In the huge hangar, a white flying machine that has never appeared in the eyes of the world is quietly parked there, and dozens of people are working around it. The steel dragon, which is 6.84 meters high, 38.24 meters long and has a wingspan of 15.23 meters, was still in a state of parts in this hangar three days ago, because the body was too large to be transported, so it was dismantled from the original workshop and transported here, and then assembled again.

The assembly of a huge aircraft with more than three million parts is undoubtedly a huge undertaking. After the assembly work is completed, the aircraft itself and the assembly site must be inspected in great detail, whether it is a screw or a gasket, once it appears where it should not appear, or where it should appear but does not appear, this becomes a very fatal thing, if you do not know the source of excess or missing parts, then you have to disassemble the aircraft again, re-inspect and assemble. Because all the staff are well aware that any uncertainty will cause a very serious hidden danger to the flight of the aircraft.

This is the first test flight of the Shenlong manned space aircraft, and if there is a problem with Yanzhòng, it will cause irreparable damage to the progress of the project, and it may even return to the pre-research period. Because of this, Yuan Limin and several other persons in charge have been nervously and meticulously monitoring everyone's work conditions, and the person in charge of each working group is like clockwork, constantly circling around his team members, reminding the matters to be paid attention to, and at the same time making the final confirmation of the checked items on the checklist in his hand.

After a busy whole morning, the final inspection of the Shenlong manned space plane was finally completed according to the original plan, and after another three and a half hours, this new field aircraft with a white base, blue strokes, and a five-star red flag painted on both sides of the middle and upper sections, carrying the dreams of several generations of astronauts, will really take off and fly.

In the cockpit, Xia Yu, Wang Pengyu and three other people checked various instruments, and they were very busy. Whether it is Xia Yu or Wang Pengyu, this kind of work has long been familiar with it anymore, although because it is a new type of aircraft, it is very different from a fighter in terms of operation and instruments, but the basic principle is the same, as long as it is trained in the relevant way, there will be no major problems in terms of flight control. The other three Wu Degao, Du Junbao and Wu Min were originally astronauts, although they have not really been to space, but day after day, year after year of study and training, they have a solid technical foundation and rich relevant knowledge, and they are naturally comfortable coping with it.

"Xiao Xia, I'm going to fly this afternoon, what should I do if I'm suddenly a little nervous?" Yuan Limin, who ran into the cockpit, wiped off the fine sweat on his forehead, and the cool autumn wind didn't seem to be able to blow away his nervousness.

"We're not nervous flying in the sky, why are you nervous?" Seeing that Yuan Limin actually ran into the cockpit to say that he was nervous, the work in his hands did not stop at all, while maintaining an accurate and steady inspection, Xia Yu teased without replying: "Are you not confident in yourself, or are you not confident in everyone?" ”

"Of course, you can't say that." Yuan Limin rubbed his wrong hands and sneered: "This thing is designed and manufactured step by step from scratch, of course I have confidence in it, but I just can't control my nervousness." ”

Yes, there is one more person who is nervous, Xia Yu rolled his eyes. After the final inspection work was completed this morning, Xia Yu found that the staff around him began to nervous unconsciously, and the people who talked a lot on weekdays suddenly became silent, and the people who talked less either became more silent, or turned into a chatter. When I saw Yuan Limin before, the other party commanded Ruoding, very calm, Xia Yu still thought that he really deserved to be a person who had experienced wind and rain, but he didn't expect to turn around, this person who had experienced wind and rain ran over and said that he was nervous, who to say that it was not okay to be nervous, why did he have to tell himself? Don't you know that test pilots can't be affected by this kind of behavior before they go to the sky? Xia Yu was slanderous.

However, it was precisely because Yuan Limin suddenly ran out to stir up the situation that the atmosphere in the cockpit suddenly became relaxed for a while, and several other people who had been doing their work silently before also chatted and laughed after the work was completed, and it seemed that not only the ground personnel, but even the three astronauts were also a little nervous.

I didn't notice the abnormal situation in the team, and I was still a little derelict as the captain, Xia Yu was secretly annoyed. It needs to be explained here that according to age and seniority, it was actually not Xia Yu's turn to be the captain, but because he performed extremely well in training, he was elected as the captain of the test flight team of the Shenlong, mainly responsible for piloting and management coordination. However, it seems that Xia Yu is still a little unfamiliar with teamwork flight missions, and although these things have been learned and trained during the training process, Xia Yu still accidentally ignored them.

Secretly reminding himself not to make the same mistake again, and at the same time to be careful not to make other mistakes, Xia Yu raised his spirits, and after confirming the checklist with everyone in the cabin, he pressed the intercom and said: "Command center, this is Shenlong, the cockpit has been prepared." ”

"The command center understands that the tractor is ready to take you to the take-off runway."

"Shenlong received."

Seeing that Xia Yu and others have finished their preparations, they are about to take off, and Yuan Limin is about to get off the plane quickly, as the main person in charge of this project, he can't continue to run around, after the aerospace plane takes off, he needs to monitor in real time in the flight control center, and all test items need his on-site consent to be carried out.

"Then I'll go down first, I wish you success." Yuan Limin greeted and was about to get off the plane, Xia Yu turned his head, looked at the silver-haired Yuan Limin, sighed at this old man who had contributed to the country's aerospace industry all his life, cracked his mouth and smiled, and said loudly: "I wish us success." ”

Yuan Limin was stunned for a moment, then he was full of relief, nodded and smiled: "Yes, I wish us success." ”

"I wish us success!!" Everyone in the cabin shouted loudly at the same time, they had never known each other before, and the age difference between the old and the young was dozens of years, but they also affirmed and supported each other with the same important mission and responsibility entrusted by the country. At this moment, they all smiled brightly.