Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 86 >

Just because I returned, I couldn’t go to see Stolipin right away.

Of course, if you feel like it, you want to fix this right away, but first, talk to the tsar in order.

And the opportunity came shortly after.

“Are you talking about engagement?”

“Okay, engagement.”

The tsar, who seemed overly happy, looked at me and Tatiana alternately. The Empress didn’t say anything, but she seemed to be in a good mood.

“Your engagement with my daughter Tatiana, aren’t you worthy of it?”

“your majesty.”

“Shut up, the story is already over, the priests, the imperial family, the nobles, and the cabinet all agreed. We plan to announce it soon, but before that, their opinions will be important.”

excuse me. The rice is cooked and turned into rice, but what are your doctors?

“Tatiana, what do you think?”

“I… I like it. If you are a Duke, I think you are a good husband… and…”

With a slightly heated face, the tsar frowned as if there was nothing more to say.

“Then what happened! How are you? It’s not like Tatiana is my daughter, but isn’t she pretty?”

Obviously she’s pretty. She’s pretty….a strategic consideration, wouldn’t she have considered it even now? I wouldn’t have done it, because if I had, I wouldn’t have had Olga face-to-face with Tatiana.

“It’s a little… it’s sudden.”

“I’m not saying we’re going to get married right away, but it’s too late! It’s already too late this year, so I’m thinking of getting engaged early next year and planning a formal wedding on a good day.”

At the level of notification that it had already been decided, I didn’t even have a chance to say anything.

In the end, I had to end the audience after hearing a word close to the emperor’s notification that I would announce my engagement around March.

I’m getting dizzy, but is there any way to fix this right now……?

***

“The gentle cat climbed the stove first.”

Olga, with a startled expression on her face, was busy soothing the two of them droopy.

“I lost it… I lost it…”

“Why… because I’m going to try…”

As if they had heard the news that someone had died, Olga, who was exhausted from trying to comfort the two of them while she was feeling upset, ran into her room as soon as she heard the news that Tatiana had returned.

“you!”

“sister?”

“What did you do? A promise is different from a promise!”

“I didn’t break it.”

“What did you do to get the story that I’m getting engaged to you?”

“Uh… well?”

“Are you sure you hit me with your body? Did you really use it that way?”

“It’s not that… isn’t there a reason why my father chose me? Actually, I’m a little confused.”

Olga, who felt that there was no lie in Tatiana’s voice, raised her head in shock.

“Well… Anyway, the position of wife of Jeongsil is inevitable, but in the first place, marriage isn’t that important, is it? You know.”

The affair of the upper classes of the Russian Empire at this time was not usually serious. It’s not that the affair is being condemned, it’s that the person who committed the affair was blatantly accusing him of insulting his/her honor and asking for a duel.

“under……”

Olga sighed in exasperation.

“Father and mother, father and mother decided. Again, I didn’t break my promise. It just happened that way.”

***

At the end of the eventful 1916, the Christmas present was finally delivered.

Success in efficacy trials of coagulated plasma. Completion of non-hazardous verification.

On Christmas Eve, the news of the development of a treatment for hemophilia, announced along with the speech about the Nobel Prize, quickly spread to Europe and the New World, and my name was again on the front pages of newspapers.

“My Majesty the Crown Prince, relax your arms.”

And at this moment, we were seeing a new era.

A needle pierced the veins of Alexei, who was lying with his arms outstretched.

“If you want to do your daily life, you have to do this every other day, not every day. You have to get used to it.”

“still……”

“If you get this, it doesn’t hurt. If you want to live a long and healthy life, you need to get an injection.”

As I said, the nurses skillfully injected the plasma.

“Now… can you see that kid running?”

“Yes. Empress Mama.”

“Thank you, Duke, thank you very much……”

The empress was unable to overcome her joy and burst into tears. The emperor was literally stuck in his ears.

“I have to receive a blood transfusion every two days, so it’s impossible to have a perfect daily life, but it’s okay as long as you don’t act too violently or dangerously with the medical staff.”

“Are you okay with horseback riding?”

“Well… Maybe that’s it. However, you have to accompany the medical staff and always have a spare plasma nearby, so it would be better to stay in a large city with facilities like St. Petersburg or Moscow.”

I glanced at the sky.

“Outside of Russia, that is, by the Gregorian calendar, today is Christmas. I didn’t bring it on a specific date, but it’s funny because it’s a coincidence, so it’s quite meaningful to think of it as a Christmas present.”

Note that this is not what I intended. How did the date happen?

“Merry Christmas. His Majesty the Crown Prince.”

And one week later, on January 1, 1917 (Gregorian standards, Russia still uses the Julian calendar…)

I have been to Siberia.

“Get your troops ready! salute!”

The soldiers saluted all at once.

“rest.”

The arrival of the superlative, I had been informed several days before, but the soldiers and engineers were stiff.

“Why are you so stiff? be at ease.”

I said ….. but would you be comfortable? Passing the frozen officers, I looked at the engine.

Let’s mix the cowboy flavor with the brown bear technicians based on the black tea flavor engine! and!

Actually, it’s not that simple, but if you slap him in the face with a bunch of money, he’ll do it anyway.

In particular, this engine had a technology that could be called the world’s first.

supercharger.

In fact, the technology of the supercharger has been around since 1860, but we are the first to actually apply it by upgrading it for use in an internal combustion engine.

However, we had a bit of trouble developing the intercooler, but we got a lot of help from Ford, who we collaborated with since we were making the tank, and the GM, who decided to collaborate with us, and the newly recruited yangban.

“Dr. William Boeing, you did a great job.”

“no! Sir, I am honored to have such a supporter as you, anonymous.”

William Edward Boeing, as the name suggests, is the founder of Boeing.

Just last year, when I was about to start the Pacific Aircraft Company, the predecessor of Boeing, I snatched it up and put him in charge of aircraft development.

Not long ago, Dr. Dornier was also recruited from Germany and appointed as the head of the competition design bureau. Just like the former Soviet MiG Design Bureau and Sukhoi Design Bureau.

This is Boeing and Dornier Design Bureau. Anyway, Dr. Dornier is working hard on his research.

However, the situation is that our internal military forces are in charge of the operation of most of the air force. Should this be reorganized into the Air Force?

“It was relatively easy to implement to increase combustion efficiency by injecting a methanol-water mixture into the engine to cool the compression heat of the supercharger, but unfortunately, the system that temporarily enhances output by injecting nitrous oxide damages the engine and makes it a little more stable. I’m looking for a way to do it. The more power it has, the more power it will have to mount a coolant or nitrous oxide tank.”

Boeing took the blueprint and started talking.

It was a blueprint showing Boeing’s commitment to increasing the output of the black tea-flavored engine. Looking at the traces left here right now, it is hard to guess that he must have spent several nights with his eyes wide open.

No, I could tell just by looking at the exhaustion of the assistant sitting next to him.

After all, this person is neither a genius nor a hard worker, but a person who enjoys, so he must have worked overtime voluntarily.

“When we modified the manufacturing method of engine parts to increase the durability of the engine, it showed sufficient durability, but it was too expensive and not suitable for mass production. The old engine was also severely damaged and did not sustain power for long. It turns out I need something stronger alloy or a structure that is more impact resistant. Vladimir-kun has suffered a lot.”

“is it.”

“Yeah, so now we’re trying to figure out how to combine both increased durability and increased productivity. And although this is the ‘system’ that you suggested, theoretically, it can produce a huge output of at least 2 to 8 times. However, with the current technology, it seems that the aircraft will not be able to withstand it, let alone the engine…”

“It’s just a theory, maybe 20 years later, you can try it.”

“Twenty years… I wish I could see with my own eyes an airplane with that engine taking off. You’re young, Petlyyakov, so it’s possible, though.”

“On the day of completion, I will ask the pilot to drive me.”

“First of all, the most important part is durability. Others make it out of wood and canvas, but we designed it assuming the engine had enough power, so we built it with a metal frame overlaid with wood.”

The early fighters of the interwar period and the second world war made it that way. Like a hawker hurricane.

Anyway, now most of them are made by covering wooden frames with canvas, so I think we might be the first… What is it?

“It was effective to put a 23mm cannon into the propeller shaft and make it work like a Spade fighter (a fighter that served in World War I). In addition, it is equipped with four 9mm machine guns. The most important thing is that, as you can see, it is a monofoliate.”

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Monoplanes existed before that. Even before the outbreak of World War I, monoplanes were developed along with biplanes, but they did not become mainstream.

The reason is simple, monoplanes are advantageous in terms of speed. Biplanes are advantageous in gaining lift, and may have shorter wings.

The wing of the monoplane should be longer and stronger than that of the biplane, but since we covered the metal wing with wood, not the canvas wing, of course, it can be made stronger and longer.

Of course, I honestly doubt if this will work well. The design of the aircraft is impeccable, but the most important thing is the performance of the engine. An airplane without an engine is just a glider.

“Of course, it is a one-seater. It weighs about 2 tons, and above all, it has a beautiful appearance that makes me fall in love with it.”

“Right.”

It’s still only a test aircraft, and the engine’s stability cannot be guaranteed yet, but Boeing’s exciting words seemed to make me excited.

“If this aircraft is mass-produced and deployed, I will assure you. The Russian air force will be the best in the world.”

“What if it’s just an engine problem?”

It’s good that the output was raised ignorantly, but the engine became a glass body in return. Now, scientists are working tirelessly to do something about this.

“I have no choice but to blow it several times. As you fly, you need to find and fix problems. It takes more time and more budget.”

Well, I gave a lot of hints here and there, but just pulling the technology for 10 years is more than great, it’s a huge thing. I promised to give more room for development along with an increase in the budget, and started observing the test flights.

That was then.

“Wait, that smoke…”

“Uh, what!”

The panicked people moved quickly, and the paramedics urgently began to prepare stretchers.

Even if you look closely, the condition of the aircraft was strange.