Blackstone Code

After hanging up the phone, Preton looked at the other people in the conference room, "Do I need to call anyone else?"

On the phone just now, the Minister of Construction hoped that he could find out what other people said.

In fact, it is not surprising that the Minister of Construction has such "full" trust in Preton.

First of all, from a certain perspective, what he was asking for was not top-secret information, and those in the Privy Council would know it soon.

If the people in the Privy Council know, it means that everyone in Gafra knows. This is not something that needs to be kept secret. Even the Minister of Construction himself does not believe it is true.

Just as the Minister of War said in the Ruler's Hall, there are no conditions for aircraft to take off on extremely rough seas, let alone the heavy weight of the ship's hull that can hold down the waves.

A battleship is heavy enough, isn't it? Can't it hold up the waves?

When there are strong winds and waves, it will also be affected.

The battleship is affected, which is not a big problem. The airstrip is affected, and a little bump is enough to cause an airplane to crash on the deck!

This is no joke. Even a stable land runway has the possibility of crashing, let alone the constantly rising and falling ship deck, so no one thinks this is true.

Besides, if Preton was really captured by the federals, would they call him? His voice sounded lazy.

The Minister of Construction could even imagine that this son of a bitch must be basking in the sun while talking on the phone with him.

Gafra, an isolated overseas island, has many geographical advantages, but also has many disadvantages, such as the air being too humid.

If he could find out some other people's attitudes for himself, it wouldn't be a big deal to reveal some unimportant content.

People who got the news in such a simple way found it a bit incredible. They thought it would be difficult and might make Preton suspect.

They really didn't expect that it would go so smoothly, so smoothly that they began to wonder whether the news was true. Could it be a smoke bomb released by the Gefra people?

The people in the room discussed it. Since the Minister of Construction believed that Preton was not exposed, let him do what he should do.

Every subsequent phone call he made, the other party expressed disapproval of his sudden call, but they seemed unwilling to talk more about the Air Force Secretary.

Everyone has their own ideas and an attitude of "I might be able to do it". Even if they know that they are hopeless, they will not express their stance early.

Attitude is valuable, and if you want to get their attitude, you have to spend money or exchange benefits.

Preton quickly ended the exchange of information. He handled everyone's relationship skillfully and even promised to send them small gifts later. This was also a way to maintain friendship with each other.

After doing this, he happily returned to his room. After glancing at the eldest prince, he lay down on the lounge chair and began to bask in the sun.

The eldest prince didn't know what happened. He looked at Preton calmly and suddenly asked a question, "Are you willing?"

Preton never thought that the eldest prince would take the initiative to talk to him. He was stunned for a moment before he realized, "If you are unwilling, is there any way you can get rid of what we are going through now?"

"After you get out, the person pretending to be you will want to kill you, the federal people will want to kill you, and anyone who knows you will want to send you back."

"What does it mean if you are willing to do it or not?"

The eldest prince clenched his fists and then unclenched them, "I know what you said, but I just can't accept it. Things shouldn't be like this."

Preton had just spoken for a long time, satisfying his desire to talk, and now he didn't want to talk so much.

After squeezing a syllable out of his nose, he put on his sunglasses again, listening to the radio and basking in the sun.

On the other side, news about the "Sea Fortress" and the "Minister of the Air Force" have been submitted to the top.

When the Ministry of Defense and the Strategic Command received this information, representatives of warship manufacturers, led by Schepp Ships, and engineers were invited to the Ministry of Defense for a meeting.

Before four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone from the largest shipyard in the federation arrived.

"We intercepted some top-secret messages from Gaevra. In these messages, we discovered a new warship plan called the 'Sea Fortress.'"

"They plan to build an airstrip that can sail at sea. Is this possible?"

The lieutenant general who presided over the meeting asked in a very serious voice, "From a technical point of view."

The people at the shipping company were a little surprised at first, and then the engineers began to quickly make some assumptions and calculations. It only took a few minutes for them to come up with the same answer.

This question should be asked to the aircraft manufacturer, not to them.

Then, at 4:30, Lynch came to the office, along with his chief engineer.

The lieutenant general said what he had already said again, and finally he asked, "Is it possible for the aircraft to take off and land under such conditions?"

Before Lynch could answer, the chief engineer shook his head and said, "This is difficult."

All eyes were focused on him. During this time, he was supplying goods to the Ministry of National Defense, and the chief engineer was no longer as frightened as he was the first time.

Senior officials from the Ministry of National Defense and military generals often come to him to discuss some parameters and the feasibility of some ideas. He has become like a successful person.

He shook his head and said, "The takeoff of an airplane requires smooth thrust and upward lift. When the speed is not fast enough, we need to use the runway to complete the entire acceleration process."

"If the runway is uneven or bumpy, with our current technology, the aircraft will have a significant downward impact when the acceleration is insufficient."

"In this way, we have only two results. The first is an accident such as deviation or even crash, and the second is that we overshoot the runway and cannot take off, because we are always wandering in the cycle of effective acceleration and ineffective acceleration."

"As for landing...", he thought for a moment, "the risk of crashing will be several times higher than on land."

Lynch calmly rubbed the knuckle of his index finger with his right thumb, a small gesture he would do when he was satisfied.

If the aircraft carrier was born now, who would pay for his "island chain" plan?

This is a major project with a budget of more than one billion, and his income will be equally astronomical. For this money, even if the aircraft carrier can be born now, it will have to be pushed into the water until the island chain's allocation reaches the third phase or The aircraft carrier will be born after the fourth period.

Of course, if the aircraft carrier cannot be launched prematurely due to technical problems, then there is no need for him to add some additional force majeure.

The question returned to the original point. The lieutenant general looked at the people in the shipping company and asked, "Can you prevent the ship from violent ups and downs?"

"If the hull of the ship can be made as stable as the ground, does that mean planes can take off and land on the deck?"

The lieutenant general looked at the chief engineer beside Lynch, who nodded.

So the pressure returned to the shipping company.

Everyone discussed for more than half an hour, but did not get any valuable results. As long as the ship is traveling on the sea, it is impossible not to rock and rise.

The battleship is big enough, and it will rise and fall with the waves. There is no way to avoid this.

In the end, Lynch concluded that everyone should go back to develop their own technology, and then talk about this issue after a while.

On the way back, the chief engineer suddenly said, "Actually, we can do it."

Lynch looked at him, "What can we do?"

"To take off and land on a slightly bumpy runway, it's just a matter of slightly changing the structure of the landing gear."

Then the chief engineer talked to Lynch about the method of this change, "Our carriage already has a complete shock absorption function. Although the effect does not seem so obvious, it is really useful."

Using the pen and paper he carried with him, he simply explained the method. As long as the weight the spring bears is greater than the weight of the aircraft and the pilot at rest, there will be no major problems if encountering turbulence during flight.

The contraction and tightening of the spring can improve these problems. Of course, the actual situation requires special experiments. The chief engineer believes that these are not problems.

Lynch looked at the drafts and asked an unrelated question, "Why didn't you say anything at the meeting?"

The chief engineer thought for a while, "Because we can't solve the problem of take-off distance."

"Currently, the longest battleship in the Federation does not exceed three hundred meters. This means that our aircraft has to accelerate and take off on a runway of about two hundred meters, which we cannot do."

Lynch immediately understood what the chief engineer meant. The problem of turbulence was easy to solve, but the problem of insufficient take-off distance was difficult to solve.

The former can be done anytime and anywhere, but the latter is not so easy.

If the latter problem cannot be solved, it will be difficult to solve the previous problem!

He's smart and knows how to deal with "customers," which is why Lynch chose him.

In fact, in Lynch's view, this problem is not a big problem. Problems that can be solved as long as you keep throwing money are not problems.

He vaguely remembered something called ejection start...

The results of the meeting of experts brought by the Ministry of National Defense were not so positive. Subsequently, the Military Intelligence Agency and the Security Committee activated some spies who were deeply infiltrating Gaevra, requiring them to obtain the design drawings of the "Sea Fortress" and the design drawings of the carrier-based aircraft as soon as possible. design diagram.

For these two things, you can do whatever it takes!

At the same time, major shipbuilding companies have also received new research and development projects from the Ministry of Defense, and they need a maritime runway.

Lynch's Flight Research Institute received the research project "How to make aircraft take off and land on bumpy sea runways", and there was no specific upper limit for funding!