Chapter 949 Planes and Movies

Wu Changqing was busy with his grand plans, but Dahua's development was not affected and continued to move forward rapidly.

In November, Dahua's first plane successfully took to the sky in the suburbs of Nanjing.

Dahua's aircraft research team is much more enjoyable than the Wright Brothers.

The Wright brothers purchased manufacturing materials out of their own pockets and studied flight technology.

As for Dahua's aircraft research team, the imperial court provided funds and Wu Changqing provided core technology. All they had to do was polish some details.

So, when their first aircraft came out, it was already doing pretty well.

The wings of the Wright brothers' first airplane were made of wood because wood was light enough and cheap enough. But this kind of wing is very easy to damage and unstable.

As for Dahua's first aircraft, the aluminum alloy wings are directly used, which is very luxurious.

The first test flight of the Wright brothers was successful. The plane flew in the sky for only five minutes and traveled 4.4 kilometers.

Dahua's Shenying aircraft stayed in the air for half an hour in the first test flight, successfully flew more than 40 kilometers, and successfully landed.

It took five or six years for the Wright Brothers to go from the successful test flight to the production of a practical aircraft.

However, Dahua's aircraft can be mass-produced and put into practical use after a few months of improvement.

At present, Dahua needs to solve the three problems of mass production, cost reduction and performance improvement.

For the military, there are actually only two issues of mass production and performance improvement.

For this kind of equipment that can exert a huge advantage on the battlefield, the military does not care too much about the cost. As long as it plays a role at critical moments, its value is immeasurable.

Regarding the role of the Air Force, Dahua's military has the most say.

In previous battles, they used the air force many times, and all achieved very good results.

Those enemies who don't have an air force have suffered a lot in this regard.

However, due to the high accident rate of the Air Force and the strong strength of the ground forces, the development of the Air Force stagnated after relying less on air support.

Unless it is a last resort, the Chinese army does not want soldiers to risk 20-30% of their deaths to go to the sky.

Without air forces, the Chinese army is invincible.

And now, because the performance of aircraft is much better than that of hot air balloons, the military has another idea about the air force.

The emergence of airplanes has far more significance than hot air balloons.

However, the news of the plane going to the sky did not cause any sensation in Dahua.

Because things like God have happened to Dahua many times before, it's nothing unusual.

Moreover, there is nothing that can shock people about that simple-looking aircraft.

With the wisdom and insight of ordinary people, they also do not see the great potential contained in the aircraft.

This is actually quite normal. After the successful flight of the Wright Brothers, it actually did not cause any sensation.

It was not until later that the aircraft began to flourish because of the military's attention.

People pay attention to things that are closely related to life, such as movies.

At the same time that the plane successfully flew into the sky, Dahua's first sound film was also born.

A few years ago, Dahua had cartoons, but it was too difficult to find qualified voice actors. Therefore, most of the cartoons are shown silently, that is, for children to watch.

Moreover, cartoons without sound are actually not particularly attractive.

Therefore, Dahua's film career has been stagnant.

When everyone was frowning, Sheng Tianzi came forward to help them solve this problem, providing magnetic recording technology for sound movies, and other related technologies.

Ever since, the problem of making movies have sound was also solved.

In Dahua, the most loyal to the emperor is actually not the farmers, but the group of scientific researchers.

Because of their knowledge and insight, they are more aware of Wu Changqing's contribution to Dahua's technological development.

For Wu Changqing's wisdom, these researchers have completely surrendered.

On November 5th, Wu Changqing personally attended, together with many ministers and social celebrities, watched Dahua's first sound film in the palace.

At the Times Cinema in Nanjing City, the sound film "Heroes and Daughters", which took six months to complete, will also be screened at the same time.

This is a war film about a battle in the Battle of Xuzhou. The protagonist is the first-class battle hero Wang Tiezhu. He bravely killed the enemy in this battle. He was the first to rush to the city wall and was seriously injured.

This is a movie adapted from real people and real events. Wang Tiezhu is still alive and well, but he has lost the ability to fight.

This story has been widely reported in newspapers before.

And now, Dahua has moved this story to the screen.

Times theaters are already full of people.

Those wealthy families bring their children to appreciate this historic moment.

Everyone is looking forward to this rumored movie that can make sound.

At eight o'clock, the movie starts on time.

First, a passionate war song, and then the feature film.

"The first year of Yongxing..."

When the sound actually appeared in the movie, many viewers were excited.

In the past, silent films mainly relied on the actors' body language to express themselves. People who don't react fast enough generally have difficulty guessing what the characters in the movie want to express.

But now, watching a movie finally doesn't take so much brainpower, the people in it can talk, tell the story clearly, and act clearly.

As the plot advances, many viewers are enjoying it.

In the past, they actually only had a very vague concept of war, and only knew that the two sides were fighting. But in the end how to fight, people who have not personally been on the battlefield are almost not clear.

But now, with movies, it is possible to restore the scenes on the battlefield to a certain extent.

The audience can also have a slightly clearer understanding of the war because of this.

Immediately afterwards, some emotionally rich audiences were already moved by the plot, and some even shed tears because of it.

Soldiers in the war are so fortunate. After watching these movies, many audiences have changed their impression of soldiers.

At the same time, some children also knew that Dahua was the righteous party and Daqing was the bad guy. Many people saw what the Qing army did, and even had an extra dream of serving as a soldier on the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Movies, entertainment is the main thing.

However, another attribute cannot be ignored, that is, the role of publicity.

Compared with pale text, the things that can be expressed in the movie screen are much more vivid, and they are first-class propaganda tools.

Making good use of the propaganda function of the film can cultivate children's patriotic spirit and the spirit of fighting the enemy bravely. In short, there are many benefits.