The Amugulang grassland, with open terrain and no big rivers or lakes, is one of the landing sites of the Shenzhou series return capsule.

On the grasslands, there are sparsely populated, with less than ten people per square kilometer.

Only herders who occasionally graze cattle and sheep come to this grassland.

"Return to the capsule, start separating!"

After receiving the instructions from the command center, the ocean-going monitoring ship in the Atlantic Ocean began to inject data information into the manned spacecraft that was still in space.

After receiving the command, the spaceborne engine began to ignite and brake, preparing to change its orbit.

At the same time, preparations were made for disconnection from the return-propulsion module complex.

"Return capsule, enter return orbit"

When the complex flew to 140 kilometers above Karachi station, the re-entry capsule and the complex were successfully separated and began to enter the atmosphere.

"Return capsule, separation successful!"

The flight control center located in the middle of the northern capital, at this time, almost everyone was busy with their feet on the ground.

"Order the helicopter brigade to take off immediately!"

Zhang Jianguo was in the command center, giving out all kinds of instructions in a serious manner.

The helicopter is mainly convenient to assist in discovering the existence of the return capsule, after all, the Amugulang grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and even high-power radar cannot guarantee that it can detect the return capsule in the first place.

At this time, only the most primitive visual search method can be used to ensure that the existence of the return capsule can be discovered at the first time.

"Commander Zhang, one of the lark helicopters of the helicopter brigade has malfunctioned and cannot take off for the time being!"

At this time, the personnel who had already begun to call to inform the helicopter group to take off immediately suddenly got bad news.

"Fuck, what's wrong with the Gallic cargo at this juncture!"

Even Zhang Jianguo, who has always been moody, couldn't help but scold at this time.

However, scolding the street does not solve the problem, Zhang Jianguo did not scold too much, quickly calmed down, and said:

"If there is a problem with the lark, let them follow the predetermined No. 1 alternative!"

When the plan was first made, it was actually taken into account that there might be a problem with the helicopter that would not take off, or that the helicopter might not take off due to bad weather conditions.

As a result, several options were developed, one of which dealt with a situation where the helicopter was unable to take off.

In Option 1, after the helicopter group's helicopter is unable to take off, the Army's 9th Brigade will be notified and asked to carry out a visual search mission.

"Yes!"

Now that the capsule has begun to return to the landing site according to the scheduled procedure, every minute and second is precious.

After Zhang Jianguo solved this matter, he also paid part of his attention to the ground electric scanning radar.

"As for the radar, is it turned on now?" Zhang Jianguo asked the engineer in charge of this work.

"The three high-power radar stations distributed near the steppe have all begun to work!"

When the engineer saw the commander-in-chief asking, he did not hesitate to talk about the current situation.

"But with their current scanning efficiency, there is a high probability that they will be able to find the target after the helicopter team!"

This problem is difficult to solve with the technology of this era.

Because when the re-entry capsule enters the atmosphere, due to the ultra-high speed, shock waves will form on the surface of the re-entry capsule.

As a result, the surface of the re-entry capsule and the surrounding gas molecules are viscous, forming a high-temperature zone with a temperature of several thousand degrees Celsius.

The high temperature zone causes the material on the surface to be decomposed and ionized, forming a plasma zone.

Because the plasma can absorb and reflect radio waves, which causes the radio interruption between the re-entry capsule and the outside world, it is called a black barrier!

Although before the launch of Shenzhou-1, the ground radar monitoring station conducted many trainings to improve the capture speed after the black obstacle of the return capsule.

However, judging from the situation during training, it will take about a minute after the black barrier of the re-entry capsule to be able to recapture the presence of the re-entry capsule.

For such a long time, the return capsule has long been visually discovered by the helicopter brigade.

"Let them search the return capsule as best they can from now on!"

After Zhang Jianguo dropped a sentence, he began to focus on the situation of the return capsule.

"Haven't you broken through the Black Barrier area yet?"

The communication system personnel turned their heads and glanced at the commander-in-chief behind them and said:

"Fifteen seconds ago, just entered the black barrier area."

"It is expected that it will take another minute before we can reconnect."

The staff in the flight control center were still nervously waiting to re-establish contact with the return capsule.

On the Amukulang grassland, inside a simple yurt.

Although it was just after three o'clock in the morning, Habuji, who was almost sixty years old, had already woken up.

Start preparing a day's worth of food for your little ones.

Habji's two sons and daughters have already moved to live in the city thousands of miles away.

Only the old man and their youngest daughter, Zoya, were left.

The family's mare just gave birth to a foal two days ago.

Habuji is happy, but also a little worried, because the foal is not healthy and relatively thin.

Coupled with the fact that the mare produces less milk, the foal does not have access to adequate nutrition.

This worries Habuji and prays in his heart to the immortality that his ancestors have believed in for generations, praying for the foal's smooth growth.

"Grandpa!"

When the little granddaughter woke up in the yurt, she found herself alone and cried out.

Habuji, who had a vicissitudes of life, lifted the curtain of the yurt at this time and walked in.

"Zoya."

Zhuoya, who lived in the city with her parents when she was a child, no longer speaks Mongolian and can only communicate with her grandfather in Mandarin.

"Grandpa, where did you go just now?"

The little girl jumped out of bed, her pink little feet on the traditional woven carpet.

"The foal that was born the day before yesterday, his mother has no milk."

Habuji put down the small bottle in his hand, smiled and said:

"Grandpa went to nurse him."

Although Zhuoya is three or four years old, she occasionally drinks some milk to supplement her nutrition.

"Grandpa, do ponies want milk too?"

Zhuoya tilted her little head and asked.

Habuji noticed his little granddaughter standing barefoot on the stall.

Although the stove in the yurt was blazing all the time, the old man was still worried that the little girl would catch a cold.

Quickly find a pair of small cotton wool boots and put them on her feet.

"Ponies are born with milk, just like when you were born."

"Grandpa, I want to see the ponies!" Zhuoya stepped on the wool boots on her feet hard, and said in a comfortable way.

The little granddaughter's request, the old man basically will not refuse.

After dressing her baby granddaughter in a warm sweater and padded clothes, he led her into the conservatory where the foal was.

A small handful of white hair, black colt on his head, lying quietly in the corner of the conservatory.

Its mother was eating hay from the stone trough.

Zoya entered the conservatory, and the mare only glanced at her calmly, and found that it was a little human cub, and did not pay much attention to it, but continued to graze calmly.

For Zoya, a mare with a height of about 1.6 meters is considered a behemoth, so she still prefers newborn ponies.

In particular, the ponny's handful of white hair on his forehead made her feel particularly fond of it.

"Grandpa, shall we give the pony a name?"

Zhuoya, who was stroking the foal, turned her head to look at her grandfather and said.

"Okay, what kind of name do you come up with?" Habuji calmed the mare, a little uneasy as Zoya approached his cub.

After thinking hard for a long time, Xiao Zhuoya still didn't come up with any better names.

looked at his grandfather with some embarrassment, and said shyly:

"Grandpa, I can't take it out!"

"Let's get one!"

Habuji stroked the top of Zoya's head and said:

"It's better to call it, Su Ri!"

Su Ri has the meaning of majesty in the grassland, and it is a better name.

The main thing is the image of the horse, which has a very domineering feeling.

"Su Ri!"

Zoya said as she stroked the pony after getting her name.

Maybe the pony knew his name and stuck out his tongue to lick Zoya's hand.

"Grandpa, it's so itchy!"

"Hee-hee!"

Zhuoya happily turned her head to look at her grandfather and said.

Habji looked at a watch in his hand and said:

"Zoya, let the ponies rest for a while, let's go back."

Zoya is a very obedient little girl, and says to the pony:

"Su Ri, Su Ri, you have to grow up well!"

Then he took his grandfather's hand and walked out of the conservatory.

It was past three o'clock in the morning, and it was not yet dawn.

The sky was still dark and dreary, and there was no starlight or moonlight to be seen.

Suddenly, a flash of light across the sky attracted Zhuoya's attention.

"Grandpa, look!"

"Shooting Star!"

Zhuoya, who was holding her grandfather's left hand, suddenly jumped up and shouted excitedly.

Habuji looked at the meteors in the distant sky, piercing the night, and felt a little strange.

It's not like he's never seen a meteor, but he's never seen a meteor for such a long time.

It's been ten seconds, and it's still flashing.

"Kid, maybe it's not a shooting star!"

Living on the grassland for a long time has made the old man develop excellent alertness.

"You stay at home, I'll go over and have a look."

Keeping little Zhuo Yaan safe in the yurt, the old man pulled out a tall horse with a white hair with a lightning stripe on the top of his head from the stable.

And from a corner of the yurt, a very well-maintained Type 56 semi-automatic rifle was taken.

Although the old man is not young, when he was young, he was also a member of the steppe cavalry regiment, and he immediately became proficient in marksmanship.

After feeding the horse a little bean cake to replenish his strength, Habuji jumped on his horse and began to drive in the direction where the meteor fell.

At this time, Zhuoya, who was still in the yurt, secretly lifted the curtain of the yurt.

In front of the meteor in the distance, I can't help but make a wish.

I hope that my grandfather can be healthy and healthy, and I hope that Xiao Ma Suri can grow up quickly.

Habuji rode his horse and galloped through the Amgulang steppe in the middle of the night.

The closer he got to the direction of the meteor, the more strange he felt.

Because he seemed to be around him, he heard the sound of a car engine.

and the constant roar of helicopters in the sky.

Not knowing what he was up against, Habuji tightened his grip on his rifle.

Whatever it is, only the weapon in your hand can give you enough security.

When he was in the army, Habji was always the best at shooting.

This is also one of the confidence that he dares to chase.

At this time, the personnel on the Zhi-9 who came out to be in charge of the visual search of the return capsule also found that there seemed to be someone underneath them.

"Report to the command center, unidentified personnel found!"

The personnel on the helicopter, not knowing what to do, reported directly to the command center.

"Advise the other party to stay where they are!"

"You move on!"

"Leave him to the ground convoy to solve!"

The feedback from the command center was very fast, so that the helicopter team did not want to delay on this kind of thing and quickly moved on.

The Z-9 pilot lowered the flight altitude while letting others advertise it over loudspeakers, warning the other party not to move forward and stay where they were.

Although the Z-9B is only an armed transport aircraft, it is not equipped with any weapon systems.

But Habuji still saw the military logo on the helicopter at a glance.

So he didn't go any further, but stopped the tall horse on which he was sitting.

The wind pressure of the helicopter was very strong, which made the horse a little uneasy, and kept scraping the ground with his hooves.

However, the helicopter left soon after shouting, and at this time a convoy followed and stopped beside the old man.

"Old man, it's a forbidden area ahead now."

"You should stop here first."

A soldier in civilian clothes got out of a jeep and spoke to Habuji in a kind language.

After seeing the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in Habuji's right hand, his face was a little more serious and he said:

"Old man, where did you get the rifle in your hand?!"

Habuji looked at the other party, put his love gun on the anchor on horseback, took out a document from his pocket, and handed it to the other party.

"This was given to us by the chairman when I was in the Prairie Cavalry Regiment and when I participated in the all-army competition."

After Xu Maoshan looked at the old man's documents, he saluted and said, "Old man, the front is now a military restricted area, please forgive me." ”

After returning the old man's gun license, Xu Maoshan said with a smile:

"I'd better trouble you, stay with us for a while."

Habuji also seemed to understand at this time that the meteor might be the target of this group of people.

"Are you here for the meteor too?"

Xu Maoshan, who was just about to turn around and move on, was also a little surprised when he heard this question: "You old man, have you seen it?" ”

"So what the hell is that?" Habuji asked, a little confused.

"That." Xu Maoshan looked at it, and the canopy that had been slightly lit up was light, and said:

"That's our own space dream!"

At this time, the helicopter group, which was the first to advance, had already visually discovered the landing site of the return capsule.

"Report to the command center, the return capsule has been found!"

In the vicinity of the re-entry capsule, the helicopter slowly descended, setting up a cordon around it.

Soon, the ground convoy also came to the landing site of the return capsule.

The crowd carefully removed the intact red flag from the re-entry capsule and unfurled it before the re-entry capsule.

An important photo was taken in the history of domestic astronautics.

On this day, our manned space journey officially began!

(End of chapter)