Chapter 137 Wait and wait until dawn

Before using nuclear weapons, Banxia had to protect herself. China National Nuclear Corporation gave a detailed self-protection guide (the expert group still believed that Miss Qiu’s explosion would not cause substantial harm to the girl in the foreseeable future, but they could not convince the three old men in the command center). The guide explained in detail how to survive after a nuclear explosion. Banxia checked each item one by one, checked the sealing of doors and windows, and wrapped the supplies tightly with plastic sheeting. But no matter how she protected herself - in the words of the expert group, it was not as good as running far away.

China National Nuclear Corporation suggested that Banxia stay away from Meihua Villa as much as possible in the week after the nuclear explosion, move eastward, and hide near Nanjing University of Science and Technology or the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for a week. If conditions permit, it would be better to hide in Qixia District behind Purple Mountain. The wind is from the northeast in this season, and Qixia District is upwind and not affected by contamination, so Banxia is making preparations before the move.

This is a big project.

Banxia rolled up her sleeping bag, tent and raincoat and tied them tightly to the bicycle frame with straps. She stuffed all the food, drinks and daily necessities into her backpack. She squatted on the floor, lifted the bag hard, it was really heavy, and then put it down heavily.

A small head popped out from behind the bag.

"It's time to move, Mr. Huang."

The girl reached out and patted the weasel's little head.

Uncle Huang raised his head, turned around and ran away.

"Don't run too far!" Banxia shouted, "Don't let me find you later!"

Mr. Huang didn't respond, and it's not known whether he heard it or not. The girl sighed, it was really worrying.

She got up and sat on the chair, slowly took a breath, and then felt that she should shout again, so she shouted towards the door:

"Don't run away!"

The house has been almost tidied up. Everything that can be taken away has been packed up, and everything that cannot be taken away has been sealed up. For example, there is the Ming Dynasty Jingtai blue and white jar with a maid outing pattern in the kitchen, the Hongwu underglaze red plum vase with a pattern of three friends in winter, as well as bottles and jars of all sizes. All of them that cannot be taken away have been buried in a deep pit dug downstairs.

It would definitely be too late to pack up so many things at once, so Banxia must prepare in advance.

The time now is 3:00 p.m. on December 27th.

The girl sat silently on the chair, the table in front of her was crowded with Icom725 amateur radio, Celeron 3150 industrial control motherboard, monitor, power supply, keyboard, camera, and all kinds of messy electronic components piled up like a mountain. There were also batteries piled under the table, a tripod lying horizontally, and burnt and scrapped LCD screens. These were the results of her labor over the past few months. Just half a year ago, she couldn't imagine that she could handle such a complicated system. Look, how easy it is for time to change a person. It won't take long for it to turn yourself into another person.

Banxia picked up the headphones and put them on, a smile unconsciously appearing on her face.

He took off his headphones again and his face returned to expressionless.

Put it on again and smile again.

He took it off again, expressionless again.

She put the headphones back on the table and stared at them motionlessly, her eyes narrowing little by little. Since when did she learn how to disguise herself?

Pretend to be a girl who is always energetic, strong-willed, happy and cheerful, and cannot be defeated.

You know very well that you are not that kind of person.

Banxia said softly.

You are cowardly, you are afraid, you shrink, you want to escape, you dare not face such great difficulties and dangers, you are afraid of nuclear bombs, afraid of big eyes, you can't hold on any longer.

"Who are you performing for?"

The girl spoke into the headphones on the table.

But the headphones remained silent.

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When the Long March 5 Yao 3 rocket was launched that evening, the command center was watching the live broadcast. Of course, it was not the terrible live broadcast of CCTV, but another special line, a VIP camera among VIP cameras. The pores on the Long March 5's face could be seen clearly. Lao Zhao, Lao Bai, Lao Wang and others had been waiting since morning after breakfast, keeping in sync with the Wenchang Center remotely. They could be said to be the most nervous group of people in the world about this launch. The command center was well aware that the opportunity was rare and success or failure depended on it - once the launch failed, even if the Long March 5 had a backup arrow, Miss Qiu would have no backup.

China National Nuclear Corporation has repeatedly emphasized that you only have one chance. We only have one nuclear bomb. If you want to make another one that is exactly the same, it will take at least two months. I know you can't wait.

Lao Zhao said shut up, you guys are making me nervous!

So Lao Zhao spent the whole afternoon in contact with the launch center, repeatedly confirming the steps, almost to the point of harassment, until the launch center couldn't stand it anymore and shouted angrily, "Can you shut up? If you call us again to interfere with our work, you will be fully responsible if anything goes wrong with this rocket!"

Hearing this - Bai Zhen and Wang Ning felt relieved.

Finally someone can teach that bastard Old Zhao a lesson.

Zhao Bowen was retorted and felt helpless. He sat on the sofa depressed, looking at the rocket standing under the light and emitting white smoke two thousand kilometers away.

"Leave professional matters to professionals, right?" Bai Zhen said to Wang Ning. "Outsiders who don't understand should not make trouble. This is the most basic principle of work."

Wang Ning nodded:

"I never disturb others when they are busy. I never bother them."

"This is a question of quality," said Lao Bai.

"Yes, it's a quality issue." Lao Wang also said.

At 8:45 that evening, the Long March 5 Yao-3 rocket was ignited. Everyone in the command center followed the big white fat man as he gradually went away in the sky and turned into a small glowing dot. To be honest, everyone was quite nervous. The technology of the Long March 5 was not mature enough. There had been problems during the launch of the Yao-2 rocket two years ago. The hydrogen-oxygen engine malfunctioned, causing the mission to fail. Hundreds of people in the command center dared not breathe and stared at him closely. There was no other way. If there was a way to go up to the space with him, someone in the command center would definitely go. Even if others didn't say anything, Zhao Bowen would be the first to sign up. He would follow from the launch of the rocket until the fairing was opened.

Fortunately, the Long March 5 team and the Buddha of Qixia Temple were reliable. At 8:50 that evening, the satellite and rocket separated. The command center confirmed that the payload had successfully entered orbit. The long-lost big red screen in the operation and control hall lit up, and everyone stood up and applauded.

The new manned spacecraft prototype carried Miss Qiu into orbit and cut off all contact with the earth after an hour. It will be the largest time slow delivery sent by the human world to the future. The orbit of the spacecraft is designed to be a path to the L4 Lagrange point between the sun and the earth. At the L4 point, the spacecraft will orbit in a halo orbit for twenty years, while keeping synchronization with the earth's orbital period until the return day approaches, and then restart the engine to return to Earth.

This is also the most complicated time-slow delivery mission to date.

It is more complicated than the previous two generals, mainly because of the re-entry into the atmosphere.

The orbital designs of the two spacecraft, Heng and Ha, are the most complex, but they do not need to enter the atmosphere and do not need to face the biggest challenge in human space history. Diving into the dense atmosphere is a matter of life and death for any spacecraft, and Ms. Qiu returned to Earth from the L4 point outside an astronomical unit, and her re-entry speed exceeded the low-Earth orbit - this is why the command needs to borrow the new manned spacecraft. The new manned spacecraft is prepared for lunar and even Mars missions, and it has the ability to ensure its own safety while returning to the Earth's atmosphere at high speed.

"It's done! The launch was successful!" Bai Zhen slammed the table and stood up, "Who's going to buy a bottle of wine? Let's celebrate? Let's drink the celebratory wine——"

"What to buy?" Mom appeared behind him silently.

"No, no, no, nothing... But this is a big happy occasion, we can't make an exception..."

Bai Zhen still wanted to struggle.

"Drinking will ruin your work!" Mom didn't give me any face, "Have you finished all your work? You're just thinking about drinking."

Old Bai is withered.

Looking back, Bai Zhen's celebratory toast was indeed premature. The successful launch of the rocket was only half of the success. The other half would have to wait until after ten o'clock in the evening. According to the original plan, the spacecraft would return to Earth at around ten o'clock in the evening on December 27, twenty years later. So a group of people crowded outside Bai Yang's room waiting for news, waiting for news that the spacecraft had returned to Earth.

Bai Yang told the girl that the return of the manned spacecraft to Earth would be very spectacular, like an oversized meteor streaking across the night sky that could be seen all over the world, so the girl happily prepared to watch the meteors.

Banxia asked when it would come?

Bai Yang said ten o'clock.

Banxia asked again, what if he didn’t come by ten o’clock?

Bai Yang said then eleven o'clock.

Banxia asked again, what if he hadn’t arrived by eleven o’clock?

Bai Yang said then it would be twelve o'clock, since it would definitely come back tonight anyway.

Banxia said yes.

She sat there and waited until dawn the next day.

(End of this chapter)