Chapter 487: Going Out
The car bumps on the road, but thanks to the special suspension system and honeycomb tires, the gas vehicle moves quite smoothly.
I have to say that the conditions of the airport during the Anti-Japanese War were very simple, not to mention the cement runway. Often, some airports are just a large grassland with convenient drainage.
Compared with the warplanes of World War II, the gravel or grassland airfields are basically enough, as long as the drainage is good, there is no problem at all.
However, for Zhang Sixing, it is difficult for him to admit that such an airport is an airport, and now that he has FRP produced from wood fiber and glass filament, he can build an airport that he is satisfied with.
"According to the standard airport, we are afraid that our paratrooper school will have a large number of planes taking off and landing, so we should not be too stingy on the runway."
Sitting in the car, Zhang Sixing instructed his adjutant. There were four people in the car, Yelena, Hansen and Xu Jiayu. The latter two, as Zhang Sixing's military adjutant and civil secretary, respectively held a notebook to record the orders he gave at any time.
The first experimental airship in the sky was slowly lowering at this time, and it was transporting grain from a mountain stockade. As the lifting rotors between the two airships slowly reduce their rotational speed, the airships also become larger and larger in the eyes of people at the airport.
The airport was full of busy people, and forklifts were hurriedly piling up a lot of dirt and rocks on the road. The roller follows the forklift and presses the runway neatly.
On the airship landing site, there are four linked hoists. The rope thrown from the airship was stuffed into the winch, and then the electric winch began to tighten the rope, and the airship gradually lowered.
Raising the camera, Yelena slammed at the rudimentary airship, and asked Zhang Sixing, who was driving,
"How many trips is this today?"
Hansen, who was sitting in the back, stretched out his head and replied loudly,
"It's the sixth trip, and although our airship is simple, this thing is really fast."
At this moment the airship does not fall, although it is close to the ground under the pull of the hoist, it does not fall. Just start your own momentum, drop a rope net full of grain.
Waiting below, the equally shabby-looking car was parked at the airship landing field.
As the net approached the ground, someone climbed up to the net on a ladder and began to unfasten the latches on it, allowing bags of grain to fall from it.
"Yo, they're so bold, and they're not afraid of being thrown off by gusts of wind."
Xu Jiayu in the back seat asked with a sharp voice,
"I really don't know how you stayed, the lift of the airship is still very strong, and the four cables are pulled, and it takes a considerable amount of wind to move."
As the lock on the rope net opened, bags of grain fell from the rope net and landed on the car. Although he was just ridiculed by Hansen, Xu Jiayu still exclaimed,
"With such a big bag of grain, the car won't be crushed."
Han Sen, who knew that the bottom of these cars was fine, also felt bottomless, after all, those carriages were just some one-centimeter composite plates, and he was also unsure whether he could carry a grain bag several meters high and smash it down.
But Zhang Sixing didn't care, anyway, both cars and airships were in the process of mass production, experimentation, and modification at the moment. Even if something goes wrong, you can modify the design in time.
In addition, he is quite confident in FRP, after all, in addition to heat resistance, the strength and elasticity are not much different from steel. If a one-centimeter steel plate can be easily crushed, it will not be a problem.
Seeing a car full of food, the next car stepped forward. Zhang Sixing paid attention to it, the load-bearing capacity of those honeycomb wheels that also use FRP is good, and the least deformation is not so big that it is worrying.
At this moment, Zhang Sixing is driving the first small car produced by the automobile factory.
Except for the necessary parts, the car is almost entirely made of fiberglass. Four-wheel drive drum-shaped honeycomb wheels with a standard crew of five people, one of whom was a machine gunner.
There are no doors to get on and off the bus, there is no windshield anyway, people at the paratrooper school wear face armor.
"Okay, after reading it, I'm finally relieved, let's go."
As Yelena's teasing fell, the vehicle driven by Zhang Sixing turned a corner and left the runway. The main runway consists of three 30-meter-wide roads in the shape of a "female" shape that does not bend.
On the side of the main runway, there is another small airport, where two types of aircraft take off and land. Although the lack of food does not allow for high-intensity combat training, the flight training of flying a delta wing can still be carried out.
In particular, several battalions that have already been formed into an army, as well as reconnaissance companies. Now, with enough manpower for manufacturers, delta wings can be manufactured in large quantities.
After getting out of the car, Populus euphratica had already greeted him,
"Sir, you really don't want me to lead the team."
Glancing at Populus euphratica, Zhang Sixing shook his head,
"Tell the soldiers that they are familiar with tactical sign language, literacy, and squad tactics, although we cannot carry out large-scale combat training for the time being because of food problems, but don't let go of other training. I only went to Yibin for a few days and came back soon. Then the food problem will be solved, so let's get ready for training. ”
"Yes"
Hu Yang saluted and retreated, and a series of delta wings that had been prepared, and the propellers had turned. Hu Yang ran forward and explained to the subordinates who led the team,
"Protect the chief, keep in touch with the radio."
"Yes"
This time, the leader of the team is a squad leader surnamed Huang, and seventeen delta wings will carry them to Yibin.
There are two things to go to Zhang Sixing in Yibin this time, and Xu Zhong has already rushed over first. Yibin was the starting point of shipping at this time, Zhang Sixing decided to build a shipyard there, and another thing was that a batch of cheap grain purchased from Sichuan arrived in Yibin.
It has been more than 20 days since Zhang Sixing arrived in Kunming, and the telegram on the local administrative office has also been 20 meters long. However, the Ministry of Military Affairs did not have any news about the food assistance and military salaries of the wounded.
Fortunately, now there are trucks, airships, especially the latter, although simple, but the capacity is not low at all.
Therefore, the grain purchased by Zhang Sixing in Sichuan was transported to Yibin by ship, and the remaining 500 kilometers had to be quickly transported by airship. It is only hoped that the production of airships can increase rapidly, and of course this will also require the cooperation of gas engines.
As the delta wings rushed into the sky, in a large storefront grain store outside the paratrooper school, a guy looked at the sound of the engine, and hurriedly ran back to the grain store.
"Shopkeeper, the paratrooper school flew something weird. This time, it seems that they will not be circling around, but they are afraid that they are going to go far away? ”
Hearing the words of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper hurriedly walked out of the store with a cotton robe and looked up at the sky.
Looking at the triangular wings lined up in the shape of "people" in order to cover people's eyes and ears all the way, the shopkeeper asked suspiciously,
"How do you know they're going to go far away?"
"Shopkeeper, you think, usually there are three or five, but this one is nine, and there is a woman sitting on it today."