Chapter 920: 921 a star
Chapter 920 921 A star
How to hide a drop of water? That is to hide it in the heavy rain. If there is only one plane flying in the sky every day, then people on the ground will always pay attention to such a plane. But if there are ten or even twenty planes flying overhead every day, then no one will look up and see these things that are taken for granted. something.
So, when the C-130 transport aircraft, which were larger, had stronger transport capabilities, and were even safer, began to perform carrying tasks in the sky, no one realized that the Tang Empire had begun to use more advanced transport aircraft on a large scale.
However, what is regrettable is that this aircraft is not actually a qualified "personnel" transport aircraft. It is basically a transport aircraft and is not modified and developed from the DC-3 passenger aircraft like the C-47.
Hence, the Type 130 transport aircraft of the Tang Empire performed cargo missions most of the time. They only carried a large number of personnel when performing paratrooper airborne missions and special personnel transportation missions.
Xiong Gai was actually very nervous when he took the 130 transport aircraft for the first time. It was the first time he saw such a huge transport aircraft, and it was also the first time he saw a four-engine heavy-duty transport aircraft with such a low fuselage and a high-wing layout.
Although the interior of this aircraft looks a bit crude, even the seats are temporarily arranged. But Xiong Bei is still very proud. After all, he may be the first foreigner to officially know about the 130 transport aircraft.
The bumpy ride was uncomfortable because this kind of transport plane was not specially designed to carry people, but its powerful carrying capacity still shocked Xiong Gai.
The entire transparent transport cargo compartment has been simply modified and can accommodate nearly 100 passengers. This is simply a leap for the DC-3 passenger aircraft, which can only carry more than 20 people.
What surprised Xiong Fei even more was that he was not here to visit the 130 transport aircraft. The main purpose of his trip was to attend an important viewing ceremony.
That's right, he came to watch the ceremony. After living in Chang'an for more than two years, he finally got the chance to leave Chang'an, but this time he left briefly to go to Dragon Island.
It is not easy to look at the sea below through the portholes, because there are not many portholes in 130, and they are located at different heights.
Compared to the windows of the 47 transport aircraft, the window design of the 130 is more like a fool-proof one, as long as it is available.
He didn't know why he was invited to attend the ceremony this time. He only vaguely heard that the Tang Empire was planning to do something big this time.
This is not a secret, because someone has already told him semi-publicly: The Tang Empire is preparing to launch a star into the sky!
After hearing this statement, Xiong Fei felt that the other party was amusing himself: He has never heard that stars can be launched into the sky.
So he didn’t believe what the other person said at all—but as he heard more and more people discussing similar content, he began to feel uncomfortable.
Yes, he felt uncomfortable: all his common sense of life in the past began to collapse under the challenge of the Tang Empire. He seemed to understand why so many emperors of the empire hated the Tang Empire.
But soon he started to get excited again: He felt that this kind of Tang Empire was worthy of their Chu Kingdom’s following and admiration!
Only when the Tang Empire becomes more powerful, will Chu State become more honorable when they kneel in front of the Tang Empire... This is a very logical idea, and it makes Xiong Gai extremely satisfied as soon as it appears.
That's right, we in Chu State knelt down, but you...do you have a chance to kneel down?
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In the middle of Dragon Island, in a huge base, everyone is busy working nervously. Because the aerospace department of the Datang Empire is inspecting the second carrier rocket that is about to be launched. This rocket will send the Datang Empire's first practical artificial satellite into space.
The first experimental launch has been successful for several months: after all, there are fully mature design drawings, and everything is going smoothly.
A few months ago, an experimental satellite was launched by the Tang Empire and began to play music in the sky.
That satellite has no practical use and is just a test product to verify various parameters. This time, the Longdao launch base will launch another practical artificial satellite.
The purpose of this satellite is different. It is equipped with an ultra-high resolution camera and has a very precise position identification system.
This spy satellite can fly over Dahua, Qin, Yangmu Empire, and the southern region of the Ice Empire...and then accurately locate almost all cities in these areas.
Such a spy satellite can obtain more image data than an airplane taking off 200 times, not to mention that the range of an airplane cannot cover such a huge area.
There is no need for any nearby airports, no need to risk letting your plane enter the airspace of certain countries, and no need to bear any responsibility even if it fails... This new spy investigation method is simply the most perfect.
It’s just that this detection method is not cheap, and it is not so convenient to use now: the film carried by today’s reconnaissance satellites still has to be returned to the ground for transmission, and real-time monitoring cannot be achieved. In fact, this is already a kind of progress. As everyone knows, after the success of this spy satellite, the technical department of the Datang Empire will launch a comprehensive space development plan.
With the development of technology, reconnaissance satellites will only become more and more advanced, and various subsequent satellites will emerge in endlessly. Remote sensing detection, weather forecast, terrain surveying and mapping, image shooting, signal transmission, positioning and navigation...
When these satellites start wandering around the planet, there will be no secrets in this world!
Compared with those spy satellites that were immature and had a single function at the beginning, the spy satellites of the Tang Empire were very advanced from the beginning.
It is equipped with two complementary cameras that can identify targets the size of buildings and locate all cities it passes through. The feedback data can greatly improve the attack accuracy of the missile.
The tall steel launcher has been prepared, and the rocket that has been built from the huge factory building nearby is slowly pushed out.
It will be fixed on the launch pad, then filled with launch fuel, ready to be launched to an orbit more than 200 kilometers above the ground.
When Xiong Gai was sitting on the viewing platform in the distance, he had an unreal feeling: all the generals and dignitaries of the Tang Empire were sitting around him, and it seemed that he was the only one who came here to watch the ceremony. A "foreigner".
However, in order to make a documentary, there are really many cameras and cameras. Everyone is very excited, after all, most of this kind of shooting can be achieved in one shot.
Just looking at the bullet-like but extremely huge rocket from a distance made Xiong Gai unable to contain his excitement.
He didn’t know why the Tang Empire would create such a huge cannonball. In his subconscious, this cannonball was not a star-shooting projectile, but a super cannonball that could hit hundreds of kilometers away!
In fact, his intuition was not wrong, because if the rocket is replaced with a warhead, it will be a missile—but the real missile is now lying in the missile silo of the Tang Empire. The one placed here now is indeed a missile. A rocket that launches a satellite.
Xiong Gai was very curious, but he really didn’t know anyone he could ask some questions he was curious about. He could only maintain a relatively fixed sitting posture as much as possible so that others would not think of anything bad when they saw him.
After all, he is just a proton. To put it bluntly, he is a hostage. His safety here depends entirely on his own performance.
More and more people walked into the viewing platform, and stood up and applauded from time to time - some officials on Long Island, as well as officials from afar, all need to be respected.
Soon, a waiter sent news that His Majesty the Emperor and the two Royal Concubines would be arriving soon.
This news suddenly made everyone present nervous, not just Xiong Fei. There is no doubt that many officials are enthusiastic about His Majesty the Emperor.
As the majestic music played, everyone stood up and started applauding. Generals in military uniforms stood at attention and saluted, and the scene became heated.
Vaguely, Xiong Fei saw a familiar figure appearing in the first row in front of him, with a woman sitting on either side of him. No need to think about it, that is the most powerful man in the world, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Mo turned around and pressed his palms to the ministers and guests behind him, then turned around and sat in his seat.
Everyone sat back in their seats, and Xiong Fei also carefully sat down with the last group of people to sit down, and once again set his sights on the huge cannonball that was at least twenty meters long.
After waiting for about another full hour, there was finally a sound from the rocket side. The steel bracket that fixed the rocket body gradually opened, and flames spurted out from the bottom of the rocket, rolling up a sky full of white mist along the guide trough.
Then a loud noise came, and everyone present was completely stunned by this spectacular scene. With the earth trembling slightly, the rocket soared into the sky, slowly rising towards the sky. Its speed is very slow, as if it is overcoming the rules and laws of this world.
In the smoke and dust that filled the sky, the huge tail flame of the rocket lengthened little by little and faded away little by little. Unknowingly, everyone suddenly discovered in shock that the huge "cannonball" was almost disappearing in front of their eyes.
"Report!" After the rocket completely disappeared from everyone's eyes, about twenty minutes had passed. A staff member in a white coat walked directly in front of Tang Mo, raised his chin and reported loudly: "Your Majesty! The first stage of the rocket launch was successful!"
"Pah! Pah!" Tang Mo stood up slowly and was the first to applaud.
Immediately after him, everyone stood up and clapped their hands: a new era is coming!
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(End of this chapter)