Stuart Coffey is indeed a straight man. Although Stuart Coffey's words are well-intentioned, his vague condescension would have made other people furious.
However, Catherine Wright accepted it calmly. This was not an empty dispute of words. Everything depended on the results. If the performance of "Strong Wind" was not as good as that of "Aviator 3", then Catherine Wright would not need to fight back. I guess Stuart Coe
Fei will be ashamed.
The communication at the dinner was relatively peaceful, but in the preparation stage the next morning, the gap between the team and individuals became more obvious.
Aircrafts in this period did not need a special runway. They could easily take off and land on any grassland with relatively flat terrain, so the preparations were carried out on a grassland outside Jialai.
I have to say that Europeans really enjoy life.
If this were in a Chinese gathering area, the Chinese would never reserve such a piece of grassland for people to rest on the outskirts of the city. It would have long been turned into various fertile fields.
In Europe, there are countless such grasslands and forests. Europeans seem to have moved all their crops to the colonies. Even when the local land in Europe is developed, it is used to plant various cash crops such as vineyards and flower beds. p>
This is the case in the suburbs of Jialai City. There are no large wheat fields or herds of cattle and sheep in the suburbs of the city. However, many residents watching the excitement and media reporters waiting to be interviewed gathered early around the camp. Among all the flight teams preparing for the test
, the flying team in southern Africa is undoubtedly the largest.
This giant is definitely not bloated, but each performs its own duties and is orderly.
In fact, the preparations started last night.
This time, a total of six flying teams are preparing to fly across the English Channel to challenge the one thousand pound prize offered by the Daily Mail.
Of these six flight teams, two are from France, one is from the United Kingdom, one is from Italy, and the last is the Wright Brothers team from the United States and the flight team from Southern Africa.
In addition to the flying team from southern Africa, there are several other flying teams. The largest is Hubers Latham's flying team. The team members also reach a hundred people, and generally the proportion of armed guns is a bit large. Many
The members are all fat and muscular, which seems to have little to do with the job of flying.
There are also many people in the southern African flight team who carry guns. Not only the professional mercenaries of the umbrella company, but also many ground staff also wear weapons. The white gun holster is still very conspicuous outside the dark blue uniform, but the model of the gun is not the same.
Uniform, some are Ruger, some are Browning, and some are wearing revolvers, but they are not the kind of Webley that has been eliminated, but the cowboys produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal.
Strictly speaking, cowboy pistols have surpassed the category of self-defense weapons. With a barrel of 266 mm and a weight of 2.3 kg, it cannot be used with a quick-draw holster, so the decoration plays a greater role.
There's no way around it, the silver-white barrel is really beautiful.
However, this kind of pistol is very popular in southern Africa, and many young people will choose "cowboy" as a coming-of-age gift for themselves.
In order to cultivate the martial spirit of the Chinese, the Nyasaland Arsenal priced the "cowboys" very low, just a little higher than the cost price. In Nyasaland and Rhodesia, the Transvaal sold them for only fifteen rands.
Special.
However, outside these three places, the price of "denim" rises to 20 rand. If it is outside southern Africa, the price of denim is as high as 35 rand, which is a standard luxury accessory.
The exchange rate between the rand and the pound is one to one, so 35 rand is 35 pounds, which is almost one-third of the annual income of a middle-class British family.
Since arriving in Jialai, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company have built a temporary camp on the grassland on the outskirts of Jialai. The temporary camp consists of more than a dozen tents and two quickly built hangars. In order to fly across the English Channel,
This time the team brought two "Strong Winds" and enough parts to assemble a third "Strong Wind", so the scale of the camp was a bit large.
Early in the morning, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company set up a cordon around the camp. The yellow and white isolation belt was clearly printed with the logo of the Umbrella Company. There were mercenaries patrolling behind the cordon with police dogs. All of these police dogs were
The mercenaries are tall and strong South African Mastiffs and are equipped with pistols and shotguns, which can serve as a warning to those with ulterior motives to the greatest extent.
Captain Marshall arrived at the camp early in the morning. Not long after arriving at the camp, Catherine Wright came to see Captain Marshall.
"Captain, you have to be careful. Hubers Latham hired a lot of gunmen last night, claiming to make you look good -" Katherine Wright came to tip off.
"Thank you, don't worry, we have the ability to protect ourselves." Captain Marshall was wearing a Southern African officer uniform without military rank, and a khaki baseball cap with the national emblem of the Southern African Federal Government embroidered on it.
In this time and space, the national emblem of the federal government of Southern Africa does not have the goddess of war, the lion, nor the spear or the round-headed club. Instead, the heron and eagle appear on the national emblem of the federal government, with a sword in one hand and a scale in the other, which is very symbolic. Although the flight team hired professional mercenaries from the Umbrella Company, Captain Marshall was a professional soldier of the Southern African Federal Government. Therefore, if Hubers Latham thought that gathering some rabble could challenge the majesty of the Southern African Federal Government,
Then Hubers Latham was wrong.
If Hubers Latham really dares to look for trouble, then Captain Marshall wouldn't mind letting Hubers Latham understand what the iron fist of nationalism is.
Captain Marshall also has the identity of being the attaché of the Southern African Embassy in France, so Captain Marshall has diplomatic immunity in France. If Hubers Latham really dares to provoke, then even if Captain Marshall kills Hubers Latham on the spot
Captain Latham Marshall will not be tried either.
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The federal government of Southern Africa will never allow this to happen.
Of course, Captain Marshall's confidence was not groundless. Although the flight team only hired forty mercenaries, most of these forty mercenaries had experience in combat, and the members were all Germans known for their discipline, and
The Cossacks were famous for their fighting prowess. Whether it was hand-to-hand combat or a firefight, Captain Marshall was very confident.
"Well, I wish you good luck!" Katherine Wright was very smart and left after reminding her. When passing by Hubers Latham's camp, she even said hello to Hubers Latham from a distance.
I don't care at all about those frivolous whistles and obscene harassment.
Hubers Latham looked at Captain Marshall with eyes wide open.
Yesterday, Hubers Latham was thrown directly into a small river next to the camp by two mercenaries. This humiliation will never be forgotten by Hubers Latham.
Captain Marshall did not seem to be aware of Hubers Latham's gaze. He walked around the camp as if nothing had happened, and after returning to the tent, ordered the armored vehicles to be driven out.
There are two armored vehicles, one equipped with a 17.78mm large-caliber heavy machine gun and the other equipped with a 40mm grenade launcher. The armored vehicles are also driven by professional soldiers from southern Africa.
Unlike ordinary general-purpose machine guns, the barrel of the 17.78mm large-caliber heavy machine gun is 1.2 meters long, and the total gun length reaches 1.7 meters. Compared with shotguns and Lee Enfields, a longer barrel means more
Longer range and larger caliber mean greater power. Being hit by a Lee Enfield military rifle may still save you, but being hit by a large-caliber heavy machine gun will cause lifelong disability even if you are lucky enough to survive. Therefore, large-caliber
The deterrent power of heavy machine guns is self-evident.
As soon as the flight team drove out the armored vehicle, the originally lively grassland suddenly fell silent.
What are you doing? It's just an air show, and the prize money is only one thousand pounds. You've already driven out armored vehicles, and you want to buy two of them at once. Do you have enough money for gas?
Not to mention the amateur gunmen hired by Hubers Latham, even the onlookers felt that the atmosphere was a bit abnormal.
The reporters who were not too concerned about the excitement were extremely excited. This was no longer an air show, but a concentrated display of advanced weapons by the Southern African federal government. Almost all reporters gathered around the camp of the Southern African flying team, and the magnesium powder flashlights were even brighter.
It’s a continuous bang bang bang bang.
As a result, many mercenaries took out their sunglasses and put them on, which further increased the deterrence of the mercenaries and caused a series of bang bang bang.
For European people, the style of sunglasses is also very rare. Sunglasses during this period were mainly made of glass. Because the yield was not high, the price was extremely expensive. Goggles designed for driving became wealthy and fashionable.
symbol, but people didn’t seem to realize before that it turns out that goggles can be worn when not driving.
Therefore, it is really easy for a time traveler to make a fortune. In the 21st century, just by using some common sense of life, you can make a fortune in the past.
However, the attention of reporters and the public soon shifted to the "strong wind" where preparations were being made.
The technical staff and ground staff of the Southern Africa flight team behaved very professionally at this time. Although the temporary runway has been cleared several times, the ground staff still conducted a final inspection hand in hand to ensure that there were no obvious potholes on the ground, preparing for the upcoming flight.
Make final preparations for testing.
The technicians are checking whether all parts of the "strong wind" are normal to ensure that no problems will occur during flight.
The engine used by "Strong Wind" is a Type IV air-cooled piston engine produced by Nyasaland Engine Factory. It can be seen from this model that Nyasaland has gone a long way in the field of aviation engines and is far ahead of this
Times.
The two staff members turned the propeller at the nose of the engine together, and the engine made a worrying crackling sound, and then started to spin rapidly.
At this time, the test pilot walked out of the tent next to him.