Some people camp with their families when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Some people drink tea and hold hands when the fireworks go off.

Someone is staring at the rocket launch tower and munching on ham sausages.

The discussion when nibbling on ham sausages is also strange things.

Li Zheng and Lin Yujing sat side by side on the trunk, pointing to several metal frames on the left and right of the arrow body to discuss.

"Eh, there are a few shelves stuck in the body of the arrow, what are they for?"

"There seems to be white smoke, maybe it's circulating coolant?"

"Or is it the injection of fuel? The fuel itself is liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, right? Because it is necessary to keep the temperature below -253 °C, it is more efficient to inject it before the launch is approaching?"

"I don't know this anymore......"

Li Zheng snorted and said, "Okay, you!

"I can only find information from the Internet. Lin Yujing hated to bite down on the ham, "My mother won't tell me anything......"

"Ha, my dad never hid his knife work. Li Zheng gestured, "Fast, accurate, and stable are the essence of my Li knife technique." ”

Lin Yu froze for a moment, then sighed lightly and said, "Scum, you don't have to be so speechless. ”

Li Zheng smiled awkwardly: "Isn't this afraid that you will be nervous, I feel that your face is wrong." ”

"Mom will only be more nervous than me......" Lin Yujing turned around and put down the food, leaning against the edge of the trunk, "It's okay, scumbag, just wait quietly." ”

Li Zheng turned around and pulled out the game console: "Wait and wait, do you want to come and race the car?"

"No, you can play. ”

"......" Li Zheng sighed, put the game console back with his hand, and took out the math problem, "Then I'll study." ”

After waiting (studying) silently for more than half an hour, an announcement suddenly came from the launch site.

Because the echo was so loud that I couldn't hear what was being said, I could only speculate that the countdown began to confirm the launch, and the on-site personnel were asked to leave.

Lin Yujing stood up "rubbing".

Li Zheng also put down the math problem, opened his mobile phone and clicked on the live news link.

The live broadcast is divided into two screens, the left is the distant view of the transmission tower, and the right is the busy scene of the engineers in the launch center.

Throughout the live broadcast, there was no news narration, only the title subtitles of [Live Broadcast: The Yellow River No. 2B Launch is imminent].

This atmosphere undoubtedly added a bit of tension.

As for Lin Yujing, staring at the arrow body, he couldn't say anything yet.

"I ...... I'm scared ......."

After that, he unconsciously leaned towards Li Zheng's side.

Li Zheng saw her getting closer and closer, and hurriedly turned around and pulled out the game console: "Then why don't you play racing?"

Lin Yujing's approach stopped abruptly, turned around and grabbed the backpack in his arms, stared at the launch tower, and said no more.

Immediately afterwards, another radio came from the launch site, but it was still inaudible.

But for the first time in the live broadcast, a voice came out -

[Attention to each number, 3 minutes, ready!]

At this moment, Li Zheng's heart also "pouted".

Lin Yujing screamed even more briefly, and grabbed Li Zheng's arm.

"...... so fast" Li Zheng swallowed and foamed, and his hand was also on the back of Lin Yujing's hand, "Don't be afraid, this is a great moment." ”

As he spoke, white smoke suddenly rose from the link between the metal frame and the rocket, and then spread out to the left and right.

It's like a mother stretching out her arms to hold her child.

"I'm afraid ......" Lin Yujing clinged to Li Zheng's side more closely.

Feeling the soft little arm, Li Zheng's scalp was numb.

Ren Du's second pulse seems to have been opened up in an instant.

In the standard sitting position, the right hand spread out on the thigh was raised by the ghost, and walked around behind Lin Yujing, and made up his mind for a while, before finally cringing and landing on her right shoulder.

He could feel Lin Yujing trembling for a moment, but he didn't resist, but leaned closer on his shoulder.

Li Zheng naturally hugged her.

Neither of them looked at anyone, and neither of them said anything more.

In their eyes, only the Yellow River No. 2 in front of them remained.

I don't know how long it took, but the voice came again from the live broadcast on the mobile phone.

[40 seconds!]

They all hugged a little tighter.

[30 seconds!]

Li Zheng felt that his thigh was being pinched.

[20 seconds!]

The waist was also pinched!

【10！】

【9！】

【8！】

Li Zheng's own hands became tighter and tighter.

【7！】

【6！】

【5！】

Breath!

【4！】

【3！】

【2！】

【1！】

【Ignition!】

At the same time, a thin red line appeared under the arrow body.

Then, the red line suddenly exploded, like a small sun being born out of thin air.

Only then did the roar come, and the faces of the two of them were also reflected in the flames.

In another moment, the little sun suddenly bloomed with a dazzling light and quickly became a big sun.

In that dazzling light, the Yellow River No. 2 rose into the air.

In the shock of the earth, the four take-off thrusters around the rocket erupted four giant flames several stories high, they were like four savage flame tails, burning desperately at any cost, propelling the rocket into the sky in a savage way.

Watching from the scene, the speed of Huang Er's ascension to the sky has completely defied human intuition, like a sun suddenly thrown by a giant, making the entire bay like daylight.

But because of its speed, the daylight is very short, and after only a few seconds, it rises straight into the sky, like a transit.

At this time, the roar in his ears subsided, but a new tremor was heard on the ground.

This time it was a human tremor.

Li Zheng clearly heard the cheers of people coming from different viewing points nearby.

He came back to his senses and turned his head to look at the person in his arms.

Lin Yujing was still staring at the rocket, her eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't stop trembling.

"Well, it worked. Li Zheng nodded vigorously, "Awesome." ”

"Wait...... Wait a little longer......" Lin Yujing grabbed Li Zheng's hand tighter, "Entering the orbit and separating the stars and arrows will be considered successful." ”

Before she could finish speaking, the head of the rocket began to press towards the east, and the flight elevation angle gradually decreased, from flying straight upwards to flying tangentially along the earth.

The intuitive feeling of the naked eye is that the sun is starting to crook.

The feeling of the flesh is ......

The thigh was pinched again.

"Don't be afraid, it's a normal ballistic adjustment. Although Li Zheng didn't understand it, he still explained it in a good way, "In order to reach the first cosmic speed and smoothly rise to an altitude of 36,000 kilometers, rockets are launched like this." ”

"But...... But......" Lin Yujing shook Li Zheng's chest vigorously, "How do I feel...... It's ...... down."

Of course, Li Zheng also felt it.

Compared to the original scorching sun-like light, the color of the tail flame has turned fiery red, and at the same time, it no longer has the original savage feeling like four rigid fire trees, but has melted into a large mass, like a star in the twilight years.

"This is because of the relationship between distance, air scattering and clouds...... Li Zheng stubbornly explained, "As for the downward, it is an illusion, don't you see that the sun also rises in the east and sets in the west? The earth is round, it is only accelerating in the distance, and from our point of view, there is a feeling of falling to the horizon." ”

Li Zheng picked up his phone again as he spoke, and the live broadcast was still continuing, and there was still no dialogue.

The left screen is a telephoto lens for shooting rockets, and it does feel like the sun is falling.

On the right is the launch center scene, where the engineers are still doing their job, and it's the same as it was just now.

"It's okay, normal. Li Zheng picked up his mobile phone and said, "Look, the bigwigs are not moving at all, they are all planned." ”

However, at this moment, the live broadcast screen suddenly switched to the news studio.

The male news anchor, like hosting the show in the past, said calmly.

"Let's take a look at a set of international news. ”

Everything in an instant cuts to the United Nations headquarters.

"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recently said ......"

At this moment, Li Zheng's heart seemed to stop.

He jerked to his feet and glared at the almost invisible red dot in the distance.

The fall towards the horizon is accelerating visibly with the naked eye...... Hasten...... Hasten......

Suddenly.

Lin Yujing threw herself into his arms.

Buried in his chest, he cried silently.

It seems that he tried very hard to cry, but he couldn't cry.

Li Zheng hugged her tightly, while he still had red eyes, staring at Huang Er, who was about to disappear like a meteor.

At this point, the live broadcast switched to another studio and was replaced by another host.

This host obviously has a bowed head to prepare, and only looks up after a second of the late camera switch.

Li Zheng only realized at this time that the previous news flash was recorded.

"Hello everyone. ”

"What you're seeing now is a special report on the launch of the Yellow River 2B brought by the news channel. ”

"Just 7 minutes ago. ”

"At 20:07 Jijing time. ”

"Carrying the Yellow River No. 2B rocket of Practice No. 6. ”

"At the Wenhai cosmodrome, it has been ignited. ”

"After a series of actions. ”

"254 seconds after takeoff. ”

That is, 20:11 Jijing time. ”

"The main core of the second stage of the rocket is suspected to be shut down. ”

Now, let's recap. ”

"20:07...... Well...... Emissive...... That one...... , the take-off screen ......"

Lin Yujing cried out with a "wow".

Li Zheng caressed her, still looking at the distant invisible sky.

It's magical.

He didn't want to cry.

Instead, he was full of strength.

Perhaps, I have failed too many times.

At this time, even if he wanted to be sad, he couldn't squeeze out a tear.

All he could feel was power.

I want to give a riposte to failure.

But there is nowhere to vent the power of catharsis.

……

Command launch center.

The live footage has long been turned off.

Including the previous "live broadcast", this is just a loop of the normal state video.

The audience was silent.

Only half-minute reports are still circulating.

"3117, tracking normal. ”

"LiDAR, normal. ”

"Telemetry, tracking is normal. ”

Everyone stared at the screen in front of them, without any superfluous expressions.

They are still doing their job mechanically.

Even if they already know.

The end of this trip is destined to be the Pacific Ocean.

At some point, a cry as thin as a gossamer suddenly came from the silent hall.

A female engineer covered her mouth tightly with her left hand, but her right hand was still operating something in front of the computer.

She could only restrain herself to the extreme and not let this sadness spread.

Shen Tinglan, like everyone, was wearing a gray short-sleeved overalls, and after asking the man beside him, he turned on the announcer.

"The orbit group pays attention, records and analyzes the trajectory, and begins to predict the area of the ocean fall. ”

"The meteorological group, collect meteorological data from possible areas and determine the salvage scope as soon as possible. ”

"The analysis of the accident was carried out later, and the priority was to provide data for salvage. ”

Shen Tinglan's style, as always, slightly stabilized the mood of the technicians, and they all picked up the earpieces in their hands one by one to carry out the necessary post-event communication.

Half an hour later, the commander-in-chief announced that the launch of the Huanghe-2B carrier rocket had failed.

August 8 is a day that is forever seared into the soul of everyone.

Together with the others, Chen Wei walked out of the command center in despair and marched silently towards the cooperation building.

As he passed by the cafeteria, he saw that it was brightly lit, but it was empty.

On the dining table, a hearty meal has been set.

This is a meal prepared for them by the launch team, and it is also a celebration banquet......

Chen Wei's mouth stiffened, and he suddenly covered his face and squatted on the ground.

Tears rolled down his fingers, but he didn't know what to say.

"Chen Wei ......" a brother from the signal group of the launch team sighed and leaned over to pat him, "Bad luck...... Brother, really, just bad luck......"

"It's not...... It's not ......," Chen Wei covered his face and waved his hand, "There must be something wrong with some link...... I didn't measure it...... I didn't fucking measure it out...... I fuck ......."

Chen Wei slammed his fist on the ground with a bang.

Between grief and indignation, an indifferent female voice came from behind her.

"It's not your turn to take responsibility, you don't have a job title. Shen Tinglan waved the materials in his hand and slapped Chen Wei's head hard, "Get up, have a meeting." ”

……

21:30, Conference Room of the Collaboration Building.

The heads of the three parties are in place together with all relevant personnel.

The general finger in the center didn't say much, only gently raised a blank piece of paper in his hand.

"This is a text message from the leader just now. ”

"I'll read it to you. ”

"The dust and smoke are falling, and the mourners are returning. ”

"The endgame is difficult to manage, and the mission is unfinished. ”

"At this point, a lot of things don't matter. ”

"Faith. ”

"I just want you to have faith. ”

"The belief in victory. ”

"No matter how extreme the predicament is, it will not be able to crush the troops with faith. ”

"Your ancestors and martyrs have condensed a great history with their faith. ”

"Now, it's your turn. ”

The commander-in-chief said, slapping the paper with one palm and shouting.

"Comrades. ”

"Our Long March. ”

"We're just getting started!"

"Before the next launch is successful. ”

"Who the sheds another tear. ”

"Whoever gets out of here!"

"Tell me now. ”

"Are you determined to complete the zero!!"

Suddenly.

The roar of the mourning soldiers resounded throughout the audience.

"There is !!!!"

A few kilometers away.

Lin Yujing had already dried her tears in Li Zheng's arms.

The two sat silently on the ground, snuggling together, looking at the Pacific Ocean, which was simply invisible in the distance.

Li Zheng looked down at his slimy chest, and then handed a piece of paper to Lin Yujing.

Burst!

Lin Yujing blew a huge handful of snot.

stuffed the paper back into Li Zheng's chest, and sighed lightly: "Mom can't come home again......

"It's the engine. Li Zheng didn't talk about this, just stared into the distance, "A certain link of the engine, or a few links, such a big stride, the full adoption of new technologies, after all, is a thin foundation." ”

"Hey......"

Faced with this unsolvable problem, Lin Yujing could only sigh.

Li Zheng asked: "Chen Wei said before that even if we have Aunt Shen's relationship, it is impossible for us to go in for an internship?"

"It should be......" Lin Yu sighed quietly, "Don't think about such an unrealistic thing......"

"No, it's realistic. Li Zheng silently took out the phone, "Do you know why my dad is so empty and my mom." ”

“？？？”

Before Lin Yujing could react, Li Zheng had already dialed a phone call.

"Mom. ”

"Living so big, suddenly something begs you. ”

"Which department are you in the ministry?"

“…… Resource Allocation and Management Division. ”

"Well, that's easy. ”