On the morning of the fifth day after the matter continued to ferment, a new headline came out.
The entire front page of the Federation Times was occupied by photos. There were a total of 67 photos, and each photo had a little technical treatment to make them look less scary.
However, everyone who saw the photos knew that these people were already dead.
The blurry images on their heads must be gun holes. Their lifeless eyes had no focus, and after the pupils expanded, it gave people a strange feeling.
These photos caused some people to feel uncomfortable, but also made some people fall into a kind of crazy excitement.
Jim was such a guy.
His life trajectory was no different from most people in this country.
Free public education allowed him to finish high school on a shoestring, but that was the end of it.
University didn't open its arms to him. Compared to those "lucky people" who could get an invitation to university because they "mastered a cooking technique" or "sang well", he was obviously the unlucky one.
Fortunately, he didn't stay idle in high school. He had a lot of relationships and vented his energy in the best and most confused stage of life with many girls.
After graduation, he entered the assembly line of a factory. Some time ago, he also lost his job. Fortunately, his father didn't lose his job, and the family finally survived the crisis without any surprises.
Now he found a new job and started to date a new girlfriend. He would pay attention to the topics that men pay attention to, such as politics, economics, society, health care, education, and the headlines.
The news published in the newspaper during this time really made him angry. A young man in his twenties had a very clear concept of right and wrong, love and hate.
The experience of the girl, and the experience of Mike's family, made him very angry.
Why would these people want to hurt those innocent people?
Even deceiving others after hurting them?
He didn't know what was wrong with this world, what was wrong with the country called Suge. Were they all crazy or crazy?
Until this moment, that kind of dissatisfaction was finally vented. He waved his fists twice, stood on the side of the road, and looked down at the photos of the 67 dead people in the newspaper.
He didn't feel how terrible these people were. Instead, he was very excited, just like every time he added a small trophy to his stamp album.
That was great!
It's really great!
It was obviously something related to slaughter, but it gave Jim a feeling that "this is what a powerful country should look like".
He might not have been able to say it clearly, but that was what he meant.
Respect for a strong country wasn't something that could be said with words. It had to be based on facts.
Now there was.
If you don't want to give it to me, then I'll go get it myself. Look at these idiots, they really deserve it!
This was also the first time that Jim suddenly felt that the luxury cars on the road were not so disgusting. After all, some people were different from others.
For example, Mr. Lynch, who was sitting in the motorcade that just passed by him.
"Our experiment results have exceeded our expectations. Based on the technology we currently have, we can push the aircraft's engine function even further within half a year."
The engineer in charge of the aircraft research was reporting their results to Lynch.
The research on the aircraft has basically been completed, but they didn't rush to ask Lynch for help. Instead, they continued to optimize the overall structure of the aircraft.
At the same time, Feng Yu also did more experiments with materials. For example, an all-aluminum aircraft.
It was lighter, faster, taller, with a stronger load capacity and less reliable.
In addition to these, they also tried to install a firepower system. The engineer knew that Lynch gave them a lot of freedom to do research. The core goal of this research was to develop civilian entertainment equipment like aircraft into a weapon of war.
So, they came up with a lot of designs. These designs also had to be tested, so they delayed telling Lynch the results until now.
"Don't tell me what I don't want to hear. Just tell me if the aircraft can fly and if it can achieve the purpose of our design."
The engineer nodded vigorously. "Yes!"
Lynch patted him on the arm. "I hope you can give me a surprise!"
The roaring vehicles soon drove out of the downtown area of Bu Payne. Aircraft, which needed to be tested, were not suitable for research in the city.
If it fell from the sky and killed a few people, it would be troublesome. So, the aircraft research institute was located in the wilderness near the security zone.
The land far away from the city was not valuable, and the jobs Lynch provided exceeded the minimum standards of the Federation. So, the Bu Payne City Hall generously granted him a large piece of land to build a variety of facilities.
The convoy did not stop outside the research institute. Instead, they went directly to the takeoff runway. Two brand-new aircraft, which could be called airplanes, were already parked there.
"One is an all-aluminum fuselage, and the other is a more traditional aluminum-clad fuselage, with some wood inside."
The engineer explained the difference between the two materials to Lynch. Lynch patiently stopped. After all, he had to go back and fool those potential rich people, so he had to say something.
After the engineer finished explaining the complicated terms, the first plane made of aluminum alloy took off quickly.
"Mr. Lynch, I don't know if you've noticed, but when it took off, the fuselage was very stable. There were no abnormal tremors. This is the advantage of the aluminum alloy."
"I believe that after some new breakthroughs in metallurgical processes, the future aircraft field will inevitably use all-aluminum structures."
"But there are also some aspects that we can't solve yet, such as strong convection..."
Lynch raised his head and looked at the aircraft flying steadily in the sky, followed by the aluminum-clad aircraft.
The wood-clad aluminum structure had been around for a long time. The reason why it had not been eliminated for so long was that, in addition to its high cost, the extra toughness provided by the wood ensured its safety in the face of danger in the air.
At least, it would not suddenly break a wing or something like that. It was thick-skinned and durable.
Looking at the two aircraft flying in the sky, Lynch could already imagine how the sky would be filled with all kinds of aircraft in the future.
"What about their combat ability?"
The engineer said some things that Lynch already knew. For example, some millimeter howitzers only needed a simple switch to achieve high-altitude throwing.
Regardless of the accuracy, it was still very useful.
Listening to the data that was not too useful, Lynch asked a question that no one had thought of before. "Have you considered how it deals with enemies in the air?"
The researchers and engineers present were stunned. They did not know how to answer this question.
It was not that this question was difficult, it was just that during the entire process of designing this aircraft, they did not consider that it would have to deal with enemies in the air.
Currently, aircraft was still a popular field of civilian research in the entire world.
It was precisely because it was popular enough that many civilian scientists had flying accidents every year. This also gave people a very rigid impression that aircraft were not safe.
This was also the main reason that limited more attention and investment. There were only a few people in the entire Federation who were willing to invest money like Lynch.
Therefore, the research institute did not consider that they had any competitors at all. If they did, the competition would not be based on force, but on who could fly farther, higher, and faster.
Now the problem was, what if the attack came from the ground?
"We have a machine gun!"
A researcher looked at Lynch in surprise, as if he had solved the most important question in his life.
Lynch did not immediately praise or criticize him. Instead, he asked some questions. "Who will control it? If there are two people, how long can it last in a high-intensity battle, and how can it ensure its stability in an air battle?"
Lynch looked at these people and knew that they had no idea at all.
"Can you contact the people above?"
Someone nodded. "We don't have a howitzer. The extra load is used to carry a radio station. We can contact the pilots above."
"Very good, let them fly around the warning area …"
The researcher was stunned again, but he quickly reacted. He was even a little excited.
The aircraft project was aimed at military sales from the beginning, but the military did not care about these things that fell out of the sky. They didn't even want to fund the project.
This also made some researchers a little obsessed with the military.
The two aircraft received the order and quickly turned around and flew toward the warning area.
Lynch looked at the chief engineer next to him strangely. "You seemed nervous just now?"
When the aircraft turned around in the air, the chief engineer next to Lynch clenched his fists nervously.
"No … How is that possible, I'm not nervous at all!"
After he said that, he laughed twice to show that he was not lying.
In fact, he was lying. It was easy to break the wings during a high angle turn. Fortunately, they performed well today and did not have any accidents.
More than 20 minutes later, the two aircraft landed steadily on the runway. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and cheered for the successful test flight.
When the chief engineer wanted to invite Lynch to rest at the research institute, Lynch did not agree. Instead, he stayed at the airport.
"No rush, wait a little longer."
Wait a little longer?
The chief engineer looked at the blue sky and the few clouds in the sky. The golden sunlight dyed the clouds golden, as if they were the palaces of the gods.
It was beautiful, but what was the point of waiting here?
A few minutes later, the sound of engines came from the wilderness in the distance. A group of soldiers was quickly approaching.