Chapter 1455: How can this be a tank? (Second update, please subscribe)

"Without airplanes, we will lose this war!"

After the Ming Empire Navy Air Force's "surprise attack on Hampton Roads", the entire United States was discussing airplanes, and everyone believed that airplanes were the weapons that determined victory in the war.

Although the mighty "Great White Fleet" was destroyed in Hampton Roads, there is always a glimmer of hope hidden in the bad news - they captured several downed planes.

Faced with this new type of weapon, American engineers simply chose to "take it for what it is" - copy it!

In the process of repairing the aircraft, they found that compared with the complex structure of the airship, the structure of the aircraft was simply simple to the point of being outrageous - it was composed of a wooden frame, canvas skin, wire drive and gasoline engine, and the only "high-tech" was the aluminum radial engine. As long as the engine problem was solved, American factories could immediately produce a large number of aircraft.

The company that accepted this task was the United Technologies Corporation of the United States. After six months of hard work, the engineers of the United Technologies Corporation finally produced the first aircraft engine in the United States. Although it was a copy of the product of the Ming Dynasty, with the engine, there was also an aircraft. Soon, the first aircraft in the United States came out of the United Technologies Corporation's factory.

Their success even shocked the whole world. Not only did Washington immediately place an order, but the British even sent purchasing staff, waving pounds to purchase their aircraft. God can testify that in the past few months, they have suffered a lot from not having aircraft - the aircraft not only destroyed their airships, but also allowed French airships to easily bomb their defense lines.

The United Technologies Corporation, which manufactured the aircraft, not only made huge profits, but also became a hero in the United States. Even the engineers who participated in the imitation became heroes, and Condal was one of them.

The rain kept falling, and the windshield wipers struggled to remove the rain. The road was covered with mud, and when the car passed, the mud splashed high. Mr. Condal did not drive his 20-model BMW sedan, not because he did not want to, but because it was a Ming car, and he was worried that he would be beaten by others if he drove it - when the war broke out last year, some people specifically smashed Ming cars on the streets, and a Qianlima car owner was dragged out and beaten to death when he tried to protect his car.

So for safety reasons, Kandal parked the luxury BMW in the garage from then on. Even though all the radical elements on the streets have joined the army, he would not drive that car again. It was not that he didn't want to, but that his wife didn't dare let him drive.

Looking at the snow outside the car window, Kandal was a little dazed. The car was running on the empty road, and he kept thinking about the previous question in his mind. He drove the car to the building of United Technologies Corporation and took another look at the factory behind.

In the factory, carpenters were using machines to cut wood and process the wooden beams of the aircraft body. Female workers were using sewing machines to sew canvas together. Assemblers were surrounding the wooden beam frame of the aircraft, connecting and fixing the steel ropes that adjusted the rudder and tail rudder of the aircraft.

To a certain extent, producing airplanes is even simpler than producing cars. After all, the main structure of a car is steel, and the production requires a large number of machine tools to process parts, while airplanes are just a pile of wood, canvas and steel ropes.

Except for the engine, of course.

After the aircraft is assembled in the factory, it is towed out of the assembly plant by a tow truck. Outside the assembly workshop is the test flight field. After refueling, the engine starts to test run. After the engine test is completed, the tow truck tows the aircraft to the taxiway. Finally, the company's test pilots come. They first check the new aircraft inside and out, and then they will fly the aircraft in the air for a few circles. The next morning, military pilots - those guys who have just learned to fly in aviation school for a few months - will fly the plane to the airport in New York and continue training there.

Now that the United States has the planes—lots of them, in fact, with United Technologies now producing hundreds a month—the only problem is?

It's the pilots. The United States doesn't have enough pilots.

Sitting in the car, Kandal took a cigarette from the cigarette box, then he turned his eyes to the United Motors Corporation on the other side. Even here, he could hear the roar of machines coming from the factory. Cars were produced as in the past, but they were delivered to the army.

The army needs cars, a lot of cars, but... Kandal took a deep puff of his cigarette, and after getting off the car, he went straight to the office of Chairman Willis Odes.

"Kandal, my friend, what do you have..."

Without waiting for Willis Odes to finish his words, Kondar opened the box in his hand.

“Is this a tank?”

Odysseus screamed, and he felt a flash of colorful light before his eyes - a whole box of various exquisite models that looked like real tanks. They were not toys. They were models that Kandal had made bit by bit according to the photos of tanks, and they were exactly the same as real tanks.

"Yes sir, it's a tank!"

Every time Condar took out a tank model, Odes would exclaim in surprise and admiration. He found that the tracks of these tanks could move, and even the turrets could rotate. Not only that, he could even open the engine cover at the rear of the tank and see the engine inside.

"This is the engine. It's the same 75-horsepower engine we supply to the military trucks..."

Kandal held up the tank model and explained its structure, saying:

"Tanks, what our army needs most now is tanks, even more important than airplanes. Sir, without tanks, we will definitely not win this war. We need tanks! If we make tanks, God bless, the orders from the military alone will be an astonishing number."

Looking at these tank models, Odes rubbed his hands excitedly. In his eyes, these models were not tanks at all, but the money that rolled in for him!

What business could be more profitable during war than the arms business?

Never again!

Moreover, tanks were urgently needed by the US military and would definitely bring him huge returns.

So he said to his old colleague, a little excitedly, this would bring him a huge fortune a few years ago:

"Mr. Kandal, I really don't know how to thank you. You know, while other people are still satisfied with the current plane, you have already considered the new future..."

(End of this chapter)