Chapter 286 Dimensional strike from the sky (third update, please subscribe)
"That is..."
Verne came to the window with a cup of coffee. He yawned first, then froze for a moment, blinked, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of surprise.
"Is that... a balloon?"
But in an instant, Verne overturned this judgment.
"No, no, this is... a cigar-shaped one? It looks really big! What is this? Is it an airship? But how can an airship be so big?"
As a well-known science fiction writer, Jules Verne came to Nanhua half a year ago. The reason why he came to this "Paris" of South America was to find ideas for his novels - because this city is known as the "city that never sleeps", and every night, bright lights will light up the night sky.
Electric light!
In the past few years, it has been widely used in the city. According to some newspapers, even in the homes of ordinary workers, kerosene lamps are no longer used, but electric lamps are used instead. As for gas, it has not been eliminated, but has replaced coal as a fuel in residents' kitchens.
In the past six months, this city has brought him so many surprises that he even feels like he is in the future, from trams that don't require horses to gas stoves that can be lit with just a light, to electric lights in thousands of households.
The city always brought him many surprises, just like now.
The cigar-shaped behemoth flying in the air now looks extremely spectacular, at least the size of a building, which is why Verne feels extremely surprised.
Although the world's first practical and operational airship was designed and invented by Frenchman Henri Giffard in 1852 and completed its first test flight, the airship was not large.
But now the airship floating in the air looks to be almost a hundred meters long.
What's even more surprising?
It actually turned! You know, before this, those airships were floating with the wind, flying in whichever direction the wind blew.
As for controlling the direction in the air?
How is this possible? But the airship in the sky is adjusting its direction.
"He, he's turning!"
After watching it slowly turn in the air, and as the airship passed over his head, and looking at the vaguely visible figure in the cockpit, Verne could not help but be dumbfounded.
"This, there is actually a small house under this airship..."
As he muttered to himself in shock, Verne hurried out of the guest room.
Find out what it is anyway!
There was even a moment when the name of the new novel emerged in his mind - "Flying City", and he even conceived a simple storyline in his mind, which was about a city floating in the air and the stories that happened in the city.
In fact, it’s just an airship!
As early as three years ago, the Nanhua Levitation Research Laboratory had already trial-produced the first hydrogen airship, which was only 50 meters long and driven by an electric motor. In the following three years, the Levitation Research Laboratory has been researching airships.
From a rigid airship with a keel made of light wood and a large number of longitudinal and radial suspension lines, with a frame covered with waterproof cloth, to the current large soft-hulled airship, it is definitely a leap forward.
"Marshal, look, this is our FT-14 airship. It is a huge ship that is over 80 meters long. In addition to three crew members, it can also carry 2.8 tons of supplies. It has two 30-horsepower gasoline engines on its side. If there is a tailwind, its maximum speed can reach 30 kilometers!"
Zhu Xianhai, standing on the balcony, looked at the airship flying slowly in the sky through a telescope. Although from the perspective of future generations, such a huge object flying in the sky at such a slow speed is simply a sitting target, but in this era, it is an extremely astonishing existence.
"2.8 tons..."
Zhu Xianhai nodded and smiled.
"We can transport about 30 armed commandos now. If we build a few more, we can carry out special aerial attacks!"
Almost subconsciously, Zhu Xianhai thought of air transport. After all, in this era, it is absolutely amazing for a commando to drop from the sky. It may play an unexpected role. It may even implement some special operations such as decapitation operations.
As long as there are suitable weapons, targeted training for soldiers, and then the use of airships to infiltrate from the air, it is not impossible to carry out such an operation.
"Marshal, it's not cheap!"
Li Fuguo said.
"Although the structure of this soft-hulled airship is simpler than that of a hard-hulled airship, its airbag uses a lot of rubber. Unless the price of rubber drops, it will be very expensive."
rubber……
Although plantations in the Congo River Basin began to breed rubber seedlings with rubber seeds collected from Brazil two years ago, it will take at least six to ten years from planting to harvesting rubber. At present, rubber can only be purchased from Brazil, and the price is definitely not cheap.
"It doesn't matter if it's a little expensive now. When our rubber plantations produce rubber in the future, the price will naturally come down."
Pointing at the airship in the sky, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.
"This kind of large airship has many uses. For example, in military terms, as long as it rises to an altitude of 1,000 or 2,000 meters, people on the ground can only watch helplessly."
What is air superiority!
In this day and age, as long as you can fly into the sky, you must have air superiority! After all, there is only our airship in the sky, so how can this be considered air superiority?
It's clearly a monopoly on the sky!
"But Marshal, why are we flying so high?"
Li Fuguo was a little confused. He still didn't understand what the use of this big airship was. Not only did it fly slowly, but it was also so huge.
"Fuguo, what do you think we should do if an airship flies over Nanhua, just like it did, and drops a bomb from an altitude of one or two thousand meters?"
Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.
"What, what? ...Drop a bomb?"
This time it was Li Fuguo's turn to be speechless. He stared at the airship in the sky, thinking in his mind.
He didn't know how accurate the bomb would be if it was dropped from one or two thousand meters in the air, but he was sure that the guns on the ground could not reach it.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll just get beaten and watch helplessly..."
“That’s right!”
Zhu Xianhai nodded.
"You can only watch helplessly as you are beaten and watch bombs fall on your head with your eyes wide open."
What is dimensionality reduction attack?
This is a dimensionality reduction attack!
Perhaps this kind of airship is extremely backward, but that is definitely from the perspective of future generations. In this era, such a powered airship is definitely a groundbreaking 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.
"It can be high up in the air, bombing cities with bombs and strafing troops with machine guns. With it, there will no longer be any rear or front on the battlefield. If we fight the Argentines now, before our troops break through the Argentine trenches, our airships can fly directly to Buenos Aires and bomb their cities and military camps."
With his eyes narrowed into a slit, Zhu Xianhai looked at the airships slowly going away in the morning sun. The corners of his lips slightly raised. At this moment, he seemed to see the scene of airships flying over the enemy country.
Amid the deafening sirens, bombs whizzed down one after another. In the violent explosions, the city’s buildings were destroyed and people’s will was also destroyed in the bombing.
That scene was extremely familiar. After all, Zhu Xianhai had many similar documentaries in his memory. In those war documentaries, cities were razed to the ground in such bombings, and thousands of people were displaced.
Such a scene might be extremely cruel, but for the victor, such a scene is not cruelty, but victory...
(End of this chapter)
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