Blackstone Code Chapter 1018: A turning point in history
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In the sky, five planes lined up in a straight line and swept across the southern sky quickly, and then stopped at the military base outside the capital of Gavrat.
As footage of the Federation's aircraft in action has been exposed, the Gefra people have also accelerated their research work on aircraft.
Actually, these things are not difficult. The only difficulty is that at the beginning, the research is random without direction. Once there is an accurate direction, with the blessing of national power, the aircraft project will soon make considerable progress.
After more than a hundred different prototypes crashed, they finally found a design they thought was the most suitable, safest, and most stable, and started trying small-scale mass production.
Watching these planes land smoothly, the mechanics quickly stepped forward to check the condition of these aircraft components, and the various data were quickly gathered together into a table.
Under a scientist's explanation, the War Secretary understood that the aircraft had performed as well as they had hoped.
The round-trip flight distance of 120 kilometers, carrying five 150-pound explosives, or carrying a 620-pound torpedo, the power and flexibility of the aircraft have gradually shocked people's hearts.
Don't look at the small number of aircraft now, but the number of aircraft can be very large. Compared with expensive battleships, the cost of aircraft is almost equal to none.
And the construction period is shorter. An assembly line that produces cars can be modified to produce aircraft in batches.
Low price, high output, and fast production speed, even if its firepower is not particularly powerful, it has become the most important development direction of Gafra.
Because the aircraft needs to take off on land, the entire aircraft program is now assigned to the Secretary of War.
The Minister of War, who had never had any outstanding achievements, finally relaxed a little, but the smile on his face soon subsided.
He heard that the Admiralty was convincing the Prime Minister to set up a separate Air Force and to transfer such things as planes from the Army.
Thinking of this, the Secretary of War couldn't help but want to swear to greet the whole family of the Secretary of the Navy, especially his wife.
He can imagine that once the aircraft's status in the war is higher than that of the navy, more resources will be tilted towards him. That **** would rather not have it than let him benefit. It's disgusting.
With the data, the Admiralty returned to the Hall of the Rulers, the Emperor of Gafra, all the ministers, were waiting for this result.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when these guys learned that the results met their minimum requirements, which is a good thing, at least when it comes to planes, the Gafras haven't been left too far behind the Federals.
Just when Emperor Gefra was thinking of rewarding the Minister of War with something to thank him for his dedication to the Empire during this time, the Minister of the Navy suddenly stood up.
"Your Majesty, Your Excellency...", the latter is the title of the Prime Minister. As a Prime Minister with real power, the power in the hands of the Prime Minister now, even the Emperor must respect the opinions and attitudes of the other party.
There are even times when what the emperor says doesn't necessarily work what the prime minister says.
Putting His Majesty in the front is just out of respect for the royal family and to maintain the dignity of the royal family.
"...Although our first phase of the project has been successfully completed, I actually don't think it is of much value to us."
In a word, the ruler's hall suddenly became quiet, and even the Minister of War, who was a little dissatisfied in his heart, closed his mouth and looked at him quietly.
The Admiralty continued, "The round-trip can go as far as one hundred and twenty kilometers, gentlemen, and the farthest is only one hundred and twenty kilometers, and if recycling is not considered, it can only fly as far as two more than a hundred kilometers away.”
"Let me ask everyone, how far are we from Ameria, how far are we from the nearest continent, and can our planes fly over to carry out a military strike and then return?"
One sentence makes everyone unable to speak, because the distance from the mainland of Gafra to the nearest mainland is more than 500 kilometers. In other words, the value of these planes seems to be limited to the island. flight.
Seeing everyone's silence, the Admiralty continued, "It's not like our fleet. As long as our fleet can get supplies, it can keep sailing and sailing around the world."
"The plane is no good, it can't land anytime, anywhere. It has strict requirements for the take-off and landing environment, and these are exactly what we can't give it."
"If these issues are not addressed, aircraft will only be used as a last resort defense."
The sudden change of position of the Minister of the Navy caught everyone by surprise. Some time ago he was still calling for an independent army and the establishment of the Imperial Air Force.
As a result, now he turns his head and shouts "the Air Force is useless", which makes it unclear what he is thinking.
The Prime Minister thought hard, the Emperor looked like he was in a daze.
After a while, the Prime Minister said, "What you said makes sense, but our technology is always improving. Maybe in a few years, it will be able to fly further."
"Three hundred kilometers, five hundred kilometers, even a thousand kilometers, it's like the speed of a car."
"When the first car was invented, its speed was less than 20 kilometers per hour, but the current racing car can run at a high speed of 80 kilometers per hour, and the change of several times does not take much time."
"The same may be true of airplanes, which will soon be able to fly directly to other continents."
"We still have plenty of time to wait for the advancement of technology. At least for a few years, there will be no more wars."
The Prime Minister's words have been recognized by many people. It is an indisputable fact that the continuous development of technology has made many things "speed up".
But the Admiralty did not seem to be knocked down by the Prime Minister's words, but instead smiled, a confident smile.
"I have a good solution!", his voice suddenly raised a lot, echoing throughout the ruler's hall.
His Majesty the Emperor's expression finally changed, a little curious, he looked down at the Admiralty, as if guessing what he was going to say.
At this time, the Minister of War was clutching the armrest of the chair tightly. He realized that this female cousin must have a conspiracy!
The Admiralty moved his fingers, and his subordinates sent some documents to the hands of every minister, including the Minister of War, the Prime Minister and His Majesty the Emperor.
"What is this...?", the Prime Minister picked up the document and asked the Admiralty, "What's on this, a piece of wood?"
"No, this is a new type of warship, I call it the 'Fortress at Sea', and it will truly change warfare!"
The Admiralty then introduced the warship in a fanatical tone, and let people know what was special about it.
It doesn't have any offensive capabilities, it's not as terrifyingly devastating as a battleship, and it doesn't even have guns.
Its sailing speed is not fast, it can be said that it is very slow, no faster than the speed of the submarine when diving.
But it has the advantage that it provides a runway from which planes can take off and land!
This design stemmed from his complaint that all aircraft-related projects were allocated to the Army, which caused the Army's military spending to skyrocket.
The Minister of the Navy complained that the Minister of the Army, who was the same as the trash, actually found a bargain, so he tried his best to make the Air Force become an independent army, so that in the chain of contempt, the Navy still suppressed the Army.
Then his subordinate suddenly asked a very stupid question - why not let the plane take off on the ship, anyway, the runway it needs is so long, not necessarily much longer than the largest battleship.
If a runway hangs next to a battleship, wouldn't it be possible to take off at sea?
The lieutenant said such a stupid thing, making the Admiralty very angry, but before his anger had brewed the doomsday scene of the volcanic eruption, he suddenly seemed to be stabbed in the nostril by something, and suddenly stabbed it down the nostril. Into the mind, the whole person is transparent.
He didn't know how the word "penetration" could be used in the words of this world. In short, it was as if the air could be blown into the brain when breathing, and the whole person was "cool".
Then he found the engineer of the shipping company and told him his idea. The engineer of the shipping company gave him a design sketch and ensured the authenticity of the sketch.
They will then conduct a modeling experiment to test the stability of the design in the ocean.
Whether it is possible or not, this is a huge opportunity for the Lord of the Navy.
If the aircraft can be transferred from the Army Department to its own Navy Department, then the Army will never hope to surpass the Navy in this life, and the Navy will also have the ability to carry aircraft over long distances. The interior has a military strike capability.
This also means that the empire's dependence on the army will further decline!
They can form a team like the Federal Marine and Land Stormtroopers to replace the role of the army~IndoMTL.com~ Finally, the army is also merged into the navy!
He was very happy when he thought that the Minister of War would become his subordinate and see his face.
Everyone was looking at the sketches seriously. The War Minister's heartbeat began to speed up, his face was red, he grabbed the sketches into a ball, threw them on the ground, and slapped the armrest heavily, "This is impossible!"
"The sea is very windy, and the deck that is not stable enough has no possibility of taking off. This is murdering the lives of the Imperial Air Force soldiers and the future of the Air Force!"
In order to prevent the Air Force from being allocated to the Admiralty, the Minister of War at this time even took the initiative to call out the word "Air Force", which also meant that he began to support the independent formation of the Air Force.
The Prime Minister coughed, "This is the Palace of the Rulers. You shouldn't be so presumptuous in front of Your Majesty, this plan..."
"My Majesty and I need more evidence of its feasibility, as for the future of the Air Force..."
The Prime Minister was silent for a while. "You can discuss it and choose a backup candidate for the Minister of the Air Force. Maybe we will use him soon."