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Chapter 1806 Possibility of Carrier Aircraft
"I heard that this strange machine can carry people into the air!"

"Really? Is it medieval witchcraft or something?"

A large number of nobles and civilians gathered in the western suburbs of London. They came to watch the air show. A new means of transportation was parked on the simple apron.

This time the publicity shocked many people. Hundreds of people stopped their work and came here.

There are also many horse-drawn carriages and even imported T-cars on the scene.The only people in England who could afford cars and carriages were nobles, squires, or great merchants.

They saw the biplane with the red dragon logo painted on it. They had never seen this kind of weird machine before, so they couldn't help but comment.

Queen Sophia did not go to any lengths to come to watch in person, because she had already seen biplanes in the eastern capital.

Even so, Princess Victoria came here to watch the air show under the protection of the royal guards, which caused quite a stir.

"Is that our Princess Victoria?"

"It's rare to see her go out alone. It seems that the princess is about to grow up."

Many commoners heard that the only princess of the royal family was coming, which caused another discussion.Some English nobles came to meet Her Royal Highness.

The current Queen Sophia is more prestigious than her elder brother Charles I and her father King James I, because England has become a top European power in her hands.

As a princess, Victoria was also sought after by nobles because of her mother.

"Please step back and don't occupy the runway! The runway is that road!"

A handful of pilots dispersed onlookers who crowded the airstrip.

A few people carrying a tripod camera came out of the crowd, and they went straight to the pilot: "We are from the Kyushu Newspaper, and we want to interview and take pictures of you before the air show."

A tripod camera was set up in front of the biplane to take pictures of the air squad in London, leaving precious black and white photos.

After a brief interview and photos, the three pilots climbed into the Dragon biplane.

There are "ground crews" on the ground clearing the field to avoid any accidents of the Dragon biplane during the air show.

In front of an audience of thousands, the biplane's propellers spun, its engines hummed, and its wooden hull glided.

"It's moving!"

For onlookers who have never seen a biplane take off, its every move will cause a surprise.

The pilot wearing goggles began to lift the biplane, and the biplane began to rise against the wind after taxiing for a while, climbing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Everyone exclaimed the moment the Dragon biplane left the ground. They saw something they had never seen in their entire life—people could fly into the air with the help of a machine!

"Father, tell me it's not true!"

"How did they do it! How can people fly into the sky!"

The onlookers at the scene were almost completely boiling. People blushed and had thick necks, discussing biplanes like arguing, and the scene was as lively as a vegetable market.

For people of this era, the appearance of ironclad ships and automobiles is not enough to surprise people, but the sky that no one has ever set foot in is beginning to be conquered, which collapses the worldview of everyone present, and the power of industry completely breaks through their imaginations!

For a long time, only birds and legendary gods and ghosts can fly, but human beings have managed to do it!

"It's an amazing and terrifying tool. If explosives are dropped from above, it is estimated that the originally dense formation will be disrupted soon, and an effective formation will not be formed at all!"

The English were also present with members of the cabinet, MPs, and a number of nobles and military officers, who cared more about their value than the common people.

Among them, George Monk and Blake of the Royal Navy are here, and they are amazed at the magic of the plane.

After seeing the plane, Black said to other Royal Navy officers: "I think this kind of biplane can fly without gliding on the ground for a long distance, so is it possible to put a biplane on the ship and fly it on the deck?" Get up and throw gunpowder on the enemy ship? Imagine if the deck of the enemy ship is hit by gunpowder, not only the sailors on the deck will suffer heavy losses, but the entire ship will be burned."

"You mean to let this thing take off on the deck of a warship? How is it possible? Our deck is not long enough, and there are masts, artillery, and ropes on the deck. Its wings are 8 meters long!"

Many Royal Navy officers regarded Black's ideas as fantasy and found it incredible.

Match the aircraft on the warship to attack the enemy's warship?

"Our wooden sailboats are 40 to 60 meters long, and they certainly can't let flying machines take off, but have you ever thought that the Chinese ironclad ships can be as long as 100 meters, and their ironclad ships may be able to carry aircraft?" Black still thinks that he idea is feasible.

The rest of the Royal Navy officers heard Black talking about the ironclad ship, and thought about it carefully, the length that the wooden ship could not reach, the ironclad ship could easily reach, and maybe it could really carry aircraft.

"Ironclad ships are already extremely terrifying. If they can also carry biplanes, I really can't imagine..."

"Damn it, naval battles should be bombarded with cannons, what kind of naval battles are biplanes?!"

"It would be nice to win the war. If it can really carry a biplane, there is probably no way to defeat an ironclad ship."

Royal Navy officers quarreled over one of Black's ideas.

It seems that ironclad ships capable of carrying biplanes can change the pattern of previous naval battles.

However, for the Royal Navy, which is still using sail battleships, steam ironclad ships are out of reach, so why consider the issue of matching biplanes on ironclad ships.

Black looked at the Dragon biplane hovering in the sky, and couldn't help being a little envious of the opponent's technology.

He inadvertently foresees the carrier-based aircraft that will appear in the future, and a new type of iron-clad ship will appear in the future, and that type of iron-clad ship is called an aircraft carrier...

The three dragon biplanes hovered in the air for a while, and performed more complex movements such as diving, which caused the onlookers to exclaim.

However, in order to avoid controversy, the performance of throwing explosives was not performed.

Just being able to fly over their heads, this kind of performance changed the faces of many nobles and commoners.

If they hadn't been informed in advance that the biplane is a machine that can fly into the sky, some civilians might have thought it was a miracle.

Some even made the sign of the cross on their chests and chanted words.

"It's exactly the same as in my impression. In the future, I also want to fly high in the sky and see the scenery below from above." Princess Victoria sat in the car and looked at the Dragon biplane still circling in the sky, her eyes shining brightly.

She had seen biplanes in Dongfang Capital when she was a child, but her impression was a bit blurred.

(End of this chapter)