Text Chapter 16 The First Appearance of the Battleship

Four years later, my wife was pregnant. Because I was about to become a father, the army said that I would not continue to participate in the final intensive training, and that I had to rest for a few days and spend time with my wife. However, I also knew that the superiors had good intentions, so I didn't insist on training. In this small new house, there was nothing to do all day, so I accompanied Foreman Liu to drive an off-road vehicle to play in the prairie. I said to Foreman Liu with a grateful face: "Leader, you can suffer with me!" It's very uncomfortable in this barracks, and it's not like living in the city, you can go wherever you want...... In this wilderness, there is not even a supermarket. ”

However, Foreman Liu said to me with a smile: "People can't always want to live that worry-free life in this world, there must be someone to stick to their posts and fight for a peaceful and healthy life in the world, I think your actions are too great!" I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when I heard her words, as if it was not appropriate for me, what did I do? I then tentatively asked, "Am I great?" How do you say that? Foreman Liu looked at me solemnly, and her eyes were as serious as when she criticized me before, and I couldn't help but shudder in my heart. Foreman Liu said: "The greatest thing about being a soldier is to protect the happiness and well-being of the people of the motherland, so that everyone can have a peaceful life, but what about your greatness...... I thought to myself, what more could I be great? Then he asked, "What is it?" Foreman Liu leaned into my ear and whispered, "It can make me and our children live a happier life!" As soon as I heard Foreman Liu tell me delicately, 'When we have our children in the future,' my face was so hot that I was about to burn my clothes...... The good times passed so quickly, eight or nine days had passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, my mentality seems to be much looser, how can I not recover the state, so many years of military career so that people can never rest mentally, I am now so lazy that I can't even get out of bed on such a long vacation. This morning, Big Yellow Tooth came to call me early, and he said to me: "Originally, the leader of the unit told you to rest for a few more days, but I didn't expect that our mechanized elite unit was about to have an urgent mission, and the leader asked me to inform you immediately and report to the camp as soon as possible!" As soon as I heard that there was an urgent mission, I hurriedly took care of my military uniform and hurried to the barracks. The leader of the unit said to me apologetically: "Comrade Liu Yun, now that all the soldiers and logistics personnel of our mechanized elite unit have entered a state of emergency, the leaders have finally decided to cancel your leave, and your family members will be arranged by the troops...... As soon as I heard that all of our mechanized elite troops had entered a state of emergency (in fact, there were not many soldiers in this unit in the first place), I couldn't help but panic in my heart, because I knew in my heart that as long as our mechanized elite troops had an important task at any time, they would definitely have to move the camp. I am worried about Foreman Liu's future life, because because of the special nature of our military and the high secrecy of the unit, it is impossible for her to return to her hometown to live with her family since she married me. What's more, the army is a place where marches and fights, and she, a woman, can't be in the barracks with me. I then asked with some concern: "Chief, I would like to know how my family will arrange in the future." The chief said to me calmly: "Comrade Xiao Liu, don't worry, the main camp of our mechanized elite troops is now located in the hinterland of the Taklamakan Desert, where the environment is now very good, and there is also a military family home, not only the environment there is green, but also there are camps of other troops, you should rest assured where your family goes, right?" I saluted with a military salute: "Thank you for your concern!" To say that my wife went to live in the barracks in the hinterland of the desert, of course, I can't rest assured, but because the country needs us now, then we, as soldiers, can't afford to engage in any more children's affection. Although my wife, Foreman Liu, can't go back to her hometown to live with her family, fortunately, she is also with Aunt Liu from our village. I remember when I was a child, my family used to work late in the fields, and when I came home from school, there was no one at home, so I went to Aunt Liu's house for dinner. At that time, I felt that Aunt Liu was like her own relatives, and she didn't see anyone else. My wife, Aunt Liu, and some of the soldiers who had been assigned to the mission boarded the military plane to the military camp in the hinterland of the Taklamakan Desert. There were more than 500 of these fighters, and they were urgently deployed to the hinterland of the sand sea without knowing what task they had been assigned to. They were accompanied by the old commander Zhang Bozhang. I saw that most of the comrades in the barracks were almost finished, and all that was left was a team of about twenty people, including me. I stood side by side with the rest of my comrades-in-arms on the long airstrip and waved goodbye to the parting comrades. My wife walked over with Aunt Liu in her arms, with tears in her eyes, choked up and said, "Liu Yun, you must be afraid of difficulties to complete the task and come back safely, my mother and I are waiting for you, waiting for you to come back safely." The "our mother" that my wife said is actually Aunt Liu, because she also understands in her heart that Aunt Liu is now our closest person, what else can she call if she is not called Mom? Aunt Liu patted me on the shoulder, also two lines of old tears, she stared at me affectionately and said: "Baby, you must stick to your post well, don't live up to the country's and the party's high hopes for you, Xiaoyun will be taken care of by me in the future, you can rest assured!" I was really about to cry at this time, but I realized that I had to be strong in front of them, and I couldn't let them see my weakness and distract them, so I held back my tears and gave a decent military salute: "Mom, don't worry! We will come back victorious! Liu Yun Liu foreman in her affectionate eyes I can see that she is reluctant to leave, her inner delicacy is all revealed at this time, I wiped the tears on her cheeks, and said to her: "In the future, we must honor our mother well, let her old people worry less, you can go with confidence, I have so many good comrades-in-arms, it will be fine." ”

At this time, all the fighters on the tarmac who received the mission and boarded the plane had already boarded the military plane. As I urged my wife to get on the plane, she suddenly turned around and pulled a smile tag out of her bag and pinned it to my left breast pocket. I recognize a smile plaque like this, a round bronze plaque with a yellow background and a smiling face printed on it. This is equipped with receptionists and waiters in the front hall of the catering industry, in order to make the atmosphere in the hotel always full of smiles and sunshine. Our back kitchen doesn't accept customers, so we don't have such a smile card, and now I am very lucky to have this smile card, but not in a hotel full of sunshine, but in this career of fighting with war and death. The Il-76 quickly taxied off the runway and took off, flying farther and farther with my worried heart, and finally disappeared from sight. Most of the equipment and supplies in the barracks have almost been removed, and there are few people left, and there is inevitably a desolation in my heart for a while. I looked back at the rest of my comrades-in-arms, it turned out that Big Yellow Tooth was also among them, he was born afraid of idleness, watching the rest of his comrades-in-arms fly to the hinterland of the sand sea, and he did not receive any tasks in this grassland, and he chatted again after leisure: "I said comrades, now there are only a few of us left, do you say that the superior leaders think that we are not good enough, and want us to continue to stay and train?" The comrades-in-arms muttered, "How can it be? Don't you look at the fact that there is still such an excellent soldier as Comrade Liu Yun in our current team? Maybe the superiors thought we were good and left us!? When I heard this behind them, I also thought that this was the case, but then I thought about it: There will be no prejudice in the army, how can the superiors specially greet us? At this time, the whole barracks felt empty, as if a fierce battle was coming. We were slowly returning to the camp on the runway when suddenly a radio call was made to all of us to assemble at the barracks site. The comrades-in-arms hurried back to the camp, and at this time they saw an old chief who had just arrived in a military off-road vehicle standing on the training ground, and this old chief we had seen before was our direct superior, Commander Lin Yiyanglin, commander of the Supreme Third Army of our country. I saw that his slightly blessed body was very energetic, and the horizontal flesh on his face seemed to have the extraordinary courage of a soldier, he was already a person who knew the destiny of heaven, but there was no slightest decline. However, judging from his majestic demeanor, he is more like a fierce tiger and lion who has experienced a hundred battles. The cold light from the two sharp eyes was very domineering, but the old chief's face was majestic and majestic, but he was kind and kind to the soldiers, with an amiable smile, and always with a smile when he spoke, giving people a very warm and appropriate feeling. "Hello comrades!" The old chief greeted cordially. "Hello Chief!" The comrades-in-arms replied loudly together. The old chief waved his hand for us to disband, and then told us to follow him to the battle command center. In fact, each of us knew that something big was going to happen, but we just pretended to be calm and didn't show it on our faces. The combat command center is not far from the training ground, on the innermost level of the atomic test base. After walking through layers of iron gates and firewalls, you will come to the spacious battle command center like a banquet hall version. I saw that there were still a few comrades-in-arms and a commander who looked very old. This old chief seems to be old anymore, if it were someone else, it is estimated that he would have died of old age, and this old chief seems to be old and almost become a god, and he is still unwilling to go to God to report to the look, if he meets him in the middle of the night, he can definitely scare people half to death, and people who don't know really think that they have seen a ghost. However, he is not an old, dry skinny like an ordinary old man, but a strong physique, as hard as an iron pillar. Look at this old commander dressed in a naval uniform, with the rank of general, and his expression is solemn. As soon as the soldiers saw the old chief, they stood up and saluted.

After a brief understanding, we learned that the old general's name was Qiu Xiaoluo, which means enmity and hatred. This man is the captain and commander-in-chief of my entire East China Sea Fleet, and he is extremely powerful. It is said that there are dozens of battleships under his jurisdiction, including destroyers, amphibious landing ships, transport ships, frigates, aircraft carrier fleets, and nuclear submarine fleets. In fact, the age of this old general is more than 110 years old, according to common sense, it is impossible for a person of such an age in the army to continue to serve even if his position is important, but this old general is an exception, it seems that our mechanized elite army is really not an ordinary army.

In this extremely spacious command center, there is a long conference table, a huge wall-mounted LCD TV at the front, and several large and small LCD screens around it. After taking his seat, Commander Lin said: "Comrades, the soldiers of our mechanized elite troops are all good, the strongest of the strong, the best of the best!" After this final assessment, there is no such thing as survival of the fittest. The warriors who remain now are actually carefully selected by me, because in each of you I see the difference between you and others......" At this time, I couldn't help but feel a little troubled in my heart, because I had delayed part of the final intensive training due to my wedding vacation, so I was very flustered at this time, for fear that the old chief would ask me some questions. In the end, Commander Lin turned to the point. "In the military factory of our mechanized elite troops, a super battleship named "Shenlong" is secretly and nervously being built, and the assembly place of this battleship is located in a military strategic port in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Just as the assembly of this warship was about to come to an end, due to the intense activity of the earth's crust this year, the entire Yangtze River suddenly broke off, which made it impossible for the "Shenlong" battleship to be launched and sailed after the assembly was completed, and it was impossible to transport it to the East China Sea for service...... I would like you to address this issue based on your respective abilities and strengths...... Whoever is capable of doing it, who I will delegate to carry out this task, is a test for all fighters of the mechanized elite troops"

It is not the first time that the soldiers of our mechanized elite unit have heard of the "Shenlong" battleship, but according to Commander Lin, it is really a headache for a battleship as large as the "Shenlong" to be stranded in the Yangtze River, which has been cut off. However, what our mechanized elite troops have conquered is a variety of large mechanical weapons carrying platforms, and this battleship is still directly under our troops, so we are very serious about this issue. Some people have proposed that the Yangtze River, which has been cut off, be impounded in the shortest possible time and that the "Shenlong" battleship be floated to the East China Sea. However, this proposal was immediately rejected, because this time the Yangtze River was not the same as previous ones, this time because the cracks in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River were too large to fill the Yangtze River even if it had been flowing for hundreds of years. There are also proposals that the Shenlong battleship be dismantled again, dismantled into parts and transported to the East China Sea for reassembly. This proposal seems to be good, but it has been refuted by the old general Qiu Xiaolu, because it is a time when the situation in the East China Sea is chaotic, and the service of the "Shenlong" is to defend China's coastline and air and space areas in the shortest possible time. You must know that it will take months or even years to disassemble and reassemble the "Shenlong", not including the damage of some fragile parts and the aging and maintenance of some conventional parts. It can be said that the gains outweigh the losses, and such a way cannot be considered.

Big Yellow Tooth stood up and saluted and said: "Judging from my suggestion, the fastest way to send the 'Shenlong' to the East China Sea region in a short period of time is to rely on air transportation, we have 26 meters ......." Before Big Yellow Fang could say that the audience was full of laughter, you said that Big Yellow Tooth didn't use your mind to think about it, how big is the tonnage of the Divine Dragon? Although the take-off weight of the Mi-26 is large enough, even if the Shenlong is full of steel cables, it will not work, because each helicopter must maintain a certain flight distance between them, so even if there are more Mi-26, this plan still cannot be adopted. In the real-time image on the LCD screen, it can be seen that due to the severe geological changes caused by the movement of the earth's crust, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the east to the seabed of the East China Sea, which has been subverted by a violent earthquake, are torn apart and miserable - the land of the entire downstream area has been tilted to the bottom of the East China Sea, and most of the downstream land cracked by the earthquake is immersed in a sea full of magma, and the formation site of the Shenlong is just not far upstream of the fault. There is no water in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and there is dry mud and fishing boats stranded in rotten mud. At the fault layer, a large crack tens of meters deep can be directly peeked into the hot magma tumbling inside, and white volcanic smoke clouds mixed with snowflake-like ash fall in all directions. If you rely on air transportation to bring the Shenlong to the East China Sea, it is definitely a good note, but it just won't work. I looked at the complex devastated terrain and my heart was troubled. Suddenly, I saw that there were only short plates connecting the plate that had overturned to the east and the sea level of the East China Sea, but inside the plate was magma and outside was seawater.

So I stood up and said, "Chiefs, I think there's nothing wrong with letting the Dragon go outside the rift. As soon as General Qiu heard my words, the gloomy clouds on his face immediately dispersed, and he said in astonishment: "Young man, do you want the Shenlong to pass directly through the magma to the East China Sea?" Yes General," I said, pointing to the image on the LCD screen, "just blast the plates in this part of the area and let the sea water rush in; Secondly, on the edge of the fracture, use multiple heavy cranes to lift the Shenlong to the bottom of the cliff at the fracture......" As soon as everyone heard my suggestion, they immediately nodded their heads in agreement. The old commander Lin Yiyang Lin, who had been reading the documents and had been silent for a long time, opened his mouth and asked: "Comrade Liu Yun, your method is very realistic and not difficult to operate, but once the place blocked by the plate is opened, the magma will also flow into the coastal area of the East China Sea, and there will be magma near the coastline of the East China Sea, and the sea water may not flow for several months at that time, even if the Shenlong battleship is already under the fracture, the hot magma will burn and melt the battleship, how should you solve this problem?" After saying that, Commander Lin looked around the audience again, signaling that everyone should think about this issue together. I didn't hesitate and continued, "Chief, this is easy to deal with...... Before I could finish speaking, the old general Qiu Xiaoluo looked at me and asked amiably and impatiently, "How to solve the problem of high magma temperature?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! "We can wrap the Shenlong battleship with a layer of thermal insulation...... "After listening to my suggestion, the audience began to applaud, and everyone began to simulate and make relevant plans. Old General Qiu Xiaomiao, Old General Qiu and Old Commander Lin Yiyang nodded in agreement with each other.

Thermal insulation has a very important use in the field of space, it can make the return capsule to Earth without the destruction of the capsule by thousands of degrees of heat generated by violent friction with the atmosphere, this amazing material is made of ceramic particles. In fact, it is easy to paste the insulation material into the shell of the battleship, but the problem is that it cannot withstand scratches, even if it can withstand thousands of degrees of heat, but it only takes a small sharp stone to cut it open. If the Shenlong is in the middle of driving in the lava and is scratched by sharp stone edges or suddenly attacked by enemy troops, as long as the outer insulation material is damaged, the entire battleship will be burned. So I hurriedly said: "Chiefs, if this plan can be implemented, I ask that there must be a coordination of the maintenance team and the armed team during the voyage of the Shenlong. Old General Qiu stood up and said, "Soldiers, in fact, in the recent past, there has been a flying object of unknown origin secretly hiding in the East China Sea area, and it is not clear whether it is friend or foe, because we do not have enough advanced ships to approach it to observe. So we can only rely on the Shenlong battleship to make a decision after it is launched...... At present, global political crises, catastrophic crises, and doomsday wars can occur at any time, and the East China Sea is just a sudden outlet, so we must contain the outbreak of war as soon as possible......"