Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 224 Logistics
After Huang Haojie and Chen Wenfeng, the person in charge of the Vacuum Engineering Research Institute, explained the matter, they left for another research institute.

Airship Institute.

As a research institute established from the very beginning in Galaxy Technology, although the Airship Research Institute seems to be unknown in Galaxy Technology and the outside world, their abilities are still good.

"Boss, welcome to the Airship Research Institute." Wang Tu, the person in charge of the Airship Research Institute, saw Huang Haojie and hurried over.

"I'm coming to work for a while, prepare an office for me."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Wang Tu hurried to arrange this matter.

The internal space of the Airship Research Institute is quite large, after all, these airships are often hundreds of meters long.

Inside the huge laboratory workshop.

A huge airship is lying quietly in it.

Huang Haojie called up the experiment log of the Airship Research Institute, and quickly found the information about the airship.

[Advance-class transport airship (experimental type 6), length... payload 300 tons...]
This airship is a near-earth atmospheric airship, which is mainly used for transportation, and the payload is the weight of cargo that can be carried.

Under the condition of full load, this airship can fly in the air at an altitude of about 8000 meters, and its cruising speed can reach 100 kilometers per hour.

The graphene solar power generation film laid on the upper part of the airbag of the airship can supply about 60% of the electric energy consumption of the airship.

In fact, the reason why this airship was developed was mainly to enhance Fengdu Group's agricultural product transportation capacity.

After all, the infrastructure in the eastern part of the country is relatively complete, and the terrain is relatively flat, and the logistics are relatively convenient.

However, in the southwest region, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the northwest region, the infrastructure in these areas is relatively backward, and the terrain is very complicated, and the logistics cost has risen sharply, and the speed is very slow.

At this time, the advantages of transporting airships are reflected.

假如从蜀省成都向岭南羊城运输300吨农产品，两地公路距离大约在1800～2000公里左右，货车以80公里每小时的平均速度前进，需要22～25个小时。

In fact, it is absolutely impossible for a truck to reach Yangcheng from Chengdu in about 22 to 25 hours. After all, people need to rest. In addition, the time to get on and off the highway intersection, plus some areas with complex terrain, this time must be at least doubled.

If you encounter traffic jams, road maintenance, traffic accidents, and weather reasons, this time may be further extended.

The airship is different. The airship travels in a straight line. The straight line distance from Yangcheng to Chengdu is 1200 kilometers away. The airship travels at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and it can be reached in about 12 hours.

In addition, the airship does not pay tolls, and its energy self-sustains about 60%. In addition, Yinhe Technology can passivate the deflagration characteristics of hydrogen, so there is no need to use expensive helium.

The Social Research Institute has cooperated with the Airship Research Institute to do related research work.

Based on current cost calculations, airship transportation consumes 0.6 kWh of electricity per kilometer, and 1000 kWh for 600 kilometers, minus 60% of self-sustained power, which is equivalent to 1000 kWh for 240 kilometers. Calculated in RMB per kilowatt-hour, the electricity fee for 0.4 kilometers is 1000 RMB.

Of course, in reality, there must be more than that. After all, the electricity consumption of cold storage, driver's air conditioner, and other equipment needs to be considered.

Even so, the electricity bill will still not exceed 200 Huayuan.

The domestic logistics cost is about 0.53 Chinese yuan per ton per kilometer (average value). It takes 300 Chinese yuan to transport 28 tons of agricultural products from Chengdu to Yangcheng.

It is equivalent to the logistics cost of 933 Chinese yuan per ton of agricultural products. Of course, considering that some trucks are seriously overloaded, the logistics cost can be further reduced to 300 Chinese yuan per ton.

But even so, the advantages of airship transportation are still very obvious.

The logistics cost of the airship is about 0.1-0.15 Chinese yuan per ton per kilometer on average.

In addition, airships have another important advantage, that is, they have low requirements for supporting facilities, unlike trucks that require roads, trains that require railways, and airplanes that require airports.

The airship only needs an open space that can be parked. If it is in a grassland desert area, it can be parked directly.

This advantage is very useful for the southwest and northwest regions with relatively backward infrastructure.

Take a look at the trucks running on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and you will know that it is a desperate effort, with cliffs and deep valleys on one side and towering mountains on the other.

If you accidentally fall, there will be absolutely no bones left. In addition, you must be careful of falling rocks, landslides, and mudslides.

The airship only needs to consider the weather. In fact, the airship research institute has also considered the weather, which is to reduce the load capacity and reduce the cargo transportation volume of the airship to about 100 tons.

And then straight up to the bottom of the stratosphere, where bad weather in the troposphere breaks itself.

In fact, the five experimental airships produced by the Airship Research Institute are now in trial operation.

However, due to the troublesome application for the waterway, experimental airships No. 1 to 3 were operating in the southwestern part of the country, while the remaining experimental airships No. 4 and 5 were pulled to the East Island.

Now Yinhe Technology is negotiating with the aviation management department about the transportation of airships. After all, the technology of the airship research institute is almost mature, and it is almost ready to be put into use.

……

East Island Aviation Academy.

Since East Island is now the territory of Galaxy Technology, the feeling of tension before has been greatly eased.

After the Tianhan Security Company took over the security affairs of the East Island, the Aviation Academy and the Air Force were also taken over.

At first, the people in the air power system of the East Island thought that they would be settled by Qiuhou, and many people felt anxious all day long.

However, after Tianhan Security Company took over, they did not carry out any major cleaning, but they carried out a comprehensive rectification of their aircraft and base equipment.

After all, their planes and equipment are crooked, and there must be backdoors inside. In addition, the GPS positioning system cannot be used. Tianhan Security has replaced the chips and systems on all equipment.

In addition, some aircraft that can be used have been upgraded, such as adding wave-absorbing coatings, holographic stealth, and the like.

The next step is to streamline and mix some institutions and personnel.

Tianhan Security is directly under Huang Haojie, with Huang Zhong, Zhong's stand-in robot, as the president.

The security force of Tianhan Security Company can be said to be very powerful, which includes the ground department, the aerospace department, the patrol department, the network department, the internal affairs department, the logistics department, the equipment department, the commercial research department, the special force department, and the training department.

The Aviation Academy belongs to the training department.

The teachers and students of the Aviation Academy are worrying about their future.

Inside a pilot student dormitory.

bump!The dormitory door was suddenly opened.

"Huhu! Good news!" A young man with a round face rushed in.

The three people in the dormitory were attracted by the words of the round-faced young man.

One of them, a young man with a handsome appearance and a pair of sword eyebrows, put down the book in his hand:
"Success! What good news!"

"Could it be that we can go home?" Another young man who was a bit bohemian laughed at himself.

Li Chengye took a breath: "We can continue to stay for training and study, but the college has readjusted its majors and added two departments, namely the airship piloting department and the aerospace department. I heard that they are in the direction of civil aviation."

"Airship driving department? Cosmic and Astronautics department?" The sword-browed young man frowned.

Some unruly young people were at a loss, and asked the sword-browed young man, "What's the use of this airship major? Do you want to drive those sightseeing airships? Sihan, what do you think?"

"It's not a sightseeing airship, it's this one! Look!" Li Chengye handed Zhang Sihan a thin brochure.

Zhang Sihan and the other two looked through it together.

Transport airship? Space exploration?
Why does it feel a bit like bragging!This Tianhan Group also has a space business?
These days, Zhang Sihan and others have learned some bits and pieces of news through the Internet.

They know that the current controller of East Island is the Yinhe-Tianhan Consortium, but they don't seem to have space business, right?
For a while, several people were at a loss.

(End of this chapter)