At four o'clock in the morning of the next day, the gate of the Chenguang Machinery Factory slowly opened, and an army-green Jiefang brand truck drove out of the factory under the escort of two Chenguang Factory's self-produced wheeled armored vehicles and four off-road vehicles.

The convoy galloped on the empty road, and soon arrived in Nantai County, the test launch site had already been found, in the Nantai Industrial Park of the Xuanwu Group, which had been suspended, it was a wilderness, overgrown with weeds, and there was no trace, after the vehicle stopped, the militiamen in camouflage uniforms jumped on the truck, carried the two missiles off their shoulders, and placed them on the launch guide rail of the armored vehicle, and there was a huge oil drum on the truck, and Ye Zhiqiu personally used the oil pump to inject liquid fuel into the fuel tank of the missile.

"What oil." Lu Tianming asked.

"Jet kerosene plus nitromethane." Ye Zhiqiu replied.

Lu Tianming nodded: "Yes, I remember that the fuel for the Scud missile is nitric acid plus kerosene, so how is the software system designed, there is always a need for a launch base station and remote control facilities." ”

Lao Wen said: "The software is developed on the basis of Linux, simple and effective, before the launch we put the accurate satellite topographic map needed in the range into the memory, set the target, the missile will automatically fly according to the GPS according to the satellite signal, the camera in the fairing will correct the course error according to the terrain and landform, we have carried out a short-range experiment of one kilometer, five kilometers, and ten kilometers respectively, and today is a full combat test, and the target is an abandoned mining town one hundred and eighty kilometers away, The terrain within the firing range includes farmland, forests, rivers, lakes, roads, railways, villages, cities, hills, and so on, which are relatively complex and can effectively detect the actual combat performance of the missile. ”

The work was carried out in a tense and orderly manner, the missile was filled with fuel, Ye Zhiqiu used his laptop computer to input the instructions into the missile's single-chip microcomputer, everything was ready, the technician tested the wind direction and temperature, turned on the camera, Ye Zhiqiu asked Lu Tianming to press the launch button, Lu Tianming said: "Let's Wen Gong." ”

Humility to each other for a while, and finally Lao Wen and Ye Zhiqiu jointly pressed the launch button, and a stream of flames erupted from the tail of the cruise missile on the rail, and everyone's hearts were in their throats, only to see the missile suddenly rise into the air, spread its wings and fly northward smoothly.

Everyone immediately cheered, and the monitoring posts set up 500 meters, 2 kilometers, and 5 kilometers ahead reported that the missiles were running smoothly, the speed was normal, and the direction was correct.

Immediately after the launch of the second cruise missile, that is, the delta-wing missile designed by Ye Zhiqiu that resembles a model airplane, the take-off mode of this missile is simpler, a single person can hold and throw it with both hands, and the target of the Type II missile is an unattended water pump room 50 kilometers away.

"Get in the car." Lu Tianming gave an order, the test staff boarded the car, and went straight to the destination, everyone's mood was very nervous, the two project leaders were under more pressure, the Type II missile was fine, even if it fell halfway, it was fine, the right was the model airplane landing, but the Type I missile looked like a cutting-edge weapon, and it weighed 200 kilograms, and it could smash people to death when it fell, even if it couldn't hit people, it was troublesome to hit the house and car, although there were loopholes in the law in this regard, but no one could afford to take this responsibility, The Chenguang Factory is not a real military industrial enterprise, and the crime of privately designing and manufacturing military weapons is not small.

The car is speeding on the highway, it is only five o'clock now, the sky is just dawning, there are few cars on the road, but the visibility is already very high, the trees and farmland are rapidly retreating outside the car window, Lu Tianming in order to ease everyone's emotions, smiled and said: "Our baby should almost cross the Huai River at this time." ”

Ye Zhiqiu sent out an IPAD, tapped his finger a few times, and said: "I have already flown over the Huaijiang River, and I am flying north along the railway line at a constant speed, at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, which is quite stable." ”

Lu Tianming was shocked: "You can see the trajectory of the missile." ”

Ye Zhiqiu said: "Science and technology are changing with each passing day, and many things that were myths a few years ago have now entered people's homes, and I can not only track missiles, but also control its flight, and carry out manual guidance when necessary." ”

At the same time, in a carriage on the Jiangdong section of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, a little boy who was playing with toys and flying saw a small light blue plane and the train going hand in hand outside the window, he blinked his eyes and shook his sleeping father: "Dad, look at the plane." ”

When his father was woken up, he glanced out of the window impatiently, and there was no plane, he patted his son's head angrily: "Sleep." ”

In a small village next to the railway line, the old man who got up early to pick up dung was walking on the country road, the wildflowers on the side of the road were stained with dewdrops, and suddenly something passed in front of him, fast as the wind, the old man was stunned for a long time, looked at the big yellow dog behind him, and sighed: "It's really old, and my eyes are dazzled." ”

On the interprovincial highway, a family car was parked on the shoulder of the road, the woman was dozing off in the car, the man was standing next to the guardrail to pee, suddenly a missile flew in front of him, the man was dumbfounded, the urine was spilled on his pants, he hurriedly ran back to the car and shouted: "Quickly bring my SLR." ”

When he got the camera, there was still the shadow of the missile, and the woman blamed him: "You're nervous." ”

The man swore solemnly: "I saw a missile flying over, an American Tomahawk cruise missile, and I often go to the military to dive, and I will never be wrong." ”

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After all, the missile ran faster than the car, and when everyone was still halfway through, the Type II missile arrived at its destination, and according to the on-site personnel, the missile fell 20 meters away from the pump room, and when the news came, everyone was very excited, and the error of 20 meters was already very small, and even exceeded the design standard.

After another half an hour, according to the GPS display, the I missile hit the target, and the car was suddenly jubilant, and finally arrived at the shooting range, which is a mining town belonging to Longyang City, due to the depletion of coal mines, most of the town's residents have been relocated, and it is almost an empty city.

The target of the missile was an abandoned warehouse, but the wreckage of the missile was not found, and everyone split up to search, and finally found the missile fifty meters away from the target.

The missile was stuck in the sand, the tail was facing the sky, and the body of the missile was not excessively deformed, indicating that the carbon fiber and strength were still very tested, and the testers stepped forward to lay the missile flat, checked the fuel tank, and found that there were still three or four liters of remnants, that is to say, the redundancy of the missile is very strong, and the guidance part of the warhead position has been damaged, Ye Zhiqiu carefully removed them, which are all valuable information.

"According to preliminary estimates, the reason for the deviation is that the civilian GPS navigation chip used has a large error and insufficient accuracy." Ye Zhiqiu explained.

"Isn't terrain navigation working at critical moments?" Lu Tianming questioned.

Lao Wen said: "terrain navigation is mainly to make up for the lack of GPS, there is a question of who leads who assists, after all, the computer is not a human brain, in the terminal guidance stage, we design GPS-based, there is an error, it is my responsibility." ”

He blamed himself, but Lu Tianming laughed: "In this test, you can score 120 points." ”

The staff applauded at the same time, and everyone's faces were filled with the joy of success.

Suddenly, a local police car drove by, and two policemen got out of the car and asked cautiously, "What are you?" ”

The experimental vehicles of the Chenguang Factory were all camouflage, the staff wore camouflage uniforms and steel helmets, and the police did not dare to act rashly.

"Little comrade, we are from a military factory, we are doing experiments, please help maintain order and don't let the people watch." Lu Tianming was the deputy division commander in the end, and that kind of bearing could not be learned by ordinary people, so the two rural policemen hurriedly saluted: "Yes, chief." ”

On the way back, everyone relaxed, chatting and laughing all the way, and a technician said loudly: "I didn't expect that Mr. Lu had been hiding from everyone for so long, and we have been guessing what high-tech things Houshan is researching, it turned out to be cruise missiles!" Mr. Lu, you can make it secret now. ”

Lu Tianming said: "Let's let Lao Wen introduce the research and development process." ”

Lao Wen's face was radiant with excitement, he didn't look like a chronic patient anymore, he said modestly: "I can't speak, let Xiao Ye talk to everyone." ”

Ye Zhiqiu excused himself for a while, and finally couldn't resist Lao Wen, and said: "When we received the task from Mr. Lu, we were very difficult, everyone knows that cruise missiles have a higher technological content than ground-to-ground ballistic missiles, during the Gulf War, the US military launched Tomahawk cruise missiles from battleships, which can directly reach a certain building in Baghdad, and the level of accuracy can even ensure that the second one can be drilled into from the bullet hole that was blown up by the first one, and the cruise missile is the same as the flying sword in the hands of the sword fairy, which can take people's heads thousands of miles away, and of course the cost is also very expensive." , amounting to $1.5 million. ”

There was a boo in the car, what is the concept of 1.5 million dollars! One missile can make the workers of the whole factory pay ten years' wages, and the Yankees are really wealthy, and if they start a war, they will set off cruise missiles like fireworks, and they can't accept it.

Ye Zhiqiu continued: "I didn't have any technical information at hand, so I had to search on the Internet, and I really found a post about how to make cruise missiles in a private workshop, but it was only a few thousand words of textual information. ”

There was a kind laugh, everyone turned their eyes to Lao Wen, and someone sobbed: "Wen Gong, say a few words." ”

Lao Wen faced a pair of expectant eyes, and finally opened the conversation: "You may not be very familiar with my history, before I was transferred to the Chenguang Factory, I used to work in an arms research institute in Northeast China, when the Gulf War broke out, our unit was ordered to study cruise missiles, I was the deputy leader of the subject group, at that time the level of science and technology was far worse than now, electronic components all rely on imports, but there is also some foundation, when Mr. Lu gave me this task, I was very excited, and I was also very worried, for fear of messing up, What I want to mention in particular is that the credit is not for me, but for Xiaoye, this young man has a wide range of knowledge, and the core guidance part of the missile was designed by him, and I just did some old work and engaged in some things in flight control. ”

Ye Zhiqiu hurriedly said: "Wen Gong, you are humble, you do a lot of function operations, I just played model aircraft for more than ten years, and I am a little clever." ”

Lao Wen said: "I'm old, my brain is not bright, and my daughter took advantage of the winter vacation to help me do a lot of calculations." ”

Lu Tianming interjected: "Don't be modest, you all have half the credit." ”

Lao Wen hurriedly said: "Mr. Lu, success is inseparable from your decision-making and strong support, and half of the credit is yours." ”

Lu Tianming waved his hand and said: "Don't praise me, I was also entrusted by someone to do this project, otherwise you think I am so bold and dare to spend millions of yuan to let the two of you play with a large model airplane!" ”

"Who is it?" Old Wen and Ye Zhiqiu asked in unison.

Lu Tianming smiled: "I don't say that you also know, don't mention this now, after you go back, you should hurry up and make some samples, I will go to Beijing to run a relationship, if we can enter the military market, our Chenguang factory will really develop." ”

For a while, everyone couldn't extricate themselves from falling into the longing for a better future.