After the war, Mu Haoyang became more and more busy. According to Huang Hanlin's authorization, he was fully responsible for the deployment and resettlement of the troops stationed in India. From September to the end of October, Mu Haoyang went to India more than ten times, mainly investigating the basic situation of various military bases.

When he finished his work on the army stationed in India, he handed over the new work.

Huang Hanlin seemed to have no intention of letting Mu Haoyang spend a few days relaxed. In early November, he called him over to participate in the government-led post-war reconstruction work of India. Of course, it was not to let him participate in the work, but to provide advice and suggestions for the reconstruction, that is, India's post-war reconstruction must meet China's military needs.

The first thing Mu Haoyang did was to formulate a reconstruction plan for India's transportation infrastructure based on military needs.

At this moment, Mu Haoyang received a technical speech submitted by Lu Wen.

In this speech, Lu Wen clearly mentioned that the mass production capacity of fuel cells opened by Hengtai Group for the "Future Ground War Platform" has doubled, and the yield rate has exceeded 90%, the production process has matured, and the operation of the new generation of fuel cells has made severe progress. It is estimated that the energy density can reach 800 voltam per kilogram, which is equivalent to 67% of the calorific value of gasoline. If the total mass of the system can be reduced, the new generation of fuel cells will basically meet the technical requirements of replacing internal combustion engines.

There is no doubt that this is a breakthrough technological advancement.

You should know that as long as the energy density of the fuel cell can reach 1,200 voltam per kilogram, it will be the same as the heat generated when gasoline is burned. With a high-efficiency permanent magnet motor, the energy utilization efficiency of the battery is much higher than that of the internal combustion engine, so the driving efficiency of the electric system exceeds the conservative internal energy system. From the perspective of practical application, as long as the energy density of the battery reaches 800 voltam per kilogram, the electric system can be comparable to the internal combustion engine and replace the internal combustion engine. At that time, the application field of the electric system will not be just a ground platform.

For this reason, Mu Haoyang made a special trip to Lu Wen’s workplace and inquired about the relevant situation.

Hengtai Group's ability to make severe breakthroughs in the field of fuel cell technology is not only related to the huge investment in scientific research, but also related to the huge investment of the military. To put it indirectly, the "Future Ground War Platform" provided Hengtai Group with enough motivation and also enabled Hengtai Group to find the right direction for development. Not to mention, in the first ten months of 2045, Hengtai Group invested hundreds of billions of scientific research funds in the project, and all of these funds came from the profits of the "Future Ground War Platform", and Hengtai Group also plans to increase its investment scale.

However, the situation is not as ideal as Lu Wen said.

The launch of the new generation of fuel cells code-named "x2" has just started. Even if the funds are abundant, it will take several years to mass production. As for higher-level fuel cells, Hengtai Group has not yet found the right direction, mainly because the research in the basic field is still serious and insufficient.

Of course, this has had an impact on Mu Haoyang.

You should know that if the "x2" can be successfully developed, the electric platform will soon replace the internal combustion platform and dominate in areas with low requirements for degree. Although military equipment has very high performance requirements, most weapons and equipment do not have too high requirements for degree.

For example, support aircraft such as transport aircraft have no special requirements for the degree.

In mid-November, Mu Haoyang signed an agreement with Hengtai Group to provide one-third of the scientific research funds for the "x2" project and subsequent fuel cell projects. The military has limited procurement rights and no longer pays patent usage fees to Hengtai Group.

If we look at it from a purely commercial perspective, Hengtai Group will definitely suffer a big loss.

Not to mention anything else, even without military investment, Hengtai Group has enough funds to complete the "x2" project, and the patent usage fee is a huge income that cannot be underestimated.

But from another perspective, Hengtai Group has also taken a big advantage.

After the "future ground war platform" was settled, Northern Heavy Industry and Southern Machinery also entered the fuel cell field, and took advantage of the advantages of state-owned enterprises to obtain support from the state's special scientific research fund. The initial scientific research investment reached hundreds of billions, which was as trend as the Hengtai Group. Through cooperation with the military, Hengtai Group has at least maintained its largest user base, greatly improving its confidence in winning in the next generation of electric equipment projects.

You should know that the military's huge procurement is enough to allow Hengtai Group to maintain its leading position in the industry.

After signing this contract, Mu Haoyang went to Xifei again and signed a cooperation agreement with China's largest large military air platform manufacturer, that is, the military will provide the project start-up funds, and Xifei will raise some of the funds on its own to cooperate in opening a large electric air platform.

Because the military has connected the bridge and lined up, the cooperation between Xifei and Hengtai was natural.

Only after these two things were settled, Mu Haoyang began to plan the reconstruction of basic equipment in India, and indirectly focused on airport construction.

Although air freight is much lower than railway and sea freight in terms of transportation capacity, air freight is definitely the first in terms of transportation.

To put it indirectly, if the air freight costs can be reduced or the consumption ratio of air freight can be increased, air freight is likely to replace railways and sea freight.

Of course, without technological innovation, air transport will never replace railways and sea transport.

When using internal combustion engines or external combustion engines (turbomotors), even if the most advanced motors are used, the cost of air freight is ten times that of railways and twenty times that of sea freight. Moreover, the cost of large transport aircraft is far more than that of locomotives and large transport ships. Affected by this, the main value of air freight is reflected in the degree, that is, only emergency and express transportation tasks are undertaken, and the large-scale transportation capacity is very limited.

For example, to transport 100,000 tons of cargo to 5,000 kilometers away, it only takes one hundred thousand tons of cargo, which takes ten days, or use five trains with fifty wands to travel back and forth four times within ten days. If air freight is carried out and transportation is completed within ten days, one hundred transport aircraft with a load of fifty tons will need to fly twice a day, or fifty transport aircraft with a load of one hundred tons will need to fly twice a day. Whether it is the transportation consumption ratio, the platform's procurement price and maintenance cost, air freight is far beyond railway and sea freight.

If the air freight costs and platform costs can be reduced, air freight will inevitably cross railway and sea freight.

Obviously, the electric platform is the best solution.

First, in terms of air transportation consumption, the price of electricity is much lower than that of fossil fuels. In the context of the popularization of controlled fusion nuclear power plants, especially in the context of the second generation of controlled fusion nuclear power plants being about to be put into commercial operation, electricity has almost no cost. No matter how cheap oil is, it requires huge investment to refine it into aviation fuel. For example, in the Second Indian Ocean War, the ex-factory price of the side purchasing aviation fuel was more than 7,000 yuan per ton. With the cost of transporting to the war zone, each ton is more than 8,000 yuan. A large transport aircraft will fly back and forth on a 5,000-kilometer route, which will burn 70 tons of fuel, which is as high as hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is equivalent to the fuel cost per ton of cargo transported alone being nearly 10,000 yuan. If electricity is used, this cost can be reduced by 90% and even zero.

Secondly, in terms of platform costs, electric transporters also have obvious advantages. Not to mention, the ex-factory price of a four-large transport aircraft accounts for 30% of the factory price, while the price of high-power permanent magnet motors is less than one-quarter of the large turbine motors. This alone can reduce the platform purchase price by more than 20%. In long-term use, the maintenance cost of the platform is also very advantageous. For example, the service life of large turbines is about 10,000 hours, and the better ones can reach 20,000 hours, while large transport aircraft

The intended life of the body is more than 50,000 hours, so a large transport aircraft often needs to increase three sets of power systems during its service life. The life of marine permanent magnet motors is more than 100,000 hours, and some even reach 200,000 hours. The maintenance cost is very low. Some advanced permanent magnet motors can even be free of disassembly and maintenance for life. Based on these factors, the comprehensive benefit ratio of the electric system is several times that of the turbine motor, which can increase the efficiency ratio of large air platforms by more than twice.

Of course, the electric platform is not without its shortcomings.

The biggest disadvantage is probably the degree.

Although at that time, someone had proposed a new jet motor, namely the internal heat motor, based on the spread of fuel cells, the basic principle was to use electricity to drive the turbine compressed air, and then increase the internal energy of the compressed air by electric heating, and finally do the work. However, in 2045, this power system still existed in theoretical research. Not to mention applicable, there was no even a conceived drawing. Even if it could be manufactured, its performance would not be advanced, and it could not replace the turbine motor at all.

The more mature and reliable ones are only electric propeller power systems, that is, electric motors replace turbine-driven propellers.

Obviously, this power system is only suitable for low platforms and cannot be used on high platforms, such as fighters, and its performance is definitely not as good as that of turbine motors.

Affected by this, the flight of the electric transport aircraft is definitely not very fast.

Of course, this is not the main problem. Originally, the transport aircraft is a low platform, and no one requires the transport aircraft to have sound cruise flight capabilities.

It is important that as long as the efficiency of the transport aircraft is greatly improved, the appearance of war can be fundamentally changed.

To put it indirectly, how to fight a war depends to a large extent on the logistics support capacity, that is, the greater the logistics support capacity, the greater the war. Logistics support capacity itself is the material transportation capacity. The efficiency of air transport is far beyond other means of transportation. If air transport can replace other means of transportation, then the material transportation capacity will reach a new level, and war will inevitably lead to earth-shaking changes in life. For example, in ground wars, if ground troops no longer need to rely on roads, railways and ports to obtain supplies, and only need to establish an airport on the front line to obtain all combat supplies through air transport, then ground troops will have no reason to continue advancing along the highway and railway lines, and the appearance of ground war will definitely change completely.

This is a beautiful idea, and it takes a lot of effort to turn it into reality.
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