Chapter 1287 The Empire’s Aircraft Carrier (First update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1287 The Empire’s Aircraft Carrier (First update, please subscribe)
In a war, some countries provide ammunition, some provide food, and some countries directly provide blood and lives.
The first two are adding fuel to the flames, but what about the latter? They are fighting and killing in the name of freedom and country.
And the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly the country that provided ammunition, fueled the flames, and continued to fuel the fire.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty's strategy was very simple - it was to use the resistance of the Boers to bleed the British bit by bit, allowing them to bleed dry in South Africa and exhaust their financial resources. Even if they eventually occupied the Boer Republic, such a weakened
It will also be difficult for Britain to defeat the Empire in the next war.
In fact, this war was the beginning of the decline of the British Empire from the world's most powerful country to a third-rate coward. The decline of a so-called powerful empire has a long process, and this process often has a seemingly inconspicuous
beginning.
Ming Dynasty was full of confidence in the Boers, and this confidence came from Emperor Zhu Da himself. After all, in another world, the Boers had caused Britain to bleed. But in this world, with the support of the empire, the Boers
Although the troops are not strong, there are absolutely no problems with logistics. Therefore, even if we fight a protracted war, with the support of the empire, there will be no problem at all.
Although the Ming Empire was determined to fight to the last Boer, the Ming Dynasty itself did not relax its preparations for war.
Penas Bay, a bay located in the south of the empire, is as calm as ever. In the bay, a flat-top decked "Shenzhou-class immigration ship" is sailing in the bay. What is different from the past is that on this ship
The people standing were all soldiers, and the side railings had also been removed. On the flat deck, several biplanes were parked in a staggered manner. Lu Rende, who was standing on the deck, was measuring with his steps as usual.
The length of the deck, after walking to the front of the deck, staring at the horizon in the distance, he raised the corners of his lips slightly and muttered to himself.
"There's definitely no problem."
"Will it succeed?"
When Lu Rende walked to the side of the plane, Cheng Bichen asked.
Although they had already conducted the first test flight on the deck of the "Yizhou" as early as last year, after the successful test flight, they are now taking greater steps. After ten months of continuous takeoffs
, after landing, the Imperial Navy finally had 8 pilots who could take off and land on the ship, and Lu Rende was the first aviation captain of the Imperial Navy.
"There is no problem. The aircraft carrier is sailing against the wind at a speed of 17 knots. Coupled with the taxiing speed during takeoff, there will definitely be no problem taking off..."
"I want more than just take off."
Cheng Bichen said.
"What I want is success..."
Pointing to the battleship in the distance with its turret removed, he said.
"Successfully sunk it."
Sink it!
This is exactly the purpose of their coming here today and the purpose of this experiment.
"Please rest assured, Commander Cheng, we will definitely live up to your high expectations!"
Cheng Bichen nodded slightly and said that for today, he, the fleet commander, had to go to Zhongdu a lot, from coordinating the army to agree to hand over some aircraft to the navy, and then coordinating with the Immigration Agency to requisition the "Yizhou" immigration ship, and then spent more than ten dollars.
Ten thousand yuan was spent to renovate the immigration ship. Compared with others, the remodeling of the immigration ship is undoubtedly the simplest - in order to facilitate ventilation, its immigration cabin was designed to be semi-open, and the immigration cabin is also a frame structure. Only one
A container-style immigration cabin was removed, and a barely usable hangar emerged.
Although simple, the modification project still took up to half a year... As for modifications such as adding Gatling cannons, they are small projects that are better than nothing.
However, the real problem is not the transformation of the ship, but the training of the pilots. After all, taking off and landing the aircraft on the ship is an unprecedented test for the pilots' skills. Moreover, during the process of getting the aircraft on the ship, they not only have to solve the problem of taking off, but also
To solve the landing problem, every problem is a brand new topic. In the continuous test flights, all problems are being solved continuously.
Today is the day when the world's first aircraft carrier conducts live-fire target training. Their target is the old battleship with its turret and steam engine removed.
"Load, load..."
As the ground crew ran, bombs weighing 250 kilograms were hung on pylons under the belly of the aircraft.
"Brothers, are you ready?"
"Ready!"
The pilots replied one after another.
"team leader!"
Before taking off, Li Tianle shouted nervously. He is the captain's wingman. According to the combat plan, he is the second to drop the bomb. If the captain makes a mistake in dropping the bomb, he must drop the bomb on the "target".
"Follow me and drop bombs later!"
Lu Rende nodded at him, and then got on the plane. While the ground crew turned the propellers to start the engine, he, wearing a flight hat, waved to his comrades and shouted.
"Follow me later!"
As the aircraft engines started, deafening roars echoed on the deck. Amidst the roar of the engines, Lu Rende's No. 1 aircraft first slid forward, and then continued to accelerate. As he took off, Li Tianle stared at
The captain's plane shouted silently.
"Pull up, pull up, pull up..."
After taxiing for thirty meters, Lu Rende began to forcefully pick up the control stick, and after taxiing for a few more meters, the plane finally took off slowly. When the plane reached the end of the deck, the plane sank first, and then quickly rose again.
It's flying!
One, two, three...
Soon, eight planes were hovering over the mothership and formed a formation. Cheng Bichen, who was standing outside the bridge, held a telescope and looked at the planes in the sky. Perhaps because he was full of expectations, his mouth felt a little dry.
He pursed his lips.
"Sir, they flew over."
Nodding, Cheng Bichen did not speak. He just watched the plane fly towards the target ship three nautical miles away. Although the problem could be solved with cannons at this distance, today's test was the first naval air raid in human history.
.
What is the effect of bombing warships with planes?
How much damage will a 250kg bomb cause to a warship?
These are the questions he is eager to know. Only after obtaining this data can Cheng Bichen put forward his idea of establishing a long-range strike force based on aircraft carriers. Of course, they are only a supplement to the Imperial Navy.
After all, those toy-like airplanes have many restrictions on whether they are taking off or bombing. They cannot do it when the wind is strong or the waves are strong. Even the accuracy of the bombs is limited.
(End of chapter)
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