In the sky, the Stuka dive bombers of the Tang Kingdom were roaring towards the ground. Then, without any pulling action, it hit the ground and turned into a ball of gorgeous flames.
There was no warning and no interference from anti-aircraft fire. This is the second aircraft lost by the Air Force of the Tang Kingdom in the past few days.
The first plane made an emergency landing on the airport runway due to improper operation when returning home. The plane involved was a FW-190 fighter jet. The pilot suffered a fracture and was injured. He was pulled out of the slightly deformed cabin by ground staff and sent to the hospital.
This time, the two pilots on board the crashed Stuka dive bomber were not so lucky. They had no time to parachute and crashed directly with the plane, burning and exploding with their plane.
Aircraft losses do not only occur when intercepted by enemy aircraft or hit by ground artillery fire.
Even in peaceful times, it is not so incredible that a civil aviation aircraft that has undergone countless maintenance suddenly develops mechanical failure.
What's more, this is a war period, and all aircraft, even if they have some minor problems, will not affect their attendance.
There are even some pilots who volunteer to fly, preferring to fly planes with minor glitches into battles. This is also a sign of bravery.
Now, the Datang Group lost their first aircraft of the war on the battlefield, and at the same time lost two brave and fearless pilots.
The remaining wingman covering it hovered in the sky for a long time, as if it had lost its partner, and reluctantly left until it ran out of fuel.
On the ground, the body of the Tang pilot had been turned into charcoal as the scattered parts of the explosion surrounded the flames that had not been completely extinguished. Outside the completely deformed cockpit, countless Qi soldiers were surrounding the wreckage in fear.
They watched the devil falling from the sky in horror, wondering how this thing flew into the sky.
Because they saw the thin iron sheet of this guy that had been burned and deformed, and they also saw half of the propeller that had been blown away long ago, and the engine that they couldn't tell what it was at all.
For them, these things, including the broken wings, the broken long-wave radio antenna, and the twisted and deformed iron bars on the cockpit cover, were beyond the scope of their understanding.
When they look at this kind of thing, it is no different from a group of earthlings gathered around watching a flying saucer. Their poor knowledge reserves are completely unable to understand everything in front of them.
Imagine that a person on earth in 1980 saw the concept of the Apple 13 mobile phone. They might not even have the courage to take it apart and study it.
"First Evolution"
The engineers could not recognize the battery that was about the size of chewing gum, nor could they understand the inscrutable vibration module. They saw that the processing power of the CPU as big as a pinky fingernail was comparable to that of a supercomputer...
And in front of these Qi soldiers was a dive bomber! It was soaring in the sky just a minute ago, dropping a 500-kilogram bomb on the heads of these Qi soldiers!
"There's a person in there!" The Qi soldiers who were the first to gather around pointed at the burned-out cockpit and said to the arriving officer.
"There is one behind him! I saw it very clearly when he was burning. I saw his face! His face was full of blood!" Another soldier also said, and they were all curious about the crashed plane.
"This is what was on that plane!" As if it was a treasure, a Qi soldier handed a small piece of iron to the Qi officer who came over, and introduced it nervously.
The Qi officer took a piece of iron sheet with no features from the soldier's hand with a confused look on his face. He looked at the two rivets on it and didn't know what to say.
This aircraft has been beyond recognition since the crash. The entire frame has been damaged and the parts on it have fallen off.
Because it crashed to the ground due to a direct malfunction during the dive, the explosion was quite violent. The unused aviation fuel evaporated almost half of the aircraft's skin.
It was also because the whole process was so tragic that after confirming that the plane crashed, other pilots in Tang State did not use bombs to destroy the wreckage of the plane.
The first is that the explosion is not accurate and will not be very effective - current bombs do not have the hit rate to hit targets the size of airplanes. It is very easy to destroy an artillery. Shrapnel can destroy the gun mount or kill personnel. However, it is unrealistic to expect shrapnel to destroy a scrapped aircraft.
The second is that it is unnecessary, because the crashed plane died in an explosion, and the technology worth studying inside was basically wiped out with the explosion. It is estimated that only a box of the radio communication device is left, the bomb sight is completely gone, and only the frame of the engine is estimated to be left.
The delicate and precious transmission system and cable layout have been completely destroyed by explosions and flames. Even the overall frame of the aircraft has been severely damaged - even if the whole thing is shipped back for research, it is unlikely to be of any value. .
But even so, the people of Qi still feel that this thing is valuable. At least the soldiers of Qi State believe that this thing is evil and powerful. If they can get a touch of the devilish energy of this thing, they can gain some special power.
I don’t know who came up with this idea first, or these simple Qi soldiers just wanted to keep some valuable battlefield souvenirs.
Therefore, almost all the parts scattered around the aircraft were picked up by these onlookers and put into their pockets.
Some were a rivet, some were a piece of iron... After everyone else came up with this idea, the wreckage of the plane, which had just extinguished the flames, gradually "evaporated" most of it.
When Cyric's people arrived at the scene, there was only a skeleton-like thing left here, and a scrapped engine that couldn't be moved.
But even in this scrapped engine, all the pistons were empty, and even the spark plugs and connecting rods inside had been burned by fire or taken away.
"Where are the other things?" A Cyric adviser turned to ask the Qi officer who was following him angrily.
The Qi officer looked apologetic and explained, "We don't have the equipment to put out the fire, so a lot of things were burned."
"Is this also burned?" Cyric's consultant angrily pointed to a screw hole that had obviously been dismantled and taken away part of it and asked: "The surrounding area has not been burned! It was obviously removed by someone. !”
"I don't know about that anymore." The Qi officer pushed forward, as if I can only help you get here.
Next to him, another Cyric consultant was taking photos of the few remaining wreckage of the plane with a camera, not sparing any film.
What he was holding in his hand was a camera produced by the Datang Group. It was small and sophisticated, and it was worth a lot of money at first glance.
"Did you see the holes on it? They have... made progress in materials science." The Cyric consultant sighed while taking pictures of the wreckage of the Stuka dive bomber.
"Yes, the processing precision is also higher... Even if it is burned like this... the perforations are very regular, and the remaining iron sheets... we may not be able to process them, they are too thin." Just now, he was still glaring at the Qi officer. Another of Cyric's advisors agreed.
Even though there were only some wreckage left, those of them who had been studying this technology for many years could still see something at a glance.
It's a pity that most of Cyric's advisers are in military command, so their two technical advisers were actually temporarily transferred from farther away.
It was precisely because of the delay of two days waiting for their arrival that the wreckage of the Stuka dive bomber was damaged beyond imagination.
"Where are the weapons? There should be weapons!" Judging from past reports, this kind of aircraft is obviously equipped with weapons. So Cyric's consultant expert who took the photo suddenly realized something and asked.
"During the dive, there should be two 20mm cannons! We have collected warheads from these things!" Another Cyric expert looked at the Qi officer again, filled with dissatisfaction.
Although they arrived here two days late, these things can only be effective in their hands - except for Cyric, what is the use of Qi getting similar parts and remains?
Do you expect these Qi people to imitate airplanes? Stop it! They don't even have their own basic industries, let alone replicating airplanes, they can't even produce a car.
Today, Qi's industry is still at the level where it can produce some bullets and shells by itself and repair cars produced by Cyric and other countries.
"This... I don't know either." The Qi officer, who actually knew what was going on, still looked like he didn't know anything about it.
Of course he knew where the two burned cannons on the plane and the also burned and deformed MG-34 machine gun had gone, but he couldn't say.
Some of these weapons were ordered to be escorted to the royal city, and there was also a machine gun that seemed to be wanted by the nobles in the Dahua Empire. Together with some fragments and parts, they were all ready to be taken to the Dahua Empire.
In short, there are too many people in Qi that they cannot afford to offend. Many people want the military technology of the Tang Dynasty. Even if it is just a glimmer of hope worth looking forward to, even if it is just an illusory hope, they all want it! really want!
"..." Despite being irritated for a while, the consultant expert from Cyric still held back his temper because he still needed the cooperation of the other party to find a way to send all the wreckage here to Beiyuan City.
From there, these things must be shipped to the Mirage Kingdom, and then transported back to the south controlled by Cyric. The final destination is the Flame Castle.
