"Dear General Helmut Johannes Ludwig von Moltch, what you see next will be a weapon that can change history. From the moment it is born, the battle on the battlefield will be free from the constraints of the earth. A weapon that can soar in the sky will dominate the battlefield and dominate the earth! And the German Empire must not fall behind in this new military change." - His Royal Highness Ruprecht, the Prince of Bavaria.

When Moltke saw this letter, he was a little surprised. Although he had seen each other several times and had discussed military issues, there were not many things to talk about when dating. After all, both sides were not in the same system. Both the prince and Moltke were very disliked the aristocratic complex social activities. Although Prince Ruprecht did not need to gain benefits by vain and slandering with others, even the famous Tirpitz in history would hit him as soon as he should, and never show mercy.

Although Xiao Moltke cannot be called a nobleman, he is also a top noble in Prussia with the reputation of the old Moltke. The acquisition of various reputations seems to be more like an insult to him. Xiao Moltke once said this: "My uncle won the honorary title of the Black Hawk Knights in his lifetime, and I obtained it through just one exercise. I think this is a blasphemy of glory!"

This time, the prince suddenly wrote a letter and attached a package weighing 35kg, which surprised Xiao Moltke. "It seems that there is nothing between us that needs such a heavy package to accommodate, right?" Xiao Moltke was a little hesitant, but still asked the servant to open the package, which contained a sealed box. After opening the box, there were hundreds of photos placed in different categories!

"This..." The first photo attracted Little Moltke's attention. A winged aircraft took off from the ground. The shooting distance should be not far. Little Moltke could even recognize that a machine gun was fixed next to the seat of the plane!

"This is a brand new aircraft that concentrates the great achievements of industrial technology and aerodynamics. This is the first aircraft with a density greater than air to be tested successfully! It will have a very important military role." Below the photo, these lines of small words.

Afterwards, Moltke immediately put the photos on the table and flipped them away, and he turned away the others. He needed to digest everything he saw in front of him. The new aircraft in this photo showed its huge power! Whether it was using a machine gun to shoot ground targets, or dive to throw bombs (well, it was a bit too much to use the word dive to modify this angle.) It made Moltke feel a little refreshing and even a little stunning! These were simply amazing to him!

What attracted him in particular was the technical data of this new aircraft. However, a 440kg air-weight aircraft can carry a fully armed 80kg person and 50kg weapons and fuel to fly 100km away. This performance is simply excellent! This capacity is not outstanding. Not to mention airships, a hot air balloon performs better than it, but the key is that this thing itself is lighter!

Just last year, Count Zeppelin built the first hard airship, LZ-1. The airship was 129 meters long and 11.6 meters in diameter. It consists of a through keel, 24 wooden bridge strips and a large number of horizontal and vertical lines. Little Moltke visited this giant as a VIP at that time. The huge size like a cigar left a deep impression on Little Moltke.

The airship has a total of 16 airbags, with a total capacity of 22,500 cubic meters and a maximum lift of 13 tons. In addition to the airbags, there is also a weight of 8.7 tons to install pods, power equipment and other accessories. The maximum lift is 2,500 meters. Almost everyone was shocked by the giant in the air. The designer of the airship at that time, Earl Zeppelin, even smiled at Little Moltke and said that his airship could be equipped with bombs as a flying air cannon. After learning about the details of the airship, Little Moltke could only laugh because he knew that this thing was not easy to use!

Not to mention anything else, the cost of this airship is too expensive to make this thing impossible. It is a problem to produce 22,500 cubic meters of hydrogen used by an airship. An airship needs to be provided by a huge hydrogen factory! Moreover, the airship needs to be repaired and maintained. This must be carried out on the ground, and it is definitely not possible to open the air, so a huge warehouse is needed.

Think about it, a warehouse that can accommodate airships... a huge warehouse with a length of about 180 meters and a height of at least 25 meters, and this warehouse must be rotatable. That's right, you're right, this warehouse must be rotatable, because the airship is too large and the power is too small. It's too difficult to let the airship enter a warehouse by itself, so you must fix the airship and then rotate the airship warehouse. When the gate is aimed at the airship, the airship will be brought in again...

Think about it, such a huge airship bin must be able to rotate. What a terrible thing! Taking the huge double airship bin in Nordholz in history as an example, this huge guy has a length of 200 meters, a height of 30 meters, a total weight of 4,600 tons. It takes about an hour to rotate a week, and the surroundings are very flat, and there is no hidden object! There is no cover. After all, the airship is so big. If there is something next to it, how can the airship get in?

Of course, there is another very important issue for the airship, that is, it is too easy to damage. According to Xiao Moltke's words, just a 37mm cannon shell can turn the airship into a ball of ashes. After all, it is full of hydrogen inside, and it is impossible for the airship to have armor protection!

Although Count Zeppelin repeatedly emphasized the huge bomb load of the airship and said that the airship can accommodate hundreds of kilograms of bombs, Moltke was still unmoved because the load capacity of 8.7 tons seemed to be very large, but after it had to accommodate a hanging basket, engine compartment, fuel and ballast, there were very few bombs that could be accommodated. Isn’t this cost too high to use such an expensive thing to drop a bomb of hundreds of kilograms?

"The deterrent effect is far greater than the actual effect." This is what Moltke said about the airship!

But the plane in front of me is different. How big is this thing? And the speed of the plane is close to 70 kilometers per hour. In fact, this speed is no longer slower than the airship. Although there are some things that are worth discussing in these photos. Yes, you are not wrong. Xiao Moltke has seen the problems in these photos. Some things are too deliberate, but he does not intend to expose all this, because in his opinion, this is necessary. He even wants to remind the prince that how to make a better cost......
Chapter completed!