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Chapter 1091 Overseas Base (First Update, Please Subscribe)
In fact, the competition between countries has never stopped.

The most famous competition was the naval competition between Britain and Germany before World War I, which directly triggered World War I. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were not only engaged in an arms race, but the competition also extended to various fields.

Space is just one of those areas.

But what is involved in this area is the country's reputation and the nation's confidence...When all this is given additional political color, everything becomes no longer simple.

In the Chkalov District, about 40 kilometers northeast of the center of Moscow, it is now just an airport, but in the future it will become the famous "Star City". During the Cold War, Soviet astronauts trained here and then went into space from here.

But at this time it was just an airport, and all the training facilities were still under construction and were very incomplete.

Even when Korolev arrived, he could see the construction site in the distance, and as soon as his car stopped, Korolev saw a lieutenant general, Lieutenant General Nikolai Kamanin, who was the head of astronaut training, approaching.

Lieutenant General Kamanin asked as soon as he saw Korolev.

"Comrade Korolev, you were here just last month, and now you're here again. Do you want to bring forward the time?"

"Yes, Comrade General."

Korolev said.

"Moscow hopes that we will be able to launch before Revolution Day..."

"Revolution Day? That's in November!"

Lieutenant General Nikolai Kamanin said.

"This is far beyond our plan. Didn't we originally plan to do it next year? Isn't this too much ahead of schedule?"

Perhaps because of his excitement, there was a hint of dissatisfaction in Lieutenant General Kamanin's tone when he spoke.

"Right now our astronauts are still in training, and I don't even know if they will be ready by then."

Kamanin, who is in charge of astronaut training, frowned and said.

"Just in case they are not prepared."

Korolev said, looking up at the lieutenant general.

"So, General, you must help them prepare."

"be prepared?"

Lieutenant General Kamanin read the sentence sharply.
"We selected 3400 astronauts from 20 pilots just a few months ago, and they are just starting training now. How is it possible that they will be ready in a few months?"

The ominous atmosphere, as annoying as a migraine, pressed down on Lieutenant General Kamanin's heart, making him feel suffocated and almost unable to breathe.

"So, I came here and I wanted to see their training."

Korolev frowned.

"I want to see their training in person."

What's the use?
It's useless!
Despite thinking this in his mind, Lieutenant General Kamanin still took Korolev to the spacecraft operation training center, where astronauts were undergoing spacecraft operation training.

Inside the simulated spacecraft, the astronauts are manually operating the spacecraft according to the trainer's orders. If they make any mistakes, a reminder will be issued on the command console.

After watching the training of several astronauts, another young astronaut walked over. Unlike the others, this young astronaut took off his boots before entering the spacecraft and entered the cabin wearing only socks.

This action caused Korolev to raise his brows slightly and ask.

"What's his name?"

"Yuri Gagarin,"

Lieutenant General Kamanin said.

"He just graduated from the Chkalov First Military Aviation Pilot School this year and became a fighter pilot of the Red Banner Northern Fleet Aviation. He is an excellent pilot..."

Listening to the lieutenant general's introduction, Korolev remembered this person's name in his heart. Before entering the spacecraft, only Gagarin took off his shoes and entered the cockpit wearing only socks.

This move immediately won Gagarin's favor in Korolev's favor.

Korolev could feel that this young man was so well-mannered and cherished the spacecraft he had devoted his efforts to, so he couldn't help but have a good impression of Gagarin.

Here, Korolev stayed in the training center for a long time and left the center in the evening. When he left, he saw the young man and nodded slightly.

……

September 9, Baikonur Cosmodrome.

As the countdown sounded in the silence, an indescribable tension and expectation filled the air. Every tick was like the drumbeat of time, beating everyone's heart.
"8, 7, 6..."

During the countdown, Korolev sat on a chair, with the aluminum cup he brought from Siberia in his hand, which was worn out, but he always carried it with him. The observer next to him was observing the launch pad through a periscope.

Suddenly, a dazzling flame burst out from the bottom of the rocket, like a fire dragon awakening, instantly illuminating the night sky and dyeing the surrounding scenery with a layer of dreamy orange-red. The rocket slowly rose, speeding up, until it turned into a stream of light that cut through the sky and rushed straight into the clouds.

A moment later, accompanied by the shouts of "Launch successful", cheers rang out in the command center, and an officer nearby congratulated Korolev.

"Comrade Korolev, congratulations, we have achieved a complete success!"

"We are waiting for it to return safely."

Korolev appeared calm.

Before the United States made the Mercury Project public, the Soviet Union secretly carried out the Vostok Project under his advocacy. Since March this year, the Vostok Project has launched three unexecuted missions to test and develop the Vostok rocket series and space capsules. These missions have achieved varying degrees of success, but there is still a certain distance from real manned flights.

Walking out of the command center, Korolev looked at the launch tower in the distance with a serious expression. Ever since Khrushchev asked him to speed up, he had been trying his best to speed up, but until now, he still had no confidence in success.

What if it fails?

As Korolev walked and thought, he had many issues to consider, but the core issue was - time.

At this time, Vasily Pavlovich Mishin came over. As Korolev's deputy, Vasily gave him a lot of help in many aspects. Seeing Korolev's gloomy look, Vasily asked.

"Are you still worried about the time issue? In fact, it doesn't matter whether we can launch before Revolution Day. What matters is that we launch before the United States!"

Even though he didn't understand politics as well as Krolev, Vasily knew very well what was most important to them - as long as they were ahead of the Americans, it would be enough.

So in his opinion it was not important whether or not it could be launched before Revolution Day.

Nodding, Crowley said:
"We should be able to launch earlier than the United States, I have no doubt about that."

The reason why Korolev was so confident was that the progress of the United States was public. They had encountered many technical problems and had failed twice.

"Yes, according to the current progress of the United States, they will have to wait until July next year at the earliest."

Vasily continued.

"What about Nanyang? Will they be ahead of us?"

"them?"

Korolev shook his head bluntly.

"They are just getting started, and even now they have only just reached an agreement with the British to build observatories in Britain's overseas colonies. Under these circumstances, it is impossible for them to be ahead."

This is not because of arrogance, but because it is a fact - the fact is that Nanyang has not even completed the most basic launch preparations until now - their overseas observation stations are still on the drawing board.

But when Korolev said this, he obviously forgot one thing... Nanyang is a strong infrastructure country.

It is a strong infrastructure country that can build a building in three days.

Even as they were talking, three landing ships had landed on the coast of the Gulf of Benin in Nigeria. These landing ships, which sailed from Nanyang, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope and traveled thousands of miles to this land just to build a satellite observation station here.

"Our task now is to complete the basic construction of the observatory within a month, and also to build a simple airport here."

Chen Tianle, a naval engineer, unfolded the drawings in his hands when the engineers and engineering machinery landed.

According to the agreement reached with the United Kingdom, in order to better carry out manned space projects, the Nanyang Space Agency obtained a 99-year lease on this land. Its area is not large, "only" 45 square kilometers, but it is enough to build a space observation base including an airport.

In the future, this kind of observation base will not only have an observation station and an airport, but also a port. As the designer of the base, Chen Tianle knows very well that this observation station will become Nanyang’s first overseas military base in the Atlantic Ocean in the future.

The so-called space observatory is just the beginning. In the future, this observatory will continue to improve its equipment and infrastructure, and eventually it will evolve into a comprehensive military base.

After all, according to relevant terms, Nanyang can send soldiers to protect the safety of observation sites.

Facing the order from their superior, several other naval engineers frowned. Major Lin An said.

"Captain Chen, one month seems a bit too tight. Even leveling the land will take more than 20 days."

"This is an order."

Chen Tianle said bluntly.

"Now our task is to complete these tasks within a month."

Go ahead, he turned his gaze to the officers in front of him and reminded them solemnly:

"We must know that this mission is related to the success or failure of the entire 'Kuafu Project', so no matter what, we must complete our mission within the specified time."

(End of this chapter)