Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 175 Going Home
The military satellite was released from the armor. Looking at the satellite gradually moving away, Wei Jiang grabbed the fixed rope and returned to the cabin.

The astronaut sitting in the driver's seat in the cabin was no longer Wang Hai. The astronaut of the Shenzhou 19 crew was replaced by Wang Hai.

In a vacuum environment, the manta ray's hatch closes silently and sound cannot be transmitted.

The sunlight outside the cabin was blocked by the cabin cover, and the content on the display screen in front of the cockpit changed.

"Cabin pressurization begins, oxygen is being injected."

"Current air pressure intensity 0.2bar"

「0.3bar」

"The temperature and air pressure in the cabin have been adjusted. Passengers can take off their protective clothing and move around."

With air as the medium for transmitting sound, the Red Star Girls' voice could finally be heard clearly.

With the sound of gears turning, the Dark Star battle suit was slowly slipped off Wei Jiang's body.

When the battle suit turned into a mechanical base, Wei Jiang's body slowly floated in the cabin.

The reason why Wei Jiang had to take off his battle suit was to help the astronauts take off their bulky extravehicular spacesuits.

Under weightless conditions, taking off the bulky space suit is not an easy task.

Ten minutes later, looking at the swollen and slightly weak face, Wei Jiang smiled and comforted him:
"Okay, we'll go home next."

Sweat was oozing from Fei Jun's forehead, and it was obvious that his body was indeed weak. He had been unwell for a long time, and his body had reached a certain limit due to poor sleep in the space station.

"Thank you, Mr. Red Star, huh."

After taking off his space suit, Fei Jun sat in the driver's seat, feeling a lot more relaxed.

It is indeed a relief for Fei Jun to be able to return from Tiangong early on a manta ray this time.

"It's okay, just sit down and rest."

"Now let's go home."

After settling Fei Jun, Wei Jiang stepped back onto the base of the suit, and the mechanical suit climbed up from the calf part to cover Wei Jiang's body.

"Red Star, go home."

At this time, the manta ray was in an elliptical orbit with an apogee of 718km and a perigee of 448km. The satellite was released and the space mission was completed.

"Please keep your body secure, we are about to return."

The power output was adjusted, and the manta ray left its flight track and flew directly down to the blue planet.

The azure planet was getting closer and closer to the two of them.

The Manta Ray aircraft slid out a perfect curve in space and entered the return procedure.

Many surveillance and reconnaissance satellites in orbit are running at full power, doing their utmost to monitor the manta ray's flight path.

Flying at high speed and entering the atmosphere, the gas in front of the manta ray was squeezed to form a high-temperature plasma airflow, and red light surrounded the aircraft.

The scorching red light outside the cabin was so beautiful that it seemed almost dreamy in the eyes of Wei Jiang and Fei Jun.

"It's so beautiful. When we were on the Shenzhou spacecraft returning home, we were lying if we said we weren't nervous due to the bumps and noise."

Fei Jun leaned back in his seat. The beautiful view outside the porthole made him forget his physical weakness for a moment. He spoke with emotion.

Wei Jiang himself had seen such beautiful scenery several times but never said a word.

It's all beautiful, just appreciate it.

The altitude numbers on the display screen kept getting smaller and the dreamy red light outside the porthole gradually became lighter, indicating that the flight speed was decreasing and the pressure in front of the fuselage was decreasing.

It was dark, and the sparsely populated desert Gobi had few lights at night. The manta ray aimed at the only bright spot in the Gobi Desert and landed quietly.

Jiuquan Launch Center, the manta ray is back.

"Arrived 2km above the Jiuquan launch site and started landing."

When the female voice finished, Wei Jiang lowered his head and whispered to Fei Jun who was lying behind him:
"Brother Fei, we are home."

As Wei Jiang was speaking, the image on the cockpit display showed that in addition to Zhang Gang, Ouyang Yuan and others who were about to set off, there was also an emergency ambulance parked in the venue, and a group of people in white medical uniforms were waiting with a wheelchair.

The manta ray's body shook slightly, wandered in space, and returned to the ground again.

Wei Jiang lowered his head and glanced at the time on the display screen. Compared with the time when he came to the launch site to pick up the satellite and astronaut Wang Hai, just one hour and 37 minutes had passed.

With a slight smile, Wei Jiang turned around and said to Fei Jun who was sitting in the chair:

"Brother Fei, let me carry you down. Your body probably can't support standing now."

Experiencing the gravity of the blue planet again, Fei Jun could feel the pressure on his back and buttocks.

Feeling the swelling in his lower limbs, Fei Jun nodded.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Red Star."

He bent down and passed the arms of the battle suit through Fei Jun's back and legs respectively.

"Relax."

"Red Star hatch is open."

Wei Jiang picked up Fei Jun's calf, bent it, and jumped out of the manta ray's hatch.

When he calmed down again, he had already reached the top of the Manta Ray. Looking at the group of people standing in front of the Manta Ray, Wei Jiang said:
"Everyone, our space hero is back."

Taking one step at a time, Wei Jiang walked along the manta ray's wings to the ground.

With the help of medical staff, Wei Jiang put Fei Jun into the wheelchair.

"We're home now, take a good rest."

After saying hello to Fei Jun, Fei Jun was pushed away by medical staff, and Wei Jiang stood there.

"Is the satellite operating normally?"

Zhang Gang hurried forward and stood in front of Ouyang Yuan, blocking the other party's chance to speak.

"Mr. Red Star, the satellite has been activated and the first batch of data has been transmitted back to the ground."

Zhang Gang turned his head to glance at Ouyang Yuan who was looking anxious, and continued:
"From the time you left the launch site to the time you returned just now, it was only 97 minutes!"

"Mr. Hongxing, we are so lucky to have your help in completing the satellite transportation deployment and astronaut round-trip transportation so efficiently!"

Zhang Gang was not calm when he said this.

With such efficient round-trip transportation between the earth and the sky, there are so many things that the University of Tokyo can do.

"Mr. Red Star, can we talk about aircraft technology now?"

"I can't wait."

Ouyang Yuan pushed away Zhang Gang who was blocking half of his body and walked forward to ask.

Wei Jiang watched Fei Jun being carried into the ambulance by several medical staff and looked down at them.

"Okay, but we can't just stand here and talk."

Ouyang Yuan suddenly became excited, and said with a bright smile:

"Come on, let's go to the meeting room."

"Mr. Hongxing, would you like a midnight snack? I'll have someone arrange for it to be made for you."

Wei Jiang shook his head and followed the others.

After reading the report sent from Jiuquan, Tang Wu laughed happily several times.

"Hahaha, ok, ok."

"With Wei Jiang's assistance, Dongda Aerospace will no longer face military pressure."

"Hahaha."

Standing up from his chair, Tang Wu took off his coat and walked towards the bedroom next door.

Today is a good day. After working overtime for so long, he is very satisfied with the results.

It was 2 a.m. when Wei Jiang left the Jiuquan Launch Center.

With the scientific and technological knowledge received from the panel as a foundation, Wei Jiang's knowledge reserves in many aspects far exceed the current highest level of human beings. Whether it is the power type or the micro-mechanical structure, Wei Jiang has a high-level vision and brought scientific and technological shock to the researchers represented by Ouyang Yuan.

Even though it was already early in the morning, when Wei Jiang left Jiuquan, Ouyang Yuan and others still followed Wei Jiang excitedly.
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The next day at noon, when Wei Jiang drove to his father's auto repair shop, there were quite a few people gathered in the shop.

The delivery man, the elderly, and everyone else were sitting on chairs chatting and resting, while Robot No. 1 was squatting next to an electric bike at the door of the store.

When Wei Jiang walked to the door, robots No. 2 and No. 3 walked out of the store, holding trays with cups of water and snacks.

"Mr. Wei, you are here."

Looking at the robot wearing a fake leather case and sunglasses, Wei Jiang nodded and walked into the store.

At this time, Wei Yonghe walked out of the store's warehouse, holding a box of 999 Cold Remedy and Xiao Chaihu Granules in his hand.

"You have the flu?"

In response to his son Wei Jiang's question, Wei Yonghe raised his chin and said:
"There's a young man who has some signs of fever. I'll get him some medicine."

Wei Jiang turned around and looked behind him. Robot No. 2 was talking to a delivery man who was coughing at the door of the store:

"Handsome guy, your temperature is a little high, just over 38 degrees. I suggest you take your medicine and go back to rest."

No. 2 does not have a thermometer in his hand. The reason why No. 2 can accurately measure the delivery rider's body temperature is thanks to the infrared sensing system module installed in the robot's sensing system.

It seems that the pre-installed modules are still very useful.

Wei Jiang installed these before for the purpose of monitoring his father's body data, and of course also to detect dangerous weapons carried by malicious people.

"Give it to me, I'll take it to him."

Wei Jiang took the medicine box from his father and walked towards the store door.

The delivery rider was holding the hot water that the robot had filled in a disposable cup. Wei Jiang came up to him and said:
"Brother, take some medicine. If you can take it, take a rest today."

The rider sniffed and took the medicine from Wei Jiang while saying words of thanks.

"Thank you. I'm young and strong. I took some medicine, ran around, and then went back to sleep during the day."

As he spoke, he smiled brightly.

Wei Jiang smiled without saying much, then turned around and walked into the store.

I came and sat down next to my father. Now there were employees 1, 2 and 3 working in the store, so there wasn't much for my father to do.

When they were free, they would usually chat with people who came to the store. Since Wei Jiang had come, no one disturbed the conversation between the father and son.

"Dad, the construction team sent me a message. The house will be ready in two weeks. It will be done quickly."

"I looked at the design drawings. It's bigger than our original house, and the environment is even better."

I saw my father nod, but there was not much happiness on his face.

"Dad, don't worry. I will find someone to clean up our house in the village. You can move back in later if you want."

"But you also know that it probably won't work in the short term."

Wei Yonghe nodded and looked at the concrete floor at the entrance of the store.

Some time ago, he learned from the neighbors that someone had broken into the store at night, but ultimately failed, and blood was seen that night.

"Before the danger is resolved, going back will only put the villagers in danger."

"Let's wait to live in the new house."

Wei Yonghe turned his head and glanced at Wei Jiang, then continued:

"They've granted you a hill so that the two of us can live on it."

"Oh, our family has become a big landlord now."

Wei Jiang smiled when he heard his father's self-mockery.

After Samoth's drone bombing of the village below, Tang Wu and Liu Lao allocated a hill to Wei Jiang in the northeast of Nanshi without informing Wei Jiang in advance.

The hill is not big, but it is big enough for Wei Jiang and his son to live in.

The lease term for the mountain is 100 years, which is enough for Wei Jiang and his descendants to live there.

Wei Jiang certainly would not refuse such a good thing. In addition to residential housing, Wei Jiang asked the construction team to build a large laboratory.

"Just be a landlord, as long as you are happy living here."

"The construction team is still repairing the winding road up the mountain."

The father and son chatted quietly, and no one else in the store could hear them clearly.

A wild hill in the southeast of Nanshi City was closed two weeks ago. A large number of construction teams moved in to work in two shifts 24 hours a day.

The notice board hanging on the enclosed wall of the construction site reads "Environmental Monitoring Institute".

Although the residents in the surrounding area were confused, some people took the initiative to inquire but could not get much real information.

The forest on the top of the mountain is lush and green. Most of the people getting on and off the stopped vehicles are young men. The scene is orderly, and there are even some people in military uniforms directing the scene.

"Look at the ID."

"House decoration materials, just pull it up."

"Go up."

After registering the vehicle information, the transport vehicle passed the mid-mountain checkpoint and continued up the mountain.

Some soldiers in military uniforms were patrolling around, with bulges around their waists and something obviously tucked under their clothes.

The trees along the mountain road are lush and green, and among the dense bushes, there are dark shadows that are invisible to ordinary people, reflecting a ray of light.

The shadow climbed up along the thick tree next to it and disappeared into the tree's crown and branches.

After a while, a group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms arrived here, crossed the bushes where they had just hidden in the shadows, and walked into the depths of the forest.

"Pay attention to your surroundings and resolutely eliminate any possible surveillance forces."

“Especially those small electronic devices.”

The leader of the soldiers gave orders, looking around with a burning gaze.

"Yes! Captain!"

Of course, the soldiers also did not spare the lush treetops above their heads.

What they didn't know was that behind the leaves that were difficult for them to see, a curled-up mechanical spider was staring at them.

There are many scenes like this in this nameless forest.

A place for his father and him to live, and Wei Jiang even planned to build a laboratory and a small factory here.

No matter how much official support he gets, he certainly won't completely turn his back to others.

As a place for long-term residence, any negligence may lead to disaster in the future.

Monitor the construction progress and personnel on the hilltop 24 hours a day. This is the order Wei Jiang gave to Hongxing.

On the top of the mountain, the construction team dug a large pit on the top of the mountain, which was more than ten meters deep.

This was Wei Jiang's request. He planned to place the laboratory and small manufacturing plant under the residential houses.

New robot products, new aerial robots, new air defense weapons, Wei Jiang wants to obtain all of these things, and it would be better for him to make them himself.

The number of panel anchoring products is limited and it is impossible to cover all aspects.

In the past, there was only a small courtyard in the lower village, with limited space for development.

Now that he has this mountain, Wei Jiang is naturally ready to do something big.

Now the hilltop is a large construction site, but in Wei Jiang’s plan, this hilltop will be armed to the teeth!
Because only in this way can he feel safe.
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Pictures taken by ground-based astronomical observation centers were placed on the table. Musk had seen these photos many times.

Different from the White House's attitude towards the Avengers, as the president of SpaceX, he sees a crisis.

In an hour and a half, a satellite was transported and deployed, an astronaut was sent into the space station, and an astronaut was brought back.

Feats that I never thought of were accomplished by others.

How can SpaceX compete with it?
Is it just a matter of waiting for the White House to destroy the other party?
(End of this chapter)