Chapter 509: Pilot Star 2! (The Third Update!)

The jeep moved forward, and after approaching a certain distance from the close-in defense gun, all the vehicles stopped and did not continue to move forward.

Because the hills surrounding the close-in defense artillery were covered with broken rocket fragments. These fragments fell from high altitudes. Some of them were stuck straight into the soil, and some were lying peacefully on the grass.

In order not to make the already lack of funds worse, a group of people chose to park and walk up the hill.

Also in order to prevent their feet from getting stuck, a group of people moved very slowly.

It took more than half an hour to clear a path about three meters wide from the parking spot to the underside of the close-in defense gun.

Arriving in front of the close-in defense artillery piece, Fang Jianguo first looked at the shell trough. It was a trough dug with an excavator based on the hill.

Engineers from Rheinsteel assembled a shell trough using pre-made parts in this trough, connected the bullet chain, and threw everything into this shell trough.

But at this moment, this huge shell tank was empty.

It can't be said that it's empty, there are still a lot of bullet fragments inside.

Detachable bullet chain.

Densely packed and black, at a glance from above, it looks like a nest of big ants, a nest of big dark ants, which looks particularly penetrating.

Also...it's really scary.

After all, these things cost money!

After pinching the Jingming point on the bridge of his nose and lifting it twice, Fang Jianguo turned around, raised his head, and looked at the close-in defense gun in front of him.

The close-in defense gun was painted with milky white paint, and the 11 30mm barrels were raised high. Coupled with the milky white paint, it looked like a warrior on the snowy plateau, standing on the top of the snowy mountain, raising his head, proudly facing the sun.

However, this milky white coating had many marks wiped out by broken rocket shrapnel, and there were also some burn marks from gunpowder explosions.

After watching for a while, Fang Jianguo involuntarily took a step forward, raised his hand, and gently stroked the marks left by the shrapnel.

A trace of remembrance slowly appeared in his eyes.

However, just as he raised his hand to touch it, a part was handed down from the position above his head, and at the same time there was a voice that could not be refused:

"Take it!"

He reached out and took it, but before he could speak, the voice sounded again.

"And this!"

It was Rheinsteel engineers. They had climbed on top of the close-in defense cannon. They skillfully held crowbars and wrenches and began to disassemble the close-in-defense cannon and its radar.

Today, we must find out the damaged parts and replace them, then take the damaged parts back, check the cause of the damage overnight, and make adjustments according to the cause of the damage.

The engineers disassembled the shell of the close-in defense gun, took out the electronic components inside, inspected them bit by bit, and replaced them bit by bit.

Their changing movements were very fast and very familiar, as if they had performed these movements thousands of times.

Watching their skillful movements, Fang Jianguo took out a stopwatch from his pocket, then reset the stopwatch to zero and pressed the timer.

Then he held the stopwatch and kept circling in front of the close-in defense gun to observe the actions of these engineers.

Two and a half hours later, the first removed part was installed by the last one.

As the screws were tightened, the last engineer jumped down, stretched, and shouted to the people next to him: "It's done!"

"Contact the command center and let them debug it!"

Along with his shouting, Fang Jianguo also stopped the stopwatch, and the stopwatch time stayed at 2 hours, 57 minutes and 24 seconds.

If you include the time at the beginning, it's about 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Looking at the time on the stopwatch, he turned his head, gave Lin Yu a thumbs up and praised:

"Good boy, I really saw you right."

"These parts of yours are all standardized parts. They should be produced in a modular manner, right?"

"Easy to replace, easy to repair, and easier to restore combat effectiveness."

"Not bad, very good!"

"When the testing here is completed, I will return to Yanjing and ask other arsenals to go to your place to learn from you and learn what modularity is."

After praising Lin Yu, he slowly extended his head, cautiously, and then asked furtively, "By the way, your engineers, are they seasick?"

"And please help me ask them again, if they can..."

Before he could utter the next words, Lin Yu raised his hand and interrupted him righteously:

"cannot!"

Being rejected, Fang Jianguo did not become angry. Instead, he clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the close-range defense gun in front of him for a while, with a smile on his face.

After laughing like this for a while, he opened his mouth and burst into laughter.

Smiling, two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He raised his hand and wiped away the tears with the corner of his clothes. He raised his right hand high and waved vigorously:

"Let's go back. The canteen has stewed beef and mutton for you great engineers. Let's have a good meal tonight."

As he shouted, the engineers surrounding the close-in defense gun packed up their equipment one after another and walked towards the jeep at the foot of the hill.

Walking to the side of the jeep, Lu Huaxi slowly turned back, looked at the close-in defense gun standing on the hill and asked, "Would you like to add a piece of oilcloth?"

Lin Yu followed his gaze and looked back at the close-in defense cannon that had sunk into the night. He shook his head slightly and said, "No need!"

"The sea breeze on the sea is more corrosive. This is a step that must be experienced."

"If we can't even withstand the drought in the northern grasslands, then how dare we let this thing on the ship?"

After staring at the darkness in the distance for a while, he turned back and followed Lu Huaxi's footsteps and jumped into the car.

The vehicle started and drove towards the director's office in the distance.

Returning to the director's office, we got into the cafeteria. While we were waiting for the meal to start, today's news started playing on the big screen on the wall of the cafeteria.

Lin Yu looked up unintentionally, only to find that he had seen news about Rheinsteel on the news.

[Rheinsteel Group Pilot Star 2 will be launched from the Shanxi Satellite Launch Center at 9:30 tonight. Our press conference will follow it in real time. 】

I looked down at the time on my hand, it was already 9 o'clock.

There's still half an hour left.

I wanted to call and ask, but when I stood up, I found that the canteen had already started serving food.

Is work as important as eating?

So, Lin Yu, who had just stood up, sat back down.

Anyway, there is Miao Yuan in Jincheng, so there is no need to worry.

…………

The Jin Provincial Rocket Launch Center is in Xincheng, not in Jinyang, the provincial capital.

In the corridor outside the command center, Miao Yuan grabbed his cell phone and kept circling in the corridor while dialing the number.

But the call was never connected. Seeing that the time on the wall had reached 9:15, he could only sigh and put the phone back in his pocket.

Then he stood there, did two stretching exercises, straightened his chest, opened the door of the command center, and strode in.

The sound of the glass door being pulled alerted Liu Xiaobing, who was standing in front of the console. As the person in charge of the Jin Provincial Rocket Launch Center and an old classmate of Miao Yuan, the moment he heard the sound, Liu Xiaobing turned around and turned off the microphone. , asked:

"Why, you haven't contacted your factory director yet?"

"No!" In response, Miao Yuan naturally came to the console, picked up the headphones beside him and put them on. He raised his head and stared at the monitor in front of him.

After staring for a while, he said out loud: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether I can get in touch or not, because from the beginning, our factory director has given me full responsibility for this matter."

"However, I think that for such good news as the launch of a satellite, we should inform him first and then take a look. After all, so much money has been spent."

Miao Yuan spoke very seriously, while his eyes kept looking at the data on the monitor in front of him.

Next to him, after listening to his words, Liu Xiaobing's eyes flashed dimly.

He reached out and touched his nose again, and then said in a very soft voice:

"Actually speaking, I'm quite envious of you. Last year I heard that you went to an unknown company, and I was wondering if I could poach you."

"When I contacted your wife, I was thinking about talking to her, so I didn't ask for your phone number."

"Then I had other work, so I was delayed."

"I didn't expect that in less than a year, the satellite you led the research team would be launched into the sky, and you can also do your favorite projects."

"I almost want to quit."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Liu Xiaobing turned on the microphone beside his mouth and said into the microphone:

"Please note that the countdown to rocket launch begins in 10 minutes. Repeat, the countdown to rocket launch begins in 10 minutes."

Following his order, a 10-minute countdown began to appear on the display in front of the two of them.

The red numbers are decreasing every second, very slowly, very slowly.

Looking at the decreasing countdown, Liu Xiaobing suddenly asked: "Miao Yuan, do you still remember what you said in college? It was that time when we drank and got drunk, and then you took off your upper body, walked the bird, and pointed at the sky. What the stars say!"

Hearing this, Miao Yuan slowly turned around, looked at Liu Xiaobing with an unkind expression, gritted his teeth and said viciously: "I know which time you are talking about, there is no need for you to emphasize that I am walking the bird."

"I was peeing!"

"I still remember those words I said at that time."

"So, when the Seven Heroes Alliance was established and Rheinsteel extended the invitation, I took the team and joined Rheinsteel without hesitation."

"Now, if you want to hear it, I can say it again."

"I'm going to Guanghan Palace to meet Chang'e!"

"Also, next time you let me know you called my wife, I will beat you to death!"

After speaking viciously, Miao Yuan turned his head and continued to look at the time on the monitor in front of him.

When there were still 15 seconds left in the countdown, Liu Xiaobing pressed the microphone again, faced the microphone and the countdown in front of him, and started manual timing with a loud voice:

"Countdown to 10 seconds!"

"Countdown to 5 seconds!"

"3, 2, 1, 0, launch!"

Along with his voice, the rocket on the launcher spit out flames, slowly pushed itself away from the launcher, and then began to slowly climb.

In early April, on a warm but cold night, it was like a shooting star shooting from the ground to the sky.

Watching the light getting further and further away, Liu Xiaobing suddenly asked again:

"How do you feel when you see a satellite you made being taken away by a rocket made by someone else? Is it like the cabbage you grew yourself was taken away by the pig next door?"

Hearing Liu Xiaobing's inexplicable words again, Miao Yuan rolled his eyes, turned his head, looked at this old classmate and half-love rival with disdain, and said word by word:

"No matter how many words you say, I can only tell you."

"I have research funding, I have a research institute, I have a research team, I have a staff."

"I still have a wife who loves me!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xiaobing beside him couldn't help but roll his eyes, opened his mouth, and hesitated to speak. In the end, all his thoughts and words turned into four words.

"NTMD."

After cursing these words, he felt a lot more relaxed. Seeing that the signal from the radar showed that the rocket had reached the predetermined height, he simply ignored Miao Yuan and pressed the microphone: "The fairing is ready to separate! "

The Jin Provincial Rocket Launch Center has completed the launch work many times, so the separation work seems unremarkable.

The fairing separated, exposing the satellite inside the payload bay. In order to prevent the ejected satellite from being killed by the fairing, the rocket engine in the payload bay was started and pushed forward a certain distance.

The Yehangxing 2 carried this time is an upgraded model based on the Yehangxing 1 satellite by adjusting the production process and adjusting internal parts.

It has more powerful functions while being smaller in size and weight.

The same payload can carry more satellites.

Last time, CZ2D could only carry 9 Yehangxing 1 satellites. With Yehangxing 2, the number has doubled.

It became 18.

At this moment, the payload bay is like a crab laying eggs in the sea. Under the control of the ground controller, it rotates its body and ejects the mounted satellite.

Taking advantage of the power of the ejection of the load bay, the first batch of six Night Navigation Star-2 satellites ejected and flew forward for a certain distance. Then, under the control of ground signals, the solar panels were slowly deployed.

When receiving energy from the sun, it starts its own thrusters at the same time.

Start slowly adjusting the track.

At the command center, Miao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all 18 satellites had been ejected.

The rocket launch mission has been completed, and now it's time for those who built satellites to come on stage.

He snorted at Liu Xiaobing, took off his headphones, and strode towards the door of the command center.

Go out to the left and enter the control room next door.

This is a room specially rented from the Rocket Launch Center and specially used for satellite debugging.

In the room, more than two dozen wireless communication engineers and satellite engineers from Rheinsteel were sitting at their posts, recording data with quick hands and feet.

"Satellite No. 10 has begun to change orbit and is rising in altitude. It is expected to rise to the scheduled orbit in two hours."

"Satellite 11 is on standby."

"Satellite No. 27 has arrived at the predetermined orbit, is adjusting its attitude, and is undergoing signal testing."

"Satellite 21 is about to reach orbit!"

"The signal test of Satellite 27 has passed and is connecting to Yehangxing 1..."

"Satellite connection successful, calculating own relative position..."

"The current orbital altitude of satellite No. 27 is 603 kilometers."

"Satellite No. 21 has arrived in orbit and is adjusting its attitude, preparing to connect to the signal!"