Chapter 587: Extinguishing the Fire
Futaba-gun.
“Sector A 12, fire bomb coverage.”
"Yes, please confirm whether the personnel in the target area have withdrawn."
“All armored vehicles are out. Clear to fire.”
"Understand, in three minutes, our aircraft will drop four 250-kilogram Type II fire extinguishing bombs into the A12 area!"
Zhang Meng hung up the intercom, then moved his gaze to the underwing camera of the Rainbow-5 drone, and then watched as the four red-painted bombs were released.
It was 3:25 a.m., and the cruising Rainbow-5 was already preparing to return to the airport, but the satellite found that there was still a fire on the ground, and the Rainbow-5 threw all the fire bombs it had brought with it.
Area A12 is a forest on the outskirts of a nearby forest park, which was not originally ignited in the nuclear explosion, but the fire in the central area was eventually blown by the wind and caused the fire to spread.
In fact, there is little point in cleaning up here, although the first hydrogen bomb cannot affect here, but the second can cover the A12 area, and finally it will have to turn into a bare piece.
The Rainbow-5 cleaned up this place completely easily, as the Type II fire extinguishing bombs they were carrying could not be returned with them and had to be thrown away before landing.
There are two kinds of fire extinguishing bombs brought from China, type I. and type II, and type I is a universal ultra-fine dry powder fire extinguishing bomb, that is, a small batch of domestic forest fire-fighting equipment, in principle, it is allowed to land with bombs, but generally will not do so.
However, when the first batch of fire-fighting bombs arrived at Fushima, Tian Zhan found that the supply was seriously insufficient, and if even one-tenth of the demand was not enough according to the demarcated defense area, he immediately reported the problem.
In the end, the type II fire extinguishing bomb was shipped in China, the principle is different from the dry powder fire extinguishing bomb, the type II bomb is filled with ethylene oxide-based high-energy fuel, the explosion spreads to a large area of airspace and ignites, quickly consumes the surrounding air to create a vacuum area, and extinguishes the fire source by inhibiting oxygen.
Type II fire extinguishing bombs are also known by a more well-known name: fuel air bombs, also known as cloud burst bombs and thermobaric bombs.
Therefore, in the case of a large gap and high cost of Type I fire extinguishing bombs, China chooses to paint the inventory cloud burst bombs with red paint, which is large and affordable.
It is not a question of whether this counts as the deployment of military weapons, as the other four have done so......
Except for the Pacific Fleet, which also frantically purchased fire extinguishing bombs with a total amount of hundreds of millions of dollars and a unit price of 350,000 US dollars, the rest of the people were able to save money, and even did not change their liveries.
The cleaning effect of the four thermobaric bombs was very remarkable, and the fire in an area of almost 300,000 square meters was immediately extinguished after being dropped, and the aerial photographs immediately showed the results.
After dropping the bomb, the Rainbow-5 landed at Toshima Airport, which had been designated for radiation operations, and the planes that had previously entered the mushroom cloud to collect dust samples were also parked here.
When Rainbow 5 returned, there were several large planes lining up on the runway to take off, including the No. 2220 that Xiao Okada had just ridden.
However, this time, the whole crew members were changed except for him, and it took a lot of effort for Xiao Okada to come up for the second time.
China has prepared six teams for each aircraft for three nuclear explosions, and each team can only fly at most once, and during the nuclear explosion, it is a maximum of six missions with radiation.
All crew members will also be given a three-month leave and special duty allowance after the incident, and will not perform similar tasks for at least 24 months in the future.
This time, the 2220 machine will carry out the radiation dust design mission, the 2210 machine will carry out the observation mission, and the 2220 where Xiao Okada is located will hover in the area 30 kilometers away from the center of the explosion at the time of the explosion, and will record the whole process of the explosion in the most comprehensive way.
According to domestic inference, as long as the course is consistent with the shock wave at this distance, the aircraft will only feel a gust of turbulence, and the flight will not be greatly affected.
The sea and land are much safer than the air because of the terrain and underground explosions.
As the No. 2220 plane took off and flew to the beach, Xiao Okada also became excited.
After passing through the nuclear explosion area for the first time, he was looking forward to the second time, and he couldn't see it very clearly during the first mission because of the angle, but this time he was sure to get a glimpse of the whole picture.
About 10 minutes later, the H-6H approached the 30-kilometer cordon and began to fly around the cordon, followed by seven or eight planes of the same purpose.
At this time, more than three hours have passed since the explosion of the first hydrogen bomb, and the shape of the mushroom cloud has dissipated and destroyed, and only an unusually large cloud can be seen from a distance, and it is difficult for uninformed people to imagine that a nuclear explosion has just occurred.
Analysis of the results of the first mushroom cloud sampling has been completed, and according to the determination of the residual levels of various types of radiation in the samples, more than 95% of the nuclear fuel in core 1 has been hit by neutron streams and decayed, which has met the expected clean-up effect.
As for the No. 2 reactor, there was also a certain deviation according to the measurements, but when it was reported to Lucia, the other party said very implicitly that it was "within the scope of action" and refused to care about it.
Their Iskander is larger than the Dongfeng 15C, and the warhead can naturally be made larger and heavier, so it is not incomprehensible that they are more confident.
When Xiao Okada's mind diverged, a flash of light attracted his attention, and he saw a place on the ground outside the porthole like a lake shimmering in the setting sun.
There was still a large reflection next to it, but it wasn't as intense.
Xiao Okada believes that the ultra-high temperature and pressure may have squeezed the sand and rocks in the soil into countless glass shards, and because the explosion area surveyed was a trumpet-shaped crater, perhaps the walls and the surface of the hole were covered with colorful glass slag.
He suddenly remembered a well-known question: Is there a suitable distance for nuclear radiation to bake just one pizza?
This issue is not known for the time being, but it is absolutely feasible to build a nuclear blast glass plant.
"Heading 305, get ready for the impact!"
The in-flight broadcast woke him up from his divergent thoughts, realizing that his mind might not be right now.
But the pilot next to him kindly reminded:
"Just now, the radar station in Jixi has found a rocket shot out of Vladivostok, it should be Iskander, it is expected to arrive in 12 minutes, we have to adjust the course!"
"Oh...... Good. ”
Xiao Okada, who came back to his senses, quickly identified the direction of the target point and the course of the plane at this time, and confirmed that he could see a nuclear explosion on his side.
It's 3:47 a.m., and in less than four hours, more than 1 million tons of nuclear weapons have exploded under your feet, and the experience sounds exciting.
"Come on, let's see how big these bitches have prepared!"
(End of chapter)