My Italian: Chapter 523 Balkan clouds

The airport outside the city of Rome once again became crowded, with nearly 100,000 people watching the arrival of the Swan airship. After a 23-day voyage, the Swan returned to its place of departure.

As the Swan slowly landed, the crowd cheered. When the door of the Swan airship opened, the band played cheerful music and welcomed the passengers who completed the round-the-world flight.

"Mr. Andrews, congratulations on your circumnavigation of the earth. This is your commemorative badge."

"Mr Jonathan, congratulations..."

Alitalia general manager Arman took out a medal from the tray and put it on the chest of every passenger who got off the airship.

This commemorative medal issued by Air Italy is also quite attentive. The medal is made of silver on a copper base. The upper part of the front is depicted in the shape of the Swan airship, and the bottom is the earth. On the back of the medal, the upper part reads, the words Around the World in 23 Days, and the lower part reads, this chapter is a gift to every customer who participated in the first circumnavigation of the world.

There are a total of 36 medals, all carefully carved, which can be regarded as perfect.

Although the passengers who get off the airship are rich or expensive, this kind of commemorative medal is scratched at the itch. So everyone seemed happy and even had a few more chats with the photographer who took the picture and the journalist who wanted to interview.

There was laughter and laughter throughout the airport, and the atmosphere was peaceful.

Of course, Air Italy also has its own purpose in organizing a huge welcome ceremony this time. During the Swan's round-the-world flight, a boom in air travel arrived. Many people asked about the time of Air Italy's next round-the-world voyage, and wanted to experience the fun of flying around the world.

In the face of the surging passengers, Alitalia had to postpone the opening time of the American route, planning to wait for the Swan airship to be completely overhauled, and then make another round-the-world flight.

Of course, the round-the-world flight isn't just about getting Alitalia a slew of potential passengers, rich or expensive. As the world's major rigid airship manufacturer, Zeppelin is also facing surging orders. Every day, people inquire about the construction of the airship, so that the busy receptionist of the company does not touch the ground.

Of course, more importantly, with the airship craze, Count Zeppelin decided to expand the airship manufacturing plant in order to get the biggest share of this craze.

And the Swan's round-the-world flight deserves to be an outstanding advertisement, making airlines and manufacturers a lot of money.

So this round-the-world flight is simply worth a thousand dollars, and the Swan has also been treated like a star in this round-the-world flight, and it can become the focus of every place.

In San Francisco, 100,000 people watched the Swan arrive in the city.

In Tokyo, nearly a million people watched the grand occasion of the Swan's flight to the place, not only that, but the crew of the Swan also accepted the hospitality of the Japanese emperor.

In Beijing, this work of the largest industrial crystallization in history also made the Qing people stunned. For this reason, even the empress dowager, who was in poor health, watched the grand occasion of its flight to Beijing in the courtyard.

After causing a sensation in the Far East, the Swan went all the way west, which also caused a sensation.

In Tehran, more than 200,000 Iranians watched the arrival of the Swan.

In Istanbul, Sultan Abdul Hamid II even boarded the Swan and experienced it.

This round-the-world flight of the Swan has made all countries in the world see the huge role of airships in aviation. It is believed that after this flight, the importance attached by various countries to airships will definitely reach a new height.

In fact, countries have already taken action when the Swan's round-the-world flight is underway.

In the UK, a new round of funding for airship research has just been approved.

In Russia, Tsar Nicholas II also approved the development of the domestic airship order.

In the Far East, the Emperor Meiji of Japan called on citizens to donate money for the purchase and introduction of airships. To this end, he also took out 300,000 yen from the palace and allocated it to the military.

The same is true in France, where the government is integrating various civilian companies to conduct joint research on airships with the military.

In the United States, Major Brad's report was also valued, and Theodore Roosevelt even publicly declared that the United States needed to form its own air fleet.

That's right, the Air Fleet. The old President Roosevelt, who was very fond of the Navy, believed that this huge airship was a battleship in the air and a continuation of the Navy to the sky, so it is not too much to call it the Air Fleet.

And the old President Roosevelt also had a like-minded person for the title of the airship, that is, Admiral Fisher, the British Secretary of the Navy. The reason is also very simple. It is obvious that the airship is to be incorporated into the navy's preparation in order to increase the strength of the navy.

Of course, no matter what it is called, the military use of airships is also fully demonstrated in the Swan's round-the-world flight. It can be seen that countries have launched the development and introduction of airships one after another.

Of course, Germany and Italy, which are currently at the forefront of airship research, are also studying the use and training methods of airships.

The German military has organized an airship wing and plans to equip 48 airships of various types. In Italy, there are also thirty-six airships.

However, there are currently insufficient airships in the two countries. On the one hand, the construction of Zeppelin has been in short supply, and on the other hand, airships are expensive and the procurement cost is not low.

In addition, only a few of the airships purchased by the Italian military are from Zeppelin. Others are built by the country. Italy, which has been authorized by Zeppelin technology, opened an airship manufacturing plant covering an area of ​​80 hectares in Milan. The construction of the Italian military and subsequent airships of Alitalia will be built at the plant. The plant is not yet complete, and it will take at least a year to start construction.

"It's so lively!"

Inside the palace, Carlo looked at today's newspaper, which had a headline on the Swan's circumnavigation.

As the driving force behind the current airship craze, Carlo is happy to see it.

To be honest, although the current airship looks much brighter than the plane in all aspects, the airship, a huge and slow aircraft, cannot become the king of the sky. It can only be used as an immature substitute for aircraft technology, and only has advantages in transportation. So how can Carlo be unhappy when countries conduct research and construction of airships.

"Macron, continue to give money to newspapers around the world to cover airships."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Looking at the departure of the captain of the guard~www.mtlnovel.com~ Carlo retracted his gaze.

That's right, Carlo has half the credit for this vigorous airship boom. Many newspapers in various countries have sponsored many reports of airships.

Just as Carlo was enjoying the roads of various countries, he suddenly heard the guards come in to report. "Your Majesty, Your Excellency Bakona has urgent business."

"Please come in."

Hearing that the Foreign Secretary was in a hurry to see him, Carlo of course would not let him wait.

I saw Foreign Minister Bakona walked in with a telegram. "Your Majesty, the Balkan emergency telegram, the Bulgarian army and the Ottoman army exchanged fire on the border between the two sides. It is known that dozens of casualties on both sides have been caused, and the troops of the two sides have assembled in the area."

"what?"

Hearing what the foreign secretary said, Carlo immediately felt that something was wrong.

"Ask Vienna and Berlin at once and ask their opinion on the matter." 12143/10550039