Chapter 627: No-fly order

Time quietly entered mid-May. The Xianyang air defense flying unit began to change. They no longer use the royal emblem. Instead, use an eagle to hold an iron anchor. This means that they are naval aviation. The iron anchor means that they belong to the navy. Rather than being alone or subordinate to the army.

The badge of the Celestial Army is an eagle with outstretched wings. The army is holding a badge with a cross pattern of muskets and artillery. Special forces have special patterns. For example, each bombing squadron has a different pattern. The black bomb pattern is used on the front line of Qi State. And this is a fierce hammer that belongs to the Western Regions.

The specialization of the badge means the fierce competition within Qin. This fierce intensified the sense of unity and honor within the team, which is very useful for enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army.

The improvement of combat effectiveness also requires technical equipment. In the Western Regions, the State of Qin urgently ordered the withdrawal of most of the airships. Only some combat aircraft are left as air support.

The subsequent order is even more surprising. King Qin ordered the cancellation of all airship flying missions. This is a direct no-fly order. Not only the airship unit. There are also civil aviation airships.

The specific reason is that the latest model of airship produced by Qin State uses a lot of metal. The drilled steel plate serves as the main skeleton. The use of steel plate replaced the original wood. In order to further reduce weight. A new type of metal is used. Aluminum began to become the support and skin of rigid airships.

Airbags began to be installed inside. The use of plastic enhances the sealing performance. But the gas has not changed. Dangerous hydrogen is still used. In the laboratory, helium has been studied in depth. The main result is the shielding gas for arc welding. The industrial method is to extract it from natural gas. The main reason is that there is natural gas in Qinguo coal mine. This gas poses a huge threat to coal production. Unexpected discovery when performing spectral irradiation.

But compared to. Because helium is just emerging. cost price. Especially the research cost cannot be reduced. So the price is higher than hydrogen. In consideration of cost. Hydrogen is still the main filling gas for all airships.

However, the accident caused King Qin to issue an order such as a no-flying order. The accident was treated by a series of aerial accidents that occurred together and combined into a major event.

During the battle against the Western Regions, airships spontaneously combusted and crashed. The reason for the investigation is unknown. But at that time, the airship's structural skin was mixed with metal and textiles. Shang Wen believes that it is caused by static electricity. This is the biggest killer of the airship. Flying in the air. Especially after the speed is up. The air friction increases. The possibility of static electricity is very high.

But the incident has not attracted enough attention. The private airship also suffered a serious air crash during transportation. At that time, the airship transported about thirty infantry units of the Zhao State who were preparing to participate in the battle in the Western Regions. Some supplies were also transported together. But I don't know why. The airship suddenly burned in the air. The driver had not had time to make an emergency landing. The airship exploded in the air. The altitude of the flight at that time was three hundred steps. No one survived on the spot. This incident first banned all airship flight plans in the Western Regions.

But the next thing caused the airship to be grounded directly. On the front line of Qi. A reconnaissance airship also caught fire in the air for unknown reasons. Fortunately, the captain urgently ordered a parachute jump to escape.

But the airship has penetrated within 150 miles of Qi. All members of the airship were captured. Although Shangwen instructed the Heavenly Army to be taken prisoner in an emergency. You can even tell some military secrets for your safety. For example, the serial number, the commander of the troops or something. But King Qin did not allow the prisoners of Qin State to exist. King Qin would rather see the icy corpse than see Qin State fighters captured. He believes that soldiers should maintain integrity. I would rather commit suicide than be a prisoner. In particular, take the initiative to surrender as a prisoner. You should draw your gun to commit suicide if you have the opportunity.

In short, this incident led to the grounding of the airship. In particular, King Qin did not want to see the fact that the airship caused the Qin fighters to be captured.

All airships are finding out the cause. And before solving the problem. The airship is no longer used as the main transport and combat platform. The no-fly order is issued. Suddenly, a large vacuum appeared in Qin's air power.

The emergence of this space is a development opportunity for aircraft manufacturing. Only combat aircraft exist on the front line. The air demand is particularly large. Especially the front line of Qi State. Because of the no-fly order. In the air, the established facts of air supremacy in parts of the region that Qi had acquired temporarily appeared in the air.

Especially after the ban on flying airships. On the front line of Qin State. The Qin Airship Bombing Brigade rebuilt an airborne machine gun airship by itself. The airship's hot air balloon is extremely lethal.

This airship is equipped with four large-caliber .60 machine guns. This machine gun bullet can easily tear the air bag of a hot air balloon and shoot it down. the most important is. He stayed in the air for a very long time. Turn off the engine. Or it can stay in the air for a long time by maintaining a low speed and a constant speed. This can effectively control the air dominance in the area. sometimes. The airship will also lower its altitude and use a machine gun to shoot directly at the ground. Caused a lot of damage to Qi. Transport vehicles have also been effectively blocked. Especially the ox cart that transports grain. The machine gun can kill all the cattle in the entire convoy. This is a great loss for the country.

But after the airship is forbidden to fly. Only fighters from both sides staying in the air for three hours are left. This gave the opponent a chance to break through the air blockade of Qin State.

In fact, the actual use of airships is far greater than that of airplanes. The airship is laying cables. There is a great advantage. Especially his carrying capacity. It will take some time for Qin's aircraft manufacturing industry to produce a transport aircraft with a certain transportation capacity. But the carrying capacity of the airship is comparable to that of the Hercules transport aircraft.

However, the use of new materials in airships has intensified. Leading to a series of Shangwen tragedies in the air. Let airship transportation become a kind of usable but not usable point. Shangwen recommends the use of helium with excellent stability. Instead of hydrogen. because. The Ministry of Transport reported. If air transportation cannot be resumed as soon as possible. Then some special transportation conditions cannot be recovered.

In order to lift the ban as soon as possible. Shang Wen directly ordered the airship transportation regulations. In the future, the airships produced by Qin State uniformly use helium airships. The hydrogen airship is no longer used. You can resume flying after using helium again.

then. A large number of airships began to return to the factory to replace the filling gas. For a while, the power of Qin's airship disappeared. The aircraft temporarily becomes the protagonist in the air. The aircraft power has been partially adjusted.