Chapter 414: Aircraft carrier trial

The Admiralty has never been in Sheffield's eyes, they think they are so important. In the eyes of slave owners, the navy is used to force, but the army is used to save life. The foreign navy is undoubtedly a first-class person, but he pays more attention to the army.
So when these Admiralty observers came to Houston, he directly set aside these first-class people and let them travel at public expense. As for watching aircraft carriers, this is not anxious. Of course, for the observers of the Admiralty, this is also in the heart, and it is good to take advantage of it.
"How do you do this, you should seize the opportunity to get the admiration of the Admiralty." Alice Roosevelt was a little angry, and was not angry about the opportunity for herself, but still persevered.
"These people don't look down on the Houston Shipyard at all!" Sheffield looked like a spoiled child, secretly, if you want to brush up on goodwill, you can send these people to Puerto Rico and come back to brush up all the goodwill.
But for these little ones, Sheffield still feels that she is losing money. These people are not of sufficient rank and are not worthy of serious treatment. Of course, these words cannot be said in front of Alice Roosevelt.
After pointing out that it was the fault of the Admiralty, the slave owner's attempt to take off his pants was severely stopped by Alice Roosevelt. "I'm inconvenient for a few days, just a few days later."
He lifted his pants sorrowfully, and Sheffield's face was full of grievances. He nearly squeezed out two drops of crocodile tears to prove this.
"Don't look at me like this, just two days later." Alice Roosevelt couldn't bear to face this gaze, his attitude slowed down, "Two days without holding you back, you can't think about it for me? Don't be so selfish . "
Although the body is inconvenient, Alice Roosevelt is still relaxed, does not exclude the inconvenience time can be affectionate.
I have n’t seen them for a while. The two have much to say. Sheffield also learned from President Alice Roosevelt ’s attitude towards the Russo-Japanese War. Alice Roosevelt seized this opportunity and offered to come to the Houston Shipyard Look.
"Is Japan finally attracting attention?" Sheffield asked himself, it was originally a matter of morning and evening, but Alice Roosevelt can remember his own shipyard, it can be said that it is very affectionate, it is a typical public power. abuse.
But this seems like a good thing, Sheffield couldn't help laughing out loud, what's the saying? Fighting without breaking is a battle with a bottom line, without completely tearing the face, which is also in line with the relationship between the joint company and the federal government.
"What are you laughing at? You agree with my father's opinion too?" Alice Roosevelt said, confused. How did the man smile so happy when he mentioned the situation after the Russo-Japanese War.
"Of course I am happy, because President Roosevelt's vision is very forward-looking, and almost as forward-looking as I am." Sheffield said that he praised the current President of the United States. In fact, he was just to praise himself as a foreshadowing. "If the country has If you need any help, you can open your mouth in the future, because I will consider Alice because of your relationship. "
"It's as if you have somewhere to ask the country for help." Alice Roosevelt said angrily, but she had to admit in her heart that others said it was completely different from the man in front of him.
"That is not necessarily true. Although I sold the Panama Canal project to the federal government, the previous contract was not cancelled. If I want to continue repairing according to the schedule, I still need the steel, cement and machinery provided by me. President Roosevelt ’s naval layout, It is inseparable from this canal. This is just one of them, and there are other places. "
Sheffield sold a pass and aroused the interest of Alice Roosevelt before revealing the second news, "Once the naval power of the Pacific is developed, the Hawaiian Islands are the core of the Pacific Fleet. Dear, Hawaii is a suitable place for ports. Several of them were bought by me. I hope that the Admiralty will be respectful when negotiating with me, and do n’t be like those naval observers. "
As for the federal government wanting to force the land, it can be tried, no matter which navy minister ordered to dare such a robbery, Sheffield dare to collapse him.
"The observers of the Admiralty, I don't care about raising them for a few days, and I don't spend much money. It's because of the poor temper of the civil servant that they sent you over. This time I shouldn't have happened." Sheffield reached out and pulled Alice Roosevelt into her arms and kissed her lips. It was inconvenient. Just warm up from a convenient place.
As for observing aircraft carrier trials, Sheffield is not in a hurry. The aircraft carrier is not a gold-eating machine for later generations. One of the reasons for the rise of aircraft carriers is because the cost is much cheaper than battleships.
It was not until five years later that U.S. pilot Eugene Erie drove the Curtiss biplane from the platform installed on the front of the cruiser Birmingham. The following year, it was successfully landed on the platform installed on the rear of the moored cruiser "Pennsylvania". The British Navy followed closely. Before World War I, Captain Charles Samson followed the example of Eugene Erie from the 305 mm main gun of the battleship "Africa" ​​and the temporary runway erected above the front deck. Achieved the first British aircraft takeoff on a warship.
The combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier is mainly demonstrated by the performance of the aircraft, which expands the combat radius of the battleship and achieves the effect of preemption. As for the aircraft currently in the hands of the United Company, it is naturally in line with all the characteristics of the early 20th century. The wooden body is covered with canvas. Pi, the plane has two pilots, one flying the plane and one shooting.
The slave owner knew that the layout of the two cabs had so many shortcomings. For example, the hit rate of the machine gun in the rear cabin was extremely low, and the addition of a single person increased the burden on the plane. But it doesn't matter. Good things must be kept by yourself.
At the test site in New Mexico, United Aircraft ’s aircraft has been equipped with a machine gun shooting coordinator, which is a device that shoots from the nose and does not hit the propeller, so that the aircraft ’s air combat capability is greatly enhanced. But now Sheffield is not ready to show it, and is going to keep it in case of accident.
Of course, there is a small problem at the beginning, mainly because sometimes the firing will be delayed. However, these are trivial things, and the general direction is correct. Other minor repairs are enough. The emergence of new technologies always takes some time to run in.
So what the Admiralty observer is destined to see is the aircraft with the rear cockpit machine gunners, and Sheffield will only let these people see the current level.
It ’s good to see this level. A businessman wants to maximize the benefits. Where others are not stronger than himself, he has improved so much by technology at once. Is n’t that very uncommon, can he still play in a country. If the war comes one day, and it is not too late to put into production, anyway, the aircraft patent is pinched in the hands of the joint company, and it is enough to find that the competitors are buying. If you do n’t have a face to shame, you have to let the black gold company talk to each other. Sanctions will be imposed on those who disrupt the market.
Finally, after completing the weight-bearing journey, Sheffield met again. These days, naughty naval observers, the two sides will board the aircraft carrier No. 1 for a test flight. In fact, with the technical reserves of the Houston Shipyard, it is now only possible to take out this test ship with a full-load displacement of less than 7,000 tons.
However, the slave owners thought that the tonnage was not a problem. There was a good saying, but it was not unusable.
Absolutely not wrong. Sheffield saw the contempt in the eyes of several naval observers. The 7,000-ton battleship, in the current Federal Fleet, has almost reached the edge of elimination. Not to mention this strangely shaped aircraft carrier, which seems to have little self-defense capability.
What can a long deck do? Was it used to beat the medieval plate armor? Several naval observers glanced at each other and secretly shook their heads, thinking that this gimmick was bigger than all warships, maybe the Houston Shipyard used it to deceive the Navy.
Now building a navy, what kind of shipyards really want to take a slice of the soup, do you think the Admiralty's cheap is easy to account for?
The aircraft carrier did not drive too far, and stopped when it reached a precision machine. The head of the Houston Shipyard, around several arrogant naval observers, introduced this battleship's way of fighting, and three or four nautical miles away , Stopped a target ship as the target, with the order, the propellers of the four planes started, accelerated little by little, and finally succeeded in taking off along the deck and rushing to this fishing boat-size target ship .
"This kind of aircraft can fly forty nautical miles, including the return flight. The goal of twenty nautical miles is panoramic. It is now the world's most advanced aircraft. The aircraft is divided into two cockpits. The machine gunner behind can join fighting."
As the head of the Houston Shipyard just fell, three nautical miles away, in the rear cockpit of the four aircraft, the machine gunner held a Gatling gun and fired at the small target ship.
"I said? Can't even sink a fishing boat? What's the use? Any warship's guns can be sent to the bottom of the sea without firing the main gun." A naval observer put down the telescope and teased. Sedan said, "Now the federal government attaches great importance to naval construction. We can understand the impulse that some shipyards want to obtain orders. But we must focus on research. We cannot use informal means to achieve our goals because of insufficient technology."
This thing, called an aircraft carrier, has drawn an equal sign in his mind to deceive the Navy ’s procurement funds. Sure enough, there was no hope on the way, it was really prescient.