"The essence of war is to divide up."

Mao Shishan repeated to Zhang Chun the definition of war given by Rockefeller Jr.

Zhang Chun smiled: "It's true for the capitalists, but not for us. We need to be steady, and you need to understand what is the foundation of statecraft. That's the common people. In the United States, for example, he drove the Indians together. I didn't have a good heart from the beginning. The United States and Canada are practically one, both ethnically and religiously. Now I put up with it because I have more important business to do. So after the war, they will do it to Seattle, and they have a lot of troops in Alaska, but it's not just a matter of Arras gas fields. ”

Mao Shishan and Bai Chongxi glanced at each other and smiled.

"China, which has always been considered an agricultural country, is technologically advanced, but it does not have much military potential. The Americans were confident that after the war, with a developed industrial system, especially a military industrial system, would swallow up the forests and fields with a flood of steel. They think that sooner or later we will all be divided. But in fact, our military industry is not at all worse than them, and our technology is still ahead of them. We will crush their ambitions. ”

"Some territories may be more important than land, such as the universe. The Pacific conflict cannot be unilateral transparent without reconnaissance and information and communication systems. And for now, we can keep that transparency alive. ”

In June, the launch of the rocket, officially named the Tiangong Project, was delayed by a month because of a problem during a rocket test that nearly caused an explosion. But that's exactly what it is. The latest nanotube nuclear candle battery is fitted with the shell of the cargo yard of the Tiangong space station, which has been designed. Because Tiangong is located in an elliptical orbit of 100,000 kilometers where the earth's electromagnetic protective layer is very unstable, although a lot of effort was put into the shell material at the beginning of the design. But no matter what material, if it is attacked by high-energy electrons, it will go wrong. So the best thing to do is to use electromagnetism to fight it, forming an electromagnetic shield in the space station shell. Let the high-energy electrons take a detour.

It's just that this electromagnetic shield consumes too much electricity, and the nanotube nuclear candle battery makes this electromagnetic shield called possible.

For the manufacture of such an enclosure, graphite-based composite materials are used, with a multi-layer hollow structure, and the space in the middle can be filled with some special liquid in the future, which is very complex to manufacture. The Academia Sinica dubbed this manufacturing process a paste-wall. The 10-centimeter-thick shell is mostly hollow inside. So it's not heavy, it's just that before there is no filling, it's not sturdy. After filling in the future. It is also necessary to add an additional layer of armor to the outside. Of course, post-processing is left to space.

The electromagnetic shield is the outermost layer.

The shuttle also adopts such a structure, except that it has been filled, the shell is much thinner, and the shell has been tempered. There are two driver's cockpits inside.

This time, the preparation time has been lengthened. The plan for the launch in October, however, played a role in bringing forward the situation, as many technical problems were resolved during the handling of the accident.

On 1 July, the improved Houyi high-thrust rocket was launched. The cargo hold, the shuttle, and the cargo necessary for the life of the astronauts were put into orbit.

During the whole transmission process, each photographic probe will shoot and transmit the signal back.

The superconducting computer at the space center is already capable of simultaneously monitoring more than dozens of targets and giving them commands, and it is not easy to launch once. Technocrats don't want all the components that have been lifted off back into the atmosphere to be incinerated.

Zhang Chun and his wife took Niuniu to accompany Tesla and many senior executives of the Academia Sinica in a separate command room. Lying on the hospital bed, Tesla, who had run out of oil and lamp, was in the middle. All of them had solemn expressions.

The rocket is like a flower that gradually spreads out, and each part does not stop flying after it is disengaged. It's just that the speed has slowed down, and the fastest is the front cabin. The last section of the rocket ran out of fuel and broke away again. The fairing outside the cargo compartment was also opened. The cargo compartment went into the predetermined orbit.

It continues to fly, but is not actually capable of flying.

One of the cargo compartments slowly stretched out, unfolded, and fixed to become a flight deck just the length of the cargo yard. Teardrop-shaped shuttles are quietly parked on the deck.

The astronauts began to activate the power supply on the shuttle. The plasma engine has very little thrust and accelerates by non-stop propulsion. The shuttle is only one-tenth the size of the freight yard and weighs only about two tons. And the weight of the cargo compartment reached seventy tons. There are about thirty tons of equipment and cargo inside.

Zhao Yu is the main pilot, and Qin Jinli is the pilot in charge of maintenance.

"We are still inside the electromagnetic protective layer, the radiation from the outside is normal, and the radiation inside the cabin is normal. The electromagnetic shield has been activated. ”

"The engine, the command system, the detection, the transfer system are normal."

"Contact has been established with the command module, which is normal. We will accelerate from a safe distance and expect to dock with the command module in an hour. ”

Zhao Yu stretched out his finger.

"I was like floating in the water, not much different from training, and I felt like I could take off my spacesuit."

The technician of the command center said: "Don't take off your spacesuit, the little rabbit is not protective enough, and you will be in danger as soon as you get out of the electromagnetic protective layer." ”

"Understood. I can't see the Earth, can you send me an image of the Earth? ”

Zhao Yu's voice showed a hint of mischievousness.

"Okay, the earth is beautiful."

"I'll try to get the detection system to integrate the signal, number one, and you won't bother the following." This is Qin Jinli's voice.

"Two, you can integrate the signals." Ground command center personnel determined.

"Beautiful, I seem to be beyond the ship, Well done Two." Zhao Yu's voice was pleasant.

"It's nothing, it's just a basic function on a fighter." Qin Jinli said jokingly: "The little rabbit's electronic system and computer are much more powerful than the fighter. If it's not to consume electricity, I can show you more. ”

The two of them suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, Zhao Yucai said: "The earth is so beautiful, the universe is really unhappy, there is nothing." ”

Qin Jinli said: "I'm homesick. ”

The two men were silent again.

The ground command staff also did not bother.

"The command module has been in space for several months, it has no electromagnetic protection, and the shell protection is not enough, enter the command module, do not take off the spacesuit." Another commander admonished.

"Understood."

The shuttle landed smoothly on the deck of the escape pod, which means that the flight system of the shuttle was very successful.

"The flight went smoothly, and the whole consumption was less than one percent."

Zhao Yu drove the shuttle into the escape pod. The escape pod deck is automatically retracted and locked. After checking the airtightness data, the command module computer began to pressurize the escape compartment.

Zhao Yu and Qin Jinli got out of the shuttle, floated to the hatch, and entered the identity code before being allowed to enter the command cabin.

The power supply to the command module was officially activated.

"Hello, Chang'e, you're too old, but you look beautiful." Qin Jinli looked at the huge central computer and said.

Zhao Yu said: "We should have an interface where the rabbit's computer can also be close to the system, which may be safer as a backup." Who knows what the guys at the computer office will look like in a year's time. ”

"Rest assured, the central computer is modular. Both we and you can upgrade her in the future. ”

The ground command staff laughed.

Lights came on in the command compartment. Because the command module is closely connected with the ground command system, it is also inspected and maintained by the ground system in normal times. So a series of data is displayed on the display, and it is displayed normally.

Qin Jinli began to input the flight control program and activated the detection system.

The engines of the command compartment started and slowly approached the cargo compartment track.

Two hours later, the command module and the cargo hold completed the preliminary docking and became the truly manned Tiangong.

The Tiangong began to adjust its attitude, turning the yard to the sunny side, using the yard's electromagnetic shield to defend against high-energy particles. The flight deck of the cargo yard and part of the cargo yard are open.

Qin Jinli and Zhao Yu had to dismantle the attitude adjustment engine of the docking part between the command cabin and the cargo yard in the remaining days and install it on the side of the freight yard. At the same time, some capital adjustment engines were added, and the two cabins were completely pulled together and locked after the test was completed.

They want to prepare for the next docking. It wasn't a long time, only two months. With only two people, time was of the essence. (To be continued......)