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Chapter 277 It’s National Day, Let’s Stay Up All Night Together

Graduation season is somewhat sad, but for Xia Keke and her roommates, the sadness is not too strong.

The main thing is that all four people in the dormitory were successfully admitted to graduate school.

Three of them were admitted to graduate school at the same university, and the other one was admitted to Huaqing University across the street. Their majors didn't change, so it was easy for them to get together.

In addition, Qiao Yu was beside me at the graduation ceremony, which made me feel even more sad. I even had more expectations for the future.

Almost the entire graduation ceremony was spent in this question-and-answer session. After the leader on the rostrum finished speaking, I watched Xia Keke receive her degree certificate from the dean, took a few photos, and then quietly left.

The rostrum was full of leaders, so sneaking over to take a look was the limit. After the graduation ceremony was over, it was embarrassing to run into the leaders.

Young people in their twenties can no longer be willful. The main reason is that Qiao Yu believes that his stage has never been here.

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For students, September has always been a special month, representing the end of the longest vacation of the year.

But it's not that boring, because you only need to go to school for a month before you can have the National Day holiday.

However, because there was no official publicity on September 25, few people knew that at the Huaxia Jiukong Launch Center in the desert, a heavy rocket carrying a satellite soared into the sky and successfully entered the geosynchronous orbit about ten hours later.

At the same time when the good news came, there was an extremely busy scene in the China Asia Situation Awareness Center, which was established some time ago.

Qiao Yu was also present at the scene and was talking with Yu Yanjiang in the center's office.

In fact, it is one unit with two names. The external name is the China Asia Situation Awareness Center, and the internal name is the Air-Based Denial Project Headquarters.

As for Lao Yu, he was seconded from the lunar landing project department.

Although in Qiao Yu's opinion, the air-based denial project and the moon landing project can actually be carried out together.

But after discussion, it was decided to postpone the date of the moon landing project and focus on the space-based denial project first.

In the words of the big boss, the moon is hanging there and it won't move away no matter how many days in the morning or at night.

But the Space-Based Denial Project is different. This is not just a science and technology project or even a national defense project, but a project that can protect the whole world, especially the Chinese people, from blackmail!

So the meaning is more important.

After all, China has sufficient strategic depth.

When we have space-based denial capabilities, the only threat to the homeland is probably under the ocean, but that threat is only a limited distance from the coast.

But it is different in China. For DF Express, the eight words "mission accomplished" are no joke.

The unequal deterrent force is enough to keep everyone calm.

This is actually the reason why quantum simulation computers should be placed after space-based denial exercises.

Since Qiao Yu had no experience in leading such a large-scale engineering project, not to mention that the Space-Based Denial Project was a super-large project, he had to choose a suitable leader.

Originally, Yu Yanjiang was not quite there yet. But Chief Engineer Yu and Qiao Yu were the most familiar with the entire aviation system. Moreover, the space-based denial project required smooth communication with major aerospace departments.

Yu Yanjiang had always been in the aerospace system and was familiar with every aspect of it, so he was directly transferred here to be the chief engineer and to work directly with Qiao Yu's project team.

The chief engineer is still the chief engineer. In fact, even the tasks they are responsible for are almost the same. Make budgets, approve funds, keep track of the progress of the project, coordinate various units...

The only difference is that he has fewer technical responsibilities, and the brain of the project team is at Yanbei University.

"Huh...Qiao Yu, we astronauts have not let down our team. A total of twelve satellites and equipment in the first phase have arrived at the designated location.

One synchronous orbit satellite, three medium orbit satellites, and eight low earth orbit satellites. Now it's up to you. At the last meeting, your professor Zheng made a promise in front of the leaders.

As long as this last AsiaSat-2031 can be successfully launched into space, the Sky Shield- exercise can definitely be carried out according to the previously established plan.

We are all trying to complete the launch by the end of September, as it will be a great gift for the National Day this year. As for whether it can be done, it still depends on you, Qiao Yu."

Sky Shield-2031, this is the missile interception exercise named at the beginning of the year. The original time window was August this year, as a tribute to the Army Day.

It's just that the progress of the engineering machine has not caught up with expectations. Of course, this has nothing to do with Qiao Yu, after all, the last networking satellite has just been sent up. But it is more meaningful to give a gift to the National Day.

"Don't worry, Chief Engineer Yu. It's not that I don't give you face. It's mainly because I like to tell the truth. Let's just say that when was it us who failed to keep up with the progress of the Space-Based Denial Project?
Don't worry, I'm here today to prepare for the final test before the exercise. After the quantum radar is calibrated, we will start the laser focusing test and the intersatellite link delay test.

These tests can be completed in 48 hours at most. As for AGI threat identification, multi-satellite coordination, and strong electromagnetic interference environment testing, 24 hours is enough.

It's only three days at most. You also reserved five days for us, and I can enjoy a weekend off during that time."

To be honest, what Yu Yanjiang couldn't stand most when dealing with Qiao Yu was Qiao Yu's relaxed attitude.

Anyway, everything this kid says is simple, so there's no need to worry.

This attitude is exactly what engineers like Yu Yanjiang are most worried about. For experienced old engineers, their rich experience has always told them that complex system projects always have too many unexpected events.

Many times, I play a joke on them at the moment when they are most confident.

Such a carefree and nonchalant attitude is a mistake only a novice like Qiao Yu would make.

Every time Yu Yanjiang didn't want to say anything, he just hoped to see Qiao Yu get beaten up by the facts, so that he could learn a lesson and not speak in that tone in front of him again.

However, so far, as Qiao Yu said, it has been the other departments he is responsible for coordinating that have been dragging things down.

For example, those who work on rockets, design satellites, and make laser transmitters... Only the tasks assigned to Qiao Yu have never had any accidents. This has made Yu Yanjiang very worried...

After all, the curse of engineering is not so easy to break. It would be bad if something went wrong at a critical moment.

Especially Qiao Yu's carefree look at this moment always made him feel a little uneasy, but he couldn't refute it.

"Okay, as long as you have confidence. But two days off is definitely a joke, right? This is a National Day gift! Do you know how many moves are required to cooperate with this exercise?
Look at the map, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Kamchatka Peninsula... seven different locations around the world. We went there specifically to test the multi-point interception capability.

If we succeed, it's fine. But if we fail during the exercise, we will lose face in front of the whole world! Although face is worth less than two taels, at this critical moment, our face is very valuable!"

Yu Yanjiang said earnestly.

Qiao Yu smiled and replied, "Don't worry, I brought all the big guys from our project team with me. You can trust them to do their work, as they have been working with us since the beginning of our project team.

If you don't believe me, you have to believe them. You should have seen the quality of the work done by the bosses over the years. If you haven't seen it, go to the Quantum Alliance and ask who doesn't give them a thumbs up! "

Although Qiao Yu was usually dissatisfied with these people and always found fault with them, to be honest, after meeting other project teams, he still had confidence in these people.

This is mainly due to the good implementation of the competition mechanism.

Although Qiao Yu didn't like the roll culture before, when he started to lead the project, he found that the roll culture was really useful, as long as it was used in the right place.

He doesn't care what the professors do on weekdays, but he has to hand in work reports at each node.

To see whether someone is serious about their work, just look at the results and work reports. If not, just replace the person directly. This style really shocked everyone.

Anyway, everyone is very motivated.

"Okay! As long as you have confidence! I'm waiting for your good news. But I'll tell you the truth. In fact, we left some time when reporting to the higher-ups.

It's called a National Day gift, but after all, there are seven days off for National Day, right? So our Sky Shield exercise doesn't have to be on October 1st. It can be done within seven days.

Therefore, the sea-based, land-based, and air-based exercise forces that have received the order will be on standby at all times during the entire National Day. So you don't have to be so anxious.

Don’t mess around with testing just to save time. Our motto for aviation people is to either not do it or do it right the first time! ”

Qiao Yu was speechless...

Yu Yanjiang is a good person in every aspect. His only shortcoming is that he is too cautious and not generous at all.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yu, I'll tell you the truth. You know the saying that ten minutes on stage is the result of ten years of hard work off stage? Although the progress has been slowed down because your satellite has not been able to go into space, do you know how many times we have simulated it using the existing satellites?
It is nothing more than using quantum simulation technology to command the signals from geosynchronous satellites on the ground. You have to believe in the initiative of the team I lead. In particular, we never wait for everyone to be in place before we start working.

In the past few months, we have been waiting for your synchronous satellite to be launched. We have already simulated and debugged it thousands of times. These two days, we said we were doing technical tests, but in fact, we mainly checked whether the communication equipment on the synchronous orbit satellite is normal. As long as the equipment can operate normally, success is inevitable! "

After hearing Qiao Yu talk so seriously about the team's behind-the-scenes work, although Yu Yanjiang felt a little ashamed, he suddenly felt at ease.

Well, the older generation still believes in doing the work first. Then he thought about how Qiao Yu had never let them down since the first space-based satellite was launched, but he always had problems on his side, and his face turned red...

He simply joked shamelessly: "Haha, that's why I often tell outsiders that Chinese people always have heroes at a young age. With a successor like you, I can rest assured. When the third phase of space-based denial is completed, I can retire with peace of mind."

Qiao Yu asked in surprise, "No, Chief Engineer Yu, the third phase of the space-based denial project will take several years. After the first phase of the exercise is completed, you will not return to the moon landing project team?"

It's not that Qiao Yu holds a grudge, he really remembers that when the project was first launched, he hoped to postpone the moon landing and start the Ma Tianji project first. It was this that Chief Engineer Yu had been fighting with him for a long time.

It was not easy to convince this old man. Especially since he liked to act like a jerk. When he found that he couldn't win, he would show off his seniority and use his power to overpower others.

If he didn't have two senior veterans supporting him, this old man would have been in real trouble.

Especially this guy is really shameless. Seeing that this matter is already a foregone conclusion, he can still pull it down and come directly to this project. But then again, being shameless also has its advantages.

For example, after coming to this project, Yu Yanjiang's attitude changed quickly. He began to consider everything for the space-based project and directly put the moon landing project aside.

From Qiao Yu's perspective, this old man was definitely a scumbag when he was young.

So whenever I find the chance, I always make fun of this old man.

Fortunately, Yanjiang didn't care about Qiao Yu, he just laughed it off.

Anyway, in Lao Yu's opinion, all the face and favors in front of his family are false. The real thing is to be able to show off in front of those foreigners!

If you look closely, you will find that people of this age tend to go to two extremes.

Either the waist is extremely rigid and cannot be bent at all, or it is extremely soft and weak without bones. Everything is better from outside.

Obviously, Lao Yu and Qiao Yu's grandfather both belong to the former. Anyway, Qiao Yu still likes him, which is probably why the two of them have always gotten along well.

In this way, time quickly came to September 30th. At 3 pm China time, basically all the players who could rank in the global village received a note from China.

To translate the content into a language that everyone can easily understand, it means: Tomorrow is China's National Day, so from 2 to 4 pm, I want to celebrate it in a very special way.

Taking into account the time difference, it is already early morning in many places at this time, which is when people are most sleepy. However, I still sincerely recommend that everyone stay up and pay attention to this exercise together.

Besides, I have already informed everyone in advance, please don't cause any misunderstandings, so as to avoid embarrassing everyone.

Well, actually the second half will definitely not appear in the content of the announcement.

However, seven large fireworks were thrown at the same coordinates from different places around the world, including China, at the same time. This was a big move that was enough to keep many people awake...

In short, many people are determined to stay up all night.

(End of this chapter)