Chapter 701: I Was Fooled! (The Third Update!)

Endless drones...

Looking at the words Wenhua wrote on the last page of the report, Zhou Changyao always felt that this string of words was very niche.

He is 65 years old and was born in 1940, which happened to be the time when the country was in ruins. His childhood memories are always closely connected with the word "que".

Lack of food, lack of clothes, lack of housing.

Lack, lack, lack of everything.

As I get older, everything slowly gets better, but it only gets better slowly. It's just that the things that are missing are no longer so missing.

When I grew up, I joined the army.

These decades of military career have not only not worn away the word "que" from his bones, but have left deep traces in his bones.

Lack of aircraft, lack of ships, lack of weapons that determine strategy...

During the third-line construction period, in order to defend against the most dangerous situation that might arise, the whole country worked together to build equipment, to the point where all the people were soldiers, and each person had ten grenades.

Now when talking about those past events, several old friends smile knowingly and stop talking.

If it weren't for the lack of weapons capable of suppressing the situation, who would allow hundreds of millions of people across the country to have an average of 10 grenades?

Is it because airplanes don’t smell good?

Or is it that the tank is not easy to use?

Or is it because the missiles are of poor quality?

No, it's just that the cost of these things is too high and there is a lack of money, so we can only choose the cheapest grenade with the lowest manufacturing technology.

That's right.

The manufacturing requirements for grenades are lower than bullets, much lower.

Now, suddenly in a report, I saw that there may be endless drones.

He always feels that this paragraph is very niche, can't he use it up?

Impossible.

No matter how many drones there are, if they are averaged among the people across the country, they will only be a few.

How can there be endless use?

Why are young people today still making such a fuss?

Glancing at the unfinished report, Zhou Changyao slowly raised his head and said to Luan Yuelin next to him: "Send a message to Wenhua and tell him not to make a fuss."

"If he feels that things can't be used up, let him do the calculation on the people of the whole country. After doing the calculation, he will know whether these things can be used up."

"If it's not clear yet, then let's blame it on people all over the world."

"Okay!" After listening to Zhou Changyao's order, Luan Yuelin nodded, turned and walked to the side, looking for a quiet place to contact Wenhua.

Zhou Changyao continued to hold the document in his hand and read on.

Looking at the back, I naturally saw the data on the file.

For more than ten hours, one production line has more than 15,000 drones, and another production line will be started in the afternoon.

Taking these numbers into consideration, he felt very good.

Since it is a drone, it is an electronic product. It is normal for electronic products to be produced at this speed.

It's very good, but only with such speed and such violent production capacity can we meet the demand.

Putting the document aside, his eyes fell on the big screen again.

"Where are the other sharp knife regiments who participated in the exercise?"

Zhou Changyao's words caused several people around him to quickly raise their heads and look at the moving colored dots on the big screen.

In addition to the red and blue dots on the big screen, there are also several other colored dots, which are several other sharp knife groups participating in the exercise.

This is actually a joint exercise. In addition to Rheinsteel, the participants also include the railway and aviation departments, as well as five sharp knife regiments stationed across the country.

This is an unmanned special operations exercise for Rheinsteel.

For several other departments, it is a rapid support exercise.

They need to arrive at the exercise area as quickly as possible, either by plane or by train.

As soon as the words fell, someone next to him took over:

"The 114th Army Regiment stationed in Jinling has boarded the train. They and Gao Jun chose the same route. They both chose to get off at Jinguancheng, then used cars to maneuver, took the 318 National Highway, and finally arrived in Lacheng, and then went to Japan. Earth Town.”

"They are almost at Jiangcheng now."

"The 101st Airborne Regiment of the Army stationed in Gancheng is coordinating the route. They have planes. In the plan they submitted, they are to use planes to send people directly to Lacheng."

"Standing at..."

In a few minutes, the movements of the five sharp knife groups were reflected on the big screen. Looking at the countdown on the big screen and the moving colored dots, Zhou Changyao suddenly said:

"Tell them to be quick! If they don't arrive on time, they know the consequences."

"Okay!" The person who just reported it down the order, turned around, and went to contact the relevant personnel.

As soon as he left, another person came over immediately and handed the document in his hand to Zhou Changyao:

"Mr. Zhou, this is a document from Rheinsteel Satellite Center."

"The order we issued to them is to launch 24 satellites within 24 hours."

"Based on their actual situation, they requested that the launch be carried out directly at the rocket test site in the back mountain of Rheinsteel. The launch conditions are available there, but there are cities within dozens of kilometers around it, so they need to agree."

"This is the document submitted from below. Lanling and Shandong Province have agreed to this plan and are helping them coordinate air defense. Please take a look."

Zhou Changyao took the document casually, but found that the document was very simple. Although there were 5 copies in total, they were only two pages long, without any extra nonsense. The first part was data calculation.

From satellite transportation to installation, from rocket transportation to fuel filling, to preparation work arrangement and launch.

All procedures are followed by time, and the time will be reduced after each procedure.

In the end, if you choose to launch from the nearest Shanxi Province Rocket Launch Center, it will take at least 47 hours.

Because the Shanxi Province Rocket Launch Center does not have a suitable rocket, it can only be transported from Rheinsteel, and the transportation of large rockets takes time.

Even if there are green lights all the way, high speeds all the way, and no vehicles blocking, it will take about 18 hours just for the transportation link.

After reading this document full of data, He Qingyang hesitated for a moment, stretched his right hand to the side, and made a gesture of holding a phone.

The person next to him immediately understood, put the microphone of the landline to his mouth, and then connected the phone to the Rheinsteel Satellite Center.

The person on the other end of the phone was naturally Miao Yuan, who was busy coordinating the overall situation.

After the call was connected, Zhou Changyao said nothing but one sentence: "Can safety be guaranteed?"

"Yes! Our rocket has a self-destruct system. Even if there is a problem, it will only be a large firework!"

"Yes!"

With a faint hum, Zhou Changyao put down the phone, took off the pen hanging on his left chest, unscrewed the pen cap, signed the word "agree" on the document, and wrote his name in regular script at the end.

Zhou Changyao.

After signing the document, he casually handed it to the side. The person who just handed over the document immediately took it and turned to the person in charge of the information next to him.

Several documents were separated, two were filed, and the remaining three were sent to Shandong Province, Lanling City, and Rheinsteel according to the reported route.

While sending the paper documents, this person also sent the good news to Rheinsteel and Miao Yuan through the communication group next to him.

…………

Rheinsteel back mountain, rocket test center

A rocket has been fixed on the huge launch pad. People from the satellite R&D center and the rocket R&D center stood together in the small building of the test center, watching everything silently.

In the middle of this group of people are Miao Yuan and Xiang Baichuan.

In the middle of the two people is a red phone.

It was just hung up.

At this moment, the phone rang again.

Ding ding ding, it sounded a bit harsh.

Miao Yuan stood by and kept breathing in and out, and cold sweat kept oozing out of his palms. He wanted to pick up the phone, but his hand reached to the side and retreated again.

He personally answered Zhou Changyao's call just now, but the other party only said "hmm" on the phone, and did not formally inform them whether the document they submitted had been signed, nor did he clearly inform them of their consent to this matter.

Now the phone rang again, he was afraid that it was a rejection call.

If this call was a rejection call, it meant that they were out of this exercise.

In the future, people like them will have another label in the eyes of those big guys, unruly and disobedient.

Such a label is enough to make their second half of life completely dark.

"Take it! It's a knife anyway." Xiang Baichuan said softly, and then he turned his head to look out the window.

He built the rocket himself, and he had full confidence.

Miao Yuan, who was next to him, also plucked up the courage to pick up the receiver after hearing these two words, and then pressed the hands-free button and put the receiver aside.

The next second, a younger but louder voice came from the phone:

"Rheinsteel Group Satellite Center, your department's submitted plan has been approved, and it is now agreed that your department will implement the submitted plan and launch the rocket in the back mountain of Rheinsteel, but safety must be guaranteed."

"Over!"

The loud voice and clear words conveyed the meaning to be conveyed accurately to the ears of everyone present through the speaker of the telephone.

The plan was approved!

The group of people around the phone wanted to cheer, but they were all held down by Xiang Baichuan who was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He quickly signaled Miao Yuan to reply with his eyes.

Seeing Xiang Baichuan's look, Miao Yuan also took a deep breath and answered loudly with the same loud and vigorous words:

"The Rheinsteel Group Satellite Center has received it, over!"

The moment he finished, the phone was hung up. It can be seen that the other party was very anxious and busy and had no time to chat with him.

Raising his hand to put the phone back, Miao Yuan turned his head to look at Xiang Baichuan next to him.

At this moment, he seemed to be 20 years younger, with his beard and hair flying, and looked extremely vigorous.

He waved his hand: "Prepare for launch!"

Looking at his vigorous appearance, Xiang Baichuan couldn't help but raise two middle fingers, despised him, turned around and took people to work, completing the final preparations before the launch.

Miao Yuan also followed behind him, following closely:

"Do you have confidence in launching two rockets in a short period of time this time?"

Xiang Baichuan, who was busy, couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, turned around, raised his middle finger, and then slowly replied:

"I have full confidence in the rocket launch, but whether your satellite can be separated in the end has nothing to do with me."

"So you should worry about yourself!"

After despising him, Xiang Baichuan turned around and continued to be busy.

An hour later, as the voice of the last inspector came out of the headset, Xiang Baichuan let out a long breath and grabbed the microphone:

"The launch procedure is ready, all personnel evacuate to a safe area, and the countdown is 20 minutes to prepare."

Ten minutes later, he spoke again:

"Sound the alarm, countdown 10 minutes to prepare."

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and as Xiang Baichuan pressed the green launch button, the upright rocket's tail sprayed flames, slowly separated from the ground in the thick white steam, and went straight into the sky.

The rocket had just been launched here, and the radar deployed in the eastern region detected this big guy.

Even though they had received orders from the General Staff in advance, the surrounding radar stations were still confused.

When did Shandong Province have an additional rocket launch center?

Also, shouldn't the rocket launch center be selected in a place with lower latitudes?

Even if it is not selected in a place with lower latitudes, it should find a rear, safer location. Why is it so close to the sea?

Their questions were not answered, they just silently controlled the radar and slowly followed the big guy launched into the sky.

After finally watching that thing disappear into the atmosphere, they were about to breathe a sigh of relief when they received a new notice.

There is another one!

Still in the same place!

Seeing this new notice, people from several radar stations around had the same idea, that is, these people are crazy.

Can they manage to launch two rockets in such a short time?

People who have the same idea as them are a group of people in the General Staff.

Looking at the two rockets on the document and the 48 satellites carried by these two satellites, Zhou Changyao fell into confusion.

He clearly remembered that the mission this time only required the launch of 24 satellites.

But...

Are these people from Rheinsteel crazy?

While complaining about these people being crazy, he had a hint of expectation in his heart.

In a very short 24 hours, at the same venue, launching two rockets in succession, this kind of thing is rare even in the world.

If the Rheinsteel launch is successful, it means that China has the ability to quickly repair the satellite network.

If we go one step further, if there is a problem with the future space station, China can immediately take out another rocket and launch the prepared things again.

This is a capital to show off!

Closing the file, he looked at the big screen in front of him and said lightly:

"Tell Rheinsteel that safety is the top priority."

After he said this, he turned around and picked up another file.

It was also a file from Rheinsteel, but the previous files came from the satellite center, and these files came from the Rheinsteel headquarters.

It was the handover information of the relevant ammunition loading and departure.

[At 16:27, the drone ammunition and mortar shells produced by Rheinsteel have departed from Lanling Railway Station, with a total loading quantity: 8 cars of drone ammunition and 8 cars of mortar shells. ]

The signature of this message is the Shandong Provincial Railway Transportation Bureau.

Behind this message, there is also a handover list.

It is a photo.

On the clear photo, the total price of this car of ammunition is printed.

It's a bit expensive.

The moment Zhou Changyao saw this string of numbers, he felt like he was fooled.