1825 My New Daming

Chapter 276 Nelson, Times Are Changing! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Leaving the Xishan Palace, he squinted at the Chitu car driven by Yu Ziqi again. It was almost noon when the Chitu car parked in the Naval Aviation Headquarters compound.

On the first day when he clocked in, he was late for work, and he was late for two or three hours. If he hadn't been the top leader, Zhuge Weidao would have to criticize him, and he might have to deduct his salary and bonus.

But now he is a figure in the naval aviation who overshadows the sky with one hand!Not only the acting admiral, but also the chiefs of staff and heads of various departments are almost all promoted by Zhuge Weidao.

When Zhuge Weidao got out of the red rabbit car in good spirits, he heard Guo Xiaobao shout "salute", and then he saw two rows of officers in white navy uniforms with two bars and a few stars on their brochures, standing in a five-star Outside the main entrance of the one-story Chinese-style building, a military salute was given to him.

Zhuge Weidao also hurriedly stood at attention, saluted this group of young and high-ranking Ming naval elites, and at the same time swept his eyes.I found that Yu Yang, Ye Wu, Ma Xuchen, Li Kezhi, Ling Zongjun, Guo Xiaobao, Huang Shuren (the former deputy military attache of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Luocha), and Wang Wen, who just graduated from the Naval Staff College, were all there!
There are also three captains Zhuge Weidao brought from the Persian Gulf Fleet, one is Lei Teng on Cao Guogong, one is Wang Leiyong on Liang Guogong, and the other is Yu Tianzhu on Weiguogong.The three of them are colonels, because there is no place to arrange for the ship to sink in the Persian Gulf Fleet, so Zhuge Weidao enthusiastically "tricked" the three of them into the naval aviation.He also promised that one of them would be the captain of an aircraft carrier!
But seeing the smiling faces of the three of them now, they must have taken a fancy to the four aircraft-carrying battlecruisers!
In addition, there are three younger generations of 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 the title of two bars and one star, and they have all graduated from the Naval Staff College, and they all have the qualifications to serve as captains and captains.

Zhuge Weidao's gaze swept back and forth, and he had already seen 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. In one war, it officially entered the stage of history, and for a long time to come, it will become more and more important until it becomes a central role! Are you...ready? Is naval aviation ready?"

"Admiral, we are ready!"

A dozen or so people yelled together, and they were indeed very energetic.After shouting, Colonel Ma Xuchen, chief of staff of the naval aviation, said to Zhuge Weidao confidently: "Admiral, the admiral's mansion of the naval aviation has been prepared for three years! We already have many trump cards, some of which are still highly confidential !"

Of course, even Zhuge Weidao, the admiral of the Persian Gulf Fleet, did not know about the high-level secrets he mentioned that could not be made public.

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

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

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

The Admiralty Building of the Naval Air Force was newly built. Zhuge Weidao hadn’t finished it when he was the chief of staff of the Air Force, but the main function of the building was determined by him—this is not a government office, but an "information" command center!

All airship bases and airship motherships affiliated to the Naval Aviation can keep in touch with the Naval Aviation Yamen at any time through the Navy's dedicated telegraph lines, telephone lines and long-wave radio stations.

Theoretically, sitting in the yamen, Zhuge Weidao can directly issue orders to every base, every airship mothership, and every airship below. With this command efficiency, there is no need for Empress Dowager Zheng and Emperor Zhu to conquest Go to Guangzhou, just come to this information-based admiral's office where Zhuge is the Taoist!How nice it is to be able to go home and have dinner while driving in person!
In addition to this information command center, there is also a management center for naval aviation equipment research and development, production and maintenance in the admiral's mansion building.

The finalization of aircraft and various aircraft carriers is done here.The problems discovered during the production and use of aircraft and aircraft carriers will also be fed back to the Armament Production and Maintenance Department in the Air Force Admiral's Mansion as soon as possible.The naval aviation equipment trial production department also has a highly confidential equipment model exhibition hall, which is on the top floor of the admiral's mansion building.

All the projects that are in production, under research, pre-research, and even in the exploratory stage are displayed here, and will be displayed in series and intergenerationally, which can be seen at a glance.

As soon as Zhuge Weidao walked into this exhibition hall, he immediately saw the "new trump card" of the Daming Navy Aviation Corps - a five-cylinder air-cooled radial engine!
This engine is not a model, but a real object, with a simple structure and a small size. It can be seen at a glance that it was made according to a few sketches in the "Aviation Book".

"Admiral, this is the Flying Dragon five star aeroengine. It has five cylinders and can provide up to 150 horsepower." Pointing to the aeroengine, Zhuge Yangyong spoke, and he belonged to Zhuge Weitian's room. Nephew, airship pilot in the Naval Aviation.

"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 Chitu III inline water-cooled four-cylinder engine, which is modified from a car engine and has 100 horsepower."

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

"Admiral is wise!" Zhuge Yangyong pointed to the fighter plane model exhibition area next to him, where there were four models of light biplanes. The nose of the model is relatively small, and it should be an in-line engine. The nose of the other model is relatively large, and it must be a radial engine.In addition, they are divided into single-seater version and two-seater version.

And beside the four light biplanes, there is also a two-wing, two-engine, two-seater seaplane.

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

"Yes," Ma Xuchen, Chief of Naval Staff, took the question, "We refitted the hull of a South Island-class passenger ship under construction, moved the chimney and the buildings on the deck to the right, and installed wooden oblique corner flight deck."

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

"There." Ma Xuchen pointed to the ship exhibition area.

Zhuge Weidao looked in the direction of his finger, and what he saw was a passenger ship carrying an aircraft!Well, the flight deck layout of this ship is the same as that of the aircraft-carrying battlecruiser, with only an angled deck and no direct deck.In addition, there is a platform with a crane installed on the bow of this ship without the "aircraft passenger ship", which should be used to hoist the seaplane.

Seeing this strange-looking aircraft carrier, Zhuge Weidao immediately understood that it was a "training and seaplane aircraft carrier".When Zhuge Weidao was the chief of staff of HNA, he issued an order to refit the "training aircraft carrier" and "seaplane carrier".I don't know which talented naval engineer combined these two projects into one, took a South Island class and changed it, and then the job was completed.And the technical accumulation of the aircraft-carrying battlecruiser should also come from this "training and seaplane carrier".

At this time, Ma Xuchen introduced again: "Admiral, we now have one such mother ship, and within 12 months, another two will be put into use, and our SsangYong seaplane can take off directly from the inclined deck of the mother ship." , and landed on the sea!

The SsangYong seaplane has two aviation machine guns, and can also mount a 100 kg bomb, and it can fly 200 kilometers with a full bomb and full fuel, which is completely capable of bombing missions! "

Zhuge Weidao looked at this strange-looking aircraft carrier, nodded lightly and said, "Okay! With the addition of an aircraft-carrying battlecruiser, we have four aircraft carriers. Nelson, the times are about to change!"

(End of this chapter)