Galaxy Technology Empire

After Huang Haojie explained the matter to Chen Wenfeng, the head of the Vacuum Engineering Research Institute, he went to another research institute.

Airship Research Institute.

As a research institute established in Galaxy Technology from the beginning, although the Airship Research Institute is unknown in Galaxy Technology and outside, their capabilities are still good.

"Boss, welcome to the Airship Research Institute." Wang Tu, the head of the Airship Research Institute, saw Huang Haojie and ran over quickly.

"I'll come over and work for a while. Prepare an office for me."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Wang Tu quickly went to arrange this matter.

The internal space of the Airship Research Institute is quite large. After all, these airships can easily reach hundreds of meters.

Inside the huge laboratory workshop.

A huge airship was lying quietly inside.

Huang Haojie pulled up the experimental log of the Airship Research Institute and quickly found out the information about the airship.

[Forward-class transport airship (Experimental Type 6), length... payload 300 tons...]

This airship is a near-Earth atmospheric airship, mainly used for transportation. The payload is the weight of the cargo that can be carried.

When fully loaded, this airship can fly at an altitude of about 8,000 meters, and its cruising speed can reach 100 kilometers per hour.

The graphene solar power generation film laid on the upper part of the airship's airbag can supply about 60% of the airship's electrical energy consumption.

In fact, the reason for developing this kind of airship is mainly to enhance the Fengdu Group's agricultural product transportation capabilities.

After all, the infrastructure in the eastern part of the country is relatively complete, and the terrain is relatively flat, making logistics relatively convenient.

However, in the southwest, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and northwest regions, the infrastructure in these areas is relatively backward, and the terrain is very complex, so logistics costs have risen sharply, and the speed is very slow.

At this time, the advantages of transport airships are revealed.

If 300 tons of agricultural products are transported from Chengdu, Sichuan Province to Yangcheng, Lingnan Province, the road distance between the two places is about 1,800 to 2,000 kilometers, and the truck travels at an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour, which takes 22 to 25 hours.

In fact, it is absolutely impossible for a truck to reach Yangcheng from Chengdu in about 22 to 25 hours. After all, people need to rest. In addition, the time for getting on and off expressway intersections, plus some areas with complex terrain, this time must be at least doubled.

This time may be further extended if traffic jams, road maintenance, traffic accidents, or weather conditions occur along the way.

The airship is different. The airship travels in a straight line. The straight-line distance from Yangcheng to Chengdu is a little over 1,200 kilometers. The airship travels at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour and can be reached in about 12 hours.

In addition, the airship does not pay tolls and is self-sustaining about 60% of its energy. In addition, Galaxy Technology can passivate the deflagration characteristics of hydrogen, eliminating the need to use expensive helium.

The Institute of Social Research has cooperated with the Airship Research Institute to conduct relevant research work.

Based on the current cost calculation, airship transportation consumes 0.6 kWh per kilometer, and 1,000 kilometers consumes 600 kWh. Subtracting 60% of self-sustained power, it is equivalent to 240 kWh for 1,000 kilometers. According to Galaxy Technology’s internal power cost of 0.4 kWh Yuan per kilowatt hour, the electricity bill for 1,000 kilometers is 96 yuan.

Of course, in reality, it must be more than that few. After all, you also need to consider the power consumption of cold storage, driver's air conditioner, and other equipment.

Even so, the electricity bill will still not exceed 200 Chinese yuan.

The domestic logistics cost is about 0.53 Chinese yuan per ton per kilometer (average value). It costs 280,000 Chinese yuan to transport 300 tons of agricultural products from Chengdu to Yangcheng.

The logistics cost is equivalent to 933 Chinese yuan per ton of agricultural products. Of course, considering that some trucks are seriously overloaded, the logistics cost can be further reduced to 300 Chinese yuan per ton.

But even so, the advantages of airship transportation are still very obvious.

The average logistics cost of airships is about 0.1 to 0.15 Chinese yuan per ton per kilometer.

In addition, airships have another important advantage, that is, they require low supporting facilities, unlike trucks that require roads, trains that require railways, and airplanes that require airports.

The airship only needs an open space to park. If it is in a grassland desert area, it can be parked directly.

This advantage is very useful for the southwest and northwest regions where infrastructure is relatively backward.

Just look at the trucks driving on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and you will know that they are simply risking their lives. On one side are steep cliffs and deep valleys, on the other side are towering mountains.

If you accidentally fall down, your body will definitely be wiped out. In addition, you must be careful of mountain rockfalls, landslides, and mudslides.

The airship only needs to consider the weather. In fact, the Airship Research Institute has also taken the weather into consideration, which is to reduce the load capacity and reduce the airship's cargo transportation volume to about 100 tons.

Then it goes straight to the bottom of the stratosphere, where the bad weather in the troposphere breaks down.

In fact, the five experimental airships previously produced by the Airship Research Institute are now in trial operation.

However, due to the difficulty of applying for waterways, experimental airships No. 1 to 3 were operating in the southwest region of the country, while the remaining experimental airships No. 4 and 5 were pulled to the East Island.

Now Galaxy Technology is negotiating with the aviation management department on matters related to transporting airships. After all, the technology of the Airship Research Institute is almost mature and is almost ready for use.

…

East Island Aviation Academy.

Since East Island is now the territory of Galaxy Technology, the previous tense feeling has been greatly alleviated.

After Tianhan Security Company took over the security affairs of Dongdao, the aviation academy and air power were also taken over.

At first, people in the Dongdao air power system thought they would be settled by Qiu Hou, and many people felt in constant panic.

However, after Tianhan Security Company took over, they did not carry out any major cleaning, but they carried out a comprehensive overhaul of their aircraft and base equipment.

After all, their aircraft and equipment are all fake, and there must be backdoors in them. In addition, the GPS positioning system cannot be used. Tianhan Security has replaced the chips and systems on all equipment.

In addition, some aircraft that can be used have been upgraded, such as adding absorbing coatings, holographic stealth, and the like.

The next step is to streamline and mix some institutions and personnel.

Tianhan Security is directly affiliated with Huang Haojie, and Zhong's stand-in robot Huang Zhong serves as the president.

The security force of Tianhan Security Company can be said to be very powerful, including the ground department, air and space department, patrol department, network department, internal affairs department, logistics department, equipment department, business research department, special forces department, and training department.

The aviation academy belongs to the training department.

Teachers and students at the Aviation Academy are worried about their future.

Inside a student pilot dormitory.

bump! The dormitory door was suddenly opened.

"Huhu! Good news!" A young man with a round face rushed in.

The three people in the dormitory were attracted by the round-faced young man's words.

One of them, a handsome young man with sword-shaped eyebrows, put down the book in his hand:

"Chengye! What good news!"

"Can't we go home?" Another young man who was somewhat bohemian laughed at himself.

Li Chengye took a breath: "We can continue to stay for training and study, but the college has re-adjusted its majors and added two departments, namely the airship driving department and the aerospace department. I heard that they are in the direction of civil aviation."

"Airship piloting department? Space and aerospace department?" The sword-browed young man frowned.

Some unruly young people were confused and asked the young man with sword eyebrows: "What is the use of this airship major? Are you going to fly those sightseeing airships? Sihan, what do you think?"

"It's not a sightseeing airship, it's this! Look!" Li Chengye handed a thin promotional brochure to Zhang Sihan.

Zhang Sihan and the other two looked through it together.

Transport airship? Space exploration?

Why does it feel a bit like bragging! Does Tianhan Group also have space business?

These days, Zhang Sihan and others have learned some bits and pieces of news through the Internet.

They know that the current controller of Dongdao is the Galaxy-Tianhan Consortium, but they don’t seem to have aerospace business, right?

Several people were confused for a while.