Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 142 Satellite - Manual Deployment

Around 7 o'clock in the evening, after having a bowl of seafood noodles to satisfy his stomach, Wei Jiang stared out the car window at the darkening night.

After completing the exploration of Ludong's geographical information, he was now heading south towards home. Everything was moving in a good direction.

"Commander, the time and location for the handover of the two communication satellites has been confirmed. Tomorrow night, officials will seal the satellites on an unmanned fishing boat at sea 170 kilometers east of Shangdu."

After hearing Hong Xing's report, a red dot was marked on the electronic map opened on the display screen in the car.

"Okay, I see."

"The surveillance cameras near my home didn't detect anything these past two days, did they?"

After temporarily handing the Dark Star suit to his father, he did not relax the surveillance of the area near his home.

"There are no special circumstances near your home, and there is no problem with your father's safety."

"It's just that in South City, I found some people very suspicious."

"These people have appeared around acquired companies many times recently, trying to get information about the company's owners from the company's employees."

"After tracing these people's transportation routes, I found a lot of useful information."

Less than a week after taking over the enterprises from the government, Wei Jiang himself had not even visited these enterprises, but he did not expect that he had already been targeted.

"Oh, tell me who is so curious."

Several documents appeared on the screen, both in Chinese and English, with a Japanese document in between.

"Half of them are local capital and families in Nanshi. After investigation, we found that these people had more or less vested interests in the companies we acquired."

When Hongxing was introduced, the Chinese information on the display screen was opened one by one. Wei Jiang glanced at it and had an understanding in his mind.

Chairman of ** Group, major shareholder of ** International Holding Company, and head of Nanshi District of Agricultural Products Logistics and Transportation Company.
"It seems like there are a lot of people who care about us."

"Commander, this group has the largest number of people, but they pose the lowest threat. With official support, these people are unlikely to make any trouble."

"It is the remaining part that deserves your attention."

When the English document was opened, Wei Jiang's relaxed expression disappeared.

Most of the institutions and individuals involved in this part are not from Southeast University, and their identities and backgrounds are diverse.

Some work in consulting firms, some teach at language schools, and some even start their own businesses at the University of Tokyo.
"This group of people has nothing to do with the acquisition company. They are so concerned about the intelligence of the outpost base company. I think they have a big problem."

Wei Jiang certainly knew what Hong Xing was talking about. The point in the information that concerned him most was that these people had different power backgrounds.

Some belong to European forces, some belong to the Ugly Eagle, some belong to the Maple Leaf Country, and some even have backgrounds in White Bear and South American forces.

"This is a bit too much and too messy."

If these people were from Chouying, Wei Jiang could understand it. After all, the two sides had almost reached a showdown.

He stretched out his fingers and swiped through the information compiled by Hongxing. The little satisfaction brought by the exploration of the eastern Shandong area disappeared completely.

Is a large-scale corporate acquisition project enough to attract the attention of so many people from different backgrounds?
Would language school teachers be interested in the transfer of private enterprises in the University of Tokyo?
Wei Jiang was not stupid enough to believe this.

"Commander, I tried to hack into these people's electronic devices, but I gained very little. These people acted cautiously and were very aware of anti-detection."

Wei Jiang could basically confirm that the identities of these people were not simple and their motives for gathering information related to the company were not pure.

Looking at the remaining Japanese document, Wei Jiang clicked to open it.

This is the only Japanese document among a pile of Chinese and English documents. Wei Jiang was very curious about this person's background.

"I have checked this person's information. He is a citizen of Xiaorizi. He runs a private school in Shangdu. The students of the school are Xiaorizi children living in Shangdu."

Kondo Harano, 47, is the director of the Xanadu Little Life School.

Looking at the photo of this person in the information, the gentle look in the photo makes everyone who sees it feel that this person is an intellectual who is easy to get along with.

I took a quick look at the founding time of this school. It was founded earlier than Wei Jiangsheng's, so it has a long history.

"That's it for now, keep watching."

"Tell Manager Li that he will continue to manage the company's affairs and strengthen internal management and inspections."

"Let him be more tired during this period, and I will give him a raise."

The Manager Li mentioned by Wei Jiang is named Li Fucheng, a Chinese from Po County. He is a professional manager that Hongxing found for the registered shell company after consulting a lot of information.

"Understood. I will comfort him."

In the darkness of night, the Wuling car was driving at high speed on the highway. Seeing that Wei Jiang was lost in thought, Hong Xing didn't say much.

Looking at the lights lit up in the distant village beside the highway, the trees blocked the light and caused changes in brightness. As the light flickered, the noise of vehicles running on the highway sounded impatient.

The Wuling car speed increased a bit.
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It was already midnight when Wei Jiang rushed back home. Without disturbing his father, he fell asleep. When he woke up, it was almost noon.

After buying supplies for the house and having dinner halfway through the afternoon, Wei Jiang took his father into his room.

"Dad, I need to use the armor tonight."

Seeing the worry in his father's eyes, Wei Jiang patted his father's arm and said:
"Don't worry, I'm just testing the performance of my armor. I'm not planning on fighting anyone. Nothing will happen."

After Wei Jiang finished speaking, he was about to walk towards the armor base covered next to his father's bed, but a pair of large hands tightly grasped his arms from behind.

"Wait a minute!"

Wei Jiang looked back at his father, smiled and continued to assure him:
"Dad, you have to believe me"

"Don't tell me that!"

Wei Yonghe waved his hand to move Wei Jiang's right hand, which was about to swear.

"I support you in whatever you want to do, but I hope you will be more careful and don't take risks. Do you hear me?"

Holding Wei Jiang's arm tightly with great strength, Wei Yonghe knew that all he could do was to persuade Wei Jiang more.

He had experienced the glory of having a great descendant from his ordinary family. But now he felt more powerless and worried about the future.

"I promise you, Dad."

"It will definitely be fine tonight. I'll be home early and I have to make you breakfast tomorrow morning."

After comforting his father and prying open his father's big hand that was pinching his arm so hard that it hurt, Wei Jiang walked to the base of the armor.

After removing the sheet that was used to cover the scene, a familiar black metal mechanical structure appeared before our eyes.

As he stepped on it, Wei Jiang smiled at his father.

The mechanical gears turned, and the black armor spread from the bottom to the top until it wrapped Wei Jiang's body.

He moved, his armor's feet thumping on the ground with dull sounds, and reached out to pick up the large umbrella that was lying next to him.

"Dad, move aside, don't let me touch you."

Wei Yonghe moved to the side and watched Wei Jiang open the door with his fingers and walk out. He hurried to follow.

Looking at the tall man in metal armor holding an umbrella, Wei Yonghe spoke out again.

"come back earlier."

The upper body of the armor twisted, and the metal helmet with a red glow turned around and nodded slightly at him.

"Don't worry, Dad."

Sitting in the driving seat of the Manta Ray, the two-meter-one armor was somewhat cramped, but it was the only way.

"Commander, we will enter the sea off Shangdu in 20 minutes."

"Minister Tang sent a message that the handover ship has placed the fishing boat carrying the satellite in the handover waters."

Manta rays travel underwater in large rivers at extremely high speeds.

"Okay, let the transfer ship evacuate."

"Everyone should avoid meeting each other."

After entering the open sea, the water depth increases, making it easier for manta rays to sneak around without having to worry about affecting ships sailing on the sea.

When the manta ray emerged from the sea, the time on its display screen was 10:17 p.m.

Two minutes later than the agreed time of 10:15 with Tang Wu.

The manta ray detection signal showed that there were no ships sailing within a radius of 5 nautical miles.

The hatch opened, and Wei Jiang, wearing a Dark Star combat suit, jumped onto the top of the Manta Ray. An ordinary civilian fishing boat was floating on the sea 20 meters away from him.

"Lean closer."

Blue light flashed in the sea water, and the distance between Wei Jiang and the fishing boat was rapidly shortening.

Seeing that there were only a few meters left, Wei Jiang's legs bounced and he jumped up, and when he landed, he was already standing on the deck of the fishing boat. All the lights on the fishing boat were turned off, but this did not affect Wei Jiang's vision in his Dark Star uniform.

Two metal boxes were fixed on the deck of the fishing boat. The boxes were not big, about the size of a desk.

After walking around the iron box, Wei Jiang shook his right arm and an alloy blade about one meter and three meters long popped out.

He raised his hand and chopped down, and the metal rope used to secure the iron box broke.

bass!bass!bass!
After several consecutive hits, all the ropes fixing the iron box broke.

Wei Jiang stretched out his hands and grabbed the chain handles used for lifting above the two iron boxes with each hand. With a light lift, the two iron boxes weighing more than half a ton were easily lifted by Wei Jiang.

With his arms outstretched, Wei Jiang turned to look at the top of the plane where the manta ray was emerging from the sea. He bent his calves and jumped back onto the manta ray.

The iron box that required professional equipment to lift was easily moved by Wei Jiang in his hands like a toy with the help of the Dark Star suit.

Wei Jiang put the iron box into the cabin through the manta ray's open hatch and looked up at the night sky.

I don’t know if there were any eyes in the sky observing what just happened, but so what?

With a chuckle, Wei Jiang crawled into the manta ray cabin.

A minute later, the manta ray disappeared again beneath the sea surface.

The iron box was opened, and two satellites that were carefully fixed in a retracted state appeared in front of Wei Jiang.

The satellite was not big. Wei Jiang, who had just come out of the Dark Star battle suit, searched for a long time before he found the data transmission interface on the surface of the satellite.

The interface was blocked by a piece of thermal insulation material. Wei Jiang used the professional anti-static tools included in the iron box to open the thermal insulation material to see it.

Use the transmission line prepared in advance to connect the satellite to the Manta terminal.

"Red Star, let's begin."

"clear."

Sitting back in the driver's seat, Wei Jiang looked at the code window flashing quickly on the screen without saying a word.

Before the satellite is deployed, Wei Jiang will definitely check the control program installed inside the satellite, including software algorithm upgrades.

It’s not that Wei Jiang doesn’t trust Tang Wu, he just wants to ensure the reliability and privacy of the software algorithm.

The communication satellite will then be responsible for the communication interconnection between him and all his equipment. If there is a leak in this process, his personal safety may be in serious jeopardy.

People’s hearts are complicated, so it doesn’t hurt to be on guard.

Hongxing is committed to checking and upgrading software algorithms, and is much more efficient than ordinary engineers.

After more than ten minutes, the software algorithms inside the two satellites were upgraded.

"Commander, I have removed the code related to the official satellite control and information transmission of the East University from the satellite."

"After the upgrade, I will be able to independently control the in-orbit flight of these two satellites."

"In addition, I also upgraded the data transmission encryption algorithm, which is two orders of magnitude more secure than the original algorithm."

“It is impossible to decipher satellite transmissions unless you use quantum computers.”

Coming down from the driver's seat, Wei Jiang nodded with satisfaction, unplugged the transmission line from the satellite, and reinstalled the opened insulation material with professional tools.

Wei Jiang clapped his hands, walked aside, and put on his Dark Star suit again.

"Well done, Red Star."

"With your current computing power, can you support so many tasks at the same time?"

Intelligence gathering, regional monitoring, geographic information exploration, satellite control, thinking of these tasks assigned to Red Star, Wei Jiang was a little worried about Red Star's computing power.

"Please rest assured, Commander."

"The performance of the first generation quantum computer is more than enough for me to splurge on, and the subsequent base hosting mission is no problem at all."

After putting on the battle suit and having the armor to support him, Wei Jiang's vision was greatly elevated.

With a click, Wei Jiang sat back in the driver's seat.

"Let's go, it's time to go to heaven for a spin."

“I haven’t been up there for a long time.”

"Okay, Commander, satellite number one is deployed and orbit locked, and the manta ray is beginning to surface."

A few minutes later, the manta ray emerged from the sea in the north of Jeju Island, South Korea.

As soon as the blue circle of light was reflected from the sea water, a black shadow flashed, and the reflection of the circle of light in the sea surface quickly became smaller, and the roar of breaking the sound barrier resounded throughout the entire water area.

Looking at the two satellites still lying steadily on the floor, Wei Jiang felt relieved and focused on the increasingly bright starry sky outside the porthole.

When the familiar red light shone in from the porthole, the display showed that the altitude was 419281 meters.

Rushing into space once again, the feeling of freedom across space allowed Wei Jiang to release a little of the pressure that had accumulated during this period of time.

The gravity of the blue planet could not restrict him, so how could the threat of humans trapped on the surface of the planet become an insurmountable obstacle on his way forward?
"Report to the General, the Black Demon aircraft has taken off, and this time its target is outer space."

"Notify the Space Force and NASA to pay close attention. If there is any danger, immediately initiate the self-destruction plan!"

"Yes!"

"Minister, Red Star has taken off in his spacecraft. He should be deploying a satellite."

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Tang Wu, who was at the Beidu Aerospace Control Center, nodded without saying anything, his eyes fixed on the almost straight climbing flight trajectory on the large screen in front of him.

It would be great if Todai could master aircraft of this level.

The upgrade of low-orbit communication satellite constellation, space reconnaissance satellite network and navigation constellation, these major national equipment that Southeast University is eager to build quickly, will no longer be a problem.

With Dongda's mature technology application and manufacturing capabilities, all of these are projects that can be easily completed without spending huge resources on research and development.

"Sort out the information about the low-orbit constellation project and give it to me. I want it tomorrow."

"Yes."

Altitude 76km.

Looking at the flight altitude displayed on the monitor, Wei Jiang did not leave the driver's seat.

Wearing the Dark Star battle suit, he was in a state of weightlessness. If he was not careful, he might crash into the two satellites fixed to the ground, which would cause great losses.

As time goes on, the manta ray continues to climb in altitude.

"Commander, reach satellite deployment orbit number one."

"Current flight altitude is 773km, inclination angle is 46 degrees."

After listening to Red Star's report of orbital parameters and confirming that they were consistent with the orbital parameters designed for the communications satellite system, Wei Jiang got down from his seat.

The armor held onto the back of the driver's seat with both hands to prevent his body from floating around.

Wei Jiang first grabbed a pre-prepared chain from the side and fixed his battle suit to the seat.

After tugging to make sure the connection was secure, Wei Jiang turned his body and looked up at the hatch. His face was flushed beneath his helmet, with some sweat on his forehead.

"Red Star, open the hatch."

"Okay, Commander."

"Cabin depressurization in progress."

As his eyes turned, the papers hanging on the cabin wall fluttered, and the display screen showed that the air pressure in the cabin dropped sharply, but Wei Jiang was still breathing smoothly in the Dark Star suit.

"The pressure relief is over."

"Commander, get ready, hatch open."

The familiar manta ray cabin cover slowly opened upwards, and light shone into the cabin through the gap.

Unlike the soft light inside the cabin, the light that came in was unusually bright. After reflecting off the cabin wall, it made the cabin unusually bright.

When the hatch was fully opened, Wei Jiang could see part of the blue planet through the hatch.

It was so beautiful that there was less psychological barrier between the two, which brought greater shock to Wei Jiang's heart.

Without the restraint of gravity, the blood was evenly distributed in Wei Jiang's body, and Wei Jiang became uncontrollably nervous.

Holding the driving seat with both hands, Wei Jiang prepared himself mentally for a long time.

Gritting his teeth and making up his mind, Wei Jiang loosened his grip on the seat back and gave a light push, then he dragged the rope towards the manta ray's door.

Before deploying the satellite, he wanted to take a look at the real world outside.

(End of this chapter)