Daming 1805

Chapter 19 Steel Torrents and Flying Machines

Zhu Jingyuan realized once again that he was the only one who realized the huge role of armored and motorized troops.

Then Zhu Jingyuan could immediately imagine some very natural follow-up plans.

After the armistice agreement is signed, I can use this period of peace to promote the technical development of tanks and mechanized troops, and prepare equipment and tactics in advance.

When the next war comes, that's when the torrent of steel shakes the world.

From Central Asia, Western Xianbei to the Great Plains of Europe, the Rocky Mountains from the Caribbean Sea to the Great Plains of the Arctic Ocean, are the best stages to show their illustrious prestige.

Imagining this future scene in his mind, Zhu Jingyuan said very solemnly to the Minister of Industry:
"I think that the automatic shield vehicle will definitely play a very important role in the future battlefield. I hope that Da Sikong will not relax the research and development of related technologies."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this was originally the plan of the Department of Armaments of the Ministry of Industry..."

Minister of Industry Zou Bingtai agreed casually, and at the same time subconsciously guessed that Zhu Jingyuan might have a special plan for the armored shield car, so he asked casually:

"Does Your Highness have any experience with the use of automatic shield vehicles?"

Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously wanted to keep it secret, but he immediately thought that his specious and generalized ideas could increase the importance of the Ministry of Industry to the shield car:
"My idea is to form a pure automatic shield vehicle and a sharp knife force of motorized infantry, like the pure cavalry force of the previous generation, and use a large range of maneuvers to intersperse the encirclement tactics.

"When this type of troops faces ordinary infantry, it is likely to have advantages similar to that of ancient cavalry over infantry.

"However, the performance and quantity of current shield vehicles and military vehicles are far from meeting the needs of this kind of combat, so it is necessary for Da Sikong to pay more attention."

When Zhu Jingyuan spoke, Zou Bingtai, Zhu Jianyan, and several officials of the Ministry of Industry around them quickly turned from doubt and curiosity to surprise.

Zhu Jingyuan's simple idea made them all feel bright, and they glimpsed a corner of the future of the shield car.

"I think it's worth trying, and I suggest His Highness Jinggaki write these ideas to the Military Aircraft Office."

Zou Bingtai was the first to react, and after responding to Zhu Jingyuan, he turned his head and told the surrounding officials:
"These words of His Highness Jingyuan are classified as confidential information, and no one is allowed to spread them out."

Zhu Jianyan didn't say anything, but he was also very emotional in his heart:

"Could it be that my son Jingyuan is also a genius in the military?"

In the Ming Dynasty after the revival of Renwu, the military affairs of Daming were divided into three parts.

The Ministry of War in the imperial court was responsible for military-related administrative affairs.

The most important of which is the deployment of troops, that is, according to the instructions given by the emperor, the decree for the mobilization and deployment of troops is issued.

In addition to the daily work, there are weapons procurement and maintenance, the appointment and removal and promotion of generals, the training and assessment of troops, the preparation and reporting of budgets, and so on.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is responsible for military affairs related to the army.

The most important thing is to command the troops, that is, according to the emperor's instructions sent by the Ministry of War, the commanding troops go to the designated area to carry out the combat tasks assigned by the emperor.

In addition to the daily work, it is mainly to manage the field and land of the guards, manage the population and military status of the guards, nominate candidates for generals and so on.

As for the Military Aircraft Office, it is responsible for military-related planning affairs.

The most important thing is planning. According to the emperor's military intentions and goals, formulate an overall combat strategy and plan the development direction of the army and military industry.

In addition to the daily work, there are also collecting and sorting out military-related information, summarizing actual combat information and experience, reviewing documents and reports submitted by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office, etc.

Therefore, the most suitable unit to submit Zhu Jingyuan's combat ideas and assumptions is the Military Aircraft Department, which coordinates the Governor's Office and the Military Department to conduct experiments.

The relationship with the Ministry of Industry, which is responsible for the design and manufacture of equipment, is mainly to support the development of military equipment that realizes combat ideas.

After Zou Bingtai made a completely reasonable suggestion to Zhu Jingyuan, he instinctively thought that the talks with Zhu Jianyan and his son were about to end.

As a result, I heard Zhu Jingyuan speak again eagerly:

"The shield car can continue to be developed. The next thing I want to know is, has our ordnance department ever designed a flying machine?"

In this world, flying machines are usually aircraft whose own weight is heavier than empty, excluding hot air balloons and airships.

Mainly aircraft of later generations, but not just aircraft.

In this era of the world, flying machines can be regarded as an absolutely popular research direction.

The desire for the sky and the longing for flying drives a large number of professionals or amateurs to make various attempts privately or publicly.

But so far, there is still no mature enough, stable flight and controllable design.

Almost every year, news of the experiment's failure can be seen in the newspapers.

When Zhu Jingyuan's words came out, everyone around was stunned for a moment, and then quickly relieved.

It is only natural for a young man like Zhu Jingyuan to be interested in flying machines.

Everyone is just very curious whether this young man with a genius idea in the design and use of the shield car will really have a reliable flying machine design plan.

Zou Bingtai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, glanced at another Ministry of Industry official, pondered for a few seconds, and then introduced:
"The Ministry of Industry is indeed conducting research on flying machines, and there are currently three main research and attempt directions.

"One is the flapper, which refers to the wings of flying insects and birds, and obtains lift by swinging the wings up and down, and finally realizes the idea of ​​flight.

"The power, size, durability, and maneuverability of a flapping-wing machine are very difficult to improve, and existing materials are insufficient to support large-scale flapping-wing aircraft.

"The second is the rotorcraft, which was originally a reference to the bamboo dragonfly, which uses the rotating wings to provide lift and lift the objects carried under it to fly.

"The power, material requirements, and flight control difficulty of the rotorcraft are all lower than those of the flapper, but there are still many difficulties that need to be solved.

"The third is the fixed wing, which is a design in which the wing itself is completely fixed to fly in a way similar to a bird gliding.

"The difficulty of a fixed-wing flying machine is that the small wings provide insufficient lift, and the excessively large wings make it difficult to control the attitude.

"So far, we haven't found a feasible and practical flying machine design."

Zhu Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and his spirit became a little excited.

This time, the aborigines did not solve the problem by themselves, and finally had the opportunity to show the ability of transmigrators.

There are two main problems in early aircraft design, which are the two mentioned by Zou Bingtai, one is insufficient lift, and the other is difficult to control. .

The problem, not the difficulty, is that early aircraft designers were too easily misled by inherent experience.

The wing structure of course refers to the bird's wing, and the flight control takes the bicycle as a matter of course, which is completely deviated in the eyes of later generations.

Zhu Jingyuan has the experience of dealing with later generations and knows how to solve these two problems.

And at the current level of technology, it's not difficult to implement, it's just a matter of two ideas.

Even if they don't mention it, they can try it out sooner or later, but it's completely unpredictable how long it will take.

The acceleration of research and development in this case is the best embodiment of the experience advantage of traversers.

(End of this chapter)