I will use a comparative way to list the way in which the protagonist deals with aircraft patents, as well as another way that may exist, compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two, and the reasons for choosing.

The first strategy:

Because - want to get the best possible cheap plane, want to get as many reserve pilots as possible.

Therefore, we must use all means to promote the development of Daming aviation industry.

Therefore, the aircraft should be sold in the Ming Dynasty, and it should be sold in large quantities as much as possible, so that as many people as possible can understand and even fly the plane.

Therefore - it is impossible to keep the aircraft sold by the private sector secret, and other countries will soon complete the imitation through the civilian aircraft, and then mass produce them themselves.

Therefore - in order to curb the development of the opponent's aviation industry, before the sale of its own domestic civil aircraft, go to the opponent's country to apply for an aircraft patent, of course, only for civilian technology, ordinary aircraft back extension. Be a patent troll in the opponent's country and curb the development of the opponent's aviation industry.

The reference object, the Wright brothers of the United States, applied for a patent in the United States after inventing the airplane, and acted as a patent troll in the United States, resulting in the development of American aircraft before World War I was far inferior to that of France.

Advantage 1 - maximize the use of Daming's size advantage, train as many pilots as possible, develop as cheap aircraft as possible, win by quantity, and the results can be expected.

Advantage 2 - Even in peacetime, the adversary will not be able to develop the aircraft industry in full freedom, and their development in peacetime will be curbed, and the result can be expected.

The size of the opponent is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, and in the case of being specially contained, the development of the aviation industry is even less than that of the Ming Dynasty.

It will inevitably lead to the price of the opponent's aircraft being higher than that of the Daming, the performance of the opponent's aircraft is significantly lower than that of the Daming, and the pilots of the opponent are scarcer than the Daming.

The next time there is a war, it is a battle of strength between the two sides, and as long as the Ming Dynasty adopts a conservative strategy, it will be able to win by quantity and stability.

Disadvantage - The enemy can also make their own aircraft by referring to their own early experimental aircraft, and refer to the early aircraft they used to patent themselves, and cannot avoid the enemy from obtaining the aircraft.

Additional Note 1 - The protagonist believes that the aircraft at that time did not have any technical difficulties for other industrial countries, and that the opponent had the ability to independently develop an early aircraft on its own in a few years.

Additional Note 2 - The protagonist believes that absolute secrecy of the basic aircraft is impossible to achieve, and that the early aircraft are extremely low-tech, and that it can be successful if you get a wing profile.

Therefore, shortcomings are inevitable, but they do not affect the ending.

In summary, the outcome is likely to be controllable, there will be basically no accidents, and whether the enemy obtains the aircraft or not will most likely not affect the outcome of the war.

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The second strategy.

Because - to keep the aircraft as secret as possible, secretly develop and upgrade the aircraft on its own, and secretly train pilots.

Therefore - aircraft should not be sold to the civilian sector, they can only be used exclusively for the military industry, and they are always developed in secret.

So, at the same time, it is necessary to prevent the enemy from stealing the secrets of their own aircraft.

So - to make sure that the enemy cannot develop an aircraft on his own.

Advantage 1 - If the idea is completely successful, then the Ming has aircraft, and the enemy has no aircraft at all.

The number of planes of the Ming Dynasty may not be particularly large in the calculation of pilots, but the enemy does not have them at all.

So Daming has a unilateral advantage. The Ming Dynasty changed the situation of the war through airplanes and won the war.

Disadvantage - There is no guarantee that the enemy will not develop his own aircraft, and there is no guarantee that the enemy will not be able to steal the secrets of his own aircraft.

If the enemy develops the aircraft on its own, or steals the secrets of the Ming plane, it will be difficult for the Ming side to take the initiative to contain it.

The enemy may develop an aviation industry of a certain scale, the cost of production may be close to that of the Ming Dynasty, the number of pilots may be close to the Ming Dynasty, and the outcome of the war cannot be predicted.

Summary - the outcome is uncontrollable, hoping that the enemy will not be able to develop an aircraft on his own, hoping for the effect of secrecy on his own side, and hoping for the effect of pilot training in a state of secrecy, whether the enemy can obtain an aircraft or not is likely to affect the outcome of the war.

The author believes that the first logic is more conservative and prudent, and is suitable for the Ming Empire, which has an absolute size advantage.

The second strategy is more radical and adventurous, suitable for sub-powers, and suitable for challengers to the existing order.

So, the protagonist adopts the first strategy and does not use the second.

I tried to make the brothers who didn't accept it understand why the protagonist chose this way.

Finally, don't think of the airplane as a sudden original invention, that thing has its own development context and process, with human beings for hundreds of years, don't look at the problem in metaphysical isolation, there is no situation where the protagonist waits without being someone else.

Attached: World War II aircraft production in the United States, 1939-1945, 324,000 aircraft, 1941-1945, 297199 aircraft. Maozi, 1929-1945, 136,000 aircraft, 1941-1945, 112,000 aircraft. Great Britain, 1939-1945, 125254 aircraft. Germany, 1939-1945, 113514 aircraft. Japan, 1941-1945, 32,377 or 35,300. Italy, more than 10,000.