Expedition to Europe

The torpedo weapon was born in the early 19th century. In 1887, Russia used torpedoes for the first time in the Russo-Turkish War to sink the Turkish communication ship "Intibach". This was the first time that the torpedo weapon was used in actual combat.

Before the start of the World War, gyroscopes were installed on torpedoes, so the navigation of torpedoes was fixed. The emergence of thermal engines, that is, steam-gas torpedoes, greatly increased the speed of torpedoes and greatly increased the range. So far, fish have been considered to be the main weapon of naval ships after artillery.

The Marseille-class submarine, that is, Lan Fang's Q-class submarine, is the first submarine owned by Lan Fang.

Although the Q-class submarine is only the first generation of products, because it integrates many advanced technologies from Britain and France, the Q-class submarine has a diesel-electric dual-power, double-layer hull, and is equipped with a new "Swordfish" torpedo developed by the Corsica Weapons Institute.

The "Swordfish" torpedo caused a lot of trouble at the beginning of its birth. In addition to almost causing a fallout between Qin Zhiyuan and French Navy Minister George Leger, it also triggered a climax of in-depth study of the "Secrecy Regulations" in Corsica.

Since the birth of the "Swordfish" torpedo, all Q-class submarines equipped by Lan Fang have been equipped with "Swordfish" torpedoes, and the information of "Swordfish" fish has been highly confidential. So far, the confidentiality level of the "Swordfish" torpedo information within the Lan Fang military is still "top secret".

After returning to Lan Fang, Qin Zhiyuan asked Long Chengyuan and others to increase research on aircraft that can carry torpedoes and study how to combine "Swordfish" torpedoes with aircraft.

This research plan was named "Swan Project".

The name "Swan" is of course meaningful. The swan is an animal that can fly in the sky and swim in the water, and is both noble and elegant, so it is the best synonym for torpedo aircraft.

The "Swan Project" has been going on for more than four months, and now it is finally time to produce results.

After receiving the relevant intelligence, Qin Zhiyuan immediately summoned Qin Zhisheng, Huang Bohan, Fu Xu and others to fly to Zhenyuan City in Beiyang Islands to watch the live-fire exercise.

Beiyang Islands are located in the south of Sulu Island. Originally, because it is very close to Sulu Island, it was regarded as part of Sulu Island. It is close to the shipyard on Sulu Island and is the scientific research base of Lan Fang Navy.

After the Naval Weapons Research Institute moved in, it changed its name to Beiyang Islands to show that it did not forget the Beiyang Fleet, which was once the first in Asia.

Zhenyuan City is the only city in Beiyang Islands. It is named after the former flagship of Beiyang Fleet, "Zhenyuan Ship".

Zhenyuan City is not far from Penglai Island. It only takes one hour by transport plane. Qin Zhiyuan and his party have arrived in Zhenyuan City. They got off the plane and drove directly to the dock. Two hours later, Qin Zhiyuan and others sat directly on the deck of the "Taishan" aircraft carrier.

The "Taishan" aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier presented by the French to Lan Fang. It is actually an aircraft carrier converted from a cargo ship. The current general name is an aircraft carrier.

The current aircraft carriers, because they carry few aircraft, actually have extremely limited combat capabilities. The "Taishan" aircraft carrier can only carry 24 fighters and 12 bombers now, and this is under the premise that Lan Fang has optimized the structure of the "Taishan" aircraft carrier. Otherwise, it can carry even fewer aircraft.

In fact, the aircraft is not suitable. The current "Taishan" aircraft carrier is all equipped with fixed-wing aircraft. The aircraft carrier still needs to carry aircraft with foldable wings to further improve its combat effectiveness.

At present, the design of the foldable wing aircraft has been basically completed, and it is just waiting for Long Chengxuan's materials to keep up...

Materials are now the biggest factor restricting Lan Fang's technology.

"I still can't imagine that an aircraft can use bombs to sink a battleship? That's impossible!" Foch was still muttering until he boarded the "Taishan" aircraft carrier.

Since the last imperial meeting, Qin Zhiyuan has not revealed too much to Foch, even if Foch came to ask, Qin Zhiyuan was determined not to reveal it.

Foch's heart was itchy as if it was scratched by a hundred kittens, and finally it became a comb. He had to sign a confidentiality agreement with the Lan Fang military before he could participate in this exercise.

"How is it impossible? Even if the battleship has a displacement of 100,000 tons, I made a 100,000-ton bomb, can't it sink it?" Qin Zhiyuan said nonsense.

It's not nonsense, the atomic bombs in another time and space are tens of millions of tons, and they are measured by explosives. So, 100,000 tons is just a small thing.

"100,000 tons? You are crazy about it!" Foch almost raised his leg and kicked it.

"Okay, look carefully." Qin Zhiyuan signaled Foch to pay attention to the deck.

On the deck, more than a dozen ground crew members were hanging a huge torpedo on the belly of an aircraft. The size of this aircraft was much larger than that of an ordinary fighter, especially the wings, which covered most of the deck when unfolded, which also resulted in only this one aircraft on the entire deck.

"There is no other way. Due to the current level of aircraft, we specially built this one to make this big guy fly. And it can't fly back. It has to land at the airport on a nearby island." Long Chengyuan explained.

Long Chengyuan's expression was calm. Although the torpedo plane in front of him did not fully meet Qin Zhiyuan's requirements, it was not bad, because Long Chengyuan had done his best and had a clear conscience.

"It's already good. It's beyond my imagination to be able to reach this level. Wait, if this exercise is successful, I will give you a one-ton medal." Qin Zhiyuan joked, his eyes full of encouragement and satisfaction.

"Ha, then don't take it." Long Chengyuan and Qin Zhiyuan were not shy. Even if it was something given by the king, if they didn't want it, they didn't want it.

At this time, the aircraft carrier had not formed so many standardized movements in the 21st century, and of course there was no famous "take-off" posture. After all the preparations were completed, the pilot sat in the cockpit and began to prepare for takeoff.

"Can such a big guy fly?" Qin Zhisheng questioned as he looked at the flight deck with a length of about 200 meters.

"Taishan" is an aircraft carrier converted from a cargo ship. Compared with a real aircraft carrier, there are many shortcomings. Even the flight deck is not the rectangular deck in Qin Zhiyuan's impression, but a straight-through deck.

Qin Zhiyuan knew the defects of "Taishan", but Qin Zhiyuan did not intend to change this.

At least before Lan Fang's shipyard was built, Qin Zhiyuan would not come up with a more advanced design.

"In order to move the torpedo plane to the ship, we destroyed four planes in total, and all four pilots died. The pilot flying now is called Mu Wenguang, and one of his brothers died during the test..." Long Chengyuan's voice was not loud, but the information he revealed was awe-inspiring.

"Don't worry, the country will not treat them unfairly. They died for a good cause, and the country will definitely remember them." Qin Zhiyuan promised while holding Long Chengyuan's shoulder.

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Long Chengyuan looked grateful.

In fact, even if Long Chengyuan did not ask for this favor, Lan Fang would not forget these martyrs who sacrificed for the country. The Lan Fang military department has a department that is specifically responsible for the resettlement of disabled soldiers and the care of the orphans of fallen soldiers.

If they are disabled soldiers, they can choose to retire and receive compensation paid by the state for life; if they choose to continue serving, they can go to Lan Fang's state-owned factories or state-owned farms to continue serving the troops, and the military department will give them preferential treatment and arrange for them to do work within their capabilities.

For the fallen martyrs, if they have parents, the state will be responsible for supporting their parents and providing for them until they die; if the martyrs have children, the Lan Fang government will be responsible for raising the children until they are 18 years old, and all living, education and medical expenses will be borne by the state.

In this way, although the burden on the state has been increased invisibly, it has also completely relieved the worries of the Lan Fang soldiers, so the morale of the Lan Fang army is very high and the soldiers are very confident.

The original text is in the six # 9 @book/bar!

While Qin Zhiyuan and the others were talking, the "Taishan" had adjusted its sailing, with the bow facing the direction of the sea breeze, and was ready for takeoff.

Two ground crew members pulled the propeller on the wing hard, and the propeller immediately turned "booming". The ground crew members immediately scattered and made way for the torpedo plane that was about to take off.

Standing in Qin Zhiyuan's position, he could clearly see Mu Wenguang in the cabin saluting him.

Qin Zhiyuan returned the greeting and subconsciously made a "take-off" gesture.

"Go!" Qin Zhiyuan felt that Mu Wenguang would definitely hear it.

The huge fuselage of the torpedo plane began to slide slowly, faster and faster, and arrived at the end of the deck in a very short time.

As soon as it rushed out of the deck, the torpedo plane disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Danger..." Qin Zhisheng exclaimed.

"Pull up..." Long Chengyuan cheered.

Foch's face was gloomy and he said nothing.

Qin Zhiyuan's heartbeat also accelerated involuntarily, but fortunately he was able to control it and did not lose his composure.

Soon, the torpedo plane appeared in the sight of the people with its head held high, flying higher and higher.

"Long live..."

Although it had been successful several times, this time with Qin Zhiyuan present, it was obviously more significant. At the moment when the torpedo plane flew into the blue sky, the ground crew couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Sister, I was scared... This aircraft carrier is really exciting!" Qin Zhisheng patted his chest and took a breath.

"It's just taking off. It's too early to celebrate success. Don't get too excited too early!" Foch poured cold water on him mercilessly.

Qin Zhisheng curled his lips, but he still had enough respect not to refute, and pulled Long Chengyuan aside to whisper.

"As long as it can fly, it means half of the success. Don't worry, it will definitely work. If it doesn't work this time, we still have the next time. As long as we are indomitable, we will always welcome the day of victory." Qin Zhiyuan is ambitious and doesn't argue with Foch.

"Your Majesty is well said!"

"Long live!"

The ground crew was already surrounded, and as soon as Qin Zhiyuan finished speaking, the thunderous cheers rang out again.

Yes, as long as everyone is united, there is no need to worry about not achieving great things!