Chapter 306: Walking against the Wind

Jiang Yan began to understand why the things in Ye's workshop were not afraid of others to see. This was not something that could be done by stealing. The things that Ye's workshop did were not a question that others could do, but a question that others dared to think about. Jiang Yan suddenly discovered that his body was actually stronger than others. The guards who followed him on the balloon could not stay on it at all. Soon he began to be dizzy and vomited, but he seemed to have nothing to do. Listening to the sound of the wind passing by, his mind seemed to be clearer than usual. The scenery that was so different from the scenery he had seen before was fascinated by him.

The flight altitude of the tethered balloon is affected in many ways, especially the weight of the cable used for tethering is a big problem. During the days waiting for Ye Tao, as long as the weather is good and the wind is not too strong, it is suitable for balloon flight, Jiang Yan always has to fly back. He even ignored the obstruction of his guards and participated in a hot air balloon flight that was not tethered and flew freely with the wind. Compared to the balloon hanging basket that swayed in the wind and was firmly held by the cable and was struggling and trembling, the feeling of flying in the wind was much better. Jiang Yan couldn't understand what the various operations of the two technicians in the basket meant, but this did not prevent him from enjoying the fun of flying. In one morning, the hot air balloon flew for about thirty.

The land was landing in a nearby Hengjun Farm. Along the way, the fields on the ground and the smoke and dust raised by the carriages on the road became so microscopic, much more real and shocking than the aerial view imagined by the painters. When the balloons were climbing and experimented, the heights they reached were only deterred by some birds. Although it was so cold, Jiang Yan found it too interesting. When the balloon finally landed on the ground, the farmers who received the news from the Hengjun Farm looked around from afar, and waited for the balloon to be put away before they dared to approach carefully, revealing their obvious awe of those who fell from the sky, Jiang Yan was so happy.

There were also many important figures from Yunzhou who came to Ye Tao to inspect this experiment. The people from the manufacturing bureau were naturally no problem, but Jiang Yan was surprised by the presence of the first-level chief officials of the Yunzhou Army. People like Tan Weiran and Chi Lei were not easy to see. In this way, Jiang Yan felt that the trip to Yunzhou was worth it.

On the side of the test site, the factory building that Jiang Yan had never opened when he arrived opened, and three small airships were pushed out on a flatbed cart, and a hot air generating device was lit on the open space on one side. Unlike hot air balloons, the airbags of this batch of airships are not completely flexible. The lower half of the airbag is made of very light and tough bamboo. After the hot air in the airbags bloated, you can see that the shape of the airbag is very different from the balloon. It is not a spherical shape to let the airbag behaves naturally, but rather flat. Ye Tao originally designed the device for heating air is quite like a modern hot air balloon. On the airboat, there are two heating devices, which are connected to a larger and safer fuel tank. Two heaters can heat the larger airbag faster.

The lifting of the airship also greatly improved the load capacity and safety factor of the airship. The hanging basket under the airship is open. Although Ye Tao was very confident in the airship, he did not want to get something like Zeppelin at once. In addition to heaters, fuel tanks and related equipment for control, there are also devices for adjusting the flight direction. In this regard, Mr. Qi sent some retired old sailors to help design. The huge tail rudder and the sail for diversion in front of the hanging basket, and the carefully designed triangular wings on both sides of the hanging basket can allow the airship to fly freely to a certain extent. Even if it is flying against the wind for a short time or used for sprinting and acceleration, there is a special design on the airship: two conical jet tubes can burn part of the fuel to achieve a rocket-jet-like effect.

The current airship is no longer the stage of prototype testing, but a model that can be put into use directly. Different equipment is installed on the current three airships.

One is a binocular with a bracket installed on the head and sides of the hanging basket. It is both high-end aspherical grinding lenses using natural fluorite lenses. The observation effect is excellent, the magnification and field of view are also ideal, and it is very suitable for aerial observation.

One of the first ships is equipped with a telescope, which reduces weight and lengthens the transport type of hanging basket, which can transport twelve people or the same weight at a time.

One is a bombing type. The telescope in front of the basket is not installed on the upper edge of the basket, but an observation port is opened on the basket so that the telescope can look down. Guide rails are installed on both sides of the basket to drop small sulphur bombs and other things. In order to improve accuracy, there are even small bombing sights. Naturally, the accuracy of this primary sight is very unreliable. It depends on an airspeed tube and an adjusting button to regulate the impact of wind speed on the release and then throw it down. Due to the tight time, the sight has not even been measured in detail, but in any case, aiming is better than throwing casually. According to a more modern saying, this thing has the ability to shoot down from the bottom. However, since larger airships are still under development, the current bombing type has a very limited bomb load, and it is probably more deterrent than actual significance to do the task.

Nowadays, airships don’t have to consider air combat, but they really can’t fly too low in battle, at least they have to be outside the range of the opponent’s archers. At the beginning of the development of the airship, Ye’s workshop prepared for the future to create an air defense weapon: a light divine arm bow installed on the shelf of the three-man gun group, changing the divine arm bow’s original high and low firing angle of no more than 30 degrees to a maximum firing angle of about 65 degrees. They also installed this thing on the carriage, becoming an unyielding three-unit air defense cannon in this time and space...

The two heaters started together, and the airship filled the airbags and began to fly in just a few minutes. The politicians in Yunzhou gathered together and watched the airship conduct various projects today's experiments with telescopes. Obviously, Ye Tao has done a full psychological construction for everyone. Although everyone is extremely surprised that they can really fly, since what they have seen is the fact that they are present in front of them, everyone is planning another thing: what is it that can fly.

"Zhou Rui, what do you think?" Ye Tao asked.

Zhou Rui, who was following him, smiled strangely and said, "Sir, where do you want us to go?"

Ye Tao didn't say anything. After hearing Zhou Rui's reaction, Ye Tao knew that Zhou Rui understood what he meant. In the territory of Yunzhou, the special battalion's powerful individual combat capabilities, excellent equipment and special team training, and other tasks do not require flight at all. Especially now, the speed of the airship is not necessarily faster than that of the horse. However, if you want to fight behind enemy lines, such as going to Beiliao or Xiling, you need to rush through many blockades in a short time, the functions that the airship can perform are different. The special battalion has a relatively small number of people, although it is in progress again.

After an assessment and expansion, we have only just reached more than 600 people, which is still a great distance from Ye Tao's ideal 1,500 people. But now, the special forces battalion can rely on airships to mobility the entire team, whether it is Team A or Team B. After Zhou Rui and Zhang Wei took Team A to and from Chunnanji with Ye Tao to go back and forth, Team B had quietly sneaked into Xiling to perform another mission of Ye Tao's fantasy nature. Now the work of Team A is being repaired is to get familiar with the airships and be able to use the airships to fight.

"Sir, I want twenty airships." After a while, Chi Lei rushed up and said carelessly. Although the Frost Wolf Silver Wing Army had only a total of more than 10,000 people, and under Chi Lei's control, it was not easily exposed to others. It has always maintained the state of one army leaving behind and one army going out for training. But everyone knows that the two armies led by Chi Lei are no longer the same as those of scout cavalry battalions as before, but the light cavalry unit with considerable combat effectiveness. Chi Lei's attention to reconnaissance and intelligence analysis is not only not due to the need to improve the

The combat effectiveness declined, but it increased to an unparalleled level. Seeing the reconnaissance airship, Chi Lei immediately realized the value of the airship. Now the airship is slow and irrelevant. The key is that in the relatively decent weather, the airship is completely free from the terrain. No one can stop the airship from conducting reconnaissance and sending information back. The ground blockade line and search work have become meaningless. The air vision can expand the reconnaissance work to camps, towns, cities, and mountains, forests, and the enemy has nowhere to hide.

"Twenty ships?" Ye Tao curled his lips and said, "I can't change it now. Besides, even if I give it to you, you won't have time to train enough people."

Chi Leinu nodded and said, "It's time for a few months." Everyone understood that what they were talking about was a battle against Xiling.

"Do you dare to issue a military order?" Ye Tao said with a smile.

"Dare you." Chi Lei also smiled, "But in our Yunzhou, military orders are not in line with military orders. This is a system that you have personally deleted."

Ye Tao was not angry either. After thinking for a while, he said, "Now I really can't dial out twenty airships. I will give you ten airships and twenty airship technicians in two months."

Chi Lei's glasses lit up and he said, "That's great."

Ye Tao then said, "Listen to me, you have to use these things with Zhou Rui. Then I can use them. If I delay my affairs, hehe, you can do it yourself."
Chapter completed!