Chapter 159 The Ming Dynasty, not fooling, very reliable! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Are they really in a dogfight?"

Zhuge Weidao was dumbfounded because he found that the two airships in the sky rose for a while and then dropped rapidly. It didn't look like they were fighting in the air, but more like they were playing on a trampoline.

What is even more exaggerated than jumping up and down is that the two airships are mostly incapable of attacking each other. The larger Feilong No. 3 boat has machine guns, but those two machine guns are often unable to aim at the target, and they keep looking for them.

No chance to fire.

As for the smaller Armstrong boat, although it does not fly as fast as the Flying Dragon 3 boat, it is obviously more flexible. It can seize a high position while circling the Flying Dragon 3 boat, and make turns from time to time.

However, this airship seemed to have no firepower, so it ran up and down, and after circling with the flying dragon boat for a while, it didn't fire a shot at the flying dragon boat. I don't know what it was doing.

Seeing this, Zhuge Weidao lost his patience and ordered: "Weigh the anchor, let's drive over to help the officer!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Bang, bang, bang."

This is the sound of the train's wheels hitting the rails. Now Zhuge Weidao has boarded the train back to Beijing - his mission on the ship is not over, but he has received a short "holiday" and can return to Beijing to wait for him.

When the twin children were born, he also had to report the events of the Battle of Kii and the Battle of Jueying Island to the Prime Minister's Office and the Navy Ministry in Beijing. Then he had to attend an important meeting of the military division.

Although the Ming Dynasty and the Zhuge family had already decided on the national policy of competing with the British for hegemony and treating Japan as a dog, they were still very cautious when implementing it. The little "push" of Zhuge Weidao only made the Zhuge family's military divisions

The route for hegemony has taken a small step forward from the previous "waiting and testing period" and entered the "small bet and small win period".

That is to say, don't play big, just play small. On the premise of avoiding the final showdown, try to eat away at the interests of the British Empire as much as possible, and at the same time, cautiously but resolutely expand the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire.

Therefore, even if the Battle of Kii and the Battle of Jueying Island occurred, and the Ming Dynasty could already determine that the Japanese rebels in Nagasaki were also the enemies of the Ming Empire, the Ming Dynasty soldiers still could not kill Japan without gaining the reputation of justice.

Go home. This is the policy passed down by King Wu Zhong of "no aggression, no colonization and no forcing other countries to become vassals"!

Of course, the standard of "no aggression, no colonization, and no forcing other countries to become vassals" is very clear. You can't rob Ming Dynasty without being honest and honorable. People don't want to be dogs, but Ming Dynasty can't take them forcibly, and Ming Dynasty's dogs are not casual.

Everyone is qualified.

As for the big labels of hidden colonization and economic colonization, the Great Tomorrow will not recognize it at all. Not only will it not admit it, but it will not accuse others of engaging in hidden colonization or economic colonization.

Therefore, the first big thing Zhuge Weidao had to do when he returned to Beijing this time was to work out a specific strategy on how to get the honor of defeating the Nagasaki rebels.

The second major thing he wants to accomplish in Beijing is to formulate a general strategy for the Ming Dynasty's navy's air defense operations and aviation operations - he is now a recognized expert in aviation operations and air defense operations in the Ming Dynasty's military circles.

Moreover, he is also the "Air Force Division" of the Zhuge Family. Of course, this identity is only known within the Military Division.

On the train to Beijing, Zhuge Weidao spent most of the time immersed in writing. He had to publish a report and recommendations before attending the aviation operations and air defense operations meeting of the Navy Department. This report and recommendations were for ships.

The key to the army's fight for air defense transformation budget and the budget for the aviation force.

Naval Aviation Admiral Guan Tianpei also returned to Beijing with him, and was now sitting in a box with Zhuge Weidao. Zhuge Weidao was writing a report, and he was reading the report written by Zhuge Weidao, and the more he read, the more he frowned.

"Daozi, what is the new aircraft you propose? Is it a new type of airship? Why is it listed as a top-secret project and requires a special budget of at least 5 million silver dollars in the eighth year of Taiping?"

"Of course the new aircraft is not an airship. Airships have no future." Zhuge Weidao replied while writing something in a notebook with a pen, "The name of the new aircraft is airplane."

"Flying chicken?" Guan Tianpei asked, "Rooster, hen's chicken?"

"A machine's machine." Zhuge Weidao laughed, "A machine that can fly is called a plane."

"A flying machine? How to fly?"

"this."

When Zhuge Weidao was thinking about how to explain to Guan Tianpei, Guan Tianpei discovered something new from Zhuge Weidao's report, so he asked with a smile: "Daozi, didn't you say that airships have no future? Why did you also propose the development of transportation?

Plans for airships, bombing airships, reconnaissance airships and combat airships? Oh, and the development of airship carriers is very thoughtful, right?"

"Admiral, this is for the British!" Zhuge Weidao explained with a smile, "The airship has no future, so it is best for the enemy to develop. If there is only one kind of airship, it may not cost the British much money.

So we will first develop four major categories, and each major category will be divided into two sub-categories: ship-shore-based and ship-based. In this way, the British will need to develop at least eight types of airships, and also need to develop and build an airship mothership. Then

Adding up multiple projects together, tens of millions of pounds may be wasted. And if the British spend too much on airships, they will naturally invest less in surface ships, underwater ships and aircraft.

In fact, in terms of the development direction of surface ships, we also need to mislead the British and let them regard speed as the ultimate performance indicator of surface ships, thereby reducing investment in armor and firepower."

In terms of speed, armor, and firepower, it is best to have a battleship that is strong and balanced, can run fast, is durable, and has strong firepower. That is of course the most ideal! But this kind of ship costs too much and has technical requirements.

It's too high. Not to mention the Great Britain, even the Ming Dynasty is difficult to improve. And when the speed, armor, and firepower of the battleship are all improved, it is time to be eliminated. Instead of spending wasteful money on building battle cruisers, it is better to improve a few more

Isn’t it nice to have an aircraft carrier? And there is also the issue of the naval treaty. The tonnage of the treaty ships must be limited, and the contracting parties cannot be left to build large ships.

Therefore, a truly excellent treaty battleship cannot pursue comprehensive capabilities and must make certain trade-offs in the three aspects of armor, firepower, and speed. In Zhuge Weidao's view, speed can be discarded!

Because high-speed battleships often need to use high-power power systems, require large heavy oil boilers and steam turbines, and also require large oil depots. These will occupy the limited tonnage, thus sacrificing firepower and armor, and it is easy to create mediocre firepower and armor.

It is also a thin, but very fast battle cruiser. Of course the battle cruiser has its uses, but it cannot be used as the main force.

In comparison, those ships with thicker skins and thicker guns, but slower speeds, actually have very guaranteed combat effectiveness, and they are much cheaper, so they are most suitable for being used as the main force.

Japan, Nagasaki.

At the same time, George Eryu was recording carefully in a Japanese-style castle on the outskirts of Nagasaki while listening to the report of Japan's air combat ace Saigo Yoshihei Takamori.

It turned out that in the air battle on Jueying Island that day, the airship aboard Saigo Yoshibei Takamori was not shot down by Guan Tianpei's airship. Instead, it used its low-altitude maneuverability and relatively flexible lifting and lowering features to launch a collision with Guan Tianpei's airship.

, although there was no collision, Xixiang still seized the opportunity to throw a shot at Guan Tianpei's airship. It is said that it hit the target!

If the Ming Navy's Lushun hadn't arrived to support the Flying Dragon No. 3 airship, Xixiang would have been confident to shoot it down with a flying knife!

The weapon used in the world's first air battle was actually a knife, and airships could also cooperate with surface ships. By the way, the Indomitable was sunk by the coordinated operations of the Ming Navy and airships. This was really a valuable experience!
Chapter completed!