"By the way, didn't Pei Jing go to the front line to help with dispatching and transporting food and grass? Why did she return to the academy so soon?"
Li Ang asked casually.
"Actually, it's not very fast. It's been close to two months."
Yang Yu explained: "What's more, the current train tracks have been laid to the front line and can transport a large amount of grain, personnel, equipment, armor, and horses every day.
"The Sword Comes"
No need to worry about wear and tear on the road.
The logistics of transshipment are much easier than in the past. So Pei Jing came back first.
As for Li Wei, he still had to stay on the front line with Xue Che and Xue Siye. "
Li Wei is a physical training student, and he follows Xue Che to protect the generals and bureaucrats in the frontline state capital to prevent assassinations from possible enemy assassins. I won’t be able to come back for a while.
Speaking of this, both of them were a little uninterested. The war is approaching, and even the most peaceful and peaceful academy in the past has seen many more changes in personnel than in the past.
This depression lasted until the next science class.
Dr. Su Feng happily took everyone to the forging workshop, opened the newly built large warehouse in the workshop, and pulled out a huge... single-person aircraft.
This is a single-seat biplane with an almost all-metal construction, using fabric skin only on the rear wings and control surfaces.
According to Su Feng's introduction, a miniaturized spiritual energy machine is installed inside, and the spiritual energy machine drives the propeller to provide flight lift.
Even ordinary people without any cultivation can control it by turning the buttons.
Su Feng stood on the stage and proudly showed off his latest invention. Just as he was about to go up for a test drive, he was pulled down by disciples who were worried about his safety.
Finally, Su Feng's disciple Ou Zhiyuan got up to drive.
The plane skidded off the runway, and after a certain distance of acceleration, it successfully raised its head and soared into the sky, drawing a circular trajectory in the sky.
The huge noise produced by the spirit machine engine attracted the attention of many doctors and students.
Even the students in the classroom couldn't help but stick their heads out of the window and look up at the plane.
The plane hovered in mid-air for two quarters of an hour, demonstrating dive, pull-up, hover and other actions, and finally slid back to the runway and landed safely.
All the students were gearing up and looking forward to the test drive session. However, Su Feng did not give the students a chance to test drive at all.
After assigning the homework, amidst the disappointed sighs of the students,
He asked the disciple to park the aircraft, temporarily named "Wude" model, back in the hangar.
At the end of the class, Li Ang was stopped by Su Feng, who rubbed his palms and asked with a smile: "Risheng, what do you think of this Wude?"
"It's awesome."
Li Ang answered truthfully.
This aircraft was apparently developed by Su Feng and his disciples when Li Ang went to Taiyuan Prefecture to deal with the plague.
Instead of using the wave-two aircraft drawings that Li Ang originally produced, he designed a new aircraft model himself.
Li Ang asked: "What Senior Brother Ou demonstrated just now is far from reaching the maximum speed of the aircraft, right?"
Su Feng nodded, "Well, after experiments, the speed in half an hour is about 800 miles."
"Eight hundred miles..."
Li Ang raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's already comparable to a monk in the Patrolling Cloud Realm."
"Not as fast as the fastest swordsman."
Su Feng shook his head, "If the two sides encounter each other, they will still be caught up."
Most Xunyun realm sword cultivators have the ability to incarnate sword light, and their flexibility is far better than that of airplanes that are difficult to turn. In the field of close combat, the two sides are not on the same level at all.
"But the aircraft can be mass-produced, and the Cloud Patrolling Realm sword cultivator will kill each one less."
Li Ang shook his head, "Besides, the Wude also has certain countermeasures, doesn't it?"
He pointed at the ballista-like devices installed on both sides of the aircraft's wings.
"Haha, I really can't hide anything from you."
Su Feng smiled and used a screwdriver to unscrew the cover of the device, revealing the complex mechanical structure inside. "This thing is both a ballista and a charm disk."
"Charm plate?"
Li Ang noticed a stack of talismans hidden in the wing talismans. There were no real talismans on them, just models.
"Um."
Su Feng nodded and explained: "When the pilot pulls the trigger, the crossbow in the wing will launch the talisman loaded on the heavy crossbow arrow.
The speed of the ballista is very slow and cannot keep up with sword cultivators of the same level, but it is better because of its large number.
What vortex talisman, sharp talisman, explosive talisman?
If one is not enough, then ten. If ten is not enough, then twenty.
There is always a chance of a hit. "
Li Ang asked: "Similar to a fighter bomber?"
"Combat bombing? What a name."
Su Feng's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Yes, this kind of aircraft can have a huge advantage in attack distance against monks in the Listening to the Rain Realm who cannot fly.
Even when faced with monks from the Listening to the Rain Realm, they still have a certain ability to survive and fight back.
Of course, its best application is on the battlefield where the situation is chaotic.
The aircraft swooped down from high altitude, and fired talisman arrows to bombard the enemy's formation at a kilometer above the ground that was difficult for crossbow arrows and talismans to reach (it could also avoid the strong winds at higher altitudes). Break up the formation.
In the past, when monks cooperated with ordinary soldiers in wars,
Often monks target monks, preventing each other from using talismans and spells to change the battlefield situation.
The army would often wait until the other side's monks had exhausted their spiritual energy, or at least depleted most of it, and were unable to change the situation, and then rush out in full force to secure victory in one fell swoop.
But now, with this kind of aircraft, it can bypass the enemy monks and directly cause damage to ordinary enemy soldiers.
Without soldiers as cover, the enemy monks would be extremely conspicuous and could only retreat with the army.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this invention directly changed the future battlefield pattern. "
Su Feng looked proud, and Ou Zhiyuan and other disciples also clenched their fists, extremely proud, and said in unison: "This is the victory of Neo-Confucianism."
"It is also a victory for the science journals. It is estimated that in the next few months, there will be articles analyzing this aircraft in the journals."
Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "But this invention will be announced in class today. Do you agree to it?"
There is no airtight wall in the world. If the Academy knows about it, it means that Chang'an knows about it. Chang'an knows about it, which means other countries and Mount Taihao know about it.
"certainly."
Su Feng shrugged, "The war is approaching, so showing off the latest invention now can be regarded as a show of force. It is best to eliminate the war.
No one wants to go to war, let alone war with Mount Taihao and so many countries at the same time.
As for whether this kind of aircraft will make Taihaoshan suspicious and anxious, or even start a war in advance...
Oh, even though it has so many advantages, it still has more disadvantages. I believe people from Taihao Mountain can analyze it.
For example, the cost is high, the manufacturing efficiency is low, and the flying speed is relatively slow. It will be defeated by a sword cultivator in the Patrol Cloud Realm in one blow, and it will not have any effect on the battles between higher-level Zhuxiao Realm..."
Su Feng paused and said quietly: "It can change the battlefield, but it cannot change the war.
The ones who really decide the direction of the war are still the monks. The strongest monk.
At least the current Neo-Confucian creations cannot replace this. "
