Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

"Can this plane fly 12,000 kilometers?"

In Sichuan Province, at the test flight base of Huaxia Electronic Technology Group, a group of researchers surrounded the double-tailed scorpion brought by Xu Huasheng and couldn't help but study it.

This thing is big, but it looks very strange. Anyway, they have never seen such a plane before.

"Everyone, the reason why this plane can have such a long range is that in addition to its exquisite design, the most important thing is that it uses our latest turboprop engine. This engine has very low fuel consumption and adopts many of our new technologies. But there are also disadvantages, that is, the speed is a bit slow. The flight speed of this aircraft is only 320 kilometers per hour..."

Xu Huasheng introduced the double-tailed scorpion to everyone.

The secret of the double-tailed scorpion's long range is its light weight, large wing area, and fuel-efficient engine. Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious. The double-tailed scorpion has a slow flight speed and a low flight altitude. The maximum ceiling is only 8,000 meters, and the speed is only 320 kilometers per hour. The most economical cruising speed is 300 kilometers per hour.

This speed is completely incomparable to the flight speed of supersonic fighters. But the slow speed also has its advantages. The slow speed means a long hovering time.

With one ton of cargo, it can stay in the air for 40 hours. In many cases, the hovering time of a drone is very important. After mastering the air superiority, the drone can be sent to hover and search in a certain area.

Xu Huasheng's introduction made many people praise it.

This aircraft is really excellent. As a drone, this drone will have a lot of uses according to the future combat mode.

The 3.5-ton cargo capacity gives this drone great modification potential. It can not only be used as an unmanned bomber, but also as an unmanned transport aircraft, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, unmanned early warning aircraft, etc.

It is not only very useful in the military field, but also has many civilian uses. It can be used as a cargo aircraft at ordinary times, and it can also be converted into a firefighting aircraft or an emergency communication aircraft.

For example, when a disaster occurs and the communication facilities in a certain area are damaged, this aircraft can fly to the designated area with an aerial base station, and then stay in the air for 40 hours to restore the communication in a certain area, making rescue more convenient.

A group of people were studying the double-tailed scorpion at the airport, but Xu Huasheng came to the conference room with several senior executives of the Electronic Technology Group.

"Mr. Lin, I came here this time because I thought of a very important thing. I think we need to build an unmanned aerial vehicle management system to manage unmanned aerial vehicles. The biggest use of this system is to manage all unmanned aerial vehicles, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes. Through this system, we can collect a large amount of flight data of unmanned aerial vehicles, and these flight data can be used to train our AI intelligent combat system..."

In the conference room, Xu Huasheng explained his suggestions in detail.

Building a management system is actually a comprehensive platform. Just like the current management platform for manned aircraft, all unmanned aerial vehicles need to join this system and obey the management of this system.

After joining this system, all the data of your aircraft will be known to the entire system. Flight weight, flight altitude, flight attitude, flight speed, flight position, etc.

At the same time, this system will also manage aircraft well, allowing many aircraft to fly better, and can even automatically command the takeoff and landing of these aircraft and various operating instructions. At the same time, it is also convenient for regulatory authorities to supervise these aircraft and protect national security.

"We can collect a lot of data through the civilian market to help us improve the database and train intelligent combat capabilities. Through civilian drones, we can train drone large-scale formation, drone honeycomb mode, drone unified command capabilities, etc. Let's not talk about other things. Just the double-tailed scorpion I brought, if the country issues an airworthiness certificate and allows it to be used in the civilian market, the express company I have will need to order a lot of them. If these aircraft are needed in the future, they can be converted from civilian to military in the shortest time..."

Xu Huasheng said directly.

The potential of the civilian market is too great, especially after the rise of online shopping and logistics in the future, air cargo will usher in a new era.

Don't think that it is expensive to transport goods by plane. In fact, according to the load capacity and operating cost of the double-tailed scorpion, the freight rate per kilometer of this thing is even cheaper than that of automobile freight.

The cost of the aircraft is cheap, the fuel consumption is not high, and the most important thing is to save labor costs. This thing can completely realize automatic take-off and landing in the future, and there is no need for pilots at all.

For example, if you want to transport 3.5 tons of goods from Shenzhen to Yanjing, a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers, if you drive a truck, even if you drive for 24 hours, it will take you at least 20 hours.

For these 20 hours, you should at least find two drivers.The cost is not low, plus the fuel cost, tolls, driver's meal expenses, etc., the cost is not low.

If you use the double-tailed scorpion, it will be much easier. It is loaded with goods and departs from Shenzhen. The flight speed is 300 kilometers per hour. It takes only seven or eight hours to travel more than 2,000 kilometers. Not only is it fast, but there is no need to pay tolls or drivers. You only need to pay parking fees at the airport.

The speed is two-thirds faster than truck transportation, and it can take off at any time. It can fly in the early morning and arrive in the morning. It can be shipped today and delivered the next day.

With China's future cargo flow, how many such aircraft will be needed.

To be frank, as long as the cost can be controlled within a reasonable range, China alone will need tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of aircraft.

If a war breaks out, this thing can be imported into the factory for modification at any time. In a few days, China will have hundreds of thousands of unmanned combat aircraft. At that time, even if it is used as cannon fodder, it will be enough to consume a lot of enemy power.

If China gains air superiority, these hundreds of thousands of drones can carry millions of tons of ammunition at a time, which can directly confuse the enemy.

Even if ten US aircraft carrier battle groups come, it will be useless. How many anti-aircraft missiles can all the warships have? When your anti-aircraft missiles are used up, the rest will be hit. Even if this plane hangs one missile on each plane, it is enough to destroy your ten aircraft carrier battle groups.

Moreover, this thing can not only transport goods, but also be used for fire fighting. Just hang fire extinguishing bombs on it and throw them from the air.

One plane may have a poor effect, but if fire extinguishing bombs are thrown on a large scale, it will be like carpet bombing, and the effect is definitely good.

Fire is also a common thing for a country, especially large fires, such as large wildfires. It is very dangerous to control the fire.

If there is a large-scale double-tailed scorpion, directly hang fire extinguishing bombs from the air to carpet bomb the wildfire, the wildfire can be controlled quickly and the losses can be reduced.

When Xu Huasheng finished speaking, everyone in the conference room had bright eyes.