Early the next morning, Wu Hao and the others got up. After washing up and changing into clean clothes, Wu Hao and Yang Fan immediately went to the restaurant and had a simple breakfast.
After they finished breakfast and took a walk inside the base, they heard a report that the Air Force transport plane had arrived.
After Wu Hao and the others heard this, they immediately got on the shuttle bus at the base and rushed to the airport.
By the time they arrived, a Y-8 transport aircraft with a new low-visibility paint scheme of the Air Force was already parked on the tarmac. The cabin door has been opened and many technicians are already busy.
After seeing Wu Hao and the others arriving, Zhou Xiangming, who had been at the scene a long time ago, walked over with several soldiers wearing desert camouflage uniforms and thunder hats.
When they walked up to him, Zhou Xiangming introduced him enthusiastically: "Mr. Wu, these two are the people in charge from the Air Force, Vice Captain Zeng and Director Tian."
"Hello everyone, thank you for your hard work." Wu Hao said with a smile and stretched out his hand.
The two officers quickly saluted Wu Hao and then shook hands.
Among them, Director Tian, who earned 23 cents, said enthusiastically to Wu Hao: "This is what we should do. When we came here, the chief specially ordered us to complete this task seriously."
"Haha, I'm interested. Help me thank the chief for his concern." Wu Haochang laughed and then asked: "How is it? Are there any difficulties?"
After hearing Wu Hao's words, Director Tian looked at Vice Captain Zeng who was wearing an air force flight talisman. Vice Captain Zeng shook his head and said with a confident smile: "There is no problem at the moment. We have already invested in armored vehicles of 20 and 30 tons. What are the difficulties with this five- to six-ton thing?"
"Hahahaha, okay, then I will wait for your good news. When the airdrop test is over, I will give you a toast." Wu Hao showed a satisfied smile.
Director Tian on the side shook his head repeatedly and said: "Mr. Wu, you don't need to care about this little thing. Compared with your support for our air force, this matter is not worth mentioning at all.
Whatever you ask us, we will do our best. "
"Okay, thank you." Wu Hao nodded and thanked.
While everyone was talking, the return capsule mounted on a flatbed truck in the distance was slowly approaching.
At this moment, the return capsule is protected by a layer of orange protective clothing, and its true appearance cannot be seen, but its general shape has appeared in front of everyone.
Like most new manned spacecraft return capsules, their new manned spacecraft return capsule also has a deconical structure. However, compared to the normal cone shape, there are four more raised parts around the return capsule, which are a bit like a four-sided cone.
These four relatively raised edges are not just decorative. On the one hand, they are aerodynamically designed to allow them to remain stable during high-speed landings.
On the other hand, the two recoil engines are hidden under each raised edge. It is used in the event of an emergency during launch. The engine is ignited to push the return capsule to quickly break away from the faulty rocket, and then escape to a safe distance, thereby opening the parachute for landing escape.
Of course, these recoil engines also serve as a ignition and deceleration function for the return capsule before it finally lands.
"It's this big guy, it's amazing." Director Tian looked at the return capsule transported on the truck in front of him and couldn't help but marvel.
Vice Captain Zeng on the side also began to look at it very seriously. After all, this was their first time doing such a return capsule launch experiment, so they had to be extra cautious.
It didn't look like much from a distance, but when everyone saw the return capsule on the trolley up close, they couldn't help but marvel. Director Tian smiled at everyone and sighed: "This thing is much bigger than expected."
Haha, after all, it can carry seven or eight astronauts, so it’s too small. Yang Fan said with a smile.
Even though they were separated by protective clothing, everyone could still feel the unique aura emanating from humanity's cutting-edge technological products.
"Mr. Wu, everything is ready now, and the experiment can start at any time." After Guo Yulong nodded to Zhou Xiangming, Zhou Xiangming solemnly replied to Wu Hao.
Upon hearing this, Wu Hao immediately waved his hand and said: "Then let's get started."
With the sound of subzero, everyone immediately started to get busy. To be honest, it is quite troublesome to stuff these five or six tons of return capsule into the belly of this transport aircraft.
Fortunately, the crew members of the transport plane had rich experience and began to direct everyone bit by bit to stuff this big guy into the cabin.
"Come on, come on, slow down, slow down, this is the spacecraft return capsule, it is precision equipment, not some iron lump. Everyone, be careful, don't bump into each other." Guo Yulong shouted at the scene.
Wu Hao looked at Zhou Xiangming, who was a little anxious next to him, and said, "You don't need to accompany us, go and do your own thing. Everyone must pay attention to safety, safety is the first priority."
Zhou Xiangming nodded when he heard this: "Mr. Wu, I will go and get started first."
After all, Zhou Xiangming was naturally very concerned about such an important experimental project, so Wu Hao didn't let him stand here with them and just let him go and do his work.
Sure enough, Zhou Xiangming quickly walked over there and joined the busy crowd.
In fact, the real operators are professional technicians and crew members. Everyone else was watching the conductor. This may be a domestic characteristic.
After about half an hour of busy work, the airport for the transport aircraft slowly closed, which also meant that the entire airport loading work had been completed.
At this time, Vice Captain Zeng said to Wu Hao: "Mr. Wu, I have to go to the tower. I wish our airdrop experiment a complete success."
"Thank you for your hard work." Wu Hao shook hands with Vice Captain Zeng and then watched them leave.
Then Wu Hao said to everyone present: "Let's go, let's not stay at the scene and go directly to the experimental site."
Everyone then boarded the summoned vehicle and set off to the testing site for the airdrop.
After about ten minutes of walking, after receiving orders from the tower, the transport plane began to slowly slide towards the runway.
"Eagle's Nest, Phoenix reports, I am ready to take off at any time."
"Phoenix, this is the Eagle's Nest. The current wind direction on the ground is three meters per second, the temperature is 13, the airspace is clean, and you can take off."
"Phoenix received, ready to take off."
"Phoenix, I wish you a complete success in this mission. We look forward to your triumphant return."
Immediately, the four turbofan engines of the transport aircraft began to increase their power, and the transport aircraft began to slowly slide on the runway. The speed gradually became faster and faster. Then the nose of the transport aircraft was raised, and the huge transport aircraft left the ground and flew towards Far in the sky.
At this moment, Wu Hao and the others in the car saw the transport plane in the sky and couldn't help laughing: "Tell the driver to drive faster, the plane has already taken off."
"OK!"
