Chapter 276 Nelson, times are changing! (Please subscribe, please vote)

After leaving Xishan Palace, I took a good nap in the Red Rabbit driven by Yu Ziqi. By the time the Red Rabbit parked in the courtyard of the Naval Aviation Headquarters, it was almost noon.

He clocked in late on the first day, and was even late by two or three hours. If he hadn't been the leader, Zhuge Weidao would have had to criticize him, and he might even have had his wages and bonuses deducted.

However, he is now an all-powerful figure in the naval aviation force! Not only the acting admiral, but also the chief of staff and heads of various departments below him were almost all promoted by Zhuge Weidao.

When Zhuge Weidao got out of the Red Rabbit in high spirits, he heard Guo Xiaobao shout "Salute", and then he saw two rows of officers wearing white navy uniforms with two stripes and stars on their brochures, standing on a five-story building.

A military salute was given to him outside the main entrance of the high-rise Chinese-style building.

Zhuge Weidao also quickly stood at attention and returned a salute to this group of young and high-ranking Ming navy elites. At the same time, he glanced at them with his own eyes. He found that Yu Yang, Ye Wu, Ma Xuchen, Li Kezhi,

Ling Zongjun, Guo Xiaobao, Huang Shuren (the original deputy military attaché of the Ming Dynasty in Rakshasa), and Wang Wen, who just graduated from the Naval Staff College, are all here!

There are also three captains brought by Zhuge Weidao from the Persian Gulf Fleet, one is Lei Teng from the Cao Guogong, one is Wang Leiyong from the Liang Guogong, and the other is Yu Tianzhu from the Wei Guogong. All three of them are colonels.

Because there was no place for the ship to be sunk in the Persian Gulf fleet, Zhuge Weidao enthusiastically "cheated" the three of them into joining the naval aviation force. He also promised that each of them would be given the captaincy of an aircraft carrier!

But looking at the smiling faces of the three of them now, they must have set their sights on the four aircraft-carrying battlecruisers!

In addition, there are three juniors from the Zhuge family, all young people of the Yang generation, named "Yang Yong", "Yang Chao", and "Yang Yang". They are all under 30 years old, but they all have two bars and two stars.

Or a title with two bars and one star, and all of them have graduated from the Naval Staff College, and they all have the qualifications to serve as captains and captains.

Zhuge Weidao's eyes swept back and forth, and he had already taken in the faces of these people, and they all looked very energetic!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao coughed and began to lecture: "Gentlemen, the next war is likely to break out within 12 months, and the real main force of our naval aviation - the carrier-based aircraft force, will be here

It officially appeared on the stage of history in a war, and will become more and more important for a long time in the future, until it becomes a central role on the stage! Are you ready? Are the naval aviation ready?"

"Admiral, we are ready!"

More than a dozen people roared together, and they were indeed very energetic. After the roar, Colonel Ma Xuchen, chief of staff of the Naval Aviation, confidently said to Zhuge Weidao: "Admiral, the Naval Aviation Admiral's Mansion has been preparing for three years!

We already have many trump cards, some of which are still highly confidential and cannot be made public!"

Of course, even Zhuge Weidao, who serves as the admiral of the Persian Gulf Fleet, does not know about the highly confidential information that cannot be made public.

"Okay," Zhuge Weidao nodded heavily, "I just want to see the trump card of our naval aviation!"

Ma Xuchen stood at attention: "Yes, Admiral!"

As he said that, he turned around and led Zhuge Weidao towards the building of the Naval Aviation Admiral's Mansion.

The naval aviation admiral's office building was newly built. Zhuge Weidao had not completed it when he was the aviation chief of staff earlier, but the main function of the building was determined by him - it is not an office, but an "information system"

command center!

All airship bases and airship carriers affiliated with the naval aviation can maintain contact with the naval aviation yamen at any time through the navy's dedicated telegraph lines, telephone lines and long-wave radio stations.

Theoretically, Zhuge Weidao, sitting in the yamen, can directly issue orders to every base, every airship mothership, and every airship below. With this command efficiency, Empress Dowager Zheng and Emperor Zhu don't even have to go on a personal expedition if they want to.

If you go to Guangzhou, just come to Zhuge Weidao's information-based admiral's office! How great it is to be able to go home to eat while you are on a military expedition!

In addition to this information command center, the Admiral's Mansion building also houses a management center for naval aviation equipment research and development, production and maintenance.

The finalization of aircraft and various aircraft carriers are completed here. Problems discovered during the production and use of aircraft and aircraft carriers will also be fed back to the Arms Production and Maintenance Office in the Aviation Admiral's Mansion as soon as possible. This naval aviation equipment

The trial production office also has a highly confidential equipment model exhibition hall, which is located on the top floor of the Admiral's Mansion Building.

All projects that are in production, under research, pre-research, and even in the exploratory stage are displayed here, and they are also displayed in series and by generations, so that people can see them clearly at a glance.

As soon as Zhuge Weidao walked into the exhibition hall, he saw the "new trump card" of the Ming Dynasty Naval Aviation - a five-cylinder air-cooled radial engine!

This engine is not a model, but a real thing. It has a simple structure and is not large in size. At a glance, you can tell that it was made based on several sketches in the "Aerospace Book".

"Admiral, this is the Feilong Type 5 radial aircraft engine. It has five cylinders and can provide up to 150 horsepower." The person who pointed at the aircraft engine and spoke was Zhuge Yangyong, who belonged to Zhuge Weitian's room.

My nephew is a naval aviation airship pilot.

"150 horses." Zhuge Weidao looked at the size of the engine again, nodded and said, "It should be enough now."

"Admiral," Zhuge Yangyong said again, "there is also a Red Rabbit III inline water-cooled four-cylinder engine here. It is modified from a car engine and has 100 horsepower."

Zhuge Weidao looked in the direction of Yang Yong's finger and found another in-line aviation engine. He smiled and said: "Can two series of aviation engines support two series of aircraft?"

"Admiral Yingming!" Zhuge Yangyong pointed to the fighter model exhibition area next to him. There were four models of light biplanes. These four aircraft were all biplanes. Judging from their appearance, they belonged to two models. One of them was

The model has a smaller nose and should be based on an in-line engine. The other model has a larger nose and must be based on a radial engine. In addition, they are divided into single-seat and two-seat versions.

Next to these four light biplanes, there was also a two-wing, two-engine, two-seater seaplane.

"Do we have a seaplane carrier?" Zhuge Weidao asked looking at the seaplane model.

"Yes," Chief of Naval Staff Ma Xuchen answered the question, "We modified the hull of a Nandao-class passenger ship under construction, moved the chimney and deck buildings to the right, and then installed wooden sloping

Corner Flight Deck.”

"Isn't that an aircraft carrier?" Zhuge Weidao was surprised, "Where is its model?"

"Over there." Ma Xuchen pointed to the ship exhibition area.

Zhuge Weidao looked in the direction of his finger, and what he saw was an aircraft-carrying passenger ship! Well, the flight deck layout of this ship was the same as that of an aircraft-carrying battlecruiser, with only an angled deck and no direct deck. In addition, in

The bow of this ship, which does not have an "aircraft passenger ship", also has a platform equipped with a crane, which should be used to hoist seaplanes.

Seeing this weird-looking aircraft carrier, Zhuge Weidao immediately understood - it was a "training and seaplane aircraft carrier." When Zhuge Weidao served as chief of staff at Hainan Airlines, he ordered the modification of a "training aircraft carrier" and "a seaplane carrier."

"Seaplane Carrier" order. I don't know which genius naval architect merged these two projects into one, took a Nandao-class and modified it and handed it over. And the technical accumulation of that aircraft-carrying battlecruiser should also be

It came from this "training and seaplane carrier".

At this time, Ma Xuchen introduced again: "Admiral, we now have one such mothership, and within 12 months, two more will be put into use, and our Ssangyong seaplane can take off directly from the angled deck of the mothership.

, and then landed on the sea!

The SsangYong seaplane has two aviation machine guns and can also carry a 100kg bomb. When fully loaded with bombs and fuel, it can fly 200 kilometers and is fully capable of carrying out bombing missions!"

Zhuge Weidao looked at this strange-looking aircraft carrier, nodded slightly and said: "Okay! Adding an aircraft-carrying battlecruiser, we have four aircraft carriers. Nelson, times are about to change!"
Chapter completed!