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Chapter 294 The Third Aircraft Carrier Makes its First Appearance; "Wooden Kite" Announces its Maiden Flight Date

The pilot episode of the fourth season of "Back to Field" was quite good, and it sparked a lot of discussion and generated a lot of buzz after it aired.

In particular, Lu Yun's unusual "appearance" was indeed unexpected by many people.

Some people thought that Lu Yun would appear via video, either by pre-recording a video or by video chatting on his phone, which is a common way for people who cannot come to the scene.

However, the audience did not expect that there would be such a smooth mobile phone advertisement in front of them.

Hahaha, this is hilarious! This actually works?!

[I remember Lu Yun and An Fangfei were the spokespeople for Huayao's foldable screen phone, right? Did they use other phones during their endorsement period?]

[Lu Yun didn't use any other phone; it was just that someone else was calling him with a different brand of phone.]

[I don't know if it's just my imagination, but when Pengpeng said his cell phone signal was bad before... was he talking about something else?]

I reckon that's why, when people talk about poor cell phone signal these days, the most famous one is probably Apple, right?

[Speaking of Huayao and Signal, do you know where I watched this preview episode? At the Everest Foreground Camp!]

Wow, there's internet there?

Yes, brother, yes.

Speaking of Huayao, although its mobile phone business and 5G business have been affected by overseas factors, it has continued to operate normally in China, and even made a big move during the May Day holiday.

That is, in cooperation with mobile communications, they built a 5G base station at the advance camp at 6500 meters on Mount Everest, which not only broke the record for the highest 5G base station in the world, but also achieved 5G coverage at the summit of Mount Everest.

Meanwhile, a gigabit fiber optic network was also activated in real time at the camp at an altitude of 6500 meters.

At almost the same time, the world's tallest 500 kV transmission tower was successfully erected on Gyatsola Mountain at an altitude of over 5300 meters.

This marks another new record set by Laos and China in the field of ultra-high voltage power grid construction.

Of course, the previous records were also held by the elderly.

After all, China is the absolute leader in the world's ultra-high voltage power grid field.

In modern society, we absolutely cannot live without electricity.

Take India's ambition to replace China in the industrial sector, for example. Even ignoring everything else, they can't handle the power consumption alone.

Without electricity, what kind of industry can we do?

When it comes to industry, domestic military enthusiasts get excited because, according to various sources and pictures, the hull modules of the 003 aircraft carrier have been moved from the manufacturing facility to the transfer area, and it looks like they will soon be welded and assembled on the slipway.

[It's finally out! I'd heard that construction of the Type 003 aircraft carrier had started, but I hadn't seen any progress.]

How are such large ship hull modules constructed?

[We've come a long way at this stage; we should be able to see the basic ship design by the end of the year. I wonder if this one has a ski-jump deck or a straight deck?]

[It should still be a ski-jump deck. After all, our country has only just figured out how to build ski-jump aircraft carriers, so we should at least build a few in batches, right?]

[But ski-jump carriers are too outdated. How can such small carriers of 60,000 to 70,000 tons compete with the US's 100,000-ton nuclear-powered catapult carriers?]

Indeed, the US supercarriers already have electromagnetic catapults, while we're still using ski-jump launchers—we're so outdated.

I estimate that the Type 003 will definitely be a large, flat-bottomed aircraft carrier, probably similar to the US's latest Ford-class electromagnetic catapult carrier!

[Holy crap, you mean the Type 003 will be a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered, electromagnetic catapult-equipped, flat-top aircraft carrier? That's an incredibly exaggerated claim.]

[That's not harsh at all. Don't you guys watch the news? Our country's electromagnetic catapult technology is very advanced. Academician Ma even said that our electromagnetic catapult technology is more advanced than that of the United States.]

[I know that, but what about nuclear power if we use electromagnetic catapults? Are we going to use a nuclear submarine's reactor too? The UK's "world's slowest nuclear aircraft carrier" serves as a cautionary tale.] [By the way... can't conventional power drive an electromagnetic catapult?]

[Impossible. The Admiral himself said that electromagnetic catapults must be nuclear-powered.]

What does a retired old man know? Don't be fooled by him...

The unveiling of the hull module of the 003 aircraft carrier caused an even bigger stir, even more so abroad than in China.

It's worth noting that apart from the US, other countries only have two aircraft carriers.

Even some of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council struggle to maintain just one aircraft carrier.

Don't be fooled by the fact that three aircraft carriers are only one more than two aircraft carriers; it's a whole different level!
This is one reason why this news has generated more buzz abroad than in China.

[Damn it, how come the Chinese were able to build their third aircraft carrier so quickly?]

I checked the online information from the Chinese community, and some people are already speculating that it's a large, flat-bottomed electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier.

[Impossible. China could never build a large, flat-faced aircraft carrier, because their carriers are complete copies of Russian carriers, and the Russians never owned a single large, flat-faced aircraft carrier until their death.]

Nothing is impossible, buddy. The Chinese are almost dominating the global shipbuilding industry; they build almost every ship in the world. Their shipbuilding industry is incredibly advanced.

Those were all merchant ships, with little technological content. They were only transferred out because the Federation no longer needed them. The Federation only needed high-profit, high-tech industries and the financial sector.

[That's right. And so what if the Chinese have three aircraft carriers? The Federation has eleven aircraft carriers, plus a large number of amphibious assault ships, which can also launch the most advanced fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, making them essentially small aircraft carriers.]

There's no need to worry about aircraft carriers, guys. Let's focus on the space shuttle.

Indeed, Lu Yun just announced that the "Wooden Kite" space shuttle will make its maiden flight on May 25th.

[Damn it, those are space fighters, even more powerful than fifth-generation fighters! Where are our space fighters?]

We don't seem to have any space fighters. We did restart the X-33 space shuttle program before, but there seems to be no news about it now.

Our Federation is peace-loving and peace-creating, which is why we have fallen behind in the space fighter program.

[The Chinese are indeed inherently evil; outer space is a peaceful place, yet they want to deploy weapons there!]

I curse the "Wooden Kite" to explode on takeoff, and hopefully it will destroy the space airport as well!

Lu Yun, who was leading the team assembling the "Wooden Kite" in the hangar of the space airport, felt like sneezing, but his nasal cavity only itched slightly and then he was fine, so he continued assembling.

"Please pay close attention, these are the last parts. After assembly today, we will proceed with the final inspection."

Lu Yun sniffed and said, "I've already said the maiden flight is on the 25th. Don't you dare team up with outsiders to embarrass me, or I'll dock your bonuses!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Lu!"

Despite hearing Lu Yun's words, the engineers remained relatively relaxed, as they all trusted Lu Yun's expertise in aerospace technology research and development.

Moreover, there have been no hiccups in any process from the start of assembly to now, which proves that their trust was indeed well-placed.

However, these people were relaxed, while everyone else became tense.

Some people are worried about the success rate of the Muyuan's maiden flight.

After all, space exploration is no joke. Even a company as prestigious as Boeing has had its share of problems, with the Starliner manned spacecraft and SLS rocket becoming its negative trademarks.

Lu Yun's previous projects were indeed successful on the first try, but those were projects with precedents.

There is no precedent for a successful space shuttle.

So, will Lu Yun's "Wooden Kite" be able to make its maiden flight a success?
(End of this chapter)