The airship test flight experiment on the morning of February 15, 2020, took a total of three hours. The parallel flight test flight was very difficult, because the wind suddenly blew up over the United Islands.
Finally, with the help of the ground personnel dragging the rope, the airship that had already ascended into the sky was slowly pulled back to the ground. Qu Mao gave Nanli, Mu Degui and their team a total of 10,000 gold coins without hesitation. Rewards, and delivered a speech, encouraging them to continue to improve the airship and study more flying tools and methods.
Of course, Qu Mao also told Nanli and Mu Degui about the topic of Nanli and Mu Degui separately leading a research and development team, and hoped that Nanli and Mu Degui would consider it.
After all, for Qu Mao, who is the lord of Emperor Yi's territory, Bi Sheng, Yan Qisheng, Nanli, and Mu Degui are not many R&D team leaders who have been engaged in scientific research for more than ten years after graduation. Opening up and bringing in more R&D team leaders is the choice to maximize the benefits of Yidi's territory.
No matter which one of Bi Sheng, Yan Qisheng, Nanli, and Mu Degui, Qu Mao hopes that they can bring a research and development team alone. After all, these four research leaders are fresh graduates from the university It took more than ten years to grow into the current R&D team leader step by step.
However, Nanli and Mu Degui also euphemistically expressed to Qu Mao: They understand that Qu Mao is for their own good, but they hope to split it up after the success of the steel chariot project. After all, the combination of Nanli and Mu Degui, Although it started with wingsuits and controllable hot air balloons, it has been the longest in the development of steel chariots.
Qu Mao has always been more lenient to those engaged in scientific research, so naturally he will not force Nanli and Mu Degui. Of course, Qu Mao himself is also thinking that even if he can make a locomotive with an internal combustion engine, a steel chariot can theoretically be produced within three years. So Qu Mao in turn comforted Nanli and Mu Degui, telling them not to worry too much about the steel chariot project, just take their time.
After the airship test flight experiment, Qu Mao exchanged with Nanli and Mu Degui's team at the Liandao Flight Research Institute for half an hour on the principle of wingsuit flight and parachute, because Qu Mao still didn't have much confidence in the safety of the airship. Let the researchers of the Flight Research Institute study wingsuits and parachutes, which is equivalent to providing two safety guarantees for future air force fighters and reducing losses.
For the military heroes who watched the airship test flight experiment, Qu Mao did not put them all back. Instead, he asked each of the six armies to choose two military heroes, together with Kong Ming, Xuande, Mengde, Su Qiaoer, and Zhongmou, to follow Qu A three-tiered courtyard on the outskirts of Maohui Liancheng.
Su Qiaoer looked at the 18 heroes including Qu Mao and himself, and asked in confusion: "My lord, the airship test flight experiment has been observed, why do you call us here?
It is really amazing that an airship can fly into the sky, but the speed is very slow, and it seems that there will be fewer applications..."
Qu Mao interrupted Su Qiaoer with a wave of his hand, and said: "Qiaoer, you can't understand this now, the speed of the airship's ascent and movement is very slow, but it is already a very remarkable achievement to be able to fly into the sky.
I left you here today to discuss the future construction planning of the Air Force..."
Before Qu Mao finished speaking, the 12 military heroes immediately quarreled.
Someone said: "My lord, the airship we saw this morning is not capable of fighting at all.
The altitude of 200 meters looks very high, but it is not so high that guns and artillery can't reach it. Maybe it can be shot down with one shot.
Subordinates think that it is meaningless to invest energy and money in the development of the Air Force, and it is simply inappropriate to send our soldiers to the sky to be beaten by others. "
Some people also said: "My lord, this matter is also meaningless. Airships are theoretically effective for conquering towns protected by fifth-tier city walls, but in fact, my subordinates think that throwing bombs at an altitude of 200 meters has the effect of slowly flying into the sky and moving." In the time it took to drop bombs over the town, we directly blasted the city wall with artillery."
All the military heroes scoffed at Qu Mao's idea of building an air force. Even Su Buqing and Wei Qubing were not too optimistic about Qu Mao's idea of building an air force.
But Su Buqing is not as fierce as other military heroes, and said lightly: "My lord, the Air Force may be of great value in the future, but it is really inappropriate at this stage..."
Qu Mao interrupted the chattering discussion with a wave of his hand, and said, "Shut up, all of you can only see the appearance, not the meaning of the airship going to the sky.
It seems slow now, but the significance of the airship test flight is to be able to transport weapons to the sky.
You haven't seen it either, I can tell you.
If our weapons flying in the sky are faster than sound, how significant is the aircraft to our military? And when the aircraft can also fire artillery shells that automatically track the enemy's moving objects, that represents the strength of the air force.
Do you think such an air force has no combat effectiveness? "
Wei went to Bing and said, "My lord, is there really a weapon that flies faster than the sound?"
Qu Mao said: "Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean that there won't be an air force in this world in the future. The air force must be established in the military sequence of our Yidi territory.
Although the effect may not be seen in the short term, to see the true strength of the Air Force, at least our internal combustion engine will have to continue to be developed for dozens of generations before we can see it.
However, this does not affect our formation of the Air Force in advance and the training of Air Force fighters in advance. After this meeting, you will go back and have a special report with your commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief to convey my thoughts on the Air Force.
I hope to see some of the core military heroes who have volunteered to be the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. I plan to use 10 years to make the Air Force have a certain combat effectiveness.
The distance between the five continents of the Continent for Hegemony is so far away, our army's speed of action will not be able to keep up without the development of the air force. "
There is also a military hero who said: "My lord, rely on your airship that is slower than a snail..."
Qu Mao glared at the military hero, and said angrily: "I'm talking about the plane that will be faster than sound in the future, not the airship now.
The current airship is just a foundation, and the pilots of the Air Force have to reserve it at least 10 years in advance, understand?
Hurry up and go back and report to your general manager. I don’t think I can explain it clearly to you. "
The military hero sticks out his tongue and ducks back.
Following that, Qu Mao continued to unilaterally emphasize the configuration and equipment of the Air Force, as well as the specific requirements of the soldiers, before allowing everyone to leave.