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

Futaba County.

"Sector A 12, fire bomb coverage."

"Understood, please confirm whether people in the target area have evacuated."

"All armored vehicles are out. Clear to fire."

"Understood, in three minutes, our aircraft will drop four 250kg Type II fire-extinguishing bombs to the A12 area!"

Zhang Meng hung up the intercom, then moved his gaze to the under-wing camera of the Rainbow-5 drone, and then watched four red-painted bombs being released.

It is now 3:25, and the cruising Rainbow-5 was ready to return to the airport, but the satellite happened to find that there was still a fire on the ground, and the Rainbow-5 threw out all the fire-extinguishing bombs it had brought.

Area A12 is an outer forest of a nearby forest park. It was not originally ignited by the nuclear explosion, but the fire in the central area was finally blown by the wind and spread.

In fact, there is little point in cleaning up this place. Although the first hydrogen bomb cannot affect this area, the impact range of the second one can include the A12 area, and it will still be reduced to a bare area in the end.

Rainbow-5 cleaned this place completely smoothly, because the Type II fire-extinguishing bombs they carried could not return with bombs and had to be thrown away before landing.

There are two types of fire-extinguishing bombs brought from China: Type I and Type II. Type I is a universally applicable ultra-fine dry powder fire-extinguishing bomb, which is used in small batches for forest fire-fighting equipment in China. In principle, it is allowed to land with bombs, but generally it is not allowed. will do so.

But when the first batch of fire-extinguishing aerial bombs arrived at Fukushima, Tian Zhan discovered that the supply was seriously insufficient. If even one-tenth of the demand was not enough according to the designated defense zone, he immediately reported the problem.

Finally, Type II fire extinguishing bombs were shipped from China. The principle is different from dry powder fire extinguishing bombs. The Type II bomb body is filled with high-energy fuel mainly composed of ethylene oxide. The explosion spreads to a large area of ​​​​airspace and ignites, quickly consuming the surrounding air. Creates a vacuum zone to extinguish the source of the fire by suppressing oxygen.

Type II fire extinguishing bombs are also known as fuel-air bombs, also known as cloud burst bombs and thermobaric bombs.

Therefore, when Type I fire-extinguishing bombs have a large gap and high costs, domestically they choose to paint the inventory of cloud explosive bombs with red paint, which is affordable in large quantities and sufficient in quantity.

As for whether this counts as deploying military weapons, it doesn't matter, because the other four companies have done this...

Except for the Pacific Fleet, which frantically purchased fire-extinguishing bombs with a total amount of hundreds of millions of dollars and a unit price of 350,000 U.S. dollars, the others saved as much as they could, and even did not change the painting.

The cleaning effect of the four thermobaric bombs was very significant. After being thrown down, they immediately extinguished the fire in an area of ​​almost 300,000 square meters. The effect was immediately visible in the aerial photos.

After dropping the bomb, Rainbow-5 landed at Fushishima Airport, which had been designated as a dedicated radiation operation. The aircraft that had previously entered the mushroom cloud to collect dust samples were also parked here. The air at the airport was always filled with radiation-eliminating water that was continuously sprayed. There was fog, and there were ground staff from various countries working in heavy protective clothing.

When Rainbow 5 returned, there were several large aircraft queuing up to take off on the runway, including the 2220 that Xiao Okada had just taken.

However, this time all the crew members except him were replaced, and it took a lot of effort for Xiao Gangtian to come up for the second time.

In China, six crews are prepared for each aircraft for three nuclear explosions. Each crew can only fly once at most. During the nuclear explosion, there are a maximum of 6 radiation missions.

All crew members will take a three-month long leave and receive special duty allowances afterwards, and will not perform similar tasks for at least the next 24 months.

This time, the 2220 aircraft will perform the radiation dust design mission, and the 2210 aircraft will conduct the observation mission. The 2220 aircraft where Xiao Okada is located will hover in an area 30 kilometers away from the center of the explosion during the explosion, and will record the entire explosion process in the most comprehensive manner.

According to domestic inference, as long as the heading is consistent with the shock wave at this distance, the aircraft will only feel a burst of airflow turbulence, and the flight will not be greatly affected.

The power of sea and land attenuates much faster due to terrain and underground explosions, making it safer than in the air.

As aircraft No. 2220 took off and flew to the seaside, Xiao Gangtian also became excited.

After passing through the nuclear explosion area for the first time, he was even more looking forward to the second time. Moreover, he could not see very clearly due to the angle in the first mission, but this time he would definitely be able to get a full view.

About 10 minutes later, the H-6H approached the 30-kilometer cordon and began to fly around the cordon. Following it were seven or eight aircraft with the same purpose.

At this time, more than three hours had passed since the first hydrogen bomb exploded. The shape of the mushroom cloud had dissipated and destroyed. From a distance, only an unusually huge cloud could be seen. It would be difficult for an uninformed person to imagine that what had just happened Field nuclear explosion.

The analysis of the results of the first mushroom cloud sampling has been completed. According to the measurement of various types of radiation residue content in the samples, more than 95% of the nuclear fuel in Core 1 was hit by the neutron flow and decayed, which has met the expected cleaning effect.

As for the No. 2 reactor core, there was also a certain deviation according to the measurement, but when it was reported to Lucia, the other party very implicitly stated that it was "within the range of effect" and declined her concern.

Their Iskander is larger than the Dongfeng 15C, and the warhead can naturally be made larger and heavier, so it is not incomprehensible that they are more confident.

When Xiao Gangtian was distracted, a flash of light caught his attention. He saw a lake-like place on the ground outside the porthole, shimmering in the setting sun.

There is a large area of ​​reflection next to it, but it's not that strong.

That is the location of the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and the center of the explosion. Xiao Gangtian believes that the ultra-high temperature and high pressure may have squeezed the sand and rocks in the soil into countless glass fragments, because the explosion area surveyed is a trumpet-shaped pit. , maybe the cave walls and the surface of the cave entrance are completely covered with colorful glass shards.

He suddenly remembered a very famous question: Is there a suitable distance where nuclear radiation can just cook a pizza?

This issue is currently unknown, but it is definitely feasible to build a nuclear explosion glass factory.

"Heading to 305, prepare for impact!"

The broadcast in the cabin woke him up from his divergent thinking and realized that his mind might not be normal right now.

However, the pilot next to him kindly reminded:

"The radar station in Jixi has just discovered that a rocket was fired from Vladivostok. It should be Iskander. It is expected to arrive in 12 minutes. We need to adjust our course!"

"okay."

Xiao Gangtian came back to his senses and quickly identified the direction of the target point and the course of the aircraft at this time, confirming that he could see the nuclear explosion on his side.

It is now 3:47, and in less than four hours, a nuclear weapon with a yield of more than 1 million tons has exploded beneath our feet. This experience sounds exciting.

"Come on, let's see what these sons of bitches have prepared!"