Zhang Tie had not originally thought of doing it this way. But when he arrived at the base yesterday and saw gliders taking off while being towed by cars, an idea had struck him, and he instantly thought of this possibility—a glider basically weighed no more than 1,000 kilograms, while a car's towing speed was not so fast that he could not keep up. On suitable terrain, a glider could take off smoothly.
He could lift roughly 1,000 kilograms by himself. That weight was only about the same as an excessively heavy war hammer, and he could also reach the towing speed of those cars yesterday. Since both conditions could be met, why not try modifying a glider to better suit his abilities and let it play a greater role on the battlefield?
If such modifications succeeded, then throughout the Selnes War Zone, so long as there were slopes, he would be able to take off from the ground whenever and wherever he wished. His combat capability while piloting a glider would rise by another level.
The engineers at the Horne Republic's glider base soon understood Zhang Tie's idea. His proposal excited them as well, and they quickly got to work.
Since Zhang Tie said he would need this glider very soon and that the faster it was done, the better, the Horne Republic's engineers did not build a new glider. Instead, they began implementing Zhang Tie's idea on an already highly mature and outstanding glider.
The engineers pulled a brand-new Wind Whisperer Type 2 single-seat glider out of the base warehouse and stripped away its cover. Inside a hangar, they dismantled it piece by piece and began modifying it.
While the engineers were carrying out the modifications, Colonel Halsen brought Zhang Tie to an office at the base.