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Chapter 1018 The Inflection Point of History

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In the sky, five planes lined up in a straight line and passed quickly across the southern sky, and then stopped at the military base outside the capital of Gefradi.

As the actual combat video of the Federation's aircraft was exposed, the Gefra people also accelerated their research on the aircraft.

In fact, these things are not difficult. What is difficult is the random research without direction at the beginning. Once there is an accurate direction, with the blessing of national power, the aircraft project will soon make considerable progress.

After more than 100 different prototypes crashed, they finally found a design that they thought was the most suitable, safest, and most stable, and began to try small-scale mass production.

Seeing these planes landed smoothly, the mechanics quickly stepped forward to check the condition of these aircraft components, and all the data were quickly gathered together to form a table.

Under the explanation of a scientist, the Minister of War understood that the performance of these aircraft had reached their ideal level.

With a round-trip flight distance of 120 kilometers, carrying five 150-pound explosives or one 620-pound torpedo, the power and flexibility of the aircraft have gradually shocked people's hearts.

Even though the carrying capacity of aircraft is not large now, there can be a lot of aircraft. Compared with expensive battleships, the cost of aircraft is almost equal to nothing.

And the construction period is shorter. An assembly line for the production of automobiles can mass-produce aircraft after modification.

Low price, high output, and fast production speed, even if its firepower is not particularly powerful, have become the most important development direction of Gafla at present.

Since the aircraft needs to take off on land, the entire aircraft project is now assigned to the Secretary of State for War.

The Minister of War, who has never had any outstanding results, finally relaxed a little, but the smile on his face soon faded.

He heard that the Secretary of the Navy is convincing the Prime Minister to set up an air force independently and transfer aircraft and other things from the army.

The thought of this made the Secretary of State for War unable to resist the desire to greet the Secretary of the Admiralty's family, and especially his wife, with obscenities.

He can imagine that once the aircraft's status in the war is higher than that of the navy, more resources will be tilted to his side. That bitch would rather not have it himself than let him benefit. It's really disgusting.

Holding the data, the Minister of the Navy returned to the Palace of the Rulers. The emperor of Gafla, and all the ministers, were waiting for this result.

When these people knew that the result met their minimum requirements, everyone was relieved. This is a good thing. At least on the issue of the plane, the Gefra people were not left too far behind by the Federation.

Just when Emperor Gefla was considering rewarding the Minister of War with something to thank him for his contribution to the empire during this time, the Minister of the Navy suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, Your Excellency...", the latter is the title of the prime minister. As a powerful prime minister, the power in the hands of the prime minister, even the emperor, must respect the opinions and attitudes of the other party.

Even at some point, what the emperor said may not be as effective as what the prime minister said.

Putting His Majesty first is just out of respect for the royal family and to maintain the dignity of the royal family.

"...Although our first phase of the plan has been successfully completed, in fact I don't think it is of great value to us."

In a word, the palace of the ruler became quiet all of a sudden, and even the Minister of War, who was a little dissatisfied, shut his mouth and looked at him quietly.

The Secretary of the Navy continued, "It can fly to a place farther than 120 kilometers, gentlemen, the farthest is only 120 kilometers. If you don't consider recovery, it can only fly to a place more than 200 kilometers away."

"I would like to ask everyone, how far are we from Amélia, how far are we from the nearest continent, and whether our aircraft can fly there to carry out military strikes and then return?"

One sentence made everyone unable to open their mouths, because it took off from the mainland of Gafla to the nearest mainland, and there was a distance of more than [-] kilometers. In other words, the value of these planes seemed to be limited to flying within the island.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the Secretary of the Navy continued, "It's not like our fleet. As long as our fleet can get supplies, it can sail and sail around the world continuously."

"Aircraft can't, it can't land anytime and anywhere, it has strict requirements on the environment for takeoff and landing, and these are exactly what we can't give it."

"If these issues are not addressed, the aircraft should only be used as a last resort."

The sudden change in the position of the Minister of the Navy made everyone unexpected. Some time ago, he was still calling for an independent army and the establishment of the Imperial Air Force Department.

As a result, as soon as he turned his head, he shouted the argument of "the Air Force is useless", which made it unclear what he was thinking.

The prime minister was thinking hard, and the emperor looked like he was in a daze.

After a while, the Prime Minister said, "What you said makes sense, but our technology is always improving. Maybe in a few years, it will be able to fly farther."

"Three hundred kilometers, five hundred kilometers, or even one thousand kilometers, it's like the speed of a car."

"When the first car was invented, its speed was less than [-] kilometers per hour, but today's racing car can run at a high speed of [-] kilometers per hour, and it doesn't take much time to change several times."

"Perhaps the same is true for airplanes, which will be able to fly directly to other continents before long."

"We still have plenty of time to wait for the advancement of technology. At least for a few years, there will be no more wars."

The words of the Prime Minister have been recognized by many people. It is an indisputable fact that the continuous development of science and technology has "speeded up" many things.

But the Secretary of the Navy didn't seem to be overwhelmed by the Prime Minister's words. Instead, he had a smile on his face, which was a confident smile.

"I have a good solution!" His voice suddenly raised a lot, and the entire ruler's hall was echoed by him.

His Majesty's expression finally changed, he was a little curious, he looked down at the Secretary of the Navy, as if guessing what he was going to say.

At this time, the Minister of War was holding on to the armrest of the chair tightly. He realized that there must be a conspiracy behind this female cousin!

The Minister of the Navy moved his fingers, and his subordinates sent some documents to each minister, including the Minister of War, the Prime Minister and His Majesty the Emperor.

"What is this...?" the Prime Minister asked the Secretary of the Admiralty, picking up the document. "What's on it, a piece of wood?"

"No, this is a new type of warship, I call it 'Sea Fortress', it will really change warfare!"

Then the Secretary of the Navy introduced the warship in a fanatical tone, and let people understand its special features.

It doesn't have any offensive capabilities, it doesn't deal the horrendous devastation of a battleship, and it doesn't even have a gun.

Its sailing speed is not too fast, it can be said to be very slow, not much faster than the speed of a submarine when it dives.

But it has the advantage that it can provide a runway on which planes can take off and land!
This design originated from one of his complaints, because all aircraft-related projects were allocated to the Army, which caused the Army's military expenditure to skyrocket.

The Secretary of the Navy complained that the Minister of the Army, who was like a piece of trash, actually found a bargain, so he tried his best to let the Air Force become an independent army, so that in the chain of contempt, the Navy still suppressed the Army.

Then his officer suddenly asked a very stupid question - why not let the plane take off on the ship, anyway, the runway it needs is so long, it may not be much longer than the largest battleship.

If there is a runway next to the battleship, wouldn't it be possible to take off at sea?
The officer said such stupid words, which made the Secretary of the Navy very angry, but before his anger brewed into the doomsday scene of the volcanic eruption, he suddenly seemed to be stabbed into the nostril by something, and it was stabbed into the brain along the nostril all at once. Here, the whole person is transparent.

He didn't know how to use the word "transparent" in the words of this world. In short, it was as if air could be blown into his head when he breathed, and his whole body was "cool".

Then he found the engineer of the shipping company and expressed his ideas. The engineer of the shipping company gave him a design sketch and ensured the authenticity of the sketch.

They will then conduct a modeling experiment to test the design's stability in the sea.

Whether it is possible or not, this is a huge opportunity for the Secretary of the Admiralty.

If the aircraft can be allocated from the Ministry of the Army to its own Ministry of the Navy, then the Army has no hope of surpassing the Navy in this life, and the Navy will also have the ability to attack the inland areas other than the coast because of its ability to carry aircraft over long distances. military strike capability.

This also means that the empire's dependence on the army will further decline!

They can completely form a team like the Federal Marine and Land Stormtroopers to replace the army's role, and finally merge the army into the navy!
He was very happy when he thought that the Minister of War became his subordinate, depending on his face.

Everyone was looking at these sketches seriously, and the Minister of War's heartbeat started to speed up, his face was flushed, he clenched the sketches into a ball, threw them on the ground, and slapped the armrest heavily, "This is impossible!"

"There are strong winds and waves at sea, and the deck is not stable enough to make it possible to take off. This is murdering the lives of Imperial Air Force soldiers and the future of the Air Force!"

At this time, in order to prevent the Air Force from being assigned to the Ministry of the Navy, the Minister of War even took the initiative to call out the word "Air Force", which also meant that he began to support the Air Force as an independent army.

The Prime Minister coughed, "This is the Palace of the Rulers, you shouldn't be so presumptuous in front of His Majesty, this plan..."

"Your Majesty and I still need more evidence to prove its feasibility. As for the future of the Air Force..."

The Prime Minister was silent for a while, "You can discuss and select a candidate for the Minister of the Air Force, maybe we will use him soon."

(End of this chapter)