Although the Royal Aircraft Factory had taken some risks in the design of the Raptor-6B two-seater, Arthur believed in the abilities of the Australasian aircraft designers.

What's more, even if those missiles are not very reliable in actual combat, just with the excellent flight speed of the Raptor-6B fighter, you can quickly get rid of the enemy and ensure your own safety.

Seeing that Arthur had no objection to the design of the fighter, Robert continued: "Your Majesty, as for the design of our bomber, adhering to your principle of firepower priority, we have strengthened the firepower configuration of the bomber, so that the strategic deterrence capability of the bomber can be further improved. ”

HF-6A bomber (Falcon-6A bomber)

Top speed: 645km/h

PRIMARY ARMAMENT: 2 CA-2-27MM RAPID-FIRE CANNONS (ARMOR-PIERCING/ANTI-PERSONNEL SHELLS)

Secondary Armament: 300 kg bombs + 2 airborne pigeon missiles or 4 pigeon missiles

(The rest of the data is the same as for fighters)

There is also nothing to say about the bombers, most of the data and fighters are the same. It's just that the missiles carried by the bombers are dove missiles in the true sense of the word, and the explosion power is far greater than that of small airborne missiles.

The rapid-fire machine guns carried by bombers also have two types of shells, namely armor-piercing shells specially designed to deal with enemy aircraft, and blasting and anti-personnel shells responsible for bombing ground targets.

"Has the problem of poor visibility at night, which was previously encountered by bombers, been solved?" Arthur nodded and asked.

Due to current technological limitations, the visibility of the bomber at night is very poor. Poor visibility also represents a consequence, that is, the target may not be found at the time of bombing, and the bombing mission will not be completed.

This dilemma has plagued the Royal Aircraft Factory for a long time and is one of the biggest flaws of fifth-generation military aircraft.

"Your Majesty, there is a good solution that can help us effectively improve the problem of poor visibility at night." Director Robert said with a smile on his face.

"Oh? What's the solution? Arthur asked with interest.

"When we converted this bomber into a two-seat bomber, the second pilot could better help the first pilot find the bombing target with our radar equipment and observation equipment.

At the same time, the second pilot can also detect enemy aircraft in advance, effectively increasing the survival rate of our bombers. Director Robert said.

"So, the airfield still has a two-seat bomber design?" Arthur continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Director Robert replied: "The two-seater bomber, in addition to the addition of one additional seat, has also added completely new observation equipment, which ensures the combat capability of our bombers at night."

Of course, in order to effectively improve the combat performance of the bomber, we have separated the piloting and bombing functions of the bomber, so that the bomber can perform more operations in a short time.

On our two-seater bombers, the main pilot is mainly responsible for the control of the aircraft, and the co-pilot is mainly responsible for the operation of various weapons of the bomber. ”

Arthur was a little curious, and immediately asked: "If the piloting and combat functions are separated, once the co-pilot has any accident, doesn't this mean that our aircraft has lost its combat capability?" ”

"Theoretically, Your Majesty." Plant Director Robert replied: "Therefore, the main pilot still has the right to control the weapons of the aircraft. After an accident with the co-pilot, it was possible to ensure that our bombers remained combat-capable.

Of course, as a result, our two-seat bomber will be larger in size and will be a little lower in speed than a single-seat bomber. Director Robert handed over a copy of the specific data of the two-seat bomber and explained.

HF-6B Bomber (Falcon-6B Bomber)

Length: 12.7m

Wingspan: 12.8m

Height: 3.6m

Empty weight: 4550 kg

Maximum take-off weight: 7045 kg

Crew: 2 people

Engines: Two Diesel axial jet engines

Thrust: 2×775kg

Maximum flight speed: 620 km/h

Practical ceiling: 8900 m

Range: 1125km

Rate of climb: 955 m/min

Thrust-to-weight ratio: 0.28

PRIMARY ARMAMENT: 2 CA-2-27MM RAPID-FIRE CANNONS (ARMOR-PIERCING/ANTI-PERSONNEL SHELLS)

Secondary Armament: 300 kg bombs + 2 airborne pigeon missiles or 4 pigeon missiles

Although the two-seat bomber only added one seat, the overall volume was larger than that of the single-seat bomber.

Although it has weakened in terms of speed, it has increased its combat effectiveness at night, and on the whole, it is still a steady profit.

After all, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and air combat and bombing missions cannot always be carried out during the day. It is very necessary for fighters and bombers to have considerable combat capabilities at night.

"Do these fighters and bombers have corresponding prototypes?" Arthur asked expectantly.

Faced with a sixth-generation military aircraft that is almost twice as fast, Arthur is already looking forward to seeing the more advanced and powerful aircraft in action.

"Not yet, Your Majesty." Robert, the factory manager, looked a little embarrassed and explained: "Because these design drawings have just been released, our prototype manufacturing has not yet begun. ”

"Then build a prototype and conduct flight experiments as soon as possible." Arthur replied with some disappointment: "I hope to be able to see prototypes of fighters and bombers early next year." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Director Robert nodded respectfully and replied with a serious and serious face.

Looking at the appearance of the aircraft on the blueprint, Arthur was quite expectant. But it will take at least 1 to 2 years for these aircraft to get through the stages of building prototypes, flight tests, functional improvements, and mass manufacturing.

This also means that if you want to see the latest sixth-generation military aircraft equipped with troops on a large scale, you will have to wait until 1936 at the earliest.

Unsure of when the war would break out, Arthur could only ask the Royal Aircraft Factory to conduct a test session of the sixth-generation military aircraft as soon as possible.

If the Australasian Air Force were able to mass-equip it with sixth-generation military aircraft at the time of the outbreak of war, at least the superiority in the sky would be completely controlled.

Seeing the results in military aircraft, Arthur also has some expectations for transport aircraft in the civilian field. Looking at Robert, the director of the Royal Aircraft Factory in front of him, Arthur asked with some curiosity: "Director Robert, how is our transport aircraft being studied?"

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"Your Majesty, at present, the Royal Aircraft Factory has suspended the development of the Big Belly Four. The aircraft factory has not had much energy to develop the transport aircraft, and we sold the transport aircraft business to Douglas Aircraft and Boeing, and their next generation of transport aircraft should be on the way. Director Robert replied.

Whether it is the Royal Aircraft Factory, the Douglas Aircraft Company or the Boeing Company, they are in fact the enterprises of the royal consortium.

The biggest difference between them is only the proportion of shares held by the royal consortium. The Royal Aircraft Factory is 100% owned by the Royal Consortium and is an authentic Royal Enterprise.

The Douglas Aircraft Company and Boeing Company were both acquired by the Royal Consortium, accounting for more than 95% of the shares.

That's why the Royal Aircraft Factory was able to sell its transport aircraft business to Boeing and Douglas Aircraft.

After all, to put it bluntly, the three aircraft manufacturers belong to the same consortium, and everyone is their own people.

"Boeing and Douglas?" Arthur nodded, already having a certain conjecture in his mind.

Whether it is Boeing or Douglas, they have created quite good results in the field of aircraft.

It's just that Douglas was in its heyday around World War II, while Boeing was in its heyday after World War II.

If you have to be more well-known, then it must be Boeing is better. After all, Boeing survived to later generations, and the transport aircraft it built was also the world's best-selling, most numerous aircraft with the largest number of flights and passengers.

In World War II, the famous Douglas Aircraft Company was gradually forgotten by people for various reasons.

Now that Douglas and Boeing had been mentioned, Arthur decided to go to these two companies for an actual inspection.

However, before heading to these two companies, it is better to spend Christmas 1934 happily with your family.

It has been more than 30 years since he came to Australasia, in addition to making Arthur gradually grow from a young man who has just grown into an excellent and mature ruler, but also made Arthur's mother, Princess Louis, gradually age.

Princess Louis was born in 1860 and is now 74 years old.

In this era when the average life expectancy is only 60 years old, Princess Louis can live to 74 years old, which is already quite healthy and long-lived.

Of course, a large part of the credit comes from the Royal Hospitalary that Arthur built in the royal palace.

Even after moving to the Palais des Nations, the Royal Hospital still existed and became even larger. It can be said that the competence of the medical staff at the Royal Hospital is absolutely top in the world.

At the Royal Hospital, the palace can perform the most advanced surgeries in the world and has a myriad of medicines.

It is under the protection of these medical staff that the members of the royal family have been relatively healthy so far.

But today's technology is destined to be unable to compete with the aging of the human body. Even though Australasia's most advanced medical technology is at the Royal Palace, it can't stop Princess Louis's aging body due to age.

Especially since 1930, Princess Louis's health has deteriorated, and her whole spirit has declined a lot.

Arthur understood that Princess Louis's time might be running out. This is also the reason why Arthur will stay in the palace whenever he has free time, and accompany Princess Louis as much as possible.

For Arthur, Princess Louise is definitely a qualified mother. After more than 30 years of companionship, Arthur has completely accepted the role of Princess Louis as a mother.

Faced with the necessary choices in life, Arthur was still a little reluctant after all. It reminded Arthur of the kind old man 34 years ago, the Queen Victoria who gave Arthur the vast expanse of New Zealand and New Guinea before she died.

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