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Volume 2: Under the Warlord Chapter 1172: Longxing 3 Transport Airship

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    Seeing that several people were attracted by his words, Zhang Kui'an couldn't help but feel proud. The scholar's tendency to show off came out, so he cleared his throat specially, which made Wang Maoru couldn't help laughing and said: "You'd better get a wake-up wood and a trousers.  It's more like a storyteller." Everyone laughed, and Tang Shaoyi, chief of staff of the Presidential Office, said: "Say it quickly, don't rattle your appetite."

    Zhang Kui'an then grinned, shook his head and said: "How can you treat a gentleman like this?" This made several people around him laugh again, and Zhang Kui'an said: "What is cursing people on orders? The emperor sent eunuchs to scold people. But this  Eunuchs are not ordinary people. In the Qing Dynasty, eunuchs who were ordered to scold people were called eunuchs who came out of the palace. This official name was used when leaving the palace, because the Qing law stipulated that eunuchs were not allowed to leave the palace. Therefore, eunuchs who were ordered to scold the streets were not ordinary people.  Only the eunuchs who are closest to the emperor can serve. They must be eloquent and can curse people for ten hours without saying anything different. When the emperor sends out the eunuchs to scold the eunuchs and arrives at the door of a certain official who has made a mistake, he scolds the eunuchs.  He came on behalf of the emperor, so the official had to run to the door with his whole family and kneel to receive the order. The eunuch scolded him in front of dozens of people in his family, and attracted countless people to watch. Think about it, that  How can an official be so thick-skinned that his whole family kneels on the ground and listens to the eunuch scolding him in front of the people? Moreover, the eunuch is a person who has no empress, and his scolding is much harsher than that of ordinary people. So in the Qing Dynasty, everyone  If the emperor doesn't like someone, if he slaps a eunuch, the official will resign. We can follow suit. If anyone keeps the airship and doesn't take it out, we will send a pen to scold him in newspapers across the country. How can it sound ugly?  He scolded him so much that he died in shame and anger, letting others see the consequences of being unpatriotic."

    Wang Maoru had a cold sweat on his face and thought to himself, Zhang Dingguo, why are you so bad?

    Li Ruyan couldn¡¯t help laughing, and said, ¡°If Secretary-General Zhang uses this trick, no one will dare to disobey him again, right?¡±

    Zhang Kui'an said: "That's natural. What is the use of pen officials? What is the use of media?"

    Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Okay, I'll leave everything to you."

    Later in the afternoon, Zhang Kui'an, Secretary-General and Spokesperson of the Chinese Presidential Office, announced in the name of the President of China that there were ten airship transport divisions in the National Defense Forces Aviation Headquarters. Except for the four transport divisions in the Western Region and Sichuan that were too late, the rest were in Northeast and Central China.  .  Two hundred and sixty airships from six transport divisions in North China, East China, and South China formed a joint airship rescue column and immediately went to Weihai to participate in the operation to rescue the Chinese in Japan.

    Zhang Kui'an appealed again: "There are a lot of private airships in our country. I hope you can follow the military to Japan to rescue the Chinese compatriots. The country needs your support. Brothers and sisters need your support." He then announced that he is affiliated with various air transports.  Eighty-seven company and private airships were temporarily mobilized to form a Chinese civilian rescue brigade, which went to Japan with the military's six airship divisions to rescue the Chinese.

    At the same time, after hearing the news that Chinese people were being persecuted in Japan, people across the country suddenly became excited. Citizens in major cities held up banners and demonstrated in protest.  The State Council also immediately sent urgent messages to local governments, requiring them to organize the scale and plan of the parade.  Prayer squares were also set up in open spaces in various cities to pray for the Chinese who were persecuted by mobs in Japan.

    Because of Wang Maoru¡¯s emphasis on airship transportation, China currently has the world¡¯s largest airship production factory, the Fourth Arsenal of the National Defense Forces, the Sartu Arsenal.  The airship manufacturing at the Saltu Arsenal has reached an assembly line production scale, and the engines have been domestically produced. Although quality problems have occurred from time to time, with the help of German engineers and technicians, the skills of Chinese workers have gradually been strengthened.  Homegrown engines can already be used in airships.

    The Fourth Arsenal of the National Defense Forces mainly produces airships and aircraft. In fact, the most important reason why airship production is still maintained in Sartu is because Wang Maoru emphasized the need to achieve engine autonomy. Airships do not have high technical requirements for engines.  Therefore, the airship manufacturing department was retained.

    The latest domestic Longxing 3 transport airship, the airbag airbag is 130 meters long, the airship is 18 meters long, and the frame is made of aluminum alloy steel.  The commercial load capacity can be 25 tons, and it can be transported up to 1,200 kilometers at a time after fuel replenishment. It can be said that because of Wang Maoru¡¯s investment in airships, the scientific research and development of airships has led China to achieve a technology that is 20 years ahead of the world.  (German engineers and scientists were not allowed to produce aircraft and airships because of the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, a large number of scientists and engineers went to China to seek a living.)

    After twenty Longxing 3 transport airships were produced, the Army Aviation Department¡¯s budget had stopped because the Army Aviation Headquarters invested all its funds in the manufacturing and ordering of large aircraft. As a result, the airship production line had to stagnate.  But the person in charge of the airship immediately promoted the airship application to the public.??.  When a military airship is converted for civilian use, the most important modification is the comfort and insulation performance of the transport cabin.  The flight altitude of the Longxing 3 airship is 1,500 meters and can rise up to 3,000 meters, but the temperature at high altitude will drop to about 15 degrees regardless of whether it is 1,500 meters or 3,000 meters.  The cargo compartment of a military airship has poor insulation performance and has no windows. The cabin is pitch black, so it requires huge changes to be converted for civilian use.

    But the airship manufacturing department invested in the transformation with great enthusiasm. They wanted the headquarters to see what a stupid decision it was to give up the development of airships.

    It took two weeks to transform the airship. Six hundred airship manufacturing workers completed the transformation of the military transport airship into a civilian passenger airship. They sandwiched the cargo compartment, installed some insulation materials in the middle of the sandwich, and installed  Small oxygen bottles to prevent insufficient oxygen in sealed spaces.  At the same time, in order to adapt to the market, two 25cm ¡Á 25cm triple-layer glass was specially installed, allowing the audience to watch the scenery outside the window.

    After the Longxing 3 transport airship was put into civilian use, it first became a big toy for various wealthy people.  Indeed, compared to driving a car, driving an airship is simply an extremely cool act.  Especially in northern China, after Wang Maoru's economic planner Fang Hongxin implemented the economic stimulus plan, the northern economy has experienced unprecedented development and growth, and a large number of nouveau riche have emerged.  This is also the biggest reason why the North and South chambers of commerce look down upon each other every year. The contradiction between the nouveau riche and accumulated wealth cannot be reconciled.

    Whether they are wealthy businessmen from the south or from the north, fights for wealth often occur among themselves. Historically, the Chinese have liked fighting for wealth, but the military took the opportunity to channel their fight for wealth into buying airships to show off.  The really rich people play with airships. For example, Zhang Guanghe, a wealthy Mongolian businessman who made his fortune by discovering coal near Kulun in Mongolia, bought three airships by himself.

    For an airship of 60,000 silver dollars, along with other internal requirements, Zhang Guanghe paid 200,000 silver dollars for the three airships. He named the three airships Guangzihao, Zongzihao, and Yaozihao, respectively, corresponding to his  The first three characters in the Zhang family's genealogy are "Guangzong Yaozu". Of course, the Zhang family's fourth airship, the "ancestral name" airship, is still being produced in the airship manufacturing plant of the Fourth Arsenal in Sartu.  The reason why Zhang Guanghe showed off his wealth so much was that Zhang Guanghe was born as a beggar and wanted to be respected after having money. However, everyone seemed to value his money and despise him as a person. This also led to  Zhang Guanghe became increasingly unbalanced and liked to show off his wealth.

    There are not many people with experiences similar to Zhang Guanghe¡¯s, but airships are indeed an extremely dazzling means of transportation, and in Beijing, the number of private airships is gradually increasing.  After Wang Maoru gave an airship to his sister-in-law, Miss Zhu Wu, Zhu Meiyun, many nobles in the capital followed suit. Former President Cao Kun even had an airship in his home as a means of transportation.

    After this wind blew, the Fourth Arsenal of Sartu produced 16 civilian airships in October last year, 28 in November, and 56 in December.  Fourth Arsenal made a lot of money.

    Of course, in addition to personal toys, more than half of airships are used as transportation tools. Taking an airship these days is also a cool and luxurious act. When the popularity of trains in China was not high, airships took the lead in replacing railways and became  A beautiful sight in China¡¯s transportation sector.

    This time, all private airships responded to the government's call and went to Japan to receive refugees. They were first concentrated in Weihai. Lieutenant Commander Li Ruyan personally led the team. According to statistics, 87 civilian airships and 260 military airships passed by.  After screening and inspection, 29 airships that could not be transported for a long time were eliminated, and a total of 318 airships, together with navy rescue ships and civilian ships, headed for Japan.

    As for the number of civilian ships gathered in Weihai for rescue, as many as 390, and the number of civilian ships that could cross the sea in Shanghai was even as high as 420. After simple reinforcement and elimination, there were actually less than 200 civilian ships and transport ships that responded.  Although the remaining boatmen were patriotic in their hearts, they had to return home because their fishing boats were too dilapidated to go to sea.  In the past few days, there have been heavy rains in Fujian and Guangdong, and fishing boats at sea have been unable to go north. Most of the rescue ships are actually ships from various transportation companies on the Yangtze River, mixed with fishing boats from Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.  Nearly two hundred ships gathered in Weihai and were protected by the warships of the Coast Guard Headquarters. They chose to go to sea without hesitation and go to Japan to save their Chinese compatriots.
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