Doomsday Super Merchant

Chapter 183 Airship

Once the film work was over, there was no need for Zhou Yuanqiang to stay in Los Angeles. Although the film will have to go through more than a month of publicity before it will be released globally, it will take several months to get the money. But this does not mean

It didn't bother Zhou Yuanqiang. After all, Warner Bros. had already paid him the first advance payment of US$200 million, which was enough for him to do a lot of things.

Zhou Yuanqiang doesn't have any luggage. He has storage space and he always travels empty-handed.

Standing on the high-rise of the skyscraper hotel, once again overlooking the large Los Angeles city, Zhou Yuanqiang had to sigh that this city deserves to be a world-class city. I am afraid that except for Shanghai and Beijing, which are barely comparable, other cities in China are not comparable at all, not even Shenzhen.

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The feeling of having a bird's eye view of the city is very good, at least Zhou Yuanqiang likes this feeling very much.

Thinking that in the apocalypse, a city like this would fall into the hands of zombies, with more than five to six million zombies wandering in this city, destroying the civilization here, Zhou Yuanqiang could only sigh with a wry smile. No matter what

Whether this city belongs to one's own country, at least in the apocalypse, it is all the same. The denser the population, the stronger the zombies are.

Take Tokyo, for example, which is known as an international metropolis with a population of tens of millions. I am afraid that the only way to eliminate the huge group of zombies inside is to use nuclear bombs to wipe out the entire city, right? The people of a certain island country have somewhat perverted tendencies.

If some perverted special infected people emerge, things will get serious.

Amitabha, the poor surviving people on a certain island, it is estimated that there are not many left now.

There are many problems that trouble Zhou Yuanqiang in the settlement now. Now that the wasteland settlement has been established as a chamber of commerce and operated by a company, turning the settlement into a city where industry and commerce coexist, what about the products that will be manufactured by then?

, it will be sold all over the country and even the world. In what way?

Even if an agent is used to establish a sales network, the goods must be transported to form circulation and generate profits.

But the problem is that zombies are everywhere in the end of the world, and transportation is originally a big problem in the end of the world. Many settlements have inconvenient transportation, or complete isolation of transportation, and have no communication or unified thinking with other settlements. Even if there is no unified thinking.

If zombies attack the city, they can only deal with it independently, isolated and helpless, and finally fall under the claws of the zombies.

Ever since there were airplanes in the settlement, reconnaissance intelligence has never been interrupted. All directions are within the scope of reconnaissance. It can be said that there are zombie activities everywhere. Using a convoy method is very unsafe and it is easy to be besieged by zombie groups.

The question is, instead of transporting by car, what kind of transport should be used? Airplane?

This can be a bit troublesome, because planes need to go to the runway to take off and land, and the settlements are built in places with few human traces. Some of these areas are naturally dangerous, and some are completely in the woods or deserts. In these places, even

With airplanes, transportation is also a huge problem. It is impossible for them to build a simple airport for their chamber of commerce.

For large settlements, Zhou Yuanqiang may fund the construction of an airstrip, but what about small settlements? You can't also build an airport, right? This is not very realistic.

Thinking about it now, apart from helicopters, there is really no other suitable transportation method. However, helicopters consume a lot of money, and with the engine technology currently available, there is no way to create a heavy-duty transport helicopter with a large load capacity.

This has become a problem. What's more, the helicopters in the settlements are only trying to be manufactured now, and their military applications are not enough. How can they be used for transportation?

It can be said that Zhou Yuanqiang has a myriad of questions on his mind.

When he looked back, a huge figure appeared in front of him. A huge advertisement was printed on the white cigar-shaped body. The giant advertising airship, which was more than 50 meters long, slowly passed by.

He shuttled up and down the tall buildings that reached into the clouds, then slowly disappeared away again in a moment. Like a gliding elf, he didn't make a sound.

This was the first time Zhou Yuanqiang actually saw an airship. Even though it was just an advertising airship with only two operators on it, the shock it brought to Zhou Yuanqiang can be imagined. This kind of giant in the sky, although its glory has passed, but

Modern applications of it are still very extensive, and each new technology is used to make it safer and more competitive.

As if he had caught something, Zhou Yuanqiang looked at the flying airship in the distance, suddenly laughed, and murmured: "Why didn't I remember the giants in the sky?"

If the use of airships is used in the military, it may not be of much use, because aircraft have completely replaced their positions. But when it comes to other applications, it has incomparable advantages. For example, its air endurance, navigation ability, and load capacity

Power, energy saving, etc. are far beyond what airplanes can match.

With the use of helium, its non-combustibility has given airships new life. Modern airships are recovering again, and there are many companies and factories engaged in airship manufacturing.

It's just that today's airships are no longer the glorious era before World War II. Compared with the Berlin airship, which was a real giant of more than 270 meters to 300 meters, the modern airship of more than 70 meters has dared to claim to be the largest in the world. It can be seen that

I realize how enthusiastic and persistent the predecessors were in their assumptions about things, or in other words, they were far-reaching and daring. Modern people simply cannot compare with them.

The sky in the apocalypse is still very clean, and it is composed of a large number of airbags. Even if the bullet penetrates, don't worry. If the bullet hole is small, don't worry about it. Even if the bullet hole is large, the airship will have enough time to return.

Worry about falling directly. It can be said that there is no need to worry about safety at all.

"If the caravan consists of three forms: a fleet, an airship, and an airplane, it can adapt to settlements with different requirements and can transport goods to very distant places." Zhou Yuanqiang became more and more excited as he thought about it. The carrying capacity of the airship is absolutely abnormal.

Level. With the airship as a means of transportation, you can get over the zombies on the ground and reach where you want to go.

Once the idea was formed, when Zhou Yuanqiang left Los Angeles and returned to City S, the plan in Zhou Yuanqiang's mind became clearer and clearer.

The cost of building an airship is very expensive, but Zhou Yuanqiang does not intend to place an order with a modern airship manufacturing company. Otherwise, if he wants to build an airship over 100 meters, he will need at least 5 million pounds. This is more than 50 million yuan, which is terrifying just thinking about it.

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However, there is no need to worry about manufacturing, materials, etc. in the apocalyptic settlement. First of all, excluding the huge manpower, it is a huge expense. With the increasingly complete industrial base of the wasteland settlement, it is not difficult to build an airship. You can do it yourself.

All that needs to be done is to order equipment that can extract helium from natural gas, or order helium directly from Hyundai.

As an authority in aviation, Wan Zhongshan is now definitely a treasure in the wasteland settlement. When Zhou Yuanqiang found him, he was directing workers to weld the fuselage of a fighter jet named hy-1. hy is

The pinyin abbreviation of Wasteland is also the first monoplane designed and manufactured in the Wasteland settlement. It was designed based on the J-6, but the air inlet on the nose was removed and the air inlet was designed on the belly.

Powered by two turbojet engines.

In terms of weapons, there have been some changes from the J-6. It has three aerial cannons, is designed with wings that can carry air-to-air missiles, can be equipped with rockets, bombs and auxiliary fuel tanks, and has two small weapons bays in the belly.

, can carry a small amount of various types of bombs, and can serve as a temporary bomber mission at critical moments.

It can be said that while increasing the amount of weapons carried, it also weakens the speed and flexibility of the aircraft. It is a set of aircraft specially designed to deal with zombies. Like the J-6, it has the characteristics of small size, light weight and thrust-to-weight ratio.

It is large and has good maneuverability. The aircraft structure is simple, easy to use and maintain, and the materials will not place an excessive burden on the settlement.

When he heard Zhou Yuanqiang's airship concept, Wan Zhongshan pondered for a moment and said: "The transportation capacity of the airship is indeed not comparable to that of an airplane, and it is better than an airplane in reconnaissance. Its long-term hovering ability can

Any subtle changes are also captured. And it can also become a communication platform to cover a larger geographical area with signals."

Of course, everyone knows the advantages of airships, even if they are disadvantages, but in the end of the world, they will not be considered disadvantages.

Zhou Yuanqiang said: "Lao Wan, with our current manufacturing capabilities, it shouldn't be too difficult to manufacture an airship, right?"

Wan Zhongshan nodded and said: "At present, if we do not install more electronic instruments, it is not difficult to manufacture as long as there is enough helium. But there may not be people in our settlement who know how to design airships.

After all, airships are still an unpopular industry, and talents will wither in the last days."

The issue of design is easy to handle. There are so many airship companies in modern times. You can use the form of entrustment to state your requirements and let them be responsible for the design. After that, it will be handed over to the aircraft manufacturer in the wasteland settlement for manufacturing.

In fact, the modern era serves more as a behind-the-scenes role, while the apocalypse serves as a testing ground and a harvesting ground. In Zhou Yuanqiang’s view, the combination of the two is more complementary.

Since Wan Zhongshan said it can be manufactured, the workers in the aircraft manufacturing factory still have space, so they may need to re-expand the group. Even the aviation training base will open airship pilots and recruit more students.

Today's aircraft manufacturing factory is already the largest employer besides arsenals. The aircraft manufacturing factory has more than 5,000 people. Now it uses assembly lines to manufacture hy-1 wasteland 1, which is as light as the J-6.

A large-scale aircraft can be manufactured at the speed of one aircraft leaving the factory in one day.

If an airship manufacturing plant is added and attached to an aircraft manufacturing plant, the size of the entire aircraft manufacturing plant will reach about 8,000 people, which will be close to the more than 9,000 people in the arsenal.

The population of the wasteland settlement has reached more than 300,000 people. Nowadays, due to the construction of a large number of factories, it has to worry about human resources and try its best to plan the use of manpower to maximize the operating rate.