Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1158

[Chapter 1145 Monoplane]

Various types of construction machinery are displayed in the square adjacent to the agricultural machinery.

When everyone came to the front, Lin Wentao said proudly: “Your Majesty, these are excavators and these are bulldozers. These are the two main machines for the Suez construction.”

Since the independence of the research team of the machinery factory, the machinery on this drawing One by one, they have come to reality.

After testing the performance of these machines, Lin Wentao deeply realized that these machines would bring incredible changes to the empire.

Xiao Ming looked at the excavators and bulldozers in front of him with a satisfied smile. In contemporary history, it took France ten years to build the Suez Canal, but at that time France did not have internal combustion engine machinery like the Empire.

He believed that with the empire’s engineering machinery, the construction of the Suez Canal could be completed in one year.

“Very good, the application of internal combustion engines is becoming more and more perfect now. With them, the development of the empire will inevitably accelerate again.” Xiao Ming said happily.

The investment in these machines will greatly benefit the empire from transportation, agriculture, and engineering, which are the foundation of a country.

Lin Wentao took the opportunity to say: “Your Majesty, in fact, these machines are just improved and don’t have much thought. Since the Emperor is here, why not accompany me to see the new things being researched by a machinery factory? The Emperor will definitely be very happy to see them.”

” Oh? So, it’s a coincidence that I came here this time. “Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun looked at each other with great anticipation.

Lin Wentao led Xiao Ming and his party towards the inside of the machinery factory and said, “Originally, I was going to report to the emperor, but I didn’t expect that the emperor would arrive.”

As they were talking along the way, everyone passed through an arch and came to A very empty place.

The location of the machinery factory is in the outer part of the industrial zone. This is a wild area where the machinery factory has not yet started construction.

But at this time, something very familiar to Xiao Ming was spinning in the open field.

“Monoplane?”

Xiao Ming was slightly surprised. He really didn’t know how Lin Wentao tinkered with this thing.

“Yes, Xiaguan has been studying this kind of machine that can fly in the sky. With the improvement of the accuracy of the imperial machine tools, Xiaguan believed that the time has come to build such a machine, so he built such a prototype model.” Lin Wentao said.

Xiao Ming suddenly understood. He was also wondering why he didn’t know that there was such a thing flying in the sky. It turned out that it was just a model.

Seeing Xiao Ming’s look, Lin Wentao said: “Your Majesty, although the fuselage is a model, the propeller is real. We are currently testing the power performance of the propeller. If the flight conditions can be met, I will build a complete propeller.” “

The most important thing about an airplane is its power system. If this problem is solved, the problem of the airplane will be basically solved. “For Xiao Ming, this visit was an unexpected surprise.

But the real surprise still had to wait. After all, in his opinion, Lin Wentao’s research was only in its initial stage. If he wanted to create a battle with excellent performance, he would probably have to integrate the empire’s industrial capabilities and establish an independent aircraft production line.

In this way, the aircraft may not be mass-produced within three to five years, and even if mass-produced, it will take some time to form combat effectiveness.

He is not in a hurry about this time, because the empire’s steam turbines are also in use at this time.

The mass production of the two coincides with each other, and by then the empire will be able to achieve a combination of big guns and ships plus sea and air.

And this was the imperial military power he really expected.

Pang Yukun said excitedly from the side: “The empire’s technology is really advancing with each passing day, but when this thing is mass-produced, I’m afraid my beard will be all gray.”

“Not just you, my hair will also be gray.” Xiao Ming’s The words contain helplessness over time.

Recalling the green years when they came to this world, and now that they are middle-aged, the empire has grown from scratch, becoming more and more powerful as they get older, but they who built the empire are getting older day by day.

Like Pang Yukun, he also hopes to witness the empire achieve one leap after another. Unfortunately, for now, this can only be a luxury hope.

It is also due to his helplessness at the passage of time that he is eager to build his ideal world system and leave valuable wealth for the empire, because he is unable to determine where the empire will go in the future without him.

In this case, he can only try to create a situation that is beneficial to the empire while he is alive.

After circling the plane propeller, Xiao Ming saw that there was no problem with the entity created by Lin Wentao, so he and Pang Yukun turned back.

On the way back in the car, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to give priority to supplying construction machinery to the Suez Canal project. For agricultural machinery, he asked that it be sold after meeting the needs of the official estate. As for agriculture in Africa, a large number of black slaves were used to make up for the shortcomings. That’s it.

…

September of the eighth year of the imperial calendar.

Two months after occupying Tangier, Liu Chen received an order to destroy the British navy. With this order came forty-six imperial warships, which brought the number of fleets under Liu Chen’s command to eighty-eight. .

In addition, a large number of transport ships followed the fleet, which brought sufficient supplies and a group of agricultural technicians from the empire.

“Commander Liu.”

The person leading this fleet was Xie Yuan. He and Liu Chen were both in the Qingzhou Fleet. After the Imperial Navy was split, they were assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.

“Thank you, Commander.”

When the two met, they first gave each other a military salute, and then patted each other hard.

“I didn’t expect that the emperor would send you here. That’s great. Not to mention the British fleet, we can deal with even the fleets from all over Europe.” Liu Chen said happily.

Xie Yuan said: “The emperor sent us here because he was worried that other European countries would suddenly join the war. He also specially sent a group of agricultural technicians. From now on, Tangier will be the bridgehead for the empire to attack Europe.”

“Hahaha… The emperor is still awesome. He is planning to build a farm in Africa. Well, yes, the French prisoners and black slaves we captured are now useful, and the Minerals Department has also found coal mines in Morocco. Now supply is no longer a problem. “Liu Chen said that before they captured Tangier, France had already implemented a cruel black slave policy against Tangier, and he just picked up a ready-made one.

Compared to Liu Chen, Xie Yuan was a little more excited. After all, as the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, how could he justify not participating in the war against Britain? So after receiving the combat order, he couldn’t wait to gather his troops.

“Let’s leave this supply matter to the administrative officials. When will we give the British a lesson?”

(End of Chapter)