Next to the towering rocket launch tower, a huge heavy carrier rocket was slowly erected, and the giant crane on the launch tower was like a giant hand poking out of the sky, slowly but steadily erecting the rocket on the launch pad.

The light of dawn finally spilled onto the ground, and the workers on the ground who were busy like ants breathed a sigh of relief. The launch is imminent, and the light of the rocket in the dark undoubtedly increases the chance of its exposure, and now it is finally just right into the day, and the day can always bring humans a sense of security.

When the rocket was completely perpendicular to the launch stand, the inspection procedure also came to an end. The escort Marines left with the rail car, and the last two team members lay on the edge of the diversion trough under the launch pad to look at the water level scale, and after comparing it correctly, they got up and ran quickly to catch up with the rail car, and turned over and jumped up with the outstretched hands of their comrades.

When the rail car returned to the entrance to the cavern passage, the countdown on everyone's visual panel was reset to zero, and at the same time, the ground trembled slightly, and white smoke rose from the launch pad.

The launch button was pressed, and the eight engines sprayed out a blazing flame together, and the huge heat that burst out instantly turned thousands of tons of water stored in the huge pool under the launch pad into steam in an instant, as if countless clean white clouds in the sky were compressed and released, and white smoke erupted from the diversion grooves on both sides, and just a few seconds later, the 60-meter-high launch tower was shrouded in billowing white smoke, looking like a fairyland from afar.

When the rocket leaves the ground, everything that happens to them will be out of the control of the tiny humans on the surface, and all they can do is to concentrate on adjusting the attitude of the rocket in the air, ensuring that it always follows the established procedure and flies into space at the most fuel-efficient angle.

The mix of retro and modern in the main control room is quiet only the sound of breathing and perhaps the hum of an old computer. No one spoke, because all the flight data was already displayed on the screen. In view of the fact that there is no camera installed on the rocket body, the reconnaissance dragonfly is responsible for the transmission of flight images.

"The first stage rocket is ready to separate!"

Someone in the main control room, which had been silent for a long time, finally made a sound, and then someone continued, "The explosive bolt is ready to explode!" ”

In the screen sent back by the reconnaissance dragonfly, the explosive bolt of the two-stage rocket that was tightly connected a second ago instantly blew itself apart, and the explosives filled inside the hollow bolt cleanly cut off the connection with the arrow body.

The originally straight rocket suddenly began to tilt and fall off from the tail end, and at this time, the second-stage rocket body suddenly spewed out a surging high-temperature gas, and the air flow pushed the wreckage of the first-stage that had lost power far away.

"Phase 1 separation is normal."

From the perspective of the reconnaissance dragonfly, the explosion of the bolt did not cause any change in the flight posture of the rocket at all, and the slightest tremor under the strong thrust did not have any effect at all. At this time, the rocket had formed an almost parallel arc to the ground, and was speeding away towards the southern sky.

By the time the next stage of the rocket was ready to break away, the reconnaissance dragonfly could no longer reach that height.

Moving on to the immediate steps, micromanipulation on the ground can be temporarily put to an end, and the scheduled procedures will play a decisive role before the satellite is put into orbit. At this time, the main control room has also become a mess.

"Report to the Commander! The rocket console has been dismantled and is being loaded! ”

"Return to the submarine at full speed and do not make any stops."

"Understood!"

Everyone is hurrying to retreat to the Akula submarine, after all, they can't wait for a long time in this kind of place without the support of the main force, and the satellite from launch to orbit is a total of 50~60 minutes, when the time comes and they are still on the way, whether it is the discovery of insects in space, or the satellite in orbit needs to accurately adjust the attitude, it will be a tricky trouble for them.

A terrifying robot lurks silently in an empty underground bunker, its constricted claws and belly clinging to the floor tiles, all indicating that it is actively dormant. According to the command, any movement on the ground has nothing to do with it, and it is quickly activated once a lifeform enters the underground bunker.

Ripples rippled round after round on the calm river, and the depth of the river water naturally could not be compared with the vast sea, so the bubbles produced by the floating boat when entering the submarine's watertight compartment could not be completely diluted by the river water.

So at the moment when everyone was in place, Akula, who had been dormant for a long time, slowly pulled out of his original position and reversed all the way back. It needs to find a channel wide enough to make a U-turn.

"Salute!"

In the war room on the boat, as Qin Feng entered quickly, everyone immediately stepped forward to salute, Qin Feng raised his arm as usual and signaled, and then hurriedly walked to the instrument that was being installed.

"What about the debugging results?" Qin Feng saw that the crew was demolishing a piece of the floor of the war room, so he asked casually.

"The signal has been searched, and the signal is being kept stable, and it will be ready for use immediately." Captain Alek replied, and from time to time his eyes fell on the chronograph on the screen, which showed that there was more than a minute left before the satellite was put into orbit, and the anxiety of everyone could be imagined.

"Connected!" The crew who was lying on the gap in the floor exclaimed happily, and suddenly everyone looked over. Complicated wiring sprawled out from the inside of the floor, plugged into the main computer like vines.

Non-professionals can't see why, and at this moment, the voice on the overhead radio pulled everyone's attention back to the screen.

"The radar ship is online and is taking over attitude control."

Qin Feng, who didn't blink an eye, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, although he could always control the overall situation, but this kind of purely technical level things often made people feel powerless. Now, with the help of the high-power equipment on the submarine as a relay, the rocket and the radar ship have been connected, and they can confidently dive into the depths of the ocean.

A professional on a radar ship will take care of the biggest challenges when it comes to getting a satellite into orbit, rather than the layman taking it for granted with old software.

Far south, across the Yangtze River, a quarter of the diameter of the Earth, sea wings and spear mini-submarines are watching everything around them vigilantly, and under their starry and moon-like escort, a huge survey ship is measuring the distance between heaven and earth with radio waves.

The huge hull not only makes it easy to accommodate large radar equipment, but also brings great space benefits to the crew's life. You don't feel the slightest crampedness here, and when you are in it, it seems to be no different from land.

Researchers in uniform are walking briskly on the spotless floor, the portholes blocking out the cold wind, but letting in the sunlight freely. The central air conditioner maintains the temperature in the building at a human-friendly level through ventilation pipes hidden inside the ceiling.

The crew of the ship naturally knows what the outside world has become, and everyone sticks to their posts in peace, and their lives will not be boring, because the radar ship will return to the shipyard from time to time, and they will also set foot on the steely ground of the Guangling underground base through the Thunderbolt floating boat.

At this time, it was already dawn, and many crew members had just finished breakfast in the cafeteria, and the radio sound that had just sounded urgently summoned many researchers in the field of aerospace exploration to return to their posts, and the cafeteria was also a lot empty, but this did not prevent the personnel who had not been called to continue eating. The radar ship is very large, and there are many places where there is a division of labor, and all parts of the sky, the earth, and the sea surface need to be monitored in an orderly manner, which is the key to ensuring that the Guangling underground base is always in the shadows.