"By the way, didn't Pei Jing go to the front line to help with deployment and transport food and grass? Why did she return to the academy so quickly?"
Li Ang asked casually.
"Actually, it's not very fast. It's been close to two months."
Yang Yu explained: "What's more, the current train tracks have been laid to the front line, and a large amount of grain, personnel, equipment, armor, and horses can be transported every day.
You don’t have to worry about losses on the road.
The logistical work of transshipment is much easier than in the past. Therefore, Pei Jing came back first.
As for Li Wei, he still has to stay on the front line with Xue Che and Xue Siye."
Li Wei is a physical training student, and he follows Xue Che to protect the generals and bureaucrats in the frontline state capital to prevent assassinations from possible enemy assassins. He will not be able to come back for a while.
Speaking of this, both of them were a little unmotivated. The war was approaching. Even the most peaceful and peaceful academy in the past had many more personnel changes than before.
This depression lasted until the next science class.
Dr. Su Feng happily took everyone to the forging workshop, opened the newly built large warehouse in the workshop, and pulled out a huge... single-person aircraft.
This is a single-seat biplane with an almost all-metal structure, using cloth skin only on the rear part of the wing and the control surface.
According to Su Feng's introduction, a miniaturized spiritual energy machine is installed inside, and the spiritual energy machine drives the propeller to provide flight lift.
Even ordinary people without any cultivation can control it by turning the buttons*.
Su Feng stood on the stage and proudly showed off his latest invention. He was about to go up for a test drive when he was pulled down by disciples who were worried about his safety.
Finally, Su Feng's disciple Ou Zhiyuan got up and drove.
The plane skidded off the runway, and after a certain distance of acceleration, it successfully raised its head and soared into the sky, drawing a circular trajectory in the sky.
The huge noise produced by the spirit machine engine attracted the attention of many doctors and students.
Even the students in the classroom couldn't help but stick their heads out of the window and look up at the plane.
The plane hovered in mid-air for two quarters of an hour, demonstrating dive, pull-up, hover and other actions, and finally slid back to the runway and landed safely.
All the students were gearing up and looking forward to the test drive session. However, Su Feng did not give the students a chance to test drive at all.
After assigning the homework, the students sighed in disappointment.
Let the disciple park the aircraft, temporarily named "Wude" model, back to the hangar.
At the end of the class, Li Ang was stopped by Su Feng, who rubbed his palms and asked with a smile: "Risheng, what do you think of this Wude?"
"Very profitable."
Li Ang answered truthfully.
This aircraft was apparently developed by Su Feng and his disciples when Li Ang went to Taiyuan Prefecture to deal with the plague.
Instead of using the wave-two aircraft drawings that Li Ang had originally produced, he designed a new aircraft model himself.
Li Ang asked: "What Senior Brother Ou demonstrated just now is far from reaching the maximum speed of the aircraft, right?"
Su Feng nodded, "Well, after experiments, the speed in half an hour is about 800 miles."
"Eight hundred miles..."
Li Ang raised his eyebrows lightly, "It's already comparable to a monk in the Patrolling Cloud Realm."
"Not as fast as the fastest swordsman."…
Su Feng shook his head, "If the two sides encounter each other, they will still be caught up."
Most Xunyun realm sword cultivators have the ability to incarnate sword light, and their flexibility is far better than that of airplanes that are difficult to turn. In the field of close combat, the two sides are not on the same level at all.
"But aircraft can be mass-produced, and the Swordsman Cultivator of the Patrolling Cloud Realm will kill each one less."
Li Ang shook his head, "Besides, the Wude also has certain countermeasures, doesn't it?"
He pointed at the devices similar to ballistas installed on both sides of the aircraft's wings.
"Haha, I really can't hide anything from you."
Su Feng smiled and used a screwdriver to unscrew the cover of the device, revealing the complex mechanical structure inside. "This thing is both a ballista and a charm plate."
"Charm disk?"
Li Ang noticed a stack of talismans hidden in the wing talismans. There were no real talismans on them, just models.
"Yeah."
Su Feng nodded and explained: "When the pilot pulls the trigger, the crossbow in the wing will launch the talisman loaded on the heavy crossbow arrow.
The speed of the ballista is very slow. It cannot catch up with swordsmen of the same level, but it is better because of its large number.
What vortex talisman, sharp talisman, explosive talisman?
If one is not enough, then ten, if ten is not enough, then twenty,
There is always a chance of a hit."
Li Ang asked: "Similar to a fighter bomber?"
"Combat bombing? What a name."
Su Feng's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Yes, this kind of aircraft can have a huge advantage in attack distance against monks in the Listening to the Rain Realm who cannot fly.
Even when faced with monks from the Listening to the Rain Realm, they still have a certain ability to survive and counterattack.
Of course, its best application is on the battlefield where the situation is chaotic.
The aircraft swooped down from high altitude, and fired talisman arrows at a kilometer above the ground that was difficult for crossbow arrows and talismans to reach (it could also avoid the strong winds at higher altitudes)*, bombarding the enemy's formation and tearing apart the formation.
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In the past, when monks cooperated with ordinary soldiers in wars,
Often monks target monks, preventing each other from using talismans and spells to change the battlefield situation.
The army often waits until the spiritual power of the opposing monks is exhausted, or at least consumes most of it, and is unable to change the situation, and then rushes out to secure victory in one fell swoop.
But now, with this kind of aircraft, it can bypass enemy monks and directly cause damage to ordinary enemy soldiers.
Without soldiers as cover, the enemy monks would be extremely conspicuous and could only retreat with the army.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this invention directly changed the future battlefield pattern."
Su Feng looked proud, and Ou Zhiyuan and other disciples also clenched their fists, extremely proud, and said in unison: "This is the victory of Neo-Confucianism."
"It is also a victory for the science journals. It is estimated that in the next few months, there will be articles analyzing this aircraft in the journals."
Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "But this invention will be announced in class today. Do you agree to it?"
There is no airtight wall in the world. If the Academy knows about it, it means that Chang'an knows about it. If Chang'an knows about it, it means that other countries and Mount Taihao know about it.
"Of course."
Su Feng shrugged, "The war is approaching, so showing off the latest invention now can be regarded as a show of force. It is best to eliminate the war.
No one wants a war, let alone a war with Mount Taihao and so many countries at the same time.
As for whether this kind of aircraft will make Taihaoshan suspicious and anxious, or even start a war in advance...
Oh, even though it has so many advantages, it still has more disadvantages. I believe people in Taihao Mountain can analyze them.
For example, the cost is high, the manufacturing efficiency is low, and the flying speed is relatively slow. It will be defeated by a sword cultivator in the Patrol Cloud Realm in one blow, and it will not have any effect on the battles between higher-level Zhuxiao Realm..."
Su Feng paused and said quietly: "It can change the battlefield, but it cannot change the war.
The ones who really decide the direction of the war are still the monks. The strongest monks.
At least the current Neo-Confucian creations cannot replace this."
This chapter has been completed!