Chapter 126
The major European media have published a news with roughly the same content.
China will send a passenger plane to fly around the world.
The total distance of this round-the-world flight is 25,000 kilometers. It will start from Beijing, China, and the end point is also Beijing Airport.
In addition, the route of this round-the-world flight has also been announced, and it will land in three cities in total.
The first route is from Beijing, China to Berlin, the capital of Germany, with a total distance of 7,500 kilometers.
It will pass through the bear, the Baltic countries and Poland, and then enter German airspace.
The second route is from Berlin to New York, the Eagle Sauce, and the entire journey will fly across the Atlantic Ocean, with a distance of 6,500 kilometers.
It will pass through the airspace of England and southeastern Canada, and finally enter American airspace.
The third route is from New York to Alaska, with a distance of 5,500 kilometers.
Then the plane will complete the final fuel supply and maintenance in Alaska and return to Beijing.
If it is just a round-the-world flight, it may cause a certain sensation.
After all, this kind of aviation sport is still very gimmicky.
But with a pearl and jade in front, there is not much shock.
But this round-the-world flight was held by China.
In most people's impressions, China is a very backward and poor country. Their people can't even get enough food, and there is no industry.
As a result, such a country actually said that it would fly around the world.
But when they learned that it was Jiang Fan's Red Alert Corps that initiated this movement, they became interested.
Not long ago, the news that Jiang Fan's Red Alert Corps wiped out the Japanese Combined Fleet and sank 8 battleships shocked the world.
It also made many people start to look at China, which was previously considered poor and backward, in the right eye.
Although there are still many people who still look down on China.
They still have the arrogance of being a great power.
But in their hearts, they think that flying around the world should be no problem.
After all, it was the fighter planes from the Red Alert Corps that sank the Combined Fleet.
Then their aviation industry should be very good.
But when they saw the published route map, they immediately felt incredible.
None of these routes is less than 5,000 kilometers in range.
The route with the longest range is as high as 7,500 kilometers.
7,500 kilometers, what is this concept?
With current aviation technology, it is impossible to fly 7,500 kilometers without landing.
Naturally, various doubts emerged.
Most people think this is just bragging.
"God, they must have printed 7500 km instead of 7500 meters"
"There is no aircraft in the world that can fly 7,500 kilometers. If there is, please tie me to the wing of the plane and take me on a round-the-world flight."
"Yellow monkeys are yellow monkeys after all. Perhaps in their atrophied brains, they have no concept of kilometers."
People from all countries began to ridicule China's arrogance and regarded this matter as a joke.
In Chinatowns in some countries, the number of white people who insulted the Chinese and overseas Chinese communities for no reason began to surge during this period.
They can't do anything to China, but they can ridicule these honest and cowardly Chinese and overseas Chinese.
In addition to them, there are many international students.
In their cognition, even they can't do it.
How can a backward and poor country do it?
It's like in modern time and space.
An African country suddenly said that they were going to land a man on the moon.
When I heard the news, I first felt it was ridiculous.
If I could meet someone from this country, I would feel superior to the other party and naturally start to ridicule him.
I just want to see the other party's embarrassed and ashamed face to get happiness.
Building my own happiness on the pain of others.
This is the general attitude in the West now.
Even so.
But it has to be said that the entire West has been discussing this matter recently.
Although Jiang Fan has He was prepared in his heart, but he still felt heavy-hearted.
No matter what happens in this life, he will lead China to the top of the world and let no one dare to look down on China again.
One week later.
Beiping Nanyuan Airport.
An A-200 passenger plane painted in blue and white colors was quietly parked on the tarmac.
At this moment, the outside of Nanyuan Airport was surrounded by people.
How could the people not know about such a big thing as a round-the-world flight.
So on this day they gathered outside Nanyuan Airport.
They wanted to see their own plane.
Airplanes are so strange, novel and distant to the Chinese people.
Many people don’t even know what a round-the-world flight means.
But they just want to take a look.
There are more than ten crew members this time.
In addition to the pilot, co-pilot and navigator, the rest are ground maintenance personnel.
They have to fly 25,000 kilometers.
Even if the performance of this aircraft is reliable, it is inevitable that there will be some minor problems.
So it is still necessary to bring ground crew.
""Let's go!"
Soon, the two engines of the A-200 started up, and after entering the taxiway, the other two engines started up after a puff of black smoke.
On the runway, the blue and white passenger plane taxied for hundreds of meters before raising its nose and taking off.
"The plane is flying, our plane is flying."
The crowd was shocked when they saw this scene.
Everyone stared at the plane taking off.
"What a big iron bird!"
"This is not an iron bird, this is called an airplane. I heard that even foreigners can't build this kind of airplane."
"Even foreigners can’t make it, so how can we?"
"........."
After taking off, the plane began to fly northwest. (To read the most exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
Jiang Fan communicated with the Russians through Germany.
It seems that for Germany's sake, they agreed to let the plane pass through their airspace.
But it must avoid all major cities, otherwise they will shoot it down directly.
Therefore, the flight distance increased by 500 kilometers to 8,000 kilometers.
Fortunately, the maximum range of this modified A-200 passenger plane is more than 9,000 kilometers.[]
The 8,000-kilometer range still has a lot of redundancy, no problem at all.
The plane flies at a cruising speed of 320 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 8,000 meters.
At this altitude, the resistance is smaller and a lot of fuel can be saved.
The 8,000-kilometer range, at an average speed of 320 kilometers, requires a total of 25 hours of non-stop flight.
It can land at Berlin Airport in 25 and a half hours at most.
The news that the Huaxia Global Flight took off from Peking also spread to Europe.
I thought the Chinese were bragging, but I didn't expect it to be real.
But can they really fly more than 7,000 kilometers without stopping to refuel?
Most people don't believe it.
There are also a small number of people who think this is a big joke.
Germany, Berlin.
The mustache is in a good mood now.
According to the news from Neudeck, President Hindenburg's health has deteriorated again.
It can only last for another year at most.
And now his mind is sometimes clear and sometimes chaotic, and the time of clarity is getting shorter and shorter.
It is impossible to ask about affairs at all.
This also means that the power of the little mustache will no longer be restricted by Hindenburg.
However, the little mustache still dare not act rashly towards the respected President Hindenburg.
Despite this, he is already very happy.
"I heard that the Huaxia people's round-the-world flight has taken off from Peking?"
An SS officer was stunned for a moment, then reacted and nodded and said,"Yes, it will depart at 8 o'clock this morning.
However,........"
The man with the mustache frowned and asked,"But what?"
The officer hesitated for a moment, but still said decisively,"But they said they will arrive at Bolin Airport within 26 hours, let our ground crew prepare fuel and food."
Hearing this, the man with the mustache was also stunned for a moment
"Within 26 hours? How is that possible?"
This place is more than 7,000 kilometers away from China in a straight line.
It is simply impossible to arrive within 26 hours.
But what if it can really be done?
The meaning is completely different.
This shows that the opponent's aircraft already has the ability to fly across continents.
Flying directly from Asia to Europe is simply a fantasy.
But the opponent can even take out an advanced tank like the Type 4 tank.
With their current technology, this tank cannot be imitated at present.
This also aroused his great interest.
It is now 8 o'clock in the morning in German time.
That is to say, the Global Flyer has been flying for 6 hours.
There are 20 hours left.
That is to say, around 4 am tomorrow, the opponent will be able to arrive at Berlin Airport.
"Then let's make some arrangements for tomorrow. I will stay overnight at Berlin Airport. I really want to see if the Chinese plane can really arrive on time."
If it is really possible, it means that the other party is far ahead of them in aviation technology.
In this case, the two sides may be able to cooperate in this regard.
If they can introduce the other party's technology,
Deutsche Aviation may be able to catch up quickly in the years of lagging behind.
The Treaty of Versailles restricts their development of military aircraft.
As a result, they can only do it secretly in the bear's side.
He must break through this shackle.
That night, when the little mustache arrived at the civil aviation airport in Berlin, he was a little shocked by the scene in front of him.
There were as many as a thousand people waiting at Berlin Airport.
These people were all media reporters from Western countries.
I didn't expect that the attention to this round-the-world flight was so high.
But their purpose of coming was different from that of the little mustache.
They They are waiting for China to make a fool of itself.
This way, they can ridicule China in the media, which caters to the readers' mentality and will surely sell more newspapers.
As long as they don't wait for China's plane today, they can leave directly.
In addition to these reporters, some bookmakers have also participated. They even opened a market.
There are bets on whether China's Global Flyer can arrive.
There are also bets on whether it can arrive on time and the time of arrival.
The closer the time is to 26 hours, the higher the odds.
Obviously, these bookmakers also think it is impossible for Zi to arrive within 26 hours.
The reason is simple. This kind of thing has exceeded their cognition.