Chapter 47 The East Is Red, the Sun Rises
The earth shook violently.
It was truly an earthquake.
The teacups in the command hall were practically dancing on the tables.
The chandelier overhead swayed like a swing.
That enormous roaring sound.
It doesn't sound like a voice.
It was more like a tangible wave of air.
It crashed directly into everyone's chest cavity.
Knock knock knock.
My heart was pounding in rhythm with that huge thing.
Zhao Di lay face down on the table.
Her little face was pressed tightly against the glass window in front of her (although she couldn't see outside from here, she felt closer to it this way).
His eyes were wide open.
His mouth was open in an "O" shape.
"Wow--"
"What a huge fire!"
"My butt's smoking!"
On the screen.
That silver-white giant.
It is accelerating.
It's getting faster and faster.
It trailed a long, straight tail of flame.
It pierced the sky above the Gobi Desert.
What a magnificent scene that was!
The arrow is white.
Red flames.
Blue sky.
This creates a picture that is worthy of being recorded in history.
"Program turn!"
"Telemetry signal is normal!"
"Radar tracking is normal!"
"Flight attitude is stable!"
Various reports kept coming over the loudspeaker.
Every voice was filled with an irrepressible excitement.
Chen Zhiyuan stared intently at the curve on the screen.
That's the trajectory of a rocket.
Perfect.
It's perfect.
It looks like it was drawn with a ruler.
The gyroscope that Zhao Di "carved out".
It is playing a crucial role in stabilizing the situation.
No matter how the airflow is disturbed.
No matter how the wind blows at high altitudes.
The rocket seemed to have eyes.
It gripped the predetermined track tightly.
Not a single bit off.
"Separate primary and secondary levels!"
With a command given.
The rocket on the screen suddenly broke off.
The booster below has completed its mission.
Shedding.
It plummeted into the vast desert.
And the level above that.
Reignite.
The speed increased once again.
Zhao Di looked at the things falling from the screen.
I'm a little anxious.
"oops!"
"It's broken! It's broken!"
"His butt fell off!"
"Uncle, is it broken?"
She was frantically screaming in her head.
The system rolled its eyes.
[Stupid host.]
That's called multi-stage separation.
It's like eating sugarcane; you have to spit out the peel.
Only by discarding useless shells can you fly higher and farther.
Just you wait and see.
The best is yet to come.
Zhao Di nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
So even firecrackers eat sugarcane!
You still have to spit out the skin.
Time passed by, second by second.
The rocket has already left the atmosphere.
The background changed from blue sky to deep black.
That's space.
It is a forbidden zone that humanity has only been able to look up to for thousands of years, but has never been able to touch.
Now.
Our footprints.
Finally, I stepped onto it.
"Fairing separation!"
"Final shutdown!"
"Star and rocket separate!"
With the final instruction issued.
On the screen.
That "small ball" that was always wrapped around the top of the rocket.
It finally revealed its true form.
It was ejected.
It slowly unfurled several shimmering "wings".
Those are solar panels.
It also includes its ears and mouth.
It rolled over in space.
It hovered steadily there.
Like a newborn star.
"Orbit successfully entered!"
"The satellite has entered its designated orbit!"
This moment.
There was no cheering in the command center.
Everyone held their breath.
He stared intently at the loudspeaker.
because.
This is not the final victory.
This satellite went up.
They weren't going on vacation.
It went there with a mission.
It's meant to represent us Chinese people.
Shout out in space.
Let's raise our voices!
"Waiting for signal feedback..."
"Receiving..."
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
The agony of waiting.
It took longer than ten thousand years.
Commander Zhang's palms were sweaty.
He crushed the long-extinguished cigarette butt into powder.
Lin Jianguo held Zhao Di in his arms.
I felt like my heart was about to jump out of my chest.
Zhao Di also sensed the adults' tension.
She dared not speak.
He just asked the system quietly in his mind.
"uncle……"
"Can that iron ball talk?"
What will it say?
The system did not respond.
It was only on her retina.
It displayed a big smiley face.
【listen. 】
Just then.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"
A hissing sound came from the loudspeaker.
That was noise from outer space.
Immediately afterwards.
A crisp, melodious, yet incredibly familiar tune.
It penetrated through the layers of electromagnetic waves.
Inside this enclosed command center.
It rang.
"The East Is Red—"
"The sun rises—"
"China has produced—"
The sound wasn't high fidelity.
It even has a slight distortion and electronic sound.
But at this moment.
In everyone's ears.
This is the most beautiful heavenly sound in the world!
This is the most breathtaking symphony!
boom--
The hall exploded.
It completely exploded.
The emotions that I had been suppressing just moments ago.
In that instant.
Like a flood bursting its banks.
It gushed out.
"It's a success!"
"We did it!"
"It rang! It really rang!"
A group of scientists in their seventies and eighties.
He needs someone to help him walk normally.
But now he seems to have gone mad.
Throw the hat at the ceiling.
They hugged each other and cried their hearts out.
She cried her heart out.
She cried her heart out.
For this day.
They went into hiding under assumed names.
Eating sand in this godforsaken Gobi Desert.
For this day.
Their hair turned white from working so hard.
The blood has been boiled away.
Some even fell just before dawn.
Now.
I finally heard it.
This song comes from space.
It is the best comfort for them.
This is the best way to honor those comrades who sacrificed their lives.
Commander Zhang is a man of steel.
I couldn't hold back any longer.
Two streams of hot tears rolled down his wrinkled face.
It dripped onto my clothes.
He didn't wipe it.
Let the tears flow freely.
He turned around.
He hugged Lin Jianguo and Zhao Di tightly.
"Building a nation..."
“Zhao Di…”
Did you hear that?
"That's our voice!"
"We Chinese people have finally stood tall!"
Lin Jianguo also cried.
He's a roughneck.
I don't understand orbital parameters.
I don't understand telemetry signals.
But he understands the song.
That's a song he's sung since he was a child.
That was the song he silently recited as he charged into battle.
Now.
The song was sung in the sky.
The whole world can hear it.
"I heard you!"
"I heard you!"
"Commander! We did it!"
Lin Jianguo held his daughter tightly.
His voice was choked with sobs.
Zhao Di was caught between two big men.
I'm having trouble breathing.
She stretched out her little hand.
He wiped away Commander Zhang's tears.
She wiped away her father's tears again.
"Grandpa, don't cry."
"Don't cry, Father."
"That iron ball sings quite well."
"It sounds much better than the old radio at home."
"that is……"
Zhao Di smacked her lips.
"Is this the only song it can sing?"
"Could you sing 'Little Swallow'?"
"Or is it 'Pulling Radishes'?"
These words were spoken.
The adults around them were crying their eyes out.
Everyone was amused.
She laughed through her tears.
Chen Zhiyuan walked over.
He patted Zhao Di's head.
His eyes were full of doting affection.
"Silly girl."
"In the future."
"We need to send even more iron balls up there."
What do you want to hear?
"Let it sing whatever it wants."
"We still need to send people up there."
"I'll send you to heaven."
"Sing for the stars myself!"
Zhao Di's eyes lit up.
"Really?"
"Then I'll also bring big steamed buns!"
"I want to invite Grandma Moon to eat steamed buns!"
The hall was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
That song, "The East Is Red".
It's still echoing over and over again.
Every single note.
They all look like nails.
Uphold the dignity of the Chinese nation.
It was firmly nailed to the vast starry sky.
No one can pull it out anymore.
No one dared to look down on them anymore.
Outside the window.
The wind in the Gobi Desert has stopped.
Sunlight shines on the launch pad.
That place where rockets once stood.
It's completely empty now.
But everyone knows it.
There.
A brand new sun has risen.
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