Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"The prince is here!"

As the guard guarding the door of the conference room roared, everyone who was sitting in the conference room stood up.

Lin Yi strode into the conference room, pressed his hands to everyone present, and motioned for them to sit down.

Fang Zhong pulled out the chair for Lin Yi, and Lin Yi sat down directly.

After Lin Yi sat down, the others sat down neatly.

Although these people are all scientific researchers, they also belong to the military, so their behavior and work have a military style.

"Okay, everyone is very busy. Let's make a long story short and talk about the current situation." Lin Yi picked up the folder that had been prepared for him. He opened the first folder and read it. Look, it turns out that this document is about the design drawings of the Imperial Air Force's latest fighter aircraft.

He raised his head and looked at Ding Yi, the commander of the Imperial Air Force.

Lin Yi suddenly thought that he had not seen Ding Yi for a long time. It seemed that he hadn't seen him much since he was transferred to the Air Force.

Speaking of the air force, in this world war, the Imperial Air Force's fighter planes were still at a relatively primitive level. Although they were much more flexible than airships, they lacked a lot of bomb capacity.

Therefore, the empire was equipped with fighter jets with weapons from the beginning, but their achievements were not high.

Instead, the slow-moving airships shined in this war.

Even after the war, some senior officials in the empire proposed to abolish the scientific research on fighter aircraft and start to develop airships.

To be honest, although the imperial airship uses helium, which is relatively safe and is not as flammable and explosive as hydrogen, Lin Yi still looks down on airships.

As for the reason, original history has proven that airships are an obsolete weapon.

It's okay for civilian use, but as a military weapon, airships can no longer keep up with the pace of the empire.

Lin Yi looked at the air force development plan submitted by Ding Yi and the three views of the newly designed aircraft. He felt that he had chosen the wrong person.

At least Ding Yi's future plans for the Air Force still favor aircraft rather than airships.

Lin Yi is still very satisfied with Ding Yi.

He looked at Ding Yi, and then said slowly: "Commander Ding, please tell me about your air force's considerations for new fighters."

After hearing Lin Yi's words, Ding Yi stood up immediately, nodded to everyone present, and then opened his mouth to introduce.

In fact, at this time, Ding Yi had already served in the Air Force for two or three years, and he was no longer the person who knew little about the Air Force.

Moreover, with the fall of former cabinet chief Luo Chen, what he had committed was made public. After Ding Yi's father Ding Xuanren was rehabilitated, Ding Yi has officially recognized his ancestor.

After recognizing his ancestor and returning to his clan, Ding Yi was grateful to Lin Yi for rehabilitating his father, so he always wanted to do something great.

When Lin Yi transferred him to the Air Force, he understood that Lin Yi was entrusting him with an important task. A military unit that had never appeared before was handed over to him to manage, which showed Lin Yi's trust in him.

Therefore, after Ding Yi was transferred to the Air Force, he went to the scientific research institute every day to learn more about aircraft.

After years of experience, Ding Yi already has a deep understanding of aircraft.

That's why he was able to report to Lin Yi on behalf of the Air Force Research Institute this time.

"Your Majesty, colleagues. Our Imperial Air Force Research Institute has developed two new types of fighter aircraft. Please give me some advice, colleagues." Ding Yi smiled and nodded to Lin Yi and others present.

"First of all, after our Imperial Air Force experienced World War I, the feedback it received mainly focused on several aspects."

"Fighters are fast and flexible, and are difficult to be hit by ground fire. However, their shortcomings are also obvious. According to the survey, most of the feedback mentioned that the fighter's bomb load is insufficient and its firepower is not fierce enough."

"So, based on the above shortcomings, we designed a new generation of fighters."

"The monoplane type adopted by this fighter aircraft, this design can further enhance the speed of the aircraft and enable the aircraft to have higher speed and controllability."

"In terms of firepower, we replaced the original two 11.43mm machine guns with two 12.7mm machine guns, and are equipped with two 20mm cannons."

"With such firepower, the new aircraft has powerful firepower, which is enough to deal with lightly armored targets. Even if it encounters fighters also equipped with weapons in the air, our aircraft can still maintain an absolute firepower advantage."

"In addition, we have tested the prototype and can guarantee 100% penetration when facing the Imperial A-2 tank. This means that our aircraft already has the ability to kill ground armored targets. ability."

After hearing Ding Yi's words, everyone present took a breath.

Everyone on the battlefield knows about the Imperial Type A-II tanks.

This tank is not like an airplane, which was criticized during the war. It can be said that the Type A-2 tanks shined in this battle. When facing local defense lines, this kind of tank can be said to be invincible.

No matter whether there are trenches or barbed wire in front, no matter how many heavy machine guns are arranged, hitting this tank is like scratching an itch.

The thickness of the frontal armor reaches 40 mm, which can be said to be the most powerful frontal offensive weapon at this stage.

The empire relied on its chariots to tear apart many lines of defense.

But now Ding Yi told them that the A-2 tanks were 100% penetrated by new fighters?

How can this be?

Ding Yi seemed to notice the disbelief of the people present. He took out some photos and sent them to the people present for viewing.

"Nothing is impossible. The main reason is that fighter jets are different from ordinary anti-armor weapons. The new cannon has been tested and its armor-piercing ability on the ground can easily penetrate 50 mm of armor."

"When attacking from the sky, it attacks the top of the chariot, and the top of the chariot is the weakest point of the chariot. It can be easily penetrated."

"Coupled with the acceleration of gravity, after testing, the maximum penetration depth of aircraft equipped with new cannons when attacking tanks in the air has exceeded 70 mm. In other words, as long as the armor on the top of the tank does not exceed 70 mm, the new fighters can It can be punched through easily.”

"And the top armor of the tank exceeds 70 mm, which means that Mr. Yang Bing must know better than me."

With that said, Ding Yi looked at Yang Bing.

When Yang Bing heard Ding Yi's words, he smiled bitterly.

What does it mean if the top layer exceeds 70mm? This means that without changing the existing turret design, if you want the top armor to exceed 70 mm, it means that the total weight of the tank will exceed one hundred tons.

Moreover, who said that if a car weighs more than 100 tons, you can sit back and relax? The top of your tank is not just for the turret. Let's just say it directly. In order to ensure heat dissipation, the location of the engine is generally designed with a mesh.

The armor protection here is approximately zero.

It's okay if it's a horizontal attack. At worst, thickening the body armor can resist horizontal attacks.

But the question is, how do you thicken the armor for an attack from the sky?

If you thicken the armor, it means poor heat dissipation performance. It is very likely that the engine will explode due to overheating when the tank is driving halfway. Without thickening the armor, once the plane flies over and swoops down towards the engine, the tank will also lie down.

Thinking of this, Yang Bing cast a resentful look directly at Ding Yi.

This is really looking for trouble for yourself. As soon as this aircraft of the Air Force comes out, all the new tanks they designed may have to be scrapped and redesigned.