Battleship in the sky!
This is a big boast!
If you don't brag too much, can you let the British, French and other European powers invest a lot of money in the research and production of airships?
Spaceships are very expensive!
A ton of rubber costs 6,500 pounds. Rubberized airbags are rubber reinforced with silk fibers. What are these?
But it’s all money!
"Sky Battleship!"
Zuo Zongtang opened his eyes in astonishment. Battleships, he had visited them when he was in Europe. Those kind of giant iron-armored ships were rare in Nanhua until now.
Airships are actually on the same level as battleships! This was definitely beyond his expectation.
"This, this...is it so powerful?"
Facing Zuo Zongtang's suspicion, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"Ji Gao, believe me, the power of airships has not been fully demonstrated yet. Do they think that airships can only throw aviation darts? They are simply idiots. I will tell them later that airships can not only throw darts, but also can throw darts."
Dropping bombs, dropping bombs is its job, and it can also drop giant bombs!"
If you want to scare people, you must use something big. Almost subconsciously, Zhu Xianhai thought of those "big things" weighing several tons. If they were used on the battlefield, how spectacular would the scene be?
It’s not just spectacular, it’s shocking!
More importantly, after the British and French were stunned by the power of airships, they would definitely invest a lot of money in airships.
Maybe in the end, no one who doesn’t have hundreds of airships will be too embarrassed to go out and say hello to their neighbors. In the past, the standard for evaluating a big country was how many battleships they had. Maybe in the near future, the standard for evaluating a country’s strength will be how many airships they have.
!
But then what?
Airships will definitely be eliminated eventually!
Because it is too easy to destroy!
Although current machine guns and rifles have no effect on them, at most they can only make a few holes in the airbag, which will not cause any damage to the airship. After all, those lead bullets have no effect at all on the airship.
But what if we research a new type of bullet?
For example - tracer bullets. Tracer bullets emit light at a very high temperature and will cause combustion when injected into flammable materials. To a certain extent, they can be used instead of incendiary bombs. As early as World War I, they were proven to be effective against German Zeppelin airships.
Bullet type.
For people in this era, they have no idea about tracer bullets at all, but Zhu Xianhai is different. The technology of tracer bullets is extremely simple. Tracer bullets are combined with pointed rifle bullets with smokeless gunpowder, and they are born to fight airships.
With tracer bullets, the machine gun can not only correct the trajectory and fire more accurately, but once that kind of bullet hits the airship, it will definitely be a fire that destroys the airship and kills everyone!
During World War I, countless Zeppelins turned into burning torches under tracer bombs. The scene was spectacular!
In the face of tracer bullets, what is the huge airship force that the great powers spent billions of wealth building?
Just huge torches!
Thinking of this, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. What will be the final result of this airship arms race?
Just set off huge fireworks in the sky!
"Drop a giant bomb?"
Zuo Zongtang said in surprise.
"right,"
Zhu Xianhai, whose thoughts were interrupted, nodded and said.
"The interception weight of our airship is 2.8 tons, and we can drop bombs weighing 2.5 tons!"
"2.5 tons... almost 5,000 kilograms... If this is the case, the spaceship will really be an "air battleship"!"
In an instant, Zuo Zongtang was dumbfounded. If that thing fell from the sky, it would really scare people to death! Not only would it scare people to death, even those battleships would be vulnerable in front of it. If a bomb fell on it, it would be unpredictable.
It's a shipwreck and a loss of lives!
Zuo Zongtang immediately said seriously when he thought of this.
"Lord, in this case, we should keep it secret and never let foreigners get our spaceship!"
If we don't let them get it, how can we let them start an arms race of "air battleships"!
Zhu Xianhai directly objected.
"Although our airship is currently the best, we do not actually have a monopoly on its technology. We have only taken the lead in certain technologies. From the triangular configuration of the airship structure to the internal wiring, these seem to be our original creations.
technology, but those experts will definitely be able to decipher the secrets by studying our airship photos."
What is the biggest secret of Nanhua Airship?
Its enlargement is entirely due to the use of internal wiring and triangular cross-section, which not only increases the overall strength of the airship, but the cabling inside the airbag also helps to better distribute the weight of the airship, paving the way for its enlargement.
In terms of technical details, Nanhua's airship also used silk-reinforced rubber, which is similar to the raincoat cloth of later generations. It not only increases safety but also allows the airbag to withstand greater pressure. This is also the reason for its huge load capacity.
reason.
Although these technical details are difficult to decipher for a while, it is only a matter of time to solve them. The worst is that the technology is slightly inferior. Even the most difficult one, the gasoline internal combustion engine, as long as enough time and financial resources are invested, it can be solved.
Not difficult?
However, Zhu Xianhai did not intend to make it so difficult for them.
"So, instead of waiting for them to crack our secret, we should be more generous and sell it to them. While we can make a lot of money, we can export the airship to various countries."
"But lord, if we do this, our advantage will be gone!"
Zuo Zongtang said anxiously.
"Even if we try every means to keep it secret, the advantage we gain is only temporary, one year, two years? After one or two years, maybe their airships are not as advanced as ours, but they will definitely break our monopoly. We will sell the airships to them.
If they want to master our technology and then produce it on a large scale, it will take one or two years. In a short period of time, we can even restrict their exports through technology transfer contracts, such as banning exports to South American countries, to ensure that we
The advantage of South America.”
In another world, this is the specialty of the United States. As long as your machines contain American parts and American technology, the United States can directly restrict your exports. Nanhua can definitely use this method.
Moreover, the most important thing is that Zhu Xianhai very much hopes to use airships to distort the science and technology trees of Britain, France and other countries. Just like Da Mao in another world, what will be the result of the science and technology trees being distorted?
It’s the country’s collapse!
By skewing their aviation technology tree, Nanhua can at least buy twenty years to develop aircraft!
Although airplanes are small... airplanes are the future!
As for the airship...it's just a big, useless piece of trash!
Of course, in the appropriate timeline, it can still play a certain role. If it is used well, what Zhu Xianhai can guarantee is that the whole world will enter a raging "air battleship" arms race!
What about at the end?
It is just the target of the Nanhua Air Force!
In this case, why should these airships be kept secret?
Not only does it not need to be kept secret, it should also expand exports and provoke an arms race.
This is not an arms race. It is clearly the 19th century version of the "Star Wars" plan.
No, it should be called "Star Wars Plan"!
If this plan succeeds, then my aviation technology books, those of France, the entire Europe, and even the world will be criticized.
In the next few decades, where will this technology tree go? Zhu Xianhai cannot predict, but what is foreseeable is that this plan will definitely be like the "Star Wars Project" and lead those countries to the wrong path like Mao.
evil path.
It doesn’t matter what fruits they will harvest on that route. What matters is that it must be a path of no return for aviation technology!
"Lord, this..."
Facing Zuo Zongtang's confusion, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"Of course, we are not doing this for air superiority, but for peace! You know, Nanhua is peace-loving!"
This chapter has been completed!