Homo sapiens.

Chapter 408 Derivatives ([-])
Bai Sha had just sent off Zhang Wei and his party, and before they had rested for two hours, people from another department also came to the door.

The person who came was Jaguf, the deputy general manager of Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group.

After reading the introduction of the Dandelion Airship, Jaguf showed a very interested look on his face:
"The new type of airship you have studied is good. I am very optimistic about its transportation potential, especially for us to develop the African market and consolidate the island control area in the Pacific Ocean."

In the Western Pacific region, which has only recently been included in the territory of Homo sapiens, many of them are small islands, and the distances are relatively far apart, so it is impossible to build underground railways like the Nanyang Islands.

Over there now can only rely on planes and ships.

But the transportation volume of the plane is too small, and the speed of the ship is relatively slow, which is not conducive to the control of these islands by Homo sapiens.

According to the data provided by Baisha, Jaguf believes that vacuum airships have great potential. Although the Ceylon Ocean Shipping Group he belongs to is mainly responsible for shipping in the Ceylon Ocean, it is also their responsibility to develop the African market.

The coastal areas of Africa are okay, and the ports of some small countries are patchy and barely usable.

But the inland area of ​​Africa is almost a barren land. Not to mention railways, there are not many roads, and the airport facilities are very simple.

This is obviously not conducive to the penetration of Homo sapiens.

Moreover, according to the assessment of the Ministry of Defense, there is a high probability that the space carrier will not directly fight against the troops of the great powers in a short period of time, and its target may be those second-rate and third-rate forces.

Hearing the equipment department's thoughts, Bai Sha said with some embarrassment on his face:

What is an invisible airship?
As long as the enemy's attack methods are ineffective, the sky carrier is an invisible airship.

A transport airship with a payload of 2000 tons, a self-weight of 580 tons, and a total weight of 2580 tons.

Baisha reminded: "Manager Jaguf, why don't you adopt a larger configuration?"

"That's not a problem." Bai Sha breathed a sigh of relief.

They plan to design an aerospace carrier with a total payload of about 3 tons, which can carry Seahawk fighter jets, large drones, and gamma ray cannons that are currently being developed.

However, Jagufu needed to discuss the design details with Baisha and put forward some requirements, so as not to run around all the time.

According to the simulation design of the Ministry of Defense.

As for the fear of fire, the airship can be wrapped with a layer of flame-retardant material, or directly installed with aerosol-type protective armor.

After all, the Ministry of Defense has its own airship factory, and the design details must be handled by itself, so there is no need to stay here.

As for the large size of the space carrier, it is easy to be detected by radar.

Jaguf was even more satisfied when he heard that.

Bullying those small countries is not just punching a child.

However, this time and that time.

Baisha immediately proposed an enhanced transport airship with a length of 1500 meters, a total vacuum volume of 1440 million cubic meters, and a total buoyancy of 18576 tons at sea level. After deducting the dead weight of the body of 3000 tons, there is still 1.5 tons of buoyancy.

If a batch of transport airships can be built, Homo sapiens will soon be able to deepen their influence on the inland areas of Africa with cheap industrial products and food.

"Our factory's production capacity is not enough, and we need to produce communication airships and transport airships."

Baisha felt a little helpless, feeling that today was really lively.

However, since Baisha didn't know the existence of the gamma ray cannon, he reminded with some concern: "Will the Helicarrier be too conspicuous? There is no way for this thing to be invisible!"

"Leader Bai, what kind of support do you need for your airship's lifting and docking requirements?"

大概规格是长度700米、高度80米、宽度60米，真空容积240万立方米，总浮力在3160吨左右。

"400 million? This price is not bad." Although Jaguf thought it was a bit expensive, the transportation volume of this airship was more suitable.

It doesn't matter, as long as the space carrier can detect enemy aircraft and missiles in advance, it can use the gamma ray cannon to clear the approaching targets.

Obviously, the people in the Ministry of Defense are also very concerned about the various new technologies inside Homo sapiens. When they heard the news of the vacuum airship some time ago, they organized an internal seminar to discuss whether the airship could be used in the military field.

Jaguff made a rough estimate in his heart.

"Larger configuration?"

Although in the last century, airships have proved unsuitable for air combat.

Otherwise, it is necessary to specially transform a batch of transport airships.

He hasn't spoken his mind yet.

The people from the defense department also arrived.

The Air Force Division and Equipment Division re-evaluated the war potential of airships under the current technical conditions in internal seminars, and then they found that the military value of airships is not small.

After deliberation, the Ministry of Defense felt that this problem was not a problem.

Hearing that the Ministry of Defense had a solution, Bai Sha nodded, but did not continue to ask about the specific content. He still knows how to measure this kind of military project.

Compared with the hydrogen airship, which has hidden safety hazards, or the helium airship, which requires the use of rare gases, the vacuum airship is very good in all aspects.

The people from the Defense Department are the heads of the Equipment Division and the Air Force Division.

At that time, airships were eliminated by aircraft and missiles because of technical and material problems.

Of course, the person in charge of the equipment department knew the production capacity of this factory, so he directly stated his plan:

Its flying altitude is below 5000 meters, its daily sailing altitude is 1000 meters, its limit speed is 200 kilometers per hour, and its operating speed is 150 kilometers per hour.

The reason for this conclusion is magnetic field radar and gamma ray cannon.

Therefore, the Ministry of Defense directly approved the space carrier project, and planned to build 5 ships in the first batch to verify the idea.

He shared his thoughts with Baisha.

Especially the vacuum airship, the huge payload in the troposphere, and its huge volume are all things that can be used.

However, considering the situation in various parts of Africa, Jaguff felt that it was necessary to install protective armor, cruise missiles and machine guns on the transport airship.

No, it's impossible to hide.

Hearing this plan, Jaguff did not make a decision immediately, but asked:
"How much is the cost?"

But the people from the Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group are still here.

After all, to build a transport ship with a deadweight of 1.5 tons also costs 600 million U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to 300 million gold dollars.

After agreeing with the person in charge of the equipment department on the time for the technology transfer and confirming the contact plan for that time, the other party left in a hurry.

"Because we use vacuum to provide buoyancy, buoyancy control is very simple. The landing site only needs to be flat, even if there is no cement hardened site, you can land safely."

The speed of transporting airships can be about 10 times faster than that of ordinary transport ships.

"Because transporting airships requires special engines and power systems, the cost is about 400 million."

"Relax! The Ministry of Defense has its own solution."

In this way, there is no need to worry.

"It doesn't matter, you share the technology with us, and then send a few engineers to help. The Ministry of Defense has its own airship factory."

Since the Ministry of Defense has decided to develop the space carrier, there is no need for the civilian transport airship to be equipped with too heavy armor. Jaguff only retains a micro-drone launcher and 6 defensive cannons.

Then he signed a cooperation agreement with Madagascar Space City on behalf of Ceylon Ocean Group, planning to produce 100 1.8-ton transport airships in the next three years.

Just a sub-project of the Dandelion project has brought a lot of new technologies, which is the derivative effect of large-scale projects.

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