"Academician Chen, there is really no need for you to go down to the ground. The disaster area is too dangerous now!" On the Chenlong Ark, the captain of the Ark was persuading Chen Xin.
This time, the country mobilized eight Airbag Arks that had just entered service to participate in the earthquake relief work in the southwest region. As the chief designer of Airbag Ark, Chen Xin offered to follow Ark into the disaster area.
On the one hand, it is for further testing of the Airbag Ark. Although it has passed sea trials and acceptance, whether there are still areas that can be improved can only be discovered through actual use.
On the other hand, Chen Xin hopes to go to the disaster area in person to understand what the disaster area needs most now so that he can provide targeted help to the disaster area.
That's why he appeared on the Ark Chenlong, which was going to the disaster area for disaster relief. The captain of the Chenlong was very worried about Chen Xin's safety.
The captain of the Chenlong has great respect and admiration for this academician of the Academy of Sciences who designed the Airbag Ark. He also understands the significance of researchers like this to the country.
And he also understands the consequences if such important researchers are involved in earthquake relief and Ark trial sailing, if they encounter danger.
So he had been persuading Chen Xin, hoping that he would stay on the Ark or just take a small airship equipped on the Ark to observe the disaster situation in the disaster area from the air instead of going down to the ground.
However, Chen Xin stood in front of the porthole, shook his head, and said to the captain: "Although it was anticipated that there might be geological disasters in the southwest when the Toba volcano erupted more than a year ago, the Airbag Ark was also designed to deal with disasters in the southwest. But now that the disaster has really happened, I still have to go to the front lines of the disaster area in person to know what the disaster area really needs and how to help them."
"This..." Of course the captain knew that what Chen Xin said was true, but he still felt that researchers like Chen Xin should not be personally involved in danger: "Even so, Academician Chen, you should still stay in a safe place. I suggest that you don’t go deep into the disaster area, it’s better to stay on the Ark.”
In the captain's view, what Chen Xin should do most is to go back to the scientific research base immediately and stay well. But since everyone has come to the disaster area, he has no way to send them back, so he can only let Chen Xin stay on the Ark. This is somewhat safer.
However, Chen Xin directly rejected this.
"That won't work. I still have a lot of tests to do, and I can't complete a lot of work while staying on the Ark." Chen Xin shook his head, refused, and glanced outside the porthole, and said to the captain: "We're almost there, get ready to land. I'm going to see if the rescue dogs are ready."
After saying that, Chen Xin left the cockpit, and Captain Tuliu looked at his leaving figure with a helpless expression.
Although the captain has the highest command authority on the Ark, for a scientific researcher with extremely high authority like Chen Xin, it is still difficult for him to restrict Chen Xin. The only thing he can do is to protect him as much as possible. Chen Xin, to prevent him from being in danger.
After leaving the cockpit, Chen Xin walked through the corridor, passed through the corridor bridge connected to the main body of the ark, and came to the small airship hanging on the side of the ark.
This is a design added to Airbag Ark during the subsequent manufacturing process. There are four grooves under the oblate airbag for carrying four small airships.
On the one hand, these four small airships can provide extra lift for the Ark when sailing, and on the other hand, they can also be used as traffic boats and transportation tools for the Ark.
After all, the Ark is very large and requires a large open space to land. Normally, the Ark itself will not land on the ground, but will transport materials and personnel through a small airship.
The same goes for this time when we went deep into the disaster area for disaster relief. When the eight airbag arks entered the disaster area together, they were comparable to eight football fields flying together in the sky. It was eight times more spectacular than Lao Wan's famous scene. If you want to find such a big airbag ark on the ground, Landing there is almost impossible.
When these arks were produced, they took off one by one, not eight at once.
Now, although the eight arks have gone to different places due to the division of tasks, it is still difficult to find a place that can accommodate a single ark to land.
Therefore, small airships with a length of less than fifty meters are very practical. It is easy for such small aircraft to land.
"Academician, the twelve search and rescue dogs we brought have all boarded the airship. Except for No. 4 and No. 7, who seem to be a little bit mentally unwell, the other dogs are in good condition and can be put to work at any time." The staff saw Chen Xin arriving and hurriedly reported the situation to him.
After listening to the staff's report, Chen Xin turned his attention to the cabin of the airship. Five wolfdogs with white and gray fur were lying on the floor of the cargo hold very obediently, but two of them looked not in good spirits. Their trainers are comforting these huge guys.
These five search and rescue dogs are the result of Chen Xin's genetic modification of wolves. The average shoulder height is one meter, the body length is more than two meters, and the weight is 65~80KG. Their size is already comparable to some ponies, and no bigger than large cats such as lions and tigers. Animals lack deterrence.
And they also have strong mobility and group cooperation awareness. They can walk more than ten kilometers at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour. When chasing prey, their speed can increase to nearly 65 kilometers per hour. When sprinting, the distance of each step can be as long as 5 meters. , thick fur can survive normally in an environment of -50°C.
In addition, during the genetic modification, Chen Xin also deliberately improved their intelligence, allowing them to understand more complex commands and express themselves clearly with movements.
In addition, canine genes were incorporated into the transformation process. These genetically modified wolfdogs are very loyal. In several rounds of tests, they have shown extremely high dependence and loyalty to humans, even when they are very hungry. There will be no attack on humans.
On the contrary, their enhanced sense of smell can accurately smell human scent and proactively rescue people in complex and harsh situations. They can be said to be very qualified search and rescue dogs.
When entering the disaster area this time, Chen Xin deliberately brought all 60 adult dogs bred by the scientific research base during this period. Except for ten dogs that were distributed to the two Arks that went to Lucia for rescue, the remaining dogs were concentrated in the front. Of the eight arks that came to the disaster area for rescue, there were also five on the Chenlong.
Later, they will follow the first batch of search and rescue personnel entering the disaster area to land on the ground, search and rescue the disaster area, and participate in the rescue work.
Chen Xin will go down with them to understand what the first-line disaster-stricken areas need, and at the same time, he will further observe and record these big guys.
