Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 218 Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished! (Subscribe)
"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"Fire and launch!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, it was finally time to launch the missile. With an order from the command desk, the huge missile in the distance suddenly roared, and then a large amount of smoke spewed out from the tail of the missile.

Everyone present stared nervously at the giant dragon that seemed to be breaking free from its shackles. The missile slowly rose into the air accompanied by a large amount of smoke.

At first the speed was relatively slow, then it became faster and faster, and then slowly turned into a black dot and finally disappeared into the sky.

Seeing the missile disappear from sight, everyone present took off their hats and started jumping and waving them.

At this moment, men, women, young and old, were all excitedly celebrating with the people around them. At this moment, there was no age difference or position difference, and everyone's face was filled with tears of excitement.

"Observation point No. 627 report: The missile is flying steadily, at an altitude of three kilometers, at a speed of meters per second!"

"Radar Station No. 8.4 reports: The missile's flight attitude is normal, the flight altitude is 1 kilometers, and the flight speed is Mach !"

"Radar Station No. 24 reports: The missile's flight attitude is normal, the flight altitude is 2.7 kilometers, and the flight speed is Mach!"

While people outside were still excitedly discussing the spectacular scene of the missile launch, at the command center, observation data from one observation point after another were all gathered here as the missile flew.

The atmosphere in the entire command center was completely out of tune with the excited crowd outside, and all the scientific researchers were staring closely at the dials of various instruments.

The only 106 aircraft in the Northwest was also seconded here for this missile test.

The commander was standing next to the computer, staring at the lines of the missile's simulated flight path and actual flight path on the computer screen, and asked seriously, "How long will it take for the missile engine to jettison the vehicle?"

"According to the design time, there should be less than 10 seconds left," explained Mr. Qian.
"Tell observation point No. 5 to collect the debris of the bomb!" The chief immediately gave the order after hearing Mr. Qian's words.

"Yes!"

"Attention, observation point No. 5! Attention, observation point No. 5! This is the command center. The missile engine will stop and detach at your location. Please collect the missile wreckage! Please collect the missile wreckage!"

"Observation Point No. 5 received!"

"Report from observation point No. 30: The missile engine has stopped and detached, the guidance head has separated successfully, the attitude is normal, the flight altitude is 3 kilometers, and the speed is Mach !"

As time went by, the reported data from each observation point was transmitted to the command center, and then after rapid calculation by the 106 machine, the flight trajectory of the missile was displayed clearly in front of everyone through the display.

Looking at the flight trajectory that almost completely overlapped with the designed trajectory, it was not until this moment that the entire command center burst into warm applause.

Because next, the remaining range can only rely on the free flight of the missile warhead's own inertial guidance system. At this point, it can be basically confirmed that the test flight of the first missile designed by ourselves was successful.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet for now. The missiles haven't hit the target range yet, so we can't let our guard down."

"As the saying goes, a journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. The closer we get to the final moment, the more we cannot let down our guard!"

The chief waved his hand to stop the celebrating crowd and spoke loudly.

After hearing the chief's words, the entire command center fell silent again, but the atmosphere was noticeably more relaxed at this time.

"Report from observation point No. 9.6: The missile has entered the airspace above the target range, with a terminal flight speed of Mach . It is expected to hit the target range in twenty seconds!"

As the data from the last observation point was reported, everyone in the command center stood up, stood on tiptoe, and stretched their necks to look in the direction of the communication radio station.

Observation point No. 7, the class that the soldier who is just 18 years old and has two years of military service belongs to belongs to this observation point.

At this moment, everyone in the class was nervously operating the observation instruments, while occasionally looking up at the distant sky.

"Sergeant, over there, the big firecrackers are coming!" As a soldier shouted, the others looked up in the direction he pointed, and saw a black dot as if covered with a layer of mist flying towards them from the horizon.

"Everyone, please pay attention and collect data immediately!"

"Squad leader, speed 10.1 Mach! Good~"

Before the soldier could finish his words, the missile warhead seemed like a fearless soldier, charging forward into the shooting range.

At this moment, several large trucks also drove towards them.

"Squeak~" There was a series of sudden brakes, and after the car stopped, dozens of soldiers with guns jumped out of the car.

The squad leader recognized the company commander who had just gotten out of the passenger seat of a truck at a glance.

"Measurements and data collection will be carried out immediately, and the collected data will be transmitted to the observatory. The command center is waiting for this last moment!"

"Yes!"

Then the soldiers started to get busy by taking various instruments from the car.

The company commander walked up to the squad of soldiers who had arrived earlier and saluted them solemnly: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"Company Commander!" The soldiers quickly returned the salute and shouted in unison.

Looking at these soldiers whose faces are weathered by years of wind and sand, even the company commander, who has been tempered with a will of steel, couldn't help feeling a little sad.

This squad is defending the most difficult place in the entire base. Since arriving here two years ago, this is the most difficult and tiring place among all the stations in the base, and the sacrifice rate is the highest.

However, these soldiers still stayed here for two years without regrets. He witnessed with his own eyes how this class of young soldiers turned from passionate teenagers into weathered veterans.

What supports all of this is the belief and sense of responsibility in everyone's heart.

At this moment, even if the company commander had thousands of words to say, in the end, they all turned into just one sentence: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"Company commander, did this big firecracker really fly from thousands of miles away?" At this time, a soldier asked curiously.

"Why, you don't believe it?" the company commander asked with a smile.

Then he said loudly: "This missile was indeed launched from a launch base 1700 kilometers away, and everyone saw the result."

"With a range of 1700 kilometers, it hit the target accurately, less than a kilometer away from the center of the target range!"

"This shows that our hard work here has not been in vain. If we can build an atomic bomb, no one will dare to bully us from now on."

Then the company commander looked at the soldiers in this squad solemnly and said: "And you have contributed a lot to this!"

When the data from the shooting range observation point was transmitted back to the command center, even the usually calm commander couldn't help but excitedly hold Mr. Qian's hand and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay!"

"Mr. Qian, you are the backbone for us!"

As Yang Ning watched the people in the command center cheering and cheering, he couldn't help but think of a sentence: "Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished!"

"The bridal sedan is ready, just waiting for the young lady to get married!"

When this simple telegram of a dozen words reached Beijing, all the leaders were very happy.

But now is not the time to get excited. We have to wait and wait until the moment Miss Qiu gets married. Only then will we have the confidence to fear nothing.

(End of this chapter)