The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Thanks to the hegemony in the automotive sector, coupled with excellent profitability.

The Imperial Automobile Factory, which Karl Benz was in charge of, was very wealthy!

Having received an order from the emperor, Karl Benz immediately gathered the technical backbone.

In response to these requests made by the emperor, consultations and discussions were conducted.

The engine has always been the trump card killer of the Imperial Motors.

Whether a car is good or not depends mainly on the quality of its engine.

And the engine of the empire is at least 2 generations ahead of similar products on the market!

Such a large technological lead makes the cars they produce have an overwhelming advantage over their competitors in terms of performance.

This is also the main reason why their cars can be invincible in the sales market and kill all sides.

However, there is still a big difference between the engine of a car and the engine of an airplane.

It's not that the engine of the steam "863" car must not be used, it can be used, but it will not match it well.

This would severely weaken the performance of the aircraft, considering that the aircraft is the kind of thing that makes a dojo in a screw shell.

Therefore, they have more stringent requirements for the power, weight, and volume of the engine.

Therefore, Karl Benz decided to send a group of top experts to come out.

Let them be alone in charge of this!

The emperor asked them to develop an engine with more than 300 horsepower, which was not a difficult requirement.

The difficulty lies mainly in the size and weight of the engine, and it will be very difficult to meet all three requirements at the same time.

But fortunately, they have money and people, and there is ample cost of trial and error.

Even if they don't meet the requirements at first, they just need to improve little by little.

So, within a few weeks of receiving the assignment.

They made some improvements to the existing piston engine, mainly by increasing the volume of the cylinders.

The amount of power emitted per liter of piston displacement is known as liter power.

With the same liter power, it is necessary to increase the overall power of the engine.

The best way to do this is to increase the volume of the cylinder.

To put it simply, it is to increase the displacement of the engine.

This is the most effective and direct approach.

Of course, there are drawbacks to this approach.

An increase in displacement results in an increase in the size of the engine.

As much size increases, so does the weight, which can cause a lot of problems.

So, after some experimentation.

It is only a slight increase of 15%, and if the displacement is increased, the volume is too large to be installed on the aircraft.

Since there is a large ceiling on this path, it is necessary to choose a different path.

So, they went back and started looking at how to increase the power per liter of displacement.

The liter power is large and small, generally 30-40 horsepower

But some advanced engines can reach 60 horsepower and even more.

In later generations, some top-of-the-line engines could even reach more than 90 horsepower.

Of course, with the current level of technology and production technology.

Obviously, you can't produce such an ultimate product!

One of their best engines at the moment has 55 horsepower per liter.

That's the limit they can reach at the moment!

So, they decided to use this engine to produce an aero engine!

After about 3 months of refinement and trials, this piston aero engine produced specifically for the Air Force was finally launched.

It was ordered as a Mercedes No. 2 engine with a power of 330 hp!

And with this high-power engine, the aircraft factory immediately began to design a completely new aircraft.

The weight of the new generation of fighters increased to 1200 kg, the length of the aircraft increased in height and wingspan.

Compared to the previous testing machine, it is significantly larger. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Bigger size, means more interior space.

A heavier take-off weight means a larger payload.

These improvements make this aircraft truly capable of actual combat.

The test flight of this aircraft went very well, and it ran a maximum speed of 185 kilometers during the test flight.

That's more than double the speed before![]

After extensive testing, the aircraft has a maximum speed of 185 km/h.

The maximum range is 550 km.

The empty weight is 1200 kg, the maximum take-off weight is 1450 kg.

This allowed it to carry 2 machine guns with 1600 rounds of ammunition.

As well as an additional 50 kg of bombs under the belly!

Overall, the performance of this aircraft.

It has reached the combat performance of the second-generation aircraft developed by various countries after 1916 during the First World War........

Both Andrews and the Air Force were so pleased with this that it was officially finalized and codenamed the FW-1 Fokker fighter.

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For the Air Force, they have been waiting for this fighter for too long.

When the Air Force was formed, it didn't even have a single aircraft.

Their training is all done using airships!

Compared to airplanes, airships are slower, large, and bulky.

It is easy to be hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire on the ground, so it is very dangerous to use airships in combat.

Compared to airships, fighters are faster and smaller.

Enemies are difficult to aim and lock onto, and it is very difficult to shoot them down.

Therefore, if there was a choice, they would definitely choose an airplane over an airship.

At this time, they waited for several years, and finally waited for their long-awaited strange equipment.

The Air Force is like a New Year, celebrating!

So, after the Fokker fighter was finalized.

The Air Force immediately placed an order for the production of 500 aircraft.

And hopefully it will be delivered as soon as possible so that their pilots can conduct flight training as soon as possible!

In the past, because there were no airplanes, their training could only be simulated on the ground.

Simulated training is very different from real flight training, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to rely on simulated training to improve combat effectiveness.

Only real machine drills allow them to adapt to the various performance of the aircraft as soon as possible 4.0.

Accumulate rich flying experience, so that they can really improve their combat effectiveness.

The idea that the Air Force is so desperate to get an aircraft is also very understanding on the factory side.

So, they worked overtime and started production with all their might.

Within the first month of production, 12 aircraft were produced.

In the second month, production capacity increased significantly, with 18 aircraft produced.

By the third month, the workers who had completed the run-in and accumulated rich experience.

Increasing production efficiency to the maximum, they produced 24 aircraft this month.

At this rate, in two years, the Air Force's order for 500 aircraft will be fully delivered!

And at this time, a big event happened in the world.

A big event that can change history!