Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 404 [Even supercarriers look tiny in comparison]

The project of the air base was assigned to AVIC Linfei to take the lead, and Xiao Yu did not refuse and accepted the task.

Currently, AVIC Linfei Company has added two new tasks, both of which are national-level strategic projects involving the military industry.

One is to participate in the research and development of the "Yun-50" transport aircraft project, mainly responsible for the two specific tasks of engine and materials, while the final assembly and manufacturing of the aircraft is done by AVIC.

The other is the air base, which is led by AVIC Linfei Company.

Zhao Heyang took his leave that day, and Xiao Yu immediately created a new document and quickly convened an internal company meeting to discuss the project's initiation.

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"The dock manufacturing platforms of the top ten shipyards in China are still too small and simply cannot support the construction and manufacturing of the aerial base." In an office of the company, Chen Zaiqing was discussing matters related to this project with Xiao Yu.

The air base is enormous, with a medium tonnage exceeding 200 million tons, which is 20 times the displacement of the world's largest supercarrier.

The aerial base designed by Xiao Yu is a huge wedge-shaped structure. When viewed from above, the base structure has an "arrow"-shaped outline, with a sharp front end that gradually expands backward.

Its appearance is very similar to the Star Destroyer in the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster "Star Wars".

One important reason for Xiao Yu's design was that the overall shape of the aerial base needed to have good aerodynamic performance. After all, with a maximum design speed of 74 kilometers per hour, such a huge object would have a large frontal area and very high air resistance.

This arrow-shaped wedge structure effectively reduces air resistance during navigation.

Xiao Yu wanted the air base to look less like a base and more like a colossal interstellar warship, creating a visually stunning impact that made it appear powerful and majestic.

Moreover, Xiao Yu deliberately designed it to resemble the "Star Destroyer" from Amelia's sci-fi blockbuster "Star Wars," because this thing is deeply ingrained in the minds of foreigners, especially Europeans and Americans.

Perhaps when the first aerial base suddenly appears, other countries, unaware of the situation, will be so shocked to see that this great Eastern power has even built a "Star Destroyer" that they will immediately kneel down in despair, not even having the courage to challenge the East.

This situation is not impossible, but rather very likely to occur.

Imagine if you were in Amelika's shoes, unaware of the specifics, and saw the University of Tokyo suddenly pull out a "Star Destroyer" for a stroll—the shock would be indescribable.

Seeing that thing, how could the US military dare to fight you? They'd just quit and be done with it on the spot. Hesitating even for a moment would be disrespectful to your "Star Destroyer".

Conversely, if the major Eastern power were unaware of the truth, and Amerika suddenly produced a 200 million-ton "star destroyer," and satellites actually saw such a huge thing flying in the sky, the shock would be ten or even a hundred times greater than that of the "Koh-Kwan War."

Therefore, the "appearance" of the air base had to be sci-fi, so Xiao Yu specially chose the Star Destroyer that appeared in the sci-fi movie "Star Wars", which is most familiar to the Omega people, especially the Magnesia people.

This movie is deeply loved by people in Amelika, just like the Chinese people in this great Eastern country love "Journey to the West".

At this moment, Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, "The existing shipyard manufacturing platforms are not suitable for manufacturing this behemoth, nor can they avoid satellite surveillance in space during the manufacturing process. We need to build another manufacturing platform for the aerial base first." The size parameters of the aerial base are also definitely monstrous. Once it is built, it will be the largest movable super-giant man-made structure in the history of human civilization on Earth.

Its maximum length reaches 1700 meters, its maximum width is 322 meters, and its maximum height is 167 meters.

对比即将服役的003航母长度320米、宽度78米和高度30米，003航母在它面前都显得过于娇小。

The world's largest supercarrier has a deck area of ​​approximately 2 square meters.

The 200 million-ton-class air base has a deck area of ​​7 square meters, but if viewed from above at a vertical angle, its maximum total area reaches an astonishing 25 square meters, which is an order of magnitude larger than the deck area of ​​the world's largest aircraft carrier.

The maximum width of the air base is 2 meters greater than the length of the current Type 003 aircraft carrier.

In addition, according to Xiao Yu's design, it has a takeoff runway that is 1550 meters long, which can easily take off and land the already in-service Y-20 transport aircraft. The shortest takeoff distance of this transport aircraft is between 600 and 800 meters, and the shortest landing distance is between 600 and 700 meters.

Compared to a 1550-meter runway, even if the distance is cut in half, the Y-20 transport aircraft can still take off and land at the air base. A runway as long as 1550 meters can even accommodate some civilian airliners.

A 200 million-ton air base can accommodate about 1.5 people; it can house a fully equipped combined arms brigade of 6000 troops; and it can accommodate 600 military aircraft of different types, including fighter jets, early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, and transport aircraft.

Moreover, these 600 aircraft are all large aircraft, each weighing in tons; swarm drones are not included.

The air base can carry up to approximately 22 tons of ammunition, including various aerial bombs and missiles, as well as various artillery shells and bullets needed by the army.

When fully armed, the total tonnage of the air base can reach a staggering 285 million tons.

Good heavens, the tonnage of the ammunition it carries is equivalent to that of two current supercarriers. In comparison, a current 10-ton supercarrier only carries 3000 tons of ammunition.

The maximum ammunition capacity of the air base is 22 tons, which is equivalent to the ammunition capacity of 73 supercarriers. This ammunition capacity is a cure for the "fear of insufficient firepower" of the major Eastern power.

It's no exaggeration to say that with such a configuration, if you deploy one in the Middle East, even if all the Middle Eastern countries come at you at once, you can easily sweep them away. It's like a dimensional reduction attack.

After a while, Xiao Yu changed the subject and said, "170 kilometers north of Linzhou City, there is a giant mine in the mountains that has been shut down for several years. Moreover, the mine is surrounded by mountains on all sides, forming a huge natural depression. If we modify that place, it will be a great manufacturing platform. Let's choose that location."

Xiao Yu made a decisive decision and immediately added, "Go and arrange an exploration team as soon as possible to explore the terrain around the mine. If the geological structure meets the requirements, then choose that location for the manufacturing platform of the aerial base."

Chen Zaiqing nodded: "Understood."

That abandoned giant mine pit could save a lot of time, because Xiao Yu originally planned to have the manufacturing platform at the air base dig a large pit and then manufacture inside, so that it wouldn't be photographed by other countries' satellites. Moreover, that giant mine pit could save the project at least three or four years of construction time to dig the pit.

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(End of this chapter)