MTLNOVEL Chapter 527: Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber
The various public opinions from the outside world were quickly learned by Jieke, and they locked their target on You Tai.
Through the collection by the Intelligence Department, a lot of data was compiled to Liu Yingying's side, and then, through Liu Yingying, it reached Su Jie.
When Liu Yingying found Su Jie, he was inspecting a subsidiary of the Jieke Group in the northern suburb of Siamese City, called Manchester Aircraft Industry.
This company has a comprehensive airport and dedicated highways, railway freight lines, and is adjacent to the northern freight station of Manchester, with convenient transportation and a superior geographical location.
The company covers a total area of 8 million square meters, with 25,000 registered employees, about one-third of whom are engineering and technical management personnel. It is an extra-large enterprise under the aviation industry of the Jieke Group, integrating scientific research, production, testing, and test flights into one aircraft manufacturing company.
In addition, not far away, there is a large military airport adjacent to Mande City. The airport is wholly owned by the Jieke Group. Although it is located in Siam, built with Siam's manpower and material resources, the ownership belongs to the Jieke Group. The Siamese side has no authority to impose restrictions or demands, and instead, they have to provide funds for this military airport every year.
Accompanying Su Jie were many senior engineers in the factory, including Baiya, the King of Siam, who was also cautiously accompanying him.
When Liu Yingying arrived, Su Jie was standing in a super large production workshop, staring intently at the production work inside.
The efficient automated machinery simplified a large number of production processes. Workers only needed to input the data of electronic control programs, ensure that each production stage was error-free, and avoid mistakes during assembly, so the work was not too tiring.
However, unlike other aircraft production, besides a large amount of metal and components, there was also a large amount of biological tumors, shaped like honeycombs about three meters high. When used, they needed to be cut with special water knife devices and attached to the corresponding engineering parts. These tumors would gradually stick and fuse into a whole upon infusion with the spiritual liquid.
As numerous procedures came to an end, a gigantic bomber was taking shape, its enormous size almost filling the entire workshop.
Rather than being an aircraft, it was more like a flying battleship.
The bomber had an inverted U-shape, round and bulky like a beetle, looking somewhat cute. But if one could ignore its massive size, just by visual estimation, its body length exceeded 100 meters, making it longer than many escort ships.
The bomber didn't have the usual wings, its shell was smooth and sky blue, with various sizes of white circular spots resembling stars suspended in the sky, offering a unique aesthetic.
"What kind of aircraft is this!"
Baiya, standing beside Su Jie, widened his eyes, full of disbelief.
If he was the nominal King of Siam, then Su Jie was the Emperor of Siam. He had no authority to enter this highly confidential Manchester Aircraft Industry, and this was the first time Baiya saw the real thing.
"It's called the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber. Of course, I prefer to call it the Little Beetle."
Su Jie said with a smile, while Baiya's mouth twitched upon hearing it, looking at the enormous object in front of him. You call this thing a Little Beetle?
"For a detailed introduction, let our Chief Engineer Xu Gong do it."
Su Jie looked at the man standing to his left. The man's name was Xu Yan Chang, with an impressive resume. Later, he joined Jieke Group and became the Chief Factory Master of Manchester Aircraft Industry with his bold designs and excellent technical management skills.
Xu Yan Chang's eyes were fervent, and he spoke unreservedly and gracefully, "The Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber, with a length of 135 meters, a height of 29 meters, an empty weight of 280 tons, a maximum takeoff weight of 1050 tons, a maximum flight speed of 2.34 Mach, a flight altitude up to 55,000 meters, and a maximum range of 36,000 kilometers.
It is equipped with biological stealth and anti-radar functions, with a unique hovering method, allowing low-powered hovering operations, with a maximum hover time of 12 days.
It adopts a biological battery dual-energy system, capable of carrying hundreds of tons of bombs and missiles, various different vehicles, a battalion of paratroopers, powerful self-defense firepower, and an airborne early warning aircraft's command function."
Baiya was astounded, although he had a superficial understanding of military affairs, he knew there was no bomber as big as this in the world.
Even the most powerful bombers from the Beautiful Country had a maximum takeoff weight of just over a hundred tons, and carrying dozens of tons of explosives was impressive, but this Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber was even more expansive. Even the world's largest aircraft, the An-225, with a maximum takeoff weight of 650 tons, pales in comparison.
"Such an aircraft is worthy of the Jieke Group. It's only in the talent-rich Jieke Group that such a powerful and terrifying long-range strategic bomber could be created."
Even though he didn't understand, Baiya knew that this was the right time for some flattery.
"This is mainly due to Su President's wise leadership; without Su President, there wouldn't have been the success of the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber."
Xu Yan Chang looked at Su Jie with worshipful eyes. Baiya glanced at Xu Yan Chang a couple of times, surprised that this engineer, who seemed like a bookworm, was also skilled in flattery.
However, Baiya didn't know that Xu Yan Chang's words weren't flattery, but were entirely sincere.
Without the materials and guidance provided by Su Jie, they couldn't have completed the development of the Luanyang Air-Space Strategic Bomber so quickly.