Bai Sha had just sent Zhang Wei and his party away, and before they had rested for two hours, someone from another department also came to the door.

The person who came was none other than Jaguf, the deputy general manager of Ceylon Ocean Transport Group.

After reading the introduction of the dandelion airship, Jarguf showed a very interested look on his face:

"The new airship you have studied is good, and I am very optimistic about its transportation potential, especially if it is conducive to our development of the African market and the consolidation of the island control zone in the Pacific Ocean."

Many of the western Pacific regions, which have only recently been included in the Homo sapiens territory, are small islands and are relatively far apart, so they cannot build underground railways like the Nanyang Islands.

That side can now only rely on planes and ships.

But the volume of aircraft transported was too small, and the speed of ships was relatively slow, which was not conducive to Homo sapiens controlling the islands.

According to the data provided by Baisha, Jaguf sees a lot of potential for vacuum airships, and although his Ceylon Ocean Transport Group is mainly responsible for shipping in the Ceylon Ocean, it is also their responsibility to open up the African market.

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

But in the interior of Africa, it is almost a wild land, not to mention the railways, even the roads are few, and the airport facilities are very rudimentary.

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

If a fleet of transport airships could be built, Homo sapiens would soon be able to deepen their influence in the interior of Africa with cheap industrial goods and food.

"Team Leader Bai, what kind of supporting do you need for your airship lifting and docking requirements?"

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

Jarguf was even more satisfied.

Compared to hydrogen airships, which have hidden safety risks, or helium airships that require the use of noble gases, vacuum airships are very good in all aspects.

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

Jaguv made a rough estimate in his mind.

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

The approximate specifications are 700 meters in length, 80 meters in height, 60 meters in width, 2.4 million cubic meters in vacuum volume, and a total buoyancy of about 3,160 tons.

It flies at an altitude of less than 5,000 meters, sails at an altitude of 1,000 meters on a daily basis, has a maximum speed of 200 kilometers per hour, and operates at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour.

He shared his thoughts with Baisha's side.

Bai Sha reminded: "Manager Jaguf, why not use a larger configuration? ”

"A larger configuration?"

Baisha then proposed an enhanced version of the transport airship, with a length of 1,500 meters, a total vacuum volume of 14.4 million cubic meters, and a total buoyancy of 18,576 tons at sea level, minus the dead weight of the body of 3,000 tons, there is still 15,000 tons of buoyancy.

Hearing this plan, Jaguf did not immediately make a decision, but asked:

"How much will it cost?"

"Because transporting airships requires special engines and power systems, the cost is about 4 million."

"4 million? The price was ok. "Although Jaguf thinks it's a little expensive, the transportation volume of this airship is also more suitable.

After all, to build a transport ship with a deadweight of 15,000 tons, it also takes 6 million US dollars, equivalent to 3 million gold dollars.

And the speed of the transport airship can be about 10 times faster than that of an ordinary transport ship.

However, given the situation in various parts of Africa, Zhagouf felt the need to equip the transport airship with protective armor, cruise missiles and cannons.

Otherwise, a batch of transport airships will have to be specially modified.

His thoughts have not yet been spoken.

The people from the Ministry of Defense also arrived.

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

The people who came from the Ministry of Defense were the heads of the Armament Department and the Air Force Division.

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

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

But this time and that time.

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

The Air Force Division and the Equipment Division, during an internal seminar, reassessed the war potential of airships in the current technical conditions, and then they found out that airships have no small military value.

In particular, vacuum airships, huge payloads in the troposphere, and huge volumes, are all things that can be exploited.

According to the analogue design of the Ministry of Defense.

They plan to design a carrier with a payload of about 30,000 tons and a crew that could carry Sea Hawk fighter jets, large drones and, more recently, gamma-ray cannons.

As for the problem that the aerospace carrier is large and easy to be detected by radar.

After discussion, the Ministry of Defense decided that this problem was not a problem.

The reason for this conclusion lies in the magnetic field radar and the gamma-ray cannon.

It's just that you can't be invisible.

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

What is a stealth airship called?

As long as the enemy's means of attack are neutralized, the Helicarrier is a stealth airship.

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

In this way, there is no need to worry.

Bullying those small countries is not a punch for a child.

Therefore, the Ministry of Defense directly approved the aerospace carrier project, intending to build five ships in the first batch to verify the idea.

When Bai Sha heard the thoughts of the Equipment Division, he said with some embarrassment on his face:

"The production capacity of our factory is not enough, and we still have to produce communication airships and transport airships."

The head of the equipment department, of course, knew the capacity of this plant, and he directly stated his intentions:

"It doesn't matter, you share the technology with us, and then send a few engineers over to assist, the Defense Department has its own airship factory."

"That's fine." Bai Sha breathed a sigh of relief.

However, since Bai Sha didn't know about the existence of the gamma-ray cannon, he reminded with some concern: "Will the space carrier be too conspicuous?" There's no way this thing is invisible! ”

"Don't worry! The Department of Defense has its own solution. ”

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

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

And the people of the Ceylon Ocean Transport Group are still here.

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

However, Jaguf needs to discuss the design details with Baisha and make some requests, so as not to run around at any time.

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

He then signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of the Ceylon Ocean Group and the Madagascar Space City to produce 100 18,000-ton transport airships in the next three years.

Just a sub-project of the Dandelion project brings a lot of new technology, which is the spin-off effect of a large project.

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