The actions of the United States and Russia can be concealed from ordinary people, but they cannot be concealed from a big country with space capabilities like China, and Su Yichen has already received the news when Hades and Starry successively launched the controllable thermonuclear fusion engine and flew into space.

When he learned that the Americans had launched a space shuttle at the Kennedy Aerospace Center, and its direction was the Hades spacecraft, which was parked in near-earth space orbit, Su Yichen decisively judged that the Americans' Pluto landing plan was about to begin.

In fact, it is not difficult to deduce the actions of the Americans, because the American side is very clear from the beginning, including what the goal of their so-called Zeus plan is, not to mention that like the Chinese side, the Americans have also calculated the most suitable time to fly to Pluto, and the results are obvious from this aspect.

However, the Russian Starry spacecraft followed at the same time, which was somewhat unexpected. Was this a coincidence, or did the Russians also know the secrets of the Pluto base? Or for some other reason, Su Yichen doesn't know.

Earth, where the new base in northwest China is located, the Pioneer spacecraft has made the final preparations for launch, today is the last night before the launch, Su Yichen had a good rest, adjusted his mental state to the best, at six o'clock in the evening of Friday, he came to the launch site, making the final preparations.

"Xiao Su, you must be careful!" Tian Lao held Su Yichen's hand and admonished, he didn't know how many times he had said this sentence since he saw Su Yichen, Tian Lao, who was usually stern and fiery, was not much different from an ordinary elder at this time, just like an old man who sent his child out of the house, and couldn't help but take care of it repeatedly.

"Lao Tian, don't worry, I'm not worried, what else are you worried about?" Lin Dong looked at it from the side and felt funny, and interjected happily.

"You old man Lin, you can't understand what you say?" glared at Lin Dong angrily. Tian Lao immediately laughed too, indeed, I don't know what's going on, he always doesn't worry about Su Yichen, especially after learning the news that the spaceships of the United States and Russia took off far from each other, Tian Lao's heart is even more uneasy.

Su Yichen was not worried at all. On the contrary, his demeanor was relaxed. He knew the situation in the United States and Russia, but he knew more about the Vanguard than anyone else. Whether compared with the Hades that was one step ahead, or the largest Starry Sky with the largest volume, although the Pioneer had not yet set off for the time being, Su Yichen firmly believed that his Pioneer was the most high-tech and most advanced of the three spaceships.

Not to mention anything else, it's just Su Li's existence as the core of intelligence, which is something that the United States and Russia cannot compare. And Starry Sky, which has 11 astronauts, and Hades, which has 19 astronauts. There are not many personnel on the Pioneer spacecraft, including Su Yichen, there are only 5 astronauts in the Pioneer space, except for medical, maintenance, practical work, equipment manipulation and other work that must rely on astronauts, most of the rest of the work is completed by the intelligent core of the Pioneer, that is, Su Li, which not only improves efficiency, but also greatly reduces the burden of the Pioneer carrying materials.

Other than that. The Pioneer's ecological circulation system is also the latest technology that the United States and Russia have not mastered, and this system completely replaces the small ecological balance circle on the Hades. It frees up a lot of space inside the Vanguard. In this respect, the Pioneer is the most powerful in terms of speed, duration, maneuverability, etc.

After going around the launch center, shaking hands with colleagues at the base and saying goodbye, and then confirming the final preparations of the Pioneer, seeing that the time was almost up, Su Yichen was ready to go to the upstairs preparation room to change into a spacesuit and wait for boarding.

That's when it happened. A staff member hurriedly ran in from outside, and when he saw Su Yichen, who was standing with Tian Lao and Lin Dong and talking in a low voice, he hurried to this side.

"Director Su, something happened!"

"Something's wrong?" The hearts of the three people present suddenly sank, and the launch of the Pioneer was imminent. Someone suddenly came to report that something had happened? Could it be that something is wrong?

And when the staff reported the situation, Su Yichen's face suddenly changed, and the faces of Tian Lao and Lin Dong on the side also became particularly ugly.

"How could this happen? What did you guys do! Tian Lao's anger came up all of a sudden, and he glared at the person who came and asked sternly. Indeed, it is no wonder that he is not angry when this happens, such an important launch is just around the corner, and someone suddenly comes to tell him that two of his original astronauts have diarrhea and have been rushed to the hospital.

Compared with Tian Lao's anger, Lin Dong and Su Yichen felt a little incredible, according to the placement of astronauts at the base, as well as the diet control of astronauts, it is impossible for such a thing to happen, if there is an explanation, this is absolutely impossible to be a coincidence.

"Let's go! Check it out. Su Yichen saw that Tian Lao asked the other party what happened, and the staff member couldn't answer, so he immediately thought about it and said.

The three of them left quickly, and soon arrived at the astronauts' rest area, only two of the four astronauts who were scheduled to prepare here were there, they were looking at each other in the chairs, their faces were a little bad, and at the scene, the base guard regiment had taken over, and Zhang Liming, who had just been promoted to major general, was standing there with a blue face.

"Director Su, Tian Lao, Lin Lao ......."

Seeing Su Yichen and the others coming, Zhang Liming hurriedly stepped forward, Su Yichen waved his hand to stop his politeness, and directly asked what was going on.

"The doctor's initial diagnosis was food poisoning, and based on the situation at the scene, it should be a sabotage incident......." Zhang Liming reported that the speed of the base guard regiment was very fast, and the situation was ascertained in the shortest possible time, and when the doctor's diagnosis was obtained, Zhang Liming immediately conducted an investigation into the supply of drinking water and food to the astronauts, and after the investigation began, it was found that a responsible staff member had disappeared inexplicably, although it could not be conclusively proved that this person had done the incident, but it was basically certain that this was a sabotage incident.

As for the other two astronauts, it can be said that they were lucky, because the preparations before boarding were done alternately, so when the other two astronauts got food poisoning, these two were lucky not to be hit.

"It's just dereliction of duty!" Lin Dong was very angry, there were astronauts with food poisoning during such an important launch, whether it was sabotage or accidental dereliction of duty, it was certain, hearing Lin Dong's words, Zhang Liming was very embarrassed.

"Xiao Su, what do you think? Or do you want to postpone the launch? Tian Lao was also very angry in his heart, this matter must be investigated strictly in his opinion, but the problem is that there are still a few hours before the final launch, and the sudden fall of the two astronauts is too risky to rely on Su Yichen and the other two to board the ship.

"No! The launch must not be postponed. Su Yichen shook his head and denied Tian Lao's construction, he asked about the situation of the spare astronaut, when he learned that there was another spare astronaut at the base who could take over the mission, Su Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, and asked people to immediately arrange for the astronaut to prepare, but now the number of people is still one short, you must know that the configuration of 5 people has been reasonably calculated, once the lack of one person will bring some uncertainties.

"I'll do it!"

Just when Su Yichen was discussing with Tian Lao and the others to see if they could allocate personnel from the Aerospace Center, a voice suddenly sounded, and when he looked back, it was Gao Jian who had been following behind them who said this, and when he saw Su Yichen's eyes looking at him, Gao Jian smiled and said: "I have completed the aerospace training, and I have always been your secretary, since I have this opportunity now, I think I should continue my work." ”

Looking at Gao Jian, Su Yichen saw firmness and determination in his eyes, Gao Jian was right, he did follow Su Yichen to complete aerospace training, including a series of training, from this point of view, Gao Jian has reached the level of an ordinary astronaut. What's more, Gao Jian's qualifications and abilities, including his personality, can be said to be Su Yichen's absolute trust, coupled with the tacit understanding that has been together for so many years, Gao Jian is indeed a suitable candidate.

Time waits for no one, Su Yichen has to make a final decision, he thought about it and finally agreed to Gao Jian, nodded and said: "That's it, Xiao Gao will prepare immediately, Tian Lao, the chief and the Xu Bureau will ask you." ”

Tian Lao understood what Su Yichen meant by this, and nodded silently. (To be continued......)

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