Men's Kapishi

Following the guide all the way forward, after passing through several security doors, Xing Ji's vision suddenly opened up.

Walking on the metal corridor in mid-air, you can see a huge white streamlined machine looking down. A beautiful white swan - it would be even more perfect if it weren't for the abrupt extension of the nose and the slightly drooping winglets.

Seeing the little dinosaur walking towards him wearing the same flight suit from afar, Xingji cautiously greeted him.

Contrary to what Xingji had imagined, apart from the sound of machinery operating and the footsteps of a few people stepping on the metal corridor in the huge arched building, it was unexpectedly quiet, far from the busy staff.

Approaching the fuselage from above along the outstretched cantilever, Xingji once again lamented the size of this beautiful machine under her feet. It was hard to believe that such a huge object could fly into the sky. This is like any aircraft she has ever come into contact with. difference.

As if aware of Xingji's doubts, the little dinosaur explained: "Because human resources are quite scarce, we can only invest resources in the direction of automation and intelligence. Although the initial investment is relatively large, the efficiency and reliability are gradually improving. .”

After passing the last step at the end of the cantilever, Xingji and the little dinosaur stood firmly by the hatch at the top of the Aurora.At the invitation of the little dinosaur, Xingji walked in first.

The power on the ground has been switched on, the lights in the cockpit have also been turned on, and the lighting strips on the ground and on the top of the fuselage emit soft light.

The little dinosaur followed Xing Ji with the suitcase handed over by the staff, and did not rush forward. He took out the key and navigation chip from the box at the back, and carefully inserted them into the cabinet of the service cabin in the back row.

The space in the aisle is very narrow, and it is inevitable that there will be friction when two people are squeezed in. The little dinosaur was busy preparing for the work wholeheartedly, but he didn't care, so Xingji had to lower his head and walk to the seat first.

Facing the flickering monitor in front of the seat and the entire row of knobs and switches, Xingji couldn't help feeling a little cramped, and sat obediently on the slightly hard seat, pressing his hands on his knees.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." The little dinosaur came over to check Xingji's seat belt, and found that she had fastened it by herself, so she sat in her seat and began to operate the CDU between them.

"Don't be nervous later, just hold on to the handrail next to it." The little dinosaur comforted Xingji while pressing the page-turning button to check the flight plan and flight parameters entered into the system.

"The autopilot is able to control the flight autonomously throughout the flight, complete the flight plan and automatically touch down, so don't worry, we just need to sit in our seats."

As if to confirm what the little dinosaur said, Xingji saw the control lever on the bridge on his right and the throttle lever in the middle suddenly move.

"I didn't touch..."

"It's okay, it's just that the Aurora is checking itself."

After a not-so-long wait, Xing Ji heard the lights outside the cockpit start to flicker, accompanied by high and low sirens.

The hangar door in front of him slowly opened, and after his seat shook for a bit, Xing Ji could feel that this huge aircraft was being dragged by the tractor and leaving the arched semi-underground building along the ramp.

Listening to the incomprehensible sensor readings and various instructions exchanged between the little dinosaur and the command center, Xingji turned his head sideways to observe the scene outside the porthole.

The lighting in the cockpit has been turned off, leaving only the floodlights of the instruments and displays. The shaking of the fuselage and the louder roar of the engine indicate that the time to take off is approaching.

"Sit still, hold on to the armrest. Auto throttle is in position, take off!"

As soon as the little dinosaur finished speaking, Xingji was pressed against the back of the seat with a strong push back accompanied by the sudden sharp engine noise.

"V1, rotate."

Feeling the slowly lifting of the fuselage, Xingji grasped the armrest nervously, breathing a little short of breath.

After a short wait, as the landing gear lifted off the ground, the vibration of the fuselage suddenly eased, and after a short climb, it began to tilt to the right, Xingji almost cried out in shock.

Unconsciously turning his head to look out, the silent land is rapidly moving away with little lights.

The speed of the Aurora's spiral climb was not slow, and it skimmed through the sparse clouds within a few minutes.After a short period of adaptation, Xing Ji got used to it a little bit, but the picture he saw through the porthole immediately made Xing Ji hold his breath again.

"what is that?!"

As an expert in astrology, the acumen gained from observing the starry sky for a long time allowed Xingji to detect approaching black outlines and flashes at a considerable distance.

The distance kept approaching, and with the flash of light, Xingji finally recognized that it was an aircraft. Looking at the streamlined outline, it seemed that it was inseparable from Karak Heavy Industries.

"Unknown aircraft, please pay attention. This is the No. [-] Flying Battalion of Karak Heavy Industries. You have entered the restricted flight airspace. Please follow my aircraft to land immediately."

"Repeat, land immediately, or I will land and fire."

The accompanying aircraft was getting closer and closer, so close that Xingji could already see the outline of the opposite pilot's helmet clearly in the dark.When Xingji felt that it was about to collide, the approaching aircraft tilted away suddenly, and by the way, it swung its wings to show Xingji and the little dinosaur in the cockpit the weapons mounted on the wings and under the belly.

"How to do?"

"Leave him alone." The little dinosaur said in a relaxed tone, as if he didn't take the threats on the radio seriously.

"This, this, isn't it good?"

"They can't catch up." The little dinosaur grinned at Xingji, "3, 2, 1!"

The feeling of pushing back came again, and the Aurora began to accelerate sharply again. Xingji, who was pressed on the backrest, watched the interceptor outside disappear from his sight in an instant. Isn't this too fast? !

Seeing the Aurora gradually accelerating away from the radar screen, the head of the aviation department, Coffee, flicked the mug at hand.

If the little dinosaur had not promised him to deliver two supersonic strategic bombers based on the Aurora as a technical prototype in advance and used as a trainer aircraft, he would not have proposed to mobilize two patrol fighters to accompany the little dinosaur to act at an altitude of 160 meters .

"Tsk, I pretended for him again."

Chapter 351 No.17 Our journey is under the sea of ​​stars

With the assistance of the central atmospheric computer, the four variable-cycle engines entered the scram stage as the speed increased, and the surging power pushed the Aurora to continue to climb.

The bright plume and unusually conspicuous infrared signature made Aurora the brightest star on ground-based radar.

The continuous vibration and roar and the wonderful experience brought by supersonic flight made Xingji a little at a loss. Her wallet was too thick to overtake in front of Terra's liquid source stone fuel price, let alone supersonic speed.

At this time, the speed of Aurora is as high as Mach 3.7, and the high speed exceeding the rotation speed of the planet under its feet has already begun to affect the gravitational force felt by the star pole, and the speed increases and the flight direction begins to change.

And at an altitude close to 5000 meters, what shimmers outside the porthole is the curved boundary instead of the straight horizon.

"Where are we now?" The constant changes in gravity had made Xingji lose her sense of direction, and she couldn't even tell whether the Aurora was ascending or descending because she couldn't read the instruments.

"Immediately enter the sky over Yan Kingdom."

"Yan Kingdom?!" Xing Ji wondered if he had hallucinations.

"It is already turning, and it will not go deep into the airspace of Yan Kingdom. According to our current speed, the turning radius of the Aurora is more than [-] kilometers, so it takes some time and space to adjust the direction and angle." The little dinosaur monitored the flight status of the Aurora , to make sure the autopilot is working properly.

"Later, the Aurora will start the rocket engine to make a jump, pushing the apex of the orbit to 7 meters, and the maximum overload will reach 9G. Get ready."

"9G?" Xingji had almost forgotten the temporary training before boarding the plane.

"The ignition procedure is about to start, please prepare the crew. The 1-minute countdown begins."

Hearing the program broadcast that sounded in the earphones and in the cabin at the same time, Xing Ji panicked: "Yes, what preparations should I make? I forgot everything!"

"Don't be nervous, you don't need any special preparations, come, hold my hand." The little dinosaur comforted as he passed his hand over.

Compared with Xingji, the 9G overload has a greater impact on the little dinosaur. Although he has adapted to training on the ground centrifuge, his physical fitness is still not comparable to that of the talented Terra natives.

"3, 2, 1, light the fire."

The four variable-cycle engines shut down, and the sharp intake cones continue to extend forward until they completely seal off the intake and lock it to reduce drag.

The rocket engine in the middle of the fuselage was ignited, high-pressure gas gushed out along the gas tip nozzle, and the tail flame pulled out a long series of Mach rings.

To fight the high pressure inside the combustion chamber to force fuel through the nozzles, a full-throated turbo fuel pump can drain an entire standard swimming pool in a second.

Although the rocket fuel carried can only last 20 seconds of burning, the power of the entire rocket system is almost equal to that of the Three Gorges Dam.

With the consumption of fuel, the weight of the entire system began to decrease rapidly, and the overload suffered by the little dinosaur and Xingji also increased accordingly.

The huge acceleration squeezed Xingji tightly on the seat, and now even moving a finger requires an abnormally huge force. She felt that her cheeks began to deform under the overload, and even her saliva was uncontrollable.

There were bursts of blackness in front of his eyes, and his brain was short of oxygen. Xingji only felt that his consciousness began to blur, and his eyes began to blur.

Sensing that Xingji's palm strength is getting weaker and weaker, the little dinosaur turned his head to try to check Xingji's situation while resisting the overload.

"Inhale, inhale! Use, hiss, breathe hard!"

The extremely high overload state will make people forget to breathe, let alone Xingji who has not received professional training. Judging from Xingji's purple lip color and blood oxygen concentration, the little dinosaur quickly judged what happened.

However, the high overload state lasts for less than half a minute, even if you stop breathing completely, it will not cause life-threatening, but Xingji's performance is amplified in the overload state.

Feeling the rhythmic pressing of fingertips and the intermittent reminders from the earphones, Xing Ji cheered up and breathed the air hissingly with all his strength.

As the carrier of the re-entry lifting body, Aurora does not need to have the ability to enter orbit, and the rocket engine does not work for a long time.

The unacceptable acceleration subsides quickly after the engine stops, followed by a wonderful experience beyond words.

The gravity surrounding her seemed to disappear, and a numb feeling came from her lower abdomen, which made Xingji blush. No wonder the staff member in protective clothing insisted on letting him go to the bathroom first when he was on the ground. I blamed him up.

Except for the sound of some instruments working in the cabin, it was extremely quiet, and the previous vibration and noise seemed to have never existed at all.

Watching the little dinosaur operate a few switches on the top plate, Xingji moved his eyes up instantly, and found that the baffle outside the viewing window on his forehead was slowly unfolding, so he looked out of the window with some expectation.

But the darkness outside the viewing window made Xingji very disappointed, and the occasional faint flashes of light were also quite different from the scenery she expected.

"Why... the sky..."

"It should be the ground." The little dinosaur explained, "In order to maintain the positive overload, we actually have our feet facing the sky during the climbing and gravity steering phases."

Slightly deflect the joystick on the side, and the RCS system of the Aurora starts to work after the manual intervention of the little dinosaur.

Being at the edge of the upper atmosphere, the clear starlight is unobstructed, and when I look up, it is full of stars.

"Compared with ground observations, I believe the star map we draw at this location will be more accurate." The little dinosaur has not forgotten the content of his argument with Xingji during the day, but Xingji sitting on the side has been completely immersed in the gorgeous Milky Way among.

"In the near future, we will be able to overcome all difficulties, break free from the shackles of gravity, and send astronauts and satellites into true orbits. We will have our own space station and interstellar spacecraft."

"We are making history, and we are also creating the future of Terra. Our journey is the ocean of stars. Welcome to join our cause, Miss Xingji."

The fuel carried by the Aurora could not allow her to really enter the space, and she fell back to the earth after a few minutes.Xingji greedily watched the upper baffle close, unable to calm down for a long time.

But the vibration from the seat under her reminded her that this interrupted journey was coming to an end.

The Aurora constantly adjusts the angle of attack between the wings and the atmosphere in a more vectorial direction to ensure maximum aerodynamic braking efficiency, and the side effect is the frightening shock.

More than half an hour later, the Aurora landed autonomously on the special airport outside the aerospace department, and three orange-red umbrella flowers bloomed behind it for the final taxiing.

It wasn't until the Aurora slid to the outdoor apron that Xingji realized that he hadn't let go of the hand holding the little dinosaur.

Gently withdrew his left hand, as if to cover up this little embarrassment, Xingji took off his helmet, untied his development bag, let his long hair fall like a waterfall, and pretended to turn his head casually, looking at the little dinosaur: "Then from today, we are colleagues."

Chapter 352 Chapter 18 Pulitzer Anchorage

After splitting up with Xia Feng's fleet, the entire fleet felt a lot easier.

Along the way, the Marine Corps and fleet sent to the Sami front line were conducting contract training in various subjects all the time, and even the employees of these non-violent agencies participating in the Londinium exhibition were nervous.

Proud and somewhat worried, he looked at the fleet of carrier-based helicopters roaring overhead almost day and night, as well as the live-fire exercises that would be organized from time to time.

However, as the two fleets with different purposes parted ways, the cargo ship serving as a cover joined the team heading to Londinium, and the whole team began to turn around, heading for the scheduled commercial route along safer, more infrastructure and denser transit stations. destination.

"What's the new news from Londinium?" Ice Cube just took a shower during his lunch break, and his hair was still dry when he returned to the bridge.

"Not yet. According to the previous telegram, the navigator will board the ship later and take us to the berth." Adjutant Fiona took a towel from the orderly and handed it to the ice cube.

"There is nothing important on the bridge right now, you can dry your hair in your room, but I personally suggest that you take a nap and enjoy some afternoon tea time."

"Ah, I'm not that troublesome, and it feels good to stay on the bridge." Ice Cube casually rubbed his hair, and put the towel on the back of his seat.

"The commander maintains a good personal image, which helps boost morale and establishes a good corporate image externally."

"Oh, Fiona, you are my adjutant, why do you speak like my head maid."

Ice Cube was a little helpless. Before crossing, he was the kind of old lady who could buy groceries at the gate of the community wearing a vest and shorts in the afternoon. He struggled to talk because of a few cents, and at night, he would hang out in various high-end social places like a dog in suits and leather shoes. , used to freedom.

Hearing the head maid, Fiona's ears seemed to move, and she didn't know if she was joking or said seriously: "If you plan to form a maid team, I don't mind taking this position."

"No, no, no, I have no such plan."

"In Victoria, it's normal to hire maids from people of your status."

"Stop, stop, I'm joking." Ice Cube thanked you for being sensitive, the word head maid seemed to have awakened some kind of strange DNA in this ferret.

Just as Fiona, the adjutant, has already started to dictate her personal life. If she is really going to be the head maid, the scene is really unimaginable.

Although he was a bit reluctant, Bingcuo followed Fiona's suggestion and went back to his room to tidy up again. He found out the suit, had his hair done, and put a pair of gold-rimmed plain glasses on his nose. Who saw that? Everyone deserves to be called a business elite.

The navigator dispatched by the Victoria Escort Fleet arrived as scheduled, although at this time the Karak Heavy Industries fleet had been wandering outside the Pritz anchorage for nearly 5 hours.

But there is no way around this. It is very troublesome to take into account all the land cruisers of the escort fleet. After all, the braking distance of the large and small speed steering radius must be taken into account when allocating berths from the confluence.

In order to welcome the navigator, Ice Cube also temporarily changed the flagship from the Mongoose base walker to a support ship in the rear, at least it looks bigger and has more face.

"Your land cruiser is very good."

Wearing a double-breasted dark coat with gold embroidered cuffs, the Victorian navigator and Ice stood side by side in front of the bridge, holding a telescope in one hand and a walkie-talkie in the other, directing the fleet to approach the fleet moored in the anchorage.

Feeling the response speed of the ship under his feet to the power change and the smooth acceleration process, the junior officer belonging to the Royal Victoria Fleet couldn't help but admire.

"Thank you, we are still very confident in the technology of land-ships." Ice Cube turned around and asked the person behind him to hand over a small blue velvet box, and pushed it silently along the window edge in front of the porthole to the navigator.

"What is this for?"

"It's just a small gift, there is no other meaning. Lieutenant Lester, don't take it to heart."

"Click", press the bayonet, the small cover pops up briskly, and inside is a watch with golden light.Without stopping too much, the second lieutenant closed the lid and put it in the handbag at his feet.