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Sitting in the huge command room, Zhou Ting looked at the various data that were constantly beating on the big screen in front of him. Among them, the fuel filling display had jumped to 98%, 99%, and finally jumped to 100%.

A major ran over with documents in his arms, stood at attention and saluted, "Commander Zhou, Commander Fan, the guidance fuel filling is complete."

"very good."

Zhou Ting took the document and carefully checked the data related to the fuel filling process, including the total fuel volume, oil temperature, fuel tank temperature, etc. [

He looked at it carefully, then showed it to Fan Hua and the two professors next to him, and then nodded. The Dongfang-42 intercontinental guide is a huge thing. It took two hours just to refill the guide fuel, and inputting the coordinates

, adjusting parameters, calculating and simulating flight trajectories through computers, and completing the preliminary ground calculation work of inertial guidance. With the support of powerful computers, it only took a total of more than an hour. Although there are factors from the previous technical template.

It has to be said that in the past two hours, as reports were prepared one after another, Zhou Ting and Fan Hua seemed to be the most idle people in the command center, but in fact they were more anxious than anyone else.

This is a kind of anxiety that commanders feel before actual combat. They are not timid, but for the first time in human history, they have used an intercontinental missile with a range of 10,000 kilometers to carry out a nuclear strike against the enemy. Once it fails, no one can

Bear this pain.

Since arriving here, he has fully shouldered the responsibility of the commander, presided over various pre-operation demonstration meetings, supervised and reviewed every link of the missile launch, and conducted a systematic overall assessment and control of related preparations.

, of course, as the commander-in-chief of the operation, he also has overall responsibility for the mission.

The person with overall responsibility does not just sit there and order the launch, and then go back to receive the award.

Zhou Ting inadvertently recalled the last conversation he had with his wife before leaving for the Far East.

"Ruohua, I'm going to the front line soon.

You used to always ask me what my unit and army were, but I couldn't tell you because of the ironclad military discipline. It's precisely because of this that although your husband was promoted to lieutenant general at a young age, you couldn't tell you anything.

Talk about him in front of others. The children are all proud that their father is the commander of a certain division and the general of a certain group army. Only our children, like you, have a lieutenant general father. When other children ask, he

But he could only keep his head silent, because his father's military rank seemed to be a fictitious position, with no unit name, no serial number, and no media reports anywhere. Although boasting is not worthy of praise, I have always known that you

Also eager to share the honor that belongs to me.

However, I can tell you today that I am here to shoulder a major strategic mission. Once successful, you will see a husband walking to the front of the stage, a husband walking to the stage. For the first time, my unit will

As the world knows, they will put a halo of glory and glory on its head. Yes, I will do everything in my power to complete it, not allowing any detail to go wrong. I am confident, as I will have a lot of time every year

It's like leaving you and you don't know what I'm doing. I'm not escaping or taking a vacation, but I'm meticulously participating in combat missions.

I don't care whether this trip is a blessing or a curse. What I'm afraid of is that if I fail to complete the tasks assigned by the base camp, then I will be ashamed of the people, the empire, and the trust of the Chairman.

As a soldier, as a husband, and as a father, I have my own responsibilities and responsibilities.

As long as this mission succeeds, if it fails, as the commander of the operation, I will definitely serve the country and apologize. Mingli is still young, if something happens to me, you must take good care of him and grow up. With the chairman of the committee here, even if I

If it fails in the end, the organization will take care of you mother and son.

You don’t need to persuade me that this mission is too important, and I must assume the overall responsibility of a commander. It is not a positional war, nor a blocking war, it is a battle that will determine the destiny of the empire for the next fifty years.

It is the most critical battle that determines whether hundreds of millions of Chinese people can be proud of themselves on this planet in the future."

Withdrawing his thoughts from the memories, Zhou Ting took out a cigarette, threw the cigarette case on the table for them to smoke, lit it silently, and said, "Let's have a small meeting."

A few minutes later, in the small office, in addition to Zhou Ting and Fan Hua, the persons in charge of the ignition system, launch system, flight system, guidance system, nuclear head system and other systems all sat at the conference table. After all, this is

For the first time in human history, an intercontinental missile with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers was launched.

Before this, China had never used them in actual combat. The Germans did waste a lot of missiles, but they were all missiles with a small range. The missiles with the largest range were not as good as the worst missiles in the empire.

Short distance guide.

"I hope you will make final conclusions about the system you are responsible for. If we face problems, we can apply for more time from the base camp instead of rushing into battle."

Zhou Ting glanced at everyone and said seriously.

"There is no problem with the ignition system."

"There is no problem with the launch system."[

…

A few minutes later, when everyone confirmed that there was no problem with the system they were responsible for, Lieutenant General Zhou Ting, who was in charge of the system, exchanged views with the two chief and deputy chief engineers, and decided to report to the base camp as planned and ask for a fight.

Ten minutes later, this telegram was placed on Zhang Shusheng's desk in Han Jingshan, delivered personally by the commanders of the Strategic Rocket Force, Lu Ziyun and Jiang Baili.

"The chairman of the committee, operation commander Zhou Ting and the two chief and deputy chief engineers all believe that the conditions for launch at any time are now met. If it is later, the best launch time may be missed."

Lu Ziyun asked for instructions.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, took the document, looked at it, and then signed his own name on it.

"Agree to launch."

From time to time, a major general officer from the Central Security Bureau brought a sealed box. After Zhang Shusheng confirmed the relevant data of the launch, he ostensibly entered the authorization password, but in fact he used brain waves to authorize and unlock it.

At this stage, the launch of any intercontinental missile requires his remote authorization.

"Get ready to launch, target Washington, Chicago. I wish you all the best."

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

"Yes, Chairman!!"

Soon, the Xinlan strategic missile base in the Far East received a call back.

"Sound the combat alarm, all departments are in place, open the launch manhole cover, and count down to launch for 10 minutes!"

After Zhou Ting confirmed the command, he looked at the indicator light on the screen representing the boot lock. It was already in a green state, which meant that the Chairman had authorized the unlocking.

At this time, in Launch Well No. 1, with the sound of mechanical rotation, the huge launch well cover slowly rose, and a white one could be seen under the exposed hole.

The seeker is the Dongfang-42 intercontinental track guide that will perform the launch mission this time.

Soon, ten minutes passed, and each system began to report its final status.

"The launch site has launch conditions and the weather is normal."

"The ignition system is normal."

"The launch system is normal."

"The guidance system is normal."

"Satellite signal is normal."

"The sea observation signal is normal."[

…

As the 10-minute countdown slowly jumped to the end, Fan Hua looked at Zhou Ting. Zhou Ting leaned in front of the microphone and said calmly, "Everything is business as usual, ready to launch."

On the large screen that has already been switched to the multi-angle camera screen of the launch site and the launch shaft, a panoramic view of the No. 1 launch site can be seen.

Everything is normal, the commander takes a deep breath and starts the countdown.

"1

...321, light the fire!!"

Following the commander's calm order, on the secondary picture on the screen aimed at Launch Silo No. 1, a huge flame could be seen suddenly spurting out from the bottom of the huge guide, and a rumble came from the speakers.

Come, you can see the guide trembling slightly, then slowly leaving the launch shaft and rushing out of the cover of Well No. 1.

"Huhuhu..."

The burning guidance fuel provides huge kinetic energy for the guidance. On the screen, a huge thing more than 30 meters long has risen into the sky, pulling a tail flame of more than ten meters long, soaring into the sky at a relatively inclined angle.

The successful ignition and successful launch of the missile prove that half of the success is achieved. Next, the guidance system is responsible for the guidance during normal flight. Generally speaking, judging from past practice, the guidance will not miss too much.

.

"Pa bang bang..."

There was a burst of warm applause in the command room, along with various reports.

"The guidance flight attitude is normal."

"Guide acceleration is normal."

…

Until then, Zhou Ting took a deep breath, but he only clapped his hands a few times symbolically, and then devoted himself to more work, summarizing various data, and tracking the entire launch process.

During the thirty-minute or so flight time, he was more nervous than anyone else. Any malfunction before the missile hit Washington and successfully detonated the nuclear bomb would mean failure.

Hanking, Zhang Shusheng's office.

"Chairman of the Standing Committee, the Xinlan Strategic Missile Base in the Far East successfully launched a Vostok-42 intercontinental missile towards Washington at 4:15 pm Hanking time. Currently, the missile data is normal, the flight conditions are normal, and the nuclear missile is normal."

Lu Ziyun hurriedly reported to Zhang Shusheng.

"Come on, have some tea, you have work to do and you need to drink tea too."

Zhang Shusheng was more relaxed than anyone else at this time. Only he knew that these intercontinental missiles had undergone the most stringent testing, and some of the most critical components were directly issued by the Science and Technology Committee instead of being produced by the factory.

If something went wrong, he would have no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. The Security Bureau also reported to him that the operational commanders under temporary supervision had a "do it or die" mentality. He just smiled and told them that if something unexpected happened,

Prevent him from becoming a benevolent person. After all, in the eyes of others, this is an intercontinental missile and a nuclear weapon. In the eyes of Zhang Shusheng, he is just a missile. What the empire lacks is talents and loyal officers, and there is no shortage of missiles and missiles.

nuclear.

At the same time, Truman, far away in Washington, had just issued a so-called emergency military order in the morning.

"General Eisenhower, I will send you to Alaska to urge all parties to closely monitor and destroy any possible aircraft coming from the direction of China. At the same time, we will also closely patrol and monitor any possible aircraft coming from the Pacific within 3,000 kilometers from the coastline.

Unidentified fleet."

This was an order that Truman believed to be correct. The reason was very simple. When he sent the Secretary of State to communicate with Chinese business organizations, he found that no such Chinese organizations could be found in Washington, as if they had suddenly disappeared. He

I thought that perhaps because of the tense situation, I was preparing to delay the decision and convey the conditional surrender decision to the Chinese through some neutral countries.

Of course, he will also wait for Congress to make a decision later and announce to the world that he will surrender on China's terms. His generals and scientific advisers told him that there is no problem.
Chapter completed!