The sky is clear and cloudless, and the ultraviolet rays on the Patagonian Plateau are very strong. This even makes the sunshine a little scorching, but what is actually more scorching is people's mood.
At this time, everyone seemed a little nervous. They all seemed to be worried about the results of the test flight.
Can it fly?
Everyone has no idea, but they know that this may be their last chance.
After all, this is an airplane made of "gold."
Li Lin, who was wearing a white shirt, stretched out his arm and unfolded a piece of cloth. He was observing the wind direction and speed, and the small branches and leaves in the distance were swaying slightly.
At this time, the assistant in the laboratory shouted.
"The wind speed is 6.7 meters."
When the assistants were making final preparations for the flight, looking at the "Aviator One" in front of them, Feng Kai patted Li Lin on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Well, envy me! If I can fly, I will be the first person to fly an airplane in human history!"
Li Lin laughed loudly at his friend's words.
"I'm very envious, but you are more suitable than me. Although I can also fly a glider, my skills are not as good as yours."
"Don't worry, as long as it can fly, I can definitely bring it down."
"It will definitely fly, I have a feeling."
Do feelings matter?
Li Lin didn't know. He turned his attention to the photographer playing with the movie camera. He believed that today must be a day worth remembering.
At 10:20 in the morning, as the engine was running, strong wind blew from the nose of the plane to the rear. Under the strong wind, Feng Kai, who was in the cockpit, could clearly feel the fuselage of the plane shaking slightly. His
The hand holds the wooden joystick tightly,
The moment "Aviator One" began to glide, Li Lin's heart clenched. Under the gaze of everyone, the aircraft continued to accelerate amidst the roar of the engine. Finally, after gliding for almost two hundred meters, the aircraft
The wheels of the aircraft began to rise slowly, as if there was a force that was robbing it of breaking free from the constraints of the earth. Just like a bird taking flight for the first time, its takeoff was very unstable, even a little stumbling.
"Fly, fly..."
Li Lin stared at the plane nervously and excitedly. In the next moment, he saw the wheels rising into the sky. The plane lifted off the ground and flew into the sky like a bird.
"It's flying, it's flying..."
The moment the plane took off, everyone was shouting excitedly. They were jumping and bouncing, and the plane just flew over their heads and flew directly into the sky.
"It's flying, it's flying..."
Feng Kai was excited in the cockpit. Although he was excited, he did not forget his responsibilities. After taking off, he slowly pushed the control stick forward while Panasonic's feet controlled the tail surface.
Thanks to the glider's wire-controlled technology, "Aviator One" has an excellent flight control system. After flying to an altitude of 100 meters, Feng Kai carefully piloted the aircraft, just maintaining a level flight and not daring to fly.
The movement was too big. After just a few turns in the air, the plane adjusted its course again and landed on the runway...
Looking at the plane landing steadily, unlike others who rushed over excitedly, Li Lin just looked at the "Aviator One" silently.
"Aviator One!"
Reciting these words silently, Li Lin suddenly laughed. After laughing loudly, he said:
"This is a day worth remembering..."
August 12, the seventh year of Shengde!
On this day, the first airplane in human history successfully made a test flight. Although the flight time was only 12 minutes, this is definitely a day worth writing about in human history.
Only half an hour later, military representatives called in a company of guards, and they pulled up a barbed wire fence outside the test site. Although the test site itself was located in a military training base, for confidentiality reasons
, they still separated it from the base with barbed wire. In the past, gliders were not important, but airplanes... This is a project that His Majesty the Emperor is personally watching, so of course the confidentiality must be tightened!
However, for the military, they have no idea what all this means. They just make some decisions based on instinct. They have no idea that the emergence of aircraft will completely change the course of the war.
All this... no one knows!
It's not like no one... there's one person who knows!
During the test flight of "Aviator One", Emperor Zhu Da was at the Nanhua Arsenal. This factory has always been the most important military-industrial complex in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the place that affects the outcome of the war. Compared to the war ahead, Emperor Zhu Da was more concerned about
It's a weapon.
"These are seven-year-old machine guns?"
Looking at the heavy machine guns lined up in front of me, it looks somewhat similar to the Maxim machine gun, but more like the Browning 1917 machine gun, especially the receiver. As for the tripod, it is a very mature five-year-old machine gun.
Tripod - it is a tripod designed for the three-barreled Gatling gun. It is very similar to the Maxim tripod from another world. Although it weighs 26 kilograms, it gives the Gatling gun a certain degree of tactical mobility.
"Yes, Your Majesty, its gun body weighs only 16 kilograms. Even when filled with water, it is less than 20 kilograms. It is 18 kilograms lighter than the 5-year-old light Gatling gun. It is lighter and easier to operate.
And there is no need to rely on batteries. As long as there are bullets and water, it can keep shooting almost forever..."
Liu Qingen was not bragging, he was telling the truth. Just three months ago, his machine gun fired more than 30,000 rounds of bullets continuously. Even so, there was no damage and it could still continue shooting.
"It's just that the tripod is too heavy. The weight can be reduced. After all, the army will have to carry it to fight in the future."
Emperor Zhu Da said as he walked to the machine gun. Yes, this is the machine gun he is familiar with - the Seven-year-old machine gun. It will be the firepower pillar of the Ming Dynasty's army in the future. In future wars, the role it will play is
It’s unimaginable for people nowadays.
Of course, its output is unimaginable to outsiders. Now there are only a mere 160 heavy machine guns here.
But what about the future? These machine guns are not even enough to equip a division.
Sitting behind the machine gun, Emperor Zhu tried to operate it for a while, then nodded with satisfaction and said.
"The performance of these machine guns is good. I think they should be sent to the front line as soon as possible. With such new weapons, our people must use them as soon as possible. After all, weapons must be tested in actual combat!"
Later, Emperor Zhu Da asked about its production. When he learned that the production target could only produce sixty aircraft per month, he immediately urged.
"We need to increase production. We have an army of 300,000 people. If we include the mobilized troops, there are almost 700,000, dozens of divisions, and more than 200 regiments. How can this amount of production meet the needs? We need to increase production as soon as possible.
improve……"
Naturally, the Nanhua Arsenal did not dare to neglect the emperor's order. Almost on the day Emperor Zhu Da left the arsenal, the arsenal planned to build a heavy machine gun branch. They did not know that in the next ten years, that branch would
The factory is the most profitable branch of the entire arsenal.
Emperor Zhu Da didn't know this when he got in the car, because as soon as he got in the car, he was really surprised by the report he just received.