Chapter 523: The Shock of the White Swan
New York is the financial center of the United States, as well as the largest port and transportation hub, and countless people go to New York every day with dreams, and of course, there are countless people who leave New York with broken dreams.
As the people of New York, who are the metropolis of the United States, they are also well-informed, and they are quickly familiar with any new gadgets, and there is nothing that can surprise the people of New York.
But today, the situation is a little different, and the people on the streets of New York have raised their heads and looked at the big guy in the sky with a look of surprise.
"Is this the airship the newspaper says?"
"It's really big, bigger than the great ships on the sea, and it's all longer."
"It's so big, and it can fly in the sky, it's a masterpiece of God."
On the skyscrapers of Manhattan, well-informed rich people are also observing this big guy in the sky.
"This is the Swan that flew from Europe, so white is no wonder it is called the White Swan."
"I feel that there is definitely potential for the future of aviation, is Hawkins interested in doing a vote with me, how about we invest five million dollars each?"
For the big guy who appeared in the sky over New York City, the major newspapers also rushed out, and photographers took the best position to try to leave the best photo.
One of the photographs, taken from the Manhattan Life Insurance Building, became the best sign of the White Swan coming to New York. The huge airship in the photo covers the sky and the sun, and the small urban buildings below show the domineering spirit of the airship.
While the people of New York saluted the Swan, the people on the Swan also looked at the bustling New York City below. Even if one of the passengers was born in New York, it's just as nice to watch it from above.
"This is New York, and it looks bustling."
"That's right, this is New York."
The Swan did not stay long in the skies over New York, and half an hour later rushed to the outskirts of LaGuardia, where it was the airship mooring set up by Alitalia in New York. The huge airship slowly fell, and the mooring yard was also full of people. They also wanted to see the big guy, and for this purpose the mooring yard also sold tickets, allowing them to see the huge Swan airship up close and feel the shock of the world's largest industrial crystal.
Among these visitors, there were also people with other purposes, and Major Bled was one of them.
Unlike the rest of the viewers, Major Bled was also struck by the massive Swan airship, though. But unlike the others who simply shook and said a few words of praise, Major Brad had other ideas.
So when he returned to his residence after the tour, he immediately took out a pen and paper and prepared to write down a little idea in his mind and report it to his superiors.
"Dear General Allison, I need to report to you on an epoch-making technological artifact, the Swan airship......"
In this report, Major Bled was very concerned about the giant airship that could cross the ocean. To this end, he wrote in his report: "If the enemy uses giant airships as an attack weapon, they will be more aggressive than warships." First of all, in terms of speed, the gap between the battleship and the airship is too large, and the airship only needs 4 or 5 days to cross the Atlantic. Secondly, airships can ignore the terrain and can carry out missions whether they are at sea or on land. Therefore, building the United States' own airship force has become a military task that brooks no delay. In addition, according to reliable sources from Europe, the countries of Europe are ready to start building their own airship forces, and the United States of America must not be left behind. ”
Major Bled was not well informed, and the news that the European powers were developing their own airships had actually begun as early as when Italian Airlines used airships for passenger and cargo transportation.
However, due to the technical difficulty and the discussion of the applicability of the airship, the speed was not too fast. However, after the news of the giant airship Swan making a circumnavigation of the world, the speed of development of airships by various countries accelerated.
That's right, the most difficult thing in the aviation industry at the moment is the development of airships. In the future, it will be much easier for aviation to develop a human aircraft than an airship. At present, there are people in each of the great powers who have built their own aircraft. This kind of gadget that can fly thirty or forty kilometers has been valued by all countries, but its practicability is not strong, but the airship has received more attention from all countries because of its load capacity and applicability. But so far, with the exception of Zeppelin, only Italy, which has received its technical support, has succeeded in building a rigid airship.
Even the British Empire, the world's largest airship, is still under intensive development, and it is expected that it will take the end of the year for the first flight. From here, you can see the difficulty of building a rigid airship.
However, no matter how difficult it is, I believe that all major industrial countries can develop hard airships, it is just a matter of time.
Major Bryd's report was to tell the U.S. military about the military role of airships, and this report was basically read within the military.
As for the people, the Swan airship made the front page of major newspapers in New York and even the United States the next day. Among the stories published in the newspapers, the most outstanding was the New York Times, which published a home-written airship travel diary.
Speaking of which, this home Havel is also quite colorful, he is an author who loves to fly, and has been in an airship before. And this time the Swan sailed around the world, Havel took out most of his worth to grab a ticket from the rich and powerful from all over the world, and he was also the only ordinary person in the Swan airship round-the-world trip. (This ordinary person needs to be put in quotation marks, compared to the other passengers on the airship, in fact, he should be considered a wealthy class, otherwise he would not have been able to pay so much money to buy a ticket.) )
And Havel, who bought tickets with half his worth, of course, did not miss the opportunity to make up for it, and before boarding the Swan, he negotiated with eight newspapers and a publishing house. He will document the entire journey around the world of the Swan, and they will be responsible for reporting and publishing. And Havel also gets paid almost just enough money for the ticket, which is really worthy of business acumen.
And Havel's ability to get such a reward also has a lot to do with the passengers this time. As the first round-the-world flight in the air, it naturally attracted a lot of attention. After all, flying in the air has always been the hope of mankind, even if there were airplanes and airships before, but there has never been a flight around the earth.
And this group of passengers is basically either rich or expensive, not many people have the willingness to write about their travel experience as a report, even if there is a writing is not as good as him, it can be said that he is an exclusive report.
It is also a matter of course to occupy such an advantage and get a lot of money.
While New York is hyping up the Swan, the Swan has been repaired for a day and its next stop is San Francisco, the largest city in the West, and the next trip across the North American continent will bring passengers a new experience.
"Brother Shen!"
"Hmm!"
Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.
But it doesn't matter who it is.
There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.
on this.
Shen Changqing is used to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.
Arguably.
In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.
The Demon Suppression Division is huge.
The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.
Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.
Have memories of the predecessor.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.
Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.
At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.
Access to the attic.
The environment has changed in vain.
A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.
The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.