Chapter 598: Salary
Futaba-gun.
The hydrogen bomb, with its enormous power, destroys everything within the radius of the explosion, but that doesn't mean the IAEA just needs to be a bystander.
If there is one business that has been busiest in the control area in recent days, it is only one: fire fighting.
Fire, countless fires, endless flames like hell.
This is all Zhang Meng's impression of the area around the explosion in the past few days, the fiery red of the flames and the gray-black of the ruins make up the whole world.
"Confirm the indicated target, 24 rounds of Type II shells, release!"
Artillery...... Ah no, the command of the fire-fighting rocket artillery operator was issued, and the tail of the rocket artillery mounted on the Type 59 universal turf sprayed a large cloud of white exhaust gas, and one rocket after another flew out with the tail flame, spreading into a white parabola in the sky.
It took a few minutes for the rockets to land in the target area, and the fuel-air warhead on board detonated, instantly extinguishing the fire of more than a dozen square kilometers.
Zhang Meng, who was sitting in the armored car, poked his head out and used a telescope to confirm that the fire extinguishing effect was good.
At this moment, there was the sound of a huge jet engine overhead, it was a low-flying fire-fighting plane coming from 747.
It contained hundreds of tons of water in its cabin, which was thrown from high altitudes to form a mist that enveloped another burning forest.
The status quo in the control area is that there are so many flames, houses are burning, forests are burning, grasslands are burning, nuclear explosions are in the past, but they have brought countless fire hazards.
It is not possible to extinguish it, and the IAEA still has to maintain a large number of observation points and carry out exploration work in the surrounding area, but fortunately, the IAEA has come up with a special fund for this matter.
This money was not dug from the original budget, but the control area opened up a new way to make money.
Zhang Meng pinched the watch and looked at the time, and pressed the intercom on his chest:
"Pay attention to the clear space above 1,200 meters in the airspace of Area A, and the relevant drones will fly away as soon as possible to prevent hitting tourists!"
"Understood!"
“roger!”
“Нетпроблем!”
About four or five minutes later, a small Cessna sightseeing tour plane flew over his head and arced around the center of the explosion.
The plane will fly back and forth twice to make it easier for visitors to see the center of the explosion — a small part of which is mostly submerged in seawater.
Such sightseeing planes enter the control area three times a day, with hundreds of sorties, and the seats are always full, and business is too good to be good.
Each sightseeing flight needs to be approved by the IAEA and pays a certain amount of management fees, which can add up to a lot of money for a few days.
It is said that it was Minister of Finance Tsushima Shouichi who proposed this idea and directly monopolized the business.
After all, the number of people who can see the site of the explosion is very limited, and it is also good for more people to see the ruins after the explosion, and the price is not as expensive as the previous ferry ticket.
However, just looking at it can't make some people enjoy it, and some people even offer high-priced "souvenirs" on the Internet.
The so-called souvenirs generally refer to the green glass stone produced by ultra-high pressure near the center of the explosion, the main components are feldspar and quartz, and the sand will gradually fade from the inside out due to the high content of impurities and radiation contamination after being converted into glass, which looks very unique.
This is not the first time that this type of green glass stone has been sold well, there are many souvenirs of this kind in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and there are also nuclear test sites in Aramco that have been opened to tourists, and many people are keen to collect green glass stones.
Of course, the radiation value of this thing is quite high when it is close to the heart, and it must not be used as an ornamental object, but what is not lacking in the world is the lack of heart-to-heart eyes, and Zhang Meng has always been highly vigilant about this.
The sightseeing opening hours lasted for 100 minutes each time, and when Zhang Meng completed another patrol, the time was almost up, and Tian Zhan's voice came from the intercom:
"Everyone's in line! There may be rain after 7 p.m., all equipment will be withdrawn to the sub-station, personnel will stay in the safe house to limit their activities to avoid exposure to radioactive fallout, and a unified exchange meeting will be held in the evening, understand? ”
"Yes!"
Zhang Meng immediately led people to return, rain is not a good thing for the radiation area.
Condensation droplets carry radioactive fallout from the air to the soil, and once contaminated with this rainwater means direct exposure to radiation, which is more cumbersome to clean up, in fact, rescue teams have been spreading catalysts into the clouds to eliminate rain, but apparently not 100% sure.
"Each unit reports the number in turn, counts the personnel, and converges at the assembly point in Area C!"
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"This is going back?"
Guo Fan looked at the space station reluctantly, but still got into the cabin of the Pioneer.
Wu Jing, who followed closely, touched the gripper on the bulkhead, obviously reluctant.
The film crew was originally planned to stay on the space station for only 14 days, but in reality they have been there for 22 days so far.
The movie scene didn't take much time, and the extra was basically to cooperate with the Advance exercise mission, but the later experience was far more charming for the crew than space filming.
"Lao Guo, if you don't go back to the Spring Festival stalls, you won't be able to catch up, two years, wandering the earth for two years to sharpen a sword."
"yes...... Two years to sharpen a sword. ”
Guo Fan is also in a trance, two years, to produce a top sci-fi industrial film, or with the support of a super big financier, it sounds like a dream.
"Hey, don't be stunned to pick things up!"
A package flew over from the counterpart, Guo Fan subconsciously caught it, and then looked at the label "dry excrement/sanitary waste" and his face turned dark.
Naturally, there is a lot of garbage produced by the huge Advance, and since there is no cargo spacecraft docking for the time being, this garbage will be carried down by the space shuttle with strong downward ability, instead of following the cargo spacecraft to burn up in the atmosphere.
However, the second option will gradually disappear in the future, as reusable cargo ships will soon be put into operation, and waste disposal will have to be done in a different way.
Guo Fan continued to pass the garbage package to the cargo hold, unlike when he came, this time he was a guest seat on the first floor of the cockpit.
This Pioneer downlink mission is all with the crew, and the main and co-pilot seats are empty, and they will land automatically.
The remaining 26 astronauts will continue their missions on the space station before going down in batches after the Chinese New Year, and then preparing to begin unmanned rotation tests.
Guo Fan wanted to touch the console, but reason stopped him.
"Want to touch it? If the commander had been in the driver's seat, it might have been fine."
"That's, alas, never got a chance to come here again."
Wu Jing nodded in agreement, the nature of the advance number is special, they also seized a unique opportunity, even if they spend money in the future, they will not be able to enter, this experience is indeed worth remembering.
"The most regrettable thing is that we can't go to the Heavenly Palace, otherwise we can stay in space for a few more days, so we can only miss it."
Guo Fan: "You mean ......?"
"Didn't you say that Ami wants to hold back a big guy, you can see it in space, and the Steadfast Unity has a tourist flight at the same time on the 19th, think about how exciting it is to see a nuclear explosion from space?
But...... I don't seem to be able to afford it, they have increased the price again, you will release it soon, I want to pay dividends...... You guy, fool me into investing all your salary! ”
"Brother Jing, in fact, I am preparing "The Three-Body Problem", or ......"
(End of chapter)
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