Chapter 683: 683 are all building airplanes
Chapter 683 683 are all building airplanes
Everyone knows that the snake-like Marquise of Cyric was betrayed by Sophia, and everyone also knows that she was killed by a killer sent by Tang Mo.
But everyone remained silent, as if this incident had not happened at all. Cyric is building airports all over the world, and various countries are also building similar airport runways in their own countries.
This emerging infrastructure is still a blank in the world, but when they began to welcome pilots who graduated and returned to their respective countries, these countries also started the infrastructure construction mode.
It is hard to imagine that more than 200 airports have been constructed around the world at one go. Whether they are civilian or military, everyone is very keen on developing this brand-new weapons facility.
It turns out that airship production factories have begun to renovate one after another. Countries that have obtained aircraft manufacturing technology are manufacturing their own aircraft non-stop.
Biplane, two-seat aircraft has become everyone's favorite model to produce, because this kind of aircraft can be used as a training aircraft and can be used to train pilots on a large scale.
In addition, countries that have obtained large biplanes have also impatiently begun to put such aircraft into transportation.
Some important letters, objects, and personnel can be transported by this kind of aircraft. For a time, similar aircraft can be seen flying in the skies of many countries.
Emperor of the Lions Empire, Lions I, coquettishly reviewed his newly established air force in his capital, Lions.
When he saw 32 biplane, two-seater training aircraft flying over his head, he became excited.
He has seen those scrawled and unclear videos of planes active on the battlefield, but they are not as exciting as today.
More than thirty planes flew across the sky, which also made the civilians of Lanes Imperial City excited. They were happy to see their motherland become so powerful.
"We are copying the tanks of the Tang Dynasty and making some modifications to them. We have strengthened the front and side armor of the tanks, redesigned the road wheels... and equipped our tanks with a 90 mm caliber cannon." Military Industry The department officials confidently reported the results of their work to the excited emperor.
Because of the industrial base in Bunas, the industrial strength of the Lines Empire is actually very high. Although those factories and equipment have not been improved or updated for a long time, they are still the most advanced processing equipment in the world.
With these factories, Lanes' industrial production capacity is quite strong. They have copied tanks and even had the strength to make some design improvements.
Although there are also no qualified communication radios installed on the tanks, these tanks of the Lanes Empire surpass the Tang Army's No. 4 tanks in terms of firepower and protection.
“Very good, how is the mass production of the tank going?” Lions I withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at the minister and asked.
“The nobles who took over those factories promise you that they can provide 10 tanks every month.” The official in charge of the military industry department lowered his head and assured.
“It’s too slow, it’s really too slow.” Lions I said very dissatisfied: “Tell them, I want 20 cars a month! Let them find a way to complete it!”
Even though Lions I sounded like he was wealthy when he spoke, in fact, his treasury has almost been emptied.
Purchasing aircraft technology cost him a full 30 million gold coins in cash. If he hadn't earned some Tang Yuan by exporting grain and machinery and equipment before, he might not be able to afford such a huge sum of money.
Even with the income provided by Bunas, he is still somewhat stretched. Faced with those greedy nobles, Lions I often felt powerless.
The times are changing too fast, and every aspect requires a lot of money to support: his infantry hopes to be equipped with more continuous-fire weapons, which itself is a lot of money.
In the battle between the Tang State and the Mirage State, many new weapons were put into experiment, such as anti-aircraft guns, such as grenades, such as landmines...
These weapons all require money to purchase, but which military procurement does not cost money today? The purchase of aircraft requires money, and the training of pilots requires money! The purchase of tanks also requires money, and the training of tank pilots naturally also requires money! The purchase of battleships also requires money, and the training of sailors must also cost money.
The submachine guns being designed cost money, the grenades being mass-produced also cost money, landmines cost money, anti-aircraft guns cost money, ammunition and artillery shells... none of them are cheap!
You don’t want to buy it, that’s fine. Anyway, the empire next door wants to buy it. This is an all-round arms race. Those who are unwilling to spend money will become losers in the next war.
Those countries equipped with dozens of airships were very depressed to find that all their airships were outdated. Those behemoths floating in the sky could only be retired, and all the millions of gold coins spent on the original purchases were in vain.
Similarly, the emergence of aircraft and battleships has also made previously mass-produced cruisers and destroyers obsolete. They must either be returned to the factory for renovation and upgrade, or they can only be relegated to the second line and used as offshore gunboats.
Those outdated and old forts in the past need to be upgraded, and the fragile port needs larger and more powerful cannons to strengthen the protection. At the same time, a large number of areas need to build airports, set up ground command centers, and equip countless aircraft.
Even though these aircraft, which only require wood and canvas skins, are not expensive, they cannot support the large quantities purchased.
According to the contract, all countries that purchase aircraft technology are required to send personnel to the Longdao factory to learn aircraft production technology.
At the same time, Datang Group also needs to provide supporting production equipment, production drawings of aero-engines, and training and teaching on lift and other theories.
After these technicians returned to their respective countries, the first aircraft manufacturing factories were born. Everyone is manufacturing airplanes like crazy, and some countries have placed orders for thousands of airplanes at once.
Even though everyone knows that the performance of these aircraft is actually outdated, in order to understand the technology and train new pilots, everyone can only build these wooden aircraft.
At the same time, engineers who had a thorough understanding of early aircraft technology began their own creative development.
Some factories have developed triplanes with better lift, while others have begun to enhance their engines and try to install new engines with greater horsepower into the aircraft.
Cyric's engineers were more direct. They began to imitate the metal fuselage, preparing to copy the Tang Dynasty's metal lower single-wing propeller fighter, and directly upgraded their products to a technical level close to the Tang Dynasty's current fighter jets.
All kinds of weird airplanes came out one after another, and it was like a chaotic chaos. However, many pilots who have returned to China have said that the best aircraft they have ever flown is the original and original "Camel" fighter jet.
They miss the time of fighting in the sky with this single-seat fighter jet with their own instructors. That feeling couldn't be more comfortable for them.
In fact, the emergence of aircraft has not only expanded the war that originally belonged to the ground to the sky. This ability to fly has also upgraded countries' understanding of the world they live in in many ways.
With airplanes, more detailed and accurate maps can be drawn more conveniently, and maps of countries around the world are no longer primitive and almost unusable.
Referring to the leaked military maps of the Tang Dynasty, various countries began to use aerial photography to draw accurate maps of their own countries.
Everyone has begun to have a deeper understanding and knowledge of their own country. Everyone is inspecting their territory in detail, and it has become a fashion to overlook the earth from the sky.
With airplanes, the mobility of people has increased unprecedentedly. Cyric advisors from the Ice Empire can even take a plane and rush back to Goblin in a week, which was simply impossible in the past.
The record for traveling around the world was broken by an explorer from Dorne, shortening the record by 70 days in one go!
In fact, his record is not too fast, because if Tang Mo wanted to, he could break his record by just sending out a C47 transport plane. He doesn't even need to dispatch the FW-190 Butcher, that would be too bullying.
It is no joke to say that the world is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and such changes are also creating astonishing wealth.
Ordinary people work hard and exchange the money they earn into lights, radios, and bicycles that were unthinkable in the past...
The country's wealth is increasing at an unprecedented rate, and the money originally hidden by the nobles is rolling out at an alarming rate. Once the money circulates, everyone seems to be a beneficiary in an instant.
The lives of common people are getting better, the wealth of aristocrats, landowners and businessmen is increasing, the country's taxes are soaring, and a huge amount of wealth is gathered in the hands of the country and is consumed at an alarming rate...
The aristocrats, merchants, landlords and plutocrats who originally controlled the means of production and wealth were shocked to find that all their original economic theories had collapsed and were replaced by a more advanced operating model.
This is a process that makes them both painful and happy. Because they have never felt that making money is so easy, and at the same time they have to accept the fact that spending money is also so easy.
"I understand, Your Majesty. I will go to Bunas immediately to supervise the production of these people." The minister nodded slightly to Lions I, and retreated quietly when he waved.
King Lions I walked back to his palace, which was built by the Datang Group. This place is extremely gorgeous and can definitely be regarded as a symbol of Lions’ imperial power.
The place where he was standing just now was just the outermost office area of the palace. Going further inside is his castle.
(End of this chapter)