solve this problem; Niu Niu and Mao Xiong respectively developed a vertical take-off and landing fighter, Niu Niu's Harrier and Mao Xiong's Yak 141.

The advent of new aircraft, while solving the problem of deck space, has inherent problems, such as more vents or fans, which become useless and cumbersome once take-off. However, it has to occupy valuable airframe space and the payload of fuel weapons, making vertical take-off and landing aircraft more bloated and clumsy than normal aircraft, but still with short legs.

But now suddenly there is a vertical take-off and landing method that has all the advantages of a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, but also has no disadvantages; What's even more unclear is that it still maintains working condition during the normal flight of the aircraft; This not only greatly saves fuel consumption, but also greatly improves the flight speed. Originally, the F-type Baye, which could only fly at a maximum speed of Mach 2.2, easily reached Mach 2.8 with a little afterburner during the test; if it wasn't for the fear that the fuselage would fall apart, it would have rushed directly to Mach 3. Looking at the engine margin, it seems that reaching Mach 3.5 is not a problem either.

This is still a beautiful man limited by the strength of his own body structure and engine power, if you change to the body of the Navy Flying Shark and the Taihang engine, it is easy to reach Mach 3.5!

Removing its own weight, the combat radius of the aircraft has also been greatly increased. Because you don't have to worry about stalling and falling, you can turn off the engine for a while during the flight to keep the plane flying forward by inertia. During the test, the eighth master, who originally had a combat radius of only 800 kilometers, flew 1,500 kilometers away and played back and forth, leaving a small half of fuel.

According to this theory, the original combat radius of the flying shark was about 1,200 kilometers, but due to the way of gliding and jumping, the actual combat radius was similar to that of the land-based eight masters; If it is equipped with this new vertical take-off and landing method, it can take off at full load, and coupled with the addition of anti-gravity devices in speed and weightlessness, it is not a dream to break through the combat radius of 2,000 kilometers.

It is easy to use and takes up less space for take-off and landing, which means that the same aircraft carrier can carry more aircraft and release more aircraft at the same time.

Take-off and landing do not require additional power, reduce body wear and tear and save fuel, which means saving money, which means that more pilots can be trained for the same amount of money.

The high flight speed means that it can intercept at a greater distance in the face of an enemy attack, and by the way, it gives the aircraft carrier more time to reflect.

The most unfortunate thing is the increase in the combat radius, what does the combat radius mean for the aircraft carrier formation? It means the range of defense and strike of the aircraft carrier group! Originally, the strike range of the aircraft carrier formation was 1,200 kilometers for the Flying Shark + 200 kilometers for weapons outside the defense zone, which is 1,400 kilometers, which means that in order to hit the target, the aircraft carrier battle group must drive to a position of 1,200 kilometers outside the target. After the installation of anti-gravity devices, the combat radius of the Flying Shark reaches more than 2500, plus 200 kilometers for weapons outside the defense zone; That's 2,700 kilometers. In other words, an aircraft carrier group can launch an attack on the enemy from a distance of 2,700 kilometers.

It is 1,300 kilometers more than the original 1,300 kilometers, which not only means that the aircraft carrier group can be in a safer place to strike during combat; It also means that the aircraft carrier group can enter the battle thirty hours earlier. 1,300 kilometers is equivalent to about 917 nautical miles, and at a high speed of 30 knots, it would take 30 hours to sail. Soldiers are fast and fast, not to mention 30 hours in modern warfare, sometimes 30 minutes can decide the outcome of a war.

What does all this mean? It shows that this anti-gravity device is tailor-made for carrier-based aircraft! It also happened to be seen by several prepared aircraft carrier captains.

What does this mean? Fate!

There was no reaction from the air force, and many bigwigs from the navy who happened to be in the capital immediately rushed to the test airfield when they heard the news. After watching the test flight of the eighth master, they all said: Don't say anything, no matter which unit produces it, give Hainan Airlines a few dozen first. At the very least, it is necessary to ensure that the training of the three aircraft carriers and the installation of this new equipment on spare aircraft.

Among this group of bigwigs, one is an acquaintance of Ye Jinyu.

That's right, it's General Zhang.

Seeing the familiar circuit board, General Zhang said: "I know the guy who made this anti-gravity device!" ”

General Zhang's words caused a sensation in the crowd, and although everyone was amazed at the magic and efficiency of the anti-gravity device, no one knew its detailed provenance; It is only known that it came directly from the four headquarters; As for its real maker, no one has seen or heard of it.

The leadership of the Navy couldn't help asking: "What's the situation?" Let's hear about it. ”

General Zhang said: "A few days ago, I took over the task of the head of the Military Commission, and on behalf of the Military Commission, I went to assist a certain army department to negotiate business with a young man, and it was the business of this anti-gravity device that I talked about; It may be that they think that General Zhang is an Internet celebrity, and it is easier to get along with Xiaoqing; Who knew that the lad didn't know me at all. But fortunately, the young man had a patriotic heart, and did not bother me too much, and agreed to process the anti-gravity device at a very low price, so that I could negotiate the business. ”

"You're saying that the device was discovered by someone from the Army?"

General Zhang said: "Yes, when I left, I also watched them test five pairs of weight-bearing wheels; That guy was so old that he directly made five pairs of weight-bearing wheels fly. At that time, I was still thinking about when the Air Force would use it, but I didn't expect that within a week, the Air Force had already tested it. ”

After listening to General Zhang's explanation, the navy boss frowned and sighed: "Oh, that's troublesome, such a delicate thing, the output must be limited; The army discovered first, but they have thousands of tanks and combat vehicles, and they don't know what year or month they will have to wait until they are all reequipped. When they are done, the Air Force will definitely have to grab it again, and the Air Force will have several thousand fighters. When will it be our turn to HNA? ”

General Zhang smiled: "Don't worry about the output, I talked to the young man about the output; He said that he could produce tens of thousands of dollars a month; On the contrary, I am worried about whether our fighters will adapt to the mode of war in the new situation; In my opinion, the emergence of this anti-gravity device will inevitably lead to a revolution in aircraft, just like the development of airplanes from piston engines to jet engines, not only in terms of handling, but also in terms of flight methods and appearances. Our Navy and Air Force must be able to firmly grasp this change. ”

The naval bigwigs and aircraft experts present nodded their heads, for example, if the lift can be completely provided by anti-gravity devices, then the wings originally used to provide lift can be reduced or even eliminated?

"That's right!" General Zhang said: "Don't just stare at the transformation of the plane, the last time I communicated with that guy, he said that he wanted to build a spaceship, not the spaceship we often say, but a real flying ship, but the young man said a medieval pirate ship, and one of his trading conditions was to hope that Guo Jia would help him develop a flight control system; But I think we can learn from his ideas and build a big boat that can fly! ”

A big ship that can fly? What came to everyone's mind was the big ship of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Eagle Sauce Good Dock Blockbuster Avengers.

The navy boss's eyes lit up: "Good guy, why didn't I think of letting the ship fly into the sky!" No wonder the Military Commission transferred several ship designers from a shipyard to Sanqin two days ago, and I was still wondering why the ship designers went to the inland provinces; So that's what happened. ”

Speaking of this, he said to General Zhang: "Old Zhang, it seems that you can't be idle even after you retire; In this way, you go to Sanqin again, and talk to him about cooperation on behalf of the navy, the spaceship, the spaceship, and then it will fly it is also a ship; Speaking of ships, who is more familiar with it than our navy? ”

General Zhang was very happy about this kind of thing that could exert his residual heat, and he also wanted to see if he could see the big ship out of the water and fly into the sky in his lifetime.

After all, he has been on so many ships, but he has not been on a flying ship.

Without much thought, he immediately agreed. But the navy boss thought about it and said, "Let's spend the New Year first, and then go after the New Year." ”

The Navy, for its part, has just decided to put a foot in the anti-gravity equipment; The story of Cai Guoqing breaking through the limit and running out of a combat radius of 1,005 spread from the airport, and such a sensational thing made the air force commanders and fighters who heard the news appear at the airport one after another.

Since the eighth master's turbojet can double the combat radius, what about the stick machine that is replaced by a turbofan and the black ribbon?

Not to mention the fighter jet, if the old bombardment six is equipped with such a thing, then don't say that it will fly around the motherland's treasure island and stay in the bay, and it is no longer the patent of the hairy bear to fly around the foot basin chicken; Our old Bang Six can also walk around the foot basin chicken. It's not impossible to even go to Guam and review Eagle Sauce's aircraft carrier formation!