Xinlan, a newly built city located in the hinterland of the imperial Far East, is more than 700 kilometers from the Tatar Strait and only more than 100 miles from the Sea of Okhotsk.

Xinlan is an emerging Far Eastern city, with 80% of the population made up of Han Chinese, with some Russian and Korean ethnic groups.

Due to its proximity to the northernmost point of the Far East, which is covered in snow and ice all year round, and the weather and climate are slightly better due to the mountain range, Xinlan has always been known as the northernmost and most beautiful city in the empire.

Brand new cities, spacious streets, and buildings with Far Eastern characteristics are being built into a pearl in the heart of the Far East by the industrious and intelligent Chinese.

The whole city, population and economy, urban construction are in a rapid development.

It was in Xinlan City, a special military forbidden area in a large mountain range, but it was guarded by a whole regiment of guards.

Continuous mountains, the highway winds into the deep mountains on the mountainside, from the first checkpoint outside the mountain to enter the military base in the deep mountains, you need to pass through 25 checkpoints, not only there are guards on the highway, even those peaks have barbed wire, minefields, automatic alarm layout areas, it can be said that this military restricted area is tightly locked in the deep mountains, never known.

The general transportation of materials, the change of troops, and the transportation of weapons and equipment naturally rely on automobiles to enter from the road, and helicopters will also be used for air traffic in special times.

Located in the middle of the mountains, it is a military base with a very high level of martial law, and although it is only September, it has already snowed a lot.

Except for a building complex in a small valley, other staff, officers and soldiers, and vehicles often went into the mountains, and it turned out that the buildings on the ground were only for human habitation, and there were quite a few underground fortifications in the belly of the mountain.

In the small valleys not far from the base complex, many special facilities have been built with cement and steel, which looks like a large area has been built like a bunker with cement and steel, and in the middle of the bunker is a huge stainless steel cover.

There were six such bunkers, and each of them had a large lid fastened, which was said to be like a bunker, and like a large well that had been covered.

This is the launch base of the Strategic Rocket Forces in the northernmost part of the empire's territory, and the fixed silo launch base for intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Previously, an 8,000-kilometre missile launch mission had been tested here, and the missile was launched from the city of Xinlan, and after a short flight, it landed accurately in the desert area of northwestern Australia, with an error of 11 kilometers. Later, a 5,500-kilometer entry-level intercontinental missile launch test was carried out, and the error was finally controlled at 2.8 kilometers. (The error range of the missile mentioned above is incorrect, and it should be within 10 kilometers.) At the base, Lieutenant General Zhou Ting, a commander of the Strategic Rocket Force, who arrived by helicopter yesterday, was discussing the launch mission with the commander of the base, Major General Fan Hua.

"Xiao Fan, this time the Germans openly announced that they would carry out a lease-type nuclear strike, and the whole world is panicking, and they are all looking at our imperial nuclear forces."

Zhou Ting said solemnly.

"Commander Zhou, we have already inspected two Dongfang-42 missiles, and they are in good condition and are fully capable of carrying out the launch mission. This 10,000-kilometer-range ICBM is our most technologically mature ICBM. The last missile we launched at Australia was the Vostok-42 missile, which had a reduced range.

Once the final launch order arrives, we have absolute certainty that we will complete the mission. ”

Major General Fan Hua saluted and said. Of course, the base attaches great importance to this launch, the first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, and it is also a nuclear warhead on board, if it is messed up, it will be stinking for 10,000 years, at least, he has no face to explain to Commander Lu Ziyun, to the chairman of the committee, and to the people of the whole country.

The scientific and technological officers of the base have long been unaware of how many missile components, systems, and even fuel have been inspected in all aspects to ensure that there will be no problems with the filling at that time. It is completely an all-round pre-war review of the entire system.

"Although the commander has not yet given the final order to launch, now that the Germans have announced to the public that we will definitely launch soon in order not to cause passivity, I think that the order may come soon. While there is still time, let's go and see the situation with the missiles. ”

After Zhou Ting finished speaking, the two took several nuclear scientists and engineers to check the missile.

Wells No. 1 and No. 2 are preparing for launch.

The group first took a car to the No. 1 well, and was put into the No. 1 well after a strict document check.

The whole No. 1 well is actually a systematic underground fortification, and the inside of the No. 1 well is much larger than it looks from the outside.

It is divided into traffic fortifications, engineering maintenance areas, oil channels, transportation channels, and finally missile silos.

The entire Dongfang-42 ICBM is 33 meters high and 11 stories high, but the interior of Well No. 1 does not have as many floors as 11 floors, and the height of the first floor is about 6 meters.

Zhou Ting and Fan Hua, together with a group of technical and commanding officers of the Strategic Rocket Forces, were observing the intercontinental missiles that were close at hand.

"It's spectacular!! Before it was launched, who could have imagined that the weapons of war we had created would be more than 30 meters high and capable of flying tens of thousands of kilometers. ”

Looking at the super-large guy in front of him with a diameter of more than three meters and a height of more than 30 meters, Zhou Ting still couldn't stop sighing. His gaze was at the top of the trajectory, where the bomb-carrying nuclear warhead was.

"Commander Zhou, Commander Fan, we conducted the last test twenty minutes ago, and found that all the indicators of the warhead were normal, and the parameters of the launch and explosion were fully met.

The 250,000-ton TNT equivalent nuclear warhead is also the most mature technology of China's missile-borne nuclear warhead. ”

Lu Yiming, a professor of the Strategic Rocket Force on the side, explained to the two.

Zhou Ting nodded, and then said, "If the order is issued in ten minutes, will it be able to launch on time and work properly?" ”

"Of course, General Zhou, the quality of the production of missiles and nuclear missiles is absolutely passable, and the five tests are all in line with the operational level, once the base camp gives the final order, provide the coordinates of the launch target, and enter it into the on-board computer to launch."

The professor said confidently that in fact, Fan Hua was also a technical officer and had a considerable understanding of nuclear bombs and missiles.

"Let's go, let's go to the control center and have a look."

Everyone got on the underground transportation car, and from time to time they arrived at an underground launch command center in the belly of the mountain, where there is a large hall, which is full of display screens, and the staff in military uniforms and white coats are busy nervously inside, and a huge display screen on the wall shows a simulated aerial overlook of the United States, and the location in space, there is also a simulated satellite.

"The base camp sends the coordinates of the target, and after we input it into the computer, the missile computer on the missile will also receive the signal, and then, the missile will be launched into the air in the form of habitual guidance according to the angle and speed calculated by the computer, and in the later part of the flight process, it will receive the signal from the satellite, correct the orbit to a certain extent, and reduce the margin of error.

Well, it has a theoretical margin of error of less than 3 km. ”

Lu Yiming explained, and then pointed to the equipment, and explained the simulation and processing work that is being carried out now, most of which are some detection and review of computers and emission programs, and some simulations.

"Just like a missile with a nuclear warhead already loaded, work can begin here as soon as the order is given."

Lu Yiming said confidently.

"Well, that's good, I think the order from the base camp should be coming soon."

Zhou Ting didn't guess wrong, just over twenty minutes after he returned to the base office, Fan Hua ran in excitedly, "Commander Zhou, the communication center has just received an action order from the base camp. ”

"Oh? Let me see. ”

He took the telegram, which was marked top secret, only to see that it was written, "According to the Strategic Rocket Forces Plan 012, the first missile will strike at the Washington city area, and the target parameter is ......"

The 012 plan has been seen by both of them, except that the final city goal has not been announced, and the others are written in detail on it, and now I can't help but be overjoyed to see two specific target cities.

The order of action is written very clearly, the first target is Washington, the second is Chicago, and 30 minutes after the explosion in Washington, there will be an explosion in Chicago. The target parameters and the location that need to be bombed are also clearly written on it, and Fan Hua, who is very sensitive to coordinates, couldn't help but say excitedly after seeing Zhou Ting's slight confusion about the coordinate number, "Commander Zhou, this location is a block where the White House is located!! ”

Zhou Ting slapped the table and said with a smile, "Great, prepare to launch immediately." Fill the fuel, enter the target parameters. ”

"Yes, Commander Zhou."

The two soon arrived at the launch command center, the order had been given, everyone was crazy and busy, and the commanders of each group were giving orders excitedly but steadily.

"Prepare to refuel!"

Zhou Ting looked at a screen in front of him, which showed the situation of fuel filling. On the image is a simulated missile, the location of the fuel tank is being filled with fuel, 1%, 2% ... The ascent is very slow, and the estimated completion time of the note on the side is also counting down: 01:59:33.

This means that it takes two hours to refill the liquid fuel, which is enough time for all other work to reach the most perfect pre-launch state.

On the other side, the group commander is also ordering: "Enter group A parameters, group B parameters, group C parameters, ......"

In addition to the coordinate parameters of the target location, there are also various parameters of the atmospheric cloud layer provided by the satellite, including temperature.

Zhou Ting's target turned to the big screen, and as the input data gradually improved, on the simulation map, a missile had been simulated in the Far East, and a curve had been connected to Washington, the United States, and several blood-red characters were also marked on the screen: "Target: Washington"

(To be continued)