Lord of Industrialization

"Are you awake?"

Hannah just opened her eyes and heard a familiar voice next to her.

"Zoppel?" Hannah turned around and saw someone she had known at the shipyard before, "Why are you here... Oh, I think I landed in the military camp?"

Her mind was still a little confused, and she quickly remembered that the powered delta wing had to make an emergency landing, but there was no suitable place around. The only suitable place was a group of people lying on the ground in the military camp, and she could only throw a shoe down to provide it.

Zoppel said to her: "The powered delta wing has a problem, so you landed here."

"Alas..." Hannah looked depressed, "It seems that the wooden wing bone is not strong enough. We encountered a strong wind today, and the wing was subjected to a lot of force, and it finally broke."

At the beginning, some people thought that although the wood was not strong enough, the cost was low, so they finally tried it with wood.

The powered delta wing with a wooden frame was fine in the spring and summer when the wind was not strong, but in the winter when the wind was howling, the problem of insufficient strength appeared.

Zopel continued, "The spring strength of the seat belt is not enough. I just saw that the spring is stretched straight."

Hannah said, "There has never been such a serious crash before. Those few times were enough."

The two kept talking about powered delta wing until the military doctor came over and knocked on Zopel's head.

"Have you forgotten what I just told you?" The military doctor knocked, "If the wounded wake up, please notify me in time. What are you doing?"

Zopel could only shrink his neck.

The military doctor asked Hannah to move her fingers and toes. It seemed that there was no problem with the nerves. He asked her where she hurt and felt her pulse at the same time.

Hannah said that her shoulder hurt where the seat belt was just tightened, and the military doctor asked her to take off her clothes for inspection.

"What are you still doing here?" The military doctor kicked Zopel away, "Are you his husband?"

When Zopel left the ward with a red face, he saw that it was very lively outside. The division commander wanted to take the powered delta wing away, but the regiment commander held the cockpit and refused to let him. Then the guards lifted him and the delta wing and left. At this time, the chief of staff ran over waving a telegram and said that the headquarters had called to leave the machine here. Erwin immediately asked Metzger to bring people to pull the delta wing back to the auditorium.

But Erwin was not happy for too long. A team of vans came to the military camp early the next morning. In addition to several air force officers, more people related to the Wesson Science Society, Psyche, also came.

Hannah repeated what happened yesterday in the auditorium. Zopel, who was supposed to be on vacation, was caught and disassembled the powered delta wing.

After the wing skin was removed, a group of experts found that the problem was more serious than expected.

The right front wing bone on the "A"-shaped frame was broken, and the middle bone had been layered at the connection between the left front wing bone and the horizontal middle bone, and it was almost broken.

The skin is not very good either, and the spider silk skin has many loose threads.

"It seems that it still won't work." Psyche finally shook her head and concluded, "It is inherently insufficient in strength, and can only be used for civilian purposes, not military purposes."

Erwin, who was watching the excitement on the side, immediately said: "Master Psyche, why don't you leave it to us for reconnaissance."

Psyche shook her head and said: "If it encounters a fire dragon or a hippogriff, it will become an almost fixed target."

"Forget it, let's use this to cheat money and use something better."

Erwin's eyes lit up and asked hurriedly: "Excuse me, what is the better thing?"

Psyche did not answer, but just said: "It should be ready for test flight next spring."

Zopel was a little depressed listening to the side. He was proud of having participated in the development of the powered delta wing, but now he can only use it for civilian purposes instead of military use, and he felt very disappointed.

There is a strong admiration for the Wesson Army in society now, and there is a huge difference in reputation between military products and civilian products.

For example, the whole duck can was sold to the army at 20% off the cost price because it was included in the military's procurement list. Therefore, the military supply logo can be printed on this product, and the part of the money given to the army at a discount has long been earned back in the civilian market.

For Zopel, participating in the development of military weapons and participating in the development of civilian equipment are two different things.

But he didn't know that the speed, maximum ceiling, load and other data of the powered delta wing in the recent test were not good, and it was not enough to undertake air and ground combat missions.

The forced landing of the powered delta wing was just a small episode in the military camp, and there were bigger things waiting for them.

The next day, the flight report of the powered delta wing was placed on Psyche's desk.

Now Psyche lives in a three-story villa, and the ballroom has been directly converted into an office. Behind the desk is a floor-to-ceiling glass window, and the surrounding walls are full of bookshelves. In front of the bookshelf are the desks of several secretaries, and in the middle is a circle of sofas for meeting guests.

There was a large blackboard next to her desk, on which the progress of important work was shown, including glucose, iodine, photography, torpedoes, electrolytic aluminum, antibiotics, fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, etc. The last line of the powered delta wing line was marked with a frozen sign.

If Frederick were to do these things by himself, he would not be able to handle them at all. Fortunately, there was the Wesson Science Society, which brought together many smart minds. Psyche assigned the work and gave guidance in general directions after receiving reports every month.

Nowadays, there have been breakthroughs in the development of aircraft wings. The first generation of aircraft using a 30-horsepower implosion engine as power, a wooden frame fuselage and canvas-covered wings has been tested, but the wooden front landing gear could not withstand the impact during landing and fell apart, almost killing the pilot.

In addition, the aircraft faces competition from flying animals such as fire dragons, hippogriffs, and winged unicorns. The speed and flight altitude must be greater than them, which means that the structural strength of the aircraft cannot be too low.

Now electrolytic aluminum still has a long way to go, let alone duralumin. The fuselage can only use steel tube frames and canvas skins, but due to the lack of development in mathematics and mechanics, the weight of the aircraft is too large.

The excessive weight of the aircraft can be alleviated by anti-gravity magic, and the maximum speed also requires sufficient horsepower and a light engine, which also requires further research.

To increase the maximum ceiling, compressed air bottles are also needed to provide enough oxygen for the pilots, so air compressors must be developed.

Psyche decomposed these tasks and assigned them to experts in different fields for research.

She is also studying the rotorcraft called "air three-jump", but the bearings, clutches and engines still need further improvement.

In contrast, the research progress of rocket launch nests is very fast, and the Springfield Armory has already installed them on small trucks.

When Eugene was upset because the powered delta wing was towed away, a piece of exciting news came that the new guy produced by the Springfield Armory and the Benz Automobile Factory had arrived.