Yu Ziming gently tried to stick his palm to the surface of the arrow body, and a cold feeling immediately filled his palm and five fingers, but it was not to the point of piercing, more like the refrigerated area of a refrigerator.

He withdrew a finger and licked a mouthful of the attached droplets, which were surprisingly pure.

"101 (幺洞幺), report the observations."

There was a sudden noise on the radio for a few seconds, and then the voice of Academician She in the command center came out.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the visual condition is good, the temperature is above freezing, there is no icing, no fuel leaks have been found, done!"

"The command center understands that Group 1 is ready for the second round of re-inspection, and all staff will be withdrawn after 35 minutes!"

"Understood!"

Academician She put down the intercom and continued to focus his gaze on the monitor that divided the dense area.

The time is beating in the lower right corner of every screen, and it is 03:44 Beijing time, and there are still 136 minutes before the launch.

At first, Xinyuan rented a simple factory for his own convenience, but then the Space Bureau also found that the nearby command place was more convenient than the remote control in the capital, and later it was redecorated here, taking advantage of the late-mover advantage to build a larger place than the one in the capital, and the function was also sound.

In addition to these two, only the Xinyuan base has a comprehensive manned/unmanned command center, and most of the time the command center in Beijing and Qiongzhou is used more frequently.

Now it's full of workers dressed in blue and black and white, the latter less so, the work clothes of Xinyuan.

Thousands of people fill the vast hall, and there are still people walking around at any given moment, a spectacle Claire has only seen decades ago on the live stream of a mission to the moon.

The meeting with Academician She was very short, mainly because the latter was very busy with work, and Claire was also very understanding, and after exchanging a few words, she was invited to the exclusive reception area next to the command center.

The reception area was filled with observers from all over the world who had come in in their official capacities, and some of the screened footage was streamed live there, but security didn't stop them from squeezing through the back door of the command center — just leave a gap.

Claire was still training at the Naval Flying School when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, and then went to serve in Annam in the following years.

At the age of 23, his biggest impression at the time was the countless NACA employees in the 14-inch color CRT monitor, but with the advancement of technology, the number of personnel requirements has been greatly reduced, and there is no need for so many people for a long time, and only the monster of the Long March 18 still has a terrifying need.

Academician She was 8 years older than him, and at that time he should have been studying how to increase the range of missiles in the Gobi Desert, and had been taking the technical route, which was completely different from Claire, who later became an astronaut and then transferred to NACA.

But now Claire's feeling is that this is a place where NACA is being restored, not to replicate their success, but to re-present the spirit of courageous march towards the universe.

Many people at NACA think that they put too much emphasis on "practicality" in the perception of their Chinese counterparts, but this view now seems outdated.

"Hallooooo, Mr. Borden."

Borisov was pleased to be able to catch the former NACA director here, but the latter was apparently not very happy to be caught "peeping", nodded and retreated to the reception room.

But Borisov was willing to let him go like this, and hurriedly raised his heels.

Now it can barely be regarded as a gathering of the leaders of the three astronauts, how can it be so cold!

……

"Whew...... The air below was really heavy and wet. ”

"Watch your step...... Don't be in such a hurry. ”

"Got it, Cheerleader."

Although he was telling others, Yu Ziming himself was actually breathing hard.

The air pressure of minus 180 meters is indeed larger, and the water vapor of the sea water also settles there, and when you go down, you can't feel the rhythm, and the difference is obvious when you reach the sea surface.

It's 4:39 a.m., and all the ships around the launch box have been evacuated except for the four lifting boats, which are also untying the steel cables that pull the launch boxes from the ships, and are already preparing for the evacuation.

Waiting for the two diver groups are two 022 missile boats, which can go wild at 50 knots (92 km/h) on the surface, making them ideal for possible emergencies.

In the distance, 80% of the personnel had been evacuated, although the lights were still there, and the remaining small part would quickly leave within 50 minutes, apparently without delay.

More than two hours of patrolling under closed highlights and high pressure also made Yu Ziming tired, and he was just fished into the cabin by friendly troops and wanted to rest for a while, but was pulled up by the crew and sat on a chair.

"Captain, please hold on to the handrails on both sides, we are about to carry out our mission."

"What task?"

"There are those who are not afraid of death who want to sail closer, why don't you say they listen? Our instructor said that when the rocket is launched, it is like a 20,000-ton atomic bomb bursting into water, and all the people in those small boats will be wiped out after a few turns.

We're going to get rid of us soon, so you'll have to hurry. ”

“……”

Of course Yu Ziming knows this, because it was not convenient for the coast guard big ships to intercept small boats some time ago, the navy directly mobilized 50 022 missile boats here and let them chase the stupid tourists who don't want to die.

Because it is a temporary transfer, these 022s are also equipped with missiles, and 50 ships carry a total of 300 YJ-83s, even if the aircraft carrier fleet comes, they have to go around, which can really be described as a huge elasticity in the interception range.

Within a few minutes, the missile boat happily began to accelerate with the divers who had been fished up, and after rowing a beautiful arc, it quickly raised a high spray and headed straight for a small white dot in the distance.

The other four working boats also quickly abandoned all the steel cables, and hundreds of steel cables naturally fell into the water, and the launch box connected to the other end completely lost its surrounding traction, and was now only held in place by the bottom anchor cable, and began to float up and down slightly.

The four boats accelerated away in two teams in opposite directions, and were expected to reach a safe area 10 kilometers away in 25 minutes, although the actual cordon was only 3 kilometers, and a considerable number of buoys were placed at this distance to observe and transmit signals.

However, this does not mean that the command center has blackened the launch area, only a very few people know that there is still a group of "people" busy under the seabed.

Those are the latest "Warrior No. 1" wearing heavy semi-monocoque diving suits, and they have been under the submersible for a week without fear of death, secretly solving a lot of big problems for humans.

Their mission will continue until the moment of launch, which means that they will face the turbulence after launch, and it is unknown how much they will survive in the end.

In the command center, Academician She held his left wrist to compare the time on the watch and the screen, and issued a command when the needle pointed to 5:10:

"Start filling water, the volume of water is 29,000 tons, the gate in Area A is activated, and the rest of the gates are on standby!"

(End of chapter)