I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Yu Ziming gently tried to put his palm against the surface of the arrow body. A cold feeling immediately filled his palm and five fingers, but it was not bone-piercing, more like the cold storage area of ​​a refrigerator.

He took back a finger and licked the attached water droplets, which were unexpectedly pure.

"101 (Yao Dong Yao), report the observation situation."

The radio was suddenly noisy for a few seconds, and then the voice of Academician She from the command center came out.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the visual conditions are good, the temperature is above freezing, there is no icing, and no fuel leakage has been found. Finished!"

"The command center understands that Group 1 is preparing for the second round of re-inspection and all personnel will be withdrawn in 35 minutes!"

"clear!"

Academician She put down the phone and continued to focus on the monitor that divided the dense area.

The time is beating in the lower right corner of every screen. It is now 03:44 Beijing time, and there are still 136 minutes left before launch.

At first, Xinyuan rented a simple factory building for the Qiongzhou Command Center for its own convenience, but then the space agency also found that the nearby command location was more convenient than the remote control in the capital. Later, it was renovated and used to take advantage of the latecomer advantage to establish a location that is better than the remote control in the capital. That one is bigger and equally functional.

Apart from these two, only Xinyuan Base has a comprehensive manned/unmanned command center. Most of the time, the Beijing and Qiongzhou command centers are used more frequently.

Now the place is filled with staff wearing blue and black and white, less the latter, which is the work uniform of Xinyuan Company.

Thousands of people completely filled the vast hall, and there were always people walking around at any time. Claire had only seen such a grand scene during the live broadcast of the moon landing mission decades ago.

The meeting with Academician She was brief, mainly because the latter was very busy at work, and Claire was very understanding. After exchanging a few words, she was invited to the exclusive reception area next to the command center.

Observers from various countries who came in official capacities were gathered in the reception area, and some of the screened images were also broadcast live here simultaneously. However, security did not prevent them from peeping at the back door of the command center - just leave a gap.

Claire was still training at the Naval Flight School when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, and then served in Annan in the following years.

The 23-year-old's biggest impression at that time was the countless NACA employees inside the 14-inch color CRT monitor. However, with the advancement of technology, the requirement for the number of personnel was greatly reduced, and so many people were no longer needed. Only the monster Long March 18 still has terrifying needs.

Academician She was 8 years older than him. At that time, he was probably still researching how to improve the range of missiles in the Gobi Desert and always followed the technical route. He was completely different from Claire who later became an astronaut and then moved to NACA.

But what Claire feels now is that this place is recreating NACA’s former glory, not replicating their success, but re-presenting the spirit of bravely moving forward into the universe to the world.

Many people at NACA think that their Chinese counterparts pay too much attention to "practicality", but now it seems that this view is outdated.

"halloooooo, Mr. Borden."

Borisov was very happy that he could catch the former NACA director here, but the latter was obviously not very happy to be caught "peeping", so he nodded and retreated to the reception room.

But Borisov was not willing to let him go like this and hurriedly followed him.

Now it can barely be regarded as a gathering of the three aerospace leaders, how could it be so neglected!

…

"Phew...the air down there is really heavy and humid."

"Watch your step...don't be so hasty."

"I know cheerleader."

Although he was exhorting others, Yu Ziming himself was actually breathing hard.

The air pressure at minus 180 meters is indeed higher, and the water vapor of the sea water also accumulates there. It is more rhythmic when going down and you can't feel it. The difference is obvious once you reach the sea surface.

It is now 4:39 in the morning. All ships except the four crane boats around the launch box have evacuated. The crane boats are also untying the steel cables holding the launch box from the ship and are already preparing for evacuation.

Waiting for the two diver teams are two 022 missile speedboats. These catamarans can surge at a speed of 50 knots (92 kilometers per hour) on the water and are very suitable for possible emergencies.

Although the lights on the dock in the distance are still there, 80% of the personnel have been evacuated. The remaining small number will leave quickly within 50 minutes. Obviously, the launch time has not been delayed.

More than two hours of patrolling under closed light and high pressure also made Yu Ziming exhausted. He was just fished into the cabin by friendly forces and wanted to rest for a while, but was pulled up and sat on a chair by the crew.

"Captain, please hold on to the handrails on both sides, we are about to carry out the mission."

"What mission?"

"There are people who are not afraid of death and want to approach by boat. Why don't they listen? Our instructor said that when the rocket is launched, it will be like a water explosion from a 20,000-ton atomic bomb. Those small boats will flip around a few times and all the people will be gone.

We are going to evict you soon, so you have to hurry up. "

"..."

Of course Yu Ziming knew this. Since it was not convenient for the coast guard ships to intercept small boats some time ago, the navy directly mobilized 50 022 missile boats here and asked them to chase the stupid tourists who were desperate for their lives.

Since these 022s were temporarily mobilized and equipped with missiles, 50 ships carried a total of 300 YJ-83s. Even if the aircraft carrier fleet came, they would have to go around. It can be said that the interception range is extremely flexible.

Within a few minutes, the missile boat happily took the divers out and began to accelerate. After drawing a beautiful arc, it quickly raised high waves and headed straight for a small white spot in the distance.

The remaining four operating ships also quickly abandoned all the steel cables. Hundreds of steel cables naturally hung down and fell into the water. The launch box connected to the other end completely lost its surroundings and was now only fixed by the bottom anchor cable. , began to float up and down slightly.

The four ships were divided into two teams and accelerated away in opposite directions. They were expected to arrive at a safe sea area 10 kilometers away in 25 minutes. However, the warning line was actually only 3 kilometers away. There were quite a few buoys deployed at this distance. Observe and transmit signals.

However, this does not mean that the command center has completely forgotten the launch area. Only a few people know that there is still a group of "people" busy under the sea.

Those are the latest "Warrior One" wearing heavy semi-hard shell diving suits. They have been holding the submersible below for a week without fear of death, secretly solving many big problems for mankind.

Their mission will continue until the moment of launch, which also means that they will face the turbulence after launch, and it is unknown how much they will survive in the end.

In the command center, Academician She raised his left wrist to compare the time on his watch with the time on the screen. When the pointer pointed to 5:10, he issued an instruction:

"Start water injection, the water volume is 29,000 tons, the gate in area A is activated, and the other gates are on standby!"