George Kelly is the father of aerodynamics in another timeline! If it weren't for a light enough engine, then it might not have been the Wright brothers but this guy who invented the airplane.
Today, he is also one of the giants in the field of aerodynamics. He presided over the development of the first wind tunnel in the British Empire. He also opened a company engaged in manufacturing airships. Because of the outstanding performance of the airships he built, he was recognized by the British The king made him a knight. While making airships, he did not give up making airplanes, and he has achieved certain success!
However, because the British gasoline engine was not as good as the Ming Dynasty's engine, what George Kelly invented was not an airplane that relied on its own power to take off. Instead, it installed an engine and a propeller on a glider, and then used an airship to launch this "powered glide" from a high altitude. airplane". Not long ago, the test of this "powered glider" was successful.
"Earl, Sir Kelly is really a great inventor. His 'Skywalker 1'... is the one in the photo. It was launched from a large Kelly 3 airship flying at an altitude of 2,000 yards. Down, using the thrust generated by the engine it carried and the thrust generated by gliding downward, it glided for more than 100 miles before successfully landing at an airship field! Sir Kelly said that if a more powerful engine can be built next, 'Skywalker 1' may be able to take off from the ground with its own power! In the future, maybe we will be able to hang bombs on this kind of flying machine to bomb the fleet of the Ming Navy..."
George Yilu became more and more excited as he talked about it, and by the end he was almost dancing.
However, First Sea Lord Lord Nelson was not as optimistic as Yilu. He looked at Yilu and asked: "George, does Ming Dynasty have the ability to build the same aircraft?"
"This..." George Yilu was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became serious, "Count, aerodynamics is not an unknown mysterious theory. There are many people in the Ming Dynasty studying it. , For example, Dr. Zhuge Feilong, the manufacturer of the Feilong airship, is an expert in aerodynamics."
"Then what should we be happy about?" Earl Nelson asked, "Our enemies may have already possessed similar aircraft...and their internal combustion engines are ahead of us!"
"Earl," George Elliot smiled, "Sir Kelly has already thought of the problems you can think of... Look at this! This is a secret weapon designed by Sir Kelly for the Royal Navy."
As he spoke, George Elliot took out another blueprint from his pocket and spread it out in front of Earl Nelson. Earl Nelson looked down and saw that there was still a glider on the drawing, but this glider had no power at all and no cockpit. The original cockpit was replaced by something that looked like a bomb!
"What is this?" Earl Nelson didn't understand.
"This is a guided glide bomb outside the defense zone!" George Yilu said with a very high-level name.
It's outside the defense zone, it's guided, it's a glide bomb...it sounds awesome!
"George, say something understandable!" Earl Nelson glared at George Elliot.
Yilu said: "The so-called outside the defense zone means that the ammunition is dropped outside the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft weapons, so that there is no need to worry about being shot down. The so-called guidance means that the bomb is controlled by someone and can fly to the enemy's warship. Drop it. The so-called glide bomb is a glider plus a bomb..."
"Wait a minute," Earl Nelson immediately realized something was wrong, "A man made a bomb? Then this person...isn't he going to be blown up to death?"
"No, it won't..." George Elliot said, "Considering that the bomb operator's emotions may be tense due to the certainty of death, which will affect the execution of the flight mission, Sir Kelly prepared the glider and bomb for A separation device was designed. After the bomb was dropped, the bomb operator could also fly the glider for a certain distance."
"Then what?" Nelson looked at George Elliot.
"Then...jump into the sea!"
Nelson was startled: "You'll drown!"
George Elliot said: "Earl, we can choose bomb operators who can swim."
"Can you swim? How far can you swim?"
George Elliot said: "If you are lucky, our speedboat will pick them up...if you are unlucky, then...you can only ask for God's blessing." "
"That means," Earl Nelson said with a frown, "I'm afraid we can't use this standoff guided gliding bomb to sneak attack the enemy's base."
After listening to Nelson's words, George Elliot immediately laughed: "Earl, you are right, this weapon is not suitable for sneak attacks on the enemy's base... But in the fleet battle, its role is great. Yes! Originally we needed to send out 100 airships to achieve the effect, but now we only need to send out 10 large airships, and let them each carry 10 gliding bombs, and we can exceed the quota. Moreover, the airship is too easy to be shot down. Once shot down, the loss will be lost. It's too big and far less cost-effective than using glide bombs. Even if we can't recover most of the bomb operators..."
Nelson also smiled and said: "As long as a few enemy battleships can be severely damaged, their sacrifices are very valuable... On the battlefield of a fleet battle, the severely damaged battleships are a burden to the entire fleet! By the way, How is the battleship deal? How many countries have agreed to cooperate with us? "
"Count," George Elliot replied, "at present, France, Prussia, Austria, Rakshasa, the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sardinia, Belgium and other countries have agreed to cooperate with us. However, France said they will not choose between us and the Ming Empire... They will still purchase battleships from the Ming Dynasty."
"Hmph!" Earl Nelson snorted, "As expected!"
"Prussia, Austria and Spain stated that they would each purchase at least one Hero-class and one Haohan-class... They hope to use this opportunity to learn from the Ming Dynasty's advanced shipbuilding technology. In addition, there are several A country hopes to purchase a Haohan-class ship. As for the Rakshasa Kingdom, it has not expressed its position yet. However, the United States has made its position clear this time and made it clear that it will not purchase the Hero and Haohan."
"I know." Earl Nelson smiled, "Someone must have taken our parameters and sketches to Ming Dynasty experts for study, right?"
George Elliot smiled and said: "Others don't know, but Louis XVII and the black-haired Louis will definitely do this."
"Two ungrateful boys!" Earl Nelson smiled coldly, "They will not end well if they do this!"
He paused and then asked: "How many heroes of the Ming Dynasty have been sold?"
"Count," George Elliot said, "according to the information we have, many countries have expressed their intention to purchase the Ming Dynasty's hero-class and hero-class... However, the only one that has made it clear that it wants to buy is Mexico. The Empire, the Kingdom of France, and even the Rakshasa Kingdom are still hesitating. Earl, do we want to stop it?"
"Stop?" Earl Nelson shook his head, "No, no need... We have already stopped it in the form of joint development, that's enough... To avoid using too much force, Nicholas I I really don’t want to buy it. In fact, the purpose of our joint development and verbal prevention of various countries from purchasing Ming Dynasty’s heroic ships is not that we really don’t want other countries to buy it... If everyone doesn’t buy it, Ming Dynasty might If we build dozens of battleships for our own use, won’t our window period be gone? Our purpose is to find out the true stance of each country, and at the same time use high targets for developing new battleships to paralyze the Ming Dynasty and make them misjudge.”
"Count," George Elliot hesitated and said, "Are you really not worried that Nicholas I will use a few Hero-class battleships to fight against our empire?"
"Don't worry," Earl Nelson shook his head and said with a smile, "I was a little worried at first, but now I'm not worried at all, because we have a stand-off guided glide bomb!"
