As time passed, the airship in the sky descended lower and lower, and only then did people see it in its entirety.

The spunmath-like body, with a cruciform stable wing at the tail, has stopped spinning with the two propellers. The lower part of the hull is a glass pod, and surprisingly the slender sides of the body are wide, multi-layered wing-like toys that can be adjusted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who wants to fly with me around the sky?"

Yue Xiaofei said, stretching out his hand to his wives.

Why was the Armament Workshop able to develop an airship? If you say that it is all hot airship, everyone will laugh at it, so such a large airship naturally does not just use hot air.

They use hydrogen, and where does it come from? The sea breeze gives the windmill almost unlimited movements, but the merchants here in Wenzhou City have chosen the steam engine with stronger autonomy.

The idle windmill provides continuous power to the generator, and the electrolysis of water provides pure oxygen and pure hydrogen. This also makes oxyacetylene cutting and welding to a practical level, and pure hydrogen becomes the basis of lift for airships. Of course, pure hydrogen has other functions, which we will talk about later.

Among the huge air capsules, some of the original fiberglass made of glass cloth and gum are sealed air chambers for hydrogen, this part is completely sealed, and the external insulation layer makes its temperature almost constant.

The heat from the carbon monoxide generator is the guarantee of hot air, and of course, carbon dioxide, which is slightly heavier than air, cannot do the heavy duty, and their role is to transfer heat to the air and produce rising hot air. The amount of heat generated in this way is not large enough to float the airship.

At this time, it depends on the rather large wings on the side of the airship, which extend from the lower part of the airship to the upper part of the wing, which is the main lift. Similarly, the propellers on both sides of the tail are also mounted on the short wings.

The hydrogen on the airship is only enough to keep the empty load buoyant, while the carbon monoxide generator and the hot air from the engine will provide a certain amount of lift, so that the airship will rise from the ground, and after the propeller is propelled, the huge horizontal rudders are the source of power to make it fly into the sky.

When the hot air and hydrogen brought the airship to a certain altitude in the air, the airship began to climb with the wind adjusting its wide wings, and the ground gradually moved away from the feet of the seat.

Zheng Zhonghan, who followed Yue Xiaofei's side, began to introduce the general structure and performance of the entire airship to the people who followed Yue Xiaofei to board the airship.

Although Yue Xiaofei knew about this thing, although he had seen airplanes or other flying machines, it was the first time he had left the ground. Like everyone else, he stood on the side and looked down.

The height is now about ten meters, and the ground is getting farther and farther away from the feet, which makes one suddenly feel that the whole pod does not seem to be very solid. And as far as Yue Xiaofei could see, all of them were honeycomb-shaped composite panels, but he couldn't see a steel object that made people feel some kind of safety and comfort in their hearts.

"If this chopstick is the sorghum of our airship, our hydrogen cabin is divided into two fronts and back, although this gas is light, but if it leaks out a little bit of his air mixed together, it will explode, then we ......"

Yue Xiaofei was amused when he listened to the explanation of the old man Zheng Zhonghan, and his words naturally caused the women to exclaim and worry.

The hydrogen chamber with FRP and gum completely sealed has undergone underwater pressure test, and it is impossible to leak air at all. And after each flight, this aspect of the inspection is strict, and although the entire air chamber is heated, it is relatively safe under the premise of no open flame, of course, static electricity is also a threat.

The earth is getting farther and farther from beneath your feet, and the scenery underneath is like some miniature.

"However, our airship flies very fast, when there is no wind, the speed is about 60~70 kilometers per hour, and because we use charcoal particles, it flies very far, and at the same time, after our carbon monoxide engine is weightless, it is actually good to use it on the airship."

Yue Xiaofei listened to Zheng Zhonghan's story, and couldn't help but think of the charcoal car during the Anti-Japanese War, when the speed reached 40 kilometers per hour, it only consumed 0.5 kilograms of charcoal per kilometer, and the flight distance of such an airship must be quite long.

"If we need to fight from a distance, one of the three airships of our airship fleet can carry a set of light charcoal processing equipment and other supplies. When you need fuel, you can even use local materials, and as for trees, you can find them wherever you go. The other two ships intercept personnel and weapons, but the carrying capacity is still too small! Let's ...... next"

In fact, Yue Xiaofei did not intend to use airships to conduct operations, and the deterrent power of combat airships at this time was greater than its actual use value. If there are practical tanks, even if they are few in number and have a closer range, the actual combat value is much greater than that of an airship.

So for the time being, the role of airships is mainly reconnaissance, transportation and sneak attacks. As for the real powerful attack on the ground, we will wait for the aircraft to be manufactured. All that was missing from the airplane's conditions was gasoline, small engines and, of course, aluminum.

Although there have been glider tests in the Wubei Workshop for a long time, it is not certain how long it will take to build the aircraft without the above conditions.

"I wonder if I will be able to see it when I die of old age?"

Yue Xiaofei asked this question better, especially in troubled times, can he live to the age of old age and death?

Li Jin, who had the courage to ride the airship with Yue Xiaofei, has not moved his steps since he went to the sky. Looking into the distance, he didn't dare to look down at all, and it seemed that people who went to heaven for the first time would be highly frightened.

In addition to the people in the Wubei Workshop, including Yue Xiaofei, they all have a feeling of fear for the height. Especially the little girl Li Mei asked Zheng Zhonghan worriedly.

"Uncle Zheng, if this airship is ...... If only ......"

It is estimated that the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, Li Mei finally frightened herself, her pink face was snow-white, and there was a look of horror in her eyes.

Yue Xiaofei came to his wife with courage and took her hand. To be honest, there were not many people on the airship, and Yue Xiaofei was naturally embarrassed to take Li Mei into his arms. In addition, his own heart was also "pounding", so that the little girl didn't scare her inappropriately.

"Nothing! The airship is a little better, when this thing is in the air, the degree of stability is much better than that of an airplane, and the considerable load capacity is also very good, it seems that in the future, if it is possible, there will be a larger airship that can build an airship that can sail to the sea! ”

After a while, the seats that had gradually become accustomed to the "aerial activities" relaxed a little, and one by one they came to the side of the glass and looked into the distance. The topic in the sky is naturally inseparable from the feeling of "pedaling the peak to the top, and taking care of the mountains". The happy crowd looked into the distance one by one and pointed their hands and feet, cheering loudly.

By the time they came down from the sky, it was already dark, and Yue Xiaofei said, "How about my Master Zheng, when will this treasure be delivered to the military?" ”

Zheng Zhonghan said: "Whatever you want!" But let me be clear, this thing hasn't been tested remotely yet! ”

Yue Xiaofei turned around and glanced at the huge airship, feeling quite unhappy that he had only conducted a bombing test during the exercise just now.

"The power of this thing should not be reflected there, long-distance running, long-distance frog jumping are good things. It seems that Murong Zhuo still has to think about it in terms of use. ”

As he walked, he said to Zheng Zhonghan: "Master Zheng, then prepare quickly, and in a day or two, we will conduct a test of a long-distance voyage." All three boats are out, and when you turn around, you tell me the load and the number of personnel for long-distance operation, and we can arrange it. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible!"

Zheng Zhonghan only responded, knowing that this civil protector was an urgent person, especially in the experiment, production, and manufacturing of new weapons, and he had always been ahead of other things. Hearing that situation, he was going to test it himself, and it seemed that he hadn't slept for a day or two.

Looking at Zheng Zhonghan's departing back, Murong Zhuo, who had been accompanying Yue Xiaofei, gently touched Yue Xiaofei's arm.

"Hey, where are you going to test, shouldn't you just use this trick to save Xiuyue!"

Yue Xiaofei deliberately glanced at Murong Zhuo.

"What, don't you think it's okay?"

Yue Xiaofei's crazy energy, Murong Zhuo knew, he was really afraid that Yue Xiaofei would take advantage of this play without remote testing and go straight to the direction of Jiangnan. Although it seems feasible to say, what if there is a problem with this play, and it falls on the land of the Qing soldiers?!

One Yuwen Xiuyue is enough, but if Yue Xiaofei's family falls into the hands of the Qing army, there will be no need to fight this battle anymore. If you want to be concerned, Murong Zhuo didn't realize that he had fallen into Yue Xiaofei's trap again, and casually rejected Yue Xiaofei's plan.

"Of course not, although this thing flies very fast, it ...... I can't let you fool around, the most I need to test is to go around on our own land! ”

"Haha, my big brother Zhuo, I can't see it, you think about it in the long run! Listen to you, don't fool around. ”

Yue Xiaofei responded paradoxically, and turned to chase after his mother.

Murong Zhuo chased after Yue Xiaofei and asked with a shout in his mouth.

"Hey, I mean really, where the hell are you going?"

How could Yue Xiaofei pay attention to him, just care about him, the three ladies smiled and walked to the "City Lord's car" waiting for him, but to deal with people like Yue Xiaofei, Murong Zhuo also had some experience, in order to clarify the doubts in his heart, he didn't take his own car, and got into Yue Xiaofei's car with a cat's waist.

"Hey, hey, I said my big brother Zhuo, why are you so ignorant! You're on the wrong bus! ”

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