Sitting in the huge command room, Zhou Ting looked at the data that kept beating on the big screen in front of him, among them, the display of refueling had jumped to 98%, 99%, and finally to 100%.

A major held the document, ran over in small steps, stood up and saluted, "Commander Zhou, Commander Fan, the missile fuel has been filled." ”

"Good."

Zhou Ting took the document and carefully reviewed the relevant data of the fuel filling link, including the total amount of fuel, oil temperature, fuel tank temperature and so on.

After reading it carefully, he showed it to Fan Hua and the two professors next to him, and then nodded. The Dongfang-42 ICBM is a super big thing, and it took two hours just to refill the missile fuel, but it only took more than an hour to enter the coordinates, adjust the parameters, and complete the preliminary ground calculation work of habitual guidance through computer calculations and simulated flight trajectories through computer calculations. But I have to say that in the past two hours, with the reports being prepared one by one, Zhou Ting and Fan Hua seemed to be the most idle people in the command center, but they were actually more anxious than anyone else.

This is a kind of anxiety before the actual battle, as a commander. They are not afraid of war, but for the first time in human history, they have used an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 10,000 kilometers to carry out a nuclear strike on the enemy.

Since he came here, he has fully shouldered the responsibilities of a commander, presiding over various pre-operation demonstration meetings, supervising and reviewing every link of the missile launch, conducting a systematic overall assessment and checking of the relevant preparations, and of course, as the chief commander of the operation, he also has overall responsibility for the mission.

The blame is not just for sitting there and ordering the launch to be finished, and then going back to receive the prize.

Zhou Ting did not recall the last conversation with his wife before leaving for the Far East.

"Ruohua, I'm going to the front line soon.

You used to always ask me what my unit and army were, because I have never been able to tell you the iron law of military discipline, and it is precisely because of this that your husband was promoted to lieutenant general at a young age, but you cannot talk about him in front of anyone. The children are proud that their father is the commander of a certain division and the general of a certain group army, but our children, like you, have a lieutenant general's father, and when other children ask, he only keeps his head silent, because his father's military rank seems to be a fictitious position, without the name of the unit, without the number, and without seeing the media reports anywhere. Boasting is not commendable, but I have always known that you are equally eager to share in my honor.

But today I can tell you that I am here on a major strategic mission, and if successful, you will see a husband who walks to the front of the stage, a husband who goes to the front of the stage. For the first time, my unit will be known to the world, and they will wear countless halos and glory on its head. Yes, I will do everything in my power to finish him and not allow a single detail to go wrong. I am confident that, just as every year I spend a great deal of time away from you and you don't know what I'm doing, I'm not running away and taking vacations, but I'm scrupulously participating in combat missions.

I don't care if this trip is a blessing or a curse, what I am afraid of is that if I fail to complete the tasks assigned by the base camp, then I will be ashamed of the people, the empire, and the trust of the chairman.

As a soldier, as a husband, and as a father, I have my own responsibilities and responsibilities.

If this mission fails, as the commander of the operation, I will definitely apologize for serving the country. Mingli is still young, once something happens to me, you have to take good care of him when he grows up. With the chairman here, even if I fail in the end, the organization will take care of your mother and son.

You don't have to convince me that this task is too big and that I must take the overall responsibility of a commander. It is not a positional war, nor is it a blocking war, it is the most critical battle that will determine the fortunes of the empire in the next fifty years, and whether the hundreds of millions of sons and daughters of China will be able to be proud of this planet in the future. ”

Retracting his thoughts from his memories, Zhou Ting took out a cigarette, threw the cigarette case on the table and motioned for them to smoke, lit it silently, and said, "Let's have a little meeting." ”

A few minutes later, in the small office, in addition to Zhou Ting and Fan Hua, the persons in charge of the ignition system, launch system, flight system, guidance system, nuclear warhead system and other systems all sat down at the conference table. After all, this is the first time in human history that an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers has been launched.

Before that, China had never used them in real combat, and the Germans had wasted a lot of ballistic missiles, but they were all pitiful with small range, and the missiles with the maximum range were not as bad as the short-range ballistic missiles of the Imperial missiles.

"I would like you to give your final conclusions on the system for which you are responsible. If we are faced with problems, we can ask the base camp for more time instead of rushing into battle. ”

Zhou Ting's eyes glanced at everyone and said solemnly.

"There was no problem with the ignition system."

"There are no problems with the launch system."

…… A few minutes later, when everyone confirmed that there was no problem with the system they were responsible for, Lieutenant General Zhou Ting, who was in charge of the overall responsibility, exchanged views with the two chief and deputy chief engineers, and decided to report to the base camp as planned and ask for battle.

Ten minutes later, Han Jingshan and Zhang Shusheng had this telegram on their desks, which was personally handed over by Lu Ziyun and Jiang Baili, commanders of the Strategic Rocket Forces.

"Chairman of the committee, operation commander Zhou Ting, and the two chief and deputy chief engineers all believe that the conditions for launching missiles at any time are already in place, and if they are any later, they may miss the best time for launching."

Lu Ziyun asked.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, took the document, looked at it, and then signed his own words on it.

"Agree to launch."

From time to time, a major general officer of the Central Guard Bureau brought a sealed box, and after Zhang Shusheng confirmed the relevant data of the launch, he entered the authorization password on the surface, but in fact he used brain waves to authorize the unlock, and at this stage, he needs to remotely authorize the launch of any ICBM.

"Prepare to launch, target Washington, Chicago, and I wish you all the best."

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

"Yes, Chairman!!"

Soon, the Xinlan strategic missile base in the Far East was called back.

"Sound the combat alarm, all departments are in place, open the silo cover, and the countdown to the missile launch is 10 minutes!"

After Zhou Ting confirmed the order, he looked at the indicator on the screen that represented the missile lock, which was already in a green state, which indicated that the chairman had authorized the unlocking.

At this time, at the No. 1 silo, with the sound of mechanical rotation, the huge silo cover slowly rose, and a white missile head could be seen under the exposed hole, that is, the Dongfang-42 ICBM that was about to be launched this time.

Soon, ten minutes passed, and the systems began to report the final status.

"The launch site has the conditions for launching, and the weather is normal."

"The ignition system is working properly."

"The firing system is normal."

"The guidance system is working."

"The satellite signal is normal."

"The observation signal from the sea is normal."

…… As the 10 minutes slowly jumped to the final countdown, Fan Hua looked at Zhou Ting, who leaned in front of the microphone and said calmly, "Everything is as usual, ready to launch." ”

On the large screen, which has long been switched to the multi-angle camera images of the launch site and the silo, a panoramic view of the No. 1 well launch site can be seen.

Everything was normal, and the commander took a deep breath and began the countdown.

“10,9,8,…… 3.2.1, Ignition!! ”

With the commander's calm and calm order, on the screen aimed at the No. 1 silo subscreen, you can see that the bottom of the huge missile suddenly spewed out a huge flame, a rumbling sound came from the sound, you can see the missile trembling slightly, and then, slowly left the silo and rushed out of the manhole cover of the No. 1 shaft.

"Huhuhu......"

On the screen, a huge guy more than 30 meters long has already soared into the air, pulling a tail flame more than ten meters long, and soaring into the sky at a relatively oblique angle.

The missile was successfully ignited and launched, which proved that it was half the success, and then, the missile was a matter of the guidance system during normal flight, and in general, from the past practice, the missile would not miss too much.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

There was a round of applause in the command room, along with the reports.

"The missile flight attitude is normal."

"Missile acceleration is normal."

…… It was only at this time that Zhou Ting breathed a deep sigh of relief, but he just clapped his name a few times, and then put in more work, the data summarized, the tracking of the entire launch process, and the flight time of about thirty minutes, he was more nervous than anyone else, and any failure before the missile hit Washington and successfully detonated the nuclear bomb would mean failure.

Han Jing, Zhang Shusheng's office.

"Chairman of the Committee, the Far East Xinlan Strategic Missile Base successfully launched an Vostok-42 intercontinental missile at Washington at 4:15 p.m. Hanjing time. At present, the data of the missiles are normal, the flight situation is normal, and the nuclear bomb is normal. ”

Lu Ziyun hurriedly reported to Zhang Shusheng.

"Come on, drink some tea, work to do, tea to drink."

Zhang Shusheng was more relaxed than anyone else at this time, only he knew that these intercontinental missiles had undergone the strictest testing, and some of the most critical components were directly issued by the Science and Technology Committee, not produced by the factory. The Security Service also reported to him that the commander of the operation under temporary surveillance had the idea of 'success or success', and he just smiled and told them to stop him if something happened. After all, in the eyes of others, this is an intercontinental missile, a nuclear bomb, and in Zhang Shusheng's opinion, he is nothing more than a missile. What the empire lacks is talent and loyal officers, there is no shortage of missiles and nuclear bombs.

At the same time, Truman, who was far away in Washington, had just issued a so-called urgent military order in the morning.

"General Eisenhower, I will send you to Alaska to urge all parties to closely monitor and destroy any possible aircraft from the direction of China, and at the same time, we will also closely patrol and monitor any unknown fleet from within 3,000 kilometers of the coastline in the Pacific Ocean."

This was what Truman thought was the right order, for the simple reason that when he sent the secretary of state to communicate with the Chinese business organizations, it turned out that the whole of Washington could no longer find such an organization of the Chinese, as if it had disappeared all at once. He believes that perhaps the situation is tense and is preparing to drag on and convey the unconditional surrender decision to the Chinese through some neutral countries.

Of course, he will also wait for Congress to make a decision later and announce to the world its unconditional surrender to China. His generals and scientific advisers told him that there was no problem

(To be continued)