Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 11 The Face Project of the Great Powers
The team has not yet entered the city. Pei Chengyi was woken up by the noise coming from outside
When he opened his eyes, Pei Chengyi was taken aback. Through the one-way transparent body, he was greeted by the bright red flag of the Republic and the people in bright red shirts. If it weren't for the black arms waving red and the black faces full of laughter, it would definitely make people think that this is the capital of the republic, and today is the national day of the republic.
"Slept a lot?.
Hearing Li Cunxun's greeting, Pei Chengyi came back to his senses and asked, "Where are we going?"
Li Cunxun at the international airport looked at the people outside the car and said. The network received a call that Yuan's trip to Nairobi ended ahead of schedule, and he was about to fly to Cape Town to participate in the "Africa Exhibition Joint Seminar" organized by the African Union, and we will report to Yuan on the way to South Africa
Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, feeling that Li Cunxun's arrangement was too far-fetched.
"No way, I originally planned to go to Cape Town tomorrow, but we just received news that the President of the United States will arrive this evening, which is a day longer than expected, so Yuan temporarily changed the itinerary." Li Cunxun smiled bitterly and said, "I have one more thing to tell you, there are old friends of yours in the entourage of the President of the United States."
"Dudgway?" The tearful book bar has fewer concave factories, and there are many nightmares
Li Cunxun nodded and said: "Although Du Qiwei is not a member of the cabinet and is not a White House adviser, Landes has hired him as a personal adviser, and his title should be a special assistant to the State Department and the White House
"He's not an expert on Africa
"If you want to discuss Africa in Cape Town, you can choose the book of tears if you read the most choppy chapters
Pei Chengyi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.
"Of course, we have arranged a new identity for you Li Cunxun threw a brown paper envelope stuffed with things to Pei Chengyi and said, "This is prepared, your official identity is Special Assistant Yuan." That is, people who provide opinions and suggestions specifically for meta. Because the nature of your work is top secret. So we have made special arrangements for your life and work in previous years, and find time to take a closer look. Of course, you won't usually be asked these questions! It's just that someone asked, and you happen to forget about our arrangement, it's better to change the subject. ”
Pei Chengyi originally thought that this had been arranged a long time ago, but when he opened the news, oh to the smell of ink, he believed that this was the documents and personal information that had just been prepared for him.
"If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me before you get to Cape Town". Li Cunxun pointed to the right front, "It's almost time to get to the airport." Wait a minute, our people will take you to change your clothes, and when you get on the plane, you will first go to Yuan and report the situation, and then come to me. ”
"What's the report?" Pei Chengyi immediately frowned.
"Special Assistant. Naturally, there must be a special assistant Li Cunxun smiled and said, "Along the way, we talked a lot, and you also have a lot of ideas, just remember not to talk nonsense." As for what to report, it depends on what Yuan feels about the week
"Slander
Without waiting for Pei Chengyi to say anything, the off-road vehicle stopped.
Li Cunxun waved his hand very chic and invited Pei Chengyi out of the car. After getting into the car parked on the side of the road, Pei Chengyi saw a brand-new set of general's uniform placed on the seat. Although Pei Chengyi's whereabouts in the past few years cannot be made public, there is no need to keep his identity secret.
In a short time, the car drove into Nairobi International Airport.
Although the African savannah is just outside a barbed wire fence, you can even see a herd of guinea fowl outside the barbed wire, and occasionally a big cat or two. Because he had watched a few episodes of the documentary a few years ago, Pei knew that it was the remnants of the Kenyan authorities that had been introduced from the Republic's safari park in order to control the guinea fowl population and prevent wild birds from posing a threat to the flights that were taking off and landing. In order to make these precious felines qualified airport guards, the Kenyan government has also spent millions of dollars to train them in the wild by animal experts so that they can survive independently in wild conditions. Because of its success, the project has attracted widespread attention from the international community, and the documentary alone has sold a lot of money. However, Nairobi International Airport is one of the best airports on the entire African continent, as it is the most visited airport in East Africa, with more than 40,000 visitors from the Republic of Kenya entering and leaving the airport each year. It is expected to be over in a few years. In other words, if the ratio of entry and exit is calculated on a one-to-one basis, about the number of tourists from the Republic of the Republic of Zhaokou enters Kenya from here every day. If calculated according to the calculation of each flight carrying passengers, on average, there are international flights from the Republic landing at the airport every two hours. As the gateway to Kenya and the first stop for tourists in Kenya, there is no reason for the Kenyan authorities to make the airport a little better.
What really shocked Pei Chengyi was the "Republic Air Force One" parked next to the main runway and in the dedicated parking stand.
At the first glance of this plane, Pei Chengyi knew that this was definitely purchased specifically for Gu Weimin, because it was completely different from the Yuan plane in Wang Yuanqing's era.
Although it has been hidden for a few years. But the air force attendant on the Yuan Zhuan plane still knew Pei Chengyi, and seemed to know that Pei Chengyi was flying this plane for the first time, so he gave him a brochure when he boarded the plane. Of course, Pei Chengyi soon realized that he was self-inflicted, because when he entered the cockpit. Now every passenger has an identical brochure in their hand.
Because no one came to say hello, before the plane took off, Pei Chengyi could only greet himself.
The brochure is beautifully printed and presented in English, Latin, French and German in addition to Chinese. In other words, this is a brochure for the general public. This is not difficult to understand, the Yuan special plane was originally transformed with a large civil aviation aircraft, and Xi definitely wanted to sell a few more. Naturally, it will be used, "the Republic Air Force, do the Fu stunned six."
After reading the brochure, Pei Chengyi's first thought was to admire Gu Weimin's spirit of not being afraid of death.
The prototype of the Yuan Zhuan aircraft is the end of last year officially put on the market of the Wu-type treble intercontinental trunk airliner, from its number can be seen the clues, is the Republic of the large civil aviation passenger aircraft licking writing, the first 8 represents the aircraft is 8 series of large aircraft, the second whale shows that the maximum passenger capacity of the aircraft is the actual maximum passenger capacity of the persuasion class, 3 means that the aircraft's maximum cruise flight degree is Mach 3, then means that the aircraft's maximum range is according to the standards of the Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic, the cruise capacity is divided into grades, It will not be put on the market until the end of next year, and Airbus's Qiaoo will not be available until three years later, so it is the world's first civil airliner with a cruise of Mach 3 and the largest intercontinental flight capability. The tearful book bar is less than the fierce factory, and there are many nightmares
In fact, Ling Qiao doesn't have to do too much advertising at all.
According to the unwritten rules of the international aviation industry, Mingli began to accept reservations when it was still in the test flight, that is, after the size data, performance indicators, maintenance standards, operating income and other data were basically determined. It is reported in related reports. The development cost of the kneeling stone is close to yuan, and even if it is sold at a "non-discounted" price, it is necessary to sell the thug lock frame to make a profit. Generally, the break-even point of large civil aviation passenger aircraft is between persuasion and racking, for example, the break-even points of Boeing and Airbus put into the international market at the beginning of the century are turbulent and draining respectively. Thankfully, Liuwu performed very well. Before it was officially put on the market, China's large civil aviation "air equipment manufacturing company" under the AVIC Group, which is often referred to as China Aircraft Corporation, received a number of formal orders and nearly 1,000 intended orders. In the words of the CEO of AVIC, Lingwu has achieved profitability before it was officially launched on the market.
There are two main reasons why the sales of age 3 are so impressive, one is the market demand, and the other is the lack of competition. Round reading the most choppy chapters, choose the tear book, shake the concave Pengshan complete
Back in the Blade Century, there was a large potential market for "High Intercontinental Aviation". Then. Britain and France, which had completed post-war reconstruction, had a thriving economy, and had restored their great power ambitions, had a "concord", although it was not very successful, conservatively criticized, and even had a plane crash, and the transatlantic "sound flight". It still ran for many years, until the losses were too huge and there was really no possibility of profit, so it had to stop sailing. Leave aside the "Concord" for the time being. It must be admitted that in the field of international business aviation, the potential demand for "degree" is very huge. In any case, not everyone who regularly travels for business can afford a business jet, and before a dozen, the degree of business jet was not much faster.
After the "Concorde", Boeing in the United States and Airbus in Europe both tried to make a difference in the airliner of the company. For example, before the blade, Boeing conducted a conceptual study, that is, how much money would be needed to open a civil airliner with a basic performance comparable to that of the "Concorde", with a range of "Tianza-class, 2-fold tone, and Tianli", and how much potential market there should be. As a result, the potential market is not small, as long as the operating costs can be controlled within 2 times that of ordinary passenger aircraft, it is guaranteed to be able to sell beater stills all over the world, but the development cost is very staggering, if it is designed in full accordance with market standards, in the best case, it is also necessary to sell ugly racks to achieve profitability. It is precisely in this way that Boeing has embarked on the road of "energy conservation and emission reduction" without hesitation, laying the foundation for the subsequent challenge of the Republic Aircraft Company. Under the influence of Boeing, Airbus, which has already gained experience on the "Concorde," has also chosen another way of exhibition, that is, focusing on research and development, and striving to get a share of the large passenger aircraft market, which is the most profitable.
When the Chinese aircraft company announced the development of code witch, the international market was not very optimistic. The reason is simple, affected by the global Great Depression. The civil aviation market has shrunk sharply, nearly two-thirds of civil aviation companies have gone bankrupt and closed, and those that survive can only operate miserably. In the old years, it was not high-performance passenger aircraft that swept the civil aviation fighter market, but passenger aircraft that could minimize operating expenses. It is precisely in this way that the electric airliners and electric business jets of China Aircraft Corporation and Shanghai Aircraft Corporation have become so widespread that Boeing and Airbus have to rely on government handouts to survive. Although the Great Depression gradually ended at the end of the gravitational era, the global economy recovered strongly in the middle of the century era. Ren is the surviving civil aviation companies are taking the opportunity to merge and reorganize, so many people think that it is impossible to succeed, and some people think that the Chinese aircraft company is simply a mob, making too much money in the Great Depression, and does not know how to properly use the profits, otherwise they will not take hundreds of billions of dollars to make a big gamble. Some people even believe that Zhang Wu is a face-saving project carried out by the Republic in order to prove its status as the world's number one power.
In fact. The Chinese aircraft company won the bet.
As the global economy returns to the level before the Great Depression in the year of Tian, enters a period of high growth in the year of Shu, and reaches the amazing growth rate of Anhui in the year of yo, the global aviation market has already recovered, and the requirements for "degree" have once again mentioned the expansion of major airlines on a daily basis, and customers in addition to the degree, but also attach great importance to the comfort of the ride, as well as the comprehensiveness of the service. Combining these points, what is needed in the civil aviation market is a passenger aircraft like Gill Stone. Because the Chinese aircraft company launched the development plan of the Clever in the year of the Force, it will fly at the end of the year and start accepting reservations at the beginning of the year. It happened to be the fastest time for the international aviation market exhibition, and it was beating to persuade many orders. It's not unusual
It was precisely for this reason that shortly after the China Aircraft Corporation began to develop a stone of one stone, Boeing and Airbus announced almost simultaneously that they would develop a large passenger aircraft with similar performance indicators.
In the beginning. The Western news media also believe that Boeing and Airbus's move is just to stabilize traditional customers and wait until the Chinese aircraft company smashes the hey column before launching its energy-saving passenger aircraft, but when the US federal government and the European Union have announced that they will invest dollars and 100 million euros in subsidies for the development of large audio passenger planes in Boeing and Airbus, everyone knows that Boeing and Airbus are not joking.
Although Boeing is catching up with Airbus, the projects of both companies are not progressing well due to the constraints of several of the most critical technologies. Among them, the technical barrier of the spiral magnetic induction thruster is the strongest. Although the United States, France and Germany have mastered the core technology, there is still a big gap in practical application. It can be said that when the Chinese aircraft company introduced Lingqiao to the market, there was no competitor to sell at the maximum profit margin, and the main reason was that Boeing and Airbus were limited by the power system, and there were no products with similar performance, and it was unlikely that they would even launch competing models according to their announced development schedules.
It is clearly mentioned in the brochure of the age medicine that the aircraft can provide passengers with a unique riding experience. The tear book bar dumps the concave factory less, more cut, more
Except for those who can spend hundreds of millions to buy a manipulation ratio! In addition to the rich, if you want to experience for yourself what it feels like to fly at a height of 3 tones in the air, you can only buy a ticket for a stunned flight. Went on an intercontinental trip.
Of course, in fact, there is nothing special about it.
as a means of marketing. Not only will the Chinese aircraft companies boast about the excellent performance of the Gill Witch, but the civil aviation companies that have bought the Witch will also trumpet. Because only 8 Lingshi were first delivered to Air China, and the delivery to other airlines was not enough, so China Aircraft Corporation expanded its production capacity and put more remaining drugs on the market. This kind of flight of 4,000 kilometers in one breath If you carry an additional battery pack in the cargo hold, you can increase the range to about 20,000 kilometers, and the flight to achieve barrier-free flight is mainly used on international trunk lines, and mainly for business travelers who are willing to spend money and save time, and the ticket price is naturally several times that of other flights.
Anyway. Pei Chengyi must admire Gu Weimin's courage. Or rather, believe in the technology of Chinese aircraft companies.
In general. The latest aircraft, that is, aircraft whose safety performance has not yet been proven in practice, should not be used as a special plane for national leaders. Prior to this, the republic's meta-plane was an ordinary large electric passenger aircraft, and its prototype was a multi-purpose transport aircraft of the republic's air force, and its most valuable praise was that its safety was particularly prominent. It's the same in the United States, where Air Force One was the foundation until electric aircraft were introduced.
Of course, Pei Chengyi has no reason to doubt the technology of Chinese aircraft companies.
To be exact. There is no reason to doubt the safety of the mobilized aircraft.
Since the year of the meeting. After the first electric airliner was put on the market. Dozens of aircraft manufacturing companies around the world have produced nearly 40,000 electric aircraft, and in recent years, these aircraft have flown nearly 40,000 sorties. In addition to the losses of military electric aircraft in the war, the probability of an air crash caused by a malfunction is only 1 in 10 million. The most important thing is that of the four air crashes, only the thugs caused serious casualties, and the casualties in the remaining three air crashes were not large. The main reason is that the composite batteries on electric aircraft have been specially treated and do not have many explosive materials.
Since safety is not an issue, there is no reason for the busiest people in the world to refuse the most time-saving plane.
Thus. The State Council of the Republic of China accepted the gift of the Shanghai Aircraft Company and used the beater as a business jet, to a large extent, in order to save time.
Turning to the last page of the brochure, Pei Chengyi realized that it was not only the Republic that bought Lingwu as a Yuan special plane. Sudan, Kenya and Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, North Korea, Malaysia and other countries are negotiating with China Aircraft Companies, and even the Singapore government, which has been using Boeing aircraft, has also approached China Aircraft Corporations to inquire about the cost of converting special planes with Gill Witch.
The safety of the gill stone is no problem in the sweet potato, otherwise there would not be so many countries interested in it.
The idea. Pei Chengyi was a little relieved, after all, when he came over in a dozen hands, he had been chatting with Li Cunxun and had no energy to worry about the safety of the new plane.
At this time, the "Republic Air Force One" also slid onto the runway.
When Pei Chengyi came in, he chose a window position, so he could see the scene outside. Judging from the degree of retreat of the scenery outside the porthole and the thrust generated by the back of the seat, the increase of Lingwu when taking off is very large, and the take-off taxiing distance is not too far.
When the plane was pulled up, Pei Chengyi glanced at his watch.
From adding to getting off the ground, it only takes 10,000 seconds. Let's just think that the take-off degree of the young stone is a thousand kilometers per hour, and the average increase is a meter per second when taxiing. It can be calculated from this. The take-off taxiing distance of yard 3 is 10,000 meters.
Even if this kind of performance is placed in a large military transport aircraft, it can be regarded as outstanding.
Pei Chengyi didn't believe that Daowu must have a Li Mang brother, and whether its military model can come out depends on whether the Republic Air Force has enough funds.