I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

"To put it simply, you may not understand. When a submarine moves from high-density waters to low-density waters, it will sink instantly due to the decrease in buoyancy due to the density difference, and will be crushed instantly by the huge water pressure."

"But the soldiers on the submarine relied on muscle memory to accurately shut off more than 180 valves and dozens of devices within 150 seconds when visibility was almost zero due to the water mist gushing out of the pipeline explosion, creating the first submarine to successfully escape from a fatal deep crisis."

"These muscle memories were honed through training that seems meaningless to you people."

"Maybe they are the troublesome kids at home, but these 'meaningless' little things add up and carve them into soldiers little by little like a carving knife."

At last Will shook his head: "Forget it."

"You are a beast who only knows how to bully the weak. You have long lost your ability to empathize. You have no sense of shame and honor. Why am I talking to you all this?"

"I... I feel like I can actually save him..." Nagi said weakly.

"I don't think so."

...

At the same time, inside the Capital Space Base, a rail train was crawling at a snail's pace, dragging the Alliance's latest generation of manned rocket behind it.

This is their gift to the Union Parade

Despite the previous reckless fireworks, the alliance's rocket research and development iterations have been very rapid. In fact, the biggest credit goes to biological artificial intelligence. With the addition of biological intelligence, the previously troublesome precision electronic control system is no longer a problem.

It does not require scientists and researchers to think of millions of possibilities in advance and fill the solutions into the computer system bit by bit. The sensors densely distributed inside the rocket are its eyes and hands and feet, which can be flexibly adjusted in real time according to requirements.

With the help of biological intelligence, goals such as rocket launch, satellite launch, and satellite return have been successfully achieved one by one. This time, the goal is to send astronauts into outer space, circle the planet, and then return and land normally, which will be considered a complete success.

The rail train slowly poured the Xingtu rocket, which was to be sent into space, into the launch pad, and lifted the rocket vertically little by little to stand it upright on the launch pad. The rocket's position was fixed under the launch pad and four small support frames. The service towers on both sides were raised and closed to surround the rocket in the center.

The service tower consists of multiple platforms, which makes it convenient for staff to inspect and maintain each layer of the rocket.

Several power mechas on the service desk on the lower floor methodically filled the four outer booster rockets with magic energy crystals. Liquid fuel does not have the same density and stability as the energy crystals.

The second and first stage rocket thrusters at the center had already completed the energy installation.

While intensive energy refueling and final maintenance work were being carried out outdoors, the three astronauts inside began to put on their spacesuits with the help of numerous staff members.

In order to ensure the safety of the astronauts in the first test, the personal strength of the two astronauts, one male and one female, is around level nine, and as the last insurance, the other remaining astronaut is Shelia~

After these years of experience outside, Shirleya has successfully broken through to the demigod stage and entered the mature stage, and her body has evolved to adult size.

She is not an astronaut but an accompanying security personnel, responsible for bringing the two astronauts back safely in the event of a failure in the escape tower or an unpredictable disaster in space.

Of course, she can also move around in the cabin as long as there is no danger, and she has also received some astronaut training.

The space suit worn by astronauts is a very complex integrated life-support system. The materials used include oxygen, pressure, temperature, radiation and other aspects of the final design to ensure that the space suit has a constant temperature and pressure and has sufficient oxygen, while also being able to carry out space operations.

After the staff helped them put on their suits and checked for leaks or damage, the three astronauts took a shuttle bus to the rocket launch tower under the protection of the staff.

The shuttle bus arrived at the scene, and the three astronauts and all the staff saluted each other. After that, they took the tower elevator to the highest point, entered the return capsule from the small door at the top floor of the rocket, lay down in a row, and each took protective measures.

After the astronauts officially landed, the engineers who had completed the overall inspection of the rocket began to retreat in an orderly manner. At the same time, the Union Central Television Station urgently broadcast the news of the launch of the Union manned rocket and attached a live broadcast video.

The reason why we chose to start the live broadcast at this time is mainly to maintain a certain degree of confidentiality.

The three live broadcast perspectives are: observing the entire rocket from a long distance, inside the return capsule, and from the on-site command center, a total of three perspectives.

The Alliance citizens who were shopping, working, and entertaining were looking at the big screen in the square and listening to the emergency news on the radio with some surprise. They did not expect that the Alliance's space center would suddenly start the launch mission again at this time.

The previous launches, whether successful or failed, had caused quite a stir. The people of the alliance were not blind, so how could they not see it? And the alliance itself did not hide it from its internal staff.

Because aerospace is the main strategic direction of the alliance in the future, it requires the participation of the entire alliance and even the people of the world. The aerospace field will be gradually promoted to the level of universal education to reserve talents for future space exploration and development.

This live broadcast was a bit hasty and not too grand. In fact, it was also taken into consideration in case of failure. After all... this was the first manned space flight, and it would be embarrassing if it failed.

Lying on the chair, Xue Liya looked at the cramped interior of the return capsule with boredom, her pink lips pouted slightly: "Your Majesty is really unkind, I just finally came back and before I could enjoy a few days, you threw me into the farther outer space."

"Alas, it's true that we only see the newcomers laughing, but never hear the old ones crying. Isn't that right, Huang Ya?"

[…I can’t understand.]

An emotionless mechanical female voice sounded in the ears of the three people.

"Tsk, it's like a piece of wood, not fun."

The other two astronauts couldn't help laughing when they heard this. Shirleya was like a funny guy during training, and they were already very familiar with her lazy and slacking personality.

[Enter countdown, 1 minute to prepare. ]

Huang Ya's words immediately quieted the three of them down. Their expressions turned serious as they stared nervously at the data on the dashboard in front of them.

In the command hall, the announcer shouted, "50 seconds!"

Huang Ya: [50 seconds, dismantling the service framework...dismantling completed.]

The service frame that was folded up outside the rocket slowly fell to the sides.

"30 seconds!"

[30 seconds, the energy filling station is detached. ]

"20 seconds!"

【20 seconds. 】

“10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1，启动！”

[Starting the anti-gravity device, preparing to ignite...]

Under the attention of all the people in the alliance, on the big screen, a rocket more than 40 meters high was ejected from the launch tower from slow to fast speed, and the ejection reached its peak when it was more than 20 meters away from the ground. When the rocket was slightly suspended in the air and ready to fall, the four booster rocket nozzles suddenly burst into fierce flames.

"Boost ignition successful."

[The booster ignited successfully.]

The rocket's flight attitude was stabilized by the adjustment of the small vector nozzles around the main tail nozzle, and then it began to rush towards the sky with the help of the thrusters. The residents of the capital of Serra could see from afar a beam of fire slanting up against the sky.

You don't need to watch the live broadcast to know that the rocket has successfully completed the launch, and there was an immediate thunderous cheer.

[Procedure turn completed, radar tracking normal, telemetry signal normal, optical radar tracking normal, Star Path flight attitude normal. ]

The three people in the return capsule were a little nervous and no one spoke. Through the obvious centrifugal force, they could clearly know that the rocket they were on was accelerating into the space.

[The escape tower has been separated and is 40.24 kilometers above the ground.]

[Booster separation, first stage shutdown, first and second stages separation.]

Following Huang Ya's report, the four booster rockets on the outside of the main rocket separated from the main rocket under the detonation of micro-bombs. At the same time, the lowest second-stage rocket engine in the middle section began to operate, emitting dazzling blue light and continuing to climb in altitude.

【Second-stage ignition successful.】

[The fairing separated...separated successfully. ]

Leaving the atmosphere

At this point the rocket had risen to an altitude where the air was thin, and the fairing on top of the rocket was discarded, revealing the return capsule inside.

Shirleya tilted her head slightly to look at the window reserved on the side. At the height they were at, the sky was no longer blue but pitch black. She was already in outer space.

A few minutes later, Huang Ya's voice came at the right time:

【Re-test personnel status... Status is normal. 】

[Height 95.88 kilometers from the ground. 103...110...118...]

[Second stage thruster shuts down, second stage thruster separates. ]

[Ignition of three levels at once, ignition successful,]

During the report of the artificial intelligence Huangya, Xueliya suddenly saw the small holy light cross decoration hanging in front of them suddenly float up. Obviously, they had now escaped gravity and completely entered the space.

[The third-stage thruster is shut down, and the cabin and rocket are separated]

[Separation successful, orbit entry completed. ]

"Entering orbit successfully, the launch mission was successfully completed!"

‘Wow! ’

When the return capsule successfully entered an orbit reaching an altitude of 240 kilometers from the ground, warm applause and cheers rang out in the command hall, and the people who had been watching the live broadcast also shouted excitedly.

The tourists around who were not citizens of the Alliance looked on with envy.

Chapter 448: A Great Creation that Gathers the Power of the People

kiru air base

This air force base located in the northern border of the alliance is responsible for patrolling the northern border of the alliance.

Alexei piloted a new single-engine jet fighter, the Petrel, to patrol the northern border of the motherland non-stop. The biting cold wind and the 17-hour long darkness made the flying conditions here extremely harsh.

Here, nature has become the most severe teacher. The combat-ready pilots on duty are the best men in the entire alliance, but what challenges the limits here is no longer the pilots' bodies, but the fighter jets themselves.

In the era of propeller fighters, this was the air force base with the highest number of pilot deaths in plane crashes within the Union. In the first month when Alexei arrived here, one of his comrades died in a plane crash.

Alexei fought against nature in the ice, snow and cold wind for two years. He replaced better and better fighter planes and also developed the courage to not fear death.

When the short daylight appeared, a mysterious team of omen suddenly visited the Kiru Air Force Base. They neither stated their affiliation nor their requirements for candidates.

But batch after batch of ace pilots from the air force base were sent to the secret room to talk to various doctors, and Alexei was naturally one of them.

The doctors' questions were simple but cryptic. They asked him in detail about his military service, examined his physical condition, and then several internal affairs department members thoroughly questioned him about his family situation.

But no one mentioned the purpose of this call-up.

A few days later, Alexei was sent to the General Hospital of the Serra Garrison Military District for further examination in confusion. In fact, no more than five soldiers in the entire Kiru Air Force Base passed the initial screening, with an elimination rate of 98%.

At the military hospital, Alexei underwent an unprecedentedly detailed examination, including eight eye-related items, countless interviews with psychologists, and nightmarish math tests.

While he was answering the questions, not only would the questions come out of his headphones, but there would also be harsh noises and various distracting answers. Alexey had to achieve an accuracy rate of over 90% under such conditions.

The doctors here are more like prison guards. They use special hammers to hit various parts of Alexei's body, turn him over and over on various machines, and never miss any defects that may threaten his health from head to toe.

This complicated and painful interview lasted for two months, and Alexei was exhausted by the questioning, but it was obvious that this was because he was selected.

After the physical and psychological interviews, he was taken to a new secret room where 39 unfamiliar soldiers were already sitting, with a 1:1 ratio of men to women. This time, the person interviewing him was a soldier he was familiar with.

They suddenly asked Alexei and others if they would like to fly some new 'planes', and as expected, everyone became excited.

"Of course I do!"

"Is it time to replace our air force base with new equipment?"

"Is it a heavy twin-engine fighter? I dream of flying them!"

The interviewing officer interrupted them, showing no interest in their simple question: "You are wrong. I am talking about long-distance flights of launch vehicles, flights around the planet."