Verne came to the window holding a coffee cup. He yawned first, then froze, blinked, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of surprise.
"That's...a balloon?"
But in an instant, Verne overturned this judgment.
"No, no, this is...cigar-shaped? It looks really small! What is this? Is it an airship? But why is the airship so big?"
As a well-known science fiction novelist, Verne came to South China half a year ago. The reason why he came to this South American "Paris" was to find ideas for his novels - because this city is known as the "city that never sleeps".
, the bright lights will light up the night sky.
Electric light!
In the past few years, kerosene lamps have been widely used in this city. According to some newspapers, even in the most ordinary workers' homes, kerosene lamps are no longer seen, and electric lamps are used instead. As for gas, it has not been
phased out, but replaced coal as gas in residents’ kitchens.
In the past six months, this city has brought him so many surprises that it even makes him feel like he is in the future, from trams that do not require horses to gas stoves that turn on the fire, to being connected to thousands of homes.
Tens of thousands of electric lights.
This city always brought him a lot of surprises, just like now.
The cigar-shaped behemoth flying through the air now looks even more spectacular, at least the size of a building. This is why Verne felt extremely surprised.
Although as early as 1852, the world's first nearly practical operational airship was designed and invented by Frenchman Henri Giffard, and completed its first test flight, that kind of airship was not large.
But the airship floating in the sky now seems to be almost a hundred meters long.
What's even more amazing?
But it can actually turn! You must know that before that, those airships were floating with the wind. Whichever way the wind blew, he would fly in that direction.
As for controlling the course in the air?
How is this possible? But the airship in the sky is adjusting its direction.
"He, he's turning!"
After witnessing it slowly turning in the air, Verne couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he looked at the vague figure in the cockpit as the airship passed over his head.
"Here, there is actually a small house underneath this airship..."
While muttering to himself in shock, Verne hurriedly walked out of the guest room.
No matter what, find out what it is!
For a moment, the name of the new novel - "Flying City" - appeared in his mind, and he even conceived a simple storyline in his mind, which was a city floating in the air and what happened in the city.
story.
In fact, it is just an airship!
As early as three years ago, the Nanhua Aerospace Research Laboratory had trial-produced the first hydrogen airship. The airship was only 50 meters in length and was driven by an electric motor. In the following three years, the Aerospace Research Laboratory has been studying airships.
.
From a rigid airship with a keel made of balsa wood, a large number of longitudinal and radial suspension lines, and a frame covered with a tarpaulin, to the current large soft-shell airship, it is definitely a leap forward.
"Commander, you see, this is our FT-14 airship. It is a behemoth with a length of more than 80 meters. In addition to the three crew members, it can also carry 2.8 tons of supplies. There are two equipment on the side of the cabin.
With a 30-horsepower gasoline engine, the maximum speed can reach 30 kilometers if there is a tailwind!"
Zhu Xianhai, who was standing by the balcony, looked at the airship flying slowly in the sky with his telescope. Although from the perspective of future generations, such a behemoth flying through the air at such a slow speed was simply a living target, but in this era
, this is an extremely amazing existence.
"2.8 tons..."
Zhu Xianhai nodded and said with a smile.
"It can almost transport 30 armed commandos. If we build more, we can carry out special air attacks!"
Almost subconsciously, Zhu Xianhai thought of air transportation. After all, in this era, if a commando descended from the sky, it would definitely be a very amazing thing. It might play an unexpected role. It could even carry out some special operations such as beheading operations.
action.
As long as you have the right weapons, conduct targeted training for the soldiers, and then use airships to infiltrate from the air, it is not impossible to carry out such an operation.
"Commander, it's not cheap!"
Li Fuguo said.
"Although the structure of this soft-shell airship is simpler than that of a hard-shell airship, its airbag uses a lot of rubber. Unless the price of rubber comes down, it will not be cheap."
rubber……
Although plantations in the Congo River Basin began to breed rubber saplings using rubber seeds collected from Brazil two years ago, it still takes at least six to ten years from planting to harvesting rubber.
If you purchase it from Brazil, the price will definitely not be cheap.
"It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive now. When our rubber plantations start producing rubber in the future, the price will naturally come down."
Pointing to the airship in the sky, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.
"Such a large airship has many uses. Let's not talk about other things, let's just talk about the military. As long as it rises to an altitude of 1,000 meters or 2,000 meters, people on the ground will basically just stare."
What is air superiority!
As long as you can fly into the sky these days, you will definitely have air superiority! After all, our airship is the only one in the sky. What kind of air superiority is this?
Clearly monopolizing the sky!
"But Commander, why are we flying so high?"
Li Fuguo was a little confused. He still hasn't figured out the purpose of this big airship. It flies very slowly and is so big.
"Fu Guo, you said that if an airship flies over Nanhua, just like it, and then drops a bomb from an altitude of one or two thousand meters, what should we do then?"
Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.
"What, what?... Throw, throw a bomb?"
This time it was Li Fuguo's turn to be speechless. He stared at the airship in the sky, thinking in his heart.
He didn't know how accurate the bomb would be if it were dropped one or two kilometers in the air, but he was certain that the guns on the ground would not be able to reach it.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll only get a beating, and I can only watch helplessly being beaten..."
"That's right!"
Zhu Xianhai nodded,
"I can only watch helplessly being beaten, I can only open my eyes wide and let the bomb fall on my head."
What is dimensionality reduction attack?
This is a dimensionality reduction attack!
Perhaps this kind of airship is extremely backward, but from the perspective of future generations, in this era, such a powered airship is definitely an epoch-making existence. So what if its speed is very slow?
As long as he's in the air!
He is invincible!
As long as it is in the sky, it can bully anyone at will.
"It can be condescending in the air, bomb cities with bombs, and shoot troops with machine guns. With it, there will no longer be any rear or front on the battlefield. If we fight the Argentines now, our army has not broken through Argentina.
When the people's trenches are blocked, our airships can fly directly to Buenos Aires and bomb their cities and military camps directly."
Narrowing his eyes into thin slits, Zhu Xianhai slightly raised the corners of his lips as he watched the airships slowly disappearing in the morning sun. At this moment, he seemed to see the scene of airships flying over the enemy country.
Amidst the deafening sirens, bombs roared down one after another. In the violent explosions, the city's buildings were destroyed, and people's will was also destroyed in the bombings.
That scene was extremely familiar. After all, there were many similar documentaries in Zhu Xianhai's memory. In those war documentaries, cities were razed to the ground during bombings like that, and thousands of people were displaced.
Such a scene may be extremely cruel, but for the winner, such a scene is not cruelty, but victory...