Of course, Waldzer understood what Yang Feng meant when he said these words to him. This was a hint to him that there is still a target in Asia that can be attacked. If it is too late, you will not be in trouble. You can imagine that if the Americans attack the Philippines
If Yang Feng takes action, with his temper, he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and based on his relationship with the Americans, there will be no resistance.
You must know that his Umbrella Security Company is registered in the United States. At that time, it will just change his army to another flag. Only then did the fox realize that this guy is a real fox. He used to be seen all over the world.
Buying territory and title at the same time feels like pure nouveau riche mentality. Now it seems that he has been thinking about taking advantage of others since then. He was Chinese during the Sino-Japanese War, and became Swedish during the Russo-Japanese War.
Turks, when the Spanish-American War breaks out, they will definitely turn into American capitalists again. To be so shameless as a human being is considered the pinnacle of success.
This issue must be reported to the Kaiser. To be honest, with Germany's current military strength in Asia, even if it does not unite with Yang Feng, it will not be a big problem to capture the Philippines. Of course, it will definitely not work without Yang Feng. The German army's logistics supplies
Now we mainly rely on him. Transporting arms from China thousands of miles away is definitely not as convenient as transporting arms from Taiwan and Fuzhou, which are less than a thousand kilometers apart, not to mention that there are various other interests involved.
After hearing the news, the fox could no longer sit still. After hanging around Yang Feng's place for a while, he immediately boarded the ship and returned to his governor's palace in Kagoshima. On the way, he sent a message to the country that the Americans were preparing to fight with the Spanish.
The secret telegram to start the war also advised the Kaiser to attack the Philippines first before the Americans took action, otherwise it would be too late. As for the reason, it was easy to find, and it could not be framed. These were all trivial matters.
After he left, Governor Yang smiled happily. The United States must be deployed as a country as soon as possible, and they cannot be allowed to develop so peacefully. If the Germans get ahead of them and attack the Philippines, then the Americans will definitely take the opportunity.
If they attack Cuba, then Spain will face two choices, protect the Philippines or protect Cuba. Without even thinking about it, it must be Cuba. At that time, they can be forced to give up their interests in the Philippines in exchange for Germany or their own behind-the-scenes
Support, no need for more, as long as they can go all out to bombard the coast of the United States, then it can be described as a success for themselves.
In the days that followed, Yang Feng lived a very leisurely life, accompanying his fiancée, secretary, maid, and female slaves to live happily every day. When he had time, he would guide the construction of airships. In fact, those old craftsmen were better than him.
His imagination was much smarter. The progress of this airship was extremely fast. In less than half a month, the hull part was completed. The cockpit below was woven out of bamboo baskets. However, the rest of the power system was installed.
They don't know how to do this. Fortunately, there are European employees who sent him the engine from Shanghai. They welded a frame with angle iron in the bamboo basket and sat directly inside, and then installed the engine on the frame. Find
The woodworker gave him the integrally carved propeller and installed it on the shaft. In order to prevent fire, an asbestos cover was specially added to the upper part of the engine. After finishing all this, he deliberately chose a windless day to start the test flight.
First, she took a cylinder filled with hydrogen to inflate the airbag. Lin Luoke also took her two young apprentices to watch the excitement. Yang Feng quickly grabbed her. As the four European employees were busy, a huge
The airship gradually swelled. At this time, even the craftsmen who made it were dumbfounded, staring dumbly at this behemoth that gradually took shape and lifted off the ground.
Looking at this thing, Yang Feng also felt a sense of accomplishment. Of course, he was determined not to ride it. When he thought of the hydrogen, he couldn't help but sincerely admire the German airship force during World War I. How big it was.
It took a lot of courage to fly this thing to London for bombing, but the four European employees would not consider this issue. In fact, Yang Feng didn't even need to say anything and they couldn't wait to climb into the cockpit.
Yang Feng waved his hand and four more soldiers climbed in to see that the airship seemed to still be able to move. As a result, two more soldiers climbed up immediately. The people below untied the cables and the airship with ten passengers began to rise gradually. Yang Feng
Immediately there was a heartfelt scream of surprise all around.
"Want to sit down?" Yang Feng hugged Lin Luoke and asked.
Lin Luoke nodded vigorously, with infinite desire on his face.
"We won't take this one, let's take a better one." Yang Feng said. He decided to buy a batch of helium when he went back next time, and then specially built a large Zeppelin-level airship for himself. If nothing happened, he would take Lin with him.
Luo Ke and the others went to play in the sky.
In addition, it seems that the aircraft should also be manufactured.
The reason why he has never done anything too high-tech is actually very simple, because at this stage, he doesn't need it at all. To deal with the Japanese or Lafayette, he has to rely on things that are considered to be at the black technology level at this time, which would be unavoidable.
They are too high-minded. Japan has little strength and can just push something away. As for Lafayette, the question is not whether it can be dealt with, but what method can cause the least damage to this country.
And there is no need to worry about leaving hidden dangers. He can indeed drive to Beijing and fill up the sea with all the princes and ministers, but what about in the future?
The country becomes a warlord regime, and then a nationwide civil war is used to clean up the mess, with hundreds or tens of millions of people dying? This is not possible. The Manchus are temporarily left to let them slowly exterminate themselves from the world, but here they are.
At that time, we used the method of economic control to bind all parties firmly. At that time, overthrowing them was just a trivial matter. Once the domestic problems were solved, we could start to develop those high-end products from modern times and start real expansion.
He was thinking about the future there, when suddenly there was a louder scream from the crowd, because the members on the airship had started the engine, and the huge thing floating hundreds of meters in the air was beginning to fly slowly. The people and soldiers below
Having never seen such a scene, he immediately ran to follow and watch. Even Lin Luoke couldn't help but scream, but Yang Feng suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something.
But what did you forget?
At this time, one of the twins said weakly: "Can't it turn around in the sky?"
Governor Yang was dumbfounded for a moment. He finally thought that he had forgotten something. The engine was fixed on the bracket, and the airship had no steering device.
"Quick, call them down!" This guy hurriedly shouted to a bodyguard.
The bodyguard who was watching with excitement was stunned for a moment. Although his eyes were full of regret, he still ran and shouted to the sky to let them down. Unfortunately, the test pilots were several hundred meters away, and there was also engine noise.
I couldn't hear the sound below at all.
Yang Feng hurriedly pulled out the bodyguard's pistol, opened the sleeve and fired into the air. The cheering crowd fell silent for a moment, and then the passengers above stretched their heads from the side of the cockpit.
Yang Feng hurriedly waved down. Fortunately, the other party was quite smart and quickly understood what he meant. After turning off the engine, as the airbag deflated, the airship began to land slowly. When it was only a few dozen meters above the ground, the cable was dropped.
, and then the people on the ground pulled the airship down and then smashed down the wooden stakes and tied it up.
The steering problem is not difficult to solve. Just install a rudder behind the cockpit. To put it simply, weld a shaft to the angle iron frame, and then install a rotatable wooden board on it. As for how to turn this, install a handle on the shaft.
It can be solved manually. There is no difficulty in this. It is nothing more than reducing the weight of one member. He is a landing ship and has a machine tool dedicated to repairing weapons. When the test flight is repeated the next day, there is no need to consider the issue of steering.
Already.
It was impossible to hide such a big scene from the outside world. In fact, after the first day of test flight, Cixi already knew that Yang Feng had built a large flying balloon. Unfortunately, she never imagined that this thing was used to land in Yingtai, and then
It’s not like she has never seen a hot air balloon before picking up a puppy to rebel against her. The Beiyang Navy already had one. Even if someone said that this thing would subvert her decades of rule, she would only regard it as a joke.
Come and see.
Not only her, but Zhirui, who was forced into the cockpit by Yang Feng ten days later, also felt that this must be a joke.
"Yang, Master Yang, isn't this too much of a child's play?" he said with a sad face and a trembling voice.
"Those who seek big things can do nothing without taking risks. Don't worry, as long as you don't jump out, this thing will never fall. And you must lead the way. My soldiers have a dark eye on Beijing. Although the moon is good today
, they can be seen clearly from the ground, but it will be troublesome if you take them to Shichahai." Yang Feng said with a smile, and he was not taking the risk himself anyway.
"Gong Ying, be brave!" Zhang Yinhuan was encouraging him from the side. This old guy probably knew what hydrogen was, so he used the excuse that he was old, afraid of heights and cold. Anyway, he was determined not to fly in an airship. He was ambitious.
Why would Rui, a relative of the emperor, go there by himself?
"I, I'll take a puff of cigarette to suppress it!" Zhirui shivered and took out a pack of cigarettes. As soon as he put it in his mouth, a soldier pulled it off and threw it away.
"You don't want your life. This is filled with hydrogen gas. Do you understand the hydrogen gas? When it catches fire, we will be dead with a bang." The soldier described it maliciously.
"Ah?! Mr. Yang, please, I can't get down!" Zhirui's face turned green, and he cried and struggled to get out. Unfortunately, the airship rose higher and higher, and the people below became smaller and smaller.
"Master Zhirui's courage is really admirable!" Yang Feng also gave Zhang Yinhuan a thumbs up with emotion on his face.
Zhang Yinhuan smiled without saying a word. (To be continued...)