The Rise of the Empire

"This is a good way, but it requires the cooperation of the pilots. We can't even achieve effective communication within the team. Even with a loudspeaker, we can't guarantee that our teammates next to us can hear us in the battlefield environment. We even considered simple communication in words, but there is no doubt that this is a bit difficult," explained a pilot. \u003c/p\u003e"Well, you can handle this yourself, I admit that this is a bit difficult." The prince was once again frustrated by the low technology of this era. \u003c/p\u003eAfter watching the first fighter, the prince, accompanied by Sir Daimler and other people, went to visit another bomber code-named K-1. Compared with fighter jets, this two-person reconnaissance bomber is much more complicated. After all, in this era when aircraft engines are still very immature, the difficulty of adding 1kg of load is comparable to that of rocket launches in later generations. \u003c/p\u003eIn order to allow this aircraft to load more things, Sir Daimler has prepared two V12 liquid-cooled engines for this aircraft, and the maximum output power of a single engine has reached an astonishing 130 horsepower. However, this engine still cannot be placed on a fighter jet, because its size and weight are too large. If it must be used, the fighter jet needs to be redesigned, and it can accommodate this engine in time, and its performance may not be improved. \u003c/p\u003eThis aircraft can be said to be the largest among all current aircraft, with a length of 10 meters and a wingspan of 14 meters. The wing area is 50 square meters. The empty weight of the aircraft is 1050kg, and the maximum take-off weight is 1600kg. It carries two people and is equipped with three machine guns, of which two 12.7mm machine guns are fixed at the nose position, controlled by the driver in the front seat, and the bomber in the rear seat also serves as the rear machine gun shooter, controlling a 7.92mm machine gun. The theoretical maximum bomb load of this aircraft is 250kg. But in fact, since its development, the aircraft has not flown at its maximum bomb load. \u003c/p\u003e "Our pilots are a bit overweight. If we can find lighter pilots, there is still room for improvement in the bomb load..." Sir Daimler explained. \u003c/p\u003e"The ammunition load of an emotional plane is directly related to the pilot's weight. It's a sad era." The prince had to sigh again with the technology of this era. \u003c/p\u003eAlthough the completion of this aircraft is quite low, no matter what, this aircraft already possesses the basic elements of a reconnaissance bomber. This aircraft has 4 hanging points, of which there are two on the belly, which are arranged in front and rear, and can carry two bombs weighing no more than 100kg. Bombs over 50kg. At the position of the bomber in the rear seat, there is also a place reserved for a bomb sighting device. Of course, this sighting device is being designed.... \u003c/p\u003eThe two engine nacelles of the aircraft are arranged between the two wings. The vertical engine compartment is adopted. The two pilots are separated by the wing, under which is a 250l fuel tank. Relying on internal fuel, this aircraft can fly for about 4 hours. \u003c/p\u003e"If it is a reconnaissance plane, you can install a radio station at the rear of the plane, and you can send back the information you get at any time. It is also very good as a gun compared to an airplane. If you don't carry bombs and carry auxiliary fuel tanks, this The maximum voyage of this aircraft can reach about 800km. The time of staying in the air is more than 6 hours.\u003c/p\u003eIn all fairness, this aircraft was a very good aircraft even before World War I. The bomb load of 250kg has been thrown away by 1 A few streets of aircraft in the early war. The average flight speed of about 130 kilometers has also reached the flight speed of the bomber in the later period. Although it is incomparable with bts such as dh4,

But it is also very close to the aircraft of the Gotha. \u003c/p\u003eThe most important thing is that this aircraft still has a lot of room for improvement. At least the engine can be changed. After all, most of the engine power in the late World War I was between 250hp and 375hp. level. As long as it is equipped with a decent engine, the K-1 light bomber will be a very good fast light bomber. And it is also a very high-precision bomber from the perspective of World War I. Of course, don’t even think about dive bombing. This thing is not a mosquito, and the engine it uses is not Molin... \u003c/p\u003eBefore the advent of precision-guided weapons, the speed, height, and bombing accuracy of aircraft were inversely proportional to each other. Therefore, under the same conditions, the accuracy of high-speed jet bombers was definitely not as good as that of propeller aircraft. In World War I, because the aircraft's flying speed was slow enough and the altitude was low enough, even if it was not possible to conduct large-angle dive bombing, raid-like strikes were more useful. In addition to the 200kg bomb, this aircraft can also repeatedly shoot the ground with two 12.7mm machine guns. In this era on the Eastern Front, there are almost no ground transportation vehicles that can block the attack of 12.7mm machine guns. \u003c/p\u003e"His Royal Highness, please come here. We have developed various types of bombs for aircraft, which can be divided into 100kg, 75kg, 50kg and 20kg bombs in terms of weight. And if you divide them in terms of use, It can be divided into anti-infantry high-explosive bombs, shrapnel bombs, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and napalm bombs."\u003c/p\u003e "I'm sorry, white phosphorus incendiary bombs? You have all made such **** things? Your conscience He An!" The prince complained in his heart after looking at a bomb with two white rings painted on its warhead. The prince felt that he had gone too far after making the simple and terrible solidification gun, but he didn't expect someone to come up with something even more outrageous! Of course, apart from being cruel, the stability of this thing is also a problem, white phosphorus! The gas after burning is poisonous, and the ignition point is only 40 degrees. This thing is also a threat to itself. \u003c/p\u003eThe reason why white phosphorus incendiary bombs are scary is that they can still burn even in an oxygen-deficient environment. And it is a highly toxic substance in itself, even if it is not burned to death, it is very likely to cause hemolytic poisoning. It is even said that even if the burn area is only 7%, it will still cause such terrible consequences. \u003c/p\u003eThe prince didn’t know when the first usable white phosphorus bomb appeared in history, so he still suggested that the relevant departments use this weapon with caution, not for the mercy of the enemy, but for the safety of their own people. … \u003c/p\u003eAs for other types of ammunition, they are basically shells, but compared with shells, they are filled with more explosives or steel balls. Shells are generally single-digit percentages, and high-explosive shells may be higher. , but the explosive filling generally does not exceed 20%. That is to ensure the strength of the projectile body when the shell is fired. But high-explosive bombs are different. It is easy to charge more than 30% of the explosives, and half of the effort is also possible. \u003c/p\u003eCompared to the somewhat confrontational performance of fighter jets, the display of bombers is much simpler, that is, they carry some simulated bombs made of cement into the air, and then throw them at low altitude. Without sufficient training and equipped with new sights, the accuracy of this kind of bombing is naturally not high, but in any case, the German eagle has begun to mature. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends Wang Yao's Young Guard Rabbit, Falling Dead, Slowly Traveling K, Three-foot Cat, Fat Cow King and other book friends\u003c/a\u003e~~~! And \u003c/a\u003e support from book friends fanck, everyone's family, Kuang-Galewind Wolf, Advent Space, Hunter Knight and other book friends~~~! This weekend, the author Junxue will come up, and today is the third update~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e