Magic Underachiever

Volume 2, Chapter 108, Commendation

The success of the Turtle-class multi-purpose combat platform not only allowed the Blackfire Shipyard to recover its costs without being built, but also provided abundant production and research and development funds. The Fleming Empire Navy once again added an order for 200 Turtle-class ships, which brought unprecedented fame to the Blackfire Shipyard.

This quickly attracted enough ship designers to the Blackfire Shipyard, and Daliang also proposed two warship design plans.

The first one is a 3,000-ton light destroyer. It uses conventional power and has a relatively conservative design concept, which is to upgrade and optimize the existing light destroyer design plan. Because the Turtle-class is too outstanding in some performance, Daliang's requirement for this destroyer is to be able to cooperate with the Turtle-class wolf pack tactics.

The most important indicator of performance is that when the Turtle-class retreats, it can block the pursuit from the air. Therefore, this destroyer must be equipped with more and more powerful anti-aircraft weapons, forcing Silver Wing not to pursue too much.

Designing a light destroyer with a single outstanding performance is not a difficult task for a team of ship designers with some level. Not to mention, Daliang has a lot of stolen warship drawings, and he can get an anti-aircraft destroyer with good performance by patching them up.

The second ship is the project that Daliang attaches the most importance to.

The ship designers who received the design plan didn't know what they were designing.

The successful development of the aircraft is due to the credit of the multi-cylinder direct injection steam engine. With the same output power, the multi-cylinder direct injection steam engine has a smaller volume and lighter weight. The use of special steel has reduced the size of the Black Fire Company's steam engine again.

On the other hand, when the multi-cylinder direct injection steam engine is the same size as the traditional steam engine, its output power is of course greater. At the same time, the multi-cylinder direct injection steam engine is more water-saving than the traditional steam engine. Pure water can form a self-circulation in the closed engine, and it can work for a long time after adding water once.

Daliang asked his team of ship designers to develop an air combat platform that can fly in airspace above 1,000 meters. Daliang also gave his own design concept: a giant multi-cylinder direct-injection steam engine can drive a propeller with a blade of more than ten meters. The propeller can form an upper and lower pressure difference by blowing air below, thereby creating an upward lifting force.

Designing a reasonable and sufficient number of large propellers should allow warships of several thousand tons to fly.

In the early stage, Daliang did not require this warship to have a large attack power, but a certain self-defense ability and strong communication ability would be enough.

Designers know that there were large aerospace warships in the ancient magic era, but the principle of ancient aerospace warships was to give the hull a flying function through enchantment. Now they are asked to design a warship that can fly by physical means, and there is really no confidence.

But this is the boss's request. No matter how difficult it is to understand or how fantastic their ideas are, they can just do their own things with high salaries.

In order to become a qualified big boss when the players arrive, Daliang must let the military power of the Great Tomb break through the limitations of the planet. In order to find those planes that have left, you need to have interstellar space capabilities.

The existing aerospace warship technology of the Great Tomb still has many defects. If we can learn from the strengths of natural technology, we will definitely be able to speed up the development of space warships.

The Blackfire Shipyard is on the right track. Because of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform, it attracts the attention of the world, which makes the establishment of Blackfire Airlines a little inconspicuous.

But Blackfire is Blackfire after all. When Blackfire Airlines completed the enclosure with the assistance of the parliament and laid out the runway and began to conduct frequent aircraft test flights, many people became very interested in this fixed-wing aircraft.

Marquis Whitehead therefore invited Daliang to the Governor's Mansion.

Warmly inviting Daliang to sit down, the Marquis said: "The performance of the Turtle-class multi-functional combat platform is very good. In the battle against the combined fleet, the Imperial Navy sank another of their warships. This made the anti-ship factions in the Empire shut up. The Empire can now be said to have found the state of unity during the Hundred Years' War."

Marquis Whitehead took out a beautifully decorated wooden box and pushed it in front of Daliang. Daliang opened it to reveal a gorgeous badge inside.

Daliang took out the badge and looked at it carefully. It was made of gold and had a polygonal surface. It was embossed with a musketeer riding a horse and aiming. Daliang didn't know what the badge was for, so he asked the Marquis, "What is this?"

Marquis Whitehead smiled and said, "This is the Golden Knight Badge. Only those who have made special contributions to the Empire are eligible to obtain it. Those who have the Golden Knight Badge also have privileges equivalent to those of the nobility in the Empire. I know that in the eyes of some people, the nobility is a sign of a backward world, but it can indeed bring you a lot of convenience.

This is just a reward, not... a title.

Your Majesty originally wanted to make you a Viscount of the Empire, but I suggested that he issue you the Golden Knight Badge."

Hearing this, Daliang couldn't help but look at the Marquis. He had a smile on his face, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking. In the past, the Marquis was very active in recommending the title of the Empire for himself. Why did he take the initiative to reject the title for himself this time?

Even issuing this badge is so casual?

Daliang played with the Golden Knight badge for a while, then put it in a box and handed it to Sophia behind him for safekeeping. Then he said, "Express my sincere gratitude to the Emperor of the Vlomink Empire. I like this badge very much. The Marquis invited me here this time, probably not just to give me the badge, right?"

The Marquis watched as Daliang put away the badge, and his casual attitude was as if he had received an ordinary gift. His smile became even stronger, and he said, "I know that Blackfire has successfully developed a fixed-wing aircraft called 'Aircraft'. I remember that Master Liang once invited me to invest in this research, but I refused... That was simply an idiotic decision. If I were given another chance, I would never miss the birth of this great aircraft.

I saw photos and information about the aircraft. Its performance is better than that of airships, and its carrying capacity is far greater than that of Silver Wings. It has very good development prospects in both civil and military applications. The Whitehead family wants to invest in Blackfire Airlines, although it is a little late, but more funds will definitely speed up the optimization and improvement of aircraft.

If the Empire has these aircraft, it will definitely greatly enhance the combat capability of the Imperial Air Force."

Blackfire Airlines frequently tests new aircraft, and the performance and photos of the aircraft are naturally known to the Marquis Whitehead. Seeing the big belly, the first thing the Marquis thought of was how many people or weapons could be loaded in it, and how it would change the war mode.

But Da Liang rejected the investment proposal of Marquis Whitehead very straightforwardly: "I'm sorry, Governor. Blackfire Airlines has already been invested by the Marcellus Parliament, and I have also promised Speaker Peters that the aircraft produced by Blackfire Airlines will be supplied to the Parliament first.

The premise is... when the special period comes, the Parliament promises that the Blackfire Company Industrial Zone and the University Alliance will be a demilitarized zone."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became cold.

Sorry, I will only update one chapter today. Going to the parent-teacher meeting, I felt very complicated, alas... it's hard to describe.