Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 331, Figure 22M3M (5000+ words)

You subconsciously know that this is another opportunity, and the crowdfunding club doesn't want to expand its influence in this way.

Imagine a place in need of rescue, and a crowdfunding club's plane arrives immediately.

But these guys want to get something for nothing.

Li Song didn't mind if the other party got something for free, but he had to see tangible benefits.

You can also sponsor the other party!
It's probably inconvenient to talk on the phone now, because we don't know if the call is being tapped.

We'll discuss the details once they arrive.

Moreover, by saying this, I am expressing my own interest, but I am letting the other party consider what benefits I can gain from it.

"no problem!"

"I'll put together a proposal, and I'll ask Mr. Li to take a look at it later." Nick knew there was hope when he heard that Li Song hadn't refused.

The crowdfunding club is preparing to expand, and public welfare relief is a good starting point.

The crowdfunding club will add several more clubs, one in MIT, one on the West Coast, two in South America, and mainly in Northern Europe in Europe. As for Africa, we'll talk about that later.

Of course, there will be other operations after the club is established, but we'll talk about that later.

One club has two Panda planes.

Therefore, at least ten Panda planes are needed, and of course, more would be better.

Because subsequent activities could include pilot training and so on.

"Okay!" Li Song heard Nick say that and knew that the other party understood his meaning, so he hung up the phone.

Then Li Song stroked his chin, pondering how to make the best use of this situation.

What benefits do they want to gain from this?
"I don't feel good about this!" After careful consideration, Li Song realized that there was limited room for maneuver in this matter.

"You can't exactly spray your own ads on a rescue plane; people would probably just find that offensive!"

"The main problem is that I'm too principled!"

"In the internet age, those who used crowdfunding to raise funds all became publicly listed companies!"

"If only I had the same unscrupulous mindset as these people!"

"Let's wait for Nick to arrive and see what they have to say!"

"At least we can appear in the news media of the countries or regions where these clubs are located for a while, which is not bad!" Li Song thought for a moment, and finally decided to wait for Nick to arrive before making any decisions.

"That actress-president Ami, it seems like it happened this month!" Li Song didn't remember some things very clearly.

I just remember that the gunman was eventually convicted of mental illness and then released from prison decades later!
It seems this gunman is infatuated with a certain actress. Li Song was curious in his past life and even searched for the actress's photos, but he felt she was just so-so.

Of course, who can really say for sure what's going on in Europe and America, since they're known for producing mentally ill gunmen?

The next morning, Li Song drove around for a while.

I parked in the underground parking lots of several shopping malls on Hong Kong Island for a while, and then drove the car to the side of the road.

Li Song's bodyguards were already waiting there. After Li Song arrived, they drove away in the same car Li Song had just been in.

This contains technical drawings and information about satellites and space stations!
Of course, the technical drawings that Li Song presented were slightly different from the current technology!
Li Song's technical drawings all leave room for future upgrades.

The space station is still in its early stages.

Many features are still incomplete!
Of course, Li Song's approach is simply to integrate the existing technologies.

The same applies to satellites. The satellite data that Li Song presented mainly included three aspects: communication satellites, meteorological satellites, and navigation satellites!
Satellites are divided into three orbits: high, medium, and low. Navigation satellites are generally located at altitudes of 19,000 kilometers or higher.

Communication satellites are classified according to their orbits. Higher orbits generally have higher latency, and higher orbits are usually geostationary orbits.

Geosynchronous orbit satellites operate in the equatorial plane and take about 24 hours to orbit the Earth. They have wide signal coverage, and three satellites are enough to achieve global communication. They are not affected by terrain and can be deployed to ground receiving stations quickly.

In other words, the satellite is at a certain altitude, which is generally either a maritime satellite or a Fengyun meteorological satellite.

The cost of high-orbit satellites is completely different from that of low-orbit satellites.

The cost of a high-orbit satellite can easily reach hundreds of millions.

A single advanced spy satellite belonging to the US can be worth up to one billion US dollars!
Because the launch procedures for high-orbit and low-orbit satellites are different.

The weight difference between rockets launched into high and low orbits is significant. For example, the Proton rocket has a payload capacity of 22.7 tons to low orbit, but only 3.8 tons to high orbit.

Of course, the payload weight is also different because the launch latitude is different.

Even in the internet age, some people simply stroll around the Kármán line for ten minutes and then return to Earth, claiming they've been to space.

This suborbital distance is only around 100 kilometers.

Many people don't understand how big the difference is between the two.

The difference between these two is like heaven and earth.

Back home, Li Song pondered for a moment: "Should we take out the 22M3?"

"The Tu-22 and the Tu-22M3 are two completely different aircraft."

In his previous life, Li Song initially thought that the two types of aircraft were the same, but after careful investigation, he realized that they were not.

The Tu-22 was developed in the 1950s. It was the first supersonic bomber of the Flying Bear, with two turbojet engines located at the root of the vertical tail, fixed swept wings, and a bomb load of only 9 tons.

The Tu-22M3 was finalized in 1976 and entered service in 1983. It is a newly designed variable-sweep wing supersonic strategic bomber with two NK-25 turbofan engines embedded in the fuselage, dual side air intakes, a maximum payload of 24 tons, and both nuclear and conventional strike capabilities as well as anti-ship capabilities.

"The 50,000-ton hydraulic press in mainland China has now been completed, giving us the full capability to manufacture this type of aircraft!"

"If we were to take this aircraft out now, and the mainland were to fully understand the technology before designing or copying it themselves, it would probably take several years!"

"Furthermore, the White Swan was finalized this year, but it's unclear when it will enter service!"

"Let's use the Tu-22M3 technology first, and then bring out the White Swan technology after the fat bear conducts exercises in the second half of the year!"

"Of course, I still need to take advantage of the excellent integration capabilities of second-hand platforms!"

“Design an improved version of the Tu-22M!” Li Song had actually been doing just that.

Because engineers on secondhand platforms know about the future development of the equipment they design.

For example, general-purpose helicopters have been designed in a way that facilitates future upgrades and modifications.

The same applies to passenger planes; these aircraft all have room for future upgrades.

When designing an aircraft, every kilogram of weight must be taken into account, so it is too difficult to upgrade the aircraft technically when there is no room for future upgrades.

Boeing later hastily launched some new aircraft models, which led to design flaws!
It can be said that most of the products Li Song presented could be upgraded based on the existing framework.

This significantly reduces costs for future development.

Figure 22M3 shows that Li Song will also follow this route, reserving enough space for subsequent electronic and intelligent features, and also carrying out modular design.

Actually, Li Song didn't think much of this thing because the future would be an era of unmanned, intelligent, and stealthy technology.

Those that can't hide are sitting ducks!

Moreover, air defense equipment is becoming increasingly advanced, ranging from hypersonic weapons to energy weapons.

Modern bombers' hypersonic speeds seem incredibly impressive, but in the face of hypersonic air defense weapons, they're nothing but sitting ducks!

Not to mention in the era of intelligent technology, there are all kinds of drones, including attack drones, early warning drones, and electronic attack drones.

However, Li Song also considered the limitations of the times.

Moreover, China needs such an aircraft now.

In fact, the aircraft that the Chinese are most afraid of right now is the one from the "Fat Bear" (a nickname for a Chinese aircraft manufacturer).

The main reason is that this plane can carry eggs!
With a pull of the joystick, we arrived in Kyoto!
Not to mention they can drop missiles outside the border.

So Li Song started offering a reward on the second-hand platform. The reason for the reward was to get engineers to optimize and improve the system.

If copying the blueprints also involves copying the technology, then it's much cheaper.

After Li Song offered a bounty, the suggested price on the second-hand platform immediately dropped to 13 million US dollars!
Li Song offered a reward of ten million US dollars.

The bounty task was accepted within five seconds.

The main reason is that Li Song has enough money in his account, and he also spends a lot of money, so as soon as a task order is generated, it will be recommended to relevant people.

This is the platform's big data algorithm!

The other party gave him forty days. Li Cong looked at the time and felt somewhat dissatisfied, but after seeing the other party's message, he felt much better.

Because the upgrade and modification plan left by the other party can turn this aircraft into a drone mothership in the smart era.

In other words, by adding a bomb bay to the aircraft and upgrading its technology, it can then carry drones.

Then turn the entire aircraft into a drone mothership.

In the future era of intelligence, automation, and stealth.

The biggest drawback of drones is their range.

The faster a drone travels, the shorter its range. This is because battery-powered drones are relatively slow.

High-speed drones still need to use engines.

The other side also optimized the bomb bay and implemented a modular design.

Modular design can significantly reduce the number of parts.

Furthermore, it can quickly repair and replace parts when problems occur.

Historically, this plane later fell into the hands of Boss Fat Bear because it was old and in disrepair and prone to problems.

What will this plane be called from now on?

"Figure 22m4?"

"Or the future Tu-22M3M?" Li Song muttered to himself as he signed the contract with the other party.

"It's a pity we can't make stealth bombers!"

"It would be great if we could make a stealth bomber."

"America's B2, it seems, made its maiden flight not long before the Fat Bear split up!" Li Song didn't remember the exact timeline of some equipment.

"But that's not good either, because the technological path that China is taking is different from that of Aramco!"

"Would doing this mislead the domestic community?"

"Probably not. Anyway, I'm just using the technology and dealing with the way these domestic technicians behave. They'll definitely feel uncomfortable if they don't make changes."

"Most importantly, there are still many top experts who are taking advantage of this opportunity to share their technologies, which may make the theoretical and technical aspects of this field in China even more impressive!"

With this in mind, Li Song decided to make another big investment, offering a reward for two missiles on a second-hand platform. The first was a solid-fuel missile with a range of 12,200 kilometers, but currently it only had inertial guidance.

Li Song mainly needs the materials technology and overall design technology for solid rockets.

As for the guidance method, that can be upgraded later.

The second missile also has the same range, but Li Song insisted on a combination of liquid and solid missiles!

Liquid fuel will propel the missile to a certain altitude, and then it will detach.

Solid fuel allows the missile to accelerate further as it enters the atmosphere.

This is the prototype of hypersonic speed!
Of course, this only refers to the hardware aspect; hypersonic missiles are more about the software aspect!

The terminal penetration capability of such hypersonic missiles still relies on advanced technology.

In other words, we need to make this hypersonic missile smarter, so that it can always know its location.

When to initiate end-point penetration defense?

This requires the support of a global positioning system, and the accuracy must be high enough.

This is how missiles can understand their location and when to react!
Of course, these hypersonic weapons are sitting ducks in front of the energy-based air defense equipment behind them!

Because energy weapons travel at extremely high speeds, like laser weapons and high-energy ray weapons.

High-energy ray weapons can instantly disable a missile's electronic system, or even detonate it directly.

In addition, ground-based air defense energy weapons include electromagnetic guns, which use electromagnetic force to propel countless projectiles and directly seal off the entire sky!

However, in the future, electromagnetic weapons will mainly be used in bad weather.

Therefore, such hypersonic weapons will become rather impractical in the future.

Furthermore, there will be space-based energy weapons in the future, which involve directly installing various energy weapon systems in space.

The suggested price for these two missile platforms is 26 million!
Li Song still cut the price by four million, and then less than ten seconds later the other party accepted the offer. This time, the other party gave him half a month.

After everything was done, Li Song breathed a sigh of relief!

The reason Li Song is bringing these technologies out now is that they are not readily available in mainland China.

What Li Song didn't know was that historically, there were plans to reduce steel production at this time in China.

Currently, China is increasing its steel production.

Because too many factories are desperately needing steel!

The Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, which has already begun planning and demolition work, is underway.

The Kyoto-Fukada expressway project has already been approved.

Li Song agreed to invest in both of these highways!
How much engineering work is needed to build these highways? How much machinery, cement, steel bars, and how many bridges will be constructed!
And how much equipment does a cement plant need?

In addition, cement plants and steel plants both require engineering machinery to produce the materials they need.

Therefore, the situation in mainland China is much better now than it was in the past.

The mainland economy has formed a large cycle, and Li Song's investment in infrastructure and licensing of technology have enabled the entire economy to circulate.

Not to mention exports now!
In addition, how much steel will be needed to build the factories for the large-scale chemical and steel smelting technologies that Li Song obtained domestically?

Li Song's steel smelting technology is mainly designed for domestic ores.

The smelting techniques used for ores vary from region to region.

Of course, the grade of domestic ores is also relatively low!
Therefore, China will have no choice but to import foreign ores in the future. The main reason is that the technology for foreign ores is already mature. If we want to change the ores from other places, we will have to change the smelting industry.

Everyone knows that once a steel plant stops operating, the losses are enormous.

"Rare earth technology!" Li Song thought of another key technology.

Rare earth elements are actually abundant worldwide.

So why are rare earth elements from China so scarce worldwide?

That's because domestic rare earth elements are heavy rare earth elements, while most rare earth elements abroad are light rare earth elements!
The value of light rare earth elements is far less than that of heavy rare earth elements.

Moreover, only a domestic industrial environment like China has the technology to refine rare earths.

Because many technologies do not exist in isolation, especially in refining!
Many of them are just supplementary technologies.

This is why, decades later, Amer's attempt to revive his industry ultimately failed!

It's because industry doesn't exist in isolation; you can't just build a rare earth refinery on your own.

How many elements are there in the rare earth element?

Furthermore, the processing of rare earth elements requires many other industries.

The most important thing is the material; Amei's own material is light rare earth!
"But wouldn't it be too conspicuous to bring this out now?" Li Song also considered another point, namely the domestic production areas of heavy rare earth elements!

This venue is too close to the border now, and the neighboring country is all-powerful.

"Forget it, let's wait a few years!" Li Song shook his head. Currently, international understanding of rare earth elements is still very limited.

The more intelligent the era becomes, the more urgent the demand for rare earth elements will be!
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

Anyway, these technologies don't have a very urgent need for rare earth elements right now.

However, Li Song made a note of this matter.

"Hopefully things will move faster on the mainland!"

"Taiwan is blacklisting my TV station?"

"I'll launch a satellite then, and then manufacture a satellite receiver dish!"

"I refuse to believe that nobody will watch it!" Li Song thought to himself.

"It's good to have a big tree to lean on for shade!"

"Fortunately, the mainland has a complete industrial system; otherwise, even if we had the technology, we probably wouldn't have been able to produce results in a short time!" Li Song knew he had encountered a good opportunity.

The mainland already has some foundation in missiles, aviation, and satellites, and its technological capabilities are relatively advanced, which is very helpful for the transformation of research results.

To put it bluntly, if these technologies were given to certain countries, they probably wouldn't be able to develop them even in ten years!

People from the mainland on Hong Kong Island had already received orders from their superiors.

Because Li Song mentioned it to Section Chief Zhou in Chang'an.

So these items were quickly loaded onto the ship and then sent to the mainland.

The next morning, the materials were already in a conference room in Kyoto!
These materials are all packaged in kraft paper bags, and the kraft paper bags have numbers on them.

However, the higher authorities are in a dilemma because they have not yet found out the corrupt elements, and now they have these space station technologies and satellite technologies.

So many great things are laid out before me!

"Dry!"

"Isolate all those involved in the project until the corrupt officials are caught." The higher-ups made the final decision, just like dealing with mushrooms.

(End of this chapter)